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[Agora Object] ST 704: Catapult Ball

Small fragment missing from one side. Cut from hard breccia. From deep stony fill in middle of peristyle of Heliaia. 3471 Leica, 83-91 ... 3 August 1960

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[Agora Object] ST 705: Catapult Ball

Flake broken from side of ball. Cut from hard breccia. ADDENDA Balls found in Pompeion measure 0.14-0.35m. Cf. AM 56 (1931), p. 4. From deep stony fill in middle of peristyle of Heliaia. 3471 Leica, 83-91 ... 3 August 1960

[Agora Object] ST 706: Catapult Ball Fragment

One half of ball remains. Coarse conglomerate, roughly worked. Cf. ST 703-705. From plundered trench of inner, earlier peristyle of Heliaia; context as late as of 1st. century B.C. 3961 Leica, 83-91 ... 28 July 1961

[Agora Object] ST 707: Catapult Ball

Complete; coarsely worked. Breccia. Cf. ST 703-705, 708. Southwest corner of peristyle of Heliaia, with industrial waste of early Roman date. 3957 Leica, 83-91 ... 28 July 1961

[Agora Object] ST 708: Catapult Ball

Complete; coarsely worked. Breccia. Cf. ST 703-705, 707. Southwest corner of peristyle of Heliaia, with industrial waste of early Roman date. 3957 Leica, 83-91 ... 28 July 1961

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 87, p. 71

Miscellaneous. Plaques. J. Boardman, BSA 50, 1955, pp. 52-53. D. Kurtz and J. Boardman, Greek Burial Customs, London 1971, p. 83. Vatican 342. Paralip. 187, 3. J. Boardman, BSA 49, 1954, pp. 192-193. CVA, ... Agora 23 71

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[Agora Object] I 6628: Base Fragments

Inscribed statue base; Iliad base. Put together from about sixty fragments. Finished with drove in front face, with toothed chisel on lateral faces, fine picked on top, rough picked on back. Left foot ... May 1953

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[Agora Object] I 7030: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment from upper part of stele. Full width preserved; back very roughly picked. Face and edge of sides smooth. Lines 1,7 and the 21st., 22nd., and 23rd. letters of line 12 are all painted ... 222/1 B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 7042: Prytany Decree

Complete stele. Minor chips on face and piece from rear missing. Tang for insertion into base preserved. Back rough picked. Some sort of wear along upper half of right side. Letters generally well preserved ... 220/19 B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 7043: Prytany Decree Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Two fragments; largely complete. Most of pediment and tang missing. Much wear on the backs of both pieces. Letters generally clear, some missing along edges, particularly the right ... 22 and 26 July 1968

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[Agora Object] I 4568: Statue Base Fragment

Inscribed fragment of statue base. Considerably chipped; mouldings at top and bottom, battered. Five lines of the dedication and the signature preserved. Pentelic marble. Finished Found lying face up in ... 6 March 1937

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[Agora Object] I 4963: Dedication

The inscribed blocks are a little west of the center of the wall, and as high above the limestone outcrop on which the wall is bedded as the stone-cutter could conviently reach. The total length of the ... 12 July 1937

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[Agora Object] I 1749: Mining Inscription

Stele inscribed on two opposite faces. Broken away above, and below, and cut vertically perhaps in half (?) at the left side of face A. The right side of face A is preserved. "POLETAI" record; Laurion ... 2 April 1934

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[Agora Object] I 2170: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment; boundary stone. Broken on all sides. Traces of a moulding at the bottom and red in the letters. Pentelic marble. Found in the wall of the modern house 637/3, east of the southern part ... Early 4th. century B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 2729: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. At top of wall, as preserved, inscribed face is up; left face formed part of north face of wall. Sides dressed smooth. Dimensions are maxima visible before removal. Full width preserved; ... 11 December 1934

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[Agora Object] I 4012: Base

Inscribed statue base. On top surface, two cuttings ca. 0.24mX0.04m.X 0.045m. deep, for tongues below feet of statue. Base for statue of Livia. Hymettian marble. Found in Byzantine wall, 55.00m. east of ... 14-37 A.D.

