209c: Seventh-century Inscription

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/2/1/14/3
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 23.9 x 31.5 cm
Scope and Content Card base with one black and white photograph with a rock with an inscription on it at the bottom. A person is holding up something white to block out the back ground: their hands and neck can be seen at the top of the image. The letter c is pasted in the centre of the lower edge of the base. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Seventh-century inscription on one of the sides of the altar (212c), 'I am a drachma for Hera of the White Arms.' This stone originally supported an offering, perhaps a drachma or handful of iron spits (which were the earliest coinage) like those dedicated at the Argive Heraeum, and the Orthia Sanctuary (195)."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Architectural Details"
Related records [BSA SPHS/2/1/5091.C6301], Perachora: Retrograde inscription from sacrificial pit in the Temple of Hera Limenia, 1930-1939
[1936/2/1/14], 209: Steps Leading Down to a Cistern; Portico, with the Chapel of St. John; Seventh-Century Inscription