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| Inventory Number: | S 948 | |
| Section Number: | ΠΘ 2628 | |
| Title: | Statuette of Herakles | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Description: | Broken off at knees. Unfinished. Herakles facing, with his head turned to the right, and looking upward. His left hand rests on some indistinguishable object; his right is extended as if to throw something. He is nude except for the lion's skin knotted by the forepaws on his chest, and with the head worn as a cap. The figure has not been completely freed from the marble; the ends of several drill holes can be seen behind the face; the back is roughly blocked out and left unfinished. Pentelic marble. | |
| Conservation Status: | Finished | |
| Context: | Well, late 5th century context. | |
| Negatives: | Leica, 7-373, XXXV-29, XXXV-30, XXXV-50, 97-54-10, 97-54-11, 97-54-12 | |
| Dimensions: | P.H. 0.188; W. 0.116; Th. 0.047 | |
| Material: | Marble (Pentelic) | |
| Date: | 26 May 1937 | |
| Section: | ΠΘ | |
| Grid: | ΠΘ:113/ΛΔ | |
| Elevation: | -17.8--.05m. | |
| Masl: | -17.8--.05m. | |
| Deposit: | B 15:1.2 | |
| Basket: | 19-21 | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 341, no. C 136, pls. 102, 103. | |
| References: | Publication: Hesperia 18 (1949) Images (21) Deposit: B 15:1 Deposit: B 15:1.2 Card: S 948 Card: S 948 |
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