A considerable lenght of thick wire in a loose coil.
Broken into many pieces, seven fragments (April 1998). With the coil is preserved a pebble and a chip of flint. Agora sample no. 230. Mycenaean Tomb ... 9 June 1954
The man strides right; behind him are the two female figures in flounced skirts; the man holds a spear or branch; from his waist two lines extend to the first woman.
Small symbols in the field to the left ... 10 May 1933
Globular.
Flattened top and bottom slightly. Χάνδρα από αμέθυστο. Προέρχεται από διαταραγμένη ταφή Μυκηναϊκών χρόνων, νότια του ναού του ’ρεως. From sifting earth from Mycanaean grave.
Cf. J 5, J 7, P ... 13 May 1933
Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares (1951). See nb. p. 1465 to find grid=7m. east of NW corner of temple ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.)
Globular.
Slightly flattened top and bottom.
Darker and less translucent than J 6. Χάνδρα από αμέθυστο. Προέρχεται από διαταραγμένη ταφή Μυκηναϊκών χρόνων, νότια του ναού του ’ρεως. In sifting earth from ... 15 May 1933
A thin (like a paper) disk, more or less circular, decorated with a rosette and pierced at irregular intervals around the edge with seven small holes for attachment. Outer side slightly convex. Finished ... 30 May 1939
Ninenteen thin ornaments. This group consists of thirteen ivy-leaf pieces (a-m), one large (n) and one small rosette (o), and four plain disks (p-s), three of them are larger and one smaller.
Of the ivy-leaf ... 2 June 1939
This group consists of thirty rosettes, five ivy-leaf pieces and one shell-shaped ornanment.
Ivy-leaf ornaments: four of them are complete, though slightly bent; one is somewhat broken. Decoration in low ... 2 June 1939
Two shell-shaped pieces.
One is slightly broken, the other is a bent mass of thin gold.
Lower edge straight, upper edge scalloped. Converging flutes running downward; small eight-petalled rosette in center ... 13 June 1939
Complete.
A long piece of fine wire, now bent over double, and worn thin in places.
The wire tapers towards the ends, which are turned up in long loops or hooks; at the middle of the piece is a small rectangular ... 9 June 1939
A thin almost circular piece of gold leaf, the edges turned in underneath, as if it had once covered a button.
Probably rivet from bronze sword (B 779). Πέντε χρυσές επενδύσεις κεφαλών ήλων σπάθης. Three ... 2 May 1947
Set of leaf rosettes, consists of thirty-five largely rosettes, one fragmentary, one crumpled and one half preserved.
Simple eight-petalled rosette pattern in very low relief. Each one pierced irregularly ... 6 May 1947
Narrow strip of gold leaf, with edges turned down.
One half is curved in a semicircle, the other is bent and crumpled.
Gold banding for some wooden object, presumably round.
Perhaps decoration of hilt ... 14 May 1947
Sixty-six beads.
Two paste beads, depressed spherical in shape and laterally banded, similar to G 415 but smaller (H 692). Ten spherical paste beads with melon ribbing. Three plain spherical beads pinkish ... 9 May 1951
Necklace with gold pendent.
Preserved are seven beads.
One bead of quartz or light amethyst; one bead of light blue paste, two of green paste, and one with melon ribbing; also fragments of another of green ... 21 May 1951
A round bead.
Pierced for stringing on a necklace. Mycanaean chamber tomb. Among bones at S.E. corner.
Late Helladic III A-B. 4689 Leica, 6-158 ... 4 July 1951
Broken at both ends.
Preserves simple curved rod, which originally thought to be a fragment from a silver pin. Mycenaean Grave C. 1388-1399 Leica ... 31 March 1952
The lot consists of one spherical purple bead (amethyst ?), four small reddish ones of different sizes (agate or carnelian ?), and six larger white paste beads, globular but flattened top and bottom, along ... 8 July 1953
Seven beads.
Two small beads of blue glass paste, one of white glass paste, two small of black glass paste (?) and two of carnelian; also one of gold, together with fragments of other white glass paste ... 9 January 1954
Amygdaloid bead.
Back bevelled, front broken through at longitudinal string hole. In center a sketchy representation of bird rising with outspread wings. Chamber tomb, below Middle Stoa terrace; in cleaning ... 28 August 1965
A chip missing from one side.
Roughly conical.
Vertically pierced.
Coarse reddish clay, gray at core. Well Q, cleaning earth. Leica, 83-524 PD 1200-24 ... 3-7 June 1937
Piece from side, and chips around edges missing.
