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[Agora Object] B 687: Steelyard Arm

Two spare hooks and bits of wire coils and chain seem to belong. After cleaning, the arm is seen to consists of a shaft rectangular in section slightly thicker at one end than at the other, and finished ... 10 May 1939

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[Agora Object] B 696: Spoon

Small complete spoon. Oval bowl, very shallow. Stem rectangular in section and flattened at the end, where it is pierced horizontally. Grave 17 (?). Polyethylene ziplock bag sealed handling with gloves ... 22 May 1939

[Agora Object] B 770: Fibula

Point of pin broken off. Bow has longitudinal ridge with cross-hatching in relief. Well in street of Roman Agora, 2nd meter. Early Roman : 1st c. A.D. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 6 August 1946

[Agora Object] B 848: Ring Key

Plain band with rectangular key attachment. Building P, room 7, where north floor II lacks to West. 1378 Leica, Various vii-83 ... 26 April 1948

[Agora Object] B 887: Nail or Hook

Complete except for chip from head. Large-headed hook (if right angle in shaft is original); otherwise a nail. Head flat. Shaft rectangular in section, tapering to a point, now bent. N.W. room, Poros Building, ... 7 June 1949

[Agora Object] B 1001: Surgical Instrument

Broken in the middle. Long slender channel, pointed in one end. The other end bent like a hook. Ends up in a bird' s head. On the handle a knob bounded to either side by ridges. Stoa shop IX from south, ... 12 June 1952

[Agora Object] B 1019: Nail

Nail with broad flat head. South Terrace, cut IV, north, layer 1, behind South Stoa wall, South Stoa II, building fill. Leica, VII-83 ... 17 April 1953

[Agora Object] B 1109: Unguent Spoon

Oval bowl with central rib. Shaft ending above in a drop. Rather well preserved. Decorative rings around the part where bowl and shaft meet. Cf. Corinth XII, pp. 132-134, pl. 82. In front of late Roman ... 8 May 1947

[Agora Object] P 27182: Miniature Krateriskos

Intact. Votive. Pale buff clay, unglazed. East end of Middle Stoa terrace, disturbed area. 1538 Leica, VII-88 ... 20 May 1964

[Agora Object] B 98: Nail

Long tapering shaft; small head with edge slightly overhanging. Burnt layer. Leica ... 6 May 1933

[Agora Object] B 115: Fibula

Made of a thin wire, round in section, but flattened to form the catch, which has broken away in part. Otherwise complete. Well, near bottom. 5th c. B.C. 425-400 B.C. Cf. P 2072. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 27 May 1933

[Agora Object] B 153: Arrowhead

Triangular leaf shaped head. At the back, hole for shaft, beside which is preserved a barb. Floor of south room of S.W. building. Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C. Leica, Various vii-92 1967 ... 12 March 1934

[Agora Object] B 193: Carpet Tack

Pointed tack with four-faced shaft and hollow rounded head like a mushroom. Hellenistic fill to west of terracotta drains. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 2 April 1934

[Agora Object] B 210: Javelin Head

Leaf-shaped spearhead with ridge down middle of blade. Socket for shaft at base, chipped. Late mixed fill. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 19 March 1935

[Agora Object] B 217: Earspoon

Short handle, tapering to a point. Cup-like end. Black fill west of Polygonal building. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 1 April 1935

[Agora Object] B 221: Nail

A heavy spike, rectangular in section, with a round head. Compact brown earth : destruction fill of Fountain House. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 9 May 1935

[Agora Object] B 231: Arrowhead or Spearhead

Large arrowhead or spearhead. Two-barbed, and with a stem to fit into the shaft. Modern fill. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 21 May 1935

[Agora Object] B 243: Arrowhead

Triangular, triple-barbed arrowhead, with socket for the shaft, and a small hole in the side of the socket. The barbs broken at the tips. Cistern A. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 24 May 1935

[Agora Object] B 257: Bell

The iron clapper missing save few rust marks. The ring at top worn thin from much use. below ca. 61.50m. Destruction debris north of east bay. Late Roman fill, perhaps disturbed. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 10 June 1935

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[Agora Object] S 2214: Lekythos

Mouth broken off. Foot preserved. Two figures in relief. A seated woman shakes hands with a standing man. White marble. Catalogued September 1967. From sepulchral marbles in garden west of Hephaisteion ...

