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[Image]  1997.05.0001

East front of the Temple ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 18/5/1936

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[Image]  1997.05.0019

Interior of cella after excavation with ancient foundations exposed ... west 2123 Horizontal (normal) ... 25/5/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0020

Cella and pronaos of the Temple of Hephaistos ... east Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0035

Marble block from the east wall of the church, probably from the upper epistyle of the cella ... 2131 Horizontal (normal) ... 25/5/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0036

Marble block from the east wall of the church. Probably from the upper epistyle of the cella ... 2131 Horizontal (normal) ... 25/5/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0048

North peristyle ... east 2045 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0050

South peristyle ... west 2061 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0051

East peristyle showing paving and underpinning ... south 1891 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0055

South foundations of the Temple ... east Horizontal (normal) ... June 1936

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[Image]  1997.05.0057

South interior wall of the cella showing traces left by the east wall and Medieval plaster ... southeast 2156 Horizontal (normal) ... 15/6/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0058

North wall of the cella with traces of the east cross-wall ... 2157 Horizontal (normal) ... 15/6/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0061

Stratification under Grave XXXII in the north peristyle ... west 2043 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0069

Pronaos of the temple. Top of Course α of east cross-wall with Course I lifted ... 2011 Horizontal (normal) ... 23/3/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0070

Interior column foundations at southeast corner of cella ... 2033 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0071

Northeast corner of the cella foundations ... northeast 2126 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0072

Northeast corner of the cella foundations ... northeast 2125 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0073

Northwest corner of the peristyle ... northwest 2049 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0074

Unfinished Doric capital in Course I near northwest corner of cella ... 2128 Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0083

Northwest corner of the cella. Junction of west cross-wall and north wall foundations ... 2154 Horizontal (normal) ... 25/5/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0088

Cuttings for sarcophagus between columns of the north peristyle ... 2148 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0089

Outer corner of foundation below the southwest corner of the opisthodomos ... north 2149 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0096

The vault ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 16/8/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0115

Raking sima (A 1095) and flank sima (A 1094) on top of Temple of Hephaistos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1904

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[Image]  1997.05.0119

Flank sima showing abutment of cover tile and Z joint. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 110-111, figs. 41 and 42 ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0124

East-west section through foundation for east wall of the cella. Drawing by W. B. Dinsmoor ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0125

Two loose marble slabs from the west peristyle pavement ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0126

Unfinished capital in foundations of north wall of cella. Inset is the capital of the fifth column from the east end in the north peristyle ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0127

A-D: Possible positions for the preserved piece of interior architrave. E: Junction of east and north walls of cella at level of 13th course ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0128

Unfinished stylobate block reused beneath threshold ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0166

Metope IV. View showing top of pithos and triglyph ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 17/8/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0176

Metope IV. Head of Eurystheus ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0177

Metope IV. View of the back of the head of Eurystheus ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0178

Metope IV. Side view of the head of Eurystheus ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0186

Metope IV. Herakles and the boar of Erymanthos. Cf. Koch (1955), plate 19 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30/11/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0249

Right foot of draped female figure, front view ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0250

Right foot of draped female figure, view from above ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0251

Floor of the East Pediment showing a possible position of the foot S 737 based on the floor cuttings. Cf. for other position on the West Pediment: 1997.05.0238, 1997.05.0239, and 1997.05.0240 ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 18/8/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0252

Foot placed on the East Pediment. Compare with three images of the foot on the West Pediment: 1997.05.0238, 1997.05.0239, and 1997.05.0240 ... southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 18/8/1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0385

Marble hoof from a horse. Pentelic marble ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0408

Block A from the front of the statue base, showing dowel holes. Eleusinian limestone. Cf. drawing by Dinsmoor, neg. XIX-98 ... no inventory number Horizontal (normal) ... November 1937

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[Image]  1997.05.0411

Block B from the back of the statue base. Eleusinian limestone. Cf. drawing by Dinsmoor, neg. XIX-98 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1937

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[Image]  1997.05.0414

Reconstruction of cult statue base. By W. B. Dinsmoor ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0470

Restored plan with the interior columns ... John Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0491

Plan of the Hephaisteion as a church and a cemetery ... John Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0493

Plan of the interior of the cella showing the actual state of the ancient foundations ... John Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0494

Sections of the foundations of the Temple ... John Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0495

Restored cross section through the temple ... John Travlos ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.10.0472

Hephaisteion sima, for comparison with the Temple of Ares simas. Compare with A 394 and A 439 ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.10.0474

