[Agora Object] B 98: Nail

Long tapering shaft; small head with edge slightly overhanging. Burnt layer. Leica ... 6 May 1933

[Agora Object] B 115: Fibula

Made of a thin wire, round in section, but flattened to form the catch, which has broken away in part. Otherwise complete. Well, near bottom. 5th c. B.C. 425-400 B.C. Cf. P 2072. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 27 May 1933

[Agora Object] B 153: Arrowhead

Triangular leaf shaped head. At the back, hole for shaft, beside which is preserved a barb. Floor of south room of S.W. building. Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C. Leica, Various vii-92 1967 ... 12 March 1934

[Agora Object] B 193: Carpet Tack

Pointed tack with four-faced shaft and hollow rounded head like a mushroom. Hellenistic fill to west of terracotta drains. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 2 April 1934

[Agora Object] B 210: Javelin Head

Leaf-shaped spearhead with ridge down middle of blade. Socket for shaft at base, chipped. Late mixed fill. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 19 March 1935

[Agora Object] B 217: Earspoon

Short handle, tapering to a point. Cup-like end. Black fill west of Polygonal building. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 1 April 1935

[Agora Object] B 221: Nail

A heavy spike, rectangular in section, with a round head. Compact brown earth : destruction fill of Fountain House. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 9 May 1935

[Agora Object] B 231: Arrowhead or Spearhead

Large arrowhead or spearhead. Two-barbed, and with a stem to fit into the shaft. Modern fill. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 21 May 1935

[Agora Object] B 243: Arrowhead

Triangular, triple-barbed arrowhead, with socket for the shaft, and a small hole in the side of the socket. The barbs broken at the tips. Cistern A. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 24 May 1935

[Agora Object] B 257: Bell

The iron clapper missing save few rust marks. The ring at top worn thin from much use. below ca. 61.50m. Destruction debris north of east bay. Late Roman fill, perhaps disturbed. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 10 June 1935

[Agora Object] B 319: Hair Pin

Both ends broken off. Long straight shaft with moulded rings around it. Lines of inlaid silver in horizontal and diagonal patterns all along the shaft. Tapers towards both ends. Well. Upper fill. Leica, ... 7 April 1936

[Agora Object] B 321: Fish Hook

Intact. Flattened at upper end; single(?) barb at other. ca. 2.30m. below surface Below surface, in consistent Late Roman fill with coins. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 8 April 1936

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[Agora Object] B 376: Pin : Aphrodite Anadyomene

Tip of pin missing. The head is composed of a Corinthian capital, on which kneels a nude female figure, her right knee on the ground; her left elbow resting on her bent left knee. Both hands are raised ... 9 June 1936

[Agora Object] B 441: Fish Hook

Broken at upper end. Byzantine Street, upper fill. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 27 April 1937

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[Agora Object] B 475: Mirror

Injured, by fall of slab, both above and below. Thick flat disk. The handle though short appears to be complete. At its top, a pair of volutes with a palmette between, and on either side a pair of tendrils ... 23 March 1936

[Agora Object] B 521: Pin

Tip broken off; badly oxidized and could not be cleaned (disintegrated in the effort); otherwise intact. Plain straight shaft with two grooves just below the head. Large pointed knob-like head, ornamented ... 1 February 1938

[Agora Object] B 555: Key

The ring a flat band. From the ring, projecting like a bezel, is a short rectangular bar to which is attached at right angles a key made of ten projections, round in section. Late Roman fill with Byzantine ... 29 April 1938

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[Agora Object] B 687: Steelyard Arm

Two spare hooks and bits of wire coils and chain seem to belong. After cleaning, the arm is seen to consists of a shaft rectangular in section slightly thicker at one end than at the other, and finished ... 10 May 1939

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[Agora Object] B 696: Spoon

Small complete spoon. Oval bowl, very shallow. Stem rectangular in section and flattened at the end, where it is pierced horizontally. Grave 17 (?). Polyethylene ziplock bag sealed handling with gloves ... 22 May 1939

