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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0245 (83-125)

Cyma reversa crowning moulding. 1:1 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1177 Horizontal (normal) ... 1961 ... Cyma reversa crowning moulding. 1:1.

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1177

Stoa Poikile: Cyma reversa crowning moulding ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1177 Horizontal (normal) ... 1961 ... Stoa Poikile: Cyma reversa crowning moulding.

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[Agora Drawing] PD 1177 (DA 2060)

Stoa Poikile: cyma reversa crowning moulding ... William B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... 83-125 83-125 Torn Dirty Repaired Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961 ... Stoa Poikile: cyma reversa crowning moulding.

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[Agora Image] 2012.56.0842 (83-125)

Cyma reversa crowning moulding. 1:1 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1177 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1961 ... Cyma reversa crowning moulding. 1:1.

[Agora Object] A 3452: Capital Fragment: Ionic

Fragment from bottom of capital preserving part of one volute, cyma reversa and fascia above. Traces of painted ornament, egg and dart on cyma reversa, maeander on fillet. From same series as A 1595 ... 6 June 1964 ... Fragment from bottom of capital preserving part of one volute, cyma reversa and fascia above. Traces of painted ornament, egg and dart on cyma reversa, maeander on fillet.

[Agora Object] A 1678: Molding Fragment

Part of front face only remains, preserving a corner, with a cyma reversa bed mold. From cornice (?). Northeast Stoa series. Pentelic marble. Destruction debris associated with Northeast Stoa. 2103 Leica, ... July 1950 ... Part of front face only remains, preserving a corner, with a cyma reversa bed mold.

[Agora Object] A 1717: Crowning Molding Fragment

Fragment of interior course with crowning molding (cyma reversa), top and front surfaces preserved; all others broken. Crowning molding complete. Stoa Poikile series. Poros. Late Roman Wall west of Stoa ... April 1949 ... Fragment of interior course with crowning molding (cyma reversa), top and front surfaces preserved; all others broken.

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[Agora Object] A 1929: Capital Fragment: Ionic: Painted

Lesbian leaf pattern has left paint-stains on cyma reversa; maeander on vertical fascia above cyma. All surfaces smooth dressed but not polished. From the Temple of Athena at Sounion. Gray marble with ... 1951 ... Lesbian leaf pattern has left paint-stains on cyma reversa; maeander on vertical fascia above cyma.

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[Agora Object] P 14543: Louterion Fragments

Two joining fragments from the rim. Flat rim with mouldings beneath: ovolo, cyma reversa, astragal. Pale yellow clay; brown grit tempering; white paint on outside. Layer II, filling beneath south building ... 27 February 1939 ... Flat rim with mouldings beneath: ovolo, cyma reversa, astragal.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1867

Rim and floor fragment. Sloping outer face of rim elaborately moulded. Below a plain band, a cyma reversa and a bead and reel. Reddish tile fabric. Outside, some remains of smooth cream slip; inside, ... Context ca. 500-480 B.C ... Below a plain band, a cyma reversa and a bead and reel. ... The marble basins from the Acropolis with cyma reversa moulding belong to the first and second quarters of the 5th century.

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[Agora Object] P 25783: Storage Amphora

Complete except for fragments from wall. Long tubular body ending in a knob; shoulder has a cyma reversa profile; neck tubular; rim rolled; high horned handles. Clay pinkish-buff, fired light at surface ... 18 May 1932 ... Long tubular body ending in a knob; shoulder has a cyma reversa profile; neck tubular; rim rolled; high horned handles.

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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0254 (Leica A 1710 Leica A 1714 Leica A 1715 Leica A 1716 Leica A 1717 Leica A 1718)

Epikranitis fragment (A 1710), epistyle backer crowns (A 1714-1716), fragment of crowning with cyma reversa (A 1717) and geison fragment (A 1718) found in the Long Late Roman Wall, east side of the Agora ... Horizontal (normal) ... Epikranitis fragment (A 1710), epistyle backer crowns (A 1714-1716), fragment of crowning with cyma reversa (A 1717) and geison fragment (A 1718) found in the Long Late Roman Wall, east side of the Agora.

