Miniature sculpture from the Athenian Agora / [by Dorothy Burr Thompson ; photographs by Alison Frantz].

By: Thompson, Dorothy Burr, 1900-2001Contributor(s): Frantz, Alison | Athens. AgoraMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Excavations of the Athenian Agora. Picture book ; no. 3.Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1959. Description: [32] p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Sculpture, Greek -- Greece -- AthensLOC classification: NB91.A7 | T45Summary: Small sculptured figures of humans and animals have been found all over the Agora, ranging in date from the earliest occupation of Athens to the end of the Late Roman period. This booklet presents a representative sample of these carvings, ranging from elegant ivory figures of Apollo to small toy horses recovered from children's graves.--ASCSA.
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Small sculptured figures of humans and animals have been found all over the Agora, ranging in date from the earliest occupation of Athens to the end of the Late Roman period. This booklet presents a representative sample of these carvings, ranging from elegant ivory figures of Apollo to small toy horses recovered from children's graves.--ASCSA.