[Agora Object] B 770: Fibula

Point of pin broken off. Bow has longitudinal ridge with cross-hatching in relief. Well in street of Roman Agora, 2nd meter. Early Roman : 1st c. A.D. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 6 August 1946

[Agora Object] B 848: Ring Key

Plain band with rectangular key attachment. Building P, room 7, where north floor II lacks to West. 1378 Leica, Various vii-83 ... 26 April 1948

[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

[Agora Object] B 1001: Surgical Instrument

Broken in the middle. Long slender channel, pointed in one end. The other end bent like a hook. Ends up in a bird' s head. On the handle a knob bounded to either side by ridges. Stoa shop IX from south, ... 12 June 1952

[Agora Object] B 1019: Nail

Nail with broad flat head. South Terrace, cut IV, north, layer 1, behind South Stoa wall, South Stoa II, building fill. Leica, VII-83 ... 17 April 1953

[Agora Object] B 1109: Unguent Spoon

Oval bowl with central rib. Shaft ending above in a drop. Rather well preserved. Decorative rings around the part where bowl and shaft meet. Cf. Corinth XII, pp. 132-134, pl. 82. In front of late Roman ... 8 May 1947

[Agora Object] BI 46: Bone Probe

Tapering handle; thin round blade, slightly upturned. Dark brown. Well, dump. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 14 June 1932

[Agora Object] BI 55: Bone Spindle Whorl

Globular, with small flattened top, and larger flattened bottom. Decorated with a band of double concentric circles incised around a central dot; above and below this band, three incised grooves. Brown ... 13 May 1933

[Agora Object] BI 79: Bone Spoon

Complete. Round shallow bowl. Pointed handle with transverse grooves just above the bowl. Well. Black fill. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 26 February 1934

[Agora Object] BI 85: Bone Pin

Mended from two fragments, the point lacking. The head is shaped like a Corinthian capital, with leaves under the corners, and a square abacus. On the abacus is seated a winged Eros, with legs crossed ... 21 March 1934

[Agora Object] BI 92: Bone Button

Flat at the back, slightly convex on top. Decorated on the edge with incised triangles. Probably Byzantine. House B, upper layer, probably floor. Late Roman (?) 183 Leica, Various vii-84 ... 23 March 1934

[Agora Object] BI 137: Bone Stylus

One end pointed, the other flattened for erasing. Early red fill east of road. Leica, Various vii-79 ... 28 March 1935

[Agora Object] BI 187: Bone Spoon

Small-bowled spoon with flat handle, cut at the top into a leaf shape, and pierced, just below this, with a small hole. Red Roman fill over interior north wall of Burnt Building. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 19 June 1935

[Agora Object] BI 313: Bone Die

Intact. Numbers arranged as usual: one opposite six; two opposite five; three opposite four. Bone greenish in color, as are other pieces of bone from this fill. Late Roman fill. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 4 June 1936

[Agora Object] BI 315: Bone Pin

Large heavy moulded head, with fine grooves around shaft just below. Well, earth. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 9 June 1936

[Agora Object] BI 404: Bone Stylus

Pointed at one end. Flat paddle at the other, with ornamental grooves between. Well, basket 9. Leica, XXXIX-51, Various vii-79 ... 25 May 1937

[Agora Object] BI 416: Bone Pin

Short shaft tapering to a point. Pointed knob head and grooves around the shaft just below the head. Well, earth. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 12 June 1937

[Agora Object] BI 419: Bone Die

Not quite cubical, and fairly large. The pips of the numbers are made of an incised ring around a dot. Well D, earth. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 17 June 1937

[Agora Object] BI 420: Bone Die

Double incised rings around dots. Similar to BI 419, but smaller. Well D, earth. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 17 June 1937

[Agora Object] BI 421: Bone Stylus

One half of the shaft roughly rounded, pointed at the end; the other rectangular, and flattened at the end. Well, from the earth. Leica, XXXIX-51, Various vii-79, Various i-65 ... 13 June 1937

