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[Agora Publication] Agora XI: Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

Harrison, E. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 170 catalogued pieces of sculpture from the Athenian Agora are divided into four sections: the genuinely Archaic in date and form, the “archaistic” imitating Archaic originals (late 5th century to ... 1965 ... Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 20, p. 1

Archaic Sculpture. Provenance and Use. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia, XXIX, 1960, p. 337. Agora Guide (2), p. 93. Hesperia, XXV, 1956, pl. 10 ... Agora 11 1 ... Archaic Sculpture

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[Agora Object] S 813: Head Fragment of Male Figure

Fragment of head with elaborate headdress from an archaic or archaistic sculpture. Left eye and part of forehead preserved. Pentelic marble. House 650β/12 (650b/12). Leica, LXXII-39, LXXII-40 ... 22 December 1936 ... Fragment of head with elaborate headdress from an archaic or archaistic sculpture.

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1389 (HAT 74-83)

Marble head of Archaic kore: Nike. Front view ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1974

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1391 (HAT 74-85)

Marble head of Archaic kore: Nike. View of the back ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1974

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.1390 (HAT 74-84)

Marble head of Archaic kore: Nike. Three-quarter view, proper left ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1974

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[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982): Studies in Athenian Architecture, Sculpture, and Topography Presented to Homer A. Thompson

American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Twenty-one papers on various aspects of Athenian art and society by the students and friends of Homer A. Thompson, a noted classical archaeologist and excavator of the Athenian Agora. The volume includes ... 1982 ... The volume includes many papers on sculpture (including Nancy Bookidis on Attic terracotta sculpture and Brunhilde Ridgway on the features of kouroi and korai in Archaic Athens), some on architecture (including William B.

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[Agora Object] S 1931: Foot Fragment of Kore

Sandaled right foot on plinth, preserved from instep to first joint of toes, with sandal strap across them. Flat bottom surface finely picked. Archaic. Island marble. Demoliton of House 639/17. Leica ... Ca. 520-510 B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 203, p. 184

Peleus and Thetis. Repairs to sculpture in antiquity. Peplos in archaistic sculpture. Perirrhanteria in the form of archaistic korai. Retrograde inscriptions. Persephone. Re-use of sculpture in antiquity ... Agora 11 184 ... Repairs to sculpture in antiquity ... Peplos in archaistic sculpture ... Punch: use in archaic sculpture

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[Agora Object] S 1185: Head

Small head, of archaic appearance, broken off at neck. Battered at forehead, surface much worn. Parian marble. Finished Disturbed early fill over channel. 2360 Leica, LXXVII-16, LXXVII-17, LXVII-18 ... 6th or early 5th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 730: Herm Head

A small bearded head in archaic style. Nose broken, the break worn smooth; beard somewhat damaged. Detail in general rubbed rather smooth. Hair worn in curls across forehead, otherwise apparently left ... Late Archaic period.

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[Agora Object] S 1990: Bird Fragment

Broken above and below. Preserved most of body, part of both legs and tail of bird. On the left side near the top of the fragment a double cutting, apparently for the attachment of a wing. The first cutting ... Late Archaic period.

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[Agora Object] S 1351: Statuette Fragment: Draped Standing Female

Fragment from the lower part of a draped figure standing on a rectangular plinth. Rear right corner of plinth preserved, with rough-picked bottom and edges; broken at front and left. Parts of both feet ... Late Archaic period.

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[Agora Object] S 1243: Herm Head

A small bearded head, complete save minor chips. Iron dowel with lead for attachment to body (or herm). Hair done in archaic manner; long pointed beard. Pentelic marble. Finished Well, bottom fill. 336 ... Roman period.

[Agora Object] S 2118: Head Fragment of Male Figure

The left half of the face is preserved, including the whole mouth and part of the right eye. Nose broken. Small archaic head; hair close-cropped with stippled surface. Large bulging eyes. Smiling mouth ... Late 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1477: Bull Fragment

Smooth-finished bottom surface preserved; broken at top and back; muzzle chipped. Part of the (head and) neck and forequarters of a bull, apparently brought down by an animal (lion), part of whose claws ... Late Archaic or early Classical period.

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[Agora Object] S 1740: Lion's Head from Relief

Broken all around. Face much battered, whole surface weathered. Left side of head of lion with ruff and mane in archaic stylization. Asymmetry of eyes and mouth suggests relief. Island marble. From big ... 3rd quarter of 6th c. B.C.

[Agora Object] S 2106: Arm Fragment of Kore

Left forearm of small Kore, broken above and below. Joint surface at left. Arm was apparently attached separately. Folds on front seem to be short overfall of peplos worn above a chiton of which is visible ... Ca. 520-480 B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1997: Head Fragment of Male Figure

Fragment of lower part of face of bearded archaic statue, much battered. Sharply pointed beard; trace of curve of neck preserved; mustache clearly visible without stylization of hair as in beard; finished ... Last quarter of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1641: Miniature Herm Head

Broken at neck; end of beard gone; chipped above brow. Head of herm with archaic hairstyle, long and bound with fillet; locks looped through fillet in front of ear at each temple. Much worn. Pentelic ... 19 May 1952

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[Agora Object] S 2052: Votive Relief Fragment

