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| Homer A. Thompson ... A report on the activities in the Athenian Agora during the period May 1947 to April 1948. The 1947 excavation lasted from March 10 to November 1. The efforts were concentrated on completing the exploration ... 10 Mar-1 Nov 1947 |
| Rodney S. Young ... Excavations were confined to a strip on the west side of the Great Drain where four houses of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. were excavated and examined in their relationship to the Great Drain. In the ... 13 Mar-29 Apr 1948 |
| 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 |
| Rodney S. Young ... Section ΝΝ lies at the mouth of the valley between Pnyx and Areopagus, which was the important thoroughfare from the Agora to the Pnyx and to the southern parts of the city, as well as to the Piraeus Gate, ... 26 Sep 1938-24 Jun 1939 |
Small pieces missing. Rim slightly thickened above and below.
Large square lifting hole set near one edge. Well, Fill 4, late 5th century B.C. (earliest tiled well in the Agora). 6999 Leica ... 18 October 1947 |
Inscribed.
Both ends broken off.
Rectangular countermark : owl. Rectangular pit under house L, room 2.
Fourth century B.C. fill. 4492, 7117, 7357 Leica, 85-22 ... 17 April 1948 |
| Made of heavy bronze wire (?).
One end flattened like the blunt end of a stilus; the other pointed, but bent over and curled round into a spiral.
A tool for bronze working ? Casting pit, house H, room ... Card: late 2nd c. B.C. |
| A round flat one.
On the top bordered by a pair of incised grooves, a satyr head (mask) right.
On the underside, the number 9, scratched bilingually. For a number of somewhat similar tickets from Alexandria, ... 5 April 1948 |
| An oval one.
Obverse: in relief a cicada seen from above. The letter E to left, the letter P to right.
Reverse: plain. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Nearly circular.
Obverse: in relief a jug with one vertical handle and two small (?) at side. Sprays projecting from its mouth.
Reverse: plain. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| The edges worn or broken away.
Obverse: in relief on one side, an eagle; over its back the letter Ω (?).
Reverse: uncertain representation: bird or front part of winged horse. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: three ears of wheat (?) crossed. The letters E P in field to either side.
Reverse:plain.
Cf. IL 986. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: large cluster of grapes hanging from a branch.
In field on either side the letters E P.
Reverse: plain.
Cf. IL 938, 987. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: cornucopia (?). Letters to left.
Reverse: plain. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: cornucopia between two ears of wheat.
The letter E at upper left, the letter P at upper right.
Reverse: plain.
Cf. IL 917. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Struck off center, on one side only.
Obverse: two round-faced unbearded heads back to back with bearded head set across the top facing up.
Reverse: plain. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: three crossed ears of wheat (?).
At left the letter E, at right the letter P.
Reverse: plain.
Cf. IL 981 (NN 4116). 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
Obverse: cluster of grapes hanging from a branch (?).
In field on either side the letters E P.
Reverse:plain.
Cf. IL 938, 987. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: in relief a thorax.
Reverse: plain. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Edges chipped.
Obverse: cornucopia between two ears of wheat.
The letter E at upper left, the letter P at upper right.
Reverse: plain.
Cf. IL 984 (NN 4119). 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: in relief uncertain representation.
Reverse: plain. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: in relief uncertain representation: protome with spear, at left (?).
Reverse: plain. 55-58/* Great Drain, bottom sand. 5888 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
| Obverse: in relief four straight strokes followed by the letter C (?)
Reverse: plain. Under Roman Bath; red fill, layer B.
Hellenistic-post Sullan. 6925 Leica ... 20 March 1948 |
| Metal workers.
Found rolled up but not transfixed with a nail. Chronology: Text of 4th c. B.C. House N: N.E. area, layer IV, house D, room 5.
3rd c. B.C. 6948 Leica, XXXI-83, 96-41-1, 96-41-(2), 96-41-(3) ... Card: 4th c. B.C. |
Intact; slightly bent.