A shallow dome, flat below. Pierced lengthwise.
Gritty gray clay, the top surface smooth, gray to brown. Well 10.
Neolithic. Leica, 83-505 PD 1200-24 ... 7-10 March 1939
In five fragments; about one-seventh missing.
Blunt conical, splayed base.
Rough gritty red clay, dark brown exterior. Shows signs of burning. Mycenaean chamber tomb at north side of Temple of Ares. 1459 ... 9 May 1951
Broken at bottom.
Conical shape, bored longitudinally.
Gritty gray brown clay, hard surface mottled in firing.
Late Neolithic. Well 17. Leica, 83-505 ... 1961
Squat type with small neck and bulging sides, the greatest width near the bottom. Mended from many pieces; one small horizontal handle preserved and wall from the start of the neck to beyond the inward ... 9 May 1933
Mended from two pieces; the lower attachment of a vertical handle is preserved. Where the neck joins the shoulder a small ridge, and a band of black paint; imbricated pattern below. Black paint on the ... 9 May 1933
Similar to P 1977. Attachment of one horizontal handle preserved. On either side of it, dots. Above and below, narrow bands; around the point of greatest circumference, a broader band with a wavy upper ... 15 May 1933
Nearly half of a very low ring base preserved; above it the sides flare sharply. Mended from several fragments. At the bottom, a broad and a narrow painted band; above, a group of three narrow bands; at ... 15 May 1933
Mended from many pieces; a small part of the neck preserved with about one-quarter of the swelling body; none of the base. Three bands of paint around the bottom, three at the point of greatest circumference ... 15 May 1933
A handle and small bit of the side are preserved. The handle is the shape of approximately half an oval and is horizontal with a hole pierced vertically through it. The wall is heavy. Transverse bars painted ... 1932
Parts of handle and side walls missing. Squat body, low foot, small ribbon handle at base of spout. The top of the body has sagged out of shape before firing.
Coarse buff clay, unevenly fired, with many ... March 1934
About one-half of vase preserved. Broken, especially at foot, in many fragments. Profile complete and two handles preserved. Restored in plaster. From the high shoulder, the body tapers with a concave ... 14 February 1935
Fragment from wall of a large vase of fairly thin fabric. Mended from many pieces. A small fragment from the neck does not join. Vase seems to have had wide flat shoulder, and tapered more gradually toward ... 14 February 1935
Mended from many pieces; the front of the lip and wall missing.
Flat-bottomed jug, similar to P 4769 (Β 1237) in character. The loop handle, which rises above the lip slightly, protrudes inside at the ... 2 March 1935
From a kantharos. High hollow base with a moulded ring around the outside. Broken off above base.
Fine gray clay with dark gray surface. Grave 16. (Possibly with an earlier burial, disturbed.) 1581 Leica, ... 19 March 1935
Two contiguous fragments, preserving the small projecting vase and part of the body of a vase similar in shape to P 4646.
Fine buff clay; creamy slip. Around the bottom and the base, a broad band of thin ... 10 April 1935
Four joining fragments preserve the projecting base and part of the body of a small pot, in shape probably as P 4646.
Clay pink to buff; fine creamy buff slip. , Wall trench of burnt building, white earth ... 13 April 1935
Piece from shoulder of small pot similar in shape to P 4646; one handle attachment preserved. Creamy slip with decoration of black lines.
Buff clay. Wall trench of burnt building, white earth. Leica, ... 13 April 1935
One handle and fragment of lip remain. Tall loop handle; shallow bowl with flat rim.
Yellow clay slipped. Flaky brown glaze on lip, on outside of handle and in a wave pattern around top of wall outside ... 11 May 1935
Upper parts of handles and fragments from side wall missing; restored in plaster. High base ring; deep bowl; two vertical loop handles rising above rim, their attachments running well down the side wall ... 22 April 1935
Fragments missing from wall, restored in plaster. The vase had been broken in antiquity and mended with string(?) passed through holes drilled along side the fracture. Round bottom; gently out-turned lip ... 22 April 1935
Fragment of shoulder of alabastron, broken all around. Row of dots around top, thick wavy band around bottom, thin wavy line between.
Pinkish-buff clay; brown paint; buff slip.
ADDENDA Agora Sample ... 10 June 1936
Fragment of rim and body of an open bowl. Stub of vertical handle preserved at rim. Body decorated with a group of vertical zigzag lines between dots.