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[Agora Object] BI 457: Ivory Handle

Large guard for the hilt of a sword, inlay carving of palmettes at the top on either side. Traces of iron pins and silver (?) which must have been carefully picked out. Inscibed beneath. Mr. Gejvall considers ... 13 June 1938

[Agora Object] BI 476: Bone Crochet Needle

Intact. A hook at one end. Modern (?) S.W. corner of section: Turkish fill. Leica, Various vii-84 ... 2 March 1939

[Agora Object] BI 516: Bone Pin with Glass Head

Plain pin, tapering toward both ends, and fitted with a round head of black glass or stone. Stoa colonnade, opposite room 3, in plundered wall trench, layer 2. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 29 May 1939

[Agora Object] BI 605: Bone Pin

Complete, but with shaft short and apparently resharpened. Pomegranate head. The top of the shaft lightly collared and banded with incised lines. The head has an elaborately carved finial; the round knob ... 30 March 1948

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[Agora Object] BI 672: Bone Flute Fragment

Somewhat split lengthwise but complete except for chips. Section of flute with one end flanged for other section to fit against; three holes on one side, one on the other. Scratched lines around it, near ... 4 June 1951

[Agora Object] BI 681: Bone Die

Edges and corners smoothed down to curves. Standard disk markings, made by deep drillings, probably once filled with some contrasting color. Area south of east-west Roman wall, layer II, above 4th c. B.C ... 13 March 1952

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[Agora Object] BI 738: Set of Bone Buttons

A set of 18 bone buttons, varying somewhat in diameter and thickness, each pierced by a single round hole. Δεκαοκτώ οστέινα καψούλια (χάνδρες). Φέρουν οπή στο κέντρο τους. Martyr at west end, just south ... 25 May 1954

[Agora Object] BI 759: Knucklebones

One has a large epsilon (E) scratched on side. Another is pierced from side to side. Well. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 22 May 1957

[Agora Object] BI 815: Bone Ring

Bezel intact except for some chips. Two thirds of ring band missing. Bezel shows profile bust of female, left, in relief. Hair falling in three strands gathered above nape with double band. Heavy features ... 4 July 1968

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[Agora Object] G 106: Bottle

A short-necked bottle shaped like an unguentarium. Thin fabric; purple glass. Cemetery at corner of Piraeus and Herakleidou Streets, grave F. 66 Leica ... April 1937

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[Agora Object] I 7037: Grave Monument

Inscribed columnar grave monument. Small fragments missing from top. Below inscription, a loutrophoros in relief in a sunken panel. Hymettian marble. Catalogued September 1967. Found in sepulchral marbles, ...

[Agora Object] IL 161: Lead Weight

Conical. Slightly hollowed at the bottom and pierced for suspension at the top. Late drain fill. Leica, Various vii-94 ... 18 February 1935

[Agora Object] IL 551: Lead Slingstone

Inscribed. Battered at one end. On one side, thunderbolt; on the other : Δ Ε Ξ Α Ι Well. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 31 March 1937

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[Agora Object] IL 670: Iron Hammer

Much corroded. Traces of the wooden handle remain in the hole. At one end a flat square face, at the other a single point. Round hole. Inside the S.E. corner of the Porch of the Metroon, among the working ... 13 April 1938

[Agora Object] IL 678: Lead Sling Bullet

Inscribed. Battered. On one side a winged thunderbolt in relief; on the other, inscription in relief : Δ Ε Ξ Α Ι Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose fill over strosis. Leica, XXV-80, Various vii-92 ... 7 June 1938

[Agora Object] IL 683: Lead Sling Bullet

Much smaller than the preceding examples (IL 678- IL 682), and more pointed at the ends. Possible traces of relief. Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose fill over strosis.Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose ... 7 June 1938

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[Agora Object] IL 853: Lead Pot

