Object: A 64

Inventory Number:   A 64
Section Number:   Ε
Title:   Triglyph Block Fragment with Mason's Mark
Category:   Architecture Marble
Description:   Corner block with triglyphs on both faces preserved in full dimensions though broken. Inner surfaces rough-picked; top, toothed chisel.
Dowel hole and mason's marks very carefully cut (se drawing) on top.
Lower edge of narrower side broken away. Careful work.
Pentelic marble.
Assigned to the Temple of Ares, cf. Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 3, n. 9.
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Context:   West of N. W. corner of altar steps, at level of lowest one, and 1.30m. from it.
Notebook Page:   522
Storage:   On Site-Temple of Ares
Negatives:   Leica, 7-24, 6-37, 4-364, 81-81
PD Numbers:   PD 529, PD 776, PD 962
Dimensions:   H. 0.837; W. 0.635; Th. 0.585
Material:   Marble (Pentelic)
Dates Excavated:   27 July 1931
Date Of Discovery:   28 Jul 1931
Section:   Ε
Building:   Temple of Ares
Bibliography:   Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 19, fig. 9.
    Hesperia 28 (1959), pp. 16, 19, 20, 21, 49, 51, 54, 55, fig. 10.
Published Type:   Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 3, n. 9.
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Excavations in the Athenian Agora are conducted by the American School of Classical Studies.
Primary funding is provided by the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI).