Thursday 28 January 2016

Stoa of Attalos / Ionic Capital & Upper Storey

Original (fragments) of an Ionic capital from the Stoa of Attalos of C2BC. Pentelic marble with plaster repairs. The building was destroyed by the Herulians in AD267 but was reconstructed in the 1950s by the American School of Classical Studies. On display on the ground floor of the rebuilt Stoa. 
Reconstruction architect: John Travlos of the American School, works supervised by W Stuart Thompson and Phelps Barnum of NY.  Engineer: George Biris of Athens. Rebuilding finished in 1956. The upper storey (a small portion shown here) is accessed by stairs at either end of the building. Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece.

(Both pics are CC BY-NC-SA)