Inscribed. Small flat-bottomed pot without handle. Made from two halves stuck together. Letters on one side; palm-branch (?) on the other, all in relief. Μολύβδινο ενεπίγραφο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Hellenistic ... 16 April 1947

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[Agora Object] IL 854: Miniature Lead Jug

Flat-bottomed round-bodied jug with flaring lip. Μολύβδινο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Cf. A-B 19-20:1 Sand in bottom of Great Drain, of Hellenistic fill further to south. Stoa gallery case Leica, XXIX-39 ... 8 May 1947

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[Agora Object] IL 904: Lead Pot

Inscribed. Sack-sahped pot on a low raised bae, the rim flaring, but here chipped and betn. Letters in relief, incised in the mold : ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΛΥΚΙΟΝ Μολύβδινο ενεπίγραφο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Great ... 31 July 1947

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[Agora Object] J 27: Gold Ring

Ring with engraved gem. Plain ring with slightly widened hollow place in its side, in which is set a piece of red carnelian, carved intaglio with a bearded head facing to left. Χρυσό δακτυλίδι με κορνηλίνη ... 28 May 1937

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[Agora Object] J 94: Gold Ring

Ring with engraved gem. Made of hammered gold, round in section, thin on the inside and thick on the outside. Into the thick outer part a small carnelian is set, engraved intaglio with a standing figure ... 25 April 1940

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[Agora Object] J 110: Carnelian Part of Ring

Oval inset (seal) from bezel, bevelled. Intaglio; bearded head, left, resting on birds' legs and provided cap, finished with a horse 's head at the top, the horse holding a wreath in its mouth. Symbols ... 8 April 1948

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[Agora Object] J 111: Carnelian Part of Ring

Oval inset (seal) from bezel, bevelled. Similar to J 110, but slightly smaller. Chip missing from lower left. Intaglio: standing semi-draped female figure (Aphrodite) left, seen from three-quarters near ... 8 April 1948

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[Agora Object] J 116: Gold Bracelet

Bracelet set with red stone. Intact though slightly bent. A plain band of solid gold with a single small oval red stone set in it. Χρυσό ψέλιο με κορνηλίνη. Rectangular feeder drain which enters the Great ... 3 December 1948

[Agora Object] J 129: Gold Earring Fragment

A tiny lion 's head, from an earring. There is a wire strung through the lion 's head for hanging, bent back for whiskers. Middle Stoa, area north 3, against tie-wall in footing trench by pier 2. Middle ... 19 March 1953

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[Agora Object] J 132: Gold Earring

Pendent type earring. Ear attachment with heart-shaped red glass inset. Lower part has six separate strands, hanging from a green glass bead, set in two calyx-shaped holders. Strands end with alternating ... 21 November 1953

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[Agora Object] J 138: Seal Stone

Engraved gnostic seal stone. Obverse: Aphrodite (?) standing, flanked by Eros holding a mirror (?), and a bird on a basin. Reverse: Moon and stars above aedicula with inscription: APWI IΦPA CIC under ... 7 June 1963

[Agora Object] J 140: Gold Earring

Hoop made of spirally twisted wire enlarged at one end to hold socket for (missing) stone. Socket bordered by loops of wire. Note that the wire of the hoop is smooth toward the small end, beaded toward ... 18 June 1965

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[Agora Object] L 4060: Lamp

Complete. Low raised base; no handle or lug. Rounded body; groove around rim. Black glaze inside only. Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25A' of Agora collection. Finished Middle Terrace, burned deposit ... 22 May 1940

[Agora Object] MC 97: Spindle Whorl

Double conical. Pierced through the center. Decorated on the upper side with three seven pointed stars, incised, probably, when the clay was soft. Unglazed. Pinkish buff clay. Drain. Leica, Various vii-84 ... 5 May 1934

[Agora Object] MC 289: Loom Weight

Round disk, flat on both sides, and with a hole near the edge. Unglazed. Micaceous pink clay. Well G. Leica, Various vii-94 ... 28 May 1936

