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| Eugene Vanderpool ... After some years of excavations in the area around the Tholos and the Metroon, this report outlines the development and the history of this part of the Agora. Only the notebook pages from the 1938 excavation ... 1 Mar-6 Jul 1938 |
| Lower part of Tholos antefix and much of the carrying tile remain; the whole restored in plaster on the model of A 865 (Ζ 1541).
The tile is large and flat, expanding rapidly toward the back , channeled ... 22 April 1938 |
| Broken, but nearly complete. One long and one short joint tongue; rectangular clean-out hole.
Pale yellow clay with coarse grit; thin brown glaze on inside only. Finished From the drain of the kitchen ... 550-525 B.C. |
Fragments missing from disk, including most of edge.
Hollow axle.
The metal in very poor condition. 24.10-25.50m. i.e. bottom Agora sample no. 381. Well in cistern to west of Tholos.
Roman, 500-525 A.D ... 10 June 1937 |
Intact (?). Upper half of blade missing; barb on socket broken off but preserved.
Two bladed, socketed; barbed. Inside Tholos, cellar cut, martyra, III layer to west of rectangular structure. 2415 Leica, ... 16 June 1937 |
| Apparently a solid sphere of bronze.
Slightly irregular in outline.
Ball for use in Kleroterion? Tholos Trench B, layer V, late Roman disturbance in classical levels. 2291 Leica, 91-16-16 ... 12 May 1937 |
| Intact.
Three fluked; socketted. Filling of south roasting pit beneath north annex of Tholos.
Archaic - 470 B.C. 2557 Leica, IX-68 ... 19 April 1938 |
| A fragment broken all around, from the wall or perhaps from the bottom of a large vessel.
The glass was blown into a mold which left on the outside a petal pattern in high relief.
Translucent, with a blue ... 8 June 1937 |
| Fragments of an opisthographic stele.
"POLETAI" record.
Archonship of Aristodemos and Thoudemos.
Fragment Β 494 (a), part of one side, the right side of face A, is preserved, tooth chisseled; otherwise ... 353/2 B.C., and 352/1 B.C. |
Inscribed fragment.
Upper right corner of a plain base.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 101. Found in late Roman context, in a well in the floor ... 27 May 1937 |
Inscribed fragment.
Fragment from an unfluted column, its surface finished with the toothed chisel; broken all around.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. I 1362 (OE 17). Found in modern context, in Porch of the New ... 188/9 A.D. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Two fragments, both from the right side apparently of the same large stele. The stele had in late times been carefully cut up into small brick-like pieces of which these are two.
Since ... 1st. century B.C. |
| Fragments missing from base and from tip of nozzle.
A negroid figure in short cloak crouches, clasping in front of him the large nozzle. The filling hole opens in a protuberance on his back; the pierced ... 9 April 1937 |
Intact.
Discus plain. Rim, herring bone. Handle grooved, unpierced. Underside, numerous concentric grooves.
Red clay; thin red wash.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Cf. Corinth IV, ii, pp. 102-114, ... 300-350 A.D. |
Intact.
Discus, a brace of fish. Rim panelled, double-spirals with dots between. Handle semi-pierced, grooved. Underside, two concentric grooves.
Clay light red, unglazed.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... Late 3rd c. -325 A.D. |
Tip of one nozzle broken away.
Two-nozzled suspension lamp. Rim lightly panelled; two filling holes; three air holes in each throat. Low base ring.
Greenish yellow clay, unglazed.
Type XXVIII of Corinth ... Mid 3rd. c.A.D. |
Intact.
Discus with rays. On rim vine leaves and clusters. Handle grooved and pierced. Underside, ivy-leaf in relief.
Clay buff, unglazed.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection.
Cf. Corinth IV, ii, pp. 90-102, ... 250-275 A.D. |
Intact.
Discus, Eros to right, with double flutes. Rim, a spray of leaves broken by panels. Handle, grooved and pierced. Underside, within a low base ring traces of signature: Π Ρ Ε Ι
Μ Ο Υ
Type XXVII ... 3rd-early 4th c. A.D. |
| Part of infundibulum broken away.
