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P 15235: Alabastron

Mended from many pieces; a few small fragments and chips of body missing. Round mouth with out-turned lip. Flat, watch-shaped body. Three small handles on broad shoulder or upper half of body; also wave-like ... 26 May 1939

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P 15236: Alabastron

Mended from many pieces. Fragment of mouth and a few small fragments and chips of body missing. Shape and decoration as P 15235 (ΕΕ 239) . Clay pinkish-buff to buff; buff slip. Decoration in reddish-brown ... 26 May 1939

P 15518: Alabastron

Mouth, much of shoulder, and handles missing (attachments preserved for two, not set directly opposite each other). Bottom slightly convex with small flattened central part, sides slightly concave; sloping ... 28 March-3 April 1939

P 20687: Alabastron

Mouth and about half of body missing; one non-joining fragment. Partly restored in plaster. Lines around base of neck; wave decoration on body; concentric circles in groups on bottom; handles glazed ... 2 May 1950

P 21194: Alabastron

Mended from many pieces; about half missing, with one handle. Plump alabastron with high neck and narrow out-turned rim. Rim, neck and handles glazed. Below the neck, two narrow glazed lines, then a broad ... 24 April 1951

P 21242: Alabastron

Intact but for one missing handle and chips. Deeper in proportion to diameter than a normal alabastron and with a marked shoulder angle. Lower walls taper to flat bottom. Out-turned rim. The neck glazed, ... LH III B

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P 21250: Alabastron

Intact except for one handle missing, and chips from rim. Fairly high angular profile; flat rim; rounded bottom. Irregular outlines; handsome. Rim, neck and handles glazed; on the shoulder, wave pattern, ... 9 May 1951

P 21251: Alabastron

Intact except for one handle missing. Squat body, projecting rim rounded on top; bottom flat. Lip and handles glazed; a broad band on the neck above a narrow band on the shoulder; then wave pattern with ... LH III A

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P 21252: Alabastron

Complete except for fragments of underside. Squat body, flat bottom. Neck and handles glazed; around top of shoulder three narrow bands; then ivy pattern: a leaf with curving double stem in each panel ... 9 May 1951

P 21253: Alabastron

Complete except for part of lip and chips; mended from many fragments. Flat spreading body, wide flat rim, set low, the handles rising slightly above it; bottom slightly concave. Rim and handles glazed, ... LH II 8 - (? III A)

P 21254: Alabastron

Complete save minor chips; mended from many fragments. Fairly high curving profile; flat rim and bottom; handles rising just above rim. Rim and handles glazed; band at top of shoulder, then double-line ... LH II A-B

P 21255: Alabastron

Complete except for part of rim and handle, and chips; mended from many pieces. Squat body, slightly curved rim; wide flat bottom. Rim and handles glazed; at top of shoulder four concentric bands. In main ... 9 May 1951

P 21256: Alabastron

Intact except for small chips. Rim, neck and handles glazed. At top of shoulder, a glazed band; below it, triple-stemmed ivy pattern, with the tip of the leaf touching the neck band. Below, diminutive ... LH III A

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P 21301: Alabastron

One handle missing; small chips. Low neck, out-turned lip; round bottom; three handles on shoulder. Beige slip. Rim above, neck, handles above painted. Degenerate wavy band at the greatest diameter. On ... 19 May 1951

P 21309: Alabastron

Neck and handles broken. Chipped and cracked. Three handles, flat bottom. Plain. Yellow clay. Μυκηναϊκό αλαβαστρίδιο με επίπεδη βάση. Mycenaean grave, at head of skeleton 4288-4289 Leica, XLIX-12, color ... 21 May 1951

P 21596: Alabastron

One handle missing. Otherwise intact. On top, between handles, a dot rosette; below these a wave pattern. Underside, concentric circles. Clay pink to buff; glaze fired red. North edge of late pit. Probably ... 13 July 1951

P 22140: Alabastron

Mended from many joining fragments. About half of mouth, base and part of lower body, and one handle missing. Neck and shoulder covered with red to brown glaze, glaze circle around base of neck. On body, ... 31 March 1952

