[Agora Object] B 887: Nail or Hook

Complete except for chip from head. Large-headed hook (if right angle in shaft is original); otherwise a nail. Head flat. Shaft rectangular in section, tapering to a point, now bent. N.W. room, Poros Building, ... 7 June 1949

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[Agora Object] B 1640: Flan

Rather thick. The weight would be right for early Post-Sullan "New Style" (Athena/Owl), but it is difficult to be sure. Cf. B 1053. Originally coin no. ΣΑ-31 (no. 6). Various mixed fills. 5517 Leica ... 9 May 1949

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[Agora Object] BI 638: Bone Bead

Globular bead with very large perforation; possibly intended for use around a shaft of pin or the like rather than as a bead. Bone well polished or worn; stained brown. Pocket with burning. 4th c. B.C ... 4 June 1949

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[Agora Object] BI 639: Bone Button

Circular disk pierced in center. Above marble chips. A pocket with burning at 60/ΚΗ. 4th c. B.C. 2929 Leica ... 8 June 1949

[Agora Object] G 384: Goblet Fragment

Two joining rim fragments, and non-joining bottom. Ring foot; pinched in sides, slightly flaring lip. Thin glaze, yellow green tinge. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), p. 277. Well, lower fill. 1st c. A.D ... 13 June 1949

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[Agora Object] G 385: Jug Fragments

Three joining rim fragments and several pieces from bottom. No base. Short neck, round mouth with flaring lip, handle with projecting ends, from lip to shoulder. Bottom slightly concave. Blue green glass ... 13 June 1949

[Agora Object] L 4563: Lamp

Intact except for missing handle. Bottom half from very worn mould. Typical dots and "alpha". Uneven brown to black glaze. Red-brown clay. Type XX of Corinth collection. Debris in top of well. 2280 Leica ... 11 April 1949

[Agora Object] L 4588: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

Fragment preserving part of top of nozzle and rim. Scraped groove setting off the rim. Two letters roughly incised through glaze on top: "Φ Ι". Firm black glaze inside and out. Type VII of Corinth collection, ... 28 May 1949

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[Agora Object] L 4589: Plastic Lamp: Foot with Sandal

Front part of a right foot preserved, the toes roughly indicated. The sandal has double straps. Thin red glaze wash outside, and traces inside. Hard light red clay. Road fill. 2890 Leica, LXVIII-84 ... 30 May 1949

[Agora Object] L 4596: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Back missing, and part of wall in front; mended from three pieces. Shoe-shaped, with pointed toe; wick hole in top, and filling hole further back. Reverse, almond-shaped, outlined by groove. Orange-buff ... 11 June 1947

[Agora Object] L 4597: Lamp

Handle and discus missing. Typical raised dots, and relief "alpha" beneath. Thin purple-red glaze. Type XX of Corinth collection. Well, lower fill. Leica ... 13 June 1949

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[Agora Object] MC 799: Token

Obverse: two squatting figures on an altar. Rays behind the figure look like wings. Volutes on altar and wreath around it. Reverse: plain. 4th c. B.C. 2927 Leica ... 3 June 1949

[Agora Object] MC 811: Pellet

Small chip missing. Hard brown surface. Pocket with burning. 4th c. B.C. 2928 Leica ... 4 June 1949

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[Agora Object] P 19822: Plate or Bowl Fragment with Maker's Stamp

From the floor of a plate or bowl; ring foot with broad resting surface. Stamp in center of floor: Reddish clay; glaze finished irregularly; exterior largely red, interior largely black. Cf. Iliffe ... 2nd. c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 19991: Plastic Attachment: Head

Head of an actor, wearing gaping mask. Yellow-buff clay. Considerable remains of red glaze suggests that this head was an ornament on a pot. On floor. 2835 Leica ... 24 May 1949

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[Agora Object] P 19992: Vessel Fragment

Broken all around; from closed pot. Draped female figure, standing facing left, holding a large dish(?) in her left hand, held against shoulder. In front of her, a statue on a high base, the figure wearing ... 24 May 1949

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[Agora Object] P 19993: Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment

Wall fragment from a cup, the rim slightly offset on the inside only. The upper part of a male figure, preserved from the tip of his beard to below the waist, standing three quarters left. He is partly ... 24 May 1949

