Object: A 187

Inventory Number:   A 187
Section Number:   Η' 211
Title:   Cover Tile Fragment: Stamped
Category:   Architecture Terracotta
Description:   Broken at both ends; the stamp impressed lengthwise of the tile on its upper flat surface.
Ν Μ Η Τ Ρ Ι Θ Ε Ω [Ν]
Σ Κ Α Ι Α Μ Μ Ω Ν [Η]
Metroon Series.
Cf. A 136, A 164 and SS 113, with the same inscription. Also A 234 and SS 4, and later series.
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Context:   On classical floor, just to the east of the east front of Dorpfeldt's Stoa
Storage:   Study Collections-Case No. 38-Κ
Negatives:   Leica
PD Numbers:   PD 56
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.13; W. (of flat upper surface) 0.095; P.W. (stamp) 0.035
Material:   Terracotta
Dates Excavated:   28 April 1933
Date Of Discovery:   28 Apr 1933
Section:   Η'
Longitude:   23.722063
Latitude:   37.97523
ZAverage:   0
Building:   Metroon
Bibliography:   Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 192, fig. 117.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:A 136
    Agora:Object:A 164
    Agora:Object:A 234
    Agora:Object:SS 4
    Agora:Object:SS 113
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