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S 1216: Torso Fragment of Triton

Part of fishtailed creature, lower torso, the scales well preserved. Pentelic marble. From marble pile north of second Giant from west. Leica, XXIX-56 ... August 1946

S 1217: Scaly Creature Fragment

Small fragment with rather pointed scales. Possibly from snaky ending of a proper Giant, like the first giant from the east. Pentelic marble. From marble pile near N.W. corner of Odeion. Leica ... August 1946

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S 1218: Arm Fragment of Giant

Small fragment of elbow from right arm, in scale and style close to S 1214 (ΩΔ 223). Only slightly weathered. Pentelic marble. From marble pile between Odeion and Giants. Leica, XXVI-72, XXXIII-65 ... August 1946

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S 1219: Arm Fragment of Giant

Forearm preserved from elbow to wrist. Heavily weathered on surface of arm and on break at wrist, comparatively fresh on upper break. Was the hand of the Giant already missing when the late Romans reset ... August 1946

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S 1220: Foot and Plinth Fragments of Colossal Figure

Parts of left foot of a colossal figure. a) First three toes of foot. Edge of plinth to proper right appears to be original. Very precise work; surface extremely fresh. Traces of red (?) on toenail. b) ... a) (ΩΔ 229) 15 June 1946 b) (Ι 1640) July 1959

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S 1221: Hand Fragment of Giant

Part of right hand of colossal figure holding staff or stick. Perhaps slightly greater in scale than other hands of giants, but very similar in material and workmanship. Pentelic marble. Cf. S 596 (Ν' ... August 1946

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S 1222: Lion's Head

Broken at left; smooth worn back with large shallow cutting and battered underside of jaw uncertain, may be original; face much battered, upper jaw entirely missing. Head of Lion, facing front, with wide ... Ca. 570-550 B.C.

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S 1224: Column Fragment with Graffito Herm

Fragment of a large unfluted column with smooth-picked surface. A graffito herm incised on it. Hymettian marble. Marble dump. Leica ... Roman period.

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S 1227: Portrait Head of Male Figure

A life-sized head of a man, broken behind and at neck. Nose damaged, but features otherwise well preserved. Curly hair on head. Mustache, chin, beard and sideburns rendered in very low relief and by incision ... 26 March 1947

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S 1228: Head of Female Figure

The bottom of the neck rounded, and covered with lead over a socket for a pin? Small head of a woman with a band around the front part of the hair, which is knotted at the back of the head. Island (?) ... 4 April 1947

S 1229: Relief Fragment with Banquet Scene

Part of relief face, rough-picked back and outer edge of rough-picked bottom preserved. Broken at both sides and at top. Part of a banquet relief: preserved are the legs and one hand of a draped figure ... 8 April 1947

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S 1232: Torso of Athena

About two-thirds of body preserved; broken at bottom, and both arms missing. The right arm broken off just below the shoulder, the left ends in a smooth-cut surface just above the elbow, with a hole for ... 28 April 1947

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S 1234: Statuette of Hermaphrodite

The head missing, and the feet. Pin holes for attachment in neck and in bottom surface. Standing figure, hermaphrodite, wearing cloak and chiton; both hands lift the skirt up to the waist in front. Pentelic ... Late Hellenistic or Roman period.

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S 1235: Statuette of Hermaphrodite

Broken off diagonally across the lower legs. The head was made separately and attached with a pin. Back left rough. Hermaphrodite of a type similar to S 1234 (ΝΝ 2578), but more elaborate. The figure wears ... 8 May 1947

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S 1237: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Complete except for chip from nose and parts of curls at neck. Life-size head made to set into a statue; the head turned slightly to the figure's right. The hair is parted in the middle and heavily waved ... 145-175 A.D.

