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[Object]  A 2239: Triglyph Fragment

Small fragment preserves part of original bottom, of one fascia and half of channel at each side. From Square Peristyle. Hard gray poros. Cf. A 2209 (Τ 1808), triglyph of same material and workmanship ... 31 March 1953

[Object]  A 2320: Cornice Fragment

Fragment of mutule and two guttae. Original top. Broken at front, back, and right end. Joint surface at left. Half of mutule on next block. Via partly preserved at right. Light buff poros with holes in ... 12 May 1953

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[Object]  A 2330: Cornice Fragment

Greatest part of one mutule preserved with right and back edge and lower part of the molding above; eight guttae preserved; some completely, some partly, and traces of four more. Heavy Roman cement preserved ... May 1953

[Object]  A 2346: Frieze Block Fragment

Broken all around. Part of one glyph and full width of projecting fascia with edge of slot for metope. Hard poros with many holes. From Square Peristyle. Same series as A 1925 (Τ 1092), A 2239 (Τ 2026) ... 28 May 1953

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[Object]  A 2405: Column Fragment: Ionic

Broken above, below and on one side. Sixteen flutes. One arris damaged in antiquity; neat bedding for repair. Marble. Built into rubble wall of late phase of Predecessor of Square Building. 931, 933, 2949, ... 2 December 1953

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[Object]  A 2406: Block

Square, complete except for two chips. Smooth picked on all sides. Pentelic marble. Finished Column base at south end of rubble wall of late phase of Predecessor of Square Building. 3616, 3617 Leica PD ... 2 December 1953

[Object]  A 2413: Water Pipe Sections

a) Intact except for inset flange, which is in fragment b) cemented to it. b) Joins a). Has inset flange of a), inside. Much white cement visible at joints. Cf. A 2411 (Σ 2837) and A 1686 (Σ 1403). Early ... 11 December 1953

[Object]  A 2414: Molding Fragment

Fragment of hawk's beak only cut from hard gray poros. Blue and red pigment is fresh. From Square Peristyle, cf. A 1476. Area of Stoa Pier 22, Stoa fill. 3674 Leica PD 1549 ... 26 February 1954

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[Object]  A 2420: Triglyph Fragment

From an inner angle. Full height preserved, though badly broken almost all around. Of the triglyphs only the vertical member between the two is preserved. Kara stone. Cf. A 3386 and A 3387, complete blocks ... April 1954

[Object]  A 2422: Cornice Fragment

Fragment preserves small part of mutule, including one edge and one gutta. The soffit of the mutule painted blue, the gutta reserved. Hard gray poros. From Square Peristyle. Stoa Pier 21, Stoa filling ... 9 March 1954

[Object]  A 2424: Water Pipe

At one end, part of the next pipe remains attached. The two fastened with white plaster. Cf. A 1686 (ΣΑ 1403), A 2411 (ΣΑ 2837) and A 2413 ( ΣΑ 2889). One of the intake pipes leading into the cistern ... 1 April 1954

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[Object]  A 2431: Water Pipe

Part of one pipe and the start of the next one. The two fastened together with lead. The original intake pipe leading into the west end of the passage of the cistern; Stoa Terrace opposite Piers 11-12 ... 6 April 1954

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[Object]  A 2452: Wall Plaster

Scores of fragments were found. Some of the pieces have been made up into two panels. The rest are stored in a tray. The plaster is of three colors, red, black and a stippled white. Enough is preserved ... 11 December 1953

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[Object]  A 2725: Column Drums

Two drums, a) lower drum, b) upper drum, found lying side by side and, since their dimensions are congruous, probably from the same column. Lower 0.20m. of lower drum left unfinished. Lead for centering ... 16 December 1953

[Object]  A 2735: Cornice Fragment with Mason's Mark

The fragment preserves half the mutule, with joint surface at edge. Also full width of via. On top mason's mark: Ι. From Square Peristyle. Poros. No. 1 Poikile Street. Leica PD 1554 ... November 1958

[Object]  A 2896: Cornice Fragment: Doric

Fragment from front top. Cutting for a patch at right end. Fine work. Material and workmanship as of A 2915, i.e. Square Building - South Stoa II series. Hard creamy poros. From demolition of tower of ... 21 July 1959

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[Object]  A 2918: Cornice Fragment: Doric

Preserves small part of mutule with two guttae. Of soft poros and of inferior workmanship; presumably a repair or replacement to the series of A 2915. From Square Peristyle. Found in front of east half ... July 1959

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[Object]  A 2921: Cornice Fragment: Doric

Fragment from crowning hawk's beak. Relieving surface on top. From Square Peristyle. From same series as A 2915. Poros. Found in front of east half of South Stoa II at level of mid 3rd c. A.D. 6566 Leica, ... July 1959

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[Object]  A 2922: Molding Fragment

Hawk's beak molding, fragment of beak alone. Similar in material and profile as A 2915, but appreciably larger. Note relieving surface on top as on A 2921. Blackened by fire. From Square Peristyle. Poros ... July 1959

