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| Well at 34/ΙΣΤ (4th B.C.). Discovery. Large Blocks Removed. Description of Well. Summary ... Ζ-2 ... Large Blocks Removed |
Top surface finished with toothed chisel and anathyrosis surface at right preserved; broken elsewhere. Cutting for large T-clamp partially preserved on line of break. Clamp has been carefully removed ... 9 February 1952 |
One face roughly dressed. The other faces more roughly dressed, or broken.
Egyptian granite.
Cf. A 1232 (ΔΔ 254) and A 1233 (ΔΔ 255). Found 1940, removed 1947 and placed on terrace between two large Mycenaean ... 1940 |
One face roughly dressed, with rough round hole near center and two adjacent round holes at edge. The opposite face also roughly dressed, in a parallel place. Other faces left rough.
Egyptian granite ... 1940 |
One face roughly dressed with rough round hole near one edge and two square holes at opposite edge. Opposite face dressed in parallel place. Other sides more roughly dressed, or broken.
Egyptian granite ... 1940 |
| Broken in two large and several small pieces. The inside edge and both ends are missing. The outer face is lightly stippled with at smoothed band along top and bottom. The under surface was rough-picked ... 1938 |
| Plinth, lower toros and square fillet broken away on right half of block. Like A 3732 but from straight course. On upper surface are cuttings for Π-clamps at both ends and what appear to be three dowel ... 24 July 1969 ... This one may be, however, an uncommonly large and deep pry hole. ... From between Panathenaic Way and east end of Middle Stoa. The blocks A 3732-3739, appears to have been removed from the northern tower of the Late Roman Fortification Wall at the south end of the Stoa of Attalos. |
http://agathe.gr/overview/the_altar_of_zeus_and_statue_of_hadrian.html The Altar of Zeus The Agora Excavations began with the aim of revealing the monuments and history of the ancient Agora. Of course, every artifact or feature that was exposed held importance, but when something ... On July 23, 1931, the excavator filled five pages of his notebook describing a significant discovery of the first excavation season: "A large structure once covered a large part of [the] area, it was almost certainly an Altar." ... In the center background are the steps of the Altar of Zeus Agoraios and its large altar block. ... The statue of Hadrian lying face down in the Great Drain, February 5, 1932 The difficulty of making a fuller description and taking photographs is apparent in a later comment, “Earth roof must be supported and large block broken and removed before statue can be taken out” (Nb. |
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