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| Rodney S. Young ... Excavation continued in section ΝΝ with the aim of clearing the area for the new museum. Because of the unforeseen depth of filling, the area remained unfinished.
Several features were dug and examined ... 10 Mar-3 Nov 1947 |
| Wheel ballot with pierced hub.
Inscribed around edge. On the opposite face, a small roughly rectangular stamp, containing a letter in relief ? Λ or N ? 76-79/Great Drain.
In loan to Barcelona (Museum Caixa ... 9 May 1947 |
Small rectangular block of bronze, almost square.
Inscribed on the upper face with the symbols of three drachmas (?)
(After cleanning this would seem to be four drachmas). 76-79/Great Drain Great Drain, ... 9 May 1947 |
| From the wall of a moulded bowl, ribbed outside.
Blue and white striations. Brown fill. Early Roman level over Roman drain in area west of Areopagus. 4555 Leica ... 16 May 1947 |
| Rim and upper body fragment.
Bowl with shallow bottom and vertical rim; ribbed below rim.
Mold made of bluish glass. Cistern in the area west of the Areopagus, upper early Roman fill.
1st c. A.D. Leica, ... 25-26 April 1947 |
| Apparently complete.
Along bottom of front face a rough slightly projecting surface at level for setting into ground.
Limestone or hard gray poros. Brought in 1947; length and thickness cannot be measured ... 27 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in Byzantine context in the industrial area, east of the Great Drain. 4888 Leica, 89-28-20, ... 3 June 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of wall and rim preserved.
Plain rim, flat on top.
Inscribed on upper face of rim.
Island (?) marble. Found clearing modern surface in Roman House A, southwest of the Market Square ... 14 June 1947 |
Complete.
Late variety: grooved pierced handle like that of type XXVIII.
Stubby nozzle with flattened heart-shaped top. Small globules on body and top. Low ring foot; inside it, three spokes of globules, ... 9 May 1947 |
Globules on lower body and rim, with pseudo-volutes near base of nozzle.
Grooved handle, pierced.
On the bottom, three raised grooved dots, and two smaller dots forming a kind of clover-leaf, all within ... 28 May 1947 |
Intact.
On the discus, a stylized boukranion beside a small altar. Traces of a signature, now illegible, on the bottom.
On the rim panels, and a double circle of dots. Handle grooved and pierced.
Unglazed ... 29 May 1947 |
Mended from several pieces; fragments of rim and discus missing.
Rim, plain, with a single circle of depressed dots at the inner edge, and concentric grooves to discus. Small sharply sunken discus with ... 29 May 1947 |
| Intact except for horizontal strap handle at back missing.
Raised base, slightly concave beneath. Scraped groove around narrow rim.
Inscribed on one side and on the other, upside down to the lamp, and ... 29 May 1947 |
Complete except for vertical handle.
Small squat lamp, the plain rim separated from the plain concave discus by three ridges. Two raised dots at throat of nozzle; end of nozzle raised: slightly higher ... 30 May 1947 |
Intact.
Typical globules on top and lower body; typical volutes at nozzle; high ridged handle.
On the reverse, the typical "alpha" in relief.
Red clay with red to black wash over all.
Type XX of Corinth ... 30 May 1947 |
Complete except for chip from nozzle.
No handle. Plain rim; plain slightly concave discus; short nozzle, its upper surface raised slightly above rim.
Reverse, low base ring simulated by grooves.
Unglazed ... 30 May 1947 |
Body fragments, end of nozzle, and ornamental end of handle missing.
Low ring foot and deep body; voluted nozzle with relief rosette on upper face. Flat discus surrounded by ring of dots, and grooves ... 5 June 1947 |
The front part, with the unbridged nozzle. Narrow flat rim.
Black glaze inside and on rim, with a reserved band around outer edge of rim.
Type 6A of Agora collection. Group E.
ADDENDA Restored since ... 7 June 1947 |
Horizontal band handle at back, and end of nozzle missing.
Ring foot; two ridges on the down-sloping top.
Black glaze inside only.
Type V (third Variety) of Corinth collection, type 24A' of Agora collection ... 10 June 1947 |
Small fragments missing.
