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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

[Agora Object] P 12096: Bowl Fragments

Full profile of Pergamene bowl preserved; about five-sixths of rim and two-thirds of foot missing. Restored in plaster. Hemispherical bowl on high moulded base ring; plain lip. Yellow clay. Dark red glaze, ... 10 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12097: Lid with Paint Decoration

Knob and pieces of lip and flange missing. Domed lid with hollow central knob; narrow horizontal rim; vertical flange, slightly concave, set in from edge of rim. Red, pink and green painted bands on white ... 10 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12098: Miniature Jug with Glaze Decoration

Hadra-ware jug, missing all of neck and shoulder, with part of one side. Egg-shaped body on a small moulded base. Decorated in thinned glaze with pendent garlands; bands above and below. Light buff clay ... 11 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12099: Black Glaze Bowl with Rouletting

Piece of rim missing. Shallow bowl, low base ring, vertical rim with two grooves on outside; circle of rouletting on floor. Buff clay. Glaze fired unevenly and much peeled on outside. Cistern, middle ... 11 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12100: Plate Fragment with Graffito

The center of the floor and the broad low flaring, carefully moulded, base ring of a plate base preserved. Inside the foot, carefully scratched after firing: Fine light red clay. Good red glaze, over ... 11 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12102: Bowl Fragments: Gray Ware

Part of rim, about three-quarters of the circumference of the bowl and a non-joining base preserved. Restored in plaster. Large deep open bowl, the walls drawn in at the top, the rim sharply convex and ... 12 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12103: Lid

Two fragments of rim and part of the edge of the vertical flange missing from lid with high central handle. Restored in plaster. Domed lid, finished on top with a high pear-shaped knob, hollow inside ... 12 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12156: Black Glaze Plate

Full profile preserved, more than three-quarters of rim missing. Base ring, flaring wall, out-turned rim thickened on top. Yellow-buff clay. Black badly worn glaze on inside, except for red stacking circle ... 12 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12162: Two-Handled Bowl with Rouletting: Stamped

About half missing, including both handles. Restored in plaster. Low base ring, sloping floor; high vertical rim, tilted in; horizontal handles turned back on themselves. Palmettes stamped on floor, inside ... 17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12163: Pyxis Lid Fragment: West Slope

From a very large kantharos, possibly a pyxis lid(?). Rim piece with edge of lower wall preserved. Slightly concave rim separated from lower wall by flange which is broken away. Groove scratched through ... 17 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12164: Plate: West Slope

Fragments missing from floor; all of the vertical rim broken away, only a trace of the start preserved. Restored in plaster. Ring foot, grooved beneath, the groove marked by a scraped line. Flaring walls, ... 17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 19105: Saucer

Two joining fragments preserve the ring foot, with part of the floor and a little of the rim. High ring foot; double-grooved rim sloping downwards sharply. Buff clay. Dull black wash on floor. Burned ... 9-17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 19106: Black Glaze Plate

Mended from several pieces; a few missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; dropped rim. Dull metallic black glaze, somewhat peeled, inside and out. Cistern, middle fill. 580 Leica PD 901-257 ... 9-17 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 19108: Black Glaze Plate with Rouletting: Stamped

Mended from several pieces; fragments from rim and floor missing. Substantial plate on high profiled ring foot with broad resting surface; flat floor with low upturned rim. Band of rouletting on floor ... 9-17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 19109: Black Glaze Plate with Rouletting

Mended from many pieces, about half of rim and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Deep plate on ring foot; sloping sides; short vertical rim. Band of rouletting on floor, also stacking circle. Black ... 9-17 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 19110: White Ground Pyxis

Lower part only preserved. Tall pyxis with nearly vertical sides, spreading slightly at lower edge; substantial ring foot, set well in from edge of wall. Surface very badly preserved. In bottom zone, a ... 9-17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 19111: Moldmade Bowl

Six pieces made up into two non-joining fragments; fragment a) preserves part of rim and side and fragment b) part of lower wall with groove around medallion. Restored in plaster. Band of eggs below the ... 9-17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 19112: Amphoriskos

Upper half only preserved; piece from one handle missing. Rounded shoulder; thickened lip; strap handles, with shallow groove on outer surface, from below lip. Thin light buff clay. Unglazed outside ... 9-17 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 19113: Vessel: Cooking Ware

Two joining pieces preserve about one-third of rim and side with beginning of curve towards rounded (?) bottom. Restored in plaster. Deep pear-shaped body; plain flaring rim; a vertical handle from edge ... 9-17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 19115: Amphoriskos

Lip, handles and large part of one side missing. Body restored in plaster. Slender ovoid body; high solid toe, the sides slightly flaring; handle attachments well up on shoulder. Rather thick red fabric ... 9-17 March 1938