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[Agora Report] 1938 Excavations Β, ΟΕ: Area of the Tholos and Metroon Provisional Historical Sketch, June 1938

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

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[Agora Object] A 880: Antefix Fragment: Painted

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

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[Agora Object] A 1038: Water Pipe

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.

[Agora Object] B 493: Dikast's Ballot

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

[Agora Object] B 499: Arrowhead

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

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[Agora Object] B 500: Ball

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

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[Agora Object] B 563: Arrow Point

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

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[Agora Object] G 142: Vessel Fragment

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