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| Parts of rim and nearly a quarter of wall missing; restored in plaster.
A cylindrical drum, tapering around top. Heavy rim, flat on top and sharply profiled; lower wall thickened to form heavy collar ... 28 May-16 June 1938 ... ADDENDA
Fuller description of A 957 and A 958, with references. ... The well is one of the group which seems to have been filled up close to the end of the 6th century B.C. ... For the description of the chimney-pot, see A 958. |
| Fragment of discus.
Plain rim, panelled with herringbone and impressed circles.
On discus, figure of Eros advancing to the right but looking back at an object held in the right hand; in his left hand is ... 17 July 1931 ... Fragment of discus.
Plain rim, panelled with herringbone and impressed circles.
... Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
... Corinth IV, ii, no. 1124: quoted from description, of which L 176 appears to be a cruder version; no. 1132: is a fragment like L 176, but less well preserved.
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| 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 ... ADDENDA
Fuller description of A 957 and A 958, with references (by A.W. ... "During the mending of the pottery from one of the many wells (Well 8) on the N.W. slope of the Acropolis to rare, if not unique, objects came to light. ... For the description of the wellhead, see A 957. |
| Amended description in light of new fragments.
Total of 16 fragments, now preserving almost complete skyphos. Flat disk base preserving string marks. Rim slightly flaring, with plain rounded lip; horizontal ... 27 June 1952 ... Amended description in light of new fragments.
Total of 16 fragments, now preserving almost complete skyphos. ... Well, late Geometric. |
| A herm used as support for the left arm of la large statue carrying a child.
Upper half of the child is missing as well as the entire statue, whose left arm rests on the head of the herm. The base of ... 2nd c. A.D ... A herm used as support for the left arm of la large statue carrying a child.
Upper half of the child is missing as well as the entire statue, whose left arm rests on the head of the herm. ... Cf. the description of the Herm of Alkamenes in Richter (1929) , Sculpture and Sculptors of the Greeks, p. 236, fig. 628 (p. 182, fig. 673 in the 4th edition 1970): "The style of the herm is evidently archaistic, the formal treatment of the hair and beard being conditioned by its architectonic character, for the rendering of the eyes places it in the second half of the fifth century." |
Twelve non-joining fragments of lip and bowl. Fragment f preserves the start of the stem on the underside. Start of handle on fragment i. Reserved line on inside at rim. Max. dim. a) 0.133, b) 0.071, c/g) ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Fragments i and j show a bit of his drapery as well as part of the palmette configuration under one handle. Fragment h (illustrated) preserves the lap and legs of a woman seated to right, dressed in a chiton and himation, and the lower part of the chiton and himation, as well as the feet of a youth, also to right. ... Fragment e gives the lower part of this seated woman (chiton and himation) and fragment c/g (illustrated) shows the lower part of the youth's himation as well as part of the tendril and lotus of the handle ornament. |
Three non-joining wall fragments. Dull, hard glaze on inside. Max. dim. a) 0.091, b) 0.075, c) 0.071. L. Talcott, Hesperia 8, 1939, pp. 268--269, figs. 1, 2 (the fragments have been relettered since this ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Fragment c (b) shows, at the far right, part of one laced shoe of someone standing to left; at the very top a small bit of relief contour that may be the bottom of a fold of drapery. ... Red (partly flaked): fillet of mask, as well as its strings (flaked) seen against the black background; cords (flaked) on either side of the face, which pass through openings in the top of the mask to facilitate carrying it and wearing it. White: face of mask.
There does not seem to be enough of the figures preserved on 623 to determine the exact subject. |
Eight non-joining wall fragments, a and b with rim and strengthened with plaster. Band on inside at rim, a narrower one 0.068 below rim. Glaze fired red on inside, slightly misfired below figures on outside ... Ca. 460-450 B.C ... Boulter, Hesperia 22, 1953, pl. 23: there, the sequence of letters begins afresh for each side; to avoid confusion in the description, I include the old letter in parentheses after the new; L. ... All that remains of the king are the ends of two locks of his beard, a little of his himation, and the top of his scepter. ... At the left of fragment a, part of the handle ornament (palmette and lotus) as well as the start of handle A/B, its root ornamented with a tongue pattern. |
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