Object: A 1974
Inventory Number: A 1974
Section Number: ΣΑ 1727
Title: Monument Base: Ionic
Category: Architecture Marble
Description: A small fragment of the torus missing; minor chips; otherwise intact.
The base consists of a lower member, on which rests a torus, cut from the same block. The middle section of the torus is worked horizontally in four flat fasciae. Traces of red paint here. At top of torus a shallow concave molding with traces of green paint. A small circular area at center of top and of bottom left rough-picked. No dowel cuttings. Remains of thin stucco (whitewash?) over part of cylindrical member that was towards outer face of wall.
Pentelic marble.
Keyword: UV
Context: Built into north wall of Predecessor of Square Building, resting on Poros wall crown, A 1975 (ΣΑ 1732).
Notebook Page: 954-956, 2204
Storage: On Site-In Front of Stoa of Attalos in Marble Pile Λ 175, north end
Negatives: Leica, LIII-100
PD Numbers: PD 976
Dimensions: H. 0.30, (lower member of base) 0.19; Diam. 0.57
Material: Marble (Pentelic)
Date Of Discovery: 11 August 1949
Section: ΣΑ
Bibliography: Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), pp. 88-92, pl. 13 e.
 Hesperia 38 (1969), p. 188, pl. 49 c.
 Agora XXVII, no. Arch1, pp. 30, 31, 113, ill. 10, pls. 6 b, 20.
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