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Fragment from the rim of a Late Roman B bowl with steep wall. Broad projecting rim, nearly flat on top, the surface covered with wavy rouletting.
Hard dark red clay; firm red glaze. Building A, room ... 20 June 1947 |
Ring foot and lower wall only preserved; from a heavy-walled skyphos, the sides drawn in sharply towards the bottom.
Incised inside foot:
Black glaze inside and out, almost entirely peeled. The space ... 30 July 1947 |
Late Roman A plate. Mended from many pieces; about half preserved. Typical broad-floored plate. Beneath, a single very fine ring marks off the lower edge of the wall, which serves as resting surface, from ... July 1947 |
Single fragment preserves mouth, handle and part of upper body.
Graffito at base of handle:
Micaceous gray-black clay. Well, container 18. 1080 Leica ... July 1947 |
A single fragment, broken all around, probably from the shoulder of a large amphora.
Dipinto in black:
Dark red clay. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block VIII (Late 1st.-2nd. c. A.D.). Well, ... July 1947 |
A single large fragment preserves the neck and shoulder, with one handle and the stubs of the other. Tall lightly wheel-ridged neck; rolled rim; sloping shoulder. Handles from well below rim to top of ... July 1947 |
Four joining fragments preserve the profile complete, with about half the rim and all of the foot. Restored in plaster. Open bowl with ring foot, sloping floor and plain rim, nearly vertical. Two horizontal ... July 1947 |
Fragment from rim and wall of a semi-glazed krater. Thin black glaze inside and on rim; a thin red band outside above the handle attachment.
Inscribed on the wall inside, in two lines, the first erased: ... 9 August 1947 |
| Mouth and handle missing; minor chips. Foot in two degrees; on the shoulder double rays; double row of dots above scene. On the body, quadriga right. Behind the horses, one standing with a harp; and another ... 13 August 1947 |
The mouth and handle missing, and minor chips; the upper body mended from several pieces. Similar to P 18502 (ΟΟ 365), but somewhat smaller and the incision somewhat more careful. The figure in front of ... 13 August 1947 |
The mouth missing. The foot in a single degree; on the shoulder, tongues and blobs; on the body, three palmettes, separated by long petals. No clear remains of added color. Bothros of Agonippos. 1100 Leica, ... 13 August 1947 |
| Three joining fragments preserve about half, including one handle and all of foot. Low disk foot with a depression at its center; vertical rim, inset. Black for the rim, on the outside of the handle, and ... 8 August 1947 |
| Fragment from the wall of a large closed pot, broken all around. Part of a face with a large eye, right, and part of the forehead hair. Rosette in front of face, then part of wing(?) of siren.
Added red ... 20 October 1947 |
Mouth, neck and handle missing. Sloping shoulder, forming an angle with the straight side wall; flat bottom. The side wall glazed, the shoulder reserved and decorated with blobs. Pit in bedrock. 1110 Leica, ... 21 October 1947 |
| A single fragment, brοken all around. Part of one of the columns is preserved, with the inscription painted alongside it: Σ Η Late Roman fill. Leica ... October 1947 |
Fragment from the wall of a bell krater, preserving part of a draped figure and part of a staff. The drawing glaze has fired black; the background glaze, and the glaze on the interior, red. Late Roman ... October 1947 |
| The ring foot and center of the floor preserved. In the medallion, framed by two raised rings, a male head, left; the hair cropped short, the ears prominent.
Light brown to pinkish-buff clay; rather ... 22 October 1947 |
Shoulder fragment from sizable cup or bowl, with inset neck. Two nicked bands at shoulder; below, on side wall, ends of deeply incised lines.
Thin fine fabric, red-brown at surface, gray at core; unglazed ... 5 July 1947 |
| Fragment of ring foot and lower wall of a closed pot. Of relief decoration only lower ends of roughly vertical lines in applied clay preserved.
Pinkish-buff clay with traces of red wash on sides. Under ... 5 July 1947 |
| Part of foot and floor of a Sigillata bowl. Flaring ring foot, neatly profiled on underside. Rounded wall. In the center of the floor a small oval stamp with a raised line down its center and traces of ... 1947 |
| About half of neck reserved. Break for lower handle attachment at lower left. Part of helmet and high white crest right, preserved. At left, just to right of black panel under handle and just above break, ... 7 May 1947 |
| Small piece from shoulder preserving part of cock, left, and of spear and hand of Athena.
Incision for details of cock and of hand. Hand in added white; traces of white spots on cock, and of red for his ... 1947 |
| Rim fragment from a very large brazier; edge at top broken away; face missing. Lug with bearded head. A thick curl on either side of the head; finer lines above for hair. Large egg and dart moulding on ... 8 April 1947 |
Fragment from rim and wall of bell krater. Below rim, egg pattern, set off by a groove at top and bottom. On inside two reserved lines.