Hephaisteion sima, for comparison with the Temple of Ares simas. Compare with A 394 and A 439 ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.20.0227

Opisthodomos of the Hephaisteion from above showing tombs cleaned. From left to right, Graves XLIX (Deposit E 7:5), L (Deposit D-E 7:3), LI (Deposit E 7:4), LII (Deposit D-E 7:2) and LIII (Deposit D-E ... east Horizontal (normal) ... March 1939

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[Image]  1997.20.0228

Cella of the Hephaisteion, showing the tombs ... west ... March 1939

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[Image]  2002.01.1911

Restored plan of the Hephaisteion with interior columns ... J. Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  2002.01.2225

Plan of the Church and cemetery in the Hephaisteion ... J. Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  2002.01.2227

Plan of the interior of the Hephaisteion cella, showing the actual state of the ancient foundations ... J. Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  2002.01.2231

Restored transverse section through the Hephaisteion, looking west ... J. Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  2004.01.0925

Reconstruction of cult statue base ... W. Bell Dinsmoor ... 1972

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[Image]  2008.16.0478

Prytany decree fragment ... Horizontal (normal)

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[Object]  A 272: Lion's Head Spout Fragment

Lower jaw and muzzle broken away and the whole head torn from the sima. Hair of crown schematically rendered by pyramidal tufts placed on checkerboard arrangement. Assigned to either the Temple of Ares ... 5 February 1934

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[Object]  A 394: Sima Fragment

Broken on right end and along inner edge. At the left end there remains a trace of a cutting for a half-housing joint. Cyma reversa type crowned with an ovolo molding. On the front a band of palmettes ... 1932

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[Object]  A 439: Sima Fragments

a) Broken behind and at the right end. Traces of painted palmette on concave face. b) The right end. Pentelic marble. From the Temple of Hephaistos (earlier assigned to the Temple of Ares). a) Marble ... 31 January 1935 17 March 1952

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[Object]  A 700: Lion's Head Spout

Nose and mouth missing and tips of ears. Full thickness of sima preserved at back. Mane rendered on two rows of rather flat stylized tufts except over forehead where there is a third row of small tufts ... 18 April 1932

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[Object]  A 701: Sima and Akroterion Base Fragment

Corner sima, cut in one piece with the extremities of both the horizontal and raking sima. The sinking for the statue plinth has a curved outline. Beside the main sinking are two drilled hole perhaps intended ... 11 March 1937

[Object]  A 707: Working Chips from Column

Two fragments, each preserving part of the periphery and a rough-picked end. Of a) the edge has been beveled, and both beveled edge and periphery have been worked with a toothed chisel. On the periphery ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  A 708: Water Pipe Fragment

Only a fragment from one end. Heavy collar. Thin brown glaze on inside and in bands on outside. Storage uncertain. Perhaps Block 26/6. Not found on either shelf Dec. 2004. Marble Chips Pit. 117, 1616 ff ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  A 1094: Sima Fragment

Fragment of flank sima, broken away at right end, and broken off close behind. Cyma reversa profile with half round at top edge. A half-housing joint at the left end with a tongue. Traces of a palmette ... 8 June 1939

[Object]  A 1095: Sima Fragment

Fragment of raking sima, broken away toward upper end and close behind. On lower end, traces of a half-housing joint. Profile and decoration as of A 1094 (ΚΚ 1249). Curious undercutting on underside of ... 8 June 1939

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[Object]  A 1096: Sima Fragment

Fragment of raking sima, broken away at upper ends, and back. Of same scheme as A 1095 (ΚΚ 1250). Traces of half-housing joint at lower end. Similar undercutting on underside of lower end. Pentelic marble ... 8 June 1939

[Object]  A 1097: Sima Fragment

Fragment of raking sima, broken away at lower end. Only the curved upper part remains. Face heavily water-worn. Of same scheme as A 1095 (ΚΚ 1250) and A 1096 (ΚΚ 1251). Pentelic marble. ADDENDA Line of ... 8 June 1939

[Object]  B 674: Pendant

A small thin plaque stamped with the figures of Virgin and Child. Back plain; suspension ring above; one raised hand broken off. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 33). Infant 's grave ... 9 March 1939

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[Deposit]  C 9:6: Marble Chips Pit

Square pit in bedrock southwest of the Hephaisteion ... Ca. 390-380 B.C.

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[Deposit]  D 7:10: Grave

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XLI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 8 March 1939 #6-#20 Neg. XVI-19 ... 10 March 1939

[Deposit]  D 7:11: Grave

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 7 March 1939 #12-#13 8 March 1939 #4-#5 10 March 1939 #3-#9 Neg. KK 367 ... 7-10 March 1939

[Deposit]  D 7:12: Grave

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVIII in notebook. Coins: 7 March 1939 #11 Neg. KK 353 ... 7-10 March 1939

[Deposit]  D 7:14: Grave

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 7 March 1939 #1-#6 Neg. KK 355 ... 7-19 March 1939

[Deposit]  D 7:15: Grave

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LIV in notebook. No bones mentioned in description. Photo on p. 1847 (KK 369) is probably Grave LVI and photo on p. 1851 (KK 388) is probably Grave LIV ... 9-11 March 1939

[Deposit]  D 8:2: Grave

Grave south of Hephaisteion. Grave I in notebook. Four sets of lower leg bones. No offerings. No sherds ... Byzantine

[Deposit]  E 7-8:1: Grave

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXVI in notebook. Burned layer with bones, skulls. Coins: 13 March 1939 #25 14 March 1939 #9-#10 Neg. KK 394 ... Byzantine

[Deposit]  E 7:1: Grave

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LVIII in notebook. No mention of bones. Neg. KK 391 ... Byzantine

[Deposit]  E 7:3: Grave

Grave in north peristyle of Temple of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 25 February 1939 #4 27 February 1939 #5-#11 6 March 1939 #1 Negs. KK 376, KK 379 ... 25-27 February 1939 6 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:4: Grave

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LI in notebook. No mention of bones. Neg. KK 363 ... 10 March 1939 16 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:5: Grave

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave XLIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 9 March 1939 #8-#13 Neg. KK 365 ... 9 March 1939 16 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:6: Grave

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LVII in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 10 March 1939 #2 Neg. KK 389 ... 9-11 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:7: Grave

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 11 March 1939 #12-#14 13 March 1939 #4 14 March 1939 #2-#4 Neg. KK 393 ... 11-13 March 1939 18 March 1939

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[Deposit]  E 7:8: Grave

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXVII in notebook. Crammed with bones (13 skulls): osteotheke. Coins: 13 March 1939 #26-#27 Neg. XV-86 ... 13-14 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:9: Grave

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXII in notebook. Loose earth and bones filling. Coins: 25 February 1939 #5-#6 6 March 1939 #2-#4 Neg. 378 ... 25 February 1939 6 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:10: Grave

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Containers 473 and 474 represent filling between graves. Coins: 11 March 1939 #16 Neg. KK 391 ... Byzantine

[Deposit]  E 7:11: Grave

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 11 March 1939 #9-#11 Neg. 397 ... Byzantine

[Deposit]  E 7:12: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XVIII in notebook. At least three skeletons ... 21 February 1939

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[Deposit]  E 7:13: Vaulted Tomb

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XX in notebook. This deposit includes also an infant grave at the corner of grave XX (cf. pp. 1714, 2141 and catalogued objects B 673 and B 674). Many bones, skulls ... 22 February 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:14: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXI in notebook. Disintegrated bones. Coins: 22 February 1939 #2-#3 ... 22 February 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:15: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XVII in notebook. Many tumbled bones. Neg. KK 347 ... 22 February 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:16: Grave

Grave in cella of Temple of Hephaisteion. Grave XLVII in notebook. Rotted bones, head to west (adult). Neg. KK 352 ... 9 March 1939

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[Deposit]  E 7:17: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XIX in notebook. One skeleton. Nails and wood. Neg. XV-45 ... 21 February 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:18: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XLVI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 9 March 1939 #1-#4 ... 8 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:19: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXV in notebook. Filling: loose earth and confused bones. Coins: 6 March 1939 #11-#13 ... 8 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:20: George Watson's Tomb

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion with cover slab with inscription (I 5885). Grave XXXIV in notebook. One skeleton and two leg bones. The remains of G. Watson were replaced in his original position. Pottery ... 15 August 1810

[Deposit]  E 7:21: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXII in notebook. One skull with messy disintegrated bones ... 22 February 1939

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[Deposit]  E 7:22: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XLV in notebook. One skeleton. Pottery discarded? Neg. XV-69 ... 7 March 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:23: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXIII in notebook. Disintegrated bones, grave disturbed to bottom. Coins: 23 February 1939 #5 ... 23 February 1939

[Deposit]  E 7:24: Grave

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXIV in notebook. Two skeletons. No sherds. Coins: 23 February 1939 #4 Neg. KK 375 ... 23 February 1939