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[Agora Object] P 19251: Red Figure Lekanis Fragment

Broad band handle; one attachment preserved. Lower edge of handle rounded; the upper flattened, reserved and decorated with a large egg pattern in black, the hearts of the eggs in added clay with traces ... 7 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19252: Ostrakon of Hippokrates Alkmeonidou Alopekethen

Handle from a plain amphora. Incised on outside. Pinkish-buff clay, unglazed. N-S Trench XI, LR fill. 1229 Leica ... 7 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19255: Vessel: Cooking Ware

Mended from many pieces to give the mouth and neck almost complete, much of the body to slightly below its greatest circumference, one handle and part of the other. A non-joining fragment gives a little ... 26 March 1948

[Agora Object] P 19259: Black Glaze Cup Kantharos

A single fragment preserves about half the body, and part of the rim with parts of both handles joining. Base broken off. Deep body with rounded shoulder and walls tapering sharply to base. High flaring ... 7 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19263: Bowl: Type D

Intact except for small chips. Low ring foot with broad resting surface. Thickened rim incurved. Pinkish-buff clay; red glaze fired over all except reserved resting surface and broad band at junction ... 7 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19266: Vessel Fragment with Paint Decoration

Curved shoulder piece from a small hydria? Decoration in matte paint: horizontal bands of red, black and white and vertical pattern of groups of two and three leaves, in red. Thin fabric with white bits; ... 7 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19267: Bowl with Relief Medallion

Several pieces preserve floor and about half of wall and rim. Very low ring foot; gently curving walls, plain rim. On floor a raised medallion: within a single groove, profile bust of Augustus with fillet, ... 12 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19268: Plate with Rouletting

Four joining fragments preserve ring foot and most of floor with section of rim. Broad, very low ring foot with profile to rim curved on outside and moulded inside. Two single circles of rouletting near ... 12 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19272: Red Figure Lekanis Lid Fragment

Fragment from top. Eros, right, holding out a mirror to a seated woman who is putting on her necklace. The woman's dress has an embroidered bodice, and groups of dots on the skirt. The chain and pendents ... 14 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19274: Cup: Brittle Ware

Several joining fragments give nearly half the rim, with one handle and part of the wall; one small piece from lower wall does not join. Nothing of the foot remains. Plump round-bodied cup, the wall drawn ... 13 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19275: Beaker: Barbotine Brittle Ware

Three fragments from a deep cup with steep, slightly bulging sides and low vertical rim set off by a broad groove. The walls decorated with large overlapping petals, in applied relief, the petals oval ... 13 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19276: Tray Fragment with Molded Decoration

Small fragment of flat projecting rim from a large plate. Animals in low relief on the rim: a lion facing a large hunting dog; traces of other animals to either side. Raised band, nicked, around outer ... 13 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19278: Bowl Fragment with Maker's Stamp

The ring foot and floor of a small steep-walled bowl. Broad resting surface; the foot neatly moulded beneath, a wheel run groove around the upper edge outside. Around the outer edge of the floor two fine ... 13 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19376: Situla Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve part of rim curve with attachments for mask beneath and two intertwined links, one of which is a bird's head or beak, on the top. Coarse pink clay; remains of light cream ... 21 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19377: Kantharos Fragment with Paint and Molded Decoration

Several joining fragments preserve part of the wall, shoulder, neck and rim. The lower part mold made; the rounded shoulder, neck and rim wheel made. Short wide neck with round mouth; flaring rim grooved ... 21 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19430: Moldmade Bowl Fragment

One fragment preserves center of floor and much of the high flaring foot. Moulded rosette surrounded by a ring of beads on underside within foot. The beginnings of the outside wall show petals. Megarian ... March 1948

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[Agora Object] P 18559: Lekanis Lid

Part of one side missing, and chips from the knob. Lid from a very small lekanis; downturned edge; stemmed knob with disk top, a small conical depression at its center, and the edge turned up. On the disk ... 11 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18562: Plastic Attachment: Head

Fragment of rim, with plain out-turned lip, and top part of wide band handle, attached just below rim. On the top of the handle, head in high relief, the features Negroid, the head turned to its left ... 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

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[Agora Report] 1948 Excavations: Report on the Agora Excavations May, 1947-April, 1948

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