[Agora Object] P 18309: Vessel Fragment: Ram's Head

Broken all around. One curling horn, with the ear and a little of the fleece preserved. Very hard dark gray clay with lustrous orange surface. Cf. P 25609. ADDENDA Roman Knidian [JWH]. Well, box 2 ... 2 July 1947

[Agora Object] P 18310: Mold Fragment for Moldmade Bowl

Small piece from rim and wall. From a mold for a bowl with long petals, one jewelled to either side of three plain. Simple cable pattern below rim. N-S Trench II, south end, layer B. 193 Leica ... 1 July 1947

[Agora Object] P 18311: Storage Amphora

Mended from several pieces; complete except for a few fragments. Body tapers sharply to a small high collar-like foot set around the pointed end of the jar. Neck broad below, narrowing above, to small ... 24 June 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18314: Bowl Fragment with Relief Medallion: Emblema of Augustus

A single fragment preserves the center of the floor, with a very low base ring. Inside, within a moulded ring, a male head, Augustus, laurel-wreathed, right, in fairly high relief. Outside, around the ... 8 July 1947

[Agora Object] P 18315: Black Glaze Footed Pyxis Fragment

A single fragment preserves part of the horizontal flange at the bottom of the pot and of the vertical wall, with one of the feet, a lion's claw. Pinkish-buff clay; fairly firm metallic black glaze ... 12 July 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18316: Vessel Fragment with Relief Decoration

A handle, one end broken off. Flat rather narrow handle wider at its corners than at the attachment to the bowl. Within a raised frame, smudged relief decoration: rosettes and tendrils. On the frame, white ... 12 July 1947

[Agora Object] P 18366: Amphora Fragment with Graffito

Lip, neck, both handles and part of shoulder preserved. Broad-bodied amphora with heavy arched ribbed handles to below rim. Rim flat on top, projecting; set off from neck by sharp grooves and ridges. ... 18 July 1947

[Agora Object] P 18368: Amphora Fragment with Graffito

About half the upper part of the neck, with the top of one handle, preserved. Projecting rim, flat on top, and with a sharp ridge below it. Heavy arched handle, grooved on the top. Incised on one side ... 18 July 1947

[Agora Object] P 18385: Black Figure Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Fragment from wall, preserving part of column, with inscription beside it. At the left edge of the fragment, the glazed band bordering the panel; at the right, a curving line of incision. Light red clay; ... 24 July 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18438: Bowl Fragment

Piece from side with a little of the rim. A male figure, with a long club over his left shoulder, and wearing a skin(?) over his left side, leads a sheep towards a small altar at the right of the fragment ... 28 July 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18441: Bowl Fragment with Maker's Stamp

A single fragment preserves the neat ring foot and the start of the rounded walls of a small bowl. On the center of the floor, within concentric grooves, a rectangular stamp. Hard, somewhat micaceous ... 30 July 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18442: Pot

Mended from several pieces; part of the rim and sides missing; a hole through the bottom, from which something has been broken away: the base of the pot, or the attachment to something else? Round-bodied ... 28 July 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18445: Vessel Stand (Thymiaterion?) Fragment with Molded Decoration

Broken above and below. A fluted stand, flaring towards the bottom, supports a disk with moulded edges. On the top of the disk a little of the vertical pot wall is preserved. The downturned edge of the ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18446: Moldmade Bowl on Stand

The floor of the bowl preserved, and part of the base. Round-bodied bowl, suggesting a Megarian bowl, set on a neatly profiled flaring foot. The exterior is decorated with pairs of vertical wavy lines ... 2 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18450: Vessel Fragment

Mended from several pieces; from the shoulder of a vase, or perhaps from a lid. Surface chipped, and considerably incrusted. Erotic symplegma. Light red clay; purplish-red glaze. Mold made. ADDENDA ... 5 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18452: Krater Fragment: Gray Ware

Shoulder fragment with the attachment of one handle, from a large pot, krater? On the shoulder, in high relief, egg and dart. The end of the handle is finished with a small rotelle. Gray clay; dull gray ... 5 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18454: Kantharos Fragment

Rim and wall fragment. Decoration in added white on black, and dilute glaze on reserved areas, the two alternating to form the patterns. Decoration, from the lip down: On the lip, black tongues; then a ... 6 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18455: Kantharos: West Slope

Small pieces from wall and rim missing; mended from many fragments. High ring foot; band handles with satyr-mask thumb-rests. Wreath in thinned clay paint around upper wall. Firm black glaze, rather ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18456: Black Glaze Kantharos

Mended from several pieces; a few small fragments of wall missing. Slender type; high conical foot, moulded in two degrees. Spurred handles, from the lip. Dull black to red glaze, somewhat peeled; a ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18457: Kantharos: West Slope