[Agora Object] A 203: Cornice Fragments: Painted

a) Bottom surface preserved. Painted lesbian leaf pattern, blue and red preserved on the cyma reversa. Two small fragments, b) and c), also belong of which c) is a corner fragment from mutule with one ... 12 May 1933 ... Painted lesbian leaf pattern, blue and red preserved on the cyma reversa. Two small fragments, b) and c), also belong of which c) is a corner fragment from mutule with one gutta.

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[Agora Object] I 3075: Marble Fragment: Prytany List

Inscribed fragment. The top and the right side preserved. The inscribed face and the right side have a cyma reversa along the top. Pentelic marble. Found in the wall of the modern house 645α/17 (645a/17) ... 16 November 1935 ... The inscribed face and the right side have a cyma reversa along the top.

[Agora Object] A 149: Crowning Molding Fragments: Painted

Two small fragments, a bit of the upper worked surface (?) preserved on a); other edges broken. A shallow cavetto above a cyma reversa; on the former, traces of color; on the latter a Lesbian leaf pattern, ... 15 March 1933 ... A shallow cavetto above a cyma reversa; on the former, traces of color; on the latter a Lesbian leaf pattern, painted in red and blue alternately reversed.

[Agora Object] I 7130: Grave Monument

Inscribed funerary stele. Complete. Stele tapers inwards from bottom to top. Lowest 0.08m. roughly worked, rest of surface finished. Crowned by cyma reversa and pediment with acroteria. Three lines of ... May 1970 ... Crowned by cyma reversa and pediment with acroteria.

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[Agora Object] I 7186: Herm Base

Inscribed Herm base. Mended and restored in cement, including much of upper right front surface. Mouldings run at three sides: fascia crowned ovolo at top and cyma reversa over fascia at bottom. Back rough ... 20 May 1970 ... Mouldings run at three sides: fascia crowned ovolo at top and cyma reversa over fascia at bottom.

[Agora Object] I 4178: Grave Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment of grave stele. Part of left side and top preserved, and perhaps back. A pedimental stele, an akroterion and the pediment indicated in low relief; cyma reversa below. Five (?) letters ... 21 May 1936 ... A pedimental stele, an akroterion and the pediment indicated in low relief; cyma reversa below.

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[Agora Object] P 15874: Saucer Fragment

Fragment of rim and upper part of wall. Probably from a saucer-like vessel with high rim. The rim moulded like a cyma reversa on the exterior, rising obliquely from an oblique wall. Pinkish-buff clay, ... 1931 ... The rim moulded like a cyma reversa on the exterior, rising obliquely from an oblique wall.

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[Agora Object] A 2004: Crownin Molding Fragment: Painted

Rough-picked top preserved; otherwise broken all around. A cyma reversa molding and part of plain fascia below. Clear outline of painted Lesbian leaf ornament on molding. From epistyle crown of the Temple ... 30 May 1952 ... Rough-picked top preserved; otherwise broken all around. A cyma reversa molding and part of plain fascia below.

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[Agora Object] A 671: Cornice Fragment

One end missing and most of the corona broken off. From a horizontal, lateral cornice. Cyma reversa bed mold. Cutting for rafter in top. Cutting for hook clamp in one end of top. Pentelic marble. Found ... 1933 ... From a horizontal, lateral cornice. Cyma reversa bed mold.

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[Agora Object] I 4887: Base Fragment

Inscribed fragment of statue base. Part of top preserved, roughly worked; elsewhere broken all around. Above inscribed face a cyma reversa and traces of a cavetto (?). In top traces of a large rectangular ... 17 May 1937 ... Above inscribed face a cyma reversa and traces of a cavetto (?).

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1340

Foot With Molded Decoration: Pyxis? Small segment of foot, broken at sides and top. Rounded resting surface. From bottom to top: slightly convex area, reserved and stamped or molded with ovolo, with ... 350-300? ... From bottom to top: slightly convex area, reserved and stamped or molded with ovolo, with traces of gilding; ridge and groove; cyma reversa; concave band; nearly horizontal reserved surface.