[Agora Object] MC 290: Loom Weight

Handmade, conical, stamped. Oval stamp; standing draped figure with shield and spear: Athena Promachos (?). Unglazed. Fine pale buff clay. Well I. Leica, Various vii-94 ... 28 May 1936

[Agora Object] MC 364: Spindle Whorl

Chip missing from top and side. Glaze worn at edges. Conical convex type. Well. Leica, Various vii-84 ... March 1937

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[Agora Object] MC 373: Spindle Whorl

Concave conical top; rounded bottom. Decorated with black glaze in stripes and rows of short vertical strokes. ADDENDA Publication: early 5th c. B.C. (publication) Grave 7, find no. 18 for the day. Found ... Publication: early 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Object] MC 567: Loom Weight

Long narrow, square in section. Thicker at center than at either end. Flat on bottom, round on top, pierced near top. No glaze. Fine buff slightly micaceous clay; surface polished. Cistern, lower red fill ... 6 May 1939

[Agora Object] MC 787: Checkerboard Fragments

Two non-joining fragments from edge of slab. Front smoothly finished and incised in squares. Back smooth with three small holes along edge for attachment on fragment a) and three along the break on fragment ... 8 April 1949

[Agora Object] MC 948: Spindle Whorl

Slender concave-conical, with nearly flat bottom. Two incised lines around it half way up, and a reserved line at edge of bottom. Firm velvety glaze. Publication: ca. 500 B.C. Well A. Box 10. Late 6th-early ... Publication: ca. 500 B.C.

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[Agora Object] MC 964: Loom Weight

Conical, stamped. Loom weight stamp on upper wall, the inscription: Γ Λ Υ Κ on lower wall. Buff clay. Finished North end of terrace of Stoa of Attalos; from a disturbed area but probably from footing ... 10 August 1953

[Agora Object] MC 1122: Loom Weight

Intact. Pyramidal, with graffito. Plain at bottom with four flat sides tapering to slightly rounded top. Longer sides pierced with hole at top. Marked with an incised letter X on one side. Orange buff ... 1 July 1967

[Agora Object] MC 1127: Loom Weight

Intact. Heptagonal. Seven-sided cone shape tapering up from flat bottom. Sides bevelled in at bottom to base. Hole cut through at point 0.012 from apex. Red glazed except for base. Pocket of thrown bedrock, ... 14 August 1967

[Agora Object] MC 1129: Loom Weight

Chipped. Pyramidal. Four-sided with flat top and bottom. Pierced by hole 0.013 m. from top. Dull black glaze on upper two thirds. Pinkish buff clay. Beneath Byzantine floor west of Hieron, S.W. of S.W ... 6 July 1967

[Agora Object] P 1402: Black Glaze Lekythos Fragment

Mended from two pieces; the base and a large part of the sides missing. Neck and shoulder reserved; on the latter, dots and rays, the latter alternating black and white. Just below the shoulder, two narrow ... August-September 1932

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[Agora Object] P 6980: Red Figure Pyxis Fragment

Fragment from the wall of a straight-sided pyxis; part of the rim, with flange for lid, inset, preserved. A woman standing right, her head bent; she wears a thin-sleeved chiton and a cloak flung loosely ... 7 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 7806: Black Figure Loutrophoros

Partially restored in plaster. Above base, rays. On body: front, two draped youths walking right; under each handle a siren with spread wings; at back, a goose. Around bottom of neck, rosettes; above, ... 14 May 1936

[Agora Object] P 10014: Miniature Bowl

Small flat-bottomed bowl with straight outward tilted side wall and plain rim. No handles. Pinkish-buff clay, unglazed. Cf. Agora XII, no. 1420. Well. Leica, VII-88 ... card: 425-400 B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 10277: White Ground Lekythos

Cracked open; repaired; one or two chips missing at edge of breaks. In center, grave monument. From the left a woman brings an alabastron. On the right a woman(?) with mantle drawn close around her, looks ... 7 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 10323: Black Glaze Bowl with Lid

Lid broken in four pieces. Foot of bowl chipped. Bowl with ring foot and flange to receive lid; black glazed save for resting surface and center underneath. Lid with profiled central handle, black glazed ... Card: ca. 470-460 B.C., perhaps 450, but not later.

