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| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Section ΚΚ, the area inside the modern fence around the so-called Theseion, was cleared to bedrock in order to determine the entire history of that portion of Kolonos Agoraios. Excavation revealed that ... 10 Feb-13 Mar 1936 |
| Tip of pin missing.
The head is composed of a Corinthian capital, on which kneels a nude female figure, her right knee on the ground; her left elbow resting on her bent left knee.
Both hands are raised ... 9 June 1936 |
| A curved point preserved, the back broken. Garden hole B 14. Leica, IV-97 ... 14 March 1936 |
| Non-joining fragments decorated on the outside with two large and two small raised lines.
Cf. G 58. Cistern system I, shaft.
Ca. 1st c. A.D. Leica ... 27 May 1936 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed on two faces.
An edge at left of face A preserved; otherwise broken; picked fairly fine, six letters, in one line; tops also of line below.
Face B, very rough, two lines of ... 10 June 1936 |
| Obverse: Gorgoneion.
Reverse: plain. Scraping bedrock. Leica ... 12 June 1936 |
Flattened body, ribbon handle. Tip of nozzle missing.
Reel around filling hole; leaves in relief on top, with rosette on left and dolphin lug on right.
Metallic brown glaze, worn.
Type XVIII of Corinth ... 6 June 1936 |
Nozzle, tip and band handle missing.
Plain lamp with angular body, the upper half higher than the lower, a bump-like lug on the left side at the junction of the two parts. Faintly simulated ring foot ... 11 June 1936 |
Handle broken, nozzle missing.
Plain lamp with angular body, sunken top, band handle, and simulated ring foot. Pierced lug on left side. Wheel made.
Black glaze once fairly good, now largely peeled.
Type ... 11 June 1936 |
From the discus of a lamp, glazed red over a white slip.
Wreath of leaves in relief around a small filling hole.
Type XXV of Corinth collection. Southwest corner, disturbed strosis 1. 8064 ff. Leica ... 18 February 1936 |
| Half the upper part preserved. Band handle broken off.
Black glazed inside and out.
Plain rim, incised on rim nozzle.
Type VI (late 5th. century group variety) of Corinth collection, type 23A of Agora ... 13 June 1936 |
The back part of a lamp with pierced grooved handle.
Stamped in mold beneath, within double groove.
Unglazed.
Buff clay.
Type XXVII (plain type) of Corinth collection. Dump. Leica ... 1936 |
From the bottom of a lamp.
Glazed inside but not out.
Underneath, the impression of an open metal ring (?) for placing the lamp on a stand (?).
Type VIII (domed variety) of Corinth collection, type ... 13 March 1936 |
One side and back and much of bottom missing.
Flat bottom; no base; shallow body.
Black glaze inside and out, worn.
Type IV of Corinth collection, type 21 variant of Agora collection. Theseion "Street" ... 19-23 March 1936 |
Back missing.
Type and glazing much as L 2657 (KK 906), except the bottom which rises more sharply to a point in the center.
Type V (first variety) of Corinth collection, type 20 of Agora collection ... 19-23 March 1936 |
Fragment of bottom and side; single groove on bottom.
Incised beneath.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Cistern System 2; West Chamber; filling depth unknown. Leica ... 1936 |
Fragment of bottom and side.
Incised beneath.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Cistern System 2; West Chamber. Leica ... 29 April 1936 |
| Poorly stamped leaves on rim. Back and handle missing.
Stamped beneath within grooves.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Cistern System 2; East Chamber. Leica, 95-17-17, 95-16-35a ... 2 May 1936 |
From a kylix base, incised beneath.
Joins P 8547. Street, 5th. c. fill. Leica ... 20 March 1936 |
| Mouth and handles broken off and a hole in the shoulder. Flaring ring foot.
Painted on the shoulder in black:
Red clay with grits, unglazed. Smeared inside with a black coating (resin?). Well. Leica, ... 27 April 1936 |
A very deep, straight-walled Terra Sigillata cup. Rather less than half preserved. The lower part of the sides, and the undersurface, ornamented with neat horizontal ridges.
Fine buff clay, very slightly ... 5 May 1936 |
Contracted lower wall; low neat ring base. Underside reserved save for two black glazed circles at middle. Restored in plaster, but without the handles.