P 23694: Alabastron

Intact except for chips from lip. Flattened bottom, vertical sides, shoulder rising slightly to low neck; narrow projecting rim. Three handles near edge of shoulder. Buff clay, decoration in brown glaze ... 7 January 1954

P 23701: Alabastron

Intact except for chips missing from one side of lip. Domed alabastron with rounded bottom, concave neck and projecting rim, nearly flat on top. Glazed rim and neck inside and out; also a line around top ... 9 January 1954

P 23703: Alabastron

Mended from many pieces; fragments of wall, and one handle, missing; lip chipped. Vertical-walled alabastron; sloping shoulder, low neck with flaring rim; flat bottom, three handles on shoulder. Lip, ... 9 January 1954

P 23704: Alabastron

Mended from several pieces; fragments of wall, two handles and parts of lip missing. Lightly domed alabastron, with broad rim, turned slightly down. Neck and rim glazed to top of shoulder; below this, ... 9 January 1954

P 23723: Alabastron

Mended from several pieces; fragmentary; most of the bottom and part of the top preserved; non-joining fragments preserve a little of neck and rim, part of shoulder with one handle, and two small pieces ... 27 January 1954

P 23808: Alabastron

Badly broken and much missing. Cylindrical body; sloping shoulder; outcurved rim; three handles on shoulder. Clay pink to buff. Light buff slip. Decoration in brown glaze. Rim glazed inside and out; tops ... 16 April 1954

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P 34082: Alabastron

Intact. Encrusted with remains of textile in which the pot was wrapped (see conservation report). Flat bottom; squat body; low shoulder with three small vertical handles, round in section. Thin projecting ... 23 July 2001

P 1977: Alabastron Fragment

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

P 1982: Alabastron Fragment

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

P 8054: Alabastron Fragment

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

P 21195: Alabastron Fragment

Very badly broken; many small scraps do not join. Most of body and all of neck, mouth and handles missing. A small non-joining fragment of rim remains. Wave pattern on body; concentric circles on bottom ... 24 April 1951

P 27030: Alabastron Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve ca. one-fourth of base and wall approximately up to handles. Wheel pattern on base framed by two concentric circles. Above pointed wave bordered by dots. Fine buff clay ... 1961

P 20163: Alabastron Fragments

Fragments of flat-bottomed pot with straight sides, sloping shoulder and low neck. Rudimentary handles formed by a roll of clay on shoulder. Lines of glaze, wide and narrow, on wall; a band of vertical ... 29 June 1949

P 21277: Alabastron Fragments

Most of the upper part preserved and pieces of wall; much mended and very badly worn. Narrow neck, high rising rim; tall and fairly straight-sided body. Decoration visible only on a): lip glazed inside ... 9 May 1951

P 23624: Alabastron: Gray Ware

All three handles and most of one side of the body missing; restored in plaster. Deep alabastron with rather tall neck spreading to narrow rim rounded on top. Gray clay, very brittle and flaky. Remains ... 8 October 1953

J 6: Amethyst Bead

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

J 8: Amethyst Bead

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

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P 10524: Amphora

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

P 10525: Amphora

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

P 13960: Amphora

Many wall fragments missing; restored in plaster. Small flat bottom, squat rounded body; wide short neck with plain lip pressed into a spout at either side; two vertical handles, round in section, from ... 20-28 May 1937

P 14505: Amphora

The bottom missing. Very squat spherical body and vertical neck flaring to a plain lip. At the point of greatest circumference, two horizontal lug handles, each pierced by a round hole. Handmade of coarse ... 24 February 1939

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P 15358: Amphora

Mended from many pieces; fragments of mouth and body missing. Round mouth with torus lip, short neck, broad sloping shoulder. Body tapers downward to blunt point at bottom. Two vertical handles on upper ... 2 June 1939

P 15532: Amphora

A few fragments missing. Flat base, long ovoid body, small mouth with splayed and bevelled lip; two horizontal handles. Gritty pinkish clay; unglazed. Well 15, late Mycenaean. 1746 ff. Leica, 83-578 ... 28 March-3 April 1939

