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[Agora Publication] Greek Lamps and Their Survivals

Howland, R. H ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The author has used the trustworthy chronological data supplied by the scientific excavation of “closed deposits” at the Athenian Agora to build a continuous series of lamp types from the 7th century B.C ... 1958

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[Agora Publication] Pottery of the Roman Period: Chronology

Robinson, H. S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... A group of closed deposits, ranging in date from the 1st century B.C. to the early 7th century A.D., provide evidence for the relative and absolute chronology of pottery used during many centuries of Roman ... 1959

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[Agora Publication] Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period

Grandjouan, C ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The volume contains a short introduction, a classification by types, a critical catalogue, a register of the dated contexts, concordances and indexes, and an excursus by T. B. L. Webster on the theatrical ... 1961

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[Agora Publication] Graffiti and Dipinti

Lang, M ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Over 3,000 informal inscriptions scratched or painted on pottery, lamps, or other clay fragments have been found in the excavations of the Athenian Agora. In this volume, 859 of these graffiti and dipinti ... 1976

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[Agora Publication] The Greek Coins

Kroll, J. H. Walker, A. S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume catalogues over 16,577 identifiable Greek coins produced by the excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens between 1931 and 1990. The majority of the coins found and ... 1993

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[Agora Publication] Roman Pottery: Fine-Ware Imports

Hayes, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery generally termed terra sigillata found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume. These fine wares, like the other table ... 2008

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[Agora Publication] Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares

Rotroff, S ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This manuscript represents the third and final volume in the publication of the Hellenistic pottery unearthed by the American excavations in the Athenian Agora. The first installment (Agora XXII) was devoted ... 2008

[Agora Object] BI 419: Bone Die

Not quite cubical, and fairly large. The pips of the numbers are made of an incised ring around a dot. Well D, earth. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 17 June 1937

[Agora Object] BI 420: Bone Die

Double incised rings around dots. Similar to BI 419, but smaller. Well D, earth. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 17 June 1937

[Agora Object] I 4939: Marble Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Inscribed face only preserved. On fragment a), mere chips, with a raised band along its left side. On each, four lines of the inscription preserved, the top and bottom lines traces ... 7 June 1937

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[Agora Object] I 4940: Marble Fragment: Sekoma

Inscribed fragment. Bottom, back and left edge preserved. Raised band down left side and across face near bottom; above, a round hole goining through to the back. Abacus (?) One line of the inscription ... 10 June 1937

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[Agora Object] L 3104: Figurine Lamp: Telesphoros

Youth in long hooded cloak, on a high hollow stand. Ithyphallic nozzle. Filling hole beside neck to left; vertical handle behind. Unglazed. Red clay. Ανθρωπόμορφος λύχνος, με μορφή Τελεσφόρου. Σχεδόν ... 9 June 1937

[Agora Object] L 3119: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Handle broken off; nozzle chipped. Raised base; ribs on upper body; depressed top. Signature underneath, written in the unbaked clay; only partly legible. Black glaze largely peeled. Buff clay. Type XVIII ... 13 June 1937

[Agora Object] L 3120: Lamp

Intact except for chips. Small lamp with ribbed upper body and cornucopia-shaped lug. Flat top, surrounded by ridges. Dull black glaze much peeled. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52C of Agora ... 15 June 1937

[Agora Object] P 10712: Amphora with Dipinto

Both handles and mouth broken off, hole in shoulder. Pointed body, ending in a concave truncation; fine grooves around shoulder. In red on shoulder: Pinkish-buff clay with white grits and buff surface ... 10 June 1937

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[Agora Object] P 10714: Jug with Relief Decoration

Fragments of body and lip, and most of handle missing. Ring foot and round body. Narrow neck, tapering upward, and flat projecting round lip, grooved inside. Grooved band handle from below lip to shoulder, ... 12 June 1937

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[Agora Object] P 10715: Basket-Handled Water Jug

Intact. Early neckless variety, with flaring mouth; ring foot. Handle grooved. Buff clay with grits; light slip. Well D, lower fill. Leica, LXI-36 ... 12 June 1937

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[Agora Object] P 10790: Storage Amphora

Intact. Elongated ovoid body with a blunt spike at the bottom. Narrow neck with thickened lip. Thin gray slip. Well D. Leica ... 13 June 1937

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[Agora Object] S 955: Head of Female Figure

Nose chipped, and part of hair, otherwise in good condition. Dowel hole, with part of iron dowel, in base of neck. Head of woman with wavy hair parted in the middle, her head bent slightly to her left ... 7 June 1937

[Agora Object] T 1543: Head of Youth Figurine

Broken off at neck. Front and back have split apart on the line where they were joined. Short curly hair. No traces of glaze or color. Red clay. Well D, lower fill. Found with coin of Hadrian. Basket 3 ... 9 June 1937