[Agora Object] P 10341: Unguentarium

Thin dark glaze on lip. Grave 11. Leica, 6-176, VII-97 ... 27 March 1936

[Agora Object] P 10351: Unguentarium

Lip chipped. 0.75m. below top of stele. Probably from Grave 2 (1.10m. north of west end of stele, 0.10m or 0.15m. from scarp of Grave 7, depth of 0.75m. below top of stele). Leica, 6-176, LXIII-58, VII-97 ... 23 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 12996: Plemochoe

Complete except for chip from foot. Deep-bodied kernos with flaring rim. Short stem, flaring foot flat beneath. Single piercing at each handle. Traces of white. Cistern. Leica, 8-169, VII-90, 87-259 ... April 1938

[Agora Object] P 12998: Black Glaze Miniature Kantharos

Intact. Miniature kantharos, roughly made on the wheel. Band handles, rising from rim. Unglazed. Cistern. Leica, XXXIV-81, 82-516, VII-88 ... April 1938

[Agora Object] P 13022: Black Glaze Miniature Vessel on Stand

Chips missing. A small kothon-like vase on a high flaring foot. Linked buds on shoulder; reserved band on underside of body. Well 6, container 3, upper fill. Leica, 82-472, VII-89 ... 26 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 14041: Stand (Thymiaterion?)

Broken into two pieces; fragment of bowl missing. A roughly cylindrical object with a small bowl at the top. The walls of the bowl flare slightly to a plain thickened lip. The present lower edge of the ... June 1938

[Agora Object] P 15553: Plemochoe Lid

Intact except for chips. Convex lid with thick central knob; depression in top of knob, a groove around. Two grooves around lid below knob; then five triangular holes. Narrow flat rim grooved on top and ... 14 June 1939

[Agora Object] P 16328: Red Figure Lekythos

Intact except for chips. Squat lekythos with flaring bell mouth. Many-petalled palmette coarsely reserved on the front. Highly metallic black glaze, carelessly applied on and above the foot. Bottom unglazed ... 18 January 1940

[Agora Object] P 16797: Miniature Cup

Intact. A handmade open, handleless cup, sides slightly pinched in at two points. Bottom flat. Roughly decorated inside and out with crosses, strokes and dots in dull reddish-brown paint. Light brown ... 20 July 1932

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[Agora Object] P 17989: Brazier with Plastic Lugs: Bearded Heads

Small fragments restored. Round bowl on stand. Typical brazier with bearded head lugs. A ring of gouged dots just above the base, and another at the point of attachment of bowl to stand. The horizontal ... 28-30 April 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18010: Black Figure Child's High-Chair

Profile complete; missing fragments restored in plaster. A heavy flaring base, with a rounded upper part; between the two a floor, pierced by a large hole. Carrying holes in the base, front and back. At ... 27 June 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18543: Miniature Pyxis with Lid

Both pyxis and lid mended complete except for chips. Bowl on small high base; the rim flanged vertically inside. Plain lid with down-turned edge; the top slightly domed and finished with a high solid knob ... 19 September 1947

[Agora Object] P 18544: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; small chips missing. Flat bottom, left rough from the wheel; the saucer rather roughly made and slightly warped. The rim horizontal, double grooved. Dull red glaze, worn, ... 19 September 1947

[Agora Object] P 18546: Plate: Banded

Mended from many pieces; complete except for chips. Roughly made flat-bottomed shallow plate with plain rim and two broad ribbon handles attached at rim. Unglazed except for two wide bands on the floor, ... 19 September 1947