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Plaster Cast of Greek Inscription: Dedication at Olympia

1900.11.0101

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Artifact Identification Plaster Cast of Greek Inscription: Dedication at Olympia   (1900.11.0101)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
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  2. Documentary Artifacts
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  3. Other Documents
Artist/Maker Praxiteles
Geographic Location
Period Classical
Date 480-475 BCE
Culture Ancient Greek
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 84.7 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 17.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 3.0 cm
Weight 5,877 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plaster
Manufacturing Processes Cast

Research Remarks

Description

Plaster cast of ca. 2/3 of the left side of a marble inscription on a base for a dedication at Olympia by Praxiteles son of Krinis, signed by the Achaian sculptor Athenodoros and the Argive sculptors Asopodoros, Atotos, and Argeiades son of Ageladas.
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Dittenberger, Wilhelm and Karl Purgold. 1896. Die Inschriften von Olympia. Olympia. Die Ergebnisse der von dem deutschen Reich veranstalteten Ausgrabung. Edited by Ernst Curtius and Friedrich Adler, vol. 5. Berlin, no. 630 and 631.

Hanson, P. A. Carmina Epigrapahica Graeca saeculi VIII–V a. Chr. n. Berlin, 1983, 380.

Hill, G. F., R. Meiggs, and A. Andrewes. 1962. Sources for Greek History between the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. Oxford, 320, no. 100

Jeffery, Lilian H. 1961. The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece. Oxford = Jeffery, Lilian H., and A. W. Johnston. 1990. The Local Scripts of Archaic Greece. Revised edition with a supplement. Oxford, 160–61, 169 no. 19, 211, and 215 no. 20.

Roberts, Ernest S. 1887. An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy Part 1. Cambridge, 114–15, nos. 80–81, 277. Available on Google books.com.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction yes, Original marble of all three inscriptions on the base is in the Olympia Museum, nos. 23, 28; 30, 12. Produced by Berlin Museum staff from casts made at Olympia, Greece along with other casts as well as a selection of duplicate artifacts from the German excavations. The right 1/3 of the inscription is on the cast of 1900.11.0100.

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