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[Agora Report] 1968 Κ: Excavation Summary Section K: 1968

S. Grobel ... Excavations in Section Κ were conducted in the Marble Worker's Establishment, a series of rooms grouped around a courtyard. A cistern-well was discovered and excavated, as was a pit and a pyre burial ... 17 Jun-17 Aug 1968

[Agora Object] BI 815: Bone Ring

Bezel intact except for some chips. Two thirds of ring band missing. Bezel shows profile bust of female, left, in relief. Hair falling in three strands gathered above nape with double band. Heavy features ... 4 July 1968

[Agora Object] BI 818: Bone Stylus

Shaft is preserved, blade broken away. Shaft is circular in section, pointed at end. Marble Worker 's House. Below floor IV, layer XVIII. 5051, 5071 Leica ... 14 August 1968

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[Agora Object] BI 819: Bone Implement

Inscribed. Broken at one end. Surface highly polished. Tool is rectangular in section, sharpened to point (probably repeatedly) at preserved end. Light incised lines separate letters. Reverse has several ... 3 August 1968

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[Agora Object] I 7012: Boundary Stone

Inscribed boundary stone. Face smooth 0.10m. down from top. Rough picked on top, sides and below 0.10m. on face. "O" for genitive "OY", "H" for aspirate; tailed "rho". Letter spacing: 0.026m. Pentelic ... 2 September 1966

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[Agora Object] IL 1507: Lead Tool

Intact. Tool of cast lead, square in section at center. Tapers to flat, circular edge at one end, shaped to point at opposite end. Trench B-C. Associated with Marble Worker 's House. Found in pit E along ... 10 July 1968

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[Agora Object] IL 1508: Lead Tool

Complete. Tool of cast lead roughly square in section at center. Tapers to rounded edge at one end. Opposite end was chiseled off to blunt end. Area B. Embedded on top of crushed bedrock layer, on top ... 2 August 1968

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[Agora Object] IL 1511: Lead Tool

Complete. Long tool square in section at center, tapering to points at both sides. Cf. IL 1507. Marble Worker 's House, area B, layer II. 5053 Leica, 97-11-30, 97-11-31 ... 2 August 1968

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[Agora Object] IL 1512: Metal Lamp Holder

Intact. Oval in shape. Base set off from wall which slopes outward. Ledge inside for supporting lamp. Open spout for supporting nozzle. Rounded handle projects high above plain rim. Lead covered by a dark ... 9 August 1968

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[Agora Object] IL 1513: Lead Tool

Broken at one end. Tool of cast lead, roughly square in section at center. Shaped to point at one end. It is bent and curved. Marble Worker 's House, west area A, layer XVI, below floor II. 5049 Leica, ... 31 July 1968

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[Agora Object] L 5517: Lamp Fragment

Rim, part of floor and nozzle missing. Only stumps of horizontal handle remain. Slightly concave bottom, unglazed. Black glaze. Type 21A of Agora collection. Section cut inside Hieron. First layer below ... 31 July 1967

[Agora Object] L 5547: Lamp

Complete except for top of lug. Globular body, thick base, added pierced lug. Base reserved. Scraped groove around filling hole. Dull black to reddish-brown glaze. Type 25B of Agora collection. Cistern ... 9 August 1968

[Agora Object] L 5548: Lamp

Intact. Raised base, concave underneath with raised disk at center. Round body, heavy interior, long flat nozzle with small wick hole. Pierced lug on left side. Strip of brown glaze at nozzle, otherwise ... 5-9 August 1968

[Agora Object] L 5554: Lamp

Missing are nozzle and handle, minor chips. Slightly concave bottom, low curving side. Rim is raised back around filling hole. Glazed inside and over the rim, also at start of nozzle and handle. Glazed ... 7 August 1968

[Agora Object] L 5555: Lamp Fragment

Preserved is most of base and ca. one-third of rim and side wall. Three joining fragments. Concave bottom leading to central tube. Concave upper and lower side walls meet at raised ridge. Flat rim banded ... 7 August 1968

[Agora Object] L 5558: Lamp

Mended from two pieces. Missing are handle and chips from rim and sides. Raised base, slightly concave, reserved underneath. Rounded walls, rim plain and sloping toward center. Short nozzle, attachment ... 14 August 1968

[Agora Object] L 5559: Lamp

Mended from two pieces. Missing are handle and about three-fourths of rim and wall, one half of nozzle. Small raised base, high curving sides with shallow grooves at junction with downward curving rim ... 14 August 1968

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[Agora Object] L 5560: Lamp on Stand

Mended from four pieces. Missing are fragments from body. Tall stand. Grooved rim, open body. Flat-topped long nozzle. Stand unglazed. Lamp has much worn black to red dull glaze. Profile close to type ... 5-9 August 1968

[Agora Object] MC 1129: Loom Weight

Chipped. Pyramidal. Four-sided with flat top and bottom. Pierced by hole 0.013 m. from top. Dull black glaze on upper two thirds. Pinkish buff clay. Beneath Byzantine floor west of Hieron, S.W. of S.W ... 6 July 1967

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[Agora Object] MC 1130: Wheel

Roughly cut perimeter. Hole in center has been smoothed by an axle. Traces of black glaze on both sides. Buff clay. 0.64-1.06 m. below highest point of north wall 4th layer below 5th c. B.C. Hieron floor ... 2 August 1967