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[Object]  ST 491: Button

Conical, with flat bottomed and slightly rounded top. Pierced vertically. Scratched on bottom. Hard black stone, polished smooth. Mycenaean Graves; Grave A. 1387 Leica ... 24 April 1951

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[Object]  ST 427: Celt

Complete except for small chips on cutting edge. Smooth polished towards cutting edge; roughened and rounded on other end. Dark red stone. Λίθινος πέλεκυς. Σχεδόν ακέραιος. Modern fill in triangular cutting ... 16 March 1948

[Object]  ST 390: Six Whorls or Buttons

All intact. Conical, with concave sides: shanked type. Not diminishing size. Grayish steatite. Έξι λίθινα σφονδύλια ή κομβία από γκρί στεατίτη. Finished Mycenaean Chamber Tomb; near head of second skeleton ... 8 May 1947

[Object]  ST 389: Two Spindle Whorls

Both intact. Straight-sided conical type. Purplish steatite. Δύο λίθινα σφονδύλια κωνικού τύπου, από ερυθρό στεατίτη. Finished Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Dec.1, 2003- South Workroom-Case 52-U, Container 4 ... 8 May 1947

[Object]  ST 388: Spindle Whorl

Intact. Conical type, with straight sides. Purplish steatite. Λίθινο σφονδύλιο κωνικού τύπου, από ερυθρό στεατίτη. Finished Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Dec.1, 2003- South Workroom-Case 52-U, Container 4 280 ... 8 May 1947

[Object]  ST 340: Blade

Broken at both ends. One side flat; the other in three planes with sharp cutting edges at the sides. Obsidian. Middle Helladic Pit. 2732 Leica, 83-524 ... 4 May 1940

[Object]  ST 323: Whetstone Fragment

One corner of thin rectangular slab of stone. Sides and bottom worked smooth, the top deeply worn. Light grayish-yellow sandstone (?). Well 15; late Mycenaean. 1746 ff. Leica ... 28 March-3 April 1939

[Object]  ST 322: Mortar Fragment

About a quarter of the shallow bowl preserved, with rounded sides, plain lip and flat bottom. The inside much worn. Gray volcanic stone. Well 15; late Mycenaean. 1746 ff. Leica PD 1200-26 ... 28 March-3 April 1939

[Object]  ST 291: Spindle Whorl

Chipped at lower edge. A squat cone, vertically pierced, of polished black stone. Earth from Well 15; Mycenaean. Leica PD 1200-26 ... 29 March-3 April 1939

[Object]  ST 290: Tool Fragment

The end of an axe or hammer, bored vertically for a handle. Hard gray stone, highly polished. Earth from Well 15; Mycenaean. Leica ... 29 March-3 April 1939

[Object]  ST 289: Millstone Fragment

One corner of a millstone. Flat below, convex above. Gray volcanic stone. Well 9, bottom fill; Neolithic. Leica, 83-512 ... 6-13 March 1939

[Object]  ST 285: Millstone Fragment

Fragment from edge, preserving part of flat bottom and of high dome-shaped top. Gray stone with many small patches of quartz. Well 10; Neolithic. Leica, 83-512 ... 7-10 March 1939

[Object]  ST 284: Weight Fragment

About half missing. A roughly oval (?) object, flattened on both faces, and pierced somewhere near the center with a hole which shows signs of wear, as if the stone had hung from a string. Hard purplish-gray ... 7-10 March 1939

[Object]  ST 283: Grinder or Pestle Fragment

One side broken away. Roughly dome-shaped; the flat side worn smooth. Gray limestone. Well 10; Neolithic. Leica, 83-512 ... 7-10 March 1939

[Object]  ST 282: Blade

Apparently complete. It is very thin and forms a shallow S-curve. One side is smooth, the other has two lengthwise ridges. Obsidian. Well 9; container 10; Neolithic. Leica, 83-505 ... 13 March 1939

[Object]  ST 278: Grindstone Fragment

Broken along one side. Triangular in section, the upper face slightly concave, and much worn from being ground upon. Reddish volcanic (?) stone, with much mica and large white bits. Middle Helladic Pit ... 24 February 1939

[Object]  ST 277: Grinder

Nearly oval flat. One side much worn from grinding. Quartzy dark gray stone. Middle Helladic Pit at northwest corner of church of St. Athanasius. 86 ff. Leica, 83-545 ... 24 February 1939

[Object]  ST 276: Grinder

Limestone (?) beach pebble, nearly spherical in shape. One side much worn and polished from grinding. Middle Helladic Pit at northwest corner of church of St. Athanasius. 86 ff. Leica, 83-545 ... 24 February 1939