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[Agora Object] I 63: Base Fragment

Corner of a rectangular base with dedication to Nemesis. Part of two sides, and of bottom surface, preserved; top hollowed out. Mouldings top and bottom, the lower one largely worn away, the upper one ... 240 A.D ... Mouldings top and bottom, the lower one largely worn away, the upper one a cyma reversa. Roughly chiseled surface.

[Agora Object] A 377: Cornice Fragment with Molding

Broken both ends, below and behind. Cyma reversa type. Hawk's beak from front horizontal. Covered with a thin coat of marble-dust stucco and painted blue. There is some stucco on top. Probably from Temple ... 1933 ... Broken both ends, below and behind. Cyma reversa type.

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[Agora Object] A 1714: Crowning Molding Fragment

Two joining fragments of interior course. Top, front and right end preserved, broken on all other sides. Right end had anathyrosis at obtuse angle to face, forming an interior corner. Crowning molding ... April 1949 ... Crowning molding is cyma reversa with projecting base fillet.

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[Agora Object] A 1241: Architrave Fragment

Fragment from top outer corner of block; broken at both ends and behind. Molding comprises cavetto and cyma reversa. Setting line on top for frieze, 0.135m. in from edge. Surface hammer dressed, edged ... June 1947 ... Molding comprises cavetto and cyma reversa. Setting line on top for frieze, 0.135m. in from edge.

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[Agora Object] I 6709: Altar

Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria. Four vertical slabs which once formed the sides of the altar. Lower moulding a cyma reversa, upper moulding an ovolo. Hymettian marble. Catalogued 30 March ... 1937 ... Lower moulding a cyma reversa, upper moulding an ovolo.

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[Agora Object] I 7349: Epistyle

Inscribed epistyle block. Two large, presumably joining pieces of an ionic epistyle block. Several large pieces missing but generally well preserved, particularly the front. Profile from bottom up: three ... 11 June and 5 July 1971 ... Profile from bottom up: three fasciae, a cyma reversa, a cavetto with an indistinct moulding above, a large cyma recta, a half round and an ovolo, and a cymation. ... Two lines of the inscription preserved, on large cyma recta and on upper fascia.

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[Agora Object] A 1976: Capital Fragment: Ionic

Abacus and top of bolster of Ionic capital. Top and front preserved, the top with a relieving surface approximately 0.02m. in from edge. Cyma reversa at top with clear marks of painted egg decoration, ... 14 April 1952 ... Top and front preserved, the top with a relieving surface approximately 0.02m. in from edge. Cyma reversa at top with clear marks of painted egg decoration, the outlines of the eggs red, the centers blue.

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[Agora Object] A 4502: Architrave Block: Ionic

Broken at one end. Moldings, from top to bottom: a fillet, a cyma reversa, a fascia, a fillet, a flattened ovolo, and two fasciae. On top of back, an ovolo. Much of tooling on front face left visible, ... December 1973 ... Moldings, from top to bottom: a fillet, a cyma reversa, a fascia, a fillet, a flattened ovolo, and two fasciae.

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[Agora Object] A 3774: Altar Fragments

a) Full height of block preserved with top of finial mended on. Broken away at left. Surfaces for joining at right and bottom. Cyma reversa crown pediment. Incised lines on vertical face of raking geison ... 23 September 1969 ... Surfaces for joining at right and bottom. Cyma reversa crown pediment.

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[Agora Object] A 391: Architrave Fragments: Ionic

Two fragments. a) Broken at top, bottom, back and right end. The left end preserved, with well worked anathyrosis. b) Broken on all faces save the front. The molding consist of a cavetto above a cyma ... 1932 ... The molding consist of a cavetto above a cyma reversa. Excellent work.

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[Agora 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 ... Fragment of flank sima, broken away at right end, and broken off close behind. Cyma reversa profile with half round at top edge.

