Agora Object: A 2073
Inventory Number:   A 2073
Section Number:   ΣΑ 1875
Title:   Capital Fragments: Ionic
Category:   Architecture Marble
Description:   Egg and dart fragments of large capital: a) parts of four eggs, b) parts of three eggs, c) parts of three eggs.
From Stoa of Attalos.
Pentelic marble.
May 1954: The fragment A 2073 b), and many others from the series A 2074 - A 2077 have been put together with plaster to make a complete capital to serve as model for marble workers on the Stoa Museum. This capital now carries the number A 2073; see photograph LXIV-68.
The following fragments were noted by the menders as having been included, but others may also have been built in: A 2073 b), A 2075 b), A 2076 a), b, c), A 2078.
Context:   Found in area of Stoa, chiefly in "Valerian Wall". Recorded 13 August 1952.
Negatives:   Leica, LV-67, LXIV-68
Dimensions:   W. a) 0.35, b) 0.30, c) 0.29
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   13 August 1952
Section:   ΣΑ
Bibliography:   Museum Guide (2014), pp. 35-36.
    Paterakis (1997), pp. 75-97.
    Travlos (1971), fig. 651.
References:   Publication: Museum Guide (2014)
Monument: Stoa of Attalos
Images (6)
Card: A 2073