Mended from several pieces; the base missing, one handle, and parts of the wall. Scraped groove at junction of upper and lower bodies; band handle with ivy leaf thumb-rest; ivy wreath in dilute clay paint, ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18458: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; fragment of rim and side missing. Saucer on ring foot; flat floor rising at the sides. Projecting double-grooved rim, horizontal. Smeary black glaze on the floor only. Finished ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18459: Saucer

Several joining fragments, and two non-joining, preserve the profile to near the center of the floor, and rather more than half the rim. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; wall rises only slightly. Rim thickened; ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18460: Saucer

Mended from four pieces. Complete. Flat bottom, left rough; plain rim. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-ΠΠ 259) are similar. Buff clay, unglazed. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83, 91-35-29 PD 2611-36 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18461: Saucer

Mended frοm three pieces; small bit of floor and of rim missing. Restored in plaster. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-Π 259) are similar. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18462: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; parts of rim and a small bit of floor missing. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-ΠΠ 259) are similar. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18463: Saucer

Mended from three pieces; parts of rim missing. Restored in plaster. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-ΠΠ 259) are similar. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18464: Saucer

Mended from four pieces; chip of rim missing. Flat bottom, left rough; sides rise slightly to plain rim. Similar to series P 18460 (ΠΠ 256) but somewhat larger and the fabric heavier. Finished Grave = ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18467: Saucer

Mended from many pieces; two fragments of rim missing. Similar to P 18465-P 18467 (ΠΠ 261-ΠΠ 263). Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18468: Lekanis with Lid

Pyxis and lid both mended, but complete. Deep pot with raised base left rough beneath; projecting rim, flanged inside to hold the lid. Plain domed lid, finished with a large knob, flat on top. Buff clay, ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18469: Pot

Mended from many pieces; chip from rim and small fragments of body missing. Round-bodied pot with wide mouth and plain slightly out-turned rim. Band handle, rising, from rim to shoulder. Cooking pot shape ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18470: Pot

Mended from many pieces; several fragments missing from body. Shape and fabric as P 18469 (ΠΠ 265). ADDENDA P 18469: Round-bodied pot with wide mouth and plain slightly out-turned rim. Band handle, rising, ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18471: Pitcher

Mended from several pieces; about one-third missing at the back, including the handle except for the lower attachment. Restored in plaster. Eggy body on low flat base; wide neck; round mouth finished with ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18472: Unguentarium

Mended from many pieces; about half the body missing, and much of the neck; the lip fragment does not join. Plump type, on neatly made foot. Fine red clay, gray at surfaces. Decoration in purple and white ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18473: Plate

Mended from several pieces; a large piece of the floor missing. Small flattened resting surface, left round; gently sloping floor with wheel ridges towards the top. Ribbon handles, attached at the rim ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18474: Plate

Mended from several pieces; two small fragments of floor missing. Similar to P 18473 (ΠΠ 271). No clear remains of white at the rim, but traces at the center of the floor of concentric glazed and reserved ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18475: Casserole with Lid

Lid and pot mended from several pieces; a small piece missing from the edge of the lid, and chips from rim and floor of pot. Open pot on low raised base; flaring rim flanged inside to hold the lid; single ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18476: Casserole with Lid

Lid and pot mended from several pieces; small bit missing from lid; and minor chips. Similar to P 18475 (ΠΠ 271). ADDENDA P 18475: Open pot on low raised base; flaring rim flanged inside to hold the lid; ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18477: Black Glaze Kantharos Fragment with Relief Decoration: Ribbed

The center of the floor and part of the lower wall preserved. Small concave base, set off by a broad scraped groove. The wall outside lightly ribbed by grooves in groups of four. Inside, on the center ... 8 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18478: Bowl Fragment with Relief Medallion: West Slope

Mended from two pieces; the center of the floor and part of the walls preserved. Simulated ring foot formed by the continuation of the steeply sloping walls; two grooves above it. On the floor a relief ... 7 August 1947

[Agora Object] T 2353: Mold Fragment

From one side of a heavy mould, apparently from a plaque of shallow relief, with the curving rim of the mold preserved. Byzantine fill at S.E. corner of section. Leica ... 30 April 1947

[Agora Object] T 2354: Seated Draped Figurine Fragment

Preserved from neck to knee, holding a square tablet on the lap. The tablet inscribed: A Late Roman type. Traces of white. Pinkish clay. Byzantine fill at south side. Leica ... 3 May 1947

[Agora Object] T 2355: Mold Fragment for Mask

The top of what looks to have been a mask-like object, with a suspension hole at top. Preserved is only a projecting dome, with a sunflower-rosette in relief in center, on a thick stalk. Unglazed. Orange ... 3 May 1947

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[Agora Report] 1947 ΠΠ: Section ΠΠ 1947 Season Preliminary Report

Arthur W. Parsons Margaret Crosby ... The early part of the excavation season in Section ΠΠ was concerned almost exclusively with the removal of the Asteroskopiou Street, a road going back to the 1st or 2nd century A.D. The work of the remainder ... 28 Apr-11 Aug 1947