A flat round one with down-turned vertical rim and small conical handle. House T, room 1, layer 5. 7268 Leica ... 12 April 1948 |
Two pieces preserving the nozzle and part of rim and wall.
Wall rounded; flat rim; broad nozzle with wick-hole not encroaching on rim.
Black glaze inside and out, except for two reserved bands around top ... 26 September 1947 |
| Intact except for pierced lug at left side.
Clam shell variety, on high base moulded underneath. A broad groove around the filling hole. Large for this type.
Badly burned. Glazed all over except on underside; ... 13 March 1948 |
| Complete except for small chips.
Massive round-bodied lamp on small ring foot lightly profiled underneath. Raised ridge around small down-sloping top. Pierced knob on side.
Glazed inside, around rim, on ... 16 March 1948 |
Complete.
Low base; pierced lug; no handle.
Dull black glaze over all; much peeled.
Type XII of Corinth collection, type 43C of Agora collection. House N, Northeast area, layer 2. 6926 Leica, LIII-16 ... 22 March 1948 |
Complete except for handle and chips from nozzle.
Base barely perceptible; walls almost vertical; narrow sharply bent in rim.
Black glaze, chipped, metallic; base not glazed.
Type IV (early fourth century ... 27 March 1948 |
Part of the bottom of the lamp, with a little more than half of the raised base, concave beneath. Trace of the start of rays on the rim preserved.
Incised on the bottom.
Red to black glaze much peeled ... 1 April 1948 |
Three joining fragments preserve most of one side, with the start of the nozzle and part of the floor.
No base; the floor rises slightly towards center. Low rounded wall; a broad groove on the rim.
Red ... 15-25 September 1947 |
A sigle fragment preserves part of the founding wall, and the broad vertical band handle.
Wall curves in slightly to plain edge; no separate rim.
Gray clay with a pink core in the thicker parts; the surface ... 23-25 September 1947 |
| Complete except for the broad horizontal band handle, the tip of the nozzle, and chips.
Low round-bodied lamp with small thick raised base. Rounded insloping rim. Around the top, outside the rim, three ... 12 April 1948 |
One side of rim and wall missing, and chips.
Pierced collar through center of floor; single nozzle encroaching on rim; no handle.
Inside, and rim and nozzle outside, glazed; a reserved band around the ... 23 April 1948 |
Small shallow lamp mended from three pieces; complete except for horizontal band handle at back. The floor rises to a low central cone.
Floor, rim, nozzle and handle glazed; reserved band around rim.
... 26 April 1948 |
| Fragmentary; the profile nearly complete, with the nozzle and one end of the strap handle at the back.
Very low raised base, lightly grooved beneath. Small narrow nozzle. On the wall outside the rim, three ... 26 April 1948 |
Front part of body and nozzle missing.
Watch-shaped lamp with ribbed upper body, cornucopia-shaped lug, not pierced, on left side; vertical strap handle, set crooked. Low ring foot.
Black glaze, much worn ... 9-13 August 1947 |
The front part of the upper body preserved, with the start of the nozzle.
Mold made; concave top; on the upper body and side of the nozzle, maeander in relief.
Traces of black glaze.
Gray clay.
Type XII ... 6-13 August 1947 |
Part of the base of the body, with the vertical strap handle.
Flat bottom, curved wall and slightly projecting rim flat on top; the body open.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay.
Early type II (?) of Corinth collection, ... July 1947 |
Fabric and type similar to L 4504 (NN 4383).
Part of the front preserved, with the bridged nozzle.
Unglazed.
Early type II (?) of Corinth collection, type 10 of Agora collection. Well: early sixth century ... July 1947 |
Part of the body preserved, with the stump of the nozzle.
Ring foot and convex body in the form of a ring around a cup-like depression. A funnel-like opening rising from the base of the nozzle served for ... 1947 |
| Mended from many pieces. Fragments of body and rim, and the horizontal handle at the back, missing.
Low base; nearly vertical walls. Good black glaze, mottled to red over all except resting surface.
Type ... 29 April 1947 |
End of nozzle, all of rim, and most of body missing.
