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P 27032: Bowl Fragment

Fragment preserves upper wall of open bowl. Slightly carinated rim (now missing) and broad vertical loop handle. Gritty red clay; black surfacing on interior, glossy black burnish on exterior. Well Q ... 1961

P 27100: Kylix Fragment

Foot and rather short stem preserved, mended from three fragments. Traces of "silver" glaze. Catalogued 1963. Mycenaean chamber tomb and ledge at west end, central part. Leica ... 20 May 1939

P 27101: Kylix Fragment

The lower part of a flat handle with some of the adjacent pot wall. Two joining fragments. "Silver" glaze inside and out. Removed from box 6, 1963. Mycenaean chamber tomb, from N.E. part of chamber below ... May-June 1939

P 27243: Scoop Fragment

Fragment preserves end of bowl of scoop of Thessalian type with the lower attachment of a broad ribbon handle. Two rough incised lines at base of handle and lower part of diamond cut-out at top where handle ... 1964

P 27244: Scoop Fragment with Incised Decoration

Broken at both ends and chipped along one side. Neat incised decoration of oblique lines and squares on exterior only. Gritty buff clay, gray at core; abundant traces of red slip. Four additional fragments ... 1964

P 27246: Scoop Fragment

Broken at all sides with exception of small part of rim. From upper part of bowl of scoop. Attachment for one of handle struts broken away. Deep grooved incision at rim and diagonal lines at base of strut ... 1964

P 27425: Scoop Fragment

Three joining fragments broken all around. Formerly thought to be from the shoulder of an askos. Spring of a strap handle preserved. Incised with a zigzag line between double lines top and bottom; on handle ... 13 July 1940

P 27430: Kylix

Broken but lacks only small fragments of one handle and wall. Completely restored. Very irregular in shape. Coarse clay; unglazed. Burial in the mouth of a well near the S.E. corner of the South Square ... 16 July 1965

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

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P 27449: Pyxis Alabastron

Intact. Broad flat bottom lifting at edges, straight sides contracting inward toward shoulder, three small vertical handles on shoulder, low splaying neck, flat concave-splaying rim. On base, concentric ... 4 August 1965

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P 27450: Krater

Mended from thirty-one pieces. One piece missing below handle; rim chipped. Somewhat restored in plaster. Tall amphoroid krater with torus-disc foot, vertical strap handles from belly to rim, out-turned ... 3-10 August 1965

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P 27451: Ewer

Broken in place by dirt. Nearly complete but badly cracked and warped. Openings in wall, a few chips. Mended from numerous pieces and somewhat restored in plaster. Flat base, bulging globular body, sloping ... 5 August 1965

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P 27452: Cup

Complete. Mended from twenty pieces. Shallow one-handled hemispherical cup; small ring foot, slightly out-turned rim warped before firing. Stipple-pattern (sponge-print mottling) between bands, stripe ... 6 August 1965

P 27453: Cup

Missing: handle, half of rim, three-fourths of bowl. Restored in plaster. Similiar to P 27452 except for raised button in center of bowl, foot broader and lower, rim more everted. Glazed on rim, bowl and ... 7 August 1965

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P 27454: Three-Handled Jar

Complete except for chips from rim. Flat base, slender flaring foot, three small angled round handles on shoulder, low flaring neck, flat downturned rim. Foot and lower body painted solid stripes on lower ... 10 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 27456: Krater

Preserved: one-half of bowl, one handle and root of second, base. Mended from eleven pieces and restored in plaster. Amphoroid krater with two vertical flat strap handles from rim to bottom of decorated ... 9-13 August 1965

P 27457: Kylix

Part of foot and over half of bowl missing, including one handle. Completely restored in plaster. Flat disk foot with high, hollow, slender, slightly concave stem. Medium bowl conical in lower part, fine ... 10 August 1965

P 27458: Kylix

Bowl, one handle, start of stem preserved. Mended from many pieces. Conical bowl with concave upper modeling and very slight out-turned rim, single horizontal flat handle rising slightly above rim. Red-buff ... August 1965

P 30668: Miniature Basket-Handled Vessel Fragments

Two fragments of small biconical vessel. a) Part of slight lip at rim, painted on outside with traces of vertical wavy bands. b) Lower body fragment with painted horizontal bands. Fine micaceous clay ... 22 April 1952

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P 33161: Pitcher

Mended from many fragments, almost complete but missing parts of body, rim and handle. Glaze worn and scratched. Low neck, slightly flaring rim. Biconical body, slightly concave base. Strap handle from ... 23 July 1998

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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

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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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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