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| Forearm preserved from elbow to wrist. Heavily weathered on surface of arm and on break at wrist, comparatively fresh on upper break.
Was the hand of the Giant already missing when the late Romans reset ... August 1946 ... Arm Fragment of Giant |
| Part of right hand of colossal figure holding staff or stick.
Perhaps slightly greater in scale than other hands of giants, but very similar in material and workmanship.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. S 596 (Ν' ... August 1946 ... Hand Fragment of Giant |
About half of body preserved.
Maltese crosses with latticed arms within sets of concentric circles.
Dull glaze, black to brown.
Type IIb, cf. Desborough, Protogeometric Pottery, pp. 80, 84-85. DA 9960 ... Late Protogeometric ... Giant Skyphoid Krater Fragment |
Two fragments. Straight rim, slightly thickened and flaring at its upper edge. Flat upper face of rim reserved and decorated with groups of short vertical strokes.
Thick shiny black glaze.
Type IVb, ... Late Protogeometric ... Giant Skyphoid Krater Fragments |
| Small fragment of elbow from right arm, in scale and style close to S 1214 (ΩΔ 223).
Only slightly weathered.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile between Odeion and Giants. Leica, XXVI-72, XXXIII-65 ... August 1946 ... Arm Fragment of Giant |
Small fragment with rather pointed scales.
Possibly from snaky ending of a proper Giant, like the first giant from the east.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile near N.W. corner of Odeion. Leica ... August 1946 ... Possibly from snaky ending of a proper Giant, like the first giant from the east.
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| Part of fishtailed creature, lower torso, the scales well preserved.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile north of second Giant from west. Leica, XXIX-56 ... August 1946 ... From marble pile north of second Giant from west. |
| Fragment from lower block of giant pedestal retaining moldings on one side; no relief. Lewis hole and one of its two dowel holes in the top. Note small joining slab on top.
From Odeion.
Pentelic marble ... August 1946 ... Fragment from lower block of giant pedestal retaining moldings on one side; no relief. ... From marble pile north of second Giant from east. |
| From lower part of fishtailed creature (Triton), with some of resting surface preserved.
Pentelic marble. From marble pile north of second Giant from west, from which it may derive. Leica, XXIX-59 ... August 1946 ... From marble pile north of second Giant from west, from which it may derive. |
Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
About half original top, fillet and inscribed face preserved; broken elsewhere.
Fourteen letters remain.
Hymettian marble. Found at base of second Giant from ... 27 March 1935 ... Found at base of second Giant from the East, from previous excavation. |
| Much weathered. One flat face preserved and possibly another adjacent rough surface. The same marble as the columns assigned to the Circular Building (the Monopteros) in section Σ.
Green Karystos marble ... 23 April 1951 ... Marble pile, near westernmost Giant. |
| Some of right breast preserved. Over it hangs some drapery and a lappet decorated with a giant in low relief, his legs ending in serpent's tail.
Hollowed out behind.
Pentelic marble. Finished Wall of ... 11 May 1954 ... Over it hangs some drapery and a lappet decorated with a giant in low relief, his legs ending in serpent's tail.
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| Giant hurling rock.
First interpretation: youth figurine hurling rock.
Fragmentary relief. Broken on bottom and right side. The left arm and legs of the giant missing.
The top and back smooth but uneven; ... 1 March 1933 ... Giant hurling rock.
... The left arm and legs of the giant missing.
The top and back smooth but uneven; left side curved. At the right of the fragment, a nude giant, looking left, holding a large boulder in both hands over his head. |
| Faces of shaft plain; moldings surround three sides at top. In top, cuttings for lewis; two dowels with pour channels; two pry holes.
In Giant Series; a corresponding lower block now rests on the rough ... On Site-Behind Fourth Giant |
| Five joining pieces, giving part of shoulder and picture on body.
Palmettes on shoulder. Athena and Giant between onlookers; branches in the background. Red line below the picture.
Applied red. Well ... January-February 1950 ... Athena and Giant between onlookers; branches in the background. |
| Small wall fragment preserving the outstretched aegis of Athena, her spear and part of the shield of the crouching or falling giant.
White for shield device. Careful work.