Low base; glazed inside only; surface worn but shows traces of glaze wash.
Burned gray in places outside.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25A' ... 29 April 1947 |
| From the base of a krater with double torus moulding. Black glaze.
Incised on upper face:
Joins P 19209 (joined) and P 22992 (two ostraka from the same pot). Fragment ΝΝ 2899: Red gravelly fill with ... 6 June 1947 |
| Intact except for small chips. Low ring foot; egg-shaped body with wide round mouth and plain rim. Handle ridge just below rim; short vertical band handles. Decoration in thin brown glaze wash: straight ... 11 July 1947 |
| Fragments of body and rim missing. Low ring foot, one reserved and two glazed grooves above it. Body ribbed; raised band, cabled, at its junction with flaring rim. One double rolled handle, shoulder to ... 26 September 1947 |
Part of the bottom of a bowl or cup with ring foot.
Incised on bottom:
Black to red glaze over all, except resting surface and inside foot, reserved, with circle and dot at center of floor. Well, fill ... 26 September 1947 |
| Fragment from rim and wall; part of handle ornament at right. Nude male figure, complete except for legs below knees, and right hand. Left arm raised and elbow bent, with the hand behind the head.
Coarse ... 26 September 1947 |
| Rim fragment. Nude figure facing, preserved from neck to hips, and missing right forearm. Left arm bent at elbow with hand outstretched. Slight use of relief contour.
Firm black glaze. Well, fill 2 ... 26 September 1947 |
| Fragment preserving part of small ring foot and flat floor. Inside standing satyr in profile, left, broken off below the knees. The satyr is holding a krater (bit of rim preserved) which is being filled ... 26 September 1947 |
Wall fragment from below rim; reserved band inside. Outside the head and part of the shoulder of a cloaked youth in profile, left. No relief contours.
Chipped and rather metallic black glaze unevenly ... 26 September 1947 |
| Mended from many pieces; almost half of the rim and almost half of the wall preserved, including the handle attachment on one side. Inside, reserved line at spring of rim and another just inside lip. Rim: ... 26 September 1947 |
| Complete except for rim chips. Angular ring foot; plain rim, not flattened on top. Spiral groove near center of underside.
Incised on bottom:
Firm glaze over all; rough inside. Well, fill 2. 6995 Leica ... 26 September 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; parts of wall missing. Substantial pot with deep ovoid body; massive straight-sided ring foot with broad resting surface. Short neck, collared, and finished with a plain rolled ... 26 September 1947 |
One fragment preserves part of side with finished edge below and start of curve at front. Second fragment preserves back corner with rolled rim. Wheel ridges prominent on underside.
Dull red wash inside ... 26 September 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; the neck missing, one handle, part of the shoulder, and a few fragments from the wall. Large flaring ring foot, flat on bottom; ovoid body; rolled handle, horizontal, rising from ... 26 September 1947 |
Mended from many fragments; restored in plaster. Flaring ring foot; rim nearly flat on top, the edge sharply turned down. Uptilted handles.
Black glaze, streaked with red, inside and on rim; narrow reddish ... 26 September 1947 |
Fragments missing from rim, base and wall and spout broken off. Broad low bowl on disk foot. Everted rim, curved on top and overhanging on outside. Two lug-like handles at rim with moulded scroll-like ... 26 September 1947 |
One handle and wall fragments missing. Angular body on ring foot, the upper body shallow-domed. Short concave neck marked off from the shoulder by a thin ridge. Round mouth with thickened lip rounded on ... 26 September 1947 |
| Mended from many pieces; half of mouth, one horizontal handle, and many wall fragments missing. Large pot on ring foot; deep ovoid body; rather wide short neck; the lip flaring and turned down at 90° angle ... 26 September 1947 |
Several wall pieces missing. Ring foot; ovoid body; handle from slightly above shoulder, to lip. Medium neck. Round mouth with projecting rim with angular profile.
