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[Agora Publication] Amphoras and the Ancient Wine Trade

Grace, V. R ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Although this booklet is based on broken pottery found during the excavation of the Agora, the author ranges far beyond the confines of Athens in her discussion of the purpose and significance of different ... 1961

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[Agora Object] AP 2422: Amphora: Chian

Restored in plaster. Incised letter and painted Λ. Thin band and vertical one. Buff, brown glaze on rim. Carl Roebuck, Nb. No. 7. Well A. 353 VG 623.22-(23,24,25) ... 12 May 1930

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[Agora Object] P 2371: Storage Amphora with Graffito

Mended from many pieces. Bits of handle, neck, shoulder, and sides restored. Elongated oblong neck; sharply angled shoulder; bulge below rim. Scratched across shoulder on one side: Rather coarse buff ... 4 April 1933

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[Agora Object] P 21971: Storage Amphora

Mended from many pieces; restored in plaster. Swollen neck, pressed together by handles so that rim (plain) is not a circle. Rather thick handles without finger impression on base. Slim body. Foot hollow ... May-June 1951

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[Agora Object] P 24871: Storage Amphora: Chian

Mended. Characteristic Chian body and hollow toe, but shortish straight neck and projecting torus rim. Broad painted bands, double on upper shoulder, single on lower body, down handles and below to lower ... May-June 1954

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[Agora Object] P 24873: Storage Amphora: Chian

Narrow paint bands down each handle and continued down body; around shoulder above broadest part, and apparently below rim. Dotted circle in paint just below rim on each side, and one strung on shoulder ... May-June 1954

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[Agora Monument] Stoa of Attalos

Commercial Attalos II of Pergamon Conglomerate, Limestone, Pentelic Marble, Hymettian Marble Fully Restored ... Ca. 150 B.C.

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[Agora Image] 2012.56.0309 (82-294)

Development of the Chian jars during the 6th-5th centuries B.C. Photo taken for the booklet on "Amphoras and the ancient wine trade" prepared by Virginia R. Grace ... Cf. 2012.01.0041 Horizontal (normal) ... September 1959