Pink-buff clay. Well in Stoa ... March 1955 ... Small wall fragment preserving the outstretched aegis of Athena, her spear and part of the shield of the crouching or falling giant.
White for shield device. |
Giant askos, domed top finished with button knob; spread- ing ring foot, tall vertical spout with plain slightly flaring rim. Gray ware, slightly micaceous; dark gray surfacing.
The fabric close to that ... Context ca. 460-440 B.C ... Giant askos, domed top finished with button knob; spread- ing ring foot, tall vertical spout with plain slightly flaring rim. |
| This is the bottom block of the base for an anta, the top block of which is A 1177 (ΩΔ 222).
Usual base moldings of Giant pedestal series on outer face and both ends; across the left end the moldings are ... 1948 ... On Site-On Base of Third Giant |
| A flake, apparently from the shoulder of a very large draped figure.
The surface towards the top was rough-finished with a single point; lower down, smoothed with a chisel. Towards one side a puntillo ... August 1947 ... On Site-Fourth Giant |
| A flake from a colossal figure, preserving chiefly drapery but also a little hair (?) along one edge.
Surface for the most part finished with a narrow gouge, in part smoothed. Tooling is identical with ... 1948 ... On Site-Fourth Giant |
| Three joining fragments forming most of the upper part of a pedestal which had been used twice for giant figures.
Cuttings of top include: lewis hole in middle; two dowels for statue in Period I; one pry ... August 1946 ... On Site-By Base of Third Giant |
| About one half remains, preserving full height. One of two dowel holes remains in top.
Surface hammer dressed; unfluted.
Drum of Odeion column, main order.
Pentelic marble. Found at L/5-9/11 (Fall 2016) ... August 1946 ... On Site-Behind Fourth Giant |
| Front face: at the bottom five acanthus leaves from which rise stalks to form the volutes. Ornament in center of abacus missing. Front line of abacus concave.
Back face, broken away at the top; on the ... 29 June 1935 ... On Site-Behind Fourth Giant |
| The fragment comes from Odeion, about half way up in the back proper left corner of a pier with Giant attached. Preserved are part of a giant's scale-covered tail (the scales pointing down) and a corner ... 17 March 1949 ... The fragment comes from Odeion, about half way up in the back proper left corner of a pier with Giant attached. Preserved are part of a giant's scale-covered tail (the scales pointing down) and a corner of the pier with moldings on both sides.
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| Legs from knees down.
Female figure in chiton and himation moving right. To the left, a stretch of clear background. Resting surface level but battered. No clear tool marks.
No plinth under figure. Feet ... July 1959 ... Marble pile behind eastern giant. |
Both sides are preserved, rough-picked, the anathyrosis broken away; both ends are broken.
Top and bottom hammer dressed; cf. sketch in notebook I, p. 153; other fragments, notebook III, p. 548.
From Odeion, ... August 1946 ... On Site-S.W. of Fourth Giant |
| Two non-joining fragments of molded wall socle.
a) Top, bottom and front preserved; left end broken; right end and back worked down with single point probably in late times. In top a trace of a pour channel ... July 1948 ... On Site-West of Fourth Giant |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face, right face, top, and rough picked back preserved. Broken at bottom.
The stone has been reused for left face is roughly cut back to a surface which forms an acute angle ... 29 May 1936 ... On Site-West of 4th. Giant |
Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
Chipped above; back and bottom cannot be seen.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Exposed by rains in face of scarp in extreme Ν.Ε ... 21 January 1950 ... On Site-Between 3rd. and 4th. Giant |
| Broken at both ends. Tapering and twisting, a slightly projecting spine down the back.
Surface rather roughly tooled all over, but rougher on one side than the other. Moderate weathering on one side.
The ... 1948 ... Removed from a marble pile near second Giant from east. |
Five non-joining fragments of shoulder and wall. Glaze dull on outside. Surface of figures rather abraded. Max. dim. a) 0.089, b) 0.077, c) 0.147, d) 0.102, e) 0.092.
