| Inventory Number: | S 1539 | |
| Section Number: | Ρ 646 | |
| Title: | Knee Fragment from Akroterion | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | 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 (from Temple of Ares) in National Museum, no. 1732, cf. ArchEph (1895), pls. 4 and 5, and Svoronos (1903), Das Athener Nationalmuseum, I, pl. 23. For references to other akroteria from Agora see: Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 141-147, pls. 47-48. Transferred to the National Museum 17 March 1959. | |
| Notes: | Negatives LIII-48, LIII-49, LIII-50, LIII-51 are destroyed. | |
| Context: | Disturbed late Roman fill. | |
| Negatives: | Leica, LIII-35, LIII-36, LIII-48, LIII-49, LIII-50, LIII-51, LIII-52, 85-691, 85-692, 85-693, 85-694, 85-695 | |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.315; P.W. 0.175; P.Th. 0.10 | |
| Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
| Date: | 16 June 1951 | |
| Section: | Ρ | |
| Grid: | Ρ:46/ΛΒ | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 91 (2022), pp. 97, 126, fig. 9 | |
| Hesperia 90 (2021), no. 16, pp. 535, 567-572, 586. figs. 2, 31. | ||
| Hesperia 88 (2019), p. 694, n. 150. | ||
| Stewart (2019), p. 91, n. 19. | ||
| Praktika (1988), p. 105, pl. 20.3. | ||
| Delivorrias (1974), p. 122. | ||
| Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 142. | ||
| Agora XIV, p. 164, pl. 82 b. | ||
| Published Type: | ArchEph (1895), pls. 4 and 5 | |
| Svoronos (1903), pl. 23. | ||
| Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 141-147, pls. 47-48. | ||
| References: | Publications (6) Publication Page: Agora 14, s. 19, p. xviii Publication Page: Agora 14, s. 261, p. 236 Publication Page: Agora 14, s. 364 Images (28) Card: S 1539 Card: S 1539 |