Inventory Number: | A 1595 | |
Section Number: | Ι 1355 | |
Title: | Capital: Ionic | |
Category: | Architecture Marble | |
Description: | Lower edges of volutes broken away, otherwise in good condition and fresh. Note in place of eggs a cyma reversa and above this a taenia with fainted maeander. The crowning molding is an ovolo. The eyes of the volutes are large and hemispherical. The angles of the volutes are filled with partial palmettes of which the petals are painted. Abundant stains left by painted ornament, leaf pattern on cyma reversa, maeander on fillet, egg and dart on ovolo, petals on palmettes. Note also three concentric circles on eyes of volutes. Surface finished with toothed chisel, no dowel hole on bottom. Fine work. Gray-blue marble. For the type, cf. Athena Temple at Sounion, ArchEph (1917), pp. 183-187. Same series as: A 644 (Τ 381), A 1130 (ΙΙ 514), A 1132 (Ι 1270), A 1596 (Ι 1356), A 1615 (ΣΑ 1011), A 1928 (ΣΑ 1608), A 1929 (ΣΑ 1609), A 1930 (ΣΑ 1610), A 1976 (Τ 1395), A 3452, A 3453. ADDENDA A 1130 not of same series, different. | |
Context: | Removed from east face of Valerian wall at south end of Library of Pantainos. | |
Negatives: | Leica, XXXIX-94, XXXIX-95, XLVI-49, 81-113, 81-114, 81-115, 81-116, 81-117, 81-118, 81-119, 81-120, 83-120, 83-122, 86-256, 86-524, 82-622, color slide | |
PD Number: | PD 527, PD 1182, PD 1183, PD 1932, PD 2730, PD 1595 | |
Dimensions: | H. (in mid part ) 0.305; W. (on volutes) 0.574, (abacus) 0.615; L. (on volutes) 0.875, (abacus) 0.565; Diam. (resting surface) ca. 0.51 | |
Material: | Marble | |
Date: | May 1950 | |
Section: | Ι | |
Grid: | R 15 | |
Bibliography: | Barletta (2017), no. 43, figs. 123, 125, 131. | |
Museum Guide (2014), pp. 73-74, fig. 45. | ||
Hesperia 65 (1996), pp. 134, 158, no. 17 A, fig. 25, pl. 43. | ||
Hesperia 51 (1982), p. 429, fig. 13. | ||
Guide (1976), pp. 282, 287, fig. 150. | ||
Guide (1962), p. 197. | ||
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:ArchEph (1917), pp. 183-187. | |
Agora:Object:A 644 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1130 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1132 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1596 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1615 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1928 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1929 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1930 | ||
Agora:Object:A 1976 | ||
Agora:Object:A 3452 | ||
Agora:Object:A 3453 | ||
References: | Publications (4) Plans and Drawings (11) Images (38) Card: A 1595 Card: A 1595 |