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[Object]  P 2084: Klepsydra with Dipinto

Mended from two pieces, one small fragment does not join. Lower part of large pot. Flat bottom, slightly projecting. Immediately above it is a small clay spout corresponding to an opening pierced through ... 29 May 1933

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[Deposit]  N 10:1: Cellar

"Fauvel Collection" ... modern context

[Object]  MC 856: Ball

Roughly shaped ball. Unglazed. Buff clay. Cut at north end of stoa terrace, layer VII east. (Contemporary with semicircular base). Pre-Square Building fills, not differentrated. 2329 Leica, 91-16-14 ... 27 July 1950

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[Deposit]  K 9-10:1: Red Fill West of Odeion

"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins: 17 April 1936 #10-#13 18 April 1936 #1 20 April 1936 #13-#17 21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D.

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[Deposit]  J 5:1: Crossroads Well

Located at the bifurcation of the Panathenaic Way and West Road.Byzantine fill (9th-10th century) in upper 5.70m. with a series of Classical to Hellenistic accumulations below. Coins: 10 July 1971 #861 ... 14 June-27 July 1971

[Object]  IL 1266: Lead Dikast's Ballot

Flat disk with pierced cylinder through center. Well preserved. 6th c. A.D. House, layer II, red fill. 1680, 1880 Leica ... 24 April 1952

[Object]  IL 1161: Bronze Token

A: a large letter kappa (K). B: plain. Entered as coin no. 6, for the day. Roman level. With coins nos. 2-7. Leica ... 28 March 1933

[Object]  IL 1075: Dikast's Ballot

Solid hub, long irregularly made. Disk somewhat bent. Found with oddments probably from section B. Leica, 92-30-31, 92-30-(32), 92-30-(33), 92-30-(34), 92-30-(35), 92-30-(36) ... 1949

[Object]  IL 971: Lead Dikast's Ballot

Disk with solid central hub; irregularly made. On the upper surface a small circular stamp with some representation. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 26 May 1947

[Object]  IL 579: Lead Dikast's Ballot

Disk flattened toward edge and pierced by an axle roughly rectangular on one side. Hollow. Gravel in bottom of Great drain. Chiefly 3rd c. A.D. Leica ... 29 April 1937

[Object]  IL 578: Lead Dikast's Ballot

The axle, now bent, is hollow at one end, pinched together at the other. A groove around the disk near the edge. Tholos Trench B, 3rd layer. Much of 4th c. B.C. , but disturbed. 2289 Leica ... 29 April 1937

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[Object]  I 7295: Decree

Inscribed stele. Complete. Decree honoring Kallias, son of the Thymochares, of Sphettios, in the archonship of Sosistratos. Similar decree honors his brother. Pentelic marble. Cf. IG II2, no. 682. Found ... 270/69 B.C. (?).

[Object]  I 5656: Record Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Part of left side and rough picked back preserved. Letters small and very faint. At least thirty-eight lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found among marbles from ... 20 February 1939

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[Object]  I 3967: Kleroterion

Broken, full width and thickness preserved. Setting tongue at bottom. Back appears to have been rough picked; worn smooth from later use. Sides smooth. Eleven rows of slots. At the left side traces of ... 1935

[Object]  I 3738: Mining Inscription Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. "POLETAI" record; Laurion mines. Nineteen lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon. Hymettian marble. Found in marble pile, in the area of the western ... 12 March 1936

[Object]  I 3625: Honorary Decree

Inscribed stele. Pedimental stele mended from seven pieces. Small fragments missing. Back rough. Setting for socket visible at bottom. Wreath below the inscription. Honorary decree of Aiantis, in praise ... 326 B.C.

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[Object]  I 2539: Kleroterion Fragments

Fragments of inscription. Prytany decree; Kleroterion. Four non-joining fragments Ο 321a-d (a-d) . Stoichedon. Fragment O 321 (a), part of toothed left side preserved; otherwise broken. A blank space ... 159/8 or 158/7 B.C.

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[Object]  I 1749: Mining Inscription

Stele inscribed on two opposite faces. Broken away above, and below, and cut vertically perhaps in half (?) at the left side of face A. The right side of face A is preserved. "POLETAI" record; Laurion ... 2 April 1934

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[Deposit]  G 14:2: Well

Tiled well, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery (none inventoried, containers 66-71); middle filling a heavy deposit primarily of table ware, apparently ... 4th-2nd c. B.C. 100-70 B.C.

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[Deposit]  E 14:1: Cistern

Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the course of the passage to the east and opening into ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D.