Collar through center; no handle. Low base; five neat grooves and ridges around edge of rim. The base and the grooved rim reddened with miltos; otherwise good black glaze, worn, ... 12 June 1947 |
| Roughly circular.
Side A: in relief an impression of a standing semi-draped figure, left, mantle or scarf blown above head. At right end of mantle a round disk, at left a star (?).
Side B: plain. Red Hellenistic ... 9 May 1947 |
| Side A: the letter alpha (A) enclosed in a circle.
Side B: standing draped figure, left, holding uncertain object (spindle or thyrsos ?) in raised right hand. East of Roman bath, east of wall and floor ... 6 June 1947 |
From a black glazed one-handler rim. The stump of a handle preserved; the rim flat on top, slightly projecting. Good red glaze inside; streaky red to black outside; the upper face of the lip, the inside ... 24-25 April 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised outside: Water-washed sand. 4449 Leica ... 6 May 1947 |
The vertical handle at the side and part of the body and rim missing. Heavy base, rising to form a low wide stem. Plain round mouth and feeding nozzle. The top reserved and decorated with petals around ... 7 May 1947 |
Neck and rim of a calyx cup. No trace of handle preserved. Short neck, set off from the shoulder by a groove; plain out-turned lip. Around the neck, in terracotta paint and white, checkerboards and diminishing ... 8 May 1947 |
From the wall of a plain amphora; mended from two pieces.
Incised outside:
Joins P 18492. Ostrakon fill: sand or red(?) Leica ... 29-30 April 1947 |
From the wall of a plain pot.
Incised outside: red clay, creamy surface. Ostrakon fill: sand or red(?) Leica ... 29-30 April 1947 |
| Rim fragment. The edge of the lip reserved. Head of a female (n.b. lock of hair over left ear), left, playing the double flutes. Traces of a fillet or wreath with three leaves at the front, in added red ... 10 May 1947 |
| Fragmentary; the profile complete. Restored in plaster. Deep bowl on high ring foot; steep sides; nearly vertical rim; foot grooved underneath. Decoration in terracotta paint and white, with incision ... 30 April 1947 |
| Part of the floor of a small Western Sigillata bowl with ring foot.
Stamp at center of floor:
Firm dark red glaze. Brown fill, early Roman. 4514 Leica, 93-41-8 PD 1172-7 ... 13 May 1947 |
Fragment from a black figure skyphos. Outside, black glaze below, then reserved, with a glaze band.
Incised inside:
Good black glaze inside.
ADDENDA: according to Agora XXV, possibly Themistokles. Roman ... 13 May 1947 |
Intact. Motto mug-type; high flat base; wide mouth, round body and straight rim.
Dull red glaze over all; somewhat peeled. Well, boxes 4-5. 4542 Leica, LXIII-65 ... 28 May 1947 |
| Intact. Flat bottom and straight side wall; upward sloping shoulder, ribbed; narrow neck with plain slightly flaring lip; ridged vertical handle, base of neck to edge of shoulder. Mould-made in two pieces, ... 30 May 1947 |
Complete. Long pointed body ending in a flat toe; narrow neck with thickened rim. Handles, shoulder to middle of neck.
Pinkish-buff clay; unglazed. Hellenistic fill with kouklas; koukla factory fill ... 31 May 1947 |
Fragment of the foot of a black glazed kylix.
Incised on the upper surface: Between Mycenaean grave and drain A; early fill at road surface. 4874 Leica ... 2 June 1947 |
Front part of neck and trefoil mouth missing. Ring foot and shallow grooved body; deep grooves on handle.
Incised on shoulder at front:
Pinkish clay, unglazed. Well, box 7. 4545 Leica PD 1133-43(Hd ... 2 June 1947 |
Fragment from the rim of an amphora; the edge of the lip reserved.
Incised outside:
Black glaze. Mixed to Hellenistic fill east of retaining wall. 4880 Leica ... 3 June 1947 |
Complete except for round holes in shoulder front and back. Typical shape and ribbing.
Incised under the handle:
Micaceous red clay. Well, box 15. 4546 Leica, LXIX-54 ... 3 June 1947 |
Joins P 17971. Rim fragment of a black glazed mug(?).
Incised outside:
Good glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 195, p. 250. Clearing over ostrakon fill. 4940 Leica PD 1133-18(F 78) ... 5 June 1947 |
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