Object: A 146

FieldValue
Inventory NumberA 146
Section NumberΗ' 4
TitleEuthynteria Block with Mason's Mark
CategoryArchitecture Marble
DescriptionFinished with anathyrosis on both ends.
Of the front, the lower part is left rough, the upper rough-picked but surrounded by a smooth band. On the top, a setting line 0.155m. back from the front; in front of this line the surface is smooth-dressed and worn; behind it, dressed with a toothed chisel. Cuttings for double T-clamps at either end, both of which retain traces of reuse. Dowel hole in middle, with pry hole and transverse setting line to match.
Mason's marks carefully cut on the top: Ε Δ Δ
Assigned to the Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble.
For drawing of block from same series, see A 215; the letters there are slightly larger.
ContextModern foundation.
Notebook Page23
StorageOn Site-Temple of Ares, on Foundations
NegativesLeica
DimensionsL. 1.35; W. 0.64, (smooth band) 0.03; H. 0.31
MaterialMarble (Pentelic)
Date Of Discovery11 February 1933
SectionΗ'
GridΗ':18/ΜΘ
Longitude23.722320
Latitude37.975617
BuildingTemple of Ares
BibliographyHesperia 28 (1959), pp. 49, 51, 53, 55, n. 133.
 Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 3, n. 9, p.12, fig. 7.
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