[Object]  BI 711: Bone Stylus

Point broken away. Long narrow eraser end; roughly rasped. Shaft worm eaten. West of Stoa pier 19, close above bedrock. 2962 Leica, 91-34-1, 91-34-(2) ... 14 August 1953

[Object]  BI 658: Bone Stylus

Sharp point broken away. The wedge-shaped end becomes square then round in section. Cut at north end of Stoa terrace, layer VII east. Pre-Square Building fills. Contemporary with semicircular base. 2329 ... 27 July 1950

[Object]  B 1644: Token or Tessera

Obverse: Bearded male head in wolf-skin headdress to right. To left is the letter Α. Unique. The head is probably the hero Lycos, who was concerned with Athenian lawcourts. Reverse: Blank. This meant ... 12 February 1937

[Object]  B 1626: Token

Complete. Obverse: lion's head, facing right. Reverse: letter Ρ. Lykourgou theater tessara (?) Originally coin ΡΡ-722 Road, layer IV. 1759 Leica ... 19 July 1974

[Object]  B 1485: Pinakion Fragment

Broken at both ends. Flat strip with three letters clearly inscribed and vertical strokes below traces of letters which have been erased: O at right, E and Y below. Layer 1, trench in Temenos of Royal ... 19 April 1973

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[Object]  B 1397: Pinakion Tablet

Broken at either end and found in two pieces. Thin plate with clear well-incised letters. Street Stoa, colonnade, layer D (S 13). 997 Leica ... 11 June 1972

[Object]  B 1380: Ballot Fragment

Disk broken all around. Similar to B 1375 but solid ballot type. Well. Redigging fill. 1345 Leica ... 28 July 1971

[Object]  B 1379: Ball

Heayv essentially round ball. North Area. Layer 2, east aisle. (Foundation trench Soft Yellow Poros East Wall). 1621 Leica ... 22 June 1971

[Object]  B 1375: Ballot Fragment

Much disintegrated. Preserved is about one-fifth of circumference together with part of pierced vertical member. Well. 1343 Leica ... 26 July 1971

[Object]  B 1374: Ballot

Pierced ballot, inscribed on one side; ΨΗΦΟΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ (three periods vertically inscribed between the two words). On opposite side unclear rectangular impression. Edges partly disintegrated. Well. 1343 ... 26 July 1971

[Object]  B 1357: Ballot

Intact except for tip of one end of spoke. Circular ballot with pierced spoke at center. The letter B on one side : Jury section (Cf. ΑΘ. ΠΟΛ. LXIII, 4) Cf. B 146, 728, 1055-1059. Tunnel east of room ... 14 April 1971

[Object]  B 1352: Pinakion

Intact with the inscription: ΦΙΛΟΜΝΗΣΤΟΣ ΙΚΑΡΙΕΥΣ. Ends curve forward due to heavier erasure in middle. Notches in each end apparently for fitting nails in workbench to hold plate firmly during erasure ... 16 June 1970

[Object]  B 1276: Pinakion

Broken in many pieces and small fragments missing from two corners. Three small non-joining fregments preserved. A suspension hole in broad end. Letters punched. Damaged by fire. Catalogued 1964. Grave ... 11 November 1961

[Object]  B 1263: Athenian Tessera

Obverse: Athena head, right. Reverse: The letter Theta (Θ) with kalathos (?) beside it. Cf. Svoronos (1923), Class 8. Originally entered as coin no. 2. Piers 10-11 East, on level strosis on bedrock. 1174, ... 5 May 1950

[Object]  B 1262: Athenian Tessera

Obverse: Head of Athena left, in crested helmet (chip missing). Reverse: P Originally entered as coin no. 1. Catalogued March 1963. N.E. of circular Building, dump. Leica ... 29 May 1951

[Object]  B 1261: Athenian Tessera

Obverse: Traces of head of Athena right. Reverse: The letter delta (Δ). Originally entered as coin no. 3. Catalogued March 1963. Horos, Terrace trench, strosis 6. Hellenistic disturbance. 589, 597 Leica ... 13 April 1953

[Object]  B 1260: Tessera

Obverse: Λ Reverse: Worn very smooth, Λ (?) Originally entered as coin no. 6. Catalogued 1963. Context of 1st c. A.D. 2266, 2338 Leica ... 8 April 1949

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[Object]  B 1235: Ballot

Solid hub; one end chewed down. Large Γ in relief on one side. Well G. 1213 Leica, 82-246 ... 30 June 1959

[Object]  B 1212: Dikast 's Ticket

Broken left and right. Preserved letters from an inscription. It was brought in by Elias Kounelakis, former workman. N.W. of Pnyx in earth dumped from some other part of town. Leica ... 19 December 1957

[Object]  B 1179: Tessera

Obverse : head left (?), almost illegible. Reverse : B in incuse square. Smaller letters or attribute in field to right ? Cf. Svoronos (1923), class III (?), pl. 101, no. 2. Originally entered as a coin ... 1 Jule 1946