Scratched beneath: Δ Ε
Firm black glaze.
Cf ... 29 May 1936 |
From a skyphos base.
Incised beneath:
A joining fragment (ΚΚ 978) completes the name. To 3.00m. 'Cistern'. Leica PD 1133-20(F135) ... 24 May 1936 |
Part of the neck and shoulder of an amphora.
Incised: Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block XIV, in tray 1. Strosis 4. Leica PD 1133-44(Hd 23) ... 6 June 1936 |
| Segment missing. A flat Pergamene plate with small low base ring, and plain, low, upturned, slightly flaring rim. Circle of rouletting at center of floor.
Red clay, good red glaze over all, considerably ... 8 June 1936 |
| Edge of lip, and part of base, chipped away. Hole in one side. Plump body, narrow neck, broad trefoil mouth, ribbon handle, a groove at the base of the neck; base ring.
Glaze black to red and much peeled ... 9 June 1936 |
Fusiform shape. Much elongated; four faint white bands. Cistern, black earth, with ΚΚ 829 ff. Leica ... 10 June 1936 |
Fusiform shape. Elongated.
Three white bands, and a fourth around the top of the lip. Cistern, black earth, with ΚΚ 828, etc. Leica ... 10 June 1936 |
| Intact except for small chips from lip and base. A rather low water jar with very short neck and wide mouth finished with a plain lip slightly flattened on top. The handle rises to a point.
Coarse pink ... 10 June 1936 |
Lip chipped. Fusiform, elongated; three white lines. Cistern, hard black earth. Leica ... 11 June 1936 |
Lip missing. Fusiform, large elongated shape, three narrow white bands. Cistern, hard black earth. Leica ... 11 June 1936 |
Top missing. Fusiform, elongated shape. Dark gray clay with clear red core; three white bands. Cistern, hard black earth. Leica ... 11 June 1936 |
Top and handle missing. Pear-shaped body; sloping shoulder, narrow neck, flaring ring foot. Three grooves around shoulder, at lower handle attachment.
Red glaze, somewhat peeled. Cistern, lower mixed ... 11 June 1963 |
| One handle missing; much of rim chipped away. Vertical rim with flange for lid. Horizontal handles, vertically turned.
Coarse brown ware, gritty and micaceous. Cistern, lower mixed earth, strosis 3 ... 11 June 1963 |
From the lower part of a squat jug (oinochoe, Type VIII), ribbed, with a fine palmette at the base of each rib. Foot nicked; neatly rounded. Black beneath. See P 8067 (ΚΚ 867). Strosis 1-5, 1st. c. B.C ... 22 February 1936 |
Base complete, and profile to just below rim, which is chipped. A small Pergamene bowl with high base and flaring sides, nicked just below the rim outside. S.W. corner, disturbed strosis 1. Leica PD 1171-174 ... 18 February 1936 |
| A small flat-bottomed bowl with flaring side; half missing. Inside, in the bottom, a groove enclosing a small circular relief stamp in center.
Glaze somewhat worn.
Samian A. S.W. corner, disturbed strosis ... 18 February 1936 |
| From the lower part of a dish on ring foot, with grooved circle inside and rectangular stamp:
Samian B. S.W. corner, disturbed strosis 1. Leica, 93-30-21 PD 1171-180, PD 1172-5 ... 18 February 1936 |
| From the upper part of a large coarse vase covered with light slip on which are painted in dilute brown, bands and a wave pattern. A projection for a lid at the top outside. See P 8063 (ΚΚ 862). Strosis ... 22 February 1936 |
On the top of the rim three grooves. Outside stamped circles, ovolos, wave pattern and scrolls in zones.
Gray clay covered with thin mottled black glaze.
ADDENDA Rilled rim and glaze could be 5th.-4th ... 1936 |
About one-fourth of a Samian A flat-bottomed bowl with vertical rim slightly inturned; concentric grooves in the inside.
Red glaze, micaceous, somewhat peeled. Surface filling. Leica PD 1171-176 ... 5 March 1936 |
Joins P 7905. From the base of a kylix.