S 1238: Votive Plaque with Relief

Broken at bottom; surface chipped; back used as door sill at some time, but is probably close to original surface. Preserved is a bearded snake in relief. Pentelic marble. Dedication to Zeus Meilichios; ... 7 May 1947

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S 1241: Statuette of Herakles

Mended from several pieces, complete save minor chips. Farnese type, the figure leaning heavily on his club, but the body rendered as more youthful with the muscles less exaggerated. Pentelic (?) marble ... 21 May 1947

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S 1242: Head of Female Figure with Gilding

Complete save minor chips. Cut away flat behind as if for attachment to wall. An iron dowel passing from the crown of the head diagonally out to the flat surface has split the marble on the top. Neck finished ... 21 May 1947

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S 1243: Herm Head

A small bearded head, complete save minor chips. Iron dowel with lead for attachment to body (or herm). Hair done in archaic manner; long pointed beard. Pentelic marble. Well, bottom fill. 336 Leica, XXIX-14 ... Roman period.

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S 1244: Head of Female Figure

Small head, broken at neck; one of curls on top of head broken off and mended, and the missing chips filled out in plaster; otherwise undamaged. Hair parted in the middle and drawn up to the top of the ... 21 May 1947

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S 1245: Portrait Head Fragment of Male Figure

Broken away above and behind. Preserved are the nose, mouth and chin of a life-sized bearded head. Back added from circled marbles in section Κ November 1953. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base ... Antonine period.

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S 1246: Head of Female Figure

Broken at neck and at back of hair; most of forehead, nose, mouth and chin battered and missing. At the back, a bit of the original surface preserved at the top of the neck suggests a freestanding statue ... 20 May 1947

S 1249: Votive Relief with Herakles and Worshippers

A rectangular relief with tongue below; intact save minor chips. At either side a pilaster supporting an epistyle on which is an inscription in shallow irregular spaced letters. At right, Herakles, nude, ... September 1947

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S 1251: Relief with Eleusinian Divinities

Complete. Rectangular plaque with plain border, tenon for setting below and rough-finished back. Seven figures in low relief, left to right: draped woman (Demeter) with staff (?) in left hand and patera ... 11 June 1947

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S 1256: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken at neck; nose and chin missing; surface battered. Male head with short cut hair, short beard, high domed head, wrinkles across the forehead. Traces of mortar attached to hair and in one ear suggest ... Last quarter of 3rd c. A.D.

S 1258: Relief Fragment with Banquet Scene

Rough-picked back, bottom and right side preserved; broken at top and at left. Preserved is the lower part of a seated figure, right; in front, a sacrificial table with six pyramidal cakes and one round ... April 1947

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S 1260: Head of a Cock

Comb and beak chipped. At neckline, a somewhat rough-finished surface at obtuse angel with head, and a small hole for attachment, suggesting that the head was part of a group, and faced somewhat left ... 500-480 B.C (?).

S 1265: Relief Fragment with Banquet Scene

Part of right side and rough-picked back preserved. Partly draped figure reclining on a cushioned couch, left. In front of the couch a table with loaves. The surface of the marble blackened by fire. Pentelic ... 28 April-7 May 1947

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S 1268: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Broken off at neck, chipped at nose, mouth and chin, and considerably battered. Small female head, less than half life-size, her hair arranged in an elaborate Flavian style, made up of braids giving a ... Period of Trajan.

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S 1276: Fragments of a) Grave Relief with Male ...

Three fragments: a) Broken above and at right, perhaps also below. Left side smooth. Back badly pitted by cesspool acids, but probably nearly original. Preserved bottom similarly pitted; may or may not ... a) (Θ 1928) ca. 530-525 B.C., b) (Ε 626) last quarter of 6th c. B.C., c) ca. 600-590 B.C.

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S 1277: Hekataion Fragment

Most of one figure preserved and part of a second; the heads broken off; the surfaces considerably battered. From a group of three like female figures, standing back to back, wearing elaborate archaizing ... Early 1st c. A.D. (?).

S 1281: Relief Fragment

Preserved is part of a crowning gable, and a head, frontal, in high relief in the niche below. The head much battered; all the surfaces worn and flaking. A small three-part akroterion at the top of the ... 3 July 1947

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S 1285: Votive Relief with Snake

Intact save minor chips. Small relief with tenon; edges roughly finished; back rough. A serpent, left. Pentelic marble. Old Grid: Great Drain, ΛΖ-ΜΣΤ. /ΛΖ-ΜΣΤ* Great Drain; gravel. Leica, XXIX-27, 95-2-9 ... 15 July 1947

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S 1287: Portrait Head of Boy

Nose, mouth and chin badly battered; eyes and ears somewhat chipped. Broken at top of neck. Head of a child or a youth, life-size. Pentelic marble. Drilled for setting on base June 1950. Fill behind wall ... Julio-Claudian period.