Inscribed in white, near upper edge of wall: Ν Ι Κ Ι Α Σ
Firm ... 19 April 1947 |
Three joining fragments give part of neck and wall with trace of handle attachment. Nicked band at base of neck; broad grooved X's and verticals on shoulder; then a band of stamped eggs; and below, inverted ... October 1947 |
| Fragment from shoulder of oinochoe. Bit of ribbing preserved at right. Part of a branch, with a disk on a handle to right of branch and a bit of undetermined object to left.
Glaze fired chocolate brown; ... 22 April 1947 |
| Rim fragment from small straight-sided bowl; thickened rim, roughly rounded outside; a ridge beneath it. Part of a seated and a standing figure; uncertain representation.
Orange-buff clay; matte orange-red ... 27 June 1947 |
Wall fragment from a mould-made cyclindrical jug; joint surface preserved at right. At top, a trace of the shoulder. On the wall, head facing, body three-quarters right, a goat-legged Pan; in his left ... 31 March 1948 |
Three joining fragments preserve part of side from center of bottom to below lip. Restored in plaster. Medallion with square-ended petals within a broad scraped groove. Above, a double row of rather large ... 14 April 1948 |
Fragment from floor of a flat-bottomed Sigillata bowl; the bottom set off by a groove; the start of the flaring side preserved. Band of sharp grooves and light rouletting around edge of floor; foot-shaped ... 27 April 1948 |
Two joining fragments from corner of curved pan tile.
Right end of two lines of graffito preserved:
Pinkish-buff clay; red to brown glaze on concave surface. Poros Building on floor; Room 2 at east; ... 28 April 1948 |
Fragment from the center of floor of a Sigillata bowl or plate.
Signature in planta pedis.
Light brown clay; sealing wax red glaze. Early Roman fill. Box 161. 1054 Leica PD 1172-7 ... 28 June 1947 |
| Small piece with part of neck, shoulder and shield of Athena. Athena to left, the aegis worn diagonally from her shoulder. Added red for dots on rim of shield; white for neck and two bands of dots on drapery ... 19 April 1948 |
| Fragment from wall of bowl with flat-topped projecting rim. On top of rim, running dog pattern. On wall, parts of two sirens, left; the single head preserved facing back right. Incised rosette in field ... 19 April 1948 |
From a one-handled water jar.
Graffito (number?) incomplete at left:
Unglazed red-brown micaceous clay.
Cf. P 17591, P 17749, P 17885, P 18244, P 18432. Trench along East side of court in House D ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
| Small fragment from shoulder. Upper border, encircled palmettes; below, head and wings of Nike, left, the wing tips encroaching on the border. Firm white with brown over-painting for the figure's face ... 1 October 1947 |
From the floor of a black glazed plate decorated with stamped palmettes and rouletting.
Incised on the underside:
Firm rather dull glaze inside and out. Late Roman fill. Leica PD 1133-23(F 188) ... 7 October 1947 |
| Four joining fragments preserve part of the body at the shoulder. Head and shoulders of Athena, left, with her aegis, the top of her shield and the tops of the columns with cocks on either side. White ... 17 October 1947 |
Handle and part of wall of a micaceous one-handled jug.
Scratched just below the handle:
Brown fabric black on the surface. Late Roman-early Byz. fill over house C. Leica ... 26 March 1947 |
| From the lower side wall, with variegated ornament: kantharos, mask, tendril, and tip of pointed leaves below. Roman fill on bedrock; 6th.-7th. c. A.D. Leica, 99-22-10(11), 99-22-12 ... 18 April 1947 |
A roughly semi-circular object with a crescent at one side. The other finished with a hoof-shaped surface. Pierced cross-wise through the hoof.
Surface flaked on one side; smooth buff surface, somewhat ... 1 April 1947 |
A small nude figure, being held by another figure, probably seated. Of the latter only the left hand and a bit of drapery below the hand of the child remain.
Broken all around.
No traces of color.
Pinkish-buff ... 18 April 1947 |
| Homer A. Thompson ... A report on the activities in the Athenian Agora during the period May 1947 to April 1948. The 1947 excavation lasted from March 10 to November 1. The efforts were concentrated on completing the exploration ... 10 Mar-1 Nov 1947 |
| Margaret Crosby ... Work in Section ΟΟ was concentrated on the east and west ends of the north side of the section: parts of the ancient east-west street were explored; ca 20 meters of the Great Drain was clearly exposed; ... 8 Mar-26 Apr 1948 |
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