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

Rodney S. Young ... Section ΝΝ lies at the mouth of the valley between Pnyx and Areopagus, which was the important thoroughfare from the Agora to the Pnyx and to the southern parts of the city, as well as to the Piraeus Gate, ... 26 Sep 1938-24 Jun 1939

[Agora Object] A 1073: Antefix Fragment: Plastic and Inscribed

Part of lower edge preserved; broken at top, back and sides. Spring of cover tile remains. At center, bearded head; raised letters on band at bottom: Α Ι Γ Ι Π Υ [ Ρ Ο Υ. Coarse red clay, buff slip. Cf ... 7 June 1939

[Agora Object] B 725: Phiale Fragment

Part of the floor, and the omphalos, preserved. Pitiful condition. Pit, burned patch at east, near Sacrificial Pit X. 2193, 2275 Leica ... 13 June 1939

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[Agora Object] G 212: Fragment

Joins G 258. No profile preserved. Stuck all through with white bits (sea-shell ?) and blue rosettes with yellow centers. Brownish-greenish glass, thin fabric. Great Drain in the area west of the Areopagus ... 31 May 1939

[Agora Object] I 5851: Mortgage Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Part of back preserved; roughly tooled. Five lines of the inscription preserved, trace of sixth above. Hymettian marble. Found in mixed Byzantine and late context north of the Roman ... 26 May 1939

[Agora Object] I 5878: Mortgage Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved, a thin sliver. Five lines of the inscription preserved. The marble heavily veined with quartzy grayish-green. Pentelic marble. Found in Hellenistic context ... 8 June 1939

[Agora Object] IL 771: Lead Weight

Flat square slab, rather thin. Chipped along lower edge. Half amphora in relief on upper face; trace of letters below. Brown fill over bedrock. Mixed to Late Roman. 2272 Leica ... 12 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 3827: Lamp

Complete, except for chips. Deep-bodied lamp, the walls almost vertical, flaring slightly above, bevelled below to a small flat base. Depressed top with small filling hole and two air holes. Band-handle, ... 24 May 1939