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[Agora Publication] Hellenistic Pottery Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material

Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and ... 1997

[Agora Object] P 11833: Bowl with Rouletting

Fragments of rim and floor missing. Restored in plaster. Base ring; floor sloping slightly to vertical side thickened at the rim. On the outside, two grooves below rim. Rouletting on floor. Red to dark ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11836: Two-Handled Bowl: Gray Ware

Small fragments of rim, wall and base restored in plaster. Small base ring; shallow lower body, flaring below, curving in above to vertical rim, from which it is separated by a deep groove; vertical loop ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11837: Loutrophoros

Full profile preserved. Many pieces, especially around shoulder, missing. Restored in plaster. Broad high hollow foot with cylindrical stem leading to ovoid body; high cylindrical neck, thickened lip, ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11838: Plate with Rouletting: Gray Ware

Full profile not quite preserved; about half restored in plaster. Base ring; sloping floor; upturned rim. Small circle of rouletting on center of floor. Gray clay. Covered with black glaze that has peeled ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11839: Pyxis Lid: West Slope

Largely restored in plaster. High convex top separated by flange from side. Grooves just below rim, on underside of flange and at top and bottom of side wall. Decoration in thinned clay and white: on ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11840: Bowl: West Slope

Full profile preserved; about half of rim restored in plaster. High angular base ring; concave flaring side; vertical rim. Red to black glaze on inside and outside. Decoration in thinned clay and white: ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11841: Reversible Lid: West Slope

No rim piece preserved but beginning of upward turn for it on outermost piece of side. Decoration on outside in thinned clay and white: double cross on bottom, debased ivy leaf pattern on sides, between ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11846: Two-Handled Bowl: Stamped

One handle and few bits restored in plaster. Shape similar to P 11845 (Χ 871). Stamped decoration: three large irregular palmettes on floor. Clay reddish-brown. Inside and upper part of outside covered ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11847: Bowl Fragment: Stamped

Four pieces giving part of base ring and floor of bowl similar to P 11846 (Χ 872), with three palmettes (only one completely preserved) similar to but clearer than those in P 11846 (Χ 872). Clay brown-gray ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11850: Plate

Most of floor and part of rim restored in plaster; nothing of foot preserved. Flat bottom; broad offset rim with thickened grooved edge. Glaze rather dull; worn on floor. Pergamene. Cistern. Leica, LIX-96 ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11857: Beaker Fragments: Brittle Ware

Two small wall fragments. Decorated with small dots in relief, perhaps garland and rosette pattern. Thin red-brown micaceous clay, black on upper part outside. Fabric and shape apparently similar to ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11858: Jug

Bottom, handle and at least two-thirds of side and rim missing; strengthened with plaster. Angular pear-shaped body; projecting vertical rim with two grooves on outer surface. Pinkish-buff clay. Thin ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11859: Mug: Gray Ware

Part of rim, upper side wall and one handle preserved; non-joining fragment has lower attachment for second handle. Fat curved side; straight slightly flaring rim with inset lip; vertical strap handle ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11860: Oinochoe

Wall in part restored in plaster; rim and handle fragments do not join. Base ring; plump, broad-shouldered body; tapering neck with three grooves; strap handle, from shoulder to base of mouth; bell mouth ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11867: Plate

About one-third preserved. Restored in plaster. Base ring; plain downsloping rim with ridge at inner edge. Light yellow-brown clay. Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 Cistern. Leica, 90-36-27 ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11878: Amphora

Few pieces of sides and of rim missing. Pointed bottom with knob; slender body; tall neck; low collar rim; handles rise to sharp angle at top. Buff clay. Wine amphora. Cistern. Leica ... February-April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 12025: Saucer

Piece of rim missing. Low base ring; downturned double-grooved rim. Restored in plaster. Outside and rim unglazed. Floor covered with thin red glaze. Cistern, lower fill. Leica, 90-30-31, 90-32-4, 91-19-23 ... 24 February 1938

[Agora Object] P 12032: Amphora Fragment with Relief Decoration: West Slope

Piece from wall and shoulder. On wall, below a groove scratched through glaze and a guilloche band, a Megarian bowl design: tendrils between long petals. Cross hatching in thinned clay on shoulder. Fair ... 26 February 1938

