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[Agora Report] 1939 ΜΜ: Section ΜΜ Season of 1939

Homer A. Thompson ... Section Μ was to be refilled this year and supplementary explorations took place to resolve some remaining obscurities. The most significant discovery was a road running northwest-southeast, probably the ... 20 Feb-8 Apr 1939

[Agora Object] B 1578: Slag

Rough hemispherical piece of brown slag, probably iron bearing with some gray and some dull black. Catalogued 2 July 1973. Agora sample no. 620. Working establishment in courtyard, North-West of Agora ... 10 March 1939

[Agora Object] B 1579: Slag

Heavy fragmentary piece preserving dull black sluggish drippings. Catalogued 2 July 1973. Agora sample no. 621. Working establishment in courtyard, North-West of Agora and South of road to Agora from Dipylon ... 10 March 1939

[Agora Object] B 1581: Slag

Heavy piece of slag consisting of smooth sluggish gray to mauve drips, turning pink at ends originating at large irregular porous lump of orange to brown material which turns partly gray at base of dripped ... 10 March 1939

[Agora Object] I 5679: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken all around and behind. Five lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA Belongs with IG II2, no. 1133. Found in early Byzantine context in the northwest corner ... 25 February 1939

[Agora Object] I 5769: Base

Inscribed statue base. Broken away to left and behind; much worn by traffic on its underside, its top in its second use. Part of a plain plinth with the mark of the left foot of a life-sized bronze statue ... 31 March 1939

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[Agora Object] I 5770: Boundary Stone

Inscribed baundary stone of Kerameikos. Left in place when section was filled. A roughly-trimmed block; its front face picked to be visible in its upper part; the top of the front face dressed with a toothed ... March 1939

[Agora Object] IL 703: Lead Weight

Rectangular plinth with a dolphin (?) inside a raised border. Dump. Leica ... 24 February 1937

[Agora Object] L 3645: Lamp

Mended from several pieces; fragment from top of nozzle and rim, and part of side missing. Small concave discus with rays; ridge around filling hole. On the rim, small raised beads; ridge around discus ... 25 February 1939

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[Agora Object] L 3651: Two Nozzle Lamp

Intact. Two nozzles on the one side. Handle, fully pierced; on rim, herringbone; on discus, rosette and seven holes. On reverse, signed within a triple groove. Unglazed. Tan-colored clay. Type XXVIII ... 6 March 1939

[Agora Object] L 3652: Lamp

Nozzle and small fragment of side preserved. Vertical wall, forming ring foot; flat floor; broad unbridged nozzle, flat on top. Good black glaze, worn. Fine buff clay. Type 6 of Agora collection. Cf ... 25 February 1939

[Agora Object] L 3653: Lamp with Graffito

Handle and chips are missing; fragmentary. Broad body; single scraped groove around the large filling hole; horizontal band handle. Thin metallic black glaze, except on underside of raised base. "Σ Α Ζ" ... 27 February 1939

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[Agora Object] L 3656: Lamp

Intact. On discus, rays; on rim, chevrons; on handle, two grooves, unpierced. On base, "K Y", within two grooves. Unglazed. Dull buff clay. Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. From the packing behind the ... 15 March 1939

[Agora Object] L 3662: Lamp

Most of the left side preserved, with the nozzle; nothing of the bottom; handle broken off. Walls nearly vertical; rim slightly down sloping; long nozzle. Band handle. Fair black glaze, mottled with red ... 10 March 1939

[Agora Object] L 3665: Lamp Fragment

Fragment preserving most of right side, with a bit of the raised base, the start of the nozzle, and one attachment of horizontal band handle. Broad rounded body, wider below than above; two grooves around ... 10 March 1939

[Agora Object] L 3666: Lamp Fragment

About half preserved, with start of nozzle. Flat bottom, low bulging wall, broad nearly flat rim, widely projecting. Black glaze on rim and inside; thinned glaze on outside. Type II of Corinth collection, ... March 1939

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[Agora Object] P 3047: Cup

Handle, bottom and complete profile on one side preserved; restored in plaster. Low flat base; lip slightly flaring; ring handle set vertically on side. Chalky biscuit covered with crackly green glaze ... 6 April 1933

[Agora Object] P 14538: Jug

Much broken; nearly half of wall and more than half of rim missing. Squat jug; base slightly defined and flat below; low wide vertical neck, narrow out-turned lip; single strap handle, lip to upper wall ... 7 March 1939

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[Agora Object] P 14543: Louterion Fragments

Two joining fragments from the rim. Flat rim with mouldings beneath: ovolo, cyma reversa, astragal. Pale yellow clay; brown grit tempering; white paint on outside. Layer II, filling beneath south building ... 27 February 1939

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[Agora Object] P 14546: Black Glaze Salt Cellar

Small chip missing and one side dented in making. Slightly incurved rim; heavy wall. A reserved band at junction of wall and base ring and the grooved resting surface reserved. Flaky black glaze. N-S ... 10 March 1939