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[Agora Object] P 13342: Black Glaze Plate

About one-fourth remains; profile defective in center of floor. Low torus base. Sharply profiled rim. A channeled circle on floor; a channeled and reserved circle on rim; glazed channels against a reserved ... 1 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 14146: Black Glaze Plate Fragment

A single fragment preserves part of floor, foot and rim of a large heavy plate; edge of rim not preserved. Low base ring; flat floor inset slightly from rim. On inside of rim, a band of black glaze leaves ... 28 April-6 May 1938, 17-19 May 1938

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[Agora Object] I 5250: Marble Fragment: Ephebic List

Inscribed stele. Complete except for a strip across the front at the top. Socket at the top. On face, thirty-five lines of the inscription preserved; on left side, six lines; on right side, three lines ... Ca. 330 B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 5509: Record

Inscribed stele. Intact, the top front edge slightly worn by traffic. The top is crowned by a simple angular moulding; the bottom 0.08m. of the front face is finished only with the toothed chisel; the ... 367/6 B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 10570: Red Figure Ring Vase with Three Skyphoi Attached

Two fragments preserve nearly the complete circumference of the ring. Flat-bottomed hollow ring vase, rectangular in section, with a slightly projecting flat base and slightly convex outer side wall. On ... 28 May 1937

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[Agora Object] P 10829: Black Glaze Plate

About one-third remains, preserving the complete profile of wall and base ring. Flat floor with narrow wall and torus rim. Torus base ring with a pair of suspension holes. Velvety black glaze all over ... 15 June 1937

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[Agora Object] I 6096: Honorary Decree

Inscribed stele. Stele with pedimental top. Top of pediment broken away. Stele broken diagonally below. Surface badly worn, and in places illegible, though of water in drain. Back rough picked. Decree ... 271/0 B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1016: Draped Female Figure Fragment

The head, legs from the knees, and arms missing. Much worn and battered. Standing female figure, in chiton and himation, somewhat over life-size. Heavy proportions and wrinkles indicated in neck suggest ... 14 March 1938

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[Agora Object] S 1030: Statue of Tyche

Head, right hand and the attribute it held missing. Standing female figure, about one-third of life size, on an irregular oval plinth, dressed in short-sleeved chiton with high waist and himation. She ... 6 April 1938

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[Agora Object] S 1202: Hand Fragment

Left hand (minus fingers) and part of wrist grasping a leafy branch. About twice life-size. Fair workmanship, considerably weathered. Pentelic marble. Cf. S 596 (Ν'45), S 599 (Ν'127), S1221 (ΩΔ 235). From ... 31 May 1946

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[Agora Object] S 1213: Herm Shaft Fragment

Broken away below. Sockets for head and membrum virile. From stage front of Odeion. Greenish white Karystos (?) marble. To be associated with heads S 553 (Ν 263), S 554 (Ν 264), S 558 (Ο 590), S 597 (Ν'80), ... August 1946

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[Agora Object] S 1214: Head and Neck Fragments of Triton

Two joining fragments. a) Lower part of neck with spring of shoulder from a bearded creature with head turned to his right. Good work; surface of marble comparatively fresh. Note spring of background on ... August 1946, 5 July 1949

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[Agora Object] S 1215: Torso Fragment of Triton

From lower part of fishtailed creature (Triton), with some of resting surface preserved. Pentelic marble. From marble pile north of second Giant from west, from which it may derive. Leica, XXIX-59 ... August 1946

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[Agora Object] S 1216: Torso Fragment of Triton

Part of fishtailed creature, lower torso, the scales well preserved. Pentelic marble. From marble pile north of second Giant from west. Leica, XXIX-56 ... August 1946

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[Agora Object] S 1218: Arm Fragment of Giant

Small fragment of elbow from right arm, in scale and style close to S 1214 (ΩΔ 223). Only slightly weathered. Pentelic marble. From marble pile between Odeion and Giants. Leica, XXVI-72, XXXIII-65 ... August 1946

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[Agora Object] S 1219: Arm Fragment of Giant

Forearm preserved from elbow to wrist. Heavily weathered on surface of arm and on break at wrist, comparatively fresh on upper break. Was the hand of the Giant already missing when the late Romans reset ... August 1946

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[Agora Object] S 1220: Foot and Plinth Fragments of Colossal Figure

Parts of left foot of a colossal figure. a) First three toes of foot. Edge of plinth to proper right appears to be original. Very precise work; surface extremely fresh. Traces of red (?) on toenail. b) ... a) (ΩΔ 229) 15 June 1946 b) (Ι 1640) July 1959