[Object]  ST 269: Blade Fragment

Broken at both ends. The edges a little chipped. A very untidy blade, a truncated irregular triangle in section. Obsidian. Middle Helladic. Απότμημα λεπίδας οψιανού, Μεσοελλαδικής περιόδου. Φέρει αποκρούσεις ... 17-26 March 1937

[Object]  ST 268: Blade Fragment

Broken at both ends. A narrow blade, triangular in section, the cutting edges chipped. Obsidian. Neolithic. Well S, upper fill. 1703 ff. Leica, 83-505 ... 5-10 June 1937

[Object]  ST 267: Matrix Fragment

A small and fragmentary matrix, yet showing clearly where the blades have been chipped off. Obsidian. Well S, upper fill. Leica, 83-505 ... 5-10 June 1937

[Object]  ST 266: Tool

Fragment of tool; broken at both ends. A long oval piece of gray schist-like stone, considerably worn. Well U, upper fill. Leica, 83-530 ... 16-17 June 1937

[Object]  ST 265: Artifact

A natural pebble, roughly the shape of a thick knife-blade with a tang, which seems to have been worn smooth through use. Gray schist-like stone. Well V, green filling below brown, and above. Leica, 83-530 ... 10-15 June 1937

[Object]  ST 264: Millstone Fragment

Apparently from one end of a boat-shaped grinder, domed on one side, slightly concave and smooth-worn on the other. Gray volcanic stone. Well V, green filling below brown, and above. Leica, 83-512 ... 10-15 June 1937

[Object]  ST 214: Blade

A small blade with straight toothed cutting edge and high rounded back. Cutting edge much blunted. Made from a chip of red flint or flint-like stone. Cf. Korakou, p. 108, fig. 133, 10. Λεπίδα από πυριτόλιθο, ... 17 June 1937

[Object]  ST 212: Quern Fragment

One end of an ordinary millstone, oval in shape; convex on one side, flat and slightly concave on the other. Gray volcanic stone. Middle Helladic. Well T; Middle Helladic. Leica, 83-550 ... 12 June 1937

[Object]  ST 211: Celt or Grinder Fragment

Fragment of stone, perhaps originally oval. The unbroken surfaces are polished extremely smooth. Hard black stone. Απότμημα από λίθινο πέλεκυ ή τροχιστή, Μεσοελλαδικής περιόδου. Well T; Middle Helladic ... 12 June 1937

[Object]  ST 205: Paving Stone

Thin, roughly square slab of stone, flat on one side where fractured. Much worn on other. Gray stone. MIddle Helladic. Well N. With ST 204 (OA 166). Leica, 83-550 ... 24 May 1937

[Object]  ST 204: Millstone

Roughly rectangular stone, back worn and rounded at edges; face smooth worn and concave. Gray volcanic stone. MIddle Helladic. Well N. Leica, 83-550 ... 24 May 1937

[Object]  ST 183: Grinder Fragment

Fragment of grinder (?), one end broken, the other worn smooth and rounded (from use?). Whitish stone. Well E; Early-Middle Helladic. Leica, 83-545 ... 17-26 March 1937

[Object]  ST 182: Artifact Fragment

Thin piece of stone, rough on one side, smoother on the other, worked down to a finished edge forming part of an elliptical curve. White limestone. Well E; Early-Middle Helladic. Leica, 83-550 ... 17-26 March 1937

[Object]  ST 175: Quern Fragment

End of an oval millstone or quern, concave on one side, irregularly domed on the other. The concave side much worn. Gray volcanic stone. Agora sample no. 248. Petrographic analysis, Curt Runners, August ... 19 March 1937

[Object]  ST 103: Arrow Tip

Triangular, flat; roughly flaked. Flint. Well, Grave in Metroon, Drain cut, from the filling of the shaft. Cf. P 6072, P 6073. Leica ... 22 April 1935

[Object]  ST 59: Spindle Whorl

Small concave-sided spindle whorl. Chipped at the top, and around about half the circumference at the bottom. The sides flare sharply from the small top; bottom flat. Undecorated. Reddish-brown steatite ... 13 May 1933

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[Object]  S 1097: Statuette Fragment: Female

Head, arms, lower legs and feet missing. Female figure in twisted position. She lies on her stomach with body from waist up held upright in frontal position, with arms placed horizontally across the body, ... 1938

[Deposit]  R 10:4: Disturbed Grave

Mycenaean Grave, disturbed, in scarp E of Stoa. No remains ... Myc. IIIA:2-B

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[Deposit]  Q 10:4: Well

Well by Stoa Pier 8 ... 5th c. B.C.

[Deposit]  Q 7:2: Dromos of Chamber Tomb

Dromos of a Mycenaean Tomb at N end of Stoa Terrace (Burial 3). No remains. No mention of burial #3 in notebook. see also footnote 1 in Agora XIII, p. 218, under Tomb XXII:"although there is no mention ... Myc. III A