[Agora Object] P 9684: Plemochoe Fragment

From a large kernos similar to P 9683 (ΙΙ 110). Fragment preserves about one-third of upper wall and rim, one handle, and about half of keel. Upper wall nearly straight, finished with small flat lip. ... 20-22 March 1937 ... From a large kernos similar to P 9683 (ΙΙ 110). Fragment preserves about

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[Agora Object] P 12140: Plemochoe

Most of lip and handles missing. Foot proportionately higher than P 12139 (ΙΙ 308), lip higher and less flaring. Normal piercing. Gritty pinkish-buff clay, micaceous; friable dull red glaze, much worn ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 12481: Plemochoe

Intact except for chips. Small kernos on flaring base flat beneath. Narrow flange with two sharply projecting ribbon handles, the loop providing a piercing. Rather high upper body, with shallow angular ... 18 April 1938 ... Intact except for chips. Small kernos on flaring base flat beneath. Narrow flange

[Agora Object] P 12149: Plemochoe

Fragments of upper wall and keel and both handles missing. Shape much like P 12148 (ΙΙ 317), but body still more elongated and keel distinguished from wall below. Unpierced, apparently. Buff clay, gray ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] IL 591: Lead Tickets

Twenty-one long, narrow, flat, rectangular strips, twelve with a tab at the side, (one bent over), nine slightly shorter, without tabs. All stamped at the middle with a small circular stamp: a kernos, ... 14 May 1937 ... a kernos, from which

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[Agora Object] P 12291: Plemochoe

One handle, chips from foot and lip missing. Small flat foot with fairly high thick stem. Upper wall fairly angular, mouth wide, with widely flaring lip. A single piercing at each handle. Pinkish-buff ... 24 March 1938 ... Bottom of kernos pit 1.

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[Agora Object] IL 646: Lead Token

Obverse: a lidded biconical vase (kernos ?) with a vertical branch on either side, through the handles. Reverse: plain. Cf. Money of Eleusis issued in name of Athens, cf. Svoronos (1923), pl. 104, no ... 22 February 1938 ... Obverse: a lidded biconical vase (kernos ?) with a vertical branch on either side,

[Agora Object] P 10725: Plemochoe

Single kernos on ring foot. All of lip, and about three-quarters of bowl and of projecting flange missing, and chip from foot. Soft pinkish clay with small black bits in it; no white. Pieces of another ... 13 June 1937 ... Single kernos on ring foot. All of lip, and about three-quarters of bowl and of

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1091

Fragment; part of rim and floor. Rounded rim and sloping floor. Glazed all over. This piece may have had a high flaring stand; for the general proportions see the stemmed dish 957, Pl. 35 and the kernos ... 425-400 B.C ... the kernos 1364, Pl. 44;

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[Agora Object] P 12141: Plemochoe

Most of lip and part of upper wall, both handles missing. Similar to P 12140 (ΙΙ 309), but smaller. Foot proportionately heavier, mouth wider, body slightly squatter. Piercing normal. Pinkish-buff clay; ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 12139: Plemochoe

Part of lip, keel and foot missing. Plain flaring foot, concave below; medium squat body, wide sharply flaring lip. Piercing of keel is normal: two holes at each handle. Fine clay, pinkish to buff, unglazed ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 12150: Plemochoe

Parts of lip and upper wall, and both handles missing. Foot more convex profile; body more elongated than any previous example; lip slightly more flaring than P 12149 (ΙΙ 318). Normal piercing. Soft ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 12416: Plemochoe Fragment

Fragment preserving part of upper and lower walls and one handle. Upper wall divided into two zones by a horizontal rim, and decorated with leaf-shaped cut-outs and small deeply impressed holes. Single ... 19-20 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 2.

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[Agora Image] 2007.04.0024

Pyre. Deposit H 13:2. From left to right: kernos, P 24020; saucer, P 24021; black glaze one-handler fragment, P 24215. plate, P 24022, at the back ... Craig Mauzy ... S. Roftroff. Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 ... Pyre. Deposit H 13:2. From left to right: kernos, P 24020; saucer, P 24021;

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[Agora Notebook Page] Β-6-63 (pp. 1101-1102)

