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Marble fragment of an epistyle deriving from the Monastery of Kynigos in Hymettus. Length: 53 cm, height: 22 cm, thickness: 15 cm.
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Fragment of an epistyle, Ioannis Kynigos Monastery
Area: Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
Date: 1205 ì.×.
Description:
Marble fragment of an epistyle. On its skew-cut side the ornamentation is on a two-leveled relief. A bird pecking its body and a “button” with a floriated cross are carved in a high-relief. The background is covered with a winding tendril with half-leaves in a low-relief. The following inscription has been carved in the border of the epistyle: OC PHILOSOPHOS Tou PIKLIN E(tous)…6713=1205. It comes from the monastery of Hagios Ioannis in Hymettus. Dimensions: length: 53 cm, height: 22 cm, thickness: 15 cm. BCM 1065.
Date: 1205 ì.×.
Description:
Marble fragment of an epistyle. On its skew-cut side the ornamentation is on a two-leveled relief. A bird pecking its body and a “button” with a floriated cross are carved in a high-relief. The background is covered with a winding tendril with half-leaves in a low-relief. The following inscription has been carved in the border of the epistyle: OC PHILOSOPHOS Tou PIKLIN E(tous)…6713=1205. It comes from the monastery of Hagios Ioannis in Hymettus. Dimensions: length: 53 cm, height: 22 cm, thickness: 15 cm. BCM 1065.