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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. |
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