The Erechtheion construction work inventory (IG 13 474) and the Dorpfeld temple

This note is a direct response to Gloria Ferrari's article, "The Ancient Temple of the Acropolis at Athens" ( AJA 106 [20021 11-35). The analysis presented here concentrates on the blocks listed in the building block inventory IG I-3 474 from the Athenian Acropolis: a comparative study of the inscriptional and archaeological evidence shows that the catalogued blocks are all related to tire completion of the Erechtheion; therefore, the inscription cannot be used in the argument that tire Old Temple of Athena, or the Dorpfeld temple, was not completely Pulled down after the Persian sack of the Acropolis. The note also correlates evidence from the inscription and the extant blocks to give air indication of how the length of the Doric foot can be evaluated.