[Agora Object] P 12033: Jug

Small jug, nearly half the bottom missing, with a small part of the wall(?); the handle broken off; a piece missing from the lip. Globular body on flat bottom; short narrow neck, flaring round mouth. Handle ... 26 February 1938

[Agora Object] P 12056: Black Glaze Fish Plate

Full profile preserved, most of rim missing. Base ring, down-turned rim, small central depression; groove around depression and at top of rim. Glaze fired red-brown on floor and bottom due to stacking ... 1 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12057: Black Glaze Plate

Full profile preserved, pieces of side and rim missing. Restored in plaster. Small, rather deep plate on base ring; broad projecting rim, sloping down. Yellow to pinkish-buff clay. Poor black to red-brown ... 1 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12060: Moldmade Bowl Fragment

Profile from rim to edge of bottom medallion and one-quarter to one-third of side preserved. Out-turned lip with groove scratched through glaze on underside. Relief decoration: the bottom, on which there ... 2 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12064: Handle with Plastic Attachment: Head

Probably from pitcher with trefoil lip. Head in high relief on surface facing in. The head, with flowing locks, is turned slightly to the right. Knob on outer surface of band handle. Pinkish-buff clay ... 2 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12067: Bowl with Rouletting: Stamped

About one-third of rim and small part of foot and floor preserved. Restored in plaster. Shallow bowl on high base ring; lip thickened on inside. Circle of rouletting around floor, with one small stamp ... 2 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12085: Kantharos: West Slope

Four non-joining pieces from rim and upper side wall of a large kantharos; nothing of handle or bottom preserved. Restored in plaster. Low slightly flaring rim, deep rounded body. Thinned clay decoration ... 1 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12090: Two-Handled Bowl

Bottom and about one-third of rim and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Double convex sides, slightly flaring rim with groove around outside. Two vertical strap handles with knob on top. Groove around ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12091: Plate Fragments with Rouletting

a) Rim piece. Low vertical rim separated from flat floor by ridge. b) Floor piece with band of rouletting. Hard micaceous clay, black at core, red at surface. Covered with black glaze. Cistern. Leica ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12097: Lid with Paint Decoration

Knob and pieces of lip and flange missing. Domed lid with hollow central knob; narrow horizontal rim; vertical flange, slightly concave, set in from edge of rim. Red, pink and green painted bands on white ... 10 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12098: Miniature Jug with Glaze Decoration

Hadra-ware jug, missing all of neck and shoulder, with part of one side. Egg-shaped body on a small moulded base. Decorated in thinned glaze with pendent garlands; bands above and below. Light buff clay ... 11 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12099: Black Glaze Bowl with Rouletting

Piece of rim missing. Shallow bowl, low base ring, vertical rim with two grooves on outside; circle of rouletting on floor. Buff clay. Glaze fired unevenly and much peeled on outside. Cistern, middle ... 11 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12100: Plate Fragment with Graffito

The center of the floor and the broad low flaring, carefully moulded, base ring of a plate base preserved. Inside the foot, carefully scratched after firing: Fine light red clay. Good red glaze, over ... 11 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12102: Bowl Fragments: Gray Ware

Part of rim, about three-quarters of the circumference of the bowl and a non-joining base preserved. Restored in plaster. Large deep open bowl, the walls drawn in at the top, the rim sharply convex and ... 12 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12103: Lid

Two fragments of rim and part of the edge of the vertical flange missing from lid with high central handle. Restored in plaster. Domed lid, finished on top with a high pear-shaped knob, hollow inside ... 12 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12136: Thymiaterion Fragment

About one-quarter missing. Three joining fragments of a tiny acorn-shaped cup with narrow flaring rim and several holes pierced in bottom. Pale pinkish-buff clay (traces of white?). The inside shows ... 10 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12151: Plemochoe Lid Fragment

Most of top broken away, but traces of open-work preserved. High, domed lid, with narrow horizontal rim, and deep vertical flange, inset. Fine, soft pinkish-buff clay; above coated with thick dull red ... 11-14 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12156: Black Glaze Plate