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[Agora Object] S 2525: Altar

Battered and broken off at top. Round altar, which sits on plinth with two fasciae, the upper one recessed 0.042m. Moldings on altar, from bottom, are two fasciae, the upper one recessed 0.045m., and ... 7 June 1973 ... Moldings on altar, from bottom, are two fasciae, the upper one recessed 0.045m., and cyma reversa. The altar has four triglyphs and four metopes.

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[Agora Object] A 742: Cornice Block with Mason's Mark: Doric

From a lateral horizontal cornice, a cyma reversa soffit molding with a vertical fascia high above it. The nosing molding is much battered; possibly an ovolo. In the top two rafter cuttings, and at each ... 10 May 1937 ... From a lateral horizontal cornice, a cyma reversa soffit molding with a vertical fascia high above it.

[Agora Object] A 759: Cornice Fragment: Ionic

Broken at both ends, behind and below, most of the corona missing. From a horizontal geison. The top of the corona slopes gently and is stuccoed. The bearing surface of the top of the block is separated ... 28 May 1937 ... The soffit is covered with a double coat of marble dust stucco, which retains traces of green paint from the decoration of the cyma reversa soffit molding.

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[Agora Object] A 4503: Cornice Block: Ionic

All of back and upper moldings with soffit on front broken away. One end, somewhat crudely tooled, preserved. Mended from two pieces. From bottom up: row of dentils on inclined fillet, and a cyma reversa ... December 1973 ... From bottom up: row of dentils on inclined fillet, and a cyma reversa. Everything higher missing.

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[Agora Object] I 259: Base Fragment

Fragment from upper right corner of inscribed base. Broken away at back, bottom and left side. In the top, a circular sinking, for setting something. Recessed 0.075m. from the inscribed band at the top ... 325/4 B.C ... Recessed 0.075m. from the inscribed band at the top is a moulding: cavetto above cyma reversa, the lower part of the latter broken away.

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[Agora Object] A 1595: Capital: Ionic

Lower edges of volutes broken away, otherwise in good condition and fresh. Note in place of eggs a cyma reversa and above this a taenia with fainted maeander. The crowning molding is an ovolo. The eyes ... May 1950 ... Note in place of eggs a cyma reversa and above this a taenia with fainted maeander. ... Abundant stains left by painted ornament, leaf pattern on cyma reversa, maeander on fillet, egg and dart on ovolo, petals on palmettes.

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[Agora Object] A 44: Cornice Block: Doric

Anathyrosis band preserved at both ends, rough-picked in back, which is cut away apparently for lightening (?). Bottom resting surface smooth finished; top rough-picked, smoother on sloping portion over ... 2 July 1931 ... Moldings: Profile under overhang, Cyma reversa, 0.034m.

[Agora Object] A 45: Cornice Block: Doric

Both ends of the block preserved, with anathyrosis band, the lower resting surface remains to a thickness of 0.14m.; the profile under the corona is preserved, and the start of the corona, with two mutules ... 2 July 1931 ... Moldings: Profile under overhang: cyma reversa, 0.035m.; taenia, 0.034-0.036m.

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[Agora Object] A 5327: Entablature Fragment: Ionic

Part of an architrave-frieze block cut in one piece, broken away at one end. The frieze is treated with a large cyma recta on both the front and the rear sides. The architrave is treated with three fasciae ... The frieze is treated with a large cyma recta on both the front and the rear sides. The architrave is treated with three fasciae (measuring 0.11m, 0.09m and 0.06m in height) and a cyma reversa below the crowning taenia on both its front and its rear sides.

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[Agora 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 ... At the left end there remains a trace of a cutting for a half-housing joint. Cyma reversa type crowned with an ovolo molding.

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[Agora Object] I 5661: Base Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Fragment ΕΕ 31 a), part of rough picked top, and probably also part of rough picked bottom preserved. Only a very small portion of the inscribed face is preserved. Five lines of the ... a) (ΕΕ 31) 24 February 1939 b) (ΕΕ 49) 13 and 14 March 1939 ... They preserve the inscribed face, with cyma reversa and flat torus moulding below, the rough picked bottom, and the right side, around which the mouldings carry.

