[Agora Object] PNM 106: Iron Nails

Possibly the large iron nails from early threshold and gate. Found with PNM 105 August 2002. Wall Trench T, road layer VI. 1493 ... 13 July 1937 ... Hesperia 12 (1943), pp. 355. 356, 357, figs. 57, 58.

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[Agora Object] A 2414: Molding Fragment

Fragment of hawk's beak only cut from hard gray poros. Blue and red pigment is fresh. From Square Peristyle, cf. A 1476. Area of Stoa Pier 22, Stoa fill. 3674 Leica PD 1549 ... 26 February 1954 ... Agora XXVII, no. Arch57, pp. 58, 130, ill. 27.

[Agora Object] I 7287: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken on all sides and at back. Parts of ten lines of the inscription preserved; non-stoichedon. White marble. Found in early Byzantine disturbance in foundations of monument (?) along ... 30 April 1971 ... Hesperia 51 (1982), pp. 57-58, no. 1, pl. 23.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 471

Spreading ring foot, lipped. Reserved: underside with circle (exact center missing) and resting surface. Glaze worn on one side. By the same potter, P 19408-9, from the same deposit. Cf. the four cups ... Ca. 470-450 B.C ... Duvanlij, pp. 57-58 and figs.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1677

Lagynos. Fragments of neck and shoulder preserved; much restored. Rounded shoulder. Two grooves at base of tapering neck. Finely incised floral garland on shoulder, possibly serving as guide for painted ... Context of 115-86 ... Keramopoullos 1932, nos. 57, 58, pp. ... possibly serving as guide for

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[Agora Object] A 2105: Mosaic Floor Section

From the inner border, surrounding the central (no longer preserved) decoration. Guilloche bordered by maeander. Black and white for the maeander; the guilloche outlined in black and filled in with red, ... November 1952 ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 58-59, fig. 36.

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[Agora Object] I 5510: Boundary Stone

Inscribed boundary stone of Agora. The corners of its upper are much rubbed. All surfaces were roughly picked. On the broad face that looks norheast, a band was smoothed with a toothed chisel across the ... 27 February 1938 ... Guide (1962), pp. 57-58, pl. IVa ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 66-67, fig. 39 ... Guide (2010), front cover, pp. 8, 55, fig. 26.

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[Agora Object] S 198: Herm with Drapery as Statue Support

Head of youth, set on a shaft; the whole framed by heavy drapery which covers the top of the head and falls down on both sides and at back. Lower part broken away. Face much worn: mouth and most of nose ... 10 March 1932 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 534-535, fig. 18 ... Museum Guide (2014), p. 40 ... Guide (1990), p. 196.

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[Agora Object] BI 738: Set of Bone Buttons

A set of 18 bone buttons, varying somewhat in diameter and thickness, each pierced by a single round hole. Δεκαοκτώ οστέινα καψούλια (χάνδρες). Φέρουν οπή στο κέντρο τους. Martyr at west end, just south ... 25 May 1954 ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 142-143, fig. 81 ... Guide (1990), p. 57, pl. 25 ... Guide (2010), p. 54. fig. 23.

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[Agora Object] S 1054: Statue of Hermes

Complete except for right hand, a bit of the caduceus and a fragment from the left arm, where there is a break, and an iron dowel, which joined the two parts in antiquity; the head made separately and ... 18 May 1938 ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 94, 97 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 214, 236, 238, fig. 36 ... Agora XXIV, pp. 41, 48, pl. 38 d.

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[Agora Object] P 38209: Straight-sided Alabastron

Nearly complete; missing two handles, minor chipping at rim, cracked at body and base, paint badly worn. Short, cylindrical, straight-sided body; sloping shoulder; very low neck; small mouth with flaring ... Mycenaean LHIIIA1 ... cf. P. Mountjoy, Guide to Identification (1986), pp. 57-58, fig.

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[Agora Object] AP 1103: Official Measure

[Mended from numerous fragments.] Bands of grooves at top and bottom. Black glaze inside. Letters [painted] on outside: ΔΕΜΟΣΙΟΝ Cross-piece inside to insure level measure. Δοχείο - επίσημο μέτρο στερεών ... 3rd quarter 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 222-224, fig. 57 ... Museum Guide (2014), p. 146 ... Guide (1990), p. 243, fig. 147.

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[Agora Object] I 1024: Prytany Decree Fragment

Lower part of inscribed stele; with base. The stele is broken away at the top. It is leaded into a heavy rectangular base, of limestone, whose bottom is a plance which slopes upward toward the spectator's ... 260/59 (?) B.C ... Hesperia 57 (1988), pp. 305, 307 ... Guide (1962), pp. 131-132 ... Museum Guide (2014), p. 62.

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[Agora Object] S 2089: Portrait Bust of Young Alexander

A youth with flowing locks facing slightly to the proper left. The type is that of 'Eubouleus'. Unfinished: areas to be drilled left rough. Seven measuring points: two in hair over temples, one in chin, ... 25 June 1959 ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 81-82, 96, fig. 48 ... Guide (1976), pp. 291-292, fig. 154. ... Guide (1962), pp. 194-195.

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[Agora Object] P 24945: Black Figure Oinochoe

Mouth, handle and fragments of body missing. A round-bodied oinochoe. On the body a pair of grotesque heads face each other over a floral ornament. Blobby rosette with incised crosses in field. Red for ... 20 June 1955 ... Leica, LXXVIII-58, color slide

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[Agora Object] P 24944: Black Figure Amphora Fragment

Mended from many fragments. Much of body preserved; a dozen or more non-joining fragments of body. A small panel on either side. A) Bearded male head to right with an abbreviated body; perhaps a male ... 20 June 1955 ... JdI 76 (1961), pp. 21, 45, noted ... Museum Guide (2014), p. 126 ... Guide (1976), p. 246.

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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 ... Agora I, no. 57, pp. 74-76. pls. 38-39 ... Museum Guide (2014), p. 55 ... Guide (1990), p. 211.

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[Agora Object] S 1654: Draped Standing Female Figure: Aphrodite

The head broken off just above the base of the neck; the (raised) right arm, made separately and attached, missing, and the upper part of the cloak, held by the right arm, is broken away. Part of the left ... Middle of 2nd c. A.D ... Guide (1976), pp. 200-201 ... Guide (1962), pp. 130-131 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 53-54, pl. 19 a, b.

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[Agora Object] S 2355: Bust of Helios

Left shoulder and ends of hair on left missing. Chips from hair. Nose inserted separately. Youthful face with long flowing locks to halfway down neck. Prominent brow, long straight nose. Eyes have engraved ... 2nd c. A.D ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 82-83, 96, 98, fig. 49 ... Hesperia 40 (1971), pp. 273-274, pl. 58 b ... Agora XXIV, pp. 37, 41, n. 145, pl. 40 b.

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[Agora Object] S 1307: Portrait Head of Boy

Broken off at base of neck; nose and chin battered; surface somewhat chipped. Head of a small boy, life-size, wearing a wreath. The hair close-cropped except for a scalp lock at the back. Pentelic marble, ... 2nd quarter of 3rd c. A.D ... Agora I, no. 41, pp. 54-55, pl. 28 ... Museum Guide (2014), p. 90 ... Guide (1976), p. 289.