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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

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[Agora Report] 1936 ΜΜ: Section ΜΜ Summaries for 1936

Homer A. Thompson ... Three main ancient features were excavated within Section ΜΜ: the North Stoa, the South Building and the ancient East-West Street passing between the two buildings. After the destruction of the buildings, ... 10 Feb-25 May 1936

[Agora Object] A 3588: Antefix: Plastic and Inscribed

Lower left corner broken away. Palmette and scrolls; gorgoneion at middle. In raised letters below ]ΟΑ. Brick-red clay with many white inclusions. Buff surface. Catalogued 1966. From container no. 44, ... 17-29 April 1936

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[Agora Object] B 1154: Tessera

Obverse : I Reverse : I Surface somewhat flaked on both sides. Cf. Svoronos (1923), class I, pl. 100, no 20. Originally entered as a coin no. 1. Behind the small stoa. 3rd c. B.C. Leica, 81-12-17, 81-12-18 ... 24 February 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 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] 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] MC 1283: Turkish Pipe

Two pieces broken from rim. It is of lily type (bowl blends imperceptibly into rim; acute angle between stem socket and bowl axis), with reinforced toe, long flaring stem socket. On front of bowl, an ... 31 March 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1284: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken away; base chipped. The bowl condensed to a wide disk with a smooth bottom. Flaring cup-like rim now largely missing. Large faceted stem socket with a large hole. Orange clay, red slip; inside ... 21 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1285: Turkish Pipe Fragment

Stem socket missing; about one third missing. It has keel bottom, round bowl, straight-faced rim and faceted stem-socket. Around the bowl a row of moulded and incised raised ovals; on each fact of rim, ... 19 March 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1286: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken away. It is of lily type with heavy, emphasized keel running beneath entire bowl and up front of bowl, where it becomes a decorative element. Faceted stem socket with heavy moulded stem end ... 19 March 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1287: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken away, base chipped. It has a bowl condensed to a disk; flat square foot; flaring cup-like rim now mostly missing, flaring stem socket wiht large hole. Orange clay, uneven red slip. Catalogued ... 17, 31 March 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1288: Turkish Pipe

Three-fourths of rim broken away. It is of lily type with heavy, angular keel; smooth bowl merging into flaring heavy lip; flaring stem socket with two bands of rouletting partially encircling it. Orange ... 17, 31 March 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1289: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken away. Round with keel bottom, petalled base, smooth stem and socket with moulded and stamped ornament at stem end and with a seal on right side. Suggested reading of seal (by N. Stavroulakis) ... 1 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1290: Turkish Pipe Fragment

Stem socket broken away; rim chipped; bowl use-blackened inside. Bowl of a lily pipe with emphasized keel running under entire bowl and up front where it forms a decorative element. Heavy lip with vertical ... 20 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1291: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken away. It has a bowl condensed to a disk; flat square foot; high flared cup-like rim now mostly missing. Long stem socket with large swelling at stem end with moulded striations. Reddish brown ... 20 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1292: Turkish Pipe Fragment

Fragment preserves base of a pipe, which is chipped. Stem socket and rim broken away. The bowl is condensed into a petal-form disk with a keel bottom. Orange clay, red slip, once burnished. surface through ... 20 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1293: Turkish Pipe

Rim and about half of bowl broken away. Pipe combining features of several types-small bowl flat on bottom, squared foot with concave lower surface, swollen stem socket. Impressed decoration on stem end ... 20 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1294: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken away. Interior of bowl use-blackened. Pipe combining features of several types-small bowl flat on bottom, squared foot with concave lower surface, swollen stem socket. Identical with MC 1293 ... 20 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1295: Turkish Pipe Fragment

Part of rim and stem end of stem socket broken away. It has a bowl reduced to a small button disk, high flaring cup-like rim, keel bottom and flaring stem socket. A row of rouletting decoration at base ... 20 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1296: Turkish Pipe

