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| Eugene Vanderpool ... After some years of excavations in the area around the Tholos and the Metroon, this report outlines the development and the history of this part of the Agora. Only the notebook pages from the 1938 excavation ... 1 Mar-6 Jul 1938 |
| A trough tile with a large hole (only partly preserved) surrounded by a rim to prevent water from running in. The rim is pointed at one end.
Buff clay with red particles. Dull red glaze, much flaked, on ... April 1934 |
| A non-joining corner fragment of a trough tile with a large hole, of which about half is preserved forming nearly a half circle, surrounded by a rim as Α 428 (Β 966).
One corner of the tile is preserved, ... April 1934 |
A trough tile mended from many pieces; one corner is preserved.
A fragment, b), with another corner does not join.
Coarse pinkish buff clay with bits. A thin streaked wash, dark brown to red, on the top; ... January 1935 |
Three non-joining fragments of a cover tile. A part of an edge is preserved on fragment a).
Coarse pinkish buff clay covered on the top with a thick shiny paint, dark red to brown. Traces of painted letters; ... 1935 |
Fragment from convex cover tile, broken all around.
Gritty yellow clay, with brown wash on outside.
Inscribed ΔΗΜ]ΟΣ[ΙΟΝ.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 70, n. 56. Well to west of Tholos. Leica ... 27-28 June 1935 |
Fragment from convex cover tile, broken all around.
Gritty yellow clay, with brown wash on outside.
Inscribed ΔΗΜ]ΟΣ[ΙΟΝ.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 70, n. 56. Well to west of Tholos. Leica ... 27-28 June 1935 |
| A triangular rain tile from Tholos, its upper edge concave and provided with a low ridge on top; its lateral edges deeply channeled on underside; the spring of an antefix on the fragment nearest the apex ... 23 March 1938 |
| Lower part of Tholos antefix and much of the carrying tile remain; the whole restored in plaster on the model of A 865 (Ζ 1541).
The tile is large and flat, expanding rapidly toward the back , channeled ... 22 April 1938 |
| Preserved are part of face, outer edge and back of volute.
Decoration on face was painted. Pattern remains, but no color. At center a rosette; halfway between this and edge, a narrow reserved line.
Cf ... 1934 or 1935 |
A fragment from the lower end of the tile, preserving the full width; convex tile of the Laconian type.
Pale yellow clay; fugitive brown glaze on outside.
From the same series as A 428 (B 966), A 429 (B ... 23 March 1939 |
| Fragmentary wall block of Tholos. One end only remains.
Traces of stucco over inner face; outer face dressed fairly smooth, with a drafted band along the top. Deep anathyrosis band on end. Cutting for ... 15 May 1939 |
| Part of one face of volute only preserved.
Traces of painted decoration: a rosette and part of a curved line.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. A 991 (Β 2084). North end of section in late or late Roman fill. Leica ... 1933 |
| Angular cover tile of Corinthian type. Largely complete but broken and mended. Buff clay with yellow slip. To west of Bouleuterion Propylon, on floor below Layer V: context of second half of 4th century ... 16 July 1954 |
| Broken at both ends and one side. A thin slab of marble, its top surrounded by a low, raised border 0.03 wide. Round hole, much worn, in middle. Smooth finish on top, rough-tooled on underside; edges finished ... 1 May 1938 |
| Intact.
Three fluked; socketted. Filling of south roasting pit beneath north annex of Tholos.
Archaic - 470 B.C. 2557 Leica, IX-68 ... 19 April 1938 |
| Inscribed stele.
Intact, the top front edge slightly worn by traffic.
The top is crowned by a simple angular moulding; the bottom 0.08m. of the front face is finished only with the toothed chisel; the ... 367/6 B.C. |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Citation from prytany decree.
Six lines of the inscription preserved; vacat between second and third line.
Light gray marble. Found among marbles from ... 24 June 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment of stele.
The top akroterion and some of the bottom below the setting line broken away; otherwise intact.
An attempt was made in antiquity to break up the stele, and a narrow channel ... 337/336 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragments from a monument.
Six joining fragments and several splinters; one inscribed fragment does not join.
With curved face decorated with small shields in low relief.
Lettering in various ... 14 July 1954 |
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