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[Agora Report] 1946 Χ: Section X Miscellaneous Notes Compiled in Summer of 1946

Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946. Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946

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[Agora Report] 1937 Χ: Section Χ 1937

Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937

[Agora Object] A 978: Roof Tile Fragment: Stamped

From a flat roof tile. Part of a swastika-like stamp preserved on the unglazed under surface. Black glaze on the upper surface. Coarse red clay. Cistern, top fill. Leica, color slide ... 6-9 February 1937

[Agora Object] IL 514: Lead Weight

Rectangular. A slight depression in one side. Cistern, middle fill. 1st c. B.C. Leica, XVIII-95 ... 10 February 1937

[Agora Object] IL 516: Lead Weight

Square. Cistern, middle fill. 1st c. B.C. Leica ... 11 February 1937

[Agora Object] L 2695: Lamp Fragment

Right half of disk and part of rim with two grooves and a trace of decoration outside preserved. Central figure a draped standing statue on a base, which cuts the figure at about the line of the knees ... 6 February 1937

[Agora Object] L 3644: Lamp

About half, fragmentary, preserved; strengthened with plaster; nozzle broken off; knob chipped; handle, if any, missing. Broad, flat-bottomed base; deep body with broad rounded shoulder; small flat top ... 12 Febrtuary 1937

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[Agora Object] P 8923: Unguentarium

Small fusiform unguentarium with stem considerably shorter than neck. Three white bands. Cistern, top fill. Leica, 97-2-17 ... 10 February 1937

[Agora Object] P 8925: Black Glaze Bowl

Rim chipped; small hole in one side; otherwise complete. Ring foot; angular wall, upper part almost vertical; projecting rim flanged inside for lid. Brown-red clay. Poor black to brown glaze, chipped ... 10 February 1937

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[Agora Object] P 8926: Black Glaze Juglet

Handle and chip from rim missing; handle restored in plaster. Small squat flat-bottomed pot; sides narrowing towards the top; slightly flaring lip. Brown-red clay. Covered with poor mottled black glaze ... 10 February 1937

[Agora Object] P 8930: Lagynos

Intact. Low ring foot; sharply angular shoulder; twisted handle. Buff clay. White slip. A broad and two narrow red bands above the shoulder angle. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 1091-125 ... 11 February 1937

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[Agora Object] P 8931: Pyxis with Paint Decoration

About half of lip and part of side missing. A straight-sided jar with ring foot set in from side; inset lip with ledge outside to hold cover. White slip, dull but firm, on outside. Decoration painted ... 11 February 1937

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[Agora Object] P 8932: Jar: Official Measure

Large fragment of one side missing. A straight-sided jar with slightly inset flat foot, grooved near its outer edge. Two broad wheel-run grooves outside, just below lip, and two more on lower part of side ... 11 February 1937

[Agora Object] P 8933: Vessel Fragment

About half of the bottom of a small plain pot (jug?) on ring foot. Inside is a powdery purplish-brown substance; traces of the same on the floor of P 8938 (Χ 122). Identified by E. Caley as hematite (26 ... 11 February 1937

[Agora Object] P 8944: Black Glaze Oinochoe

Full profile except lip preserved; much missing from body [P.H. 0.132]; restored in plaster. Ring foot; broad shoulder; short neck; mouth probably round; strap handle. Two deep grooves at top of shoulder ... 12 February 1937

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[Agora Object] P 8945: Amphora Fragment: West Slope

Upper part of amphora only preserved; about half of the rim missing, much of the shoulder and both handles. Shoulder decorated with alternate diminishing squares and checkerboards, all deeply incised ... 12 February 1937

[Agora Object] P 8946: Amphora

Neck missing. A cylindrical amphora with short vertical handles attached to the straight side walls; a thin tapering foot ending in an inset knob. Gritty red clay. Light slip except on foot. Cistern, ... 13 February 1937

[Agora Object] P 8947: Lagynos with Glaze Decoration

Lip and handle missing. Broad shallow body. Creamy slip. Red-brown glaze bands around ring foot, on outer edge of shoulder and around base of neck. On shoulder, a rosette of elongated leaves, radiating ... 13 February 1937

[Agora Object] P 9031: Plate with Rouletting

Rim not preserved [Max. Dim. 0.206]. Low base ring; flat floor. Small rouletted circles in center of floor. Yellow clay. A broad band of dark brown in the glaze across the floor and the underside, off ... 16 February 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9032: Basin Fragment

About one-third preserved. Flat bottom; side almost vertical; rectangular spout with square end opening from floor level of basin. Very heavy fabric. Coarse reddish clay. Light slip. Cistern, middle fill ... 16 February 1937