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Corner from a plinth base showing traces of a box upper part.
Black glaze around edge.
Buff clay. Well; box 379. Leica PD 1384-d ... 1946 |
| Corner of a stepped base, broken at top and back.
White slip.
Buff clay. Altar Well; box 379; late 3rd. B.C. Leica, 79-17-6 PD 1384-d ... 1946 |
Front of a base with lower moulding and traces of a projecting foot.
Buff-reddish clay. Altar well; box 379; late 3rd. B.C. Leica PD 1384-d ... 1946 |
Almost half of a bird; lengthwise.
The tail and legs missing; beak chipped.
White over clay; red around wing.
Red clay. Built channel. Box 9. 1298, 1700, 3821 Leica ... 13 May 1939 |
Intact except for small hole on bottom.
Wavy lines on rim; plain discus with four holes and a fifth at throat of nozzle. Semi-pierced handle, two grooves above, one below. Two oval grooves on reverse; ... 12 May 1939 |
Intact except for chip from discus.
Double grooved handle, semi-pierced. Wavy pattern on rim; winged Eros, right, before altar on discus. Palm leaf inside double almond-shaped grooves on bottom.
Unglazed ... 15 May 1939 |
Complete save for chip from top surface.
Rows of raised globules on body and rim; plain sunken discus set off by grooves; pierced handle, triple grooved above and below; volutes either side of nozzle ... 16 May 1939 |
Intact except for small piece of bottom.
Double grooved handle, unpierced; plain rim with single groove; rosette with swirling leaves on discus. On reverse, three roughly concentric grooves and a central ... 17 May 1939 |
A: the letter epsilon (E).
B: caduceus with lower half enclosed in wreath. Entered as coin, no. 2, for the day. Drain A. Leica ... 7 April 1947 |
The handle and the end of the nozzle missing.
Typical globules on the body; on the bottom the typical "alpha".
Type XX of Corinth collection. Brown Roman fill. 3896 Leica ... 27 March 1947 |
| Back part of body with handle, chips from discus and the end of one nozzle missing.
Flat bottom; two nozzles with volutes at their bases. Relief petals on discus and grooves around it.
Black glaze overall ... 2 April 1947 |
Preserved is the mouth for the upper part of the nozzle and the front part of the rim of a lamp.
"Vegetable" ornament on upper face of nozzle.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 46D of Agora collection ... 3 April 1947 |
About two thirds of lower body and base of nozzle of a moulded lamp, preserved.
Ring foot. Incised in the mould.
Poor red to brown glaze.
Type XVII of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection ... 4 April 1947 |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Watch-shaped body, ribbed.
Letters in relief on bottom.
Red glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52C of Agora collection.
Red Hellenistic fill over drain ... 8 April 1947 |
The nozzle and the vertical ring handle missing.
Reels to each side of rim, and volutes at base of nozzle; spools on rim to each side of handle; one preserved, pierced to carry wick-pin.
Plain rim with ... July 1946 |
Part of the bottom and lower body of a lamp.
Moulded signature on the bottom.
Dull red glaze outside.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Koukla factory fill; mixed ... 3-4 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of right side preserved.
Stoichedon.
Pentelic marble. Finished Found in Byzantine context east of the Great Drain, in the industrial area. 3918 Leica, 88-3-6 ... 31 March 1947 |
| Wall fragment, broken all around.
Floral bowl, perhaps made in mold taken from metal original. Alternating tall lotus petals and slender acanthus leaves, with floral tendrils between them. Made on a broken ... 28 May - 10 June1946 |
Complete.
Low base; no handle; groove outside slightly raised rim.
Outside unglazed; wash of brownish-red glaze inside.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VII of Corinth collection, type 25A' of Agora collection ... 18 June 1946 |
Intact save for small hole in one side.
Flat bottom with groove around base of body; plain rim separated from discus by two grooves; heart shaped nozzle.
In discus: helmeted (?) head, right, in relief ... 5 July 1946 |
Complete except for handle.
Signed on bottom: "A".
Red to brown glaze.
Light brown clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Well. Fill 3, pre-Herulian; 3rd. century B.C. 3310, 3682, 3851 Leica ... 5 July 1946 |
Handle missing.
Signed on bottom: "A".
Red glaze somewhat flaked.
Reddish-brown clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Well. Fill 3, pre-Herulian; 3rd. century B.C. 3311, 3686, 3851 Leica ... 6 July 1946 |
Vertical band handle missing.
In relief on concave discus, two horses galloping left, rider with pointed cap on near horse.
Signed on bottom: "A".
Glaze red to brown.
Type ca. XXIII of Corinth collection ... 12 July 1946 |
Complete except for handle and center of discus.
Signed bottom: "A".
Red to brown glaze, mostly peeled.