Full profile preserved, more than three-quarters of rim missing. Base ring, flaring wall, out-turned rim thickened on top. Yellow-buff clay. Black badly worn glaze on inside, except for red stacking circle ... 12 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12162: Two-Handled Bowl with Rouletting: Stamped

About half missing, including both handles. Restored in plaster. Low base ring, sloping floor; high vertical rim, tilted in; horizontal handles turned back on themselves. Palmettes stamped on floor, inside ... 17 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12163: Pyxis Lid Fragment: West Slope

From a very large kantharos, possibly a pyxis lid(?). Rim piece with edge of lower wall preserved. Slightly concave rim separated from lower wall by flange which is broken away. Groove scratched through ... 17 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12164: Plate: West Slope

Fragments missing from floor; all of the vertical rim broken away, only a trace of the start preserved. Restored in plaster. Ring foot, grooved beneath, the groove marked by a scraped line. Flaring walls, ... 17 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12205: Plate Fragment

Fragment of rim and floor remains. A big open plate with rim rolled inward. Granular pale yellow biscuit covered with thin blue glaze. Tholos trench H, filling of Middle Drain. 2082 Leica, 92-9-8 PD ... 22 February 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12206: Double Askos Fragments: West Slope

a) From top and one spout. b) Small non-joining top fragment. c) Fragment from a second spout. Around the top a vine wreath; on the shoulder an olive wreath. ADDENDA Second spout fragment c) does not ... 23 February 1938

[Agora Object] P 12292: Plemochoe Lid Fragment

The whole dome broken away, but traces of cut-out decoration remain. Fine pinkish-buff clay, traces of white paint. Bottom of kernos pit 1. Leica, 87-269, 87-254 ... 24 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12423: Plemochoe Lid

About one-half preserved; something broken off from top of low knob. Deep domed lid with horizontal and vertical flanges. Two bands of cut-out decoration: triangles and rectangles, and a band of small ... 19-20 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12690: Black Glaze Kantharos with Rouletting

Complete. Short and squat, with doubled bulging rim and high-swung horizontal handles. Rouletting on floor. Conical foot in two degrees, marked by a reserved line; resting surface reserved. Otherwise ... 12 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12692: Black Glaze Olpe

Small fragments missing. Tall slender body; round mouth; flat high-arching handle; the wall flares slightly at the bottom to meet the flat resting surface. Black glaze all over exterior, inside mouth ... 12 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12700: Black Glaze Skyphos

Fragments of lip and foot missing. High flaring ring foot; body pointed toward bottom; lip turns inward; handles spread from attachments. At base, a reserved band with fine lines crisscrossing irregularly ... 13 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12702: Black Glaze Jug Fragment with Graffito

Most of saucer-shaped mouth and narrow neck preserved; also start of shoulder and stub of handle. Ring around neck at upper handle attachment. From a round-bodied jug, such as P 3992 (Α 402). Incised ... 13 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12703: Black Glaze Cup Kantharos with Rouletting

Most of one handle missing, otherwise intact. Short and squat; moulded conical foot; bulging rim; high-swung cup handles. Glaze mottled, black to reddish-brown; on floor, rouletting. ADDENDA Additional ... 13 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12726: Miniature Cup

One handle missing, otherwise intact. Small bowl on flat bottom, left rough; broad out-turned lip; vertical band handles. Pinkish-buff clay. Unglazed. Well, container 14. Leica, LVII-79 ... 14 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12748: Vessel Fragment: Gnathia Vase

From the wall of a large open vase. Outside, elaborate painted decoration: an ivy garland (white); hanging from it, two broad dark red streamers and a white leaf; over painting in thinned glaze on the ... 11 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12816: Black Glaze Oinochoe: Ribbed

Handle, chips from lip and base and small piece of wall missing. Ring foot; plump body, sharply contracted towards foot and neck; spreading trefoil lip; handle triangular in section. Neat vertical ribs ... 16 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12817: Black Glaze Oinochoe