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S 1289: Relief Fragment with Horse and Rider

The right edge preserved, dressed smooth; and the back, with a broad anathyrosis band running diagonally across it, 0.085m. to 0.135m. from the finished edge. Broken top, bottom and left. The upper forepart ... 21 July 1947

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S 1295: Head of Herakles

Broken off across the neck; end of nose and chin chipped. Pick-marks on forehead. Head, half life-size, turned slightly to the figure's left. Hair and beard rendered in small tight bead-like curls. The ... 30 July 1947

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S 1299: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

Complete except for chipped nose, and base. Draped bust, wearing tunic and cloak. An elderly man; the bald head has a close-clipped fringe of hair; the features are heavily lined. Point of juncture with ... Flavian period.

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S 1303: Giant's Body Fragment

The fragment comes from near the bottom of the proper right corner, preserving a little of the snaky body and a little of the lateral molding on the back of the pier. Both body and molding were left rough ... 14 August 1947

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S 1304: Throne Fragment

Part of the chest and winged creature from the proper left side of a throne. Apparently from the same series as S 826 (Σ 1260) and S 930 (Σ 1506). Pentelic marble. From marble pile between the Odeion and ... 20 August 1947

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S 1305: Shoulder Fragment of Colossal Draped Figure

A flake, apparently from the shoulder of a very large draped figure. The surface towards the top was rough-finished with a single point; lower down, smoothed with a chisel. Towards one side a puntillo ... August 1947

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S 1307: Portrait Head of Boy

Broken off at base of neck; nose and chin battered; surface somewhat chipped. Head of a small boy, life-size, wearing a wreath. The hair close-cropped except for a scalp lock at the back. Pentelic marble, ... 2nd quarter of 3rd c. A.D.

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S 1308: Head of Female Figure

About life-size. Broken at the base of the neck, and the back broken off. The nose and chin battered. Woman's head bent sharply to the left; the hair is rolled back from the face and wrapped in a kerchief ... 25 September 1947

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S 1312: Portrait Head of Boy

Broken at neck. Nose broken; ears and chin chipped; a slice missing from back of head; otherwise in good condition. Head of a young boy, life-size or slightly under, with short hair and a wreath about ... 3rd quarter of the 3rd c. A.D.

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S 1313: Torso of a Youth

Head missing. Stubs of arms preserved. Right leg broken below knee; left leg above knee. Torso of a standing youth, about half life-size, the weight on the right leg. The upper left arm is set back a little; ... 19 March 1948

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S 1318: Nude Reclining Male Figure

Complete from just below knees to neck; two large chips, flaked off from the upper right arm, mended (old break, caused by a hole between them). Left arm missing. A hole in the broken surface at the neck ... 16 March 1948

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S 1319: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

A large piece missing at the back and left. Nose and mouth battered, ears chipped. Along the break, from the top of the head, is a vertical pinhole with traces of iron stain. The wear on front and back ... Early Flavian period.

S 1322: Statuette Fragment: Aphrodite of Venus ...

Torso only preserved; head, right arm and left forearm were attached separately. Thin chiton, slipped down over the left shoulder, leaving the left breast uncovered. Pentelic marble. Late fill. Leica, ... 10 March 1948

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S 1327: Herm Head

Small bearded male head, broken off below; chipped and stained. Head with full beard and mustache; the hair bound by a fillet. About a quarter life-size. Pentelic marble. Byzantine sand fill east of Great ... 31 March 1948

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S 1336: Herm of Herakles

Broken below and minor chips. Statuette of Herakles in the form of a herm. He is bearded, wears the lion skin over his head, and has a cloak drawn tightly around his body. The proper right side flat; proper ... Hellenistic (?).

