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[Object]  P 10277: White Ground Lekythos

Cracked open; repaired; one or two chips missing at edge of breaks. In center, grave monument. From the left a woman brings an alabastron. On the right a woman(?) with mantle drawn close around her, looks ... 7 March 1936

[Object]  P 10341: Unguentarium

Thin dark glaze on lip. Grave 11. Leica, 6-176, VII-97 ... 27 March 1936

[Object]  P 10351: Unguentarium

Lip chipped. 0.75m. below top of stele. Probably from Grave 2 (1.10m. north of west end of stele, 0.10m or 0.15m. from scarp of Grave 7, depth of 0.75m. below top of stele). Leica, 6-176, LXIII-58, VII-97 ... 23 March 1936

[Object]  B 1109: Unguent Spoon

Oval bowl with central rib. Shaft ending above in a drop. Rather well preserved. Decorative rings around the part where bowl and shaft meet. Cf. Corinth XII, pp. 132-134, pl. 82. In front of late Roman ... 8 May 1947

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[Drawing]  PD 1197: The Agora in the 2nd century A.D. (revised ...

J. Travlos W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Scanned. DB: 94 83-200 84-390 86-499 87-524

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[Image]  2002.01.1197

The Agora in the 2nd century A.D. (revised from PD 750) ... J. Travlos W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1962-1982

[Object]  ST 450: Syringe

Fragments missing from both upper and lower parts, and small pieces do not join. Lower half consists of hemispherical bowl with inset flange to receive. Upper half which has a central spout rising from ... 5 May 1949

[Object]  B 1001: Surgical Instrument

Broken in the middle. Long slender channel, pointed in one end. The other end bent like a hook. Ends up in a bird' s head. On the handle a knob bounded to either side by ridges. Stoa shop IX from south, ... 12 June 1952

[Object]  ST 147: Sundial

Broken away along one side at the front. Cubical block, with one side hollowed into a concave face marked with eleven (?) radiating incised liines; at center above, lead bedding for the pointer. Pentelic ... 22 May 1936

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[Object]  B 687: Steelyard Arm

Two spare hooks and bits of wire coils and chain seem to belong. After cleaning, the arm is seen to consists of a shaft rectangular in section slightly thicker at one end than at the other, and finished ... 10 May 1939

[Object]  P 14041: Stand (Thymiaterion?)

Broken into two pieces; fragment of bowl missing. A roughly cylindrical object with a small bowl at the top. The walls of the bowl flare slightly to a plain thickened lip. The present lower edge of the ... June 1938

[Object]  B 696: Spoon

Small complete spoon. Oval bowl, very shallow. Stem rectangular in section and flattened at the end, where it is pierced horizontally. Grave 17 (?). Polyethylene ziplock bag sealed handling with gloves ... 22 May 1939

[Object]  MC 97: Spindle Whorl

Double conical. Pierced through the center. Decorated on the upper side with three seven pointed stars, incised, probably, when the clay was soft. Unglazed. Pinkish buff clay. Drain. Leica, vii-84 ... 5 May 1934

[Object]  MC 364: Spindle Whorl

Chip missing from top and side. Glaze worn at edges. Conical convex type. Well. Leica, vii-84 ... March 1937

[Object]  MC 373: Spindle Whorl

Concave conical top; rounded bottom. Decorated with black glaze in stripes and rows of short vertical strokes. ADDENDA Publication: early 5th c. B.C. (publication) Grave 7, find no. 18 for the day. Found ... Publication: early 5th c. B.C.

[Object]  MC 948: Spindle Whorl

Slender concave-conical, with nearly flat bottom. Two incised lines around it half way up, and a reserved line at edge of bottom. Firm velvety glