SYMPOSIUM PHOTOGRAPHS :   Lectures, Breaks, Banquet, and Athena Weight

The 2/3 scale replica of the Athena bust counterweight from the Yassıada shipwreck was produced for the Tradition and Transition symposium at Texas A&M University (Nov. 2007). The helmeted goddess wears her protective cuirass decorated with a central gorgon head. The original, which weighs 8 kg, was hollow cast of bronze and filled with lead; this smaller, solid cast replica weighs less than 2 kg. The steelyard to which the counterweight belongs has a capacity of 126 kg, making it among the largest to have survived from antiquity. Sincere thanks to Mr. John De Lapa for overseeing the production and casting of this replica.

1. The molds for making the Athena weight replica (Photo: John De Lapa)	2.  Heating the bronze (Photo: John De Lapa)
3. Pouring the molds (Photo: John De Lapa)	4. Tumbling the final casts (Photo: John De Lapa)
5. The finished replica (Photo: Debbie Carlson)	6. The replica with her patina stain (Photo: Debbie Carlson)