Brown clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Well: fill 7, black earth. 3342, 3772, 3854 Leica ... 22 July 1946 |
| Mother of the Gods seated in pedimented naiskos; upper front corner of niche and pediment missing at left. There are two small figures in very low relief on either side of the naiskos at the front.
White, ... 25 May 1939 |
| Broken off below hips and behind head at top.
A nude winged Eros, standing against a post, which is broken off at top and bottom; a pinhole preserved on surface of break at top.
Eros has long hair, worn ... 30 May 1946 |
| Nose and chin battered; iron dowel in neck.
Head of young man bent slightly to right, wearing fillet around hair, ears cauliflowered.
Pentelic marble with blue and rusty discoloration.
Drilled for setting ... 18 July 1946 |
| The bottom of the neck rounded, and covered with lead over a socket for a pin?
Small head of a woman with a band around the front part of the hair, which is knotted at the back of the head.
Island (?) ... 4 April 1947 |
Two joining fragments preserve profile of a large open keel-rimmed bowl on ring foot. Rouletted band of fence pattern around outer face of rim. Rouletted bands around floor; small stamped lions between ... 12 May 1939 |
Fragment from the lower part, put together from several pieces and restored in plaster. On the bottom a large rosette; above, two series of petals, the spaces between the long upper ones filled with small ... July 1946 |
| Complete and intact save for small hole in one side. Ring foot; ovoid body; straight neck; rounded lip with a raised ring just below it; vertical band handle, triangular in section. Very light raised band ... 18 June 1946 |
Fragment preserving rim, neck with stumps of handles, and part of shoulder of a short-necked, broad-shouldered amphora.
Painted in black on shoulder:
Buff clay, unglazed. Previously North Basement-Jar ... 5 July 1946 |
Rim, neck, handle and part of shoulder of a micaceous ware one-handled water jug.
Incised on shoulder below handle: Well, basket 24, fill 3. 3309, 3682, 3851 Leica ... 5 July 1946 |
| Two non-joining fragments.
a) Mended from two pieces, preserves part of rim and body and one handle.
b) Part of floor and body.
From a shallow bowl with heavy ring foot and flat rim to which a double pierced ... 6 July 1946 |
Rim and neck with part of shoulder and stumps of both handles.
On one side, dipinto in black on shoulder:
On other side, dipinto at base of neck:
Coarse clay, burned gray. Previously North Basement-Jar ... 8 July 1946 |
Rim and neck with both handles and part of shoulder of an unglazed amphora.
Dipinto in black on shoulder:
Fine clay; a run of some substance (interior waterproofing?) down the neck. Previously North ... 9 July 1946 |
Part of shoulder and one handle of a coarse amphora.
In black on shoulder:
Pink clay with white grits, unglazed. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block IX (2nd.-3rd. A.D.). Well, basket 52, ... 9 July 1946 |
| Upper part of neck with mouth and the single vertical handle missing. Ring foot; high straight narrow neck.
Incised on shoulder: Δ Ο Μ
Incised on neck:
Reddish-buff clay; thin dull orange-red glaze, ... 10 July 1946 |
Intact. Ring foot; convex body; keeled rim with projecting flange at bottom. Two grooves below lip; rouletted band below these grooves; two rouletted rings around center of floor.
Orange-red clay; solid ... 15 July 1946 |
Complete. Pointed body ending in flat standing surface; narrow tapering neck; slightly thickened rim.
Painted in black on shoulder: Λ Υ C Ι Ο Υ
Coarse pink clay with grits, covered with creamy wash ... 15 July 1946 |
Nearly half of a round disk preserved.
Bottom plain. Top moulded in relief: petalled flower around a central hole, and ivy leaf pattern outside. Lifting lug with two holes beside it near rim.
Coarse pinkish ... 17 July 1946 |
The basket handle is broken away; edges of spring preserved on breaks at rim. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep rounded body; slightly projecting rim, flat on top. Decorated in white: looped ribbons ... 18 July 1946 |
| Mended from several fragments; about half of body missing. Moulded foot; short stem; shallow convex body; high straight rim with out-turned lip. In relief on body: boukrania with pendent ribbons, garlands ... 20 July 1946 |
| The handle and fragments of the body missing. Ring foot and rounded body curving continuously to round mouth.
Micaceous gray clay, unglazed.
ADDENDA This resembles 'Ampuritan gray' ware from Catalunya ... 20 July 1946 |
| Part of the high ring foot and center of floor of a large plate. Rouletting around the center of the floor bordered by grooves.