Well at 15/ΛΔ. Well. List of Objects. Pottery; Noteworthy Pieces. Official Measures. Red Figures. Panathenaic Amphorae. West Slope. Sherd With Applied Relief; West Slope. Kernos. Pottery; General, Inclusive ... Β-6 1101, 1102 P 3497 P 3559 P 3562 P 6060 P 6061 P 3506 P 3781 P 3556 P 4417 P 3557 P 3782 P 4439 P 4464 P 4465 P 4438 P 4440 P 4418 P 4419 P 4420 P 4421 P 3499 P 3500 P 3501 P 3502 P 3503 P 3504 P 3507 ... Kernos

[Agora Object] P 22784: Lid Fragment

[Originally identified as kernos fragment.] A single fragment preserves part of the foot, with the stem, and part of the lower body. Traces of attachment of upper body; the horizontal flange nearly all ... 28 April 1952 ... [Originally identified as kernos fragment.] A single fragment preserves part

[Agora Object] P 12993: Plemochoe

The rim, one handle, part of the upper wall and chips from the flange missing. Stemmed kernos on a spreading foot, hollow beneath. Shallow lower body, keeled where it meets the domed upper part. The rim ... 26 May 1938 ... missing. Stemmed kernos on a

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[Agora Deposit] R 13:7: Disturbed Pyre in Northeast Stoa Area

Disturbed pyre in NE stoa area. In western room of westernmost shop building. A patch of ash i or at the level of layer 2 (lot Ι 189d), partially destroyed by modern wall. Pottery from layer 2 dates ... 400-350? ... c. (kernos, no kantharoi

[Agora Object] P 12142: Plemochoe

Most of lip and upper wall, both handles missing. Similar to P 12141 (ΙΙ 310), but foot lower with deep groove on underside; upper wall proportionately higher and straighter. Piercing normal. Pinkish-buff ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 12144: Plemochoe

Most of lip, both handles and part of base missing. Foot concave below, a hint of moulding in its profile. Body about as P 12143 (ΙΙ 312), lip lower. Piercing normal. Fine pinkish-buff clay, some mica; ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 12146: Plemochoe

A fragment of upper wall and both handles missing. Foot more carefully profiled; body distinctly higher, lip a little less flaring than in most previous examples, piercing normal. Fine pinkish-buff clay; ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Notebook Page] Ζ-7-39 (pp. 1237-1238)

Well. Summary. Text. Photographs. Catalogue of Objects (In Two Parts). List of Containers. Coin. Pottery. Red Figured. Megarian Bowl. West Slope. Stamped Ware. Kernos. Graffiti. Lamps. Terracotta Mould ... Ζ-7 1237, 1238 P 1811 P 1812 P 1813 P 1814 P 1815 P 1816 P 1817 P 1818 P 1819 P 1820 P 1821 P 1822 P 1823 P 1824 P 1825 P 1826 P 1827 P 1828 P 1829 P 1830 P 1831 P 1832 P 1833 P 1834 P 1835 P 1836 P 1837 ... 21 Mar 1933 ... Kernos

[Agora Coin] N 68900

Athens ... Sv. 104.14--19. [Kleiner 1975, p. 321, pl. 75, no. 302.(M--N 15:1)] Demeter head right/ Kernos; symbol. Overstruck on Athens-Athena. Attic helmet right/owl with wings spread. Coin no. 1. Room 7, Layer ... ca. 224/3--198 B.C ... right/ Kernos; symbol.

[Agora Object] P 12151: Plemochoe Lid Fragment

Most of top broken away, but traces of open-work preserved. High, domed lid, with narrow horizontal rim, and deep vertical flange, inset. Fine, soft pinkish-buff clay; above coated with thick dull red ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 12423: Plemochoe Lid

About one-half preserved; something broken off from top of low knob. Deep domed lid with horizontal and vertical flanges. Two bands of cut-out decoration: triangles and rectangles, and a band of small ... 19-20 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 2.

[Agora Object] P 12145: Plemochoe

Most of foot, both handles and much of lip broken away. Body not very different from P 12144 (ΙΙ 313); upper wall slightly higher; foot very squat and heavy. A single hole pierced at each handle; only ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 12147: Plemochoe

Parts of lip, upper and lower walls and one handle missing. Foot moulded, but carelessly; body squatter than P 12146 (ΙΙ 315), lip thicker and much less flaring. Piercings in keel so widely spaced as to ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 22116: Black Glaze Bowl Fragment with Graffito

A single fragment preserves a little of the floor and much of the stem of a large black glazed bowl on a high slightly flaring stemmed base (kernos?). Inscribed around stem: Dull black glaze on floor ... 10 March 1952 ... stemmed base (kernos