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[Agora Object] S 1221: Hand Fragment of Giant

Part of right hand of colossal figure holding staff or stick. Perhaps slightly greater in scale than other hands of giants, but very similar in material and workmanship. Pentelic marble. Cf. S 596 (Ν' ... August 1946

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[Agora Object] S 1303: Giant's Body Fragment

The fragment comes from near the bottom of the proper right corner, preserving a little of the snaky body and a little of the lateral molding on the back of the pier. Both body and molding were left rough ... 14 August 1947

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[Agora Object] S 1304: Throne Fragment

Part of the chest and winged creature from the proper left side of a throne. Apparently from the same series as S 826 (Σ 1260) and S 930 (Σ 1506). Pentelic marble. From marble pile between the Odeion ... 20 August 1947

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[Agora Object] S 1305: Shoulder Fragment of Colossal Draped Figure

A flake, apparently from the shoulder of a very large draped figure. The surface towards the top was rough-finished with a single point; lower down, smoothed with a chisel. Towards one side a puntillo ... August 1947

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[Agora Object] S 1313: Torso of a Youth

Head missing. Stubs of arms preserved. Right leg broken below knee; left leg above knee. Torso of a standing youth, about half life-size, the weight on the right leg. The upper left arm is set back a little; ... 19 March 1948

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[Agora Object] S 1343: Draped Colossal Figure Fragment

A flake from a colossal figure, preserving chiefly drapery but also a little hair (?) along one edge. Surface for the most part finished with a narrow gouge, in part smoothed. Tooling is identical with ... 1948

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[Agora Object] S 1344: Triton Tail Fragment

Broken at both ends. Tapering and twisting, a slightly projecting spine down the back. Surface rather roughly tooled all over, but rougher on one side than the other. Moderate weathering on one side. The ... 1948

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[Agora Object] S 1348: Relief Fragment from Base of Colossal Figure

Broken all around and behind. On the front, in relief, the trunk of an olive tree with leaves beginning to show at the top of the fragment as preserved. To the right something rises from the background: ... July 1948

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[Agora Object] S 1390: Giant's Tail Fragment

The fragment comes from Odeion, about half way up in the back proper left corner of a pier with Giant attached. Preserved are part of a giant's scale-covered tail (the scales pointing down) and a corner ... 17 March 1949

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[Agora Object] S 1391: Herm Shaft Fragment

Fragment from lower part of shaft, preserving tenon for insertion in plinth. From stage front of Odeion. Greenish white Karystos (?) marble. From same series as S 553 (Ν 263), S 554 (Ν 264), S 558 (Ο ... 26 March 1949

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[Agora Object] S 1530: Draped Seated Female Figure Fragment

Broken off above waist. Left foot (which was attached with iron dowel) missing, and small part of throne. Figure, wears transparent chiton and heavier himation. She is seated on a rocky throne, with left ... 19 June 1951

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[Agora Object] P 9228: Black Glaze Bowl Fragments

Two non-joining fragments with part of rim and walls. From a bowl or dish with a small base and slightly concave sides flaring to a turned-over, elaborately profiled rim. Λάγηνος. Λείπουν ο πυθμένας, η ... 15-26 May 1936

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[Agora Object] I 7483: Base Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Broken in front and back at the top. Fragment I 7483 a), large wall block, raised as statue base. Anathyrosis along two edges of bottom. Trace of swallowtail clamp and a dowel. Inscription ... 2 July 1974

[Agora Object] P 25596: Plate Fragment with Rouletting and Glaze Decoration

Black glazed, rouletted and patterned plate fragment. Reserved band around edge on which is a vine pattern in black glaze. Rouletted zone immediately inside pattern zone. Ring foot grooved beneath. Glaze ... 5 April 1956

[Agora Object] P 25906: Black Glaze Mug Fragment: Ribbed

Fragment from rim and wall. Very broad petal ribbing on the wall. Excellent blue-black glaze. Rectangular pit. 1210 Leica ... 25 April 1957

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[Agora Object] P 30196: Amphora

Mended from many pieces and restored in plaster. Simple foot with flat underside; slightly uneven ovoid body. Strap handles, profiled lip. Two lines below belly; shoulder is main area of decoration. Three ... 9 May 1973

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[Agora Object] P 30212: Amphoriskos

