Stone Hekataion
Archaeological museum of ancient Messene
5147 1
Link copied
Stone Hekataion
299 BCE – 100 BCE
Archaeological museum of ancient Messene
Archaeological site of ancient Messene
Hekataion
LimestoneHeight: 73 cm
Stone Hekataion. Found in 1964 at the crossroads northeast of the Asclepieion, next to an inscribed column, on which it stood, with the insertion of a capital. Artemis is depicted in three different types, around a small column. A fragment of a limestone basin, found in the same spot, has a round socket in its underside, which fits perfectly to the tip of the Hekataion’s column. Thus, the votive offering had the form of a perirrhanterion, supported by three identical Hekataia, each of them turned towards the observer so as to present a different type of Artemis. It probably stood on the column found nearby, which bears the inscription "Αρτέμιτι Διονύσιος Δωρίας Διονυσόδωρος" (Artemiti Dionysios Dorias Dionysiodoros).