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[Agora Publication] Graffiti in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... “Return the stamnos to Philippa’s brother Philip,” “cheap wine,” “Alkaios seems beautiful to Melis,” “Of Tharrios I am the cup.” Like fragments of overheard conversations, the thousands of informal inscriptions ... 1974 1988

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[Agora Object] P 10710: Amphora with Dipinto

Neck and handles broken off. Amphora with flat sloping shoulder. Button foot on rounded bottom; body ribbed horizontally. In black on shoulder: Pink micaceous clay with drops of red glaze here and ... 28 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 11355: Amphora with Graffito

Part of body missing; strengthened with plaster. Drop-shaped body ending in a short, ringed spike; sharp angle between the body and the steep slanting shoulder; narrow neck with rounded lip. Band handles ... May-June 1937

[Agora Object] P 12914: Jug with Dipinto

Hole in shoulder; minor fractures. Body tapers to pointed bottom; narrow neck, flaring lip; ridged handle. A black dipinto (palimpsest?): Streaks of glaze on shoulder. ADDENDA Sparta series [JWH] ... May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12936: Amphora with Dipinto

Intact save minor fractures. Elongated egg-shaped body tapering to small rounded bottom; neck tapers to collared lip; band handles, from below lip to shoulder. Faint black dipinto on shoulder: Reddish ... May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13464: Vessel Fragment with Dipinto

Body of an amphora or jug only preserved. Body tapers down to small rounded bottom with knob at center. At high preserved point, where side starts curving into shoulder, the right edge of a dipinto in ... 10 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 13472: Amphora with Graffito

Chips from lip and pieces from lower part missing. Restored in plaster. Slender body, broader below than above; rounded bottom with button; short slightly bulging neck with flaring rim; short band handles, ... 6-7 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 13477: Amphora with Dipinto

Rim, one handle and some pieces missing. Concave bottom; tall lumpy body; sloping handles, round in section. Shallow wheel grooves about shoulder. Neat dipinto in black beside handle: Gritty pinkish ... 11 June 1938