Google Earth| Inventory Number: A 248 |
| Section Number: Η' 580 |
| Title: Step Block with Mason's Mark |
| Category: Architecture Marble |
| Description: Bottom step block. All surfaces preserved with anathyrosis on both ends. Top surface smooth with setting line 0.395m. from front surface. For a distance of 0.330m. from front surface we have a raised area 0.013m. from finished top surface across block. This, and anathyrosis, suggests its original intention. Front surface smooth picked with drafting all around. Cuttings for H-clamps. Pry and dowel cuttings in back. Mason's mark: Ε Γ Γ. Pentelic marble. Assigned to the Temple of Ares. <graphic> |
| Context: Demolition of late foundations in N.W. corner of section. |
| Storage: On Site-Temple of Ares, on Foundations |
| Negatives: Leica |
| PD Numbers: PD 529, PD 771 |
| Dimensions: L. 1.343; H. 0.368; Th. 0.750 |
| Material: Marble (Pentelic) |
| Date Of Discovery: 23 January 1934 |
| Section: Η' |
| Grid: Η':43-49/ΞΒ-ΞΘ |
| Longitude: 23.722328 |
| Latitude: 37.975926 |
| Building: Temple of Ares |
| Bibliography: Hesperia 28 (1959), pp. 11, 48, 49, 51, 54, fig. 3, pl. 10, (footnotes) pp. 9, 53, 55. |
| Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 3, n. 9, p. 12, fig. 7. |
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