Front of lip and parts of body missing; restored in plaster. From a small oinochoe similar to P 12816 (Ψ 294), but not ribbed. Around the neck, a wreath of long thin leaves; on the front of the body, a ... 16 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12821: Black Glaze Salt Cellar

Intact save chips. Sharply concave sides, continuing to form ring foot lightly grooved beneath; rim rounded on top. Good black glaze. Well, container 19. Leica, 82-445, 83-338 PD 1153-20j ... 16 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12989: Black Glaze Oinochoe

Complete. Ring foot; tall egg-shaped body; elongated neck; exaggerated trefoil lip. Triangular handle. Good black glaze; resting surface reserved. Well. Leica, 97-7-4, 97-7-5, 97-7-6 PD 1153-10b ... 26 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12992: Black Glaze Miniature Kantharos

Miniature votive kantharos, roughly wheelmade, with handles turned up against rim. Black to red glaze. Pit. "Fallen from well at 19/Λ." Leica, 82-516, 92-7-3 ... 26 May 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

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[Agora Object] P 13110: Black Glaze Pyxis

Part of the wall and rim missing. Ring foot and convex lower body; a projecting keel where the lower body and straight inward-tilted rim meet. Poor black glaze, brownish inside, over upper part of outside ... 1-2 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 13200: Black Glaze Bowl Fragments

Full profile preserved; about three-fourths of rim missing. High base ring; inturned rim. Pinkish-buff clay. Covered with dull black glaze. Well, upper fill. Leica ... 25 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13208: Black Glaze Plate with Rouletting: Stamped

Full profile preserved; slightly less than half of floor and rim missing. High base ring; thickened rolled lip. Four small irregularly placed palmettes on floor, within a band of rouletting. Outside, a ... 1 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 13243: Saucer

Intact. Flat bottom, left rough; very slightly raised. Flat floor, its edge turned up and slightly thickened to form a rim. Carelessly turned; covered in part with a thin brown wash. Cf. Agora XII, no ... 25 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13307: Black Glaze Plate with Graffito

Fragments missing from rim. A deep plate on high ring foot; rim thickened toward the inside, set off from floor by a groove. Thin black glaze; red in middle of floor. Scratched on underside: Middle ... 25 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13372: Cup: West Slope

Much missing; restored in plaster. Moulded base and deep egg-shaped body with plain rim. Band handles with leaf thumb-rests. A scraped groove below the handle zone and one around the foot; a plain groove ... 9 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13389: Black Glaze Bowl

Mended from many fragments; much of rim and walls missing. Restored in plaster. Small fairly high, heavy foot ring; angular wall, flaring lip. Lip pierced for suspension. Gritty brownish-buff clay; metallic ... 3 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13391: Amphora Fragments: West Slope

Four fragments, much mended, preserve part of neck and shoulder, with one upper and one lower handle attachment. On the shoulder, checkerboards and diminishing squares in terracotta paint and white; mask ... 6-8 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13430: Kantharos

Intact. Small high moulded foot; rather deep lower body; walls steep below, then rounding to join nearly vertical upper wall with plain lip; band handles, from below lip to shoulder. Thin red to brownish-black ... 6 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13432: Amphora: West Slope

Much of one side of body, with fragments of rim and base, and part of one handle missing. Restored in plaster. Broad-shouldered amphora with moulded foot and rather wide neck with out-turned lip. A scraped ... 4 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13449: Kantharos: West Slope

Most of one handle and fragments or rim and wall missing. Broad open type; eggy lower body on low moulded foot; concave-sided upper body with plain lip; band handles with leaf thumb rests. Miltos groove ... 6 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13450: Kantharos: West Slope

Part of side and rim, with one handle and most of the other, missing. Restored in plaster. Elongated type on low moulded foot; steep-walled lower body set off by scraped groove from concave upper wall; ... 6 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13451: Black Glaze Kantharos

Half of one handle and small chips missing. Moulded base; high stem; rounded lower body; high concave-sided upper body; plain lip; high cup handles, twisted back on themselves and rising slightly higher ... 7 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 13452: Black Glaze Kantharos

