Pentelic marble

E12939

marble metamorphic rock

Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Pentelic marble canonical	22
Pentelic marble deposit	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marble ⓘ metamorphic rock ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Ancient Greek architecture ⓘ Classical sculpture ⓘ
associatedWithSite	Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
category	Greek marble ⓘ building material ⓘ sculptural material ⓘ
color	white ⓘ
colorHint	subtle golden tint ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greece ⓘ
geologicalAge	Mesozoic Era ⓘ surface form: Mesozoic
geologicalFormationType	metamorphosed limestone ⓘ
grain	fine-grained ⓘ
hasReputation	high quality building stone ⓘ symbol of classical Greek art ⓘ
historicalExport	Roman Empire ⓘ
historicallyPrizedFor	beauty ⓘ durability ⓘ workability ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Attica ⓘ
materialComposition	calcite ⓘ
minedSince	antiquity ⓘ
notableWorkUsedIn	Acropolis of Athens ⓘ surface form: Acropolis of Athens monuments Erechtheion ⓘ the Parthenon ⓘ surface form: Parthenon Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens ⓘ Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ surface form: Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens
placeOfOrigin	Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
quarriedFrom	Penteli quarries ⓘ
quarryLocation	Mount Pentelicus ⓘ surface form: Mount Pentelicus, Greece
regionOfUse	Europe ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean
surfaceFinishPotential	high polish ⓘ
texture	homogeneous ⓘ
usedFor	architecture ⓘ monuments ⓘ public buildings ⓘ sculpture ⓘ statues ⓘ temples ⓘ
usedInPeriod	Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Roman period
visualCharacteristic	translucent quality ⓘ uniform texture ⓘ warm tone ⓘ
weatheringCharacteristic	good resistance to weathering ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acropolis of Athens → primaryBuildingMaterial → Pentelic marble ⓘ

the Parthenon → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

subject surface form: Parthenon

Old Royal Palace of Greece → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Erechtheion → material → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Arch of Titus → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Penteli quarries → materialExtracted → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Penteli quarries → geologicalFormation → Pentelic marble ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pentelic marble deposit

Panathenaic Stadium → material → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Temple of Olympian Zeus → hasBuildingMaterial → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Periclean building program → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Hadrian's Arch (Athens) → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Parian marble → comparedWith → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Penteli → historicallyKnownFor → Pentelic marble ⓘ

monastery of Penteli → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

subject surface form: Monastery of Penteli

Pentelic quarries → materialExtracted → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Caryatids of the Erechtheion → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Kallimarmaro → material → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Olympieion → hasMaterial → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Stoa of Attalos → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

Parthenon cella → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

horsemen of the frieze → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ

subject surface form: Horsemen of the Frieze

Lysicrates Monument → materialUsed → Pentelic marble ⓘ