Pale clay. Creamy buff slip. Dull black glaze on ... 4 April 1932
Thirteen fragments, making up to seven, of a large Mycenaean vase. Preserved: a rim fragment, and fragments of body decorated with spirals, chevrons, and horizontal lines.
Pale, pock-marked clay; creamy ... 4 April 1932
Handmade. Chips missing from lip and one lug broken, otherwise intact. Small flat bottom; round body; wide low neck curving into flaring lip. Two small pierced vertical lug handles on shoulder. Above each ... 19 March 1937
Handmade. About half preserved, in three joining fragments. Small low foot, slightly concave below; flaring sides almost without curve; upturned rim with plain lip. Horizontal lug handles, doubly pierced, ... 19 March 1937
Handmade. Single vertical handle, chips from lip, and small bits from wall missing. Round-bodied jug with small flattened bottom. Straight neck, lip slightly out-turned at the front, cut away at the back ... 24 March 1937
Handmade. Complete except for part of lip. Rounded body tapering to small irregularly flattened bottom; broad neck, plain round slightly flaring lip.
Coarse micaceous red clay; slip(?). Well E. Middle ... 24 March 1937
Handmade. Chips from lip and body missing. Small slightly convex bottom; broad, fairly high neck flaring lip. Handle short, from high on shoulder to just below lip.
Micaceous brown clay. Well E. Leica, ... 23 March 1937
About half the rim and sides missing; restored in plaster. Flat-bottomed bowl with rounding sides and small sharply out-turned lip.
Light gray clay; poor darker gray wash. Well E. Leica, 7-190, 83-547 ... 17-26 March 1937
A single fragment preserves part of the rim and wall. Lower body forms sharp angle with upper body. High flaring rim slightly inset from upper body, and finished with a narrow projecting lip, triangular ... 17-26 March 1937
Fragment preserving part of a sharply concave rim set at an angle to wall. Horizontal handle, round in section, rising vertically from the rim.
Light gray clay; scanty remains of darker wash. Λαβή μινυείου ... 17-26 March 1937
Fragment of a large deep steep-walled bowl, with high angular concave rim set at an angle to body and finished with a small projecting rim, triangular in section. Broad vertical band handle, from junction ... 17-26 March 1937
Wall fragment, mended from three pieces, of a bowl similar to P 9732 (ΟΑ 83), but with somewhat higher upper body. None of the rim preserved. Broad vertical band handle, from junction of upper and lower ... 17-26 March 1937
Flaring, heavily wheel ridged stem of a large goblet; none of the lower edge, and nothing of the cup above preserved.
Light gray clay, dark gray wash. Well E. Leica ... 17-26 March 1937
Fragment from flaring stem of a goblet somewhat smaller than P 9736 (ΟΑ 87) and concave in profile. Part of the floor of the bowl above preserved. Heavy wheel ridges around upper part of stem only.
Light ... 17-26 March 1937
More than half the circumference of the foot, and the start of the lightly ribbed stem preserved. Broad nearly flat foot, slightly upturned at the edge and with a single groove at bottom of outer face ... 17-26 March 1937
Mended from many pieces; small fragments of wall missing; restored in plaster. Small flattened bottom; rounding walls merging into gently out-turned lip. Single vertical handle, round in section, from ... 17-26 March 1937
From a cup in shape and fabric as P 9739 (ΟΑ 90) mended from three pieces; handle and part of rim and wall preserved. Decoration in matte brown next to the handle, two vertical stripes, then a circle with ... 17-26 March 1937
Two fragments, one from the wall, the other from the rim. Nearly vertical wall; broad horizontal projecting rim, set just below plain lip, and pierced with two large holes. Decoration: on the rim, a band ... 17-26 March 1937
Handmade. Mended from many pieces; all of bottom, most of lower wall and back, missing. Rounded upper body ornamented with horizontal ribs; lower wall, set at an angle, plain; straight neck, rising vertically ... 17-26 March 1937
Handmade. Mended from many pieces; much of the body and most of the lip, with the upper part of the handle, missing. Flat bottom; eggy body forming a continuous curve with the neck. Plain lip apparently ... 17-26 March 1937
Mended from many pieces; a few small fragments of rim and walls missing; restored in plaster. Deep wide bowl with small projecting lip. Walls flare from flat bottom, then curve inwards slightly to the ... 17-26 March 1937
Mended from many pieces; fragments of body missing, restored in plaster. Large deep-bodied pot; short flaring rim; small flat bottom. Just below the rim a single small vertical handle, round in section ... 17-26 March 1937
Many fragments of walls and most of one handle missing; restored in plaster. Plump rounded body neatly flattened on the bottom; wide neck; plain flaring rim. Two horizontal handles, round in section, at ... 17-26 March 1937
Mended from many pieces; fragment from wall only, with one pierced horizontal lug handle. Faint trace of curve to neck at top of fragment.