A wild boar couchant, rests on a high base. A pierced suspension lug rises from his shoulders; in his back is the filling hole.
Pale yellow clay covered with dull red ... 200-250 A.D. |
Nozzle broken away.
On the discus, a square with concave sides in low relief. Rim, plain panelled. Handle, grooved above and below; pierced. Underside, single groove; traces of inscription.
Clay buff, ... Early 3rd c. A.D. |
Two nozzles, and the left hand of a supporting figure remain. The lamp has been damaged by fire.
A shell-shaped infundibulum with originally probably three nozzles, an Amazon 's shield on top at the preserved ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D. |
Part of right edge remains.
From the handle-shield of a large lamp.
Hollow, its front face moulded in relief: an elaborate floral design which apparently included a figure, whose left hand remains. Incised ... 50-100 A.D. |
Nozzle and many fragments missing.
On rim vine leaves and clusters. On discus rays. Handle pierced. On underside an ivy leaf in relief.
Fine buff clay, unglazed.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection.
Cf ... 250-275 A.D. |
Base from a moulded lamp.
Low base ring. On underside, in raised characters the letters: "A E".
Thin brown glaze.
Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Late Hellenistic. North of Tholos, west area, ... 4 March 1938 |
| Obverse: eagle standing left, head thrown back.
In field to right, a draped female figure erect, Demeter or Artemis (?), a tall torch (?) in either hand. In field to left, a branch and an inscription ... 18 June 1937 |
| (See revision below under ADDENDA.)
Mended from many fragments which make up into two principal groups. These two groups include all the figured fragments, save two, and even these can be assigned with ... 8 May 1934, 1937 |
Broken away close to lip. Upper part of handle zone preserved.
Head of a horse, right. Before him, the head and shoulder of a man(?). Red for mane and hair. Incision. Interior, black glaze, slightly metallic ... 8 May 1934 |
| Intact. Ovoid body, broader below; short vertical neck-mouth; ear-like handles set on shoulders. Wall covered with horizontal ribbing. Traces of decoration in white paint on the wall; groups of vertical ... 19 May 1937 |
One handle and part of mouth missing. Slender body with square shoulder; tall contracting neck with ridge near mouth; heavy neck-to-shoulder handle, rising above the mouth.
Coarse red clay, unglazed ... 4 June 1937 |
Mouth and handle broken away.
Flat bottom; cylindrical body with rounded shoulder. Grooves at base of neck, at shoulder, and at lower handle attachment.
Between the grooves, scratched on shoulder in dry ... 5 June 1937 |
The fragment preserves a little of the periphery and of the vertical projecting part below. On the top, a lion moving left, but looking back; in front, a duck; in the field, solid rosettes. Hasty incision; ... 17 June 1937 |
Two non-joining fragments from neck and shoulder. Wall lightly corrugated horizontally.
Inscribed on a: , on b)
Buff clay, unglazed. Well in cistern to west of Tholos. Leica PD 1133-29(F 291) ... 8 June 1937 |
Base fragment from a large partly-glazed krater.
Incised on under side:
Glaze red inside; brown band on foot. Tholos Trench J, layer III. Ca. second quarter of 5th. c.; some late intrusions. 2409 Leica ... 18 June 1937 |
| Wall fragment from a thin-walled closed vase; broken all around. Male figure standing to right, kithara in hand. An upright object in the background.
Hasty incision; applied white for the suspension cord ... 18 June 1937 |
a) Black glaze on inside and on top; three shallow grooves on outside.
b) Fragment from lower wall; black glazed on inside, reserved on outside with at least three shallow grooves toward the bottom. In ... 17 June 1937 |
| Wall fragment from a sizable open vase. A warrior standing right with outstretched arms, wearing helmet, cuirass and sword.
Metallic brown glaze; careful incision. Inside Tholos, cellar cut, martyra, ... 16 June 1937 |
| Base, half of one handle and many wall fragments are missing. A deep cup with slightly flaring lip. Interior: the medallion is completely broken away, but must have been very small; around the lip a reserved ... 1933, 1937 |
| Base, handles and many wall fragments are missing. A deep cup with slightly flaring lip. Interior: large, reserved medallion, its middle broken away; around the lip a reserved band. A broad handle band ... 1933, 1937 |
| Base and lower body missing. Piriform body; flaring neck; thickened lip with vertical face; strap handle lip to shoulder with imitations of rivet heads at points of attachment; raised ring at junction ... 27 May 1937 |
Mouth, one handle and part of shoulder and wall remain. Plain amphora with bulging cylindrical neck and strap handles; projecting rounded lip. Body slightly wheel ridged.