Incised beneath: Scraping bedrock. Leica ... 15 May 1936 |
| Fragmentary; the base is missing and most of the shoulder. Traces of a missing handle. Restored in plaster. On the neck, palmettes above a ridge; vertical lines below.
A: Athena moving right, wearing ... 4, 12 June 1936 |
Fragment from wall, preserving a bit of inturned rim. Pendent loops with rays, leaves, and circles in relief between.
Metallic reddish-brown glaze. Cutting martyra to monument base, strosis 1. Leica ... 27 February 1936 |
Fragment from the neck of a white ground Panathenaic amphora, as P 8522 (ΚΚ 876), but not from it. Traces of petals in dilute glaze on creamy-white; white also inside part way down. A moulded ring passed ... 13 June 1936 |
| Half the lower part of a deep Western Sigillata bowl on ring foot preserved.
Portion of a stamp in the center: Clearing bedrock. Leica, 93-31-29 PD 1172-7 ... 26 February 1936 |
| From the bottom of an open dish, covered in and out with thin orange red glaze. Two circular grooves in the center; further out, four grooved, pointed leaves within a grooved circle.
Pale buff clay ... 22 May 1936 |
| From a bowl of Megarian type but of whitish clay painted in bands of dull black paint.
At the top, unpainted(?) a row of relief cockle shells above a row of relief ribs.
Traces of burning inside. Channel ... 22 May 1936 |
| From a sizable open vase, glazed inside, rather dull.
a) At left a warrior whose cuirass flaps hang over a shaded body; his sword sheath projects to the right. The inside of the shield of another warrior, ... 21-24 February 1936 |
| From the handle of a sturdy skyphos.
Incised on the side:
Possibly an ostrakon of Megakles? Or Menon?
Cf. Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 286, n. 2. Pit with marble chips. 117 ff. Leica, XX-85 ... 21-24 February 1936 |
| From a large wide-mouthed stamnos. Non-joining fragments from the body; none from the base. Partly restored in plaster.
A thin wash slightly reddens the outside, on which two broad red bands run below ... 21-24 February 1936 |
| Neck and handle and bits of body missing. Rays on neck, black glaze around lower part except for reserved sides of stepped foot. Maeander above picture. Scene: a quadriga(?) (only legs for three horses) ... 19-23 March 1936 |
From the neck of an amphora. Lip and handles and fragments missing. Outside: a double palmette pattern on the neck and black and purple rays at its base below a moulded band painted purple. Just the top ... 19-23 March 1936 |
| Mended from four pieces. From a sizable white ground vase (oinochoe or large lekythos). Black below; above a border of dotted zigzags, a female figure moves right. Her black dress decorated with floral ... 19-23 March 1936 |
Base and one side and part of the other preserved. Flaring ring base; out-turned lip.
A: Between palmettes among branches and fruits, a man seizes a lady around the legs. She is moving right, lifting ... 19-23 March 1936 |
| About half the foot, less than half the walls, preserved. Base a high ring. Between palmettes, a quadriga, right, with a charioteer and a lyre player; an attendant beyond. Style and top-knots much as on ... 19-23 March 1936 |
Spout with fragment from the side of a sizable casserole or cooking pot of finely washed clay. The side of the casserole is carefully pierced. Theseion street deposit. Leica ... 19-23 March 1936 |
From the base of a kylix with reserved edge.
Incised beneath:
Joins P 7059. Theseion street deposit. Leica ... 19-23 March 1936 |
From the base of a kylix with reserved edge.
Incised on top:
From an ostrakon? Theseion street deposit. Leica ... 19-23 March 1936 |
One side, parts of top and base missing; also handles. A black glazed hydria, with a panel in front surmounted by a maeander. Only traces of one draped figure remain.
Glaze almost entirely peeled off ... 19-23 March 1936 |
| Top, one handle and numerous fragments missing. Restored in plaster. A West Slope amphora of unusual shape and twisted handles, at the base of which a mask. Pendent grapes on the neck in thick yellow ... 8-9 June 1936 |
| Bits from rim and side missing. Restored in plaster. Usual shape and handles; groove above and below handles and at base of neck. On the neck, in alternate yellow and white, a garland of pendent grapes ... 11 June 1936 |
Restored in plaster. Shape much as a Megarian bowl, but plain black glaze inside and out, and with a very small ring foot.
