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| Much restored in cement. Upper and lower tori. Good crisp work.
The diameter is appropriate to the Ionic column drums found in the same tower, together with the painted capitals A 2972 and A 2973.
Pentelic ... June 1959 ... 1959 in south wall of tower. |
| Inscribed epistyle block.
Two large, presumably joining pieces of an ionic epistyle block. Several large pieces missing but generally well preserved, particularly the front.
Profile from bottom up: three ... 11 June and 5 July 1971 ... Found in Byzantine wall. |
| Hawk's beak of 5th c. profile; crowning ovolo rough. In top are cuttings for two Π-clamps leading back to wall block (originally they had intended but a single clamp in the middle of the block, for which ... 1959 ... to wall block (originally |
| Middle Tower of Valerian Wall, after removal of modern fill. South face at southwest corner. From southwest. 10 is Pier 10. Note poros epistyle of Middle Stoa at bottom ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Middle Tower of Valerian Wall, after removal of modern fill. South face at southwest |
| Chips had been knocked off by the builders of the Late Roman Fortification Wall but most were recoverable. Empolion cutting on underside 0.06m square.
Ornament painted except for palmettes which are carved ... July 1959 ... Wall but most were ... lowest course of south wall of |
| Actual state plan of the southeast corner of the Agora, ... PD 1129 Horizontal (normal) ... Site | By Area | Post-Herulian Wall | Plans and Drawings ... Site | By Type | Walls | Post-Herulian Wall |
| Actual state plan of the southeast corner of the Agora ... John Travlos ... 82-368 82-368 Dirty Faded Diazotype Printing Ink
Pencil
Colored Pencil ... 1959 ... Site | By Area | Post-Herulian Wall | Plans and Drawings ... Site | By Type | Walls | Post-Herulian Wall |
| Actual state plan of the southeast corner of the Agora ... John Travlos ... 82-368 2002.01.1129 2011.04.0288 2015.21.0011 82-368 2002.01.1129 2011.04.0288 2015.21.0011 Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1959 ... Site | By Area | Post-Herulian Wall | Plans and Drawings ... Site | By Type | Walls | Post-Herulian Wall |
| Klepsydra forecourt. West end of South Wall B. From north, at the removal of Valerian Wall filling versus west ends of South Walls B and C, exposing (P, P') 2 poros blocks above chip packing behind Wall ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... of Valerian Wall filling ... West end of South Wall B ... Walls B and C, exposing (P, |
| Comprised of four drums. Square empolion cuttings for all joints including top and bottom. Drums neatly lettered from top down Α - Ε. Twenty flutings. Dipinto in flute of second drum. Deep slots in second ... July 1959 ... lowest course of south wall of |
| Valerian Wall. Late fill between faces removed, Pit F in foreground. Beyond, at right, Wall B and Pit E. From the north. Note conspicuous "face" of preserved filling south of Pit F ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Valerian Wall. Late fill between faces removed, Pit F in foreground. Beyond, at right, Wall |
| Mended from several pieces; fragment from rim and bottom missing, restored in plaster. Mug with flat bottom, concave sides and single handle.
Handle zone decorated with pattern like a retrograde N; above ... 7 October 1953 ... Mycenaean Tomb under Valerian Wall east of Stoa Room 20 (ΣΑ 12). |
| Back and end rough, no anathyrosis. Broken below and at left. Molding stops 0.021m. from end with 45 degrees bevel. Top picked; dowel cutting parallel to face near end. Letter Ν roughly cut at end. Smooth ... 1953 ... Exact provenience unknown, but probably from the Valerian Wall; cf. A 1379 (Ι |
| Upper part preserved.
Figure in sleeved, full-skirted dress (preserved to just below waist), and tiara, facing. His hands are clasped above his head, and he is bending to his right (in the positive).
Pinkish-buff ... 29 July 1950 ... Cut between North stylobate of Square Building and "Valerian Wall", IV layer (on |
| Lower end preserved with cutting for empolion; unfluted, finished with fine toothed chisel. Fine work.
Grayish blue marble identical with that in capitals A 1595 (Ι 1355) and A 1596 (Ι1356), with which ... 1950 ... On Site-West of Late Roman Fortification Wall, on Panathenaic Way |
| Inscribed fragments of stele.
Decree related to the organization of the Eleusinian Mysteries (?).
Opisthographic.
Fragment Ω 1374 a), broken above and below and at the sides.
