Greek inscription from Athenian Acropolis
- Title:
- Greek inscription from Athenian Acropolis
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Mericle, Danielle
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
ca. 562-554 BCE
- Site:
- Acropolis, Athens, Greece (fragment c discovered southeast of Parthenon in 1888) (original)
- Location:
- Goldwin Smith Hall (Room G 25), Cornell University
Acropolis, Athens, Greece (fragment c discovered southeast of Parthenon in 1888) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0638
- Accession Number:
- 634
- File Name:
- CCC_0638.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 30 (H) x 24 (W) x 11 (D) cm
- Culture:
- Greek
- Style/Period:
- Archaic
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
poros limestone with inscription (original) - Subject:
- Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
- Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 29 x 23 x 2 (centimeters, height x width x diameter)
- Description:
- This is a cast of fragment c of an Archaic inscription on a poros limestone stele from the Acropolis at Athens. It is housed in the Epigraphical Museum at Athens. Several fragments of the inscription, Raubitschek DAA 327, are preserved. As a whole, the inscription names several officials who are in charge of and dedicate games to "the grey-eyed maiden", Athena. Portions of the following lines, written in boustrophedon and from bottom to top, are contained in fragment c: [ℎιροπο]ιοὶ τὸν ἀγ̣ο͂να θέ̣σαν γλ[α]- [υ]ϙόπιδ[ι] ϙόρ[ει].
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
no. 6215 - Bibliography:
- A. E. Raubitschek, Dedications from the Athenian Acropolis (Cambridge, MA: Archaeological Institute of America, 1949), 353-356, no. 327.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Athens, Epigraphical Museum (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.