| Inventory Number: A 238 |
| Section Number: Η 441 |
| Η 442 |
| Η 633 |
| Title: Cornice Block |
| Category: Architecture Marble |
| Description: Reconstructed cornice block. Included in the block are the fragments originally numbered A 238 a, A 239 a and b, and A 602. a) (former A 238 a) Broken away in back and on both sides; part of a small hawk's beak preserved. On the bottom three guttae. b) (former A 239 a, b) Three pieces, of which two join. They are contiguous parts of a mutule, with six guttae preserved. Part of the via is preserved. The non-joining fragment has preserved ample traces of red coloring, and the width of the via. It also exhibits very shallow anathyrosis. c) (former A 602) Front and bottom preserved; elsewhere broken away. Piece from exterior corner. From the Temple of Ares. Pentelic marble. <graphic> ADDENDA Other fragments originally numbered A 238 b-e, have been renumbered A 2251 (Η 511), 2252 (Η 511 bis), 2253 (Ν 505) and A 2254 (MM 344); also bracketed fragments: A 2241 (Μ 803)-A 2250 (Μ 810). To this series also belong I 315, I 690 and probably also A 600, A 601. |
| Notes: Depth is for a) and b). |
| Notebook Page: 1168, 1171 |
| Storage: On Site-Temple of Ares, on Foundations |
| Negatives: Leica, LIX-22, LIX-23, LIX-38 |
| PD Numbers: PD 530, PD 777 |
| Dimensions: H. a) 0.38, c) 0.23; Th. a) 0.39; W. a) 0.16, b) (joining fragments) 0.58, b) (distance from middle of first to middle of sixth gutta on joining fragments) 0.51, b) (mutule on joining fragments) 0.555, b) (non-joining fragment) 0.40, b) (via on non-joining fragment) 0.14, c) 0.115 |
| Material: Marble (Pentelic) |
| Date Of Discovery: 30 June 1933, June 1935 |
| Section: Η |
| Grid: Η:55/Κ |
| Η:56/ΙΘ |
| Η:53/ΙΗ |
| Elevation: 53.00m |
| Longitude: 23.722831 |
| Latitude: 37.975749 |
| Building: Temple of Ares |
| Bibliography: Hesperia 28 (1959), pp. 16, 23, 49, 51, 54, 56, fig. 12. |
| Hesperia 9 (1940), pp. 9, 11, 19, n. 3, figs. 6 b, 9. |
| Shoe (1936), pls. 53.23, 73.16. |