[Agora Deposit] S 19:8: Well at 19/Λ

Well at 19/Λ. The bottom of this well contained a considerable quantity of dug bedrock which had fallen in before the well came into use; over this was a fill with oinochoae representing the POU. The presence ... 340-325 B.C ... kernos-nold suggests that the users

[Agora Object] P 12143: Plemochoe

Much of lip, including all the actual edge, broken away; both handles missing and much of foot. Foot is flat below and forms a wide sharp angle with the stem; piercing normal. Clay pinkish to buff, slightly ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 18744: Dish

Mended from four pieces; center of floor and chip from rim missing. Nearly flat floor; low sloping wall; rim flat on top and with a down-turned vertical face, sharply profiled and grooved. On the underside, ... May 1947 ... Thymiaterion or kernos? Fine hard

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[Agora Object] P 12148: Plemochoe with Glaze Decoration

One handle and chips missing. Foot flat below, edge rounded; keel not set off from lower wall; upper wall relatively straight, lip low and thick. Unpierced. Pinkish-buff clay partly fired light buff at ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 9683: Plemochoe

All of rim and mouth, most of upper walls and handles missing, and fragments of lower walls and base. Large kernos on flaring foot; the upper wall rounds inward above projecting flange, pierced with at ... 20-22 March 1937 ... Large kernos on flaring foot;

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[Agora Object] P 12132: Plemochoe

A chip missing beside one handle. Flaring foot, wheel-ridged on its top, concave beneath. High stem. Rounded body, with a narrow projecting flange at the point of greatest circumference. Two small horizontal ... 12-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under Valerian wall.

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[Agora Object] P 22962: Lid Fragment: West Slope

Broken all around. Probably from a heavy lid. A band of moulded egg and dart around center of fragment with decorated surfaces above and below. Above: a kernos in very heavy added clay with a branch through ... 1 April 1953 ... below. Above: a kernos in very

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[Agora Object] P 23833: Plemochoe Fragments

Fragment a) preserves part of the lower wall of the bowl, with a little of the horizontal flange and one handle. Fragment b) not certainly belonging, comes from a kernos of the same fabric and about the ... 12 April 1954 ... kernos of the same fabric and

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[Agora Object] P 12138: Plemochoe with Lid

Much of foot, both handles and about half of body broken away. High, hollow foot elaborately moulded, markedly angled shoulder above keel; lip grooved around outer edge, and flanged inside for lid. Keel ... 11-14 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 1, under west face of Valerian wall. 4th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 21370: Red Figure Skyphos Fragments

Two non-joining fragments from a skyphos, giving parts of rim and walls. Triptolemos' departure. a) Most of the central part of the scene is preserved. On the right, lower half of Triptolemos in the chariot, ... 31 May 1951 ... large kernos on a table(?); ... phiale, kernos and the

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[Agora Deposit] H 13:2: Pyre

Sacrificial Pyre = Pit in floor (identified as pyre by SIR); with the characteristic small plates and saucers. "Saucer Grave" at 12/ΚΑ. Dimensions: 2m (length)x 0.70 (width). North of north wall of building ... First half 4th c. B.C ... presence of a kernos are

[Agora Deposit] B 13:8: Well South of Kolonos Agoraios

A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX. Diameter 1.10m, water level 6.90m. Kernoi and many lead ... Ca. 325-260 B.C ... springing from a kernos make it

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[Agora Object] P 12293: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragments

From a small choe: a) Two joining fragments preserving part of upper wall and neck. b) Wall fragment. Preserved of the scene is the partly draped figure of a girl, seated right, driving by a dog in a ... 19 March 1938 ... Kernos pit 2.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1215

Single large fragment from top of lid. Dome divided into two zones by raised, reserved band with stamped egg and dart between grooves, with a ridge below. Above dividing band, a kernos sits on a mound, ... 350-300? ... Above dividing band, a kernos

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[Corinth Object] Z 1: MINIATURE BIRD VESSEL

A peculiar diminutive vase in the form of a bird with extended wings. The heavy stem through which an opening seems to have communicated with the interior of the pot, did not provide a vertical support, ... 0vase is part of a kernos

[Agora Lot] Σ 674: North of Circular Building; Narrow Trench

Lots Σ 668-671, 674, 675: 376 fine ware sherds and two five-gallon tins of coarse ware sherds, including the following: 3 red-figured; 7 oinochoai (for two, cf. Agora XII, no. 115/118; four, second half ... Late 5th c. B.C ... handler; miniature kernos

