Source Image: PR103_02_11 of Penteli Quarries

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Description

Detail of a squared block in the Penteli Quarries (ancient Pentelikon).

Monument: Penteli Quarries
Monument Type: Quarry
Material(s): Pentelic Marble (Archaeometric identification)
Date: post bc 700 - pre ad 300
Keywords: Roughed-out Object
Collections: Penteli

Location

Original Location: Penteli

Evidence for working practices

1. Toolmarks

Process: Squaring
Tool: Point
Method: Angle: Vertical (90°)
Force: Hard
Description: This block has been roughly squared with the point chisel.

Notes

The quarries at Penteli near Athens, on the slopes of Mount Pentelikon, were used continually for well over a thousand years in antiquity and the area is being quarried again today. The site consists of several hundred extraction points. Pentelic marble is a fine white marble with a slightly golden tint.