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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Handle and back of lamp missing.
Part of a large lamp with triangular nozzle and slightly indicated ring foot; heart-shaped leaves on rim, discus plain.
Gray (terra nigra) clay covered with a badly flaked ... 6 February 1937 |
| Handle missing.
Triangular nozzle, sunken base, and knob on right side. Ribs on the rim; low raised band about the small discus.
Metallic brown to black glaze.
Brownish-red clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth ... 6 February 1937 |
Handle missing.
Triangular nozzle; sunken base. On rim, wreath of triple leaves and buds.
Red glaze.
Orange clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54A of Agora collection.
ADDENDA A picture of ... 6 February 1937 |
End of nozzle missing.
Vertical strap handle and low ring base. On rim boukrania between festoons of bead and reel garlands; roses above the garlands.
Sunken discus with two ridges around it.
Inside foot ... 6 February 1937 |
Handle and nozzle missing.
Plain rim separated from flat disk by raised band. Raised base.
Thin red glaze.
Brownish-red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 44A of Agora collection ... 9 February 1937 |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Rays on top; raised edge around upper part.
Poor black glaze on sides and bottom; red on top.
Red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora ... 12 February 1937 |
Handle, end of nozzle, most of side missing.
Low base, high curved body, depression around filling hole, separated from shoulder by grooved ridge. Attachments for vertical strap handle.
Red glaze.
Red-buff ... February-April 1937 |
End of nozzle, handle and parts of sides missing; strengthened with plaster.
Rays on rim, two grooves on top of nozzle.
Poor red glaze.
Red-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora ... February-April 1937 |
Very fragmentary; bottom entirely missing.
Very narrow rim with two grooves; concave discus with relief; volutes at side of nozzle; triangular end of nozzle with sharp angles.
Relief design is of standing ... February-April 1937 |
| A large unguentarium similar to the ordinary fusiform type, but with a high flaring ring foot instead of the stem. A slight ridge between neck and shoulder.
Gray clay. Cistern, upper fill. Leica, LIX-95 ... 2 February 1937 |
| Part of lip missing. Small flat-bottomed jug with one handle; short neck and round mouth with flaring lip.
Thin fabric. Reddish-brown clay. Light slip. Unglazed. Cistern. Leica, LXI-54 ... 8 February 1937 |
| Large one-handled jug on very low ring foot; flaring lip set at a sharp angle to the neck; narrow neck tapering towards top; broad band handle, grooved, from below lip to middle of shoulder. Narrow band ... 9 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; a few small pieces missing from rim and floor; restored in plaster. Small ring foot; shallow bowl; slightly incurving vertical rim, set at a sharp angle to the floor; part of one ... 9 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved and most of the rim.
Rolled rim; ring foot roughly made.
Very gritty light brown clay. Unglazed.
Cf. Agora XXXIII, no. 316. Cistern. Leica PD 901-92, PD 1171-156 ... 9 February 1937 |
| Full profile and diameter preserved. Plate with ring foot and thickened rim.
Coarse reddish-brown clay. Covered with dull brownish-red paint on interior. Cistern. Leica, LXI-2 PD 901-93, DA 12957 ... 9 February 1937 |
| Fragments missing from rim and floor. Plate with ring foot and plain rim, slightly downturned. Irregular grooved circles around the center.
Coarse gray-yellow clay. Red to brown paint, badly worn, on ... 9 February 1937 |
Full profile and diameter preserved; fragments of rim and sides missing. Shallow bowl with outcurving rim and flat bottom, left rough.
Very gritty red-brown clay. Unglazed. Cistern. Leica PD 901-95, PD ... 9 February 1937 |
Fragment of side and rim missing; restored in plaster. Small bowl with ring foot and no change in curve of sides for rim.
Graffito on base:
Yellow clay, soft. Red glaze, badly worn.
Pergamene Ware ... 9 February 1937 |
| Complete. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58), but the foot more sharply profiled, and the glaze more worn and the clay pinker.
Pergamene Ware.
