Hekatompedon. Part of the cornice

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Provision of image

Inventory number

Ακρ. 22

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Architectural member

Period

Archaic Period

Date

Around 570 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.31 m
Length: 0.26 m
Width: 0.055 m

Material

Limestone

Location

First Floor Case 6, Νο 4

Description
Bibliography

Small part of a raking cornice, from the archaic Parthenon or Hekatompedon, reassembled from four fragments and restored.

The cornice’s front side is decorated with an aquatic bird with outstretched wings, similar to those depicted on other parts of the cornice such as the fragments Ακρ. 22 α, Ακρ. 22 β and Ακρ. 22 γ. Preserved is part of the right wing with details highlighted with red and blue colour.

Wiegand, Th., Die archaische Poros-Architektur der Akropolis zu Athen, Cassel/Leipzig, 1904, σελ. 26, εικ. 40