Chip missing from rim. Flat-topped spurred handles; moulded conical foot, moderately high, the glaze scratched from a broad goove around it; rounded lower body; vertical upper wall with out-turned lip ... 8 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 13454: Oinochoe with Paint Decoration

Handle and lip missing. Low base ring; trefoil lip. Ivy leaves and vine in brown to black paint around neck. Gray-buff clay. Well, lower fill, level II, second half of 4th into beginning of 3rd c. B.C., ... 7 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 13487: Plate Fragment

Fragment from rim of a heavy plate with flattened turned-back rim. Gray sand- or stone-biscuit; firm dark blue vitreous green glaze. Brick shaft and drain, fill B, late late Roman. 1593 Leica PD 1091-55 ... 1-2 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13498: Black Glaze Feeder

Foot and rim chipped; handle, which was double, broken away; tip of nozzle chipped. Deep feeder on small heavy ring base; steep walls; high broad shoulder. Handle set at a little more than right angle ... 14 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13500: Bowl

Intact. Small bowl with incurved sides; ring foot. Poor thin red glaze inside and partly outside. Finished Well. Leica, 97-15-25, 97-15-26, 97-15-27, 91-34-34 ... 15 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13529: Black Glaze Kantharos

Part of one handle and fragments of rim and body missing; restored in plaster. Rather small high conical foot; plain lip; handles bent back on themselves. Good black glaze somewhat flaked in spots; scraped ... 11-17 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13544: Black Glaze Plate with Rouletting: Type D and Stamped

Single fragment preserves complete profile. Rounded rim; fairly flat floor; rather heavy ring foot. At center of floor, stamped interlaced palmettes surrounded by rouletting. Glaze black to red. Well ... 11-17 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13550: Miniature Kantharos

One handle missing; otherwise intact. Roughly made. Buff clay. Unglazed. Well. 449 Leica, LVII-79 ... 11-17 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13554: Stemmed Bowl (Thymiaterion?)

Base and lower part of stem missing. Plain open bowl with nearly vertical rim, on a stem ringed near its top. Buff clay. Unglazed. Cf. P 13555 (Ψ 673). Well. 449 Leica, 92-3-3 ... 11-17 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13555: Stemmed Bowl Fragments (Thymiaterion?)

About half of base and most of bowl missing. Base, stem and lower part of bowl preserved. Broad flat base; stem with projection around middle. Buff clay. Unglazed. Cf. P 13554 (Ψ 672). ADDENDA Possibly ... 11-17 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13560: Oinochoe with Glaze Decoration

Fragments of mouth and body missing; restored in plaster. Ring foot; pronounced shoulder; straight neck; trefoil mouth; band handle. Dull purplish glaze on lip and for two bands around body at point of ... 11-17 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13562: Oinochoe

Fragments of mouth, handle and body missing; restored in plaster. Ring foot; roundish body, squat and small in proportion to the neck; rather wide straight neck; trefoil mouth with grooves around vertical ... 11-17 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13570: Amphora with Stamped Handle

Fragments of lip, handle, body and base missing. Conical neck and shoulder in one piece; body tapers to pointed bottom. Faint stamp, partly broken, on one handle: a device. Buff clay and slip. Dull red ... 11-17 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13670: Black Glaze Plate

Most of the foot, with the center of the floor preserved, and small parts of the rim; restored in plaster. Shallow plate on medium high ring foot; rolled rim; groove around wall outside. Poor black glaze ... June 1937 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13671: Black Glaze Bowl

Slightly less than half preserved; restored in plaster. Deep plate, or shallow bowl, on medium high ring foot. Flaring wall, incurved slightly at the rim. Groove around wall outside. Dull black glaze, ... June 1937 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13673: Saucer

Complete save for small piece of floor and chips. High ring foot; flaring floor; double-rilled rim, slightly down-turned. Micaceous orange-pink clay; remains of poor red glaze on floor only. Finished ... June 1937 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13674: Black Glaze Lekane

Fragments of rim and wall missing; restored in plaster. Foot chipped. Deep bowl with steep slightly curving wall and narrow down-turned rim. Heavy ring foot with echinus profile; beneath, a broad resting ... June 1937 June 1938