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[Agora Publication] Ostraka

Lang, L ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The scraps of pottery on which were written the names of candidates for ostracism are one of the most intriguing pieces of evidence for ancient democracy found in the Athenian Agora. This book is a complete ... 1990

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[Agora Object] P 9477: Ostrakon of Kallias Kratiou (Alopekethen)

Fragment of a concave roofing tile. Broken in two pieces and mended. Name scratched on glazed surface: Brown glaze on outside. Marble chips pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-81 ... 13 March 1937

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[Agora Object] P 15706: Ostrakon of Kallias Kratiou (Alopekethen)

Broken all around, but all original ostrakon surfaces apparently preserved. Fragment of side wall of coarse pot of pinkish-buff clay. Inscribed on outside, lengthwise to pot: Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 5 ... 9 June 1939

[Agora Object] P 17598: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

From the wall of an unglazed pot. Incised outside: Attic clay, buff at the surface. Gravelly red fill; 5th. c. 4316 Leica PD 636-8 ... 23 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17600: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

Fragment of a roof tile with part of the edge. Incised through the glaze: Thin brownish glaze on the upper face. Gravelly red fill; 5th. c. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17607: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

From a plain unglazed pot. Incised outside: Red fill. 4324 Leica ... 25 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17609: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

From the wall of an amphora; traces of thin streaky glaze wash outside. Incised outside: Red fill. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947

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[Agora Deposit] A 18-19:1: Ostrakon Area

Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C.