Rectangular stamp with letters, half broken off:
Western Sigillata? Well, ... 20 July 1946 |
Nearly half the rim preserved and part of the body to above the foot. Restored in plaster. On the lower body above the base, long petals alternating with rose tendrils. Above, a narrow band with figures ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| Fragmentary; put together with plaster; the profile complete only to the turn of the wall towards the bottom. On the lower wall, a broad figured zone with hunting scenes, the hunters mounted and afoot; ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
Ten pieces, non-joining; put together with plaster. The profile complete from near the center of the bottom. On the bottom, rosette; above, the walls entirely covered up to the narrow rim, with overlapping ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
Part of the upper wall and flaring rim. The rim very narrow and bordered below by a scraped groove. On the body, rows of overlapping petals; the lower series plain pieces, the upper series plain ones alternating ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| A four-footed object - one of the feet broken off and missing - made by turning the ends of a four-pointed star-shaped piece of clay downward. A round hole at the center.
Coarse buff clay, somewhat micaceous; ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| Profile complete; high ring foot and shallow body; flaring rim, its edge turned down. Stamped at the center of the floor, a rosette and three palmettes. Rouletting around. Traces of stacking on the floor ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| Two fragments of a large pyxis with a broad horizontal flange. The outer edge of the flange reserved and set off by a groove, and decorated with an egg pattern made by incising in the unbaked clay. The ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| Part of the rim missing. Low flat base, slightly projecting; plump ovoid body. Wide straight neck with rounded lip; a raised ring at the point of the upper handle attachment. Vertical band handle.
Pinkish-buff ... 19 June 1946 |
| The neck broken and mended; part of the rim missing. Similar in shape to P 17518 (ΝΝ 2359) but considerably smaller and the rounded rim less marked.
Buff clay, unglazed.
ADDENDA P 17518: Low flat base, ... 28 May-10 June 1940 |
| About half preserved. Shallow flat-bottomed Sigillata bowl with narrow inward tilted rim. Grooves around floor near center; at center a triangular stamp with a dot at each angle.
Light red clay; dull ... 29 March 1947 |
Several joining and non-joining fragments preserve base, both handles, part of wall and lip. Restored in plaster. Cylindrical solid mug with two high vertical handles. At bottom, wall rounds into a flat ... July 1946 |
| Part of the knob handle with depression at center and dotted egg pattern around. Of the lid itself, no edges remain. Reclining draped woman, left, head turned back to another woman bringing a large box ... 3 April 1947 |
| From the wall of a closed pot. Mold made with large overlapping petals in relief. In one of them, the letter Σ, also moulded.
Pink-buff clay; dull black glaze much peeled, outside only.
Cf. Courby (1922), ... 3 April 1947 |
| About one-third preserved. The outside plain, slightly thickened at the rim and base. Mold for a bowl with long leaves alternating with vines and sprays; egg pattern band above; rosettes over reverse spirals ... 4 April 1947 |
| Thirteen non-joining fragments of a red-figured amphora with a panel on each side; once mended in antiquity.
a) Preserves the lower right corner of the panel on face A and the lower left corner of the ... 4 April 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; fragments of wall restored in plaster. High ring foot and pointed ovoid body; narrow neck and small projecting lip. Vertical band handles, lightly ridged, shoulder to neck below ... July 1946 |
| Not quite half preserved. Flat bottom and outward tilted side wall with plain rim. At center of floor, surrounded by a groove, an illegible stamp.
Micaceous brownish clay; red glaze, much worn.
Samian? ... July 1946 |
Mended from four pieces. Fragment from the shoulder of an unglazed pot.
Incised: Well, fill 8, bottom; basket 81. Leica PD 1133-35(G 23) ... July 1946 |
From the shoulder of a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised: Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block XIV, tray 2. Drain A; fill over tiles in road, mixed to Roman 3rd. c. 3931 Leica ... 1 April 1947 |
| First interpretation: small plaque, perhaps altar.
Intact except for corner acroterion at left.
A small altar, with four columns across front carrying an entablature and acroteria at each side. On left ... 29 May 1946 |
Head of woman wearing wreath across front of hair.
Broken off at neck.
Right eye and cheek badly gouged. Traces of white sizing, and of red on hair.
ADDENDA: Head wearing curls down hair of neck.
Clay ... 29 May 1946 |
| Head and right arm below elbow missing.
Figure draped from hips down. The left hand holds and is covered by heavy drapery; the right arm is extended.
Traces of sizing on drapery. Triangular vent hole at ... 29 May 1946 |
| Mended from three fragments; badly cracked and broken off below.
Head with roll of drapery (or crown ?) over front part of head; long curls hanging down on either side of neck.
Traces of white sizing ... 29 May 1946 |
| Head of comic bearded actor figurine.
Broken off at neck.
Crowned with wreath. Face turned upward.
No trace of white.
ADDENDA: Head of slave figurine. Solid. Buff clay. Well in the industrial area west ... Publication: early 3rd c. B.C. |
| Broken off at neck; face somewhat chipped.
Head of woman (?), straight front, wearing a wreath.