[Object]  A 2923: Triglyph Fragment

Fragment from lower left corner preserving much of one glyph. Of same material and workmanship as A 2915. Note that the central front surface of the glyph is roughly finished with the toothed chisel; the ... July 1959

[Object]  A 2924: Metope Fragment

Fragment from top front broken right, left and below. Front of head band rough finished, face of metope smooth. Same material and workmanship as A 2915. From Square Peristyle. Poros. Found in front of ... July 1959

[Object]  A 2925: Architrave Fragment

Fragment of upper left corner preserving one gutta. Same material and workmanship as A 2915. From Square Peristyle. Cf. A 1824. Poros. Found in front of east half of South Stoa II at level of mid 3rd ... July 1959

[Object]  A 2927: Column Drum Fragment: Doric

Small fragment preserving arris and parts of two flutings. Similar in material and workmanship to the cornice fragment A 2918 and probably, like it, a replacement of the Hellenistic period. From Square ... July 1959

[Object]  A 2928: Pan Tile Fragment

Fragment from lower right corner of the tile. Buff clay with much brown grit and no surfacing. Since a number of fragments of similar tiles were found at the same level in front of the Stoa, they may ... July 1959

[Object]  A 2929: Cover Tile Fragment

Fragment from lower end. Fabric as A 2928, and probably from same series. Found in front of east half of South Stoa II at level of mid 3rd c. A.D. 6566 Leica ... July 1959

[Object]  A 2931: Triglyph Fragment

Small fragment retaining undercut hood between two glyphs. Material and workmanship as of A 2915 series. Square Peristyle - South Stoa. Travertine. Same: A 1973, A 2239, A 2924. Found in front of east ... July 1959

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[Object]  A 3289: Column Fragment: Doric

A flake from the lower outer part of a base drum preserving parts of two flutes. Lower part of flute (0.07m.) finished delicately with the drove, upper part more carelessly. Very slight relieving surface ... 13 July 1960

[Object]  A 3313: Cornice Fragment

Broken all around except top and bottom. From Square Peristyle. Poros of Akti; fair work. Traces of fire (?). Imbedded in the foundation of the eastern of the two N.-S. walls in the west part of the Heliaia, ... 18 August 1961

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[Object]  A 3386: Frieze Block: Doric

Block apparently complete. Only the right end has been exposed; in its upper half the end was left rough and its front edge chamfered to take the overlapping next frieze block (?); the lower half is cut ... 18 July 1963

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[Object]  A 3387: Frieze Block: Doric

Block now rests upside down so its original top is not visible. Both ends of block treated like right end of A 3386, i.e. rough in upper half and chamfered at front, square cut in lower half. Back of block ... 18 July 1963

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[Object]  A 3399: Cornice Block with Mason's Mark: Doric

Top is flat with a vertical step between a lower front and a higher back part. Cyma reversa bed mold, hawk's beak crown. Cutting for two Π-clamps at each end. In each end a cutting for an end dowel, which ... 28 May 1964

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[Object]  A 3400: Cornice Block

Corona has been cut away and the back part of the block reused as a water channel, the channel cut in the original underside. Preserved length of the block is probably very close to original. From Square ... 29 May 1964

[Object]  A 3500: Molding Fragment

Hawk's beak from epistyle of Square Peristyle. Coarse limestone darkened by fire (?). From same series as A 2922; cf. also A 2925. Found 18.00m. from east end of South Stoa II, behind foundation of colonnade ... 22 May 1965

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[Object]  A 3569: Frieze Block

Both ends and top cut away. Block comprised three triglyphs and two metopes with a triglyph in the middle. Both ends and top cut away. The block rested on a raised bearing surface in its middle above the ... 6 July 1966

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[Object]  A 3570: Frieze Block

Top and one end cut away, one end broken. Back rough finished with long vertical chisel strokes of a single point. Undercutting in middle of back for a shift bar. Metope faces finished with toothed chisel; ... 6 July 1966

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[Object]  A 3571: Frieze Block

Both ends and top cut away. Face of metope shows toothed chisel, face of triglyph finished with drove; back shows long vertical striations of a single point. Undercutting at middle of back for a shift ... 6 July 1966

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[Object]  A 4093: Column Drum Fragment: Doric

Broken left, right, back. Top and bottom surfaces preserved. Flute with flattened arris, 4 annulets, part of echinus preserved. From Square Peristyle? White marble, similar to A 4185 (ΡΡ 136) and Α 4196 ... 26 April 1971

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[Object]  A 4185: Cornice Fragment with Mason's Mark

Broken left and back, bottom worn down. Crowning molding broken away. Fascia bears red paint. Part of one mutule and one via. Gutta cut off, traces indicate their diameter. Anathyrosis on side. Mason's ...

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[Object]  A 4768: Step Block

Right hand end of block preserved, broken at left. One of several step blocks from the Square Peristyle Building reused for retaining wall in forecourt of the Royal Stoa. Set upright resting on its back ... 13 November 1985

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[Object]  A 4769: Step Block

Right hand end of block preserved, broken at left. One of several step blocks from the Square Peristyle Building reused for retaining wall in forecourt of the Royal Stoa. Set upright, resting on its back ... 13 November 1985