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[Agora Image] 2008.01.0095 (1-153)

Herm used as support for arm of larger figure ... T. Leslie Shear ... Detail of negative 1-153. Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Jun 1931 ... Herm used as support for arm of larger figure.

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[Agora Image] 2012.50.0365 (IV-66)

Bronze herm statuette used as handle on a vessel ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Bronze herm statuette used as handle on a vessel.

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[Agora Image] 2012.50.0368 (IV-65)

Bronze herm statuette used as handle on a vessel ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Bronze herm statuette used as handle on a vessel.

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0345 (Slide Sheet: 22:19)

Herm used as support for the arm of a large figure carrying a child. Pentelic marble. Front view ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Herm used as support for the arm of a large figure carrying a child. Pentelic

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0347 (Slide Sheet: 22:20)

Herm used as support for the arm of a large figure carrying a child. Pentelic marble. Front view, detail ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Herm used as support for the arm of a large figure carrying a child. Pentelic

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 184, p. 165

Fragment of Archaistic Herm used as a Support. Rizzo, Prassitele, pl. 115. Blanco, Catalogo, 87-E, pl. 40. Rizzo, Prassitele, p. 10 ... Agora 11 165 S 2020 S 2145 S 2144 ... Roman ... Fragment of Archaistic Herm used as a Support

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[Agora Image] 2001.04.0002

Marble herm used as part of the stone packing for a well, side view showing broken arm fragment preserved in arm socket ... Marcie Handler ... Horizontal (normal) ... Summer 2001 ... Marble herm used as part of the stone packing for a well, side view showing

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0219 (Slide Sheet: 23:01)

Herm used as support for the arm of a large figure carrying a child. Pentelic marble. Front view, close up of top ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Herm used as support for the arm of a large figure carrying a child. Pentelic

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[Agora Image] 2008.18.0039 (1-153)

Herm, S 33, used as support for arm of larger figure ... T. Leslie Shear ... Cf. 2008.01.0095 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Jun 1931 ... Herm, S 33, used as support for arm of larger figure.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 201, p. 182

Herms; Attachment of arms. Herms; Back hair. Herms; Beardless, used as supports. Herms; Body modelled to hips. Epigram of Praxagoras. Herms; Bronze-headed. Herms with white heads and colored shafts. Herms; ... Agora 11 182 G 5:3 ... Herms; Beardless, used as supports ... Herms; Use ... Herms; Attachment of arms

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[Agora Object] S 33: Herm as Statue Support

A herm used as support for the left arm of la large statue carrying a child. Upper half of the child is missing as well as the entire statue, whose left arm rests on the head of the herm. The base of ... 2nd c. A.D ... A herm used as support ... the use of a herm as a ... of the herm. The base of

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[Agora Object] I 4226: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed base. A rectangular base, fully preserved, with a cutting in the top surface, presumably the bedding for a Herm. The front inscribed surface, which was used as a bench, badly worn. Records victory ... 4th. century B.C ... for a Herm. The front inscribed surface, which was used ... Used as bench along west narthex wall, in a modern church west of the Odeion.

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[Agora Object] B 361: Herm Statuette

Herm used as handle of a bronze vessel, slanting diagonally out from rim. The fragment of rim to which it is attached is badly corroded as are the back and lower sides of the herm. The face from the eyes ... 23 May 1936 ... Herm Statuette

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[Agora Object] S 2823: Grave Relief Fragment with Herm in Relief in Back

Neck to mid-thigh of frontal draped male figure with right hand and arm, which is sheared off, held up against chest on left holding mantle folds. Crisp, harsh folds with a few deeply drilled contours ... 12 August 1977 ... Grave Relief Fragment with Herm in Relief in Back

[Agora Object] AP 14: Black Figure Sherd

Black figured sherd showing part of head of Hermes with cadueens and of Athena with crested helmet and spear. Both face right. Above these figure in a tongue pattern of alternating red and black. Grayish ... 27 Apr 1931 ... Black figured sherd showing part of head of Hermes ... used for Athena's face.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 9, p. ix