Glaze much worn. Cistern system 3, east chamber, probably strosis 3, mixed earth ... 1936 |
Upper part of neck, one handle, and fragments from wall missing. Restored in plaster. Twisted handles with masks at the lower attachments. On the neck, jewelled festoon; leaf above; on the shoulder alternating ... 12 June 1936 |
| Base and much of body and neck missing. Restored in plaster. Vertical ribbon handles (only one preserved). A groove encircles the body below the top and bottom of the handle and a ridge runs around the ... 9 June 1936 |
| Half the ring foot and fragments from floor and rim missing. A slightly concave plate with a down-sloping rim which rises to a sharp ridge where it joins the floor.
Dull black glaze.
Cf. P 14307. Cistern ... 11 June 1936 |
Fragmentary. Restored in plaster. Rosette beneath, encircled by leaves. On the body goats butting; masks above. Careful mouldings above.
Glaze dull red; much peeled.
Cf. Agora XXXII, p. 11, n. 23. Cistern ... 9 June 1936 |
| Restored in plaster. The body is covered with broad leaves in low relief. Above, a band of crosshatching in relief. Cistern system 3, east chamber, strosis 3. Leica, 80-26-20 ... 9 June 1936 |
| From the upper side, showing long petals alternating with jewel chains, topped by palmettes.
Dull brown to black glaze. Cistern system 3, east chamber, probably strosis 3. Leica, 80-26-12 ... 1936 |
Basin on stand. One side of the basin missing, and part of the bottom of the stand. Restored in plaster. A large deep basin; one double handle preserved, set close beneath the rim. Flaring walls and a ... 8 June 1936 |
| Fragments missing from rim, including three supports for pot. Moulded base, down-turned rim. Four holes in basin mended with lead. Horizontal close handles.
Coarse red clay with paler slip.
ADDENDA ... 8 June 1936 |
| Pieces missing. A flat-bottomed casserole. Inset rim for lid; upturned horizontal handles.
Dark gray surface on gritty dark red-brown clay. Cistern system 3, west chamber, strosis 2, hard black earth ... 8 10 11 June 1936 |
| Fragments from rim and wall missing. A deep bowl with flat grooved rim and ring foot.
Red clay firing to pale buff and slipped. Cistern system 3, west chamber, strosis 1, loose earth, upper fill. Leica, ... 8 June 1936 |
| One side missing. A deep jar on small ring foot; short neck; flat out-turned rim; small horizontal handles pressed against the neck.
Pinkish-buff clay, decorated in dull red; below the rim, a straight ... 8 June 1936 |
| About half missing. A small flat-bottomed casserole with horizontal upturned handles and upturned flanged rim. Cistern system 3, west chamber, strosis 1, soft black earth. Leica, 95-71-24 ... 8 June 1936 |
| Fragment from one side of a plate with slightly curved down-turned rim. A groove and a broad reserved band below rim and around central hole. Underside of rim reserved, and resting surface.
Dull brown ... 8 11 June 1936 |
| As P 8574 (ΚΚ 938), but the rolled rim is thicker and deeper and the glaze of better quality; reddened inside the stacking line. Cistern system 3, west chamber, stroses 2-3, hard red and black earth. Leica, ... 10-11 June 1936 |
| About half missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; outcurved rim.
Black glaze dull; somewhat chipped. Finished Cistern system 3, west chamber, stroses 2-3, hard red and black earth. Leica, 80-26-18 ... 10-11 June 1936 |
| Two-handled bowl. The bottom, and about one-third of the rim preserved, with one handle. Restored in plaster. High ring foot; bulging wall narrowing to a vertical rim. On the shoulder a horizontal double ... 8 June 1936 |
About one-third missing. Small ring foot. Sharply down-turned, furrowed rim. Thin smeary glaze on the inside only.
Pale pinkish-buff clay, with light greenish buff slip. Cistern system 3, west chamber, ... 10-11 June 1936 |
| Upper part fragmentary. Restored in plaster. Shape as P 8571 (ΚΚ 935) but of a coarser red clay (ca. 2.5YR 6/6), covered with a white slip (10YR 8/2).
Sloppy red streaks under the handles.
