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Creation Year
1978
Image ID
DH.073
Subcollection
DH: Delphi
Abstract
A detail of the statue bases of the Offering of Daochos. These stones use ashlar masonry, characterized by the cut rectangular blocks. The upper blocks have drafted edges, a style of rustication.
Description
Detail of the base of the Offering of Daochos II, a monument containing a long line of statues from Daochos' family. The top layer of stones are the bases of the statues, built in ashlar masonry and featuring drafting around the margins of the blocks. Such drafting is a type of rustication, a carved texture or pattern on the stone, and the particular style is widespread across Greece and the Ancient Mediterranean. The Offering of Daochos II (DH.49) was commisioned between 336 and 332 BCE, while Daochos was a hieromemnon in the Amphictyonic Council.
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed July 1978. Notes written on the slide or index: Offering of Dachos II (smooth finished ashlar + drafted edges).
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Delfoi, Greece
Keywords
Ashlar, Stone, Masonry, Votive Offering, Family Dedication, Rusticated, Fourth Century BC, Classical Period, Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
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