Table of Contents. Preface. List of Plates. Abbreviations and Bibliography. Archaic Sculpture. Introduction. Provenance and Use. Chronology. Catalogue. Archaistic Sculpture. Definition of Terms. Archaistic ... Agora 11 ix ... Provenance and Use ... Herms ... The Herms of the Agora, Location and Meaning

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[Agora Object] I 2061: Inscribed Herm: Dedication

Square herm with sockets for beam-like arms; head missing. A few anatomical indications at the base of the neck. The back has been used as a threshold. Inscribed across bottom. Pentelic marble. Finished ... 7 November 1934 ... Square herm with sockets for beam-like arms; head ... neck. The back has been used

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[Agora Publication] Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

Harrison, E. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to ... 1965 ... herms. The chronological range ... through the herms and Hekataia ... different types of herms and how

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: Northwest Corner and the Hermes

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Northwest Corner and the Hermes The area of the northwest corner is where the Panathenaic Way, leading from the main gate of Athens, the Dipylon, entered the Agora square (Figs. 58, 59). This was accordingly ... Hermes The area of the ... appropriate place for Herms, primitive markers used by the

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[Corinth Object] C 2003 8: CORINTHIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER

Bell krater with hemispherical body. Black glazed interior and exterior background; dark red slip on exterior used for figural decoration; wave pattern topped by single horizontal band used as groundline; ... Last decade of 5th cent./first quarter of 4th cent. (span of "Hermes Painter" 's work) ... used for figural decoration; ... single horizontal band used as ... the work of the "Hermes

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[Agora Object] S 196: Herm Head Fragment

The lower right side of the back of the head is preserved. The hair is indicated by shallow grooves and formalized curves, except where it seems to have been worn in a braid across the back of the neck ... 9 March 1932 ... Herm Head Fragment

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Card Catalog

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The Card Catalog A card catalog system has been used since the beginning of the excavations to record the important information related to inventoried objects. Lucy Talcott, one of the original members ... The Card Catalog A card catalog system has been used ... of the herm S 33,

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 203, p. 184

Peleus and Thetis. Repairs to sculpture in antiquity. Peplos in archaistic sculpture. Perirrhanteria in the form of archaistic korai. Retrograde inscriptions. Persephone. Re-use of sculpture in antiquity ... Agora 11 184 ... Re-use of sculpture in antiquity ... Rhamnous, ephebic herms ... Rome; Arch of Constantine, picture of Rostra with herm balustrade

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[Agora Object] P 24644: Black Figure Hydria Fragments

Fragment a) made from three fragments: lower part of woman, in chiton and himation, left; facing her, seen in three-quarters view, Hermes, lower part preserved. Behind Hermes, at the upper left corner ... 26 May 1954 ... Hermes, lower part preserved. Behind Hermes, at the upper ... Leagros period. Much use of

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[Agora Object] S 2035: Head of Male Figure: Meleager

Broken just below chin. Somewhat battered. Nose and part of upper lip broken away and top of head rubbed. Otherwise well preserved. Flame locks roughly blocked in rising to a peak over forehead. Drill ... 1st c. A.D ... forehead. Drill used a little in ... herm? (AS 1997)

[Agora Webpage] Overview: Photography

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Photography A photograph made using the traditional silver halide process is a visual record largely unaltered by the photographer. It is this quality of capturing a mirrored image of the scene that lends ... made using the traditional ... can be divided into the use ... photography, using a view camera

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[Agora Report] 1992 Excavations: Report on Excavations in the Athenian Agora 1992

T. Leslie Shear, Jr ... This is a report on the archaeological excavations in the Athenian Agora during 1992. The investigations continued in two areas: on the south side of Hastings Street and along the north side of Hadrian ... 8 Jun-7 Aug 1992 ... well, first used in the Roman ... finds, amongst them a herm ... column drums used in the north

