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The fragment consists of a band of egg and dart surmounted by bead and reel; there is a pendant palmette at the corner. The piece comes from the capital of an anta (pilaster) on the east portico of the Erechtheum on the Athenian Akropolis.
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Title: Marble architectural fragment
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 421–409 BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Marble
Dimensions:
H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
length 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, 1924
Object Number: 24.62
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