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S 1342: Statuette of Attis

Intact except for chip from base at proper left, and end of attribute held in left arm. Unfinished. Male figure standing on small plinth, left leg bent; nude except for a cloak looped across the chest ... 23 April 1948

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S 1343: Draped Colossal Figure Fragment

A flake from a colossal figure, preserving chiefly drapery but also a little hair (?) along one edge. Surface for the most part finished with a narrow gouge, in part smoothed. Tooling is identical with ... 1948

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S 1344: Triton Tail Fragment

Broken at both ends. Tapering and twisting, a slightly projecting spine down the back. Surface rather roughly tooled all over, but rougher on one side than the other. Moderate weathering on one side. The ... 1948

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S 1345: Portrait Statue Fragments of Draped ...

Broken all around and behind. The fragment comes from the middle proper left side of a figure wearing an inner garment and a clock (chiton and himation). The surface of the garments is rasped. The left ... 1948

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S 1346: Portrait Statue Fragments of Draped ...

Put together from many pieces; head and right hand, made separately, missing; also the left hand, large fragments of lower body and back and lower legs and feet. Conventional standing draped male figure, ... 1948

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S 1347: Portrait Statue Fragments of Draped ...

Mended from many pieces; other do not join. Nothing to upper part preserved. Toga-clad figure, at his left, non-joining part of a circular case for books. Pentelic marble. Brought in 1937 (?), mended 1948 ... 1948

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S 1348: Relief Fragment from Base of Colossal Figure

Broken all around and behind. On the front, in relief, the trunk of an olive tree with leaves beginning to show at the top of the fragment as preserved. To the right something rises from the background: ... July 1948

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S 1350: Hand Fragment

A small right hand, broken off at wrist, and the fingers missing. Socket for pin in wrist. Inner part roughly worked, perhaps unfinished. Crystalline white marble. "Latrine" over House R, among and under ... 20 September 1947

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S 1351: Statuette Fragment: Draped Standing Female

Fragment from the lower part of a draped figure standing on a rectangular plinth. Rear right corner of plinth preserved, with rough-picked bottom and edges; broken at front and left. Parts of both feet ... Late Archaic period.

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S 1353: Grave Lekythos

Small lekythos preserved from base of neck to lower body. Patterned decoration in low relief. Wide band of palmettes on shoulder. Narrower band of guilloche around body at widest point. Lower body entirely ... January-February 1949

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S 1354: Portrait Statue of Draped Standing Male ...

Complete to neck (head made in separate piece) except for ends of fingers of left hand, ends of object held in this hand, and a small fragment of base. Draped to ankles in himation with long fold falling ... Possibly 3rd c. A.D.

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S 1357: Relief Fragment with Nude Male Figures

Back and front surfaces of background preserved, but no original edge. Parts of two male figures preserved. The first, preserved from chest to ankles, nude save for cloak hanging in folds along his right ... January-February 1949

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S 1358: Head Fragment of Kore

Preserved from lower jaw to lower part of neck. Life-size, frontal pose. Three strands of wavy hair fall on each side of neck. Hair on back in etagen peruche, five rows preserved. Island marble. Found ... 1st half of 6th c. B.C.

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S 1362: Relief Fragment with Male Figure and Dog

Lower part preserved, broken at top only. From narrow relief; legs of a man, half life-size, walking toward the right; behind him a dog, nose to ground; end of garment in front of man's left knee. Left ... February 1949

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S 1367: Head Fragments of Colossal Figures

a) Mended from two pieces; broken from above, the right side and lower part of face. Most of the face, except the right eye, bridge of nose, part of left eye, forehead and some hair above it, missing ... January-February 1949

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S 1386: Palmette Finial Fragment

Originally a nine-leaf palmette with volute below; carved in low relief on both sides. Parts of seven petals and a volute preserved on one side, parts of six leaves and a volute on the other. Perhaps from ... Latter part of 6th c. B.C.

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S 1390: Giant's Tail Fragment

The fragment comes from Odeion, about half way up in the back proper left corner of a pier with Giant attached. Preserved are part of a giant's scale-covered tail (the scales pointing down) and a corner ... 17 March 1949

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S 1391: Herm Shaft Fragment

Fragment from lower part of shaft, preserving tenon for insertion in plinth. From stage front of Odeion. Greenish white Karystos (?) marble. From same series as S 553 (Ν 263), S 554 (Ν 264), S 558 (Ο ... 26 March 1949

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S 1406: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Split vertically into two approximate equal halves; end of nose broken and minor chips; otherwise complete, with tenon for setting in statue. Short straight hair; beard stippled. Pentelic marble. Drilled ... 2nd. half of 3rd. c. A.D.

