Inventory Number: | I 7666 | |
Section Number: | ΒΘ 406 | |
Title: | Inscribed and Sculpted Marble Stele | |
Category: | Inscriptions | |
Description: | Complete except for a large piece missing at lower left. A large marble stele, decorated on the upper part by a life-sized hoplite shield, sculpted in relief. Below is a fascia, surmounting an ovolo moulding, and on the face beneath a three-line inscriptions: ΠΥΡΡΑΛΕΥΣ / ΠΥΡΡΟΥ / ΓΑΡΓΗΤΤΙΟΣ Surface finished with a claw chisel. Hymettian marble. | |
Notes: | Found in 2017. Catalogued July 15, 2020. | |
Context: | Reused as a cover slab over the Eridanos river, north channel. | |
Notebook Page: | 6235-6236 | |
PD Number: | DA 13441 | |
Dimensions: | H. 2.00+, (letters) 0.025-0.030; W. 1.00; Th. 0.18 | |
Date: | 2-3 August 2017 | |
Section: | ΒΘ | |
Grid: | L/2,3-3/15,16 | |
Period: | Greek | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 89 (2020), pp. 631, 632, fig. 39. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 89 (2020) Drawing: PD 3091 (DA 13441) Image: 2017.10.0004 (Ι 7666) Card: I 7666 |