ADDENDA ... 10 June 1936 |
Handle and part of side missing. Partly restored in plaster. A lagynos with ring foot; fairly deep body.
Red micaceous clay, unglazed. Cistern system 3, west chamber, strosis 3, hard earth. Leica PD ... 11 June 1936 |
| a) A small deep bowl on a ring foot; the flanged inside to take a lid. About one-third of the wall missing. Thin black to brown glaze considerably worn.
b) A small lid, with moulded knob handle and down-turned ... 8 June 1936 |
| About half of the upper wall missing. Restored in plaster. Horizontal handle set on vertical rim. Glazed inside only with a brownish wash that also covers the handle.
Probably Attic clay. Cistern system ... 10 June 1936 |
One side missing except for piece with horizontal ribbon handle. Same type as P 8586 (ΚΚ 950). Thin brown wash inside only. Funnel has a very small hole. Cistern system 3, west chamber, strosis 1, upper ... 8 June 1936 |
Bottom and much of wall missing. Restored in plaster. Well modelled goats rampant before a flying Nike. Stiff short leaves at the base.
ADDENDA Same mold as P 10876. Cistern system 3, west chamber, stroses ... 6 10 June 1936 |
| Fragments missing from wall and rim. Restored in plaster. A simple long-petalled type bowl with ovolos above.
Dull black glaze much worn, a little metallic inside. Cistern system 3, west chamber, strosis ... 8-9 June 1936 |
| From a dish with a base ring. Two bits of a stacked pot or tripod sticks to a).
b) A piece from the side of the dish.
Pale yellow very porous clay, deep green glaze inside and out. a) 69/Λ, east chamber, ... 9 June 1936 |
| Restored in plaster. Almost identical with P 8558 (ΚΚ 923). Same decoration except for knobs on either side of the handles below the rim, crossed with yellow or dotted around with white paint. Checkerboard ... 12 June 1936 |
From the side of a plastic lekythos or figurine, showing an arc of drapery swelling up like a sail, at the bottom, a hand holding a fan, which was painted black over yellow sizing. Moulded flowers at the ... 9 June 1936 |
From a wide moulded base (of a vase?) retaining yellow color. Base of P 18692.
Cf. P 8018 (ΚΚ 811), but not from it. Cistern system 3, east chamber, strosis 4, hard water deposit. Leica PD 1231-10 ... 11 June 1936 |
A cup broken from a large ring kernos.
Covered with dull brownish glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1364. Cistern system 3, west chamber, upper filling. Leica ... 1936 |
One fragment, mended from several, preserves part of the shoulder and rim; another comes from the body below the shoulder. A number of shoulder and body fragments do not join. Nothing of base preserved ... 25-26 May 1936 |
About half the base, none of the rim preserved. Flaring ring foot; glaze circles inside. On floor, circle of ovolo around four palmettes.
Graffito beneath:
Cf. P 7908, P 8611.
ADDENDA Much added from ... 27 May 1936 |
| Slightly inturned lip. Side missing. Broad base, with miltos glaze rings inside. Quatre-foil palmette stamped inside.
Good firm glaze. Furnace waste pit, layer III (4th. c.). Leica, 83-256 PD 1190-7v ... 27 May 1936 |
[Originally identified as krater.]
The rim and upper part of a krater; horizontal handles missing and all lower part. Black glaze around rim, reserved below with ivy pattern in black glaze. Furnace waste ... 27 May 1936 |
| Much of edge broken. Plain down-turned edge and solid knob on top.
Black glaze on outside only. Furnace waste pit, layer III (4th. c.). Leica, 82-538 ... 28 May 1936 |
| More than half missing. An unglazed plate, carefully turned and polished. Ring foot; upturned edge grooved on top. Furnace waste pit, layer III, bottom (4th. c.). Leica PD 1190-3t ... 29 May 1936 |
| Much of floor and rim missing. Restored in plaster. Black glaze inside and out. Sharply down-turned rim and nicely turned grooves around sauce-hole and underneath. Furnace waste pit, layer III, bottom ... 29 May 1936 |
Part of floor and much of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Shallow; deep down-turned rim. Reserved lines, carefully done; good black glaze. Furnace waste pit, layer III, bottom (4th. c.). With P 8608 ... 29 May 1936 |
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