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Ostrakon deposit, sand fill in a shallow channel in bedrock at the bottom of the Great Drain in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of Nymphs.
This group of ostraka may well come from a single ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. |
Small fragment, glazed with thick dull black inside; traces of black band outside.
Incised, inside (broken at right): Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica ... 9-10 June 1939 |
Fragment from a pithos of very heavy fabric.
Incised inside (broken at right):
Clay orange-red to buff at surface, with thick gray core. Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica ... 9-10 June 1939 |
Coarse unglazed fragment.
Incised outside (broken at left):
Pinkish-buff clay. Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica PD 636-9 ... 9-10 June 1939 |
From the shoulder and lower neck of a coarse pot with thin brownish glaze wash to neck.
Incised outside, diagonally across junction of neck and shoulder:
Buff clay. Green sand fill in bottom of drain ... 9-10 June 1939 |
| From an amphora with thin streaky glaze wash outside, and a darker reddish band.
Incised outside: Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Καλλιξένου Αριστονύμου. Προέρχεται από το σώμα αμφορέως. Finished Green sand at ... 12 June 1939 |
| From near the foot of an amphora with thin streaky glaze wash outside.
Incised outside, vertically to the pot: Green sand at bottom of drain. 2352 Leica ... 12 June 1939 |
From a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised outside, vertically to the pot:
Red clay, grayish at core. Green sand at bottom of drain. 2352 Leica, XX-1 PD 636-6 ... 12 June 1939 |
| From a coarse pot; pink clay with light buff surface; traces of reddish glaze band outside.
Incised outside, diagonally and upside-down to the pot: Green sand at bottom of drain. 2352 Leica ... 12 June 1939 |
| Mended from two pieces. From a coarse pot with thin glaze wash outside; base of handle attachment at top of fragment; light buff clay.
Incised outside; diagonally and upside-down to the pot: Green sand ... 12 June 1939 |
Mended from two pieces. Base of neck of unglazed amphora; glaze band at bottom of neck.
Incised outside, along junction of neck and shoulder: Green sand at bottom of drain. 2352 Leica ... 12 June 1939 |
Echinus foot of krater or amphora; black glaze on both faces; resting surface reserved.
Incised outside, upside-down to the pot: Green sand at bottom of drain. 2352 Leica, XVIII-83 ... 12 June 1939 |
| Mended from three pieces; from an amphora with thin streaky glaze wash outside; pale buff clay.
Incised outside, more or less vertically to the pot: Green sand at bottom of drain. 2352 Leica ... 12 June 1939 |
Early black figured sherd from a large closed vase; on the outside, part of an animal frieze: panther following bird or siren flying to right.
Incised on the inside, vertically to the pot: Green sand ... 12 June 1939 |
| Lang, L ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The scraps of pottery on which were written the names of candidates for ostracism are one of the most intriguing pieces of evidence for ancient democracy found in the Athenian Agora. This book is a complete ... 1990 |
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