P 17906: Amphora

Body fragments, most of the rim, and one handle missing. Plain rim; small flattened bottom. Band handles, shoulder to rim. Coarse purplish-gray clay with large black and white grits; unglazed. No. 4 ... 5 June 1947

P 17908: Amphora

Complete except for minor chips from mouth and neck. Convex bottom and rounded body; plain flaring rim and round mouth; two vertical band handles, shoulder to rim. Buff clay, rather coarse and slightly ... 5 June 1947

P 20313: Amphora

Part of lip and neck and minor fragments of body missing; restored in plaster. Flat bottom; ovoid body; two flat vertical handles attached to lip and shoulder. Dark pinkish-buff clay with small grits ... 26-27 July 1949

P 21594: Amphora

Mended from many pieces. Parts of one handle, with the adjacent neck part and large fragments from walls missing. Thickened rim, high nearly straight neck, spherical body, narrow very low base, handles ... 16 June 1951

P 23567: Amphora

Many wall fragments and part of rim missing and restored. Flat bottom; rounded body; lip out-turned; thin strap handles springing from lip. Coarse light brown clay surfaced with a thin red-brown slip ... 8 August 1953

P 23568: Amphora

Handle, most of mouth and part of upper wall remain; partly restored. Shape similar to P 23567, but the strap handles springing from the lip are thicker and slope downward less rapidly. Coarse light brown ... 8 August 1953

P 23697: Amphora

Spout missing, and chips; one handle broken off and mended. Small broad-shouldered amphora, the walls tapering to a small false ring foot; narrow neck, flaring to plain rim, on one side apparently drawn ... 7 January 1954

P 23724: Amphora

Much of rim and neck, with top of one handle and large chip from foot missing. Plump amphora on flaring ring foot; wide neck, forming continuous curve with shoulder; projecting rim flat on top. Two small ... 27 January 1954

P 27448: Amphora

Complete except for chips from rim and wall by handle; mended from many fragments. Flat bottom, depressed globular body, vertical strap handles from belly to top of shoulder, neck tall and flaring out ... 3 August 1965

P 27455: Amphora

Complete but for chips from wall; mended from sixteen pieces. Same type as P 27448, but two vertical strap handles from rim to belly, faint ring foot nicely profiled, body well articulated. Paint all over ... 10-11 August 1965

P 14506: Amphora Fragment

From an amphora similar to P 14505 (ΓΓ 25), but smaller and of somewhat finer fabric. Part of the neck, lip and shoulder preserved. ADDENDA P 14505: Very squat spherical body and vertical neck flaring ... 24 February 1939

P 14507: Amphora Fragment

Fragment of an amphora similar to P 14505 (ΓΓ 25) preserving part of the body and one of the pierced horizontal handles. ADDENDA P 14505: Very squat spherical body and vertical neck flaring to a plain ... 24 February 1939

P 17299: Amphora Fragment

Neck, rim and shoulder fragment of a small closed pot. Short straight neck and projecting rim. Neck glazed inside, banded outside; rim decorated on top with arcs. On shoulder, traces of spirals between ... May 1939

P 17300: Amphora Fragment

Neck fragment of a pot similar in shape to P 17299 (ΟΑ 1087), but with plain rim. Stump of one vertical handle, at middle of neck. Pinkish clay with white slip; black glaze bands outside. Well 23, Late ... May 1939

P 17301: Amphora Fragment

Shoulder fragment of a large closed pot, probably an amphora or three-handler. Pinkish-buff clay with white slip on outside; three horizontal bands of black glaze. Well 23, Late Mycenean, containers ... May 1939

P 17302: Amphora Fragment

Neck, rim and shoulder fragments, non-joining but put together with plaster. Short straight neck, slightly grooved, and rounded rim. No trace of handles preserved. Buff clay, unglazed. Well 23, Late ... May 1939

P 22274: Amphora Fragment

Upper part of an ovoid amphora, mended from several pieces, preserving the neck and rim, one handle and part of the other, and a little of the shoulder. Heavy flaring rim; rolled handles from rim. Coarse ... 22 April 1952

