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[Agora Report] 1947 ΝΝ: Section ΝΝ: 1947

Rodney S. Young ... Excavation continued in section ΝΝ with the aim of clearing the area for the new museum. Because of the unforeseen depth of filling, the area remained unfinished. Several features were dug and examined ... 10 Mar-3 Nov 1947

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[Agora Object] B 783: Dikast's Ballot

Wheel ballot with pierced hub. Inscribed around edge. On the opposite face, a small roughly rectangular stamp, containing a letter in relief ? Λ or N ? 76-79/Great Drain. In loan to Barcelona (Museum Caixa ... 9 May 1947

[Agora Object] B 784: Weight

Small rectangular block of bronze, almost square. Inscribed on the upper face with the symbols of three drachmas (?) (After cleanning this would seem to be four drachmas). 76-79/Great Drain Great Drain, ... 9 May 1947

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[Agora Object] G 265: Bowl Fragment

From the wall of a moulded bowl, ribbed outside. Blue and white striations. Brown fill. Early Roman level over Roman drain in area west of Areopagus. 4555 Leica ... 16 May 1947

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[Agora Object] G 269: Bowl Fragment

Rim and upper body fragment. Bowl with shallow bottom and vertical rim; ribbed below rim. Mold made of bluish glass. Cistern in the area west of the Areopagus, upper early Roman fill. 1st c. A.D. Leica, ... 25-26 April 1947

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[Agora Object] I 5983: Boundary Stone

Apparently complete. Along bottom of front face a rough slightly projecting surface at level for setting into ground. Limestone or hard gray poros. Brought in 1947; length and thickness cannot be measured ... 27 May 1947

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[Agora Object] I 6007: Mortgage Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. Five lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in Byzantine context in the industrial area, east of the Great Drain. 4888 Leica, 89-28-20, ... 3 June 1947

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[Agora Object] I 6008: Basin Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Part of wall and rim preserved. Plain rim, flat on top. Inscribed on upper face of rim. Island (?) marble. Found clearing modern surface in Roman House A, southwest of the Market Square ... 14 June 1947

[Agora Object] L 4186: Lamp

Complete. Late variety: grooved pierced handle like that of type XXVIII. Stubby nozzle with flattened heart-shaped top. Small globules on body and top. Low ring foot; inside it, three spokes of globules, ... 9 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4208: Lamp

Globules on lower body and rim, with pseudo-volutes near base of nozzle. Grooved handle, pierced. On the bottom, three raised grooved dots, and two smaller dots forming a kind of clover-leaf, all within ... 28 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4209: Lamp

Intact. On the discus, a stylized boukranion beside a small altar. Traces of a signature, now illegible, on the bottom. On the rim panels, and a double circle of dots. Handle grooved and pierced. Unglazed ... 29 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4210: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Mended from several pieces; fragments of rim and discus missing. Rim, plain, with a single circle of depressed dots at the inner edge, and concentric grooves to discus. Small sharply sunken discus with ... 29 May 1947

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[Agora Object] L 4212: Lamp: Inscribed

Intact except for horizontal strap handle at back missing. Raised base, slightly concave beneath. Scraped groove around narrow rim. Inscribed on one side and on the other, upside down to the lamp, and ... 29 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4213: Lamp

Complete except for vertical handle. Small squat lamp, the plain rim separated from the plain concave discus by three ridges. Two raised dots at throat of nozzle; end of nozzle raised: slightly higher ... 30 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4214: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Intact. Typical globules on top and lower body; typical volutes at nozzle; high ridged handle. On the reverse, the typical "alpha" in relief. Red clay with red to black wash over all. Type XX of Corinth ... 30 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4215: Lamp

Complete except for chip from nozzle. No handle. Plain rim; plain slightly concave discus; short nozzle, its upper surface raised slightly above rim. Reverse, low base ring simulated by grooves. Unglazed ... 30 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4222: Lamp

Body fragments, end of nozzle, and ornamental end of handle missing. Low ring foot and deep body; voluted nozzle with relief rosette on upper face. Flat discus surrounded by ring of dots, and grooves ... 5 June 1947

[Agora Object] L 4224: Lamp Fragment

The front part, with the unbridged nozzle. Narrow flat rim. Black glaze inside and on rim, with a reserved band around outer edge of rim. Type 6A of Agora collection. Group E. ADDENDA Restored since ... 7 June 1947

[Agora Object] L 4225: Lamp

Horizontal band handle at back, and end of nozzle missing. Ring foot; two ridges on the down-sloping top. Black glaze inside only. Type V (third Variety) of Corinth collection, type 24A' of Agora collection ... 10 June 1947

[Agora Object] L 4227: Lamp

Small fragments missing. Collar through center; no handle. Low base; five neat grooves and ridges around edge of rim. The base and the grooved rim reddened with miltos; otherwise good black glaze, worn, ... 12 June 1947