Glazed inside and on the rim and base; ... 26 September 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; partly plastered; half the lip and several wall fragments missing. Broad ovoid body; almost straight neck with rolled rim. Handle attached below lip; collared toe slightly flaring ... 26 September 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; preserved with many gaps from below shoulder to rim. High shoulder; medium tall neck with a pronounced bulge at the upper part, where the handles attach.
Graffito on lower neck ... 26 September 1947 |
| Fragmentary, preserving base, parts of walls and shoulder, with lower end of handle. Ring foot; rounded body. Egg pattern below figured scene: Eros hovering right, holding out an object (white painted) ... 1-2 August 1947 |
The body fragmentary; restored in plaster to near the base (missing); both horizontal handles broken off. Plump ovoid body; band handle from below rim; broad projecting rim, slightly flaring.
Micaceous ... 1-2 August 1947 |
Four joining fragments give the profile complete; a small rim fragment does not join. Shallow plate, carefully profiled. Ring foot slightly flaring; its inner surface rounded. Within it, near the center, ... 1-2 August 1947 |
| Mended from many pieces and preserved to level of greatest diameter. Ring foot. Wide glazed bands on foot and around body at intervals.
Pinkish-buff clay. Finished Well, early Geometric. 6987 Leica, ... 25 October-3 November 1947 |
| The lower attachment with a little of the wall inside preserved. Substantial band handle with convex outer face; a deep groove along the sides and around the lower end, reserved and reddened. Framed by ... 1947 |
| From the shoulder of a large closed pot: lebes gamikos. Dull glaze on interior. On the upper part of the shoulder, tongue pattern, the outlines reserved. Dots of added clay between the tips. Below, two ... 1947 |
A single fragment preserves part of the rim and upper wall with both attachments of a horizontal handle. Broad flaring rim separated from nearly vertical wall by a groove and a ridge outside. On the upper ... 1947 |
| Part of the wall preserved at one side, down nearly to the conical foot. At right, the end of the glazed tail which decorated the handle attachment. Lower body and inside glazed; below handle, three bands ... July 1947 |
| Fragments missing from body, rim and wall, and part of one handle. Ring foot; tall ovoid body; rim flared and slightly thickened; vertical band handles from near middle of neck. Unglazed except for foot ... 21-29 October 1947 |
| Most of the front of the body and mouth missing. Round-bodied, round-bottomed, round-mouthed pitcher with one handle.
Handmade of coarse micaceous fabric; traces of stroke polishing. The front badly ... 21-29 October 1947 |
| Small fragments of body and rim missing. High ring foot; rounded lower wall; the upper wall slightly concave, finished with plain rim; a shallow groove at the junction of the two parts. Vertical band handle, ... 13 March 1948 |
| About half the rim and a little of the floor missing. High straight-sided ring foot; flat floor; the rim flat on top and double-grooved.
Streaky glaze on the floor only. Pyre, House N. 6646, 7049 Leica, ... 13 March 1948 |
| The shoulder and left arm of a draped(?) figure; the arm bent at the elbow and the hand held against the chest. Made hollow and glazed inside and out; the back on the outside rough, as though attached ... 16 March 1948 |
The knob handle missing. Very small circular lid, slightly convex on the top; a high flange, to fit into the rim of a pot, set well in from the edge beneath. Glazed on the top only; stamped with ovules ... 17 March 1948 |
| Fragment from the shoulder of a large closed vase: amphora. On the shoulder above, tongues, alternately black and red. Below, three figures from a procession of divinities. At right, Apollo, right, carrying ... 19 March 1948 |
| A few small chips missing. Small deep pyxis on plain foot, slightly flaring; the bottom left rough. Wide rim, projecting outside; the top slightly concave to hold the lid. Heavy, high domed lid with knob ... 16 March 1948 |
| Mended from several pieces; small bits missing. Ring foot; broad body with a slight angle at the point of greatest circumference. Flat shoulder set off from body by a substantial moulded ridge. Narrow ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended complete from several pieces; a few small bits missing. Thin-walled Corinthian type, sharply drawn in at the rim and above the flaring foot. The handles spreading sharply from the attachments, and ... 16 March 1948 |
| Mended from many pieces; parts of both handles, and small fragments missing. Thin-walled Corinthan type, similar in shape to P 19048 (ΝΝ 4157).