Athena and the Giant. Fragment a ... Ca. 490-480 B.C ... Behind her head:
Fragment c (illustrated) preserves most of the helmeted head of the giant and part of his raised right forearm. ... At the break to the left of the shield:
and at the right, ivy. The giant was probably running or falling to right, head turned back. ... For a parallel, see Athena and her giant in the representation of ca. 470 by the Altamura Painter, London, B.M. |
| Five fragments preserve part of original surface of egg and dart molding of Altar of Temple of Ares (?)
a) Corner piece preserving a little of the projecting fascia above the egg and dart, the height 0.10m ... June 1950 ... N.E. of easternmost Giant, i.e. some 10.00m. east of Altar foundations. |
| Mended from six pieces; upper half and foot missing. Combat scene with warrior running left, sword drawn, looking right. To his right, Athena right, a falling warrior (giant?), and a warrior, left. This ... August-September 1932 ... To his right, Athena right, a falling warrior (giant?), and a warrior, left. |
| Part of mouth and foot missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth with variations in height ... May-June 1954 ... Scene: Athena striking a falling Giant.
Same hand as P 24327 (ΣΑ 2537) and P 24328 (ΣΑ 2538). |
| Handle missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth with variations in height and spread; lip ... May-June 1954 ... Scene: Athena striking a falling Giant.
Same hand as P 24326 (ΣΑ 2536) and P 24328 (ΣΑ 2538). |
| Neck and part of shoulder missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth with variations in height ... May-June 1954 ... Scene: Athena striking a falling Giant.
Same hand as P 24327 (ΣΑ 2537) and P 24326 (ΣΑ 2536). |
| Many fragments of a much broken column krater, preserving parts of neck, rim, handles, handle-plate and walls. A little of the figured scene on one side preserved; Athena and a giant?
a) Athena's helmet, ... 1 May 1953 ... A little of the figured scene on one side preserved; Athena and a giant?
a) Athena's helmet, right, and a little of her aegis and arm; tongues above. |
Two fragments mended in antiquity with a lead clamp and still held together. From the rim and wall of a large skyphos with sharply out-turned rim and in-drawn lower wall. Egg and dot on outer face of rim; ... 10 March 1939 ... Upper part of a cloaked youth, left, facing a giant aryballos(?).
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| Half of mouth and fragment from wall missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth with variations ... May-June 1954 ... Scene: Athena striking a falling Giant. |
| Fragment from wall and rim of a cup with plain lip. Preserved is head of warrior to the left, with high-crested helmet; part of his shield(?) held in front of him, and of his spear passing behind his head ... 23 May-3 June 1938 ... Athena and a giant(?) the snake rearing from the center of her shield. |
| The wrist and the right hand, all except the index finger and end of second finger preserved, of a gigantic statue.
The hand holds a spiral object (torch, cornucopia, elongated snail shell ?), which is ... 10 June 1935 ... Perhaps from a giant?
Pentelic marble.
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Wall fragment from turn of shoulder. Glaze thin and dull on inside. Max. dim. 0.055.
Satyr (part of face, beard, ear, and hair) to right, wearing a spotted feline skin. Overlapping the locks of hair at ... Ca. 490 B.C ... Cf., e.g., the maenad with the fawn skin over her chiton who holds both a thyrsos and a snake on Munich 8732 = 2344 by the Kleophrades Painter (ARV2 182, 6; Paralip. 340, 6; Addenda 186); also the huge serpent held by Dionysos on Louvre Cp 10748, where the god attacks a falling giant (ARV2 187, 55; Addenda 188).
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| Mended from many pieces; the profile complete; most of the rim missing; also one handle and large fragments from the body. Restored in plaster. Heavy moulded conical foot; shallow wheel-run grooves on ... 3 March 1934 ... Bearded figure (giant?) hurling rock, right. |
| Lid and about a quarter to a third of stand preserved; restored in plaster.
This curious object consists of an umbrella-like cover, with a wide vertical rim which overhangs the bluntly conical stand attached ... 28 May-16 June 1938 ... The chimney pot resembles more than anything else a giant and very thick-stemmed mushroom. |
Two non-joining fragments, a of wall, b of rim and neck with start of handle zone at far left. Glaze pitted on inside of a. Max. dim. a) 0.077, b) 0.14; W. of rim 0.025; H. of neck 0.063. W. B. Dinsmoor, ... Ca. 480 B.C ... For the composition, cf. also the giant attacked by Athena on London, B.M. |
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