APC Image: AK 1073Left: Two fragments of Pentelic marble. The larger fragment seems to be part of an arm on which was carved a Gorgoneion in low relief. The other fragment shows a small piece from the left side of a similar Gorgoneion. The surface above the relief turns up in a peculiar way. It is difficult to determine exactly to what part of the body the framents belong. The two parts of the relief agree so well in every particular, that they must be part of the same - or of two identical - Gorgoneia. Right: Part of a relief of white marble brought by a boy who said that it had been built into a modern wall directly below the excavations. The top of the slab, the right edge, and the back are preserved, but the bottom has been roughly cut away and with it the feet of the figure. The surface is much weathered. Of the relief is preserved one draped female figure facing the left. She is resting on the right foot, and the left leg is bent at the knee, but she does not appear to be in motion. One end of the himation hangs over her bent left arm and the other end is held up in front in her right hand. Behind the figure the original surface is broken away. Since there is hardly room for another figure the broken part was probably the raised frame of the relief. The slab seems to have represented some votaries approaching a deity, or perhaps, several divinities in a row, the pose of the preserved figure seems more befitting as 'adorans' than a goddess. Whether or not the relief has come fom the Sanctuary is impossible to determine, but the place of finding seems to point that way.
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Object Description:   Left: Two fragments of Pentelic marble. The larger fragment seems to be part of an arm on which was carved a Gorgoneion in low relief. The other fragment shows a small piece from the left side of a similar Gorgoneion. The surface above the relief turns up in a peculiar way. It is difficult to determine exactly to what part of the body the framents belong. The two parts of the relief agree so well in every particular, that they must be part of the same - or of two identical - Gorgoneia. Right: Part of a relief of white marble brought by a boy who said that it had been built into a modern wall directly below the excavations. The top of the slab, the right edge, and the back are preserved, but the bottom has been roughly cut away and with it the feet of the figure. The surface is much weathered. Of the relief is preserved one draped female figure facing the left. She is resting on the right foot, and the left leg is bent at the knee, but she does not appear to be in motion. One end of the himation hangs over her bent left arm and the other end is held up in front in her right hand. Behind the figure the original surface is broken away. Since there is hardly room for another figure the broken part was probably the raised frame of the relief. The slab seems to have represented some votaries approaching a deity, or perhaps, several divinities in a row, the pose of the preserved figure seems more befitting as 'adorans' than a goddess. Whether or not the relief has come fom the Sanctuary is impossible to determine, but the place of finding seems to point that way.
Negative Number:   AK 1073
Category:   Architectural structures and elements
Subcategory:   Relief
Site:   Acropolis, North Slope
City:   Athens
Region:   Attica
Country:   Greece
Date:   1934
Format:   Glass-plate
Dimensions:   24 X 18
Bibliography:   Hesperia 4 (1935), pp. 136, 141, figs. 22, 32.
Repository:   ASCSA ARCHIVES
Collection Title:   Archaeological Photographic Collection
Series:   AK
Image Width:   2820
Image Height:   2082