Micaceous red clay; red slip. Well E. Leica ... 17-26 March 1937
Wall fragment from a large handmade pot. On the outside, a small raised knob from which springs a decoration (or symbol?) incised in the unbaked clay.
Coarse greenish-buff clay with many black bits; slipped ... 17-26 March 1937
Fragment from a large, steep-walled bowl with a vertical band handle rising well above the rim, and decorated on the outside with coarsely incised grooves; a low knob-like projection on the inside of the ... 17-26 March 1937
Small fragment from the rim(?) of a large bowl, with a broad lug handle, horizontally pierced, set just below the plain lip.
Red to gray clay, slipped and burnished outside. Well E. Leica, 83-521 ... 17-26 March 1937
About half of rim missing; otherwise intact. Small slightly convex bottom; widest diameter about at center of vase; shoulder tapering up to merge into plain flaring lip. Two small horizontal handles at ... 14 May 1937
More than half preserved; chips missing. Large deep conical lid, flattened on top, a small loop handle rising from the flattened part. Linear decoration in black matte paint outside.
Coarse gritty clay, ... 22 May 1937
High flaring stand preserved with center of floor.
Coarse gritty brownish to gray clay; heavy fabric. Lustrous red polish, much worn. Well N (mostly mid-Helladic). Leica PD 1200-18 ... 22 May 1937
Many fragments preserve the complete profile and much of the body. Parts of lip, walls, and one handle restored in plaster. Small bottom irregularly flattened; swelling body, rounded shoulder; wide neck ... 22 May 1937
End of nozzle chipped. Round bodied, flat bottomed pot with plain lip; two horizontal handles, round in section, at the shoulder. Spout, roughly triangular in section, bridged at the lip, projects horizontally ... 24 May 1937
Flat bottom; walls flaring to sharp shoulder, then sloping inward to plain lip. Large round spout, its lip somewhat cut away, set at an angle on the shoulder; at the back, a single small vertical handle, ... 24 May 1937
Chip missing from lip. Squat pot with wide mouth and out-turned lip. Angular body sloping to a small depressed bottom. Two vertical band handles on shoulder; front and back, on the shoulder, two small ... 24 May 1937
Mended from many fragments; bits of rim and body missing. Mended in antiquity with lead clamps. Flat bottom; egg-shaped body; wide neck tapering slightly, then flaring to form plain lip. Two vertical handles ... 24 may 1937
Fragments of body and much of lip missing. Rounded body; small flattened bottom, plain out-turned lip. Handles, round in section, from just below lip to middle of shoulder.
Coarse red clay.
Middle Helladic ... 24 May 1937
Intact save for chip of lip and small hole in wall. Plump body, small flat bottom. Narrow neck with plain cutaway lip. Rising band handle, lip to shoulder.
Fine pale buff clay.
Middle Helladic. Πρόχους ... 25 May 1937
All of base and about half of wall preserved, including one vertically pierced lug handle. Low neat foot ring; flaring wall; rim sharply inturned.
Coarse brick red clay, highly polished inside and out ... 26 May 1937
Fragments of wall, small bit of rim, and part of end of spout missing. Plump jug on small flat bottom; wide open top; lip slightly inturned, bridged from back to front by a high rising basket handle, round ... 24 May 1937
About half of upper part preserved, and many non-joining fragments, including part of shoulder with handle attachment. Restored in plaster. In flaring lip a hole has been punched, but core never removed ... 12-14 May 1937
Most of lower body, egg-shaped with small flat bottom, preserved, and one vertical handle, round in section, on the shoulder. Decorated sparingly in white paint; bars on handle, a loop around handle; on ... 12-14 May 1937
Part of rim and upper wall only preserved. Rounded profile with flaring lip. Matte paint decoration: tongues on inside of lip, horizontal bands on outside, and hatchings on shoulder, widely separated ... 12-14 May 1937
Part of rim and wall of a small open bowl or dish with inturned rim and angular profile. Outside, a band at lip, and lozenges or net pattern on rim and body.
Fine dark buff micaceous clay with good buff ... 12-14 May 1937
Fragment of rim and wall only. Angular profile with straight rim, and flat flaring lip; vertical lug on neck below lip; pierced through lip from top to bottom.
Coarse clay, brown to red; red slip(?) ... 12-14 May 1937
