[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_popular_courts.html

The Popular Courts The popular courts, with juries of no fewer than 201 jurors and as many as 2,500, heard a variety of cases. The courts also had an important constitutional role in wielding ultimate ... Birth of Democracy: The Popular Courts

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[Corinth Object] MF 2004 3: GLASS UNGUENTARIUM WITH CONSTRICTION

Tubular unguentarium with round bottom, ovoid body (max diam. below median of body), constriction at junction with neck (located 0.054 from bottom, diam. of constriction 0.011), cylindrical neck splays ... Based on shape: Isings dates form 8 to 1st c. A.C., perhaps as late as 2nd c. A.C ... Minor Finds

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[Corinth Object] MF 2005 17: BRONZE FINGER RING

Bronze finger ring, cast, with narrow band tapering to a point at each end and widening toward the bezel, which is an elongated oval, flat on the inner surface and slightly convex on the outer surface ... Dated 2nd or 3rd c. AC based on parallel ... Diam. of bezel gem 0.003 ... Diam. of band 0.024

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[Corinth Object] MF 2007 23: BROAD RIMMED GLASS PLATE

Horizontal rim with slight upward slope. Thickened lip, convex ridge at junction of rim and carinated wall. Flat sloping floor, base unknown but perhaps had high base ring. Cf. Agora XXXIV, p.119, no.159 ... [1st c AD-2nd c AD] based on parallel ... junction of rim and carinated ... at the junction of rim and ... Glass, clear colorless, pale greenish tinge.

[Corinth Object] MF 9341: LINEAR CUT CAST GLASS BOWL

Deep bowl. Slight flare at neck, rounded rim. Cylindrical body. Base unknown. Grose Group D. Interior: 0.001 wide groove 0.007 below lip (can be felt from exterior). 0.045 below lip, band (0.09 tall) ... possibly as early as 1st half 1st cent BC. Cf. Agora XXXIV #60. Closest Corinth parallel Corinth XII #587 ... LINEAR CUT CAST GLASS BOWL

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[Corinth Object] MF 3526: ROMAN GLASS BOWL WITH WHEEL-CUT DECORATION

Hemispherical bowl with round bottom, globular body, concave vertical rim, round lip. See Le Verre d'epoque romaine, ch. 49, N205-6 (2nd half 2nd-beginning 3rd c.). According to Corinth XII, found with ... 150-early 3rd c. A.C. Context: 1st half 3rd c. ? ... East Side of Corinth

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[Corinth Object] MF 14158: CERAMIC BASIN WITH GLASSY SLAG

Glassy side mostly smooth with some slight convexity. Ceramic underside very rough. Line of vitreous material protrudes through the ceramic bed along long side of the piece. Dark blueish-green glassy ... 1938/02/08 ... rough. Line of vitreous ... ceramic bed along long side of

[Corinth Basket] Nezi Field, context 637: White clay layer

Deposit 1106 637 0 Small clay pellets, small stones, small tile fragments, bones. Fifteen percent inclusions. The soil color is light greyish white. The soil compaction is firm. The soil is moderately ... late 17th-early 18th centuries ... excavation of the large fill in the eastern part of our ... good advice of our trusty ... glass clear blue, bs, 1; iron, nail, 3