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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 ... 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 base for the second giant from the west. |
| 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 ... Found in neighborhood of second Giant from the east. |
| 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 |
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