A little over half of bowl and rim broken away. It is of the lily type, with rim and bowl blending into each other, heavy lip with striations, long stem socket with large hole, and heavy keel continuing ... 20 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1297: Turkish Pipe Fragment

Stem socket broken away. Round pipe with keel bottom, godrooned bowl, high straight rim. Rouletting between rim and bowl, bowl and keel. Orange clay and slip, somewhat burnished. 54.50-53.50m. above debris ... 5 May 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1298: Turkish Pipe

It is of lily type, bowl and rim blended together, heavy keel continuing beneath bowl and up the front, where it becomes a decorative element. Long stem socket with heavy moulded ring at stem end. Impressed ... 5 May 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1299: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken away, inside blackened by use. It has a bowl condensed to a very small disk, keel bottom, cup-like rim (now missing) and short stem socket with large swelling at stem end, ornamented with four ... 31 March 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1300: Turkish Pipe Fragment

Mended. Stem socket and two pieces from rim are broken away. Round with keel bottom and high straight rim. Impressed patterns in decorative band set off rim from bowl. Reddish brown clay and slip, burnished ... 21 April 1936

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[Agora Object] MC 1328: Turkish Pipe

Rim broken. Rounded bowl pipe with keel; faceted bowl and faceted rim. Palmettes stamped on rim and on shoulder of bowl; fringed ovals stamped on bowl; large leaf stamped on bowl clade to socket on smoker ... 19 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 7379: Footed Bowl: West Slope and Inscribed

Mended from many pieces; a few small fragments of the wall, and one of the lip, missing. Open hemispherical bowl on tall moulded foot. Beneath lip on outer wall, two grooves. Beneath these grooves, on ... 8 April 1936

[Agora Object] P 14622: Black Glaze Skyphos Fragment with Graffito

Fragment of base of black glazed skyphos of Attic type. Incised on underside: N-S cut on 50m. line, area of Stoa, layer XII(b), possibly intrusive; mid-4th c. B.C. 1156 Leica PD 1133-7(E 11) ... 20 March 1939

[Agora Object] P 14623: Amphora Fragment with Dipinto

Fragment from base of neck of a plain amphora. Inscribed in black ink: Fairly micaceous red clay; light slip. Area of road, 1st. c. A.D. 1092 Leica PD 1133-26(F 263) ... 11 March 1939

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[Agora Object] P 14624: Black Glaze Ring Stand

Fragmentary but semi-profile complete. Hemispherical in shape; rim below sharply incurved, a hole in the top, the edge around the hole flat. Dull black glaze on the outside only; hard brownish-buff clay, ... 10 March 1939

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[Agora Object] P 14625: Red Figure Bell Krater Fragment

Fragment from upper wall, broken all around. Head of woman to right, her right hand raised behind her head; vine tendrils above. At the right of the fragment, part of a thyrsos. White for flesh and tendrils; ... 10 March 1939

[Agora Object] P 14626: Panathenaic Amphora Fragments

A large fragment from the lower wall, made up of many pieces and preserving parts of both front and back panels; also eleven non-joining wall fragments, some with portions of the figured scenes. A) Athena, ... 10 March 1939

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[Agora Object] P 14627: Red Figure Column Krater Fragment

From the rim of a column krater; trace of handle attachment at right. Slanting palmette pattern on the slightly concave outer face; on the top, a wreath of olive, leaves and berries in white, stems in ... 10 March 1939

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[Agora Object] P 14628: Pelike Fragments: Inscribed

Two fragments from upper wall of a large vase, glazed at least to below the neck inside; pelike? a) A bit of the lower part of the lotus and palmette band around the neck; below, the top of a woman's ... 10 March 1939

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[Agora Object] P 14629: Bell Krater Fragment

Fragment from upper wall of bell krater; bit of reserved band below rim preserved. Parts of two figures remain, a youth, left, holding a large club and a woman facing him. He wears a white fillet and white ... 10 March 1939