Parts of both inscribed faces ... a) (Ω 1374) 16 July 1957
b) (ΠΑ 45) 13 March 1959 ... Fortification Wall Gate, concrete |
| About half preserved. Restored in plaster. Shallow open cup; raised base, slightly concave beneath; one band handle.
Broad and narrow bands around lower wall; the rim, the handle outside and the edge ... 7 October 1953 ... Mycenaean Tomb under Valerian Wall east of Stoa Room 20 (ΣΑ 12) ... wall; the rim, the handle |
| Broken above; somewhat chipped; back flat.
Against a roughly semicircular object, like an altar or column, a small human figure in high relief. He is draped with long tunic and a cloak fastened across ... 27 May 1939 ... Footing of Valerian Wall at north angle of wall and south tower. |
| Fragment finished with fine toothed chisel; unfluted. Small part of lower end preserved, upper end broken.
Ionic column drum of same series as A 1597 (Ι 1357), Sounion series.
Top preserved, bottom broken ... 1950 ... On Site-West of Late Roman Fortification Wall, on Panathenaic Way |
| Broken at back and at right side.
On the base of the sima an elaborate curving floral pattern in high relief, below, on the flat fascia, a maeander in red glaze. On soffit, a bead and reel in red. Red ... 10 March 1938 ... In original fill of Valerian Wall. |
| Two panels:
A: Fragments a, c, e, h.
a) From right side of panel; lower part of male figure walking left in chlamys (dotted edge) away from a column, holding something. In field in front of him part ... 16, 25 July 1959 ... below.
g) From lower wall |
| Piers 10-11 East. North wall of Mudbrick Building, with strosis in front of it (cut by trench for tower of Valerian Wall). At left, foundation of outer wall of Square Building, covered by wall and strosis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Valerian Wall). At left, foundation of outer wall of Square ... wall of Mudbrick Building, |
| Top and back only preserved. Reclining bearded man, preserved to below hips, the upper part of his body nude; he holds a rhyton in his raised hand, in his right hand, held close to his chest, a bowl. Part ... 10 March 1938 ... Original fill of Valerian Wall. |
| Trial 1 east of Valerian Wall. From east after removal of Layer 11. Left of and below center, Crosswall III (with column). Boxes rest on North Wall V, late pit in just at left of boxes ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Trial 1 east of Valerian Wall. From east after removal ... North Wall V, late pit in |
| Geometric well in Panathenaic Way as seen from east and above (top of Valerian wall). At left, paving blocks of Panathenaic way. Earlier road block is still in place, partly covering mouth of well ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... and above (top of Valerian wall). At left, paving blocks |
| Broken behind, below and at both ends. Bevel preserved at left end. Mason's letter Β partly preserved. Finished return at beveled end - no projection. Top picked smooth. Relieving surface 0.045m. along ... 1953 ... Exact provenience unknown, but probably from the Valerian Wall; cf. A 1379 (Ι |
| Athens ... Coin no. 6.
Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52E Trial east of Valerian Wall, layer 12. Head or bust of Athena r., rarely l., wearing Corinthian, Attic, or composite helmet, often highly varied in style. She ... Ca. 264-267 A.D ... Trial east of Valerian Wall, layer 12. |
| Northern half of the Stoa of Attalos. At right, part of the middle tower of the Valerian Wall. Note the inscription I.G.2, 4209 [Tiberius] built into the course marked by the arrow. Tower demolished in ... Horizontal (normal) ... the Valerian Wall. Note the |
| Valerian Wall between Middle and North Towers. Details showing column drums of Stoa in situ in lowest course. From south, showing cornice blocks. The gap in the wall at center of picture later proved to ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Valerian Wall between Middle and North Towers ... wall at center of picture |
| Rim sherd of a flanged bowl with part of wall.
Shape is a derivative of conspectus form 34 in Italian Sigillata or of Hayes, form 3 in (later) Çanderli Ware.
Fabric comparable to that of Corinthian molded ... 2-4, 18-24 May 1939 ... Library destruction fills and Valerian Wall footing trench. Layer 12 ... Rim sherd of a flanged bowl with part of wall.
