APC Image: AK 0928: Relief with two winged figures on Pentelic marble. Broken all around and at the back; found in a late wall. Part of two winged figures in low relief are preserved. At the upper edge the background curves gently forward. This small fragment is part of a frieze, some blocks of which have been known for a long time. Two of these, which apparently were discovered in the vicinity of the so-alled Diogeneion, were published by Bursian in 1860. These blocks show the procession of Erote and come originally from the Sanctuary of Eros and Aphrodite on the North Slope of the Acropolis (now they are in the National Archaeological Museum, nos. 1451, 1452). It is likely that the marble frieze was part of the temenos wall; and quite apart from the reliefs there is evidence to show that such a wall existed both in Greek and Roman times. The blocks in the National Archaeological Museum show clearly that another course rested on the top, and the condition of the reliefs indicates that they were in some way protected from above. The lower parts of the figures suffered more from the weather than the upper part. Probably the wall was crowned about the frieze with a projecting coping or cornice of some kind. The date of the relief is probably the second half of the fourth century B.C. Object Description: | | Relief with two winged figures on Pentelic marble. Broken all around and at the back; found in a late wall. Part of two winged figures in low relief are preserved. At the upper edge the background curves gently forward. This small fragment is part of a frieze, some blocks of which have been known for a long time. Two of these, which apparently were discovered in the vicinity of the so-alled Diogeneion, were published by Bursian in 1860. These blocks show the procession of Erote and come originally from the Sanctuary of Eros and Aphrodite on the North Slope of the Acropolis (now they are in the National Archaeological Museum, nos. 1451, 1452). It is likely that the marble frieze was part of the temenos wall; and quite apart from the reliefs there is evidence to show that such a wall existed both in Greek and Roman times. The blocks in the National Archaeological Museum show clearly that another course rested on the top, and the condition of the reliefs indicates that they were in some way protected from above. The lower parts of the figures suffered more from the weather than the upper part. Probably the wall was crowned about the frieze with a projecting coping or cornice of some kind. The date of the relief is probably the second half of the fourth century B.C. | Negative Number: | | AK 0928 | Museum: | | National Archaeological Museum | Museum Inventory Number: | | 3969 | Category: | | Architectural structures and elements | Subcategory: | | Relief | Site: | | Acropolis, North Slope | City: | | Athens | Region: | | Attica | Country: | | Greece | Format: | | Glass-plate | Dimensions: | | 18 X 13 | Bibliography: | | Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 143, fig. 33. | Photo Notes: | | Broken | Repository: | | ASCSA ARCHIVES | Collection Title: | | Archaeological Photographic Collection | Series: | | AK | Image Width: | | 2118 | Image Height: | | 1560 |
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