[Agora Lot] Σ 671: Narrow Trench. Part East of Late Pit

Lots Σ 668-671, 674, 675: 376 fine ware sherds and two five-gallon tins of coarse ware sherds, including the following: 3 red-figured; 7 oinochoai (for two, cf. Agora XII, no. 115/118; four, second half ... Late 5th c. B.C ... handler; miniature kernos

[Agora Lot] Σ 675: Martyr North/Northeast of Circular Building; Fill of Narrow Trench

Lots Σ 668-671, 674, 675: 376 fine ware sherds and two five-gallon tins of coarse ware sherds, including the following: 3 red-figured; 7 oinochoai (for two, cf. Agora XII, no. 115/118; four, second half ... Late 5th c. B.C ... handler; miniature kernos

[Agora Lot] Σ 668: Narrow Trench. Part NE of Circular Building

Black glazed and selected coarse. Lots Σ 668-671, 674, 675: 376 fine ware sherds and two five-gallon tins of coarse ware sherds, including the following: 3 red-figured; 7 oinochoai (for two, cf. Agora ... Late 5th c. B.C ... handler; miniature kernos

[Agora Lot] Σ 669: Narrow Trench. Part NE of Circular Building

Coarse. Lots Σ 668-671, 674, 675: 376 fine ware sherds and two five-gallon tins of coarse ware sherds, including the following: 3 red-figured; 7 oinochoai (for two, cf. Agora XII, no. 115/118; four, second ... Late 5th c. B.C ... handler; miniature kernos

[Agora Lot] Σ 670: Narrow Trench. Part NE of Circular Building

Coarse. Lots Σ 668-671, 674, 675: 376 fine ware sherds and two five-gallon tins of coarse ware sherds, including the following: 3 red-figured; 7 oinochoai (for two, cf. Agora XII, no. 115/118; four, second ... Late 5th c. B.C ... handler; miniature kernos

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 76, p. 53

Pausanias, 1.14.4. Triptolemos on Athenian Paintings. Triptolemos on Athenian Paintings; Athenian Vase Painting. Plato, Lg. 1.642D-E. RE 6, 1 (1907), s.v. Epimenides (O. Kern). H.A. Shapiro, Oracle-Mongers ... Agora 31 53 ... H.A. Shapiro, Oracle-Mongers in Peisistratid Athens, Kernos 3, 1990, pp. 337-345

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 7, s. 248, p. 232

Howland Type 53. Cistern. Lamps stands. Well. Pit. Laureion mines. Howland Type 54. Lead token. Leaf Shop. Howland Type 55. Howland Type 56. Lenaios. Howland Type 57. Leo-. Leonteus. Howland Type 58. Loeschcke ... Agora 7 232 D 4:1 D 11:1 E 14:7 Q 13:1 S 21:3 A 18:1 M 17:1 N 19:1 R 10:1 R 13:1 R 13:2 D 12:1 N 20:5 B 14:3 B 21:1 C 14:4 ... Kernos

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 11, p. xi

Select Bibliography and Abbreviations; General Works. Agora 1, Evelyn B. Harrison, Portrait Sculpture, 1953. Agora 3, R.E. Wycherley, Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia, 1957, reprinted 1973. Agora 4, ... Agora 31 xi ... Bakalakis, G., 1991, Les kernoi éleusiniens, Kernos 4, pp. 105-117

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 15, p. xv

Larson, J. 1995. Greek Heroine Cults, Madison. Laubscher, H. 1966. Skulpturen aus Tralles, IstMitt 16, pp. 115-129. Lauenstein, D. 1987. Die Mysterien von Eleusis, Stuttgart. Lauter, H. 1985. Der Kultplatz ... Agora 31 xv ... Linders, T. 1988. Kerchnos and Kerchnion-Not Kernos but Granulation, OpAth

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 14, p. xiv

Craft, F. 1974. Eleusis und die orphische Dichtung Athens in vorhellenistischer Zeit, Berlin. Graindor, P. 1927. Athènes sous Auguste, Cairo. Graindor, P. 1930. Un milliardaire antique: Hérode Atticus ... Agora 31 xiv ... Jones, J.E. 1982. Another Eleusinian Kernos from Laureion, BSA 77, pp. 191-199