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Marble Blocks with Lifting Bosses at the Acropolis of Athens

Tronchin, Francesca C.
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Tronchin, Francesca C.
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Architecture, Classical, MDID, Images, Athens, Greece, Acropolis (Athens, Greece), Antiquities
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Archaeological Sites and Museums in Greece and Turkey
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Abstract
This image shows partially restored marble blocks at the Acropolis of Athens. The marble blocks still have their lifting bosses, or tenons, which were used with ropes to lift the blocks into place during construction. These bosses were typically chiselled off once the blocks were in place. This image was photographed in Athens, Greece, in 2011.
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Photograph by Dr. Francesca Tronchin, June, 2011. This image was migrated out of MDID and into DLynx during the summer of 2014.