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[Agora Publication] Weights, Measures and Tokens

Lang, M. Crosby, M ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The first part of this book deals with weights (14 bronze, 109-111 lead, 28 stone) and measures (75 dry, 28-31 liquid). Although humble objects, the detailed study of these everyday items provides archaeological ... 1964

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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.

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[Agora Object] B 1082: Official Measure

Cylindrical. Sides slightly concave. Raised bands at top and bottom. Flat bottom with three broad shallow legs of which one missing. Inscription incised around band at top. See B 1082 BIS. Μέτρο χαλκού, ... Card: ca. 400 B.C.

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[Agora Object] B 1082 BIS: Official Measure

This measure is smaller than B 1082. The tripod feet appears to have been set upside down inside the first but the corrosion is so far advanced that the two cannot be separated. Bottom and less than half ... Card: ca. 400 B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 3505: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Broken on all sides; from a measure similar to P 3559. On the outide, beneath two carefully made grooves, the tops of two letters, painted in black glaze over fine buff slip. Inside, lustrous black glaze ... 10 April 1934

[Agora Object] P 5900: Vessel Fragments: Official Measure and Stamped

Fragments from the lip and base. Vertical wall reeded horizontally on outside. Rim flat on top. Low broad base-ring. Trace of a handle on rim. On outside opposite handle attachment part of owl stamp preserved ... 10 May 1935

[Agora Object] P 6061: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment of side wall and base remains. Low base ring, nicked on outside. Around lower wall a series of four moulded ridges. Fine buff clay; black glaze on inside only. Well, dump. Leica PD 1132-1 ... 8 May 1934

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[Agora Object] P 6487: Black Glaze Cup with Graffito: Official Measure

Two fragments from a flat-bottomed, straight-sided mug. a) Part of the bottom and wall. b) Part of the rim. Plain lip, trace of handle on rim at sharp tip. Glazed black inside red outside. Incised line ... 1 March 1935

[Agora Object] P 7300: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Part of a large open pot with broad ring foot and straight side wall, thickened and grooved at the bottom. Attic clay; good buff slip. Black glaze inside. Pit, second half of 5th. c. Leica PD 1132-1 ... 1-2 April 1936

[Agora Object] P 8098: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment of base and side wall. High base ring. On outside, toward bottom, a group of three, and one solitary groove. Firm black glaze over inside, and in one broad and one narrow band on lower wall outside ... 19 March 1936

[Agora Object] P 10205: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Small fragment from side wall and base. Low b ase ring. Four wheel-run grooves around lower side wall. Black glaze inside and in horizontal bands outside. Late Roman disturbance in classical floor. Leica ... 11 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 10210: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from wall and base. Low broad base ring; six bands of horizontal reeding around lower side wall. Black glaze inside. Late Roman destruction debris of large monument at fork of Great Drain. Leica ... 13 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 10211: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from wall and base. Low broad base ring. Seven bands of horizontal reeding around lower side wall. Black glaze on inside. Late Roman destruction debris of large monument at fork of Great Drain ... 13 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 10783: Vessel Fragments: Official Measure

a) Black glaze on inside and on top; three shallow grooves on outside. b) Fragment from lower wall; black glazed on inside, reserved on outside with at least three shallow grooves toward the bottom. In ... 17 June 1937

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[Agora Object] P 10840: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Part of base and side wall remains. Low base ring; three broad ridges around lower wall outside. Black glaze on inside; reserved outside. Tholos Trench H, layer III. 1888 Leica PD 1132-1 ... 11 June 1937

[Agora Object] P 12201: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from edge of base remains. A heavy torus around the bottom, with at least seven slighter tori above. Black glaze on inside only. Tholos trench H, footing trench of building C. 2081 Leica PD 1132-1 ... 18 February 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12375: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from upper wall and rim. Around the top of the wall, a broad collar with seven grooves. Black glazed on inside and on top of rim. Finished Τholos trench F, kitchen dump, from lowest burning ... 19 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12376: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from upper wall and rim. Around the top of the wall a collar with seven grooves. Traces of the attachment of a cross-arm. Black glazed on inside and on top of rim. Finished Τholos trench F, kitchen ... 19 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12532: Vessel Fragment with Graffito: Official Measure