Black glaze over all, firm, but rather dull.
ADDENDA P ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from several pieces; the handle and a piece of the rim and wall missing. Ring foot, lightly grooved on resting surface. Walls vertical; floor nearly flat. Rim rounded on top and slightly out-turned ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended; a few pieces missing. Roughly made on the wheel; wheel grooves on bottom of low raised base. Floor slopes to plain rim; horizontal ribbon handles at rim. Red glaze on the handles, around the rim, ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from many pieces; small bits missing. Similar in shape and decoration to
P 19051 (ΝΝ 4160).
Glaze bands dull red to thin brown.
ADDENDA P 19051: Roughly made on the wheel; wheel grooves on ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from several pieces; small fragments missing. Shallow bowl with gently rounded bottom and slightly flaring wall; the rim slightly out-turned and grooved on the inside to take the lid. Low domed ... 16 March 1948 |
| Mended from many pieces; fragments missing. Similar in shape and decoration to
P 19053 (ΝΝ 4162).
ADDENDA P 19053: Shallow bowl with gently rounded bottom and slightly flaring wall; the rim slightly ... 16 March 1948 |
| Mended from many pieces; small pieces of the lid and most of the floor of the bowl missing. Shallow bowl, the bottom flattened; the slightly flaring rim ridged inside to hold the lid. Shallow domed lid ... 16 March 1948 |
The lid mended from several pieces; small fragments missing. Of the bowl only a small part of the rim and wall remains, with the handle. Similar in shape and fabric to P 19055 (ΝΝ 4164).
ADDENDA P 19055: ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from many pieces; a fragment of the wall and chips missing. Squat round-bottomed pot with thickened flaring rim; band handle from rim.
Wheel made of rather coarse pinkish-buff clay; cooking pot ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from many pieces; the body and rim missing at the front. Similar in shape and fabric to P 19057 (ΝΝ 4166), but more squat and the mouth wider.
ADDENDA P 19057: Squat round-bottomed pot with thickened ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from several pieces; a small part of the rim and part of the floor missing. Shallow saucer on broad flat bottom, left rough from the wheel. The rim thickened and slightly upturned.
Pinkish-buff ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from several pieces; chips missing. Shallow saucer similar in shape and fabric to P 19059 (ΝΝ 4168); the center of the floor slightly depressed.
A splash of dull black glaze at one side of the ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from seven pieces. Similar to P 19059 (ΝΝ 4168) ff. in shape and fabric.
Trace of dilute glaze on the floor.
ADDENDA P 19059: Shallow saucer on broad flat bottom, left rough from the wheel ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from seven pieces. Similar to P 19059 (ΝΝ 4168) ff., but somewhat coarser. The rim thickened to form a vertical face outside. Spiral wheel groove prominent on the floor.
Much burned; splash of ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from five pieces. Small roughly made saucer, the bottom left rough from the wheel.
Light brownish-buff clay. Finished Pyre. 6654, 6659, 7066 Leica, VII-93 ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from four pieces. Similar to P 19063 (ΝΝ 4172).
ADDENDA P 19063: Small roughly made saucer, the bottom left rough from the wheel. Light brownish-buff clay. Finished Pyre. 6654, 6659, 7067 Leica ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from five pieces. Chip missing from rim. Similar to P 19063 (ΝΝ 4172) ff.
ADDENDA P 19063: Small roughly made saucer, the bottom left rough from the wheel. Light brownish-buff clay. Finished Pyre ... 16 March 1948 |
Mended from four pieces. Chip missing from rim. Similar to P 19063 (ΝΝ 4172) ff.
ADDENDA P 19063: Small roughly made saucer, the bottom left rough from the wheel. Light brownish-buff clay. Finished Pyre ... 16 March 1948 |
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