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[Agora Publication] Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th and 4th Centuries B.C.

Sparkes, B. A. Tallcott, L ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This massive (two-part) volume focuses on pottery produced between 600 and 300 B.C. with Sparkes discussing the black glaze and Talcott the domestic (household and kitchen) wares of the period. Over 2,040 ... 1970

[Agora Object] P 12977: Amphora

Small amphora, intact. Squat plump egg-shaped body; low base ring; rather wide neck with plain flaring rim; band handles, from below rim to shoulder. Micaceous yellow-buff clay. Unglazed. Well, POU, ca ... 18 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12979: Black Glaze Bowl

Two small pieces of floor and chips missing. Shallow open bowl on low base ring; low concave side wall; broad keeled rim with groove at lower edge. Pinkish-buff clay. Covered with good black glaze except ... 18 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12980: Duck Askos

Tip of tail and fragments from walls missing. Low ring foot; broad concave lip; flat band handle on the top. Thin pinkish-buff clay. Black wash (or deposit?) inside. Unglazed. Well, lower fill b, POU, ... 17 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12983: Two-Handled Cup

Full profile preserved; about half of rim, one handle and part of wall missing. Deep cup on flaring base ring; flat-topped lip with projecting edge; one horizontal strap handle preserved. Pinkish-buff ... 18 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12987: Amphoriskos Fragments

Part of shoulder and non-joining neck with one complete handle. Narrow neck with projecting thickened rim; curving shoulder; band handle, slightly rising, from well below lip; trace of lower attachment ... 18 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12989: Black Glaze Oinochoe

Complete. Ring foot; tall egg-shaped body; elongated neck; exaggerated trefoil lip. Triangular handle. Good black glaze; resting surface reserved. Well. Leica, 97-7-4, 97-7-5, 97-7-6 PD 1153-10b ... 26 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12992: Black Glaze Miniature Kantharos

Miniature votive kantharos, roughly wheelmade, with handles turned up against rim. Black to red glaze. Pit. "Fallen from well at 19/Λ." Leica, 82-516, 92-7-3 ... 26 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12998: Black Glaze Miniature Kantharos

Intact. Miniature kantharos, roughly made on the wheel. Band handles, rising from rim. Unglazed. Cistern. Leica, XXXIV-81, 82-516, VII-88 ... April 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13009: Amphora

Part of foot missing, fragments from the wall, a piece of one handle and all of the lip. Broad flaring foot; elongated eggy body with high narrow shoulder; narrow neck flaring slightly towards lip; double ... 21 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13014: Black Glaze Amphora

Fragments missing from wall. Flaring foot; eggy body; shoulder and neck form continuous concave curve; heavy torus lip. Small rising band handles, lower part of neck to shoulder. Very soft clay, buff ... 23-24 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13016: Black Glaze Lekane

Small fragments of rim and wall missing. Broad echinus foot; deep body, walls rounded, then nearly vertical; thick rolled rim; horizontal handles set below rim and somewhat uptilted. Small unbridged spout, ... 23-24 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13022: Black Glaze Miniature Vessel on Stand

Chips missing. A small kothon-like vase on a high flaring foot. Linked buds on shoulder; reserved band on underside of body. Well 6, container 3, upper fill. Leica, 82-472, VII-89 ... 26 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13023: Black Glaze Miniature Oinochoe

Handle missing, and chips. Wide trefoil mouth; purple bands at lip, at base of shoulder and edge of foot. Well 6, container 3, upper fill. Leica, 81-101 ... 25 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13028: Black Glaze Stand with Graffito

Much chipped; part of rim missing. Disk-like stand. Rounded rim, the center slightly depressed, both top and bottom. Black glaze on rim above and for two small circles in center. Incised on bottom: Δ ... 25 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13037: Pitcher

Much of trefoil lip chipped away; otherwise intact. Small plump jug on right foot; short neck; trefoil lip flat on top; rolled handle lip to shoulder. Gritty micaceous clay, gray and brown; handmade ... 27 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13061: Black Glaze Miniature One-Handler

Handle missing except for stump. A small open bowl with flat bottom and one horizontal handle. Unglazed. Exterior polished. Surface of reddish brown earth. No container, but found with a Lamp (L 3461), ... 24 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13076: Miniature Jug

Intact except for chip from lip. Flat bottom; ovoid body; no neck; short flaring rim, from which vertical handle rises slightly. Buff clay. Narrow band of thin brown glaze about rim. ADDENDA Bottom left ... 23 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13100: Miniature Bowl

Flat bottom, left rough; steep sides; plain rim. Buff clay. Unglazed. Well, dirt pile. Leica, 82-515 ... 27 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13102: Black Glaze Stemmed Thymiaterion

