"Icon","dc-subject","dc-description","dc-publisher","dc-creator","UserLevel","Id","Type","Collection","Name","Chronology","Redirect","dc-title","dc-date"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0036::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0036.jpg::104::150","","A group of closed deposits, ranging in date from the 1st century B.C. to the early 7th century A.D., provide evidence for the relative and absolute chronology of pottery used during many centuries of Roman domination—from the sack of Athens by Sulla in 86 B.C. to the Byzantine period. A descriptive catalogue divides the pottery into eight groups, arranged into chronologically differentiated layers. Prefacing the catalogue of each group, a brief general description gives the location, chronological limitations, basis for dating, etc., and then the individual items are described in considerable detail.","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Robinson, H. S.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 5","Publication","Agora","Agora V","","","Pottery of the Roman Period: Chronology","1959"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0037::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0037.jpg::104::150","","The volume contains a short introduction, a classification by types, a critical catalogue, a register of the dated contexts, concordances and indexes, and an excursus by T. B. L. Webster on the theatrical figurines. Nearly half of the 1,100 items are illustrated with photographs. The subjects of the (mostly fragmentary) figurines are revealing. To the Greek deities of earlier times are added Oriental figures like Serapis, Isis, Harpokrates, Attis, as well as Egyptian priests and Asiatic dancers. The molded “plastic” lamps that are included in this volume were probably made in the same workshops as the figurines.","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Grandjouan, C.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 6","Publication","Agora","Agora VI","","","Terracottas and Plastic Lamps of the Roman Period","1961"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0038::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0038.jpg::104::150","","Nearly 3,000 specimens of lamps of “Roman” character are catalogued in this volume that covers the period from the 1st century B.C. to the 8th century A.D. The lamps are not easy to classify because the appearance of the clay used is not an infallible guide to the place of manufacture and the molds used to create the shapes were used widely around the Mediterranean. Terracotta lamps were probably made for local consumption in most cities of Greece; only a few centers, notably Athens and Corinth, developed an export trade capable of competing with local manufacturers. Since lamps from Athens do appear at other sites, the presentation of a well-dated sample of these finds provides useful reference material for scholars working at other sites.","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Perlzweig, J.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 7","Publication","Agora","Agora VII","","","Lamps of the Roman Period: First to Seventh Century after Christ","1961"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0040::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0040.jpg::200::267","","The first part of this book deals with weights (14 bronze, 109-111 lead, 28 stone) and measures (75 dry, 28-31 liquid). Although humble objects, the detailed study of these everyday items provides archaeological evidence for substantial changes in weight standards at different times in Athenian history. This reinforces literary evidence for a highly centralized bureaucracy controlling trade and commerce. In the second part of the book, Crosby catalogues and discusses some 900 lead and 46 clay tokens uncovered during the Agora excavations. The bulk of the lead material dates from the Roman period, while all the clay pieces belong to the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd centuries B.C. These tokens served diverse functions. Some were used as admission tickets for festivals and theater performances while others can be related to attendance at lawcourts or receipt of tax payments.","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Lang, M.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 10","Publication","Agora","Agora X","","","Weights, Measures and Tokens","1964"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0051::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0051.jpg::296::400","","Over 3,000 informal inscriptions scratched or painted on pottery, lamps, or other clay fragments have been found in the excavations of the Athenian Agora. In this volume, 859 of these graffiti and dipinti (representing those with sufficient content to be meaningful) are presented in catalogue and drawings. The texts consist of messages and lists, love names and curses, rough calculations, dedications, commercial and tax notations—in short, all manner of fascinating, all-too-human trivia. An introduction to each category defines the type, indicates special characteristics and suggests parallels, purpose, etc. Each example is illustrated in a line drawing with the exception of the tax notations (dipinti); in this case photographs seemed preferable owing to the fugitive medium and the run-on cursive forms. This skillful presentation of an important body of material contributes significantly to the study of informal Greek, especially in regard to letter forms and spelling, as well as to an understanding of the varying commercial practices in ancient Athens.","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Lang, M.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 21","Publication","Agora","Agora XXI","","","Graffiti and Dipinti","1976"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0062::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0062.jpg::104::150","","Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery generally termed terra sigillata found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume. These fine wares, like the other table wares of the first seven centuries A.D. discussed here, were all imported—a very different situation to earlier periods where Athens was known as a great ceramic-making center, and perhaps the result of mass destruction of potters’ workshops during the Sullan sack of 86 B.C. While the image of a demolished pottery industry is tragic, the consequent conglomeration of finewares from many parts of the Roman empire in one city makes the Athenian Agora a tremendous source of comparanda for archaeologists working all round the Mediterranean. Written by the world’s leading expert on Roman pottery, this huge catalogue illustrating and identifying multiple shapes and types of decoration will therefore be an essential reference book.","The American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Hayes, J.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 32","Publication","Agora","Agora XXXII","","","Roman Pottery: Fine-Ware Imports","2008"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0063::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0063.jpg::200::266","","This manuscript represents the third and final volume in the publication of the Hellenistic pottery unearthed by the American excavations in the Athenian Agora. The first installment (Agora XXII) was devoted to the moldmade bowls and the second (Agora XXIX) to the remainder of the fine ware. The third presents the plain wares, including household pottery, oil containers, and cooking pottery. In all, about 1,400 Hellenistic vessels in these categories have been entered into the excavation record, which are represented here in a catalogue of 847 objects. The study constructs a typology, based on both form and fabric, and a chronology for these ceramics, using the fact that many of the pieces were found in “closed contexts” like wells. Finally, the author discusses the possible functions of the ceramic shapes found, and uses them to reconstruct some of the domestic and industrial activities of Hellenistic Athenians. While it documents the pottery assemblage of one site, this book will be an essential reference tool for archaeologists around the Mediterranean.","The American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Rotroff, S.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 33","Publication","Agora","Agora XXXIII","","","Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares","2008"
"Agora:Image:2009.09.0064::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0064.jpg::104::150","","Greek and Roman glass from vessels of all sizes and shapes is discussed in this volume which presents 402 fragments of glass vessels excavated in the Athenian Agora. Only 36 pieces date to the Classical and Hellenistic periods, when the Agora was at the height of its importance, and just 15 are assigned to the 9th to 19th centuries. The remaining 350 are subdivided into four periods covering the Roman and Late Antique history of Athens: 86 B.C.-ca . A.D. 100, A.D. 100-267, A.D. 267-395, and A.D. 395-ca. 700. The fragments all have a findspot which allows the author to make some comments about the possible uses of the original vessels. The volume is divided into the following sections: history of the project, historical overview, important contexts, discussion of the catalogue by period and by shape, catalogue, deposit summaries, concordance. Most catalogues of ancient glass present pieces out of context, where function and date can only be guessed at. This volume, by publishing the main types of glass from a single site, provides richer contextual information and will thus be an essential reference work for archaeologists and specialists in ancient art.","The American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Weinberg, G.","","Agora:Publication:Agora 34","Publication","Agora","Agora XXXIV","","","Vessel Glass","2008"