Object card·SAL_3304·1968

Marble dedicatory block to Heracles, Agios Sergios

Marble dedicatory block to Heracles, Agios Sergios
Object card: 1968. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_3304. "Marble dedicatory block to Heracles, Agios Sergios". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

Object card

English, translated from the French record

Small block of white marble (Paros?), H. 1.2, int. 1.8; the first line of the inscription lies 3.8 cm from the upper edge. The inscription is incised on the former bed of the block, which was recut from a moulded base or anta capital, of which one moulded corner survives with, from top to bottom, an abacus 4 cm high and a cyma reversa of fine profile; dimensions 16 x 22.6 x 9.6 cm maximum / 2 cm minimum. Inventory E_0069; 13 May 1968.

French, as on the record

epoque : IIe s. av. J.-C. num planche : PL_05 objet : Dédicaces à des divinités negatif : 00326 h. I.: 1,2 int.: 1,8 première ligne à 3,8cm du bord supérieur Petit bloc de marbre blanc (Paros?) diapositives : C_3149 inv objet : E_0069 pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0046_p_0026 type :Heraklès l'inscription est gravée sur l'ancien lit d'attente retaillé dans une base moulurée ou un chapiteau d'ante dont subsiste un angle mouluré avec, de haut en bas, un abaque haut de 4cm et une cyma reversa de ferme profil, dim.: 16 X 22,6 x 9,6 max./ 2 min chantier : Agios Sergios (maison de Costas Theristes)

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