ADDENDA P 8909: Small bowl with ring foot and no change in curve of ... 9 February 1937 |
| Fragment of side missing; restored in plaster. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58), but the foot somewhat higher and more flaring, and the glaze better preserved. A rough cross scratched inside the foot, beneath ... 9 February 1937 |
| Small piece of rim missing; restored in plaster. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58); the foot profiled as P 8910 (Χ 59).
On wall a large graffito:
Glaze unevenly peeled.
Pergamene Ware. Cistern. Leica, LXI-12 ... 9 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; two small pieces of sides and rim missing; restored in plaster. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58), but shallower; foot neatly profiled. Series of incised lines on interior of side wall ... 9 February 1937 |
Three fragments of rim and part of side missing; restored in plaster. Small bowl with ring foot; steep sides; flaring lip; sharp angle in side wall just above foot; flat floor. Very thin incised lines ... 9 February 1937 |
Two pieces from side of a jug with bands of relief dots. Restored in plaster.
Thin gray clay. Matte black paint on exterior.
ADDENDA c) Three joining fragments including rim frag. added to b) from sherds ... 9 February 1937 |
A circular plain plaque, with grooves on top surface: two near the edge; a small one at the center.
Red-brown clay; top surface and edges polished; bottom left rough.
Pot stand? Cistern. Leica PD 1091-52 ... 10 February 1937 |
| Rim missing; many small fragments do not join. Part of flat-bottomed beaker with steep sides; no trace of handle. Close to the preserved upper part, a ridge projects; above it, the wall slopes slightly ... 11 February 1937 |
| Two joining fragmens preserve part of rim and side wall. Wide vertical lip jogged in from curving side wall; the lip plain, with a groove beneath the outer edge. Wall decorated with almost contiguous bands ... 11 February 1937 |
Pieces from pot similar to P 8935 (Χ 118). Fragment a) shows the beginning of a vertical lip set in from side wall. Fragment b) preserves the base, similar to that of P 8934 (Χ 117), but with the foot ... 11 February 1937 |
| Three fragments, a) from the shoulder, with rim or neck broken off above; b) and c) from the walls.
On a) a garland of wedge-shaped projections; on b) and c) staggered rows of similar projections, set ... 11 February 1937 |
Chips from rim missing; restored in plaster. Ring foot; flaring walls; slightly outcurving lip.
Graffito on bottom: ME
Pale yellow clay. Red glaze, somewhat worn.
Shape similar to P 8914 (Χ 63), but ... 12 February 1937 |
Piece from lower part of dish or box. A distinct bulge between the vertical side walls and the flat very low base.
Thin soft gritty clay, gray at core. Pinkish slip on exterior; yellow-gray on interior ... 13 February 1937 |
| High base ring and steep flaring sides; inturned lip, making an angle with the sides.
Decoration in thinned clay and white paint: a cross on the underside of the foot; band of bead and reel just above ... 22 February 1937 |
| Bulbous shaped. Neck missing.
Red clay. Cistern. Leica, LIX-95 ... 25 February 1937 |
| Floor, most of handle and many pieces missing. Base ring; globular body; widely flaring lip with flat surface on top; double-grooved strap handle.
Thin pinkish-buff clay. Light yellow slip, very smooth ... 4 February 1937 |
| Shoulder piece from storage amphora [Max.Dim. 0.127].
Dipinto in small cursive letters in black:
Pinkish-brown clay with white bits.
ADDENDA Many fragments found in mending; amphora made up in plaster, ... 29 March 1937 |
Full profile preserved; about one-third restored in plaster. Moulded base ring; broad offset rim curving up at outer edge. Circle of rouletting on floor.
Black glaze except for red-brown on floor and ... February-April 1937 |
About half preserved; partly restored in plaster. Base ring; thickened, slightly out-turned rim with groove at inner edge and on top surface.
Reddish-buff clay with uneven red to black wash; parts of ... February-April 1937 |
Low, irregular base ring; plain rim with flat top surface.
Orange-buff clay. Worn red glaze on inside; outside unglazed, except for a few splashes. Cistern. Leica, LXI-2 PD 901-132, DA 12957 ... February-April 1937 |
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