Agora Object: A 3889
Inventory Number:   A 3889
Section Number:   ΒΔ 330
Title:   Ceiling Coffer Lid Fragment
Category:   Architecture Marble
Description:   Broken all around and on top. Bottom, i.e. surface to be seen from below, is slightly concave and preserves traces of incised paint guidelines. These are palmettes (four originally) enclosed in heart-shaped borders. One full and two half palmettes are preserved (cf. tracing in notebook pocket). These are grouped symmetrically around and with their heads toward a central compass point (cf. Lawrence (1957), pl. 62 a, for a similar scheme).
From Parthenon.
Pentelic marble.
Context:   From Green Lime Mortar Wall.
Notebook Page:   1092
Negatives:   Leica
PD Number:   PD 2030
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.239; P.W. 0.171; P.Th. 0.167
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Date:   16 July 1970
Section:   ΒΔ
Grid:   N/10,O/15-6/1,8
Bibliography:   Hesperia 43 (1974), p. 154, no. D 1, fig. 5, pl. 21.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:Lawrence (1957), pl. 62 a.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 43 (1974)
Plans and Drawings (4)
Card: A 3889