Broken at both ends. A hollow tube with a kind of flaring collar around it, formed apparently of six leaf-like projections. A part of original edge of collar preserved. Three holes punched in collar in ... 28 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13103: Black Glaze Askos Fragment with Relief Decoration

Fragment mended from two pieces from a black glazed jug decorated with moulded reliefs; top of an askos(?). Relief depicts the upper part of an Amazon, body facing, head half right; her right arm is raised ... 1 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13114: Black Glaze Oinochoe or Olpe

The band handle and part of the lip missing. Very wide flaring ring foot, rounded body, wide neck continuously curved with the body; trefoil mouth, plain lip. Dull black glaze somewhat peeled. Finished ... 4-6 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13119: Black Glaze Lekane

Profile complete including one of the rolled lifting handles with upturned ends on the rim. Deep body on very flaring ring foot; flat projecting rim. Covered with dull glaze, black to red, except for ... 4-6 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13120: Black Glaze Hydria

Preserves a large part of the body, from above the foot to the base of the neck, including one of the horizontal handles. Nearly flat shoulder. The body banded at wide intervals; scrolls pendent from the ... 4-6 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13122: Black Glaze Cup: Type C

Fragment of lip and one of wall missing. Short thick stem; high foot with rounded edge conical beneath; deep bowl with offset concave lip. Pinkish-buff clay; black glaze party fired red; a band of purple ... 28 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13129: Black Glaze Pyxis

About one-half of base and one-quarter of wall of small pyxis with low tripod foot, Type A. Lip chipped. Black glaze inside; on top of rim and flange outside, for a wide band around middle of wall and ... 31 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13211: Black Glaze Bowl

About one-third of rim and wall missing. Open bowl on heavy torus ring foot; light groove around upper edge of foot. Good black glaze; foot and space inside it reserved, with broad and narrow glaze circles ... 18 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13217: Black Glaze Stemless Cup: Stamped

The moulded ring foot preserved and part of the floor. The underside has concentric ridges; center reserved with circle and dot. On floor, stamped rosette, linked palmettes, then rays. Good black glaze ... 20 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13222: Black Glaze Bowl

Much of rim, floor and base and both handles missing. High ring foot, concave in profile; plain shallow bowl. Glazed all over, save for resting surface, and a reserved line at junction of floor and foot, ... 20 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13232: Black Glaze Bolsal: Stamped

About half remains; both handles missing. Finely profiled base; high straight wall. Four palmettes stamped around a circle on floor; black dot and circles on reserved underside. Cf. Agora XII, no. 551 ... 20 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13233: Black Glaze Plate Fragment: Type A

Fragment from rim, base and floor. Low, massive torus base ring; strongly convex rim thickened around its edge, with groove above and below. Red glaze, much flaked; black glaze inside base ring. Stoa ... 20 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13238: Chytra

Breaks in side and lip. Globular body; low flaring mouth; strap handle, lip to shoulder. Gritty brown clay, rubbed smooth on outside. From floor of archaic house beneath N.E. quadrant of Tholos, early ... 11 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13240: Black Glaze Bowl with Rouletting: Type C and Stamped

Chips missing from rim; restored in plaster. High base-ring; five free-standing stamped palmettes within a circle of rouletting. Firm black glaze; resting surface unglazed; and a scraped groove at junction ... 25 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 13243: Saucer

Intact. Flat bottom, left rough; very slightly raised. Flat floor, its edge turned up and slightly thickened to form a rim. Carelessly turned; covered in part with a thin brown wash. Cf. Agora XII, no ... 25 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13253: Black Glaze Krater: Banded

About one-half remains, with one handle. Steep wall; thickened and flaring rim. The bowl appears to have warped in making for the rim appears to be oval, not round. Good black glaze on inside, around ... 26 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13288: Krater Fragments

Two large compound fragments from wall preserve a part of the lip. Steep wall, slightly out-turned rim. The wall is decorated inside and out with broad bands of brown glaze. Between the uppermost bands ... 3 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13296: Black Glaze Hydria

One horizontal handle and many fragments of wall are missing; restored in plaster. Squat hydria on low base ring; sharply profiled rim. Gritty yellow clay; thin black glaze nearly all flaked away. Finished ... 17 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13297: Hydria

The vertical handle and most of one horizontal handle and a few fragments of the wall are missing; restored in plaster. Tall ovoid body on high base ring; short neck, down-turned lip. Gritty brown clay ... 17 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13336: Black Glaze Lekane

Fragments missing from wall and rim, and one handle. Restored in plaster. Small high ring foot; steeply flaring sides rounded above; narrow outcurved lip; band handles at point of greatest circumference ... 15 April 1938

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[Agora Object] P 13342: Black Glaze Plate

About one-fourth remains; profile defective in center of floor. Low torus base. Sharply profiled rim. A channeled circle on floor; a channeled and reserved circle on rim; glazed channels against a reserved ... 1 June 1938