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Plaster Cast of Greek Inscription: Dedication at Olympia

Plaster Cast of Greek Inscription: Dedication at Olympia

1900.11.0101

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Plaster Cast of Greek Inscription: Dedication at Olympia (1900.11.0101)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Communication Artifacts : Documentary Artifacts : Other Documents
Artist/Maker	Praxiteles
Geographic Location	Europe, West : Greece : Olympia
Period	Classical
Date	480-475 BCE
Culture	Ancient Greek

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	Under Review
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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