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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] 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] Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Moldmade Bowls

Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume is the first of two to present the Hellenistic fine ware from the excavations in the Athenian Agora. Its scope is restricted to the moldmade hemispherical bowls manufactured from the late 3rd ... 1982

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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] Hellenistic Pottery Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material

Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and ... 1997

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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

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[Agora Report] 1938 Ω: Section Ω 1938

M. Crosby ... Section Ω lies in the east end of the north slope of the Areopagus, well to the southeast of the market square proper. Excavation showed, as expected, that the area was a residential district throughout ... 16 Jan-17 Jun 1938

[Agora Object] B 537: Ring

Complete. A plain circle, thick and roughly round in section. Cistern "white fill", bottom fill. Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C. Leica, 83-475 ... 15 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3307: Lamp: Maker's Mark

End of nozzle missing. Low flat base, shallow body, band handle. Rays on rim with rosette on one side, scorpion (?) on other. Two grooves around filling hole. Signature on bottom in relief: retrograde ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3308: Lamp

Lower half, one side and most of handle missing. Fragmentary. Plump body with knob on left (only preserved) side. A high edge surrounds the flat top; groove scratched through glaze around filling hole ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3309: Lamp

Handle and top missing. Low base, angular side with greatest width near bottom, knob on right side, rounded nozzle. Wheel made. Brown to black glaze that has flaked badly. Buff clay. Type XII (late straight ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3310: Lamp

Handle and end of spout missing. Low base ring, angular side with broadest diameter almost at bottom. High slightly flaring rim around top. Four small holes at outer edge of top, and a groove around the ... 8 March 1938

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[Agora Object] L 3313: Lamp Fragments

Non-joining top, nozzle and part of base. Pointed rosette stamped on bottom. Deep depressed top with ridge about filling hole and groove on rim. Pointed nozzle with snail-like volutes ornamented with small ... 12 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3321: Lamp

Handle and tip of nozzle missing. Low base, angular body, deeply depressed top, knob at side. Wheel made. Black glaze, somewhat peeled. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XII (late straight variety) of Corinth collection, ... 15 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3323: Lamp

Nozzle, handle, and front half of sides missing. Fragmentary. Low raised base, plump watch-shaped body; groove around filling hole, vertical strap handle, edge of knob preserved on side. Wheel made. Black ... 16 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12090: Two-Handled Bowl

Bottom and about one-third of rim and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Double convex sides, slightly flaring rim with groove around outside. Two vertical strap handles with knob on top. Groove around ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12091: Plate Fragments with Rouletting

a) Rim piece. Low vertical rim separated from flat floor by ridge. b) Floor piece with band of rouletting. Hard micaceous clay, black at core, red at surface. Covered with black glaze. Cistern. Leica ... 7 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12094: Unguentarium

Slender, fusiform with collar lip and neat projecting foot. Brown-buff clay. Thinned black glaze covers neck and lip. Cistern, middle fill. Leica, 97-2-6 ... 10 March 1938