Intact. Plain foot with roughly concave underside. Globular body with greatest diameter halfway up. Narrows into neck with continuous curve, then widens to flaring rim. Horizontal handles spring from belly ... 13-15 June 1973

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[Agora Object] P 30213: Amphoriskos

Intact. Plain foot, concave underneath. Globular body with horizontal handles springing at 45° angle from belly. Flaring rim. Glazed outside with thin brown glaze, except inside handles. Inside of rim ... 13-15 June 1973

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[Agora Object] P 30305: Amphoriskos

Rim chipped, glaze badly flaked. Flat bottom, torus base. Ovoid body with greatest diameter above middle height. Short, almost vertical neck. Handles at belly, at ca. 45° angle. Glazed all over except ... 16-19 July 1973

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[Agora Object] P 30306: Amphoriskos

Rim chipped, glaze and surface peeling. Ring foot with nipple underneath. Ovoid body with handles attached just above belly. Short neck with flaring mouth. Two reserved bands at neck. At belly, decoration ... 23-24 July 1973

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[Agora Object] P 30307: Neck Amphora

Clay very friable and peeled away. Sections of body, part of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom. High shoulder, strap handles from shoulder to neck. Thin neck with flaring mouth. At shoulder ... 23-24 July 1973

[Agora Object] P 23663: Black Glaze Mug Fragment with Incised Decoration

[Originally identified as kantharos] Two joining fragments from wall. Three horizontal lines, above and below with groups of three concentric semicircles. Very good glaze inside and out. Stoa Terrace, ... 1 December 1953

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[Agora Object] P 21398: Black Glaze Plate

Two joining fragments preserve almost two-thirds of the plate with profile complete except center of floor. Vertical rim with concave profile outside, grooved at top and bottom; sloping floor. Ring foot ... 2 June 1951

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[Agora Object] P 16946: Black Glaze Mug: Ribbed

Three joining fragments preserve part of lip and wall to just above foot. Body vertically ribbed; flaring lip separated from shoulder by raised moulding, cabled. Good black glaze; reserved groove just ... 17-24 May 1940

[Agora Object] P 16030: Black Glaze Mug

About half of wall and lip, with handle, missing; restored in plaster. Broad low ring foot; squat body with convex outline; neck slightly drawn in; wide mouth; plain everted lip. At base of neck a ridge ... 2-19 May 1939

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[Agora Object] P 19422: Pithos with Graffito

Most of pithos still in place in the ground, with part of the rim still intact. Heavy collar rim with flat top and flat outer surface sloping in to form very sharp angle with shoulder of pithos. Two broken ... 1947Λ

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[Agora Object] P 19423: Basin

A flower pot-shaped basin sunk in the floor; the bottom broken and about two-thirds of the floor missing; one fragment of floor found in place. Flat bottom, but apparently curved floor. Steep walls; flat-topped ... 1947

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[Agora Object] P 9822: Plate Fragment with Glaze Decoration

Preserved is a broad rim with groove at outer edge, angular ridge at inner, two grooves inside ridge. Lid(?). Fine pinkish-buff clay. Black glaze in edge groove and on ridge; a black zigzag vertically ... 8 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 22124: Black Glaze Plate Fragment

Broken all around. Preserves part of bottom of very large plate, heavily moulded below. Orange clay, black glaze. South of E-W late Roman wall, dug on east side of 4th. c. hole. 1632 Leica PD 1190-6b ... 20 March 1952

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[Agora Object] P 22289: Black Glaze Plate Fragment

Single fragment preserving part of rim and a little of floor and bottom. Flat floor; flat bottom, the edge projecting slightly behond the wall. Wall flaring outside, inside curving to plain rim marked ... 28 March 1952

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[Agora Object] S 3557: Marble Trophy Base

Marble block intact. The top of the monument is recessed to admit a plinth. The top front is decorated with a folded cuirass atop two or three shields. The top chipped at front left, and worked smooth ... 6 August 2010

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[Agora Object] S 553: Head of Female Figure with Backing Block

The head is broken away in back. Both ears missing. The front is well preserved, except for the tip of the nose. Stained. The hair parted in the middle and drawn back in loose waves. On the top of the ... 15 April 1935, 30 May 1935

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[Agora Object] S 554: Head of Female Figure with Backing Block

A part of the back is broken away; the nose chipped; two cuttings for hook-clamps in top of block. The sides of the block finished smooth near the front; rough-picked further back. At the bottom the neck ... 15 April 1935

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[Agora Object] S 558: Head of Male Figure with Backing Block

The features are entirely obliterated, and the surface, calcined, is preserved only in hollow between neck and face, and at top of head. Head of a youth (?), about half life-size, full face, in high relief ... 17 April 1935

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[Agora Object] S 575: Herm Head

Archaistic, bearded male head, broken away below. The tip of the nose missing; otherwise the head is complete and unweathered. The beard represented by wavy lines; the arrangement of the hair is also stylized: ... Roman period.