P 15529: Amphora Fragments

Preserved is a large piece of wall with one horizontal handle, giving nearly half the circumference at the handle zone, and many non-joining fragments; nothing of rim or base remains. Gritty orange-buff ... 28 March-3 April 1939

P 20212: Amphoriskos

One handle, part of body and base missing. Flat bottom; broad rounded body; narrow neck; flaring lip; two band handles attached to neck and shoulder. Decoration in brown glaze on reserved polished ground: ... 24 June 1949

T 1960: Animal Figurine

Nose, tail and legs missing. The creature wears a curly topknot - a horn (?). Bands of red glaze down middle of back, around neck, tail and start of legs. Orange-pink clay. Earth from well 15. Leica, XVIII-29 ... 6 April 1939

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

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

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

P 3877: Askos

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

P 9742: Askos

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

P 17904: Askos

Complete except for chip from spout and one body fragment. Squat body, shallow convex on bottom, slightly pointed toward top. Diagonally upwards pointed spout; strap handle. On the lower part the thin ... 5 June 1947

P 21261: Askos

Mended from many pieces; complete except for small wall fragments, but the body badly warped so that the fragments at mid-body do not join properly. Body rounded above, then tapering to raised base, slightly ... LH III A 1

P 21304: Askos

High Askos. Intact, apart from small chips. High spout; small horizontal handle on shoulder; double conical body, tapering to a narrow base. Black overall. Micaceous whitish clay. Μικρός στιλβωτός Μυκηναϊκός ... 19 May 1951

P 21306: Askos

Intact; surface damaged. Elongated, tailed, flat below. Wide spout; flat handle from lip to about the middle of the body. Cream slip. Most of painted decoration gone. Rim and handle once painted. Running ... 19 May 1951

P 23726: Askos

Bottom cracked, apparently in making; otherwise intact. Shallow domed askos; flat bottom; long tubular spout set at an angle to shoulder, plain slightly flaring lip. High basket handle set on the top ... 27 January 1954

P 10528: Basket-Handled Spouted Jug

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

G 436: Bead

Slightly broken. Surface pitted. Large hole through the center. White paste. Late Helladic III A-B. Mycenaean chamber tomb, main chamber, pocket in floor at west side. 4698 Leica ... 9 July 1951

ST 506: Bead

Intact. Shield-shaped, lentoid. Pierced vertically. Similar to ST 498 (H 676), but without the four depressions which on that suggest a seal stone. Black steatite. Mycenaean Grave. 4334 Leica PD 2112-6 ... 24-25 May 1951

ST 595: Bead

Large conical bead, slightly concave below. Purple steatite with red veins. Mycenaen Chamber Tomb to N.W. of Stoa Pier 19. Near skull of northern skeleton, but above floor. 2726 Leica PD 1200-26 ... 5 September 1953

ST 596: Bead

Small conical bead. Plum-colored steatite. Mycenaen Chamber Tomb to N.W. of Stoa Pier 19. At waist of northern skeleton. 2726 Leica PD 1200-26 ... 5 September 1953

ST 597: Bead

Small conical bead. Plum-colored steatite. Mycenaen Chamber Tomb to N.W. of Stoa Pier 19. At waist of northern skeleton with ST 596. 2726 Leica PD 1200-26 ... 5 September 1953

ST 598: Bead

Biconical bead. Marks of turning. Dark slate-colored steatite. Mycenaen Chamber Tomb to N.W. of Stoa Pier 19. Beside head of northern skeleton. 2726 Leica PD 1200-26 ... 5 September 1953

ST 616: Bead

Conical bead. Gray to brown steatite. From Mycenaean grave below Stoa stylobate opposite Pier 21. 3742 Leica PD 1200-26, 2112-6 ... 16 April 1954

ST 734: Bead

Dark green stone in fresh condition. Steatite. From the dump of the dromos of the Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under the Middle Stoa terrace east end. 1992 Leica, 84-441 ... 23 July 1965