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S 1413: Statuette Fragment: Nude Standing Male

Torso and part of head of nude bearded man, possibly Socrates; cloak over left shoulder. Broken at bottom. Back rough, with occasional pick marks. Pentelic marble. ’νω μέρος μαρμάρινου αγαλματιδίου Σωκράτους ... 20 May 1949

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S 1422: Statue Base Fragment

Shield decoration from statue base from the Odeion. Fragment from bottom retaining part of rim of one shield. Apparently from the same series as S 1212 (ΟΔ 209). Marble dump. (Note traces of mortar, presumably ... 13 June 1949

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S 1426: Herm Arm

Rectangular block, from small herm, plain finished, one end flanged for setting into a socket where it was fastened with a pin. A deep hole in the upper (or lower) face. Pentelic marble. 4th. c. B.C. filling ... 4th. c. B.C.

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S 1427: Herm Arm

Rectangular piece, from small herm, with projection tongue for attachment broken off at one end. Pentelic marble. Sherds from this fill stored in B 304; note marble dust and chips in layer just above ... 6 June 1949

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S 1428: Relief Fragment with Herm

Broken all around. Part of the back surface, dressed with toothed chisel, preserved. The upper part of a herm in low relief, apparently framed by a raised band, preserved only. Pentelic marble. Marble ... July 1949

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S 1429: Statuette of Demeter and Kore

Demeter seated, holding Kore on her lap. Both heads missing, upper parts of bodies badly weathered. Both figures wear chiton and himation; Kore's right arm rests on Demeter's shoulder. Demeter sits on ... 12 October 1949

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S 1438: Grave Stele Fragment

Lower right corner of capital of archaic grave stele. Broken above, at left and behind. Across bottom a row of tongues picked out in paint, traces of which remain. Above tongues a horizontal fillet with ... 2nd quarter or middle of 6th c. B.C.

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S 1440: Kouros Fragment

The fragment preserves waist and hips. Scars for attachment of hands on sides of thighs. Much late Roman mortar indicates its reuse in a wall. Island marble. Found in a marble pile to west of north end ... Ca. 550-540 B.C.

S 1441: Torch Fragments from Votive Monument

Two joining and one non-joining fragments. Worked in shallow vertical rounds, bound by a plain band. Both ends preserved on a) i.e. full height, one end only on b). Pentelic marble. Marble dump. Leica, ... February 1950

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S 1443: Herm Shaft

Shaft of a small herm, head broken off at neck. Bottom of shaft and phallus broken off. Drilled holes in the sides for attachment of the arms. Traces of a mass of hair down the back and a single long ... 5 April 1950

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S 1449: Relief Fragment with Male Figure and Lion

Life-size. Broken behind. Fragment from the head of a man, facing left with the paw of a lion gripping him from behind and above. The outer part of the lion's paw was worked in a separate piece and attached ... Ca. 530-520 B.C.

S 1456: Stele Fragments with Reliefs

Two non-joining fragments of a dedicatory stele with reliefs on either side. Both fragments preserve part of the gable-like crowning molding, which carries on both of its sloped upper surfaces a row of ... 13 June 1950

S 1458: Relief Fragment of Mother of the Gods

The lower half only preserved. Seated draped figure with patera in right hand and small figure (child?) in her lap. Rough-picked back. Pentelic marble. In Byzantine Wall; north wall of Room 10 of House ... 15 June 1950

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S 1459: Head of Male Figure from Relief

Right half of forehead and cheek missing; broken at neck, and small broken surface at back of head, probably marking break from relief ground. Male head, about half life-size, with short beard and drooping ... 17 June 1950

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S 1466: Herm Beard Fragment

Broken at top and left; bottom much worn but perhaps close to original edge; back smooth finished. Ends of drooping mustache hanging down on either side. Front surface much weathered. Pentelic marble ... 17 June 1950

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S 1467: Relief Fragment with Horses

A fragment of a chariot group (?), left. Body, beginning of neck and part of right foreleg of front horse, with hand and arm of charioteer stretched over his back almost touching neck, and much battered ... Latter part of 6th c. B.C. (?).

