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[Agora Report] 1947 ΠΠ: Section ΠΠ 1947 Season Preliminary Report

Arthur W. Parsons Margaret Crosby ... The early part of the excavation season in Section ΠΠ was concerned almost exclusively with the removal of the Asteroskopiou Street, a road going back to the 1st or 2nd century A.D. The work of the remainder ... 28 Apr-11 Aug 1947

[Agora Object] A 1086: Antefix: Plastic and Inscribed

Lower left corner is chipped away. Spring of the cover-tile only. Palmette and tendrils in high relief. Raised letters across the bottom. Red clay with coarse brown tempering, yellow in the surface. Cf ... 10 June 1939

[Agora Object] A 1238: Antefix and Cover Tile: Plastic

The cover tile mended from several pieces; small fragments missing; the full dimensions preserved. Elaborate relief decoration on the antefix: palmette, Medusa mask, and scrolls. Coarse gritty red clay; ... 23 June 1947

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[Agora Object] A 1276: Capital Fragment: Ionic

About half preserved, lengthwise; surface in good condition except for chips. Small capital, coarsely made. The marble either Hymettian or low-grade Pentelic. On floor strosis. 487 Leica, 94-55-4, 94-55-5, ... 14 July 1947

[Agora Object] A 1287: Antefix Fragment: Plastic and Inscribed

The upper part, and the cover tile, broken away. Athena head, surrounded by scrolls in relief. Below, in raised letters, the signature: Μ Ι Κ Ι Ω Ν. Red to buff tile fabric with buff slip and a few traces ... 4 August 1947

[Agora Object] A 1290: Antefix: Plastic and Inscribed

Part of the cover tile preserved; the antefix complete except for chips. Plastic decoration like that of A 1289 (ΠΠ 249) but the whole very slightly larger, and the fabric different: red tile fabric, with ... 4 August 1947

[Agora Object] A 1291: Antefix: Plastic and Inscribed

Mended from two pieces; one corner of end of cover tile missing, and chips. Nine-petalled palmette rising from diamond heart; scrolls and tendrils below. Coarse red clay, buff slip. Along the lower edge, ... 4 August 1947

[Agora Object] B 808: Weight : Six Drachmas

Small rectangle of bronze, inscribed on both sides, obverse and reverse. Asteroskopeion Street, modern fill. Leica ... 16 June 1947