Traces of white and of red on hair. Well. Brown gravelly fill. 3436 Leica, 80-37-19 ... 30 May 1946 |
| Head of girl, tuyrned slightly to left, crowned with a wreath.
Broken off at neck.
Hair arranged in a high knot, behind the wreath, and long curls at sides.
No traces of paint or sizing.
Cf. T 2279, T ... 30 May 1946 |
Head of woman, turned toward left.
Broken off at neck and behind; nose chipped.
A few traces of white on neck.
Joining fragment giving upper part of body to waist.
ADDENDA: Traces of black glaze behind ... 30 May 1946 |
| Intact mold for front part of head and neck of a figurine.
ADDENDA: Mold for female head. Back is dented. Buff clay, worn. Well. Brown gravelly fill. Fill 2.
275-250 B.C. Leica, 80-48 ... 30 May 1946 |
| Head of a bald bearded satyr.
Broken off at neck. Left ear broken off.
Very big ears. traces of wreath in front of head, which was turned up (or satyr was squatting and looking forward).
Traces of white ... Publication: ca. 300 B.C. |
| Head of woman with draped roll.
Broken off at neck. Roll broken at right, across front part of head.
No sizing. Well. Brown gravelly fill.
250-225 B.C. Leica, 81-34-18, 90-1-15, 90-1-16 ... 30 May 1946 |
| Running Eros with spread wings and right arm extended forward and upward.
Head, wings except stumps, left arm, part of right, and legs from above knees broken off.
Flattened surface at back on right side ... 30 May 1946 |
| Small chest on four short legs with double sloped (i. e. pedimented) roof.
Three legs and relief decoration on front broken off. Relief decoration on front chipped away and unrecognizable.
In places, ... 31 May 1946 |
| Fragment of lower front part of a figure.
Broken at top and upper sides.
Figure wears a crinkly inner garment and heavier outer one, the latter probably draped over one shoulder.
Traces of powder blue ... 31 May 1946 |
Fragment preserving chest, shoulders, part of right arm and hand of a female figure.
Broken all around except at edges of shoulders.
Flat back surface. Breast bare; right arm bent holding unidentified ... 31 May 1946 |
Fragment from lower corner of a large altar, with base mouldings, parts of two sides, and plain inside surfaces.
Base mouldings: cyma, with leaf pattern in relief. Traces of relief decoration preserved ... 31 May 1946 |
Fragment from a tragic mask with pierced eyes.
Nose, somewhat chipped, eyes and forehead preserved; broken all around.
Traces of white sizing and red paint.
ADDENDA: Nostrils and mouth pierced. Pinkish ... Publication: 300-275 B.C. |
First interpretation: satyr mask.
Slave mask in high relief, with pierced grooved handle (like Roman lamp handles) above.
Traces of metallic black glaze almost entirely peeled off.
Gray clay. Well, dump, ... 24 July 1946 |
| Rectangular altar, hollowed at the top; base and crowning mouldings in two degrees. A boukranion in relief on the front; a round hole at the back. Volutes at the top in front.
Small fragments missing ... 14 March 1947 |
The right front leg, with part of shoulder, chest and mane.
Hard red clay with buff surface. Gravelly fill over floor. Probably clearly Roman. Leica ... 29 March 1947 |
Head of a negro or athlete with short-cropped hair, thick lips and chin whiskers. Irises of eyes pierced.
Back part of head broken away, as well as neck below chin.
From a plastic lamp.
Dull red glaze ... 3 April 1947 |
| Male head with a heavy rolled crown worn over a wreath and fillet.
Broken off at neck.
Traces of white.
Greenish-buff clay. Brown Byzantine fill. 3967 Leica, XXIX-36 ... 5 April 1947 |
| High rectangular shaft with block-arms at the top. Long tresses of hair hang to each side of the chest and in a mass at the back. A fruit (half-peeled fig?) on the right shoulder and missing from the left ... 5 April 1947 |
Circular wheel with a square cutting through the center.
Outer face grooved for, and worn by, rope. Well, fill 8. Leica ... 17 July 1946 |
| Rodney S. Young ... Section ΝΝ lies at the mouth of the valley between Pnyx and Areopagus, which was the important thoroughfare from the Agora to the Pnyx and to the southern parts of the city, as well as to the Piraeus Gate, ... 26 Sep 1938-24 Jun 1939 |
| Rodney S. Young ... The objective of this year's excavation was to clear the southern part of the section to bedrock. Features earlier investigated (the 6th century cemetery, the Hellenistic-Early Roman terrace and one large ... 31 May-14 Aug 1946 |
| Rodney S. Young ... Excavation continued in section ΝΝ with the aim of clearing the area for the new museum. Because of the unforeseen depth of filling, the area remained unfinished.
Several features were dug and examined ... 10 Mar-3 Nov 1947 |
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