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S 1477: Bull Fragment

Smooth-finished bottom surface preserved; broken at top and back; muzzle chipped. Part of the (head and) neck and forequarters of a bull, apparently brought down by an animal (lion), part of whose claws ... Late Archaic or early Classical period.

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S 1482: Herm Head

Bearded head, front only preserved. Nose missing; hair on proper right side badly worn; beard chipped, especially below. Mustache indicated in part by parallel lines running down beside and below edges ... Roman period.

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S 1483: Drapery Fragment of Kore

Folds and edge of himation, with short fall of chiton seen underneath, preserved on front and left side of fragment. Island marble. Marble dump. Leica ... Late 6th. to early 5th. c. B.C.

S 1491: Relief Plaque Fragment

Upper right quarter of thin plaque; front and back surfaces and a curving edge at top. The front bears in relief the nude upper part, except the right arm, of a woman (Nereid ?) looking to her right. A ... 3 May 1951

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S 1494: Head of Female Figure from Relief

Broken below at neck. Right side from top to mid cheek missing. Nose, mouth, and chin much chipped and bruised. Drill hole at back to separate it from background. Female head, half life-size, left, seen ... 23 April 1951

S 1505: Herm of Herakles

Head, neck, and forepart of figure's right arm bent in front of chest, are missing; broken off below, probably towards bottom of post in which statue ends. Club damaged. The upper portion of the figure ... Roman period.

S 1507: Omphalos Fragment

A little of the top surface and nearly half the circumference at the top, preserved. Laurel wreath around bottom; above, pendent fillets of wool. Cutting in top. Hymettian marble. Notebook reference to ... 30 May 1951

S 1514: Relief Fragment

Fragment broken all around. Large relief of serpent, spiral of coils remains. Traces of cement indicate reuse in wall. Pentelic marble. Marble dump S.W. of Odeion. Leica, 95-8-27 ... 2 June 1951

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S 1518: Herm Head Fragment

Broken all around. Bearded head, the crown and a little of left cheek and eye preserved. Narrow, lightly carved strands, which meet at a point on top and pass under a fillet and emerge as snail shell curls ... 23 May 1951

S 1519: Relief

Broken off at the top, the head missing. Unfinished. In relief, a standing figure with the left arm resting on a support, the right hand on the hip. The back of the fragment is rounded and finished off ... 4 June 1951

S 1521: Relief Fragment with Male Figure

Broken all around. Preserved are torso and upper arm of youth with drapery hanging from shoulder. Right arm raised. Traces of a hand holding his elbow. Surface of upper arm destroyed by weathering. Careful ... 5 July 1951

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S 1527: Relief Fragment

Front surface and rough-picked back only preserved. Above a plain surface separated into right and left sides by a pilaster in relief, a small frieze with parts of two standing figures facing left, preserved; ... Hellenistic (?).

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S 1530: Draped Seated Female Figure Fragment

Broken off above waist. Left foot (which was attached with iron dowel) missing, and small part of throne. Figure, wears transparent chiton and heavier himation. She is seated on a rocky throne, with left ... 19 June 1951

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S 1534: Torso Fragment of Female Figure

Break slanting from left shoulder to right hip, preserving half of chiton-draped torso above girdle in front, and more than half in back. Large chips at bottom of right side. A pin attached head and shoulders; ... 11 June 1951

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S 1538: Head of Female Figure from Relief

Broken below at neck; upper left part of head, including eye, broken away; nose broken away; right eye, chin and lips much battered. Head in high relief, turned almost full left; veil over back of head ... 14 June 1951

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S 1539: Knee Fragment from Akroterion

Broken behind, just above and just below the knee, and to right. Draped right knee, slightly bent, from a life-size statue from akroterion of Temple of Ares. Good workmanship. Pentelic marble. Joins Nike ... 16 June 1951