| Scope and Content |
Dark brown card base with three windows behind which are attached plates. The number 152 is pasted in the lower left corner, each window has a letter a-c pasted below their lower left corners. Reinforced hole in each corner. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Small carvings in fine limestone: of these many were found at the Orthia Sanctuary; they date to the time of the building of the Later Temple, c. 600 B.C. The subjects are very varied, but by far the commonest is a horse, in relief. Many bear short archaic inscriptions, dedicating them to Orthia. a. Relief of a man; a fragment of a horse, to be cut out à jour; and a small animal. b. Reliefs of lions. The two upper plaques, each with a pair of confronted lions, are likely to preserve the subject of a relief occupying the pediment of the Later Temple, of which 153 is an actual fragment. c. Reliefs of horses." |