Shape is a derivative of |
| West of church and cistern. From north. At left, the cistern wall. Then the curving wall resting on hard fill ca -1.80. At right foreground a rubble wall roughly in line of Valerian Wall. This later turns ... AMS 529 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 Apr 1936 ... in line of Valerian Wall ... the cistern wall. Then the curving wall resting on hard |
| West of church and cistern. From north. At left, the cistern wall. Then the curving wall resting on hard fill ca -1.80. At right foreground a rubble wall roughly in line of Valerian Wall. This later turns ... Scanned 2005 for the 75th anniversary exhibition and publication. 529 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 Apr 1936 ... in line of Valerian Wall ... the cistern wall. Then the curving wall resting on hard |
| 3 views from the south, giving a panorama of the south face of Wall D, north of the pithos region. The men in a) are standing on the Valerian Wall, at its juncture with Wall D. The dark shadow in the center ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Valerian Wall, at its juncture with Wall D. The dark shadow ... face of Wall D, north of the |
| 3 views from the south, giving a panorama of the south face of Wall D, north of the pithos region. The men in a) are standing on the Valerian Wall, at its juncture with Wall D. The dark shadow in the center ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Valerian Wall, at its juncture with Wall D. The dark shadow ... face of Wall D, north of the |
| 3 views from the south, giving a panorama of the south face of Wall D, north of the pithos region. The men in a) are standing on the Valerian Wall, at its juncture with Wall D. The dark shadow in the center ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Valerian Wall, at its juncture with Wall D. The dark shadow ... face of Wall D, north of the |
a) One original end remains, with rough-picked surface; the molding was mitred at the corner. The piece comes from a lateral beam at the edge of the ceiling and so is rough-picked on the back. The front ... 1948 ... From the Valerian Wall, removed in 1946. |
About half the mouth and part of the shoulder preserved, mended from many pieces; surface much flaked. From a small three-handled jar; rounded shoulder; projecting rim; handle attachment preserved.
Neck ... 29 July 1950 ... Cut between north stylobate of Square Building and "Valerian Wall", layer III, in |
| General view of Valerian Wall at southernmost point in Agora excavation area opposite Section ΙΙ (T 22). General view taken prior to conservation work. Looking northeast. See detail views in following ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... General view of Valerian Wall at southernmost point ... the wall with masonry to |
a) Rib between coffer, with single astragal. Upper part broken away. Width, coffer to coffer, preserved, and height of coffer face on one side. Rabbet. Return of astragal preserved, but not intersection ... February 1953 ... from the Valerian Wall (A |
| 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 ... 13 August 1952 ... Found in area of Stoa, chiefly in "Valerian Wall". Recorded 13 August 1952. |
| Early Christian Athens: 5th and 6th c. A.D. A.A.: Ancient outer circuit wall, repaired in the reign of Justinian. B.B.: 'Valerian Wall', built in the late 3rd c. A.D. C.C.: 'Rizokastron', built in middle ... John Travlos ... 1946 ... Justinian. B.B.: 'Valerian Wall ... Ancient outer circuit wall |
| Early Christian Athens: 5th and 6th c. A.D. A.A.: Ancient outer circuit wall, repaired in the reign of Justinian. B.B.: 'Valerian Wall', built in the late 3rd c. A.D. C.C.: 'Rizokastron', built in middle ... John Travlos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1946 ... Justinian. B.B.: 'Valerian Wall ... Ancient outer circuit wall |
| Broken at the back.
A small block, smooth dressed at sides, top and below. In the top is a deep circular cutting, tapering slightly towards the bottom. At either side of the cutting, in the top, is a small ... 9 April 1936 ... Trial Trench 1, against Valerian Wall. Tile filled earth at west end: late Roman. |
| Fragments of capital from the Odeion, Colossal Figures series.
The scheme of the capital is very similar to the pilaster caps of the Arch of Hadrian in Athens. Its attribution to the Giants is indicated ... 1949 ... remains of "Valerian Wall" in |
| a) Fragment showing folds of himation over left arm. Arm was inset and attached with a square dowel.
b) Draped torso (?) fragment. On one face flat folds appropriate to himation on back of figure. This ... a)-c) (ΚΤΛ 375) November 1954
(Ι 1680) 1959 ... tower of the Valerian Wall ... also come from the Valerian Wall.
The three fragments ... walls of the tower of Late Roman Fortification Wall at |
| Mended from many fragments.
A shallow basin cut in one piece with a shaft square in section tapering toward the top. Weather traces show that the shaft had been set down ca. 0.07m. in its (missing) base ... 28 June 1950 ... From foundation of "Valerian Wall" at south end of Stoa of Attalos, along with |
| 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 ... May 1950 ... Removed from east face of Valerian wall at south end of Library of |
| Seven fragments, making up to four:
a) Two joining fragments preserve full height of block and left end of block, part of bracket and of coffer.
b) Two joining fragments preserve part of fascia below face ... 10 March 1938 ... Original fill of Valerian Wall ... it the side wall of the ... bit.
Coffer: The side walls |
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