On one side, between the handles, ... 3 June 1937 |
Mouth and part of toe are missing, and fragment from wall. Fusiform in shape; small strap handle neck to shoulder.
On shoulder, beneath handle, written in black ink:
Micaceous red-brown clay, unglazed ... 4 June 1937 |
| Many fragments missing. Plump body sharply contracted above and below. False base-ring; trefoil mouth; strap handle, rim to shoulder.
Gritty brown clay; corrugated lightly on lower wall. Well in cistern ... 9 June 1937 |
A flat, ear-like handle from the side of a large platter. Top reserved and decorated with a chevron pattern in thin red paint; the underside covered with a speckled coat of similar paint. In the middle ... 10 June 1937 |
Wall fragment from a heavy coarse pot with brown glaze inside and out.
On outside: North of Tholos, west part, layer II. Found with bronze shield. 2504 Leica PD 1865 ... 4 March 1938 |
Fragment from the shoulder of a large plain amphora.
Incised on outside: North of Tholos, west part, layer IV. 2516 Leica, HAT 49-58 ... 14 March 1938 |
Fragment from base and lower wall. Low base ring. On lower wall, ten low tori.
Brown clay, covered on wall with a thin self slip. On inside, firm black glaze.
Incised on inside of base ring: North ... 14 March 1938 |
| Fragment from the wall of a small kylix, signed in the reserved handle zone:
Cf. P 18277, P 1990.
Cf. JHS 52 (1932) p. 189. North of Tholos, west area, layer V. 2715 Leica ... 14 March 1938 |
Four fragments, two of them joining, from base, wall and rim. High base ring, six tori around base; three (plus) tori around top of wall. Trace of cross bar.
Black glaze on inside and on top of rim. North ... 28 June 1938 |
Fragment from rim and beginning of neck of large amphora. Collared rim, glazed inside and out. White band on neck outside, on which part of letter in glaze:
Firm black glaze. Reddish buff clay.
Cf ... 17 June 1937 |
| Bearded male head broken off at root of neck; nose and eyebrows chipped, left ear lobe broken off. The brows furrowed, the beard and hair freely drilled. The hair at back of head merely blocked out. Surface ... Antonine period. |
| Broken off at the top of neck; tip of nose missing; traces of fire below.
Bearded and mustached male portrait head. Pupils doubly drilled; iris grooved. Hair of head lightly drilled, of face stippled ... Period of Gallenius. |
| Head of a young man broken off at the base of neck; tip of nose missing,
He has a mustache and sideburns. The hair is lightly drilled in front, the eyebrows are rendered plastically; pupil drilled in crescent ... 215-225 A.D. |
| Edges chipped.
Cut from an irregular piece of reddish granite, the reverse in its natural state, like the face of a boulder. North of Tholos, west area, Layer IV. 2682 Leica, 9-51 ... 28 June 1938 |
Only a fragment of the arm remains.
The surface polished.
Greenish yellow clay containing much grit, surfaced with finer clay.
Cf. T 1712. Clearing the wall of a mediaeval pit just south of the Metroon ... 12 April 1935 |
A small piece, perhaps from the thigh of a figure approaching life size.