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[Agora Object] S 1021: Head of Male Figure

Intact except for very minor chips on hair. Broken off at bottom of neck. A youthful male portrait (?) head on a herm or rectangular shaft, part of the right side of which is preserved and a bit at the ... Roman period ... on a herm or rectangular ... Used to be in the Upper Colonnade

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[Agora Object] S 198: Herm with Drapery as Statue Support

Head of youth, set on a shaft; the whole framed by heavy drapery which covers the top of the head and falls down on both sides and at back. Lower part broken away. Face much worn: mouth and most of nose ... 10 March 1932 ... P.H. 0.585; H. (herm head) 0.135; W. 0.38, (shaft) 0.135

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[Agora Object] BI 727: Bone Miniature Herm

Intact. Shaft pierced at bottom. Probably used as handle. Carefully carved bearded head. Hair marked by grooves around face and behind at sides, where lower part hangs down in a point, but upper part of ... 20 April 1954 ... Bone Miniature Herm

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[Corinth Object] T 387: HERMAIC STATUE OF HERAKLES

Upper part of figure of Herakles, under life-size, standing frontal; weight apparently slightly on r. leg; curly hair reaching to nape of neck in back; full curly beard and moustache; high rounded forehead ... 1926/05/17 ... smoothed; drill used for a few ... of a Herm.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 119, p. 94

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Shape and Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Stoas; Stoa of Herms. Aischines, III, 186. Aischines, III, 183-185. Demosthenes, XX, 112. Diogenes ... Agora 14 94 P 22351 I 5143 ... Uses of an Ancient City Centre; Stoas; Stoa of Herms

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[Agora Object] S 1054: Statue of Hermes

Complete except for right hand, a bit of the caduceus and a fragment from the left arm, where there is a break, and an iron dowel, which joined the two parts in antiquity; the head made separately and ... 18 May 1938 ... Statue of Hermes

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[Agora Object] P 7897: Black Figure Lebes Gamikos

The lid P 7893 belongs to this lebes. Much missing from the upper part; the stand is intact except for chips, but there is no direct join between it and the body of the base. Nearly half the body is missing, ... 28 May 1936 ... by Hermes with caduceus, ... used.

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[APC Image] AK 0918

Top: Marble relief of Eros, from Sanctuary of Eros and Aphrodite. The marble shows signs of burning, especially on the back of the slab. It shows a nude boy in profile to the right. Very low relief, details ... Broken ... probably used in connection with ... statue or herm.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 12, p. xi

Table of Contents. Table of Contents; Preface. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Figures. Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Plates. Table of Contents; ... Agora 14 xi ... Buildings used by the Courts ... Table of Contents; Stoas; Stoa of the Herms

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[APC Image] AK 1124

Inv. # AP 1085. Well M; painted pinax. Made of coarse clay of a brick red color, like that common in Attic roof tiles. The back is rough, but the decorated surface is smoothly finished. The top edge ... 1937 ... Hermes, but Broneer writes that ... best parallel. In the use ... lines, to be sure, were used

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

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Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... Agora portraits interest us ... 978-0-87661-204-0Volume: 4 The author has used ... of pottery used during

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 6, s. 116, p. 104

Index; General; Gaul; See Western Europe. Index; General; Juggling. Index; General; Ge Kourotrophos. Index; General; Juno Lucina. Index; General; Genius Cucullatus. Index; General; Jupiter Dolichenus ... Agora 6 104 ... Index; General; Herm ... Index; General; MetalWork Used in Ceramic Workshops

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Athenian Army

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The Athenian Army From the very beginning, the Athenians were compelled to fight for their new democracy. Their dramatic victories over the Boiotians and Chalkidians in 506 B.C. led many to attribute Athenian ... soldiers and to use the bow, ... clearly used for the annual ... tokens might have been used as