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[Agora Object] A 4316: Parapet Base Block

Complete except for chips. Large rectangular block with moldings at upper front edge; from top to bottom: a shallow cavetto, torus, scotia, torus and a cyma reversa. Top surface has a cutting apparently ... 21 April 1972 ... Large rectangular block with moldings at upper front edge; from top to bottom: a shallow cavetto, torus, scotia, torus and a cyma reversa. Top surface has a cutting apparently to receive a parapet.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 199, p. 180

Alexander. Dogs. Well. Anchialos. Antigonos Gonatas. Dolphin. Athenian New Style. Doric leaf pattern. Dress. Chalcidic League. Drove. Pautalia. Ptolemy Soter. Eagle. Pyrrhus. Ear. Collection of sculpture ... Agora 11 180 G 5:3 ... Cyma reversa

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[Agora Object] A 3732: Monument Base Block with Moldings

Two joining fragments of monument base corner block with only small chips missing from original surface. Above a plinth the moldings ascend and step back toward the interior in the order of toros, square ... 24 July 1969 ... Above a plinth the moldings ascend and step back toward the interior in the order of toros, square fillet, upside down cyma reversa, toros, square fillet, apophyge.

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[Agora 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 ... The sima is of cyma reversa profile with at narrow fillet at the top.

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[Agora Object] I 6499: Plaque Fragments

Inscribed fragments of an inscribed plaque or revetment with smooth back. Fragment Τ 1389 a), broken all around. Joins I 5739 at left. Fragment Τ 1419 b), top with cyma reversa moulding. The moulding ... a) (Τ 1389) 12 April 1952 b) (Τ 1419) 16 April 1952 c) (Τ 1441) 24 April 1952 d) (Τ 1447) 25 April 1952 ... Fragment Τ 1419 b), top with cyma reversa moulding.

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[Agora Object] I 2006: Marble Fragments: List of Names

Inscribed fragments. List of Argive fallen at Tanagra. Fragment a) (Β 826), broken on all sides. A large mass of marble is preserved behind and to the right of the relatively small inscribed surface ... a) (Β 826) 1 May 1934 b) (Ν 121) 13 March 1935 ... Plain fascia at top of fragment, separated by a raised band from cyma reversa moulding.

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[Agora Object] A 3475: Statue Plinth

Complete. Corner block from the plinth of a large monument. Finished on two adjacent sides with a cyma reversa. In top a shallow bedding, apparently for a colossal left foot. Hard gray poros. (Consider ... 2 September 1964 ... Finished on two adjacent sides with a cyma reversa. In top a shallow bedding, apparently for a colossal left foot. ... The height of the cyma reversa at B and C is the same - whereas that at A is higher - so on the drawing I dotted the high fascia of 0.177m. above the molding of the second block, A 3475 (at B), in order to have the correct total height of block).

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[Agora 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 ... Top is flat with a vertical step between a lower front and a higher back part. Cyma reversa bed mold, hawk's beak crown.

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[Agora Object] I 4165: Inscribed Statue Base

Inscribed statue base with dedication. Besides the large piece of the long face, many small fragments were found built into the wall of the modern drain, including one bit with the letters "M H". One fragment ... Second quarter of 4th. century B.C ... Simple mouldings along top and bottom; top, cyma reversa over ovolo; bottom, torus.

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[Agora Object] I 7515: Base Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Fragment ΒΕ 43, upper right hand corner of stele preserved, fascia and moulding chipped at corner. Back broken away. The stele is topped by a fascia with a flattened ovolo moulding ... First half of 4th. century B.C ... Disposition of riders on front and back suggest that they each held two mounted figures, riding toward shorter, inscribed left face. Cyma reversa moulding over fillet all around bottom of base where preserved.

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[Agora Object] A 3476: Statue Plinth

One corner hacked away by the house builder. From another corner of the same monument as plinth A 3475. In this case, however, the bedding for the foot extended into a second (missing) block. Socket for ... 2 September 1964 ... The height of the cyma reversa at B and C is the same - whereas that at A is higher - so on the drawing I dotted the high fascia of 0.177m. above the molding of the second block, A 3475 (at B), in order to have the correct total height of block).