Built up in two layers; the inner of brown clay tempered with much brown grit, the outer, almost equally thick, of yellow clay with ... 7 March 1938 |
| Coins ... Β-13 2369 ... 2 June 1938 |
| Β-13 2370, 2371 ... 31 May 1937 |
| Well in Porch of Bouleuterion ... Β-13 2372, 2373 Β 1828 SS 7596 Β 1829 I 1750 Β 1831 I 4912 ... 1 June 1937 |
| Β-13 2374, 2375 N 3414 ... 1st half 1st A.D. |
| Well in Cistern to West of Tholos. Jug with Paint Decoration. Well. Oinochoe with Paint Decoration ... Β-13 2376, 2377 P 10601 P 10602 Β 1850 G 11:2.3 P 10601 P 10602 ... 4 June 1937 |
| Oinochoe. Jug ... Β-13 2378, 2379 P 10603 Β 1850 P 10601 P 10604 P 10605 P 10606 P 10603 P 10604 P 10605 P 10606 ... 4 June 1937 |
| Amphora. Storage Amphora ... Β-13 2380, 2381 P 10607 Β 1850 P 10601 P 10608 P 10609 P 10610 P 10607 P 10608 P 10609 P 10610 ... 4 June 1937 |
| Amphora. Bone Pin. Decanter: Inscribed. Well ... Β-13 2382, 2383 P 10611 Β 1850 P 10601 BI 406 P 10612 Β 1873 P 10700 Β 1934 P 11314 G 11:2.4 P 10611 BI 406 P 10612 ... 4 June 1937 |
| Jug with Graffito ... Β-13 2384, 2385 P 10613 Β 1850 P 10601 N 3415 Β:1937.0607:2 N 3416 Β:1937.0607:5 Β:1937.0607:6 P 10613 ... 2nd half 1st A.D. |
| Jug. Well. Lamp. T XXVIII ... Β-13 2386, 2387 P 10694 L 3098 Β 1864 Β:1937.0607:7 Β:1937.0607:2 G 11:2.4 P 10694 L 3098 ... 229-30 B.C. |
| Iron Shoe-maker 's Last Fragments. Portrait Head of Male Figure. Jug with Graffito. Well. Oinochoe with Graffito ... Β-13 2388, 2389 IL 623 Β 1864 P 10694 S 954 P 10695 P 10696 Β 1868 G 11:2.5 IL 623 S 954 P 10695 P 10696 ... 7 June 1937 |
| Wheel-ribbed High-necked Oinochoe with Graffito. Well. Oinochoe with Graffito. Oinochoe ... Β-13 2390, 2391 P 10697 P 10698 Β 1870 P 10699 G 11:2.6 P 10697 P 10698 P 10699 ... 8 June 1937 |
| Decanter. Decanter Fragment with Paint Decoration. Lamp ... Β-13 2392, 2393 P 10700 Β 1862 P 10612 Β 1934 P 11314 Β 1870 P 10697 P 10701 L 3099 L 3100 P 10700 P 10701 L 3099 L 3100 ... 8 June 1937 |
| Plastic Lamp. Lamp. Well. Oinochoe with Graffito: Wheel-ridged. Oinochoe ... Β-13 2394, 2395 L 3101 Β 1870 P 10697 L 2893 L 3102 P 10702 Β 1878 P 10703 G 11:2.7 L 3101 L 3102 P 10702 P 10703 ... 8 June 1937 |
| Jug. Jar ... Β-13 2396, 2397 P 10704 Β 1878 L 3102 P 10705 P 10706 P 10707 P 10704 P 10705 P 10706 P 10707 ... 9 June 1937 |
| Plastic Lamp Fragment. Oinochoe with Graffito. Well. Loom Weight. Dikast's Ballot ... Β-13 2398, 2399 L 3103 Β 1878 L 3102 P 10708 MC 394 Β 1886 B 493 G 11:2.8 L 3103 P 10708 MC 394 B 493 ... 9 June 1937 |
| Well Tile. Well ... Β-13 2400, 2401 A 780 A 781 Β 1889 G 11:2.1 A 780 A 781 ... 10 June 1937 |
| Β-13 2402, 2403 Β:1937.0611:1 Β:1937.0611:2 Β:1937.0611:3 Β:1937.0611:4 ... 2nd half 1st A.D. |
| Tholos Trench J; To West of Tholos. Manhole to Cistern System ... Β-13 2404, 2405 |
| Tholos Trench J; To West of Tholos ... Β-13 2406, 2407 Β 1900 SS 7783 Lot Β 411 Section Β 356 Section Β 363 Section Β 365 ... 16 June 1937 |