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[Agora Object] S 591: Head Fragment of Male Figure

Broken off at root of neck; the upper back and upper right part missing. Nose, lips and ears much rubbed. The left side has probably suffered from fire. Youthful male head with hair cropped short and rendered ... 4 May 1935

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[Agora Object] S 596: Hand of Gigantic Figure

The wrist and the right hand, all except the index finger and end of second finger preserved, of a gigantic statue. The hand holds a spiral object (torch, cornucopia, elongated snail shell ?), which is ... 10 June 1935

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[Agora Object] S 597: Herm Head Fragment

The face, about life-size, is preserved, the chin missing and the cheeks broken away. The top of the head has its original surface, a smooth-finished one across its front, with rough-picked surface behind ... 18 June 1935

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[Agora Object] S 599: Hand Fragment of Gigantic Figure

Exactly like S 596 (Ν' 45), but much more battered; only the thumb and little finger well preserved. The hand holds a spiral shell. A rough surface along the back of the hand may indicate the point at ... 25 June 1935

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[Agora Object] S 654: Torso Fragment of Statue of Athena

Preserved from just below the waistline to the neck; left arm broken just below the shoulder; right arm at about 0.09m. from the shoulder. Enough of both arms is preserved to show that the right arm was ... 10 March 1936

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[Agora Object] S 657: Portrait Statue of Draped Standing Male Figure

A life-size statue, of which head, lower part from about knees down, and hands are missing. The shoulder and upper back are damaged. The left arm is bent at the elbow, with the hand held forward; the right ... 5th c. A.D. (?).

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[Agora Object] S 849: Portrait Statue of Draped Standing Male Figure

Head, set in socket, missing. Feet and lower part of drapery broken off; likewise all of right shoulder, arm and chest, left hand missing. Standing male figure wearing loose himation, one end of which ... 16 March 1937, 24 July 1965

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[Agora Object] S 850: Portrait Statue of Draped Standing Male Figure

Head, set in socket, missing; socket fully preserved. Feet and lower part of drapery broken off, also upper part of right arm and most of the fingers of the right hand. Left forearm and hand largely missing ... 16 March 1937

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[Agora Object] S 912: Draped Female Figure Fragment

Missing, head, legs from knees down, forearms. Female figure (Artemis) clad in sleeved chiton with long overhang and with an animal skin tied around her waist. Coarse work. Pentelic marble. Lying face ... 6 May 1937

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[Agora Object] S 936: Portrait Statue of Draped Standing Male Figure

Both feet, parts of right hand, all of left, head and top of shoulders, missing. Minor chips from drapery. Himation clad figure, the weight resting on right foot, left knee thrust a little forward. Right ... 20 May 1937

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[Agora Object] S 2476: Head of Kore

Broken away at neck. Nose and mouth damaged. Hair, bound in stephane, runs in waves around face and in long zigzags down the back (three strands cross shoulder). Disk earrings. Bulging eyes, high cheekbones ... 5th c. B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 341, p. 325

Open Vases; Shape Uncertain. Pit. Miscellaneous. Well. New York, M.M.A. 27.228. J. Noble, Techniques, fig. 169. Berlin 1888. AthMitt 53, 1928, Beil. 13. Athens, Benaki 7676. AthMitt 78, 1963, Beil. 50, ... Agora 23 325 P 7295 P 16811 P 5442 P 15970 P 539 P 1125 P 6731 C 12:3 F 12:5 F 19:4 H 17:4 D-E 8-9:1 ... Late 6th-Early 5th B.C.

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[Agora Object] ST 71: Altar with Relief Decoration and Graffito

Round altar, broken away above and on one side. Part of simple base molding preserved. In low relief on one side, a branch with leaves horizontally. Below it, the beginning of another object in relief, ... 14 March 1934