Fragment of Egg and Dart Molding from Epidauros
| Artist | |
| Name | Unknown |
| Basic Info | |
| Period | Roman Imperial period, Middle |
| Created in | Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tiryns (Argolis) |
| Century | 2nd century CE |
| Culture | Greek |
| Dimensions | actual: 13.34 x 10.8 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.) |
| Harvard Museum | |
| Department | Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics |
| Division | Asian and Mediterranean Art |
| Contact | am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu |
Context
81 Fragment of Egg and Dart Molding from Epidaurus The top is broken or cut away roughly, as if the piece had been reused for building material. The irregular breaks to left and right, forming a rearward "V," are fresher. This section appears to have formed part of the members of a small cornice, from a building like a small fountain-house or a large niche for a statue or stele. The egg flanked by parts of two darts, a fillet below and behind, a dentil, and a cyma reversa molding at the bottom survive, if only in limited surfaces. It was probably carved in the Trajanic or Hadrianic eras. Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Thomas A. Fox, Esq.