[Agora Object] BI 605: Bone Pin

Complete, but with shaft short and apparently resharpened. Pomegranate head. The top of the shaft lightly collared and banded with incised lines. The head has an elaborately carved finial; the round knob ... 30 March 1948

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[Agora Object] BI 672: Bone Flute Fragment

Somewhat split lengthwise but complete except for chips. Section of flute with one end flanged for other section to fit against; three holes on one side, one on the other. Scratched lines around it, near ... 4 June 1951

[Agora Object] BI 681: Bone Die

Edges and corners smoothed down to curves. Standard disk markings, made by deep drillings, probably once filled with some contrasting color. Area south of east-west Roman wall, layer II, above 4th c. B.C ... 13 March 1952

[Agora Object] ST 147: Sundial

Broken away along one side at the front. Cubical block, with one side hollowed into a concave face marked with eleven (?) radiating incised liines; at center above, lead bedding for the pointer. Pentelic ... 22 May 1936

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[Agora Object] ST 193: Alabastron

Small hole rotted through, and some partial cracks, on weathered half. Where surface well preserved, veining of stone displayed in fine horizontal wavy lines. Under the small lug on either side a sort ... February 1936

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[Agora Object] ST 450: Syringe

Fragments missing from both upper and lower parts, and small pieces do not join. Lower half consists of hemispherical bowl with inset flange to receive. Upper half which has a central spout rising from ... 5 May 1949

[Agora Object] T 324: Loom Weight

Lentoid. Pierced with two holes near edge. Stamp centerd beneath perforations. In oval stamp, male head to right. Disturbed layer. Leica, Various vii-94 ... 2 June 1932

[Agora Object] T 2131: Bird Figurine

Complete. A small plump bird with spreading tail, rather long thick neck, stumpy legs and a comb. An extra "leg" under the tail helps him to stand. Handmade. Red clay. Sacrificial Pit X, red fill under ... 12 June 1939

[Agora Object] T 2185: Dog Figurine Fragment

One (longitudinal) half remains, the (proper) left. Crouching pose, front legs only are indicated. Hair is gouged, the muzzle, collar and a stripe down the front are painted red. Traces of white paint ... 22 June 1939

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[Agora Object] T 3803: Seated Male Figurine

Complete except for right wrist and hand, left forearm from below elbow, and left foot. Jointed. Moulmade. Articulated male seated nude. Has short curly hair. Well modelled musculature, front and back ... 5-9 August 1968

[Agora Object] T 919: Altar

Top, bottom, one face and parts of two others preserved. Finished with heavy mouldings top and bottom; in the top surface, a small circular depression. Coarse pink clay with buff slip. Built into wall ... 10 June 1935

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[Agora Object] I 7037: Grave Monument

Inscribed columnar grave monument. Small fragments missing from top. Below inscription, a loutrophoros in relief in a sunken panel. Hymettian marble. Catalogued September 1967. Found in sepulchral marbles, ...

[Agora Object] IL 551: Lead Slingstone

Inscribed. Battered at one end. On one side, thunderbolt; on the other : Δ Ε Ξ Α Ι Well. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 31 March 1937

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[Agora Object] IL 670: Iron Hammer

Much corroded. Traces of the wooden handle remain in the hole. At one end a flat square face, at the other a single point. Round hole. Inside the S.E. corner of the Porch of the Metroon, among the working ... 13 April 1938

[Agora Object] IL 678: Lead Sling Bullet

Inscribed. Battered. On one side a winged thunderbolt in relief; on the other, inscription in relief : Δ Ε Ξ Α Ι Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose fill over strosis. Leica, XXV-80, Various vii-92 ... 7 June 1938

[Agora Object] IL 683: Lead Sling Bullet

Much smaller than the preceding examples (IL 678- IL 682), and more pointed at the ends. Possible traces of relief. Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose fill over strosis.Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose ... 7 June 1938

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[Agora Object] IL 853: Lead Pot

Inscribed. Small flat-bottomed pot without handle. Made from two halves stuck together. Letters on one side; palm-branch (?) on the other, all in relief. Μολύβδινο ενεπίγραφο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Hellenistic ... 16 April 1947

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[Agora Object] IL 854: Miniature Lead Jug

Flat-bottomed round-bodied jug with flaring lip. Μολύβδινο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Cf. A-B 19-20:1 Sand in bottom of Great Drain, of Hellenistic fill further to south. Stoa gallery case Leica, XXIX-39 ... 8 May 1947

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[Agora Object] IL 904: Lead Pot

Inscribed. Sack-sahped pot on a low raised bae, the rim flaring, but here chipped and betn. Letters in relief, incised in the mold : ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΛΥΚΙΟΝ Μολύβδινο ενεπίγραφο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Great ... 31 July 1947

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[Agora Object] P 12996: Plemochoe

Complete except for chip from foot. Deep-bodied kernos with flaring rim. Short stem, flaring foot flat beneath. Single piercing at each handle. Traces of white. Cistern. Leica, 8-169, VII-90, 87-259 ... April 1938