Fragment from base and lower wall. Low base ring. On lower wall, ten low tori. Brown clay, covered on wall with a thin self slip. On inside, firm black glaze. Incised on inside of base ring: North ... 14 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 13301: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from rim with a trace of the attachment of the crossbar. Seven horizontal ridges around top of wall. Black glaze on inside, on rim and on a narrow line around top of outer wall. Between Building ... 16 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13302: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from base. Low base ring; at least seven ridges around the lower wall. Black glaze on inside only. Between Building C and Great Drain, footing trench of Building C. 2530 Leica PD 1132-1 ... 16 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13303: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from rim only. Around the upper wall at least four shallow grooves. Black glazed on inside, on rim and on a narrow band around top of outer wall. Between Building C and Great Drain, footing ... 16 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13619: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Four fragments, two of them joining, from base, wall and rim. High base ring, six tori around base; three (plus) tori around top of wall. Trace of cross bar. Black glaze on inside and on top of rim. North ... 28 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 14276: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from bottom with broad ring foot. Four flat slightly raised bands around lower wall, made by scraped grooves between. Fine pinkish-buff clay; black glaze on bands outside, and on interior. Well, ... 20 May 1933

[Agora Object] P 15150: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

A single fragment preserves some of lower part of wall close to bottom. Exterior reserved; at bottom, a raised band with grooves spaced to form ridges alternately broad and narrow. Interior, lustrous ... 15 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 17286: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Small fragment from side and bottom. Flat bottom; straight side wall. Good black glaze inside; outside reserved, except for band of thin glaze near bottom. Sandy fill west of Peribolos, 4th. c. 2103 ... 29 July 1946

[Agora Object] P 17294: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Rim and upper wall fragment. At one edge, traces of handle attachment inside, projecting slightly on the outside. Three grooves below the rim outside, then a plain band, below which four careful raised ... 25 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 17295: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment from base and lower wall. High ring foot; above it outside, two deep grooves around lower wall; another farther up. Outer wall glazed, but lowest groove and foot reserved. Inside glazed and roughly ... 25 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 17296: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Rim and upper wall fragment with trace of handle attachment against inner face of rim. Rim thickened to form a collar, its upper edge flared, projecting outward; upper face flat. Good black glaze on ... 25 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 19214: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Two joining fragments give part of the rim and upper wall. Apparently from a cylindrical pot like a standard measure. Plain rim, lightly set off on outside. Fine pinkish-buff clay with polished surface ... 30 April-10 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 19309: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Two joining fragments give full height and part of floor; center of floor not preserved. Carefully finished surface, plain polished; no trace of glaze. Stuccoed pit, strosis 4, box 29. Beginning of 4th ... 26 March 1937

[Agora Object] P 21000: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment of base and lower wall. Flat bottom, wall slightly concave in profile. Closely spaced wheel-run grooves around lower wall made prior to glazing. A wide band of red brown glaze around bottom, beginning ... 23-24 March 1933

[Agora Object] P 22569: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Mended from three pieces. Rim fragment; upper surface of rim slightly slopng inward. At the top of the wall, a slightly projecting band, covered with glaze; a groove at about its middle causes its upper ... March 1939

[Agora Object] P 22868: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

A fragment from the bottom of a public measure with six reeds. Good black glaze inide. Similar to P 10210. Stoa, Area North 3, layer III. 151 Leica PD 1132-1 ... 7 March 1953

[Agora Object] P 23143: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

From the base of a thick-walled dry measure. Somewhat spreading base defined above and below by a molded ring. Pinkish-buff clay; once glazed inside. Thin wash outside. Outside N.W. corner of Civic Offices, ... 23 April 1953

[Agora Object] P 23776: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Some of base and lower wall preserved. Broad ring foot. Five ridges around the bottom of the wall. Pinkish-buff clay; good black glaze inside and on the lowest ridge outside. Hellenistic fill over intermediate ... 8 April 1954

[Agora Object] P 23799: Vessel Fragments: Official Measure

Two non-joining fragments. a) From lower wall and foot. Part of the base ring and floor with the start of the wall. On the wall, a ridge set off by grooves and part of another groove at the break above ... 12 April 1954

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[Agora Object] P 25898: Vessel Fragment with Dipinto: Official Measure and Stamped

A bit of rim and wall of a very small measure. Black glazed inside and on top of rim. Outside reserved and grooved; below rim, official seal, owl (seal chipped above), and painted delta: . Rectangular ... 25 April 1957

[Agora Object] P 26738: Black Glaze Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

One fragment preserves part of base and lower side wall. Low base ring; wall with collar. Glazed inside, reserved outside. Firm black glaze; brownish buff clay. Catalogued 1960. North Tholos, west area, ... 18 May 1937

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[Agora Monument] Panathenaic Way

Transportation Unknown Packed Gravel Good ... 6th B.C. to 12th A.D.