Part of right edge preserved. Broken at left, above and below. Back rough. Procession of four votaries proceeding to left. The right hand person, smallest, carries basket or such, perhaps a kistos, on ... 8 June 1959

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[Agora Object] S 1295: Head of Herakles

Broken off across the neck; end of nose and chin chipped. Pick-marks on forehead. Head, half life-size, turned slightly to the figure's left. Hair and beard rendered in small tight bead-like curls. The ... 30 July 1947

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 24, s. 60, p. 36

Dougga, Tunisia. Ostia. E.B. Harrison, The Athenian Agora, 11, Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture, Princeton 1967, no. 119. Hesperia 8, 1939, pp. 217-218 (Shear, Sr.). Hesperia 17, 1948, pp. 169-170 (Thompson) ... Agora 24 36 L 4034 S 875 S 885 S 871 ... Harrison, The Athenian Agora, 11, Archaic and Archaistic Sculpture, Princeton 1967, no. 119

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[Agora Object] S 815: Head Fragment of Male Figure

Archaic head, broken off at neck and with whole front of head missing. Back of head smooth except at back of neck where semicircular lines probably represent waves. Beginnings of locks of hair below and ... 2nd half of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1386: Palmette Finial Fragment

Originally a nine-leaf palmette with volute below; carved in low relief on both sides. Parts of seven petals and a volute preserved on one side, parts of six leaves and a volute on the other. Perhaps from ... Latter part of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 9, p. ix

Table of Contents. Preface. List of Plates. Abbreviations and Bibliography. Archaic Sculpture. Introduction. Provenance and Use. Chronology. Catalogue. Archaistic Sculpture. Definition of Terms. Archaistic ... Agora 11 ix ... Archaic Sculpture ... Archaistic Sculpture ... Herms as Supports in Sculpture

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[Agora Object] S 1438: Grave Stele Fragment

Lower right corner of capital of archaic grave stele. Broken above, at left and behind. Across bottom a row of tongues picked out in paint, traces of which remain. Above tongues a horizontal fillet with ... 2nd quarter or middle of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1942: Head Fragment of Lioness or Lion

Part of the mouth and nose have been broken off as has the left ear. The neck is sufficiently preserved to show that the head is turning left. The roughly chiseled back may be original and the head perhaps ... 500-450 B.C. (?).

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[Agora Object] S 1131: Drapery Fragment

Fragment, preserving fold of ruffled chiton and smoother drapery below, from the mid-back part of an archaic kore (?). Pentelic marble. Joins Acropolis Kore no. 683. Left in N.M. for gluing in August ... Ca. 510-500 B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1984: Group Fragment

Broken above and below. Apparently the hips of an archaic female figure, in crinkly chiton and symmetrically draped small himation, grasped around the top of the thighs by a nude male left arm, which is ... Ca. 490-480 B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1577: Lion Fragment from Grave Monument

Crouching lion mended from many pieces. One large piece preserves most of neck, mane and part of forelegs of lion. Eight other fragments with original surface, at least one of which joins, and six pieces ... Last quarter of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 205: Arm Fragment of Draped Kore

The right upper arm of a statue in the Archaic manner, a kore, buttoned into a crinkly garment, himation. Lower front part preserved of socket, perhaps for a separately added forearm. The inside of the ... Last quarter of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1137: Kore Fragment

A single fragment preserves the bottom, parts of feet (the front part entirely gone) and the lower end of the long chiton falling over the feet, the latter decorated with wavy lines. From a statue rather ... 5 April 1939

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[Agora Object] S 1908: Shoulder Fragment of Kouros

Broken all around. Fragment apparently from the back of the left shoulder, showing one of the three grooves that mark the divisions of the deltoid muscle. Island marble. Parts of the same statue are: ... Ca. 600-590 B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1739: Leg Fragment of Kouros

Right knee of a kouros of the Sounion type, about one and half life-size. Broken above and below, the breaks slanting up to the back. Island marble. Part of the same statue are: S 287 (Θ 146), S 530 ( ... Ca. 600-590 B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 211: Herm Head

Bearded herm head of Archaic type. Back of head broken away above, hair around brow damaged, nose and chin broken away, surface damaged. Full height preserved. Front of neck forms a tongue (width broken), ... Early 5th century B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1751: Grave Stele Fragment: Hand with Staff

Broken above and below. Some of original back and right side preserved. Part of left hand holding staff or spear shaft. Edge of frame chipped away. Side smoothed. Back shows drove marks. Very careful work ... Middle of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1785: Drapery Fragment from Kore

Broken above, below and behind. Part of hanging edge of himation with zigzag folds, perhaps from a Kore. Parian marble. From circled marbles, section unknown. Leica ... Late 6th or early 5th c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 30: Head of Kouros

Broken off at the base of the neck. About half life-size, The face is much injured; the cheeks and chin being abraded and the nose obliterated. The hair is worked as a mass , falling low on the neck with ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 287: Torso Fragment of Kouros

Fragment of the hip and part of the back preserved. Approximately life-size. 'Marked schematization of the muscles'. Island marble. Joins S 1276 c (Θ 1928). Part of the same statue are also: S 530 (Ο 294), ... Ca. 600-590 B.C.