Object: A 42

Inventory Number:   A 42
Section Number:   Α
Title:   Architrave Fragment: Doric
Category:   Architecture Marble
Description:   Preservation: Fragment includes small ovolo, taenia, regula and three guttae. The top and right side are preserved, dressed surfaces.
Moldings: (from top to bottom)
Small ovolo, H. 0.016m.
Taenia, H. 0.044m.
Regula, L. 0.205m., H. 0.034m., Th. 0.033m.
Guttae, H. 0.019m.; D. 0.032m.
Space from center to center, 0.075m. Guttae have concave curve at sides; on the under surface, an incised circle and a center point.
Traces of read on taenia and under surface of taenia.
Excellent work. Exposed surfaces, carefully finished.
Pentelic marble.
Same as A 2853
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Notes:   At. 2.00m.
Notebook Page:   146
Storage:   Basement Corridor-Architecture Drawer No. 24
Negatives:   Leica, 6-42
PD Numbers:   PD 16
Dimensions:   P.L. 0.265; P.H. 0.11; P.Th. 0.05
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Dates Excavated:   18 June 1931
Date Of Discovery:   18 Jun 1931
Section:   Α
Grid:   Α:7/Ζ
Elevations:   Ca. 2.00m.
Longitude:   23.722134
Latitude:   37.975674
ZAverage:   2
Building:   Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios
Bibliography:   Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 29, fig. 17.
    Shoe (1936), pl. 23.2.
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1997.03.0077
Excavations in the Athenian Agora are conducted by the American School of Classical Studies.
Primary funding is provided by the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI).