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S 1780: Drapery and Hand Fragment

Broken off below wrist. Falling ends of drapery broken away. Much weathered. Left hand, life-size or only a little under, raised and enveloped in drapery from which the ends of three fingers emerge. Delicate ... November 1953

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S 1785: Drapery Fragment from Kore

Broken above, below and behind. Part of hanging edge of himation with zigzag folds, perhaps from a Kore. Parian marble. From circled marbles, section unknown. Leica ... Late 6th or early 5th c. B.C.

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S 1794: Double Herm Fragment

Shaft surface preserved on two joining faces, broken at bottom and other two sides. A shallow picked socket with square dowel hole in center for attachment of heads. Double herm, which had on one face ... February 1954

S 1797: Relief Fragment

Rough-picked back and a little of bottom preserved. Otherwise broken all around. Probably had a rough tenon at the bottom. Above a smooth band, part of the figure of a goddess in chiton and himation seated ... February 1954

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S 1799: Grave Relief Fragment with Loutrophoros

Broken back and top. Back rough-picked. In relief a loutrophoros on which is depicted a warrior in chiton with helmet, sword and shield dispatching a kneeling enemy similarly dressed. Pentelic marble ... Ca. 350 B.C.

S 1823: Foot Fragment on Plinth

Part of right foot and plinth preserved. Original rough-picked bottom preserved, otherwise broken all around. The foot of which only three toes are preserved rests on a high platform sandal, which in turn ... 17 March 1954

S 1825: Relief Fragment

Relief surface and rough-picked back only preserved. Draped female figure preserved from neck to hips. Hygeia with patera in right hand; snake coming down from left shoulder is probably drinking. Snake's ... 17 March 1954

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S 1829: Relief Fragment

Broken all around. Upper part of a male figure moving right, in fairly high relief. He wears a chiton and a chlamys, which is fastened in front and blows back behind him in heavy folds. Careful work. Surface ... March 1954

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S 1832: Head Fragment of Female Figure

Fragment preserving front part of top of head with both eyes, the right cheek and part of the mouth. Nose broken (fresh break). The break in the proper left side of the head old, that on the right fresh ... 27 February 1954

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S 1833: Torso of Male Figure from Hephaisteion Metope

Split off from background roughly on the plane of contact. Head, both arms and both legs broken off. Front of torso and breaks except those of back much weathered. Nude male torso in more or less frontal ... March 1954

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S 1834: Arm Fragment of Female Figure from High ...

A vertical sliver preserving part of right shoulder and right arm of female figure, half life-size, in high relief. Seems to have split off at line of junction with background and line of junction of arm ... March 1954

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S 1835: Leg Fragment of Male Figure

Broken just above start of buttocks and below knee. Thigh and knee from right leg of standing nude male figure, life-size or slightly under. Front surface weathered, back fresh. Carefully modeled and ... March 1954

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S 1836: Leg Fragment

Broken off at crotch and above knee. Part of thigh from right leg of a striding (?) figure. Part of scrotum attached to leg. Scale and finish same as S 1835 (ΟΕ 276) and S 1837 (ΟΕ 278). Considerably ... March 1954

S 1837: Arm Fragment

Broken all around. Possibly a fragment from back of left elbow (?) which was bent and held across to body. Surface fresh, finish as S 1835 (ΟΕ 276) and S 1836 (ΟΕ 277). Island marble. From circled marbles ... March 1954

S 1855: Bust Fragment

Some of right breast preserved. Over it hangs some drapery and a lappet decorated with a giant in low relief, his legs ending in serpent's tail. Hollowed out behind. Pentelic marble. Wall of late Roman ... 11 May 1954

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S 1860: Mold Fragments

Two fragments of mold for bronze statue selected from large a number; others stored in tray. a) Fragment from mold for large nude figure. b) Fragment from drapery. Cf. B 1600-B 1608, probably from the ... 10 May 1954

S 1863: Mold Fragments for Bronze Bowl

Numerous fragments, mostly non-joining, from base, wall and rim for shallow bowl. Cf. B 1599. In kiln or bronze casting pit. 5241 Leica, 87-464 PD 2249-14 ... 10 May 1954

S 1873: Horse's Hoof

Part of hoof of a horse (probably left), uncertain whether front or back. Lower part broken off all around. Seems more weathered on proper right side. Wall mortar. Similar in size and finish to S 785 (ΚΚ ... October 1954

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S 1874: Head Fragment of Female Figure

Much battered fragment from upper part of face of over life-sized female statue with Praxitelian coiffure (Aphrodite?). Very careful work. Wall mortar adhering to fragment. Parian marble. Marble piles ... October 1954

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S 1875: Drapery Fragment

Fragment from a large draped statue, probably in himation. It is not immediately apparent to what part of the statue it belongs. Joint-surface for an inset member shows that the statue was pieced. Carefully ... Late 4th c. B.C. or Hellenistic.