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[Agora Object] I 6794: Marble Fragments

Inscribed fragments of stele. Decree related to the organization of the Eleusinian Mysteries (?). Opisthographic. Fragment Ω 1374 a), broken above and below and at the sides. Parts of both inscribed faces ... a) (Ω 1374) 16 July 1957 b) (ΠΑ 45) 13 March 1959 ... Fortification Wall Gate, concrete

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[Agora Object] P 23618: One-Handled Cup

About half preserved. Restored in plaster. Shallow open cup; raised base, slightly concave beneath; one band handle. Broad and narrow bands around lower wall; the rim, the handle outside and the edge ... 7 October 1953 ... Mycenaean Tomb under Valerian Wall east of Stoa Room 20 (ΣΑ 12) ... wall; the rim, the handle

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[Agora Object] S 1170: Draped Figure Fragment in Relief

Broken above; somewhat chipped; back flat. Against a roughly semicircular object, like an altar or column, a small human figure in high relief. He is draped with long tunic and a cloak fastened across ... 27 May 1939 ... Footing of Valerian Wall at north angle of wall and south tower.

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[Agora Object] A 1599: Column Shaft

Fragment finished with fine toothed chisel; unfluted. Small part of lower end preserved, upper end broken. Ionic column drum of same series as A 1597 (Ι 1357), Sounion series. Top preserved, bottom broken ... 1950 ... On Site-West of Late Roman Fortification Wall, on Panathenaic Way

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[Agora Object] A 825: Eaves Tile Fragment: Plastic and Painted

Broken at back and at right side. On the base of the sima an elaborate curving floral pattern in high relief, below, on the flat fascia, a maeander in red glaze. On soffit, a bead and reel in red. Red ... 10 March 1938 ... In original fill of Valerian Wall.

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[Agora Object] P 26632: Black Figure Amphora Fragments

Two panels: A: Fragments a, c, e, h. a) From right side of panel; lower part of male figure walking left in chlamys (dotted edge) away from a column, holding something. In field in front of him part ... 16, 25 July 1959 ... below. g) From lower wall

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[Agora Object] S 1010: Hero Relief Fragment

Top and back only preserved. Reclining bearded man, preserved to below hips, the upper part of his body nude; he holds a rhyton in his raised hand, in his right hand, held close to his chest, a bowl. Part ... 10 March 1938 ... Original fill of Valerian Wall.

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[Agora Object] A 2123: Ceiling Beam Fragment

Broken behind, below and at both ends. Bevel preserved at left end. Mason's letter Β partly preserved. Finished return at beveled end - no projection. Top picked smooth. Relieving surface 0.045m. along ... 1953 ... Exact provenience unknown, but probably from the Valerian Wall; cf. A 1379 (Ι

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[Agora Object] P 35003: Bowl Fragment: Later Corinthian Slip-coated Ware

Rim sherd of a flanged bowl with part of wall. Shape is a derivative of conspectus form 34 in Italian Sigillata or of Hayes, form 3 in (later) Çanderli Ware. Fabric comparable to that of Corinthian molded ... 2-4, 18-24 May 1939 ... Library destruction fills and Valerian Wall footing trench. Layer 12 ... Rim sherd of a flanged bowl with part of wall. Shape is a derivative of

[Agora Object] A 1379: Ceiling Beam Fragments

a) One original end remains, with rough-picked surface; the molding was mitred at the corner. The piece comes from a lateral beam at the edge of the ceiling and so is rough-picked on the back. The front ... 1948 ... From the Valerian Wall, removed in 1946.

[Agora Object] P 20991: Jar Fragment

About half the mouth and part of the shoulder preserved, mended from many pieces; surface much flaked. From a small three-handled jar; rounded shoulder; projecting rim; handle attachment preserved. Neck ... 29 July 1950 ... Cut between north stylobate of Square Building and "Valerian Wall", layer III, in

[Agora Object] A 2183: Ceiling Slab Fragments

a) Rib between coffer, with single astragal. Upper part broken away. Width, coffer to coffer, preserved, and height of coffer face on one side. Rabbet. Return of astragal preserved, but not intersection ... February 1953 ... from the Valerian Wall (A

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[Agora Object] A 2073: Capital Fragments: Ionic

Egg and dart fragments of large capital: a) parts of four eggs, b) parts of three eggs, c) parts of three eggs. From Stoa of Attalos. Pentelic marble. May 1954: The fragment A 2073 b), and many others ... 13 August 1952 ... Found in area of Stoa, chiefly in "Valerian Wall". Recorded 13 August 1952.

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[Agora Object] S 713: Relief

Broken at the back. A small block, smooth dressed at sides, top and below. In the top is a deep circular cutting, tapering slightly towards the bottom. At either side of the cutting, in the top, is a small ... 9 April 1936 ... Trial Trench 1, against Valerian Wall. Tile filled earth at west end: late Roman.

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[Agora Object] A 1491: Pilaster Capital Fragments

Fragments of capital from the Odeion, Colossal Figures series. The scheme of the capital is very similar to the pilaster caps of the Arch of Hadrian in Athens. Its attribution to the Giants is indicated ... 1949 ... remains of "Valerian Wall" in

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[Agora Object] S 1882: Draped Female Figure and Fragments: Aphrodite

a) Fragment showing folds of himation over left arm. Arm was inset and attached with a square dowel. b) Draped torso (?) fragment. On one face flat folds appropriate to himation on back of figure. This ... a)-c) (ΚΤΛ 375) November 1954 (Ι 1680) 1959 ... tower of the Valerian Wall ... also come from the Valerian Wall. The three fragments ... walls of the tower of Late Roman Fortification Wall at

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[Agora Object] A 2115: Perrirhanterion

Mended from many fragments. A shallow basin cut in one piece with a shaft square in section tapering toward the top. Weather traces show that the shaft had been set down ca. 0.07m. in its (missing) base ... 28 June 1950 ... From foundation of "Valerian Wall" at south end of Stoa of Attalos, along with

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[Agora Object] A 1595: Capital: Ionic

Lower edges of volutes broken away, otherwise in good condition and fresh. Note in place of eggs a cyma reversa and above this a taenia with fainted maeander. The crowning molding is an ovolo. The eyes ... May 1950 ... Removed from east face of Valerian wall at south end of Library of

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[Agora Object] A 818: Lintel Block Fragments: Painted

Seven fragments, making up to four: a) Two joining fragments preserve full height of block and left end of block, part of bracket and of coffer. b) Two joining fragments preserve part of fascia below face ... 10 March 1938 ... Original fill of Valerian Wall ... it the side wall of the ... bit. Coffer: The side walls