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| 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 |
Inscribed fragments.
From a marble tablet.
Fragment Γ 2168 a), left edge and back preserved, back bevelled at edge.
Mouldings around sunken tablet.
Fragment ΝΝ 413 b), left edge and back preserved; flat ... 17 March 1936
26 April 1939 |
| Obverse: horse standing right. In field below his muzzle, a star (?); in field above, uncertain letters or symbols.
Reverse: plain, rough, with irregular raised dots. Turkish fill. Leica ... 24 April 1939 |
Intact.
Grooved handle with finger hole. Rim plain save for groove at throat of nozzle, and a small circle either side. On discus, cock, standing right; two grooves just within rim.
Thin brownish-red glaze ... 20 April 1939 |
Broken off from the back of the lamp.
Handle with finger hole, to which is attached a large leaf-shaped plaque, decorated in low relief with a palmette springing from elaborate acanthus volutes.
Good light ... 20 April 1939 |
The handle missing.
Ribbed upper body; a rosette on one side, a dolphin on the other.
Signed on the bottom, incised in the unbaked clay.
Dull red glaze, worn.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, ... 24 April 1939 |
| Preserved is the head of Athena Parthenos in relief left; broken off at neck, the nose chipped, and most of the crest of the helmet missing.
The face is carefully modelled, the iris and pupil of the eye ... 24 April 1939 |
The front part with the nozzle broken away.
On the rim, herringbone pattern and panels; on the discus bust of Athena in crested helmet left. Grooved pierced handle.
On the bottom, within two circular grooves ... 26 April 1939 |
Part of the upper body missing on one side.
Grooved pierced handle; ridged discus; grape leaves and clusters on rim.
Single circle on reverse.
Pink clay with buff surfaces.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 26 April 1939 |
Preserved is the handle, grooved and unpierced, and about half of the top.
Dot rosettes and panels on rim; on the discus a nude bearded figure reclining on a couch, left, a dolphin at his elbow.
Buff clay ... 29 April 1939 |
The bottom only preserved, with a low raised base.
Dull glaze, black to brownish, and much peeled.
Raised letters on bottom: "Φ Ι".
Signed Bases type of Agora collection. Cleaning east terrace, brown ... 5 April 1939 |
Profile complete. Deep Samian A bowl on low angular ring foot, projecting slightly beyond wall. Steep concave flaring wall; keeled concave rim; traces of rouletting on the keel.
Trace of stamp at center ... 11 April 1939 |
Profile complete. Flat bottom and convex side wall of Samian A bowl with plain rim.
Plantaform stamp inside a groove-ring at center of floor. No letters visible.
Light red clay and red glaze. Brown ... 11 April 1939 |
Shallow rounded saucer, flattened at the bottom, and with plain rim rounded on top.
Good black glaze inside and on the outside to above the flat bottom. The floor much scraped. Round pit in rock. 816 ... 20 April 1939 |
| Fragment of a Western Sigillata bowl with ring foot.
One end of stamp preserved:
Fine red clay; glaze rather dull. Mixed brown fill in drain. Leica, 93-41-20 PD 1172-8 ... 17 April 1939 |
| Four non-joining fragments preserve profile and parts of rim and wall. Low base with concentric grooves on bottom; shallow body, and convex projecting rim, grooved near inner edge. Small pieces of millstone ... 17 April 1939 |
From the shoulder of a micaceous ware jug.
Incised outside: Disturbed Roman fill. Leica ... 22 April 1939 |
| From the wall of a krater, possibly a calyx krater; a trace of the spring of the cul appears to be preserved below. Firm black glaz e inside. Pair of nude male legs, right foot frontal, left foot turned ... 18 April 1939 |
| From the rim of a very large plate. Broadly curving rim, with ridged and grooved outer edge overhanging. On the vertical face, an ivy wreath in black; on the curving top, parts of two griffins right: the ... 17 April 1939 |
| From a large closed pot; a stand? Unglazed inside. Lotus and palmette band across top; below, head of woman, left, with face formerly white, and purple fillet. Tendrils in field. The eyebrow and the outline ... 25 April 1939 |
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