| Tholos Trench J; To West of Tholos ... Β-13 2408, 2409 Β 1901 MC 400 Β 1902 L 3118 Lot Β 412 Lot Β 413 Lot Β 414 Lot Β 420 ... 17 June 1937 |
| Tholos Trench J; To West of Tholos ... Β-13 2410, 2411 Lot Β 415 Lot Β 416 Lot Β 417 Lot Β 418 ... 17 June 1937 |
| Exploration Inside Tholos; Cellar Cut ... Β-13 2412, 2413 Lot Β 453 Section Β 355 Section Β 354 Section Β 353 Section Β 357 ... 16 June 1937 |
| Exploration Inside Tholos; Cellar Cut ... Β-13 2414, 2415 Β 1909 P 10785 Lot Β 454 Lot Β 455 Section Β 359 Section Β 361 Section Β 360 |
| Εxploration Inside Tholos; Cellar Cut ... Β-13 2416, 2417 Lot Β 457 Lot Β 456 ... 17 June 1937 |
| Top of Bedding for Marble Slabs. Tholos Porch. Tholos Wall Trench. Rectangular Cut. Late Pit. Rectangular Cut in Floor of Tholos to West of Porch ... Β-13 2418, 2419 ... 16 June 1937 |
| Rectangular Cut in Floor of Tholos ... Β-13 2420, 2421 Β 1897 P 10776 Lot Β 461 Lot Β 462 Lot Β 463 Lot Β 464 Lot Β 465 ... 17 June 1937 |
| Rectangular Cut in Floor of Tholos ... Β-13 2422, 2423 Lot Β 466 Lot Β 467 Lot Β 468 Lot Β 469 Section Β 358 ... 19 June 1937 |
| Amphora Fragment: Inscribed. Well. Arrowhead ... Β-13 2424, 2425 P 10775 B 499 G 11:2 XIV-9 P 10775 B 499 ... 11 June 1937 |
| Marble Fragment. Vessel Fragment: Inscribed. Well. Stamped Amphora Handle: Koan (double handle). Token ... Β-13 2426, 2427 I 4971 Β 1894 I 4972 P 10778 SS 7783 MC 400 G 11:2.6 I 4971 P 10778 SS 7783 MC 400 ... 16 June 1937 |
| Top of Packing for Marble Slabs. Wall of Tholos. Ring of Concrete. Porch-Cistern Channel. Tholos Trench K; South of Tholos ... Β-13 2428, 2429 Β 1908 P 10784 Lot Β 426 Lot Β 427 ... 17 June 1937 |
| Tholos Trench K; To South of Tholos ... Β-13 2430, 2431 Lot Β 428 Lot Β 431 Section Β 362 Section Β 364 ... 18 June 1937 |
| Tholos Trench K; To South of Tholos ... Β-13 2432, 2433 Lot Β 430 Lot Β 432 |
| Marble Fragment: List of Names. Stamped Amphora Handle: Knidian ... Β-13 2434, 2435 I 4972 SS 7782 Β 1894 I 4972 SS 7782 ... 17 June 1937 |
| Lead Weight. Black Figure Amphora Fragment. Oinochoe Fragment with Graffito. Well ... Β-13 2436, 2437 IL 630 Β 1894 I 4972 P 10776 P 10777 P 10778 G 11:2.6 IL 630 P 10776 P 10777 ... 17 June 1937 |
| Tholos Trench J; To West of Tholos ... Β-13 2438, 2439 Β 1906 P 10782 Lot Β 419 ... 18 June 1937 |
| Β-13 2440, 2441 Β 1907 P 10783 Lot Β 421 |
| Handle Fragment of Lamp: Maker's Mark ... Β-13 2442, 2443 L 3118 L 3118 ... 18 June 1937 |
| Krater Fragment with Graffito. Black Glaze Skyphos Fragment with Graffito ... Β-13 2444, 2445 P 10779 P 10780 Β 1903 N 3417 Β:1937.0618:2 N 3418 N 3419 P 10779 P 10780 ... Early 1st B.C. |
| Late Pit in Floor of Tholos; Northeast Quadrant ... Β-13 2446, 2447 ... 19 June 1937 |
| Late Pit in Floor of Tholos; Northeast Quadrant ... Β-13 2448, 2449 ... 20 June 1937 |
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