ST 737: Bead

Minor chips at bottom edge. Some wear at top of string hole. Conical. Pierced vertically. Dark purple steatite. Chamber Tomb, below Middle Stoa terrace, opposite Pier 20; found 0.04m. N.W. and slightly ... 4 August 1965

ST 740: Bead

Worn, recently broken at one end, and in mediocre condition. Amygdaloid bead pierced longitudinally with worn string hole. Worn on wrist or fingers of left hand. Amber. Chamber Tomb, below Middle Stoa ... 28 August 1965

ST 499: Bead or Button

Intact. Typical "spindle-whorl" shape: truncated conoid; lopsided outline. Somewhat scratched and worn; rather rough. Steatite. Mycenean Chamber Tomb at North Side of Temple of Ares. 1475, 1489 ff. Leica, ... 9 May 1951

ST 500: Bead or Button

Intact; in excellent condition. Double conical shape, sharp median ridge. Clear horizontal polishing marks. Smooth soapy surface. Steatite. Mycenean Chamber Tomb at North Side of Temple of Ares. 1475, ... 9 May 1951

G 501: Beads

Three beads. Two tubular and one ring-shaped. Publication: Late Helladic. Mycenaean chamber tomb to N.W. of stoa pier 19. From circular pit in N.E. corner. 2726 Leica PD 2112-2 ... Publication: Late Helladic.

P 13896: Biconical Jar

About one-half of rim and body preserved with one handle but none of the base. Squat sharp-shouldered body; plain low vertical rim; short vertical ribbon handle, lip to just below rim. Gritty brown clay, ... 16-17 June 1937

P 13897: Biconical Jar

About one-third of body preserved, without base and only the start of rim. Inverted U-lug, doubly pierced. Gritty brown clay, largely fired gray; red burnished slip outside, much worn and partly fired ... 16-17 June 1937

P 13898: Biconical Jar

Base, about half of rim, both handles and much of upper wall preserved, in four non-joining fragments. Restored in plaster. Slightly raised base, concave below; low horizontally pierced lugs, one above ... 16-17 June 1937

P 13899: Biconical Jar Fragment

Fragment preserving rim, wall to shoulder, and horizontally pierced lug just below rim. Gritty clay fired gray almost throughout; burnished slip, pale gray doubtless through firing. ADDENDA Fehlbrand ... 16-17 June 1937

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P 14871: Biconical Jar: Red Burnished

Cracked, and a small piece missing from one side; otherwise intact, except for chips. Broad double conical shape, with high foot ring and vertical neck-mouth. On either side, just below the mouth, a lug ... 24 April 1939

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P 14872: Biconical Jar: Red Burnished

Mended from several pieces; small part of lip and upper wall missing. Double conical shape, much as P 14871 (ΟΑ 1034), but less angular and rather less carefully made. On either side, just below the mouth, ... 27 April 1939

P 15081: Black Glaze Skyphos

Base and about one-half of upper wall with one handle preserved. Large deep cup with plain nearly straight lip. Ring foot. Horizontal handle, tilted upward. Dark buff clay; streaky matte blackish glaze ... 13 May 1939

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

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

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

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

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

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BI 409: Bone Artifact

Much chipped at one end, but full length preserved. Neatly cut off length from a large horn, pierced from side to side at center, and surface smoothed. Middle Helladic. Κυλινδρικό οστέινο αντικείμενο, ... 7 June 1937

BI 410: Bone Artifact

From base of an antler antifact from cervus elaphus. Full length apparently preserved. Surface has been smoothed; one branch cut off close; another cut off neatly above its root, where there is a large ... 7 June 1937

BI 411: Bone Artifact

Lower end of a horn, neatly cut off below. Three small holes pierced near lower edge. Surface smoothed. "It is an antler, probably cervus elaphus (red deer)" (Phelps, 1966). Middle Helladic. Well Q ... 7 June 1937

BI 412: Bone Artifact - Handle

Full length apparently preserved. Short section of a horn, one end neatly cut off, the other roughly whittled. A vertical hole down the center may be artificial. "It is an antler, probably cervus elaphus ... 7 June 1937