[Agora Object] P 19994: Bowl Fragment: Barbotine

Rim and wall fragment with loop handle below a horizontal thumb-rest. Triangular leaves in high relief pointing. Edge of rim scalloped. Thin fabric, red at core and on inside, brown to red on outside ... 20 May 1949

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[Agora Object] P 19999: Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Broken all around. Part of column and shield and two letters. Purple on rim of shield. Early Roman fill. 2900 Leica, 80-43-27 ... 1 June 1949

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[Agora Object] P 20003: Vessel Fragments with Relief Decoration

Two non-joining fragments from side of a closed pot with petals in relief and band of raised dotted circles above. Soft buff clay, thin red glaze mostly rubbed off on outside; no trace of glaze inside ... 1 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20004: Plate Fragment with Rouletting

Less than one-quarter preserved but with profile complete nearly to center of floor. Broad very low ring foot; flat floor, lightly offset from low gently curving wall. Narrow rim rounded on top, slightly ... 1 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20005: Black Glaze Lekythos Fragment: Stamped

Wall fragment from a squat lekythos or large amphoriskos; broken all around. Two bands of leaf stamps separated by band of dotted circle. Edge of incised overlapping tongues at lower edge. Good black ... 7 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20007: Black Figure Cup Fragment

Two joining fragments from side of band cup. Parts of three standing draped figures preserved. Added red for the hair of one figure; a little incision. Clay floor associated with early wall at east. 2981 ... 10 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20011: Beaker with Incised Decoration: Gray Ware

Flat bottom; almost straight sides separated from plain low lip by a deep groove. No trace of a handle. Sides decorated with bands of vertical grooves; upper wall plain. Soft gray clay, with matte black ... 27 May 1949

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[Agora Object] P 20012: Beaker with Incised Decoration: Gray Ware

Fragmentary, but profile complete. Fabric and decoration as P 20011 (ΟΟ 1122), except that the bands of grooves on the sides are arranged in triangles. Deep ovoid body on raised base slightly projecting; ... 27 May 1949

[Agora Object] P 20058: Water Jug Fragment with Graffito

From shoulder and neck of one-handled jug. Wheel grooves on wall. Traces of two lines of a graffito under lower handle attachment: Reddish-brown micaceous clay. Well, lower fill. Leica ... 11 June 1947

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[Agora Object] P 20059: Black Glaze Cup Kantharos

Few chips missing. High moulded ring foot grooved on resting surface; hemispherical body; plain slightly inturned lip; high-swung handles, squared off at the ends and slightly bent over. Slightly metallic ... 6 June 1949

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[Agora Object] P 20060: Black Glaze Pyxis with Lid

Both lid and bowl broken, but complete save for a few chips. Plain handleless bowl, the rim inset to take the lid. High heavy ring foot, the resting surface broad, a small concavity at the center. Lid ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20061: Black Glaze Plate

Mended complete. Ring foot; narrow rim sloping slightly outwards. Two furrows on top of rim. Deep groove on outside, below rim; and groove on inside at outer edge of floor. Originally glazed over all; ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20062: Saucer

Mended complete except for small piece of floor, and chips. Ring foot very roughly and irregularly made; considerably higher on one side than on the other; the space inside it left rough from the wheel, ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20063: Plate: Banded

Plate with ribbon handles. Mended complete. Low flat base higher on one side than on the other. Small plain plate with a broad band handle smeared on to the rim at either side. Thin red to black glaze, ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20064: Plate: Banded

Plate with ribbon handles. Mended complete. Plain plate similar to P 20063 (ΟΟ 1142) but somewhat smaller and somewhat neater. The outer glaze band reaches to the rim. The glaze on the handles, applied ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20065: Miniature Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware

Chip of rim missing. Plump, round-bottomed pot with one handle, from rim. Wide mouth, plain rim slightly out-turned. Slightly gritty reddish-buff clay. Traces of heavy ash deposit on inside. Finished ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20066: Miniature Frying Pan with Lid

Lid intact; few pieces missing from pot. Shallow round-bottomed pan with single vertical handle at rim; ridge on inside to receive lid. Plain lid, slightly domed, warped in making; rough picked-up knob ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20067: Black Glaze Saucer

Mended complete. Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside. Bottom left rough from wheel. Matte black glaze unevenly applied. Finished Pyre in N.W. Room of Poros Building = Pyre 1. 2930-2931 ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20068: Black Glaze Saucer

Mended complete. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146) but the wall slightly concave outside, and the glaze covering more complete. ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20069: Black Glaze Saucer

Mended complete. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146); rather deep. ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside. Bottom left rough from wheel. Finished Pyre in N.W. Room of Poros ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20070: Black Glaze Saucer

Mended complete except for small chips. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146) but the glaze is firm and fairly lustrous on the interior, though irregularly applied and worn on the outside and rim. ADDENDA P 20067: ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20071: Black Glaze Saucer

Mended complete except for two small chips from wall. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146). The glaze has marked metallic splotches. ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20072: Black Glaze Saucer

Mended but with several small bits missing from floor, wall and rim. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146). The glaze somewhat peeled on the floor, the clay grayish-buff. ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer ... 6 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20237: Moldmade Bowl Fragment

Broken all around. Hindquarters of bull with long curling tail, and drapery of rider preserved. Uncertain object to left. Europa on the bull or Theseus and the Marathonian bull. Pinkish-buff clay; black ... 2 June 1949

[Agora Object] P 20238: Black Glaze Clay Ring Fragment

About one-third preserved. Small clay ring with spreading base (or rim), and vertical collar with groove on top (or bottom). Pinkish-buff clay, covered with black glaze, save for top of collar which ... 8 June 1949

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[Agora Object] P 20243: Red Figure Pyxis Lid

Type A. About two-thirds preserved; knob broken off. Top rises toward knob in shallow concave curve. Edge bevelled and inset, to fit over inset rim of pyxis. Laurel wreath on the top. On the underside, ... 9 June 1949

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[Agora Object] P 20349: Bowl Fragment with Paint and Relief Decoration

Broken all around. Two joining fragments from open pot or bowl with upper wall slightly inclined and flaring lip. On upper wall, a wreath of large leaves in added white; two incised lines above and below ... 23 May 1949

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[Agora Object] P 20350: Bowl Fragment with Relief Decoration

Broken all around. From upper part of small open pot or bowl with inturned shoulder and flaring lip. Megarian bowl decoration below shoulder: one line of circles and tips probably of pointed petals below ... 23 May 1949

[Agora Object] P 20434: Pithos Fragment with Relief Decoration

Broken all around. Fragment from side with guilloche pattern in relief. Thick fabric, red at core, light brown and highly micaceous on surface. Sherds from same fill in B 654. Poros Building floor, second ... 11 June 1949

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[Agora Object] P 20549: Jug

Mended from many pieces, few pieces from side, from handle and chips on rim missing. Round-bodied pitcher with tall narrow neck, flat-topped lip; grooved strap handle; ring foot. Buff clay; matte black ... 11 June 1947

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[Agora Object] S 1427: Herm Arm

Rectangular piece, from small herm, with projection tongue for attachment broken off at one end. Pentelic marble. Sherds from this fill stored in B 304; note marble dust and chips in layer just above ... 6 June 1949

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[Agora Object] SS 10711: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

Rectangular stamp with star and disc. Early Thasian. Finished Late Hellenistic context. [Λε]υκω̣(ν) shield? star Θασί̣[ων] 2920 Leica ... 3 June 1949

[Agora Object] T 2920: Mold Fragment for Gorgoneion

Fragment from mold for large antefix (?). A little of the lower part of the face preserved, with tongue, row of teeth and jowls. Broken all around and at back. Firm pink clay, fairly fine. Cf. T 2918, ... 1 April 1949

[Agora Object] T 2925: Mold Fragments

Heavy mold for architectural ornament (?). Uncertain representations; perhaps snakes from Gorgoneion (?). The second fragment, non-joining, found just west of cistern. Heavy red-buff fabric. Cf. T 2918, ... 20 April 1949

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[Agora Object] T 2942: Draped Female Figurine

The right hand held up to breast. High girt chiton with long overfold. Back plain. Solid figurine, head and feet broken off. Reddish-buff clay. Clay fill about level of Poros Building floor; fourth century ... 21 May 1949

[Agora Object] T 2950: Mold Fragment for Standing Draped Female Figurine

Mold for relief with convex surface. The cast shows a draped standing woman, facing left, wearing chiton, himation and diadem; in her left hand a tall scepter; her right raised in a beckoning gesture ... 3 June 1949