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[Object]  I 3505: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. At least seven letters remain. Pentelic marble. Found in the area of the Stoa of Attalos. Leica ... February 1936

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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]  1997.05.0385

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

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[Image]  1997.05.0176

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

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[Image]  1997.05.0186

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

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[Image]  1997.05.0178

Metope IV. Side view of the 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]  1997.05.0166

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

[Object]  T 1382: Mold for Female Protome

Broken away below on right side; inner surface of preserved part much chipped. A woman 's face preserved only in one eye, the tip of the nose, a heavy roll of hair and a stephane above. Marble Chips Pit ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  T 1380: Mold for Seated Figurine

One side only remains, and that broken away above. Top rail of throne projects. Goddess type. Very massive. Flaky clay fired dark gray at the core; buff on the surface. Marble Chips Pit. 117, 1616 ff ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  T 1381: Mold for Standing Female Figurine

Broken away below waist; chipped elsewhere. A figure holding a dove to her bosom in her right hand. Very massive; features indistinct. Flaky clay fired dark gray at core; buff on surface. Marble Chips ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  I 3504: Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Fragment from left side of inscribed stele, left edge rough picked. Back dressed smooth for a band along the side; then recessed ca. 0.012m. and somewhat rougher. Frame or moulding ... February 1936

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[Image]  1997.05.0048

North peristyle ... east 2045 Horizontal (normal) ... March 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]  1997.05.0071

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]  1997.05.0083

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]  1997.05.0073

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

[Object]  P 9473: Oinochoe

Many fragments missing. Restored in plaster. Low ring base; squat body; round mouth; strap handle. Restored in plaster; neck and shoulder fragments do not quite join and the restored portions of the shoulder ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  P 10822: Oinochoe

Handle and much of wall missing; restored in plaster. Full ovoid body; round neck-mouth with concave profile; broad strap handle. Ring base. A thick light brown wash over the whole with darker bands around ... 26 May 1937

[Object]  P 15868: Olpe Fragment with Graffito

The base and part of the lower wall preserved. Substantial disk foot, slightly concave beneath; the outer edge rounded. Inscribed on underside: Black glaze, worn, on walls and outer edge of foot; underside ... 1936-1937

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[Object]  P 5139: One-Handler

Much of wall missing. Similar ot P 5138 (Α 1060) but the handle rises slightly. Blotchy red glaze. Cf. Agora XII, no. 740. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 138, no. 24. ADDENDA P 5138: Low base ring; ... 12-15 March 1935

[Object]  P 10821: One-Handler

Handle and much of wall missing. High base ring; steep wall with a flat rim that projects slightly both inside and out. Apparently a single horizontal handle. Brownish glaze on inside, in bands on underside; ... 26 May 1937

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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

[Object]  P 9481: Ostrakon Fragment

Small fragment of the base with the letters scratched in its underside: Marble chips pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-85 ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  P 6818: Ostrakon of Dietrephes Euthoinou

Fragment from the base of a large open pot, with brown glaze on inside and on upper part of base ring outside. Letters on underside: Pit. Leica, XX-84 ... 26 February 1936

[Object]  P 9477: Ostrakon of Kallias

Fragment of a concave roofing tile. Broken in two pieces and mended. Name scratched on glazed surface: Brown glaze on outside. Marble chips pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-81 ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  P 15706: Ostrakon of Kallias Kratiou

Broken all around, but all original ostrakon surfaces apparently preserved. Fragment of side wall of coarse pot of pinkish-buff clay. Inscribed on outside, lengthwise to pot: Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 ... 9 June 1939

[Object]  P 8534: Ostrakon of Menon

From the handle of a sturdy skyphos. Incised on the side: Possibly an ostrakon of Megakles? Or Menon? Cf. Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 286, n. 2. Pit with marble chips. 117 ff. Leica, XX-85 ... 21-24 February 1936

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[Object]  P 9478: Ostrakon of Menon

Handle of a plain amphora; the letters deeply incised on its outer side: Cf. Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 286, n. 2. For Menon, cf. P 8534 (ΚΚ 895), P 9479 (ΚΚ 1146). Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Μένωνος. Πρόερχεται ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  P 15352: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous

Fragment of wall of a large coarse amphora, broken all around. Incised vertically on outside of fragment: Light red to buff clay. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 141, no. 29. Well, container 31 ... 12 May 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

[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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[Image]  2002.01.2225

Plan of the Church and cemetery in the Hephaisteion ... J. 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]  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]  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]  2008.16.0478

Prytany decree fragment ... Horizontal (normal)

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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]  1997.05.0414

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

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[Image]  2004.01.0925

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

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[Object]  P 9464: Red Figure Amphora or Pelike Fragment

Fragment from shoulder of closed pot, broken all around. Bit of border line at top. Girl's head to left; headband; chiton and himation. No relief contour. Careless work. Drawing-glaze in part peeled. Marble ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 9483: Red Figure Calyx Krater Fragment with ...

Fragment from rim of a large krater decorated with a slanting palmette band. Letters lightly scratched in reserved bands above and below band of palmettes: Marble chips pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-85 ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 9462: Red Figure Calyx Krater Fragments

Many fragments preserve much of the upper wall, and parts of lip and handles, and lower wall. On shoulder, maeander and saltire squares; above figured wall, a band of ovules. The figured fragments (a-d) ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 9465: Red Figure Column Krater Fragment: Inscribed

Fragment from shoulder, from a column krater; broken all around. Streaked brown glaze inside. Conversation scene: on left, a raised left hand, holding some object; on right, the head of a youth to left, ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 9469: Red Figure Kantharos Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve base, lower wall and spring of one handle. Plain torus base; strap handle deeply concave in section. On either side, above a reserved line, a pursuit scene. A) Warrior with ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 9466: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragments

Two non-joining fragments; from an oinochoe or amphora. Thin brown glaze inside. a) A ram bearing a boy in short jacket to right. b) A foot of the beast and part of the maeander band. Relief contours ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 15866: Red Figure Pelike Fragment

Fragment from base of neck; male head left, bound by a heavy fillet. Glazed red outside; greenish within. No relief contour. Marble chips pit. Box 238. Leica, ΧΧ-88 ... 1936-1937

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[Object]  P 9468: Red Figure Plaque Fragment

Fragment from near top, broken all around. Two warriors in combat. Of the one on the right there remains a thigh, a Boeotian shield with two snakes flanking a rosette, and a spear; of the one on the left, ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 8985: Red Figure Pyxis Lid Fragments

Two fragments, one preserving about one-quarter of the lid, the other part of the edge only. Knob broken away. Edge chipped. Lid slightly convex on top, with overhanging edge set at an acute angle to the ... 22-24 February 1936

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[Object]  P 9467: Red Figure Skyphos Fragments: Type A

Two non-joining fragments from rim. a) Preserves head and shoulders of a youth or girl to left. Chiton, himation, relief contour. Trace of handle to right. b) A nude upper arm, not from the same figue ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 9463: Red Figure Vessel Fragment

From a closed pot, at the top of the shoulder; broken all around; unglazed inside. Head and shoulder of a woman to right: maenad. Sakkos; disk earring; chiton; shawl (or skin?) on shoulder, knotted at ... 13 March 1937

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[Object]  P 8533: Red Figure Volute Krater Fragments

From a sizable open vase, glazed inside, rather dull. a) At left a warrior whose cuirass flaps hang over a shaded body; his sword sheath projects to the right. The inside of the shield of another warrior, ... 21-24 February 1936

[Object]  T 1385: Relief Plaque Fragment

Apparently a scrap from a relief plaque on which a throne or couch was represented. Of this the lower part of one leg remains. A red wash on one edge of the long member. Fine buff clay. Marble Chips Pit ... 13 March 1937

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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]  2002.01.1911

Restored plan of the Hephaisteion with interior columns ... J. Travlos ... 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]  2002.01.2231

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

[Object]  T 1384: Seated Draped Female Figurine Fragment

The figure above the waist and the left side of the throne are missing. Left hand pressed close to thigh; right drawn across lap. Precise modelling. Seated goddess type. Fine buff clay. Marble Chips Pit ... 13 March 1937

[Object]  T 1383: Seated Female Figurine Fragment

Only the left side of the figure remains; head and legs completely gone. Seated goddess type, arms pressed close to thighs. Note that the clay was first pressed thin in the mould; then the concavity was ... 13 March 1937

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[Image]  1997.05.0494

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

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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 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

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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 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

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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]  1997.05.0050

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

[Object]  P 8535: Stamnos

From a large wide-mouthed stamnos. Non-joining fragments from the body; none from the base. Partly restored in plaster. A thin wash slightly reddens the outside, on which two broad red bands run below ... 21-24 February 1936

[Object]  SS 6618: Stamped Amphora Fragment: Unidentified

a) Top and bottom of jar broken; most of shoulder and neck with one handle preserved. The concave shoulder metts the body at a sharp angle. b) The base of a small amphora of similar fabric may belong; ... 21-24 February 1936

[Object]  SS 1845: Stamped Amphora: Chian

Whole jar with part of rim, most of the neck and shoulders restored. Cap. (barley, Lang 1954) 21.800. Red clay. Kantharos. Well; uniform Greek fill. kantharos Leica ... 4 April 1933

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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]  1997.05.0096

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

[Object]  I 1269: Tombstone Fragments

Latin inscription. Elizabeth Cumming's Epitaph. Fragment ΟΕ 10 a), broken behind and on all sides. Lettered surface smooth but undulating. Letters lightly cut. Three lines of the inscription preserved ... a) (ΟΕ 10) 27 January 1934 b) (ΚΚ 1262) 18 July 1939

[Object]  MC 1281: Turkish Pipe Fragment

Stem socket broken away; rim and inside heavily fire-blackened. Meerschaum pipe with round bowl and high, forward-leaning, straight rim. On bowl, incised overlapping concentric circles in a cluster pendent ... 8 March 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]  1997.05.0074

Unfinished Doric capital in Course I near northwest corner of cella ... 2128 Horizontal (normal) ... March 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]  1997.05.0128

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

[Deposit]  E 7:27: Vault

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVI in notebook. Loose earth with bones. Coins: 14 March 1939 #1 ... 25 February 1939 18 March 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

[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

[Object]  ST 174: Weight

A roughly pyramidal mass of stone, with a groove worked around its top as though for the attachment of a string. Very irregular in shape. Gray granular poros. Marble Chips Pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-21 ... 13 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

[Deposit]  F 7:1: Xian Burial V

Once vaulted chamber north of Hephaisteion. Grave V in notebook. Vault gone. Five skulls. Pottery discarded. Coins: 17 April 1936 #2 ... 27-28 April 1936