Ashlar Base on Offering of Daochos II

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).

Identifier DH.073
Collection DH: Delphi
Location Delfoi, Greece
Year 1978
Batch Stamp JUL 78
Printed Date July, 1978
Slide Notes Offering of Dachos II (smooth finished ashlar + drafted edges)
Index Notes Offering of Dachos II (smooth finished ashlar + drafted edges)
General Location Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
Camera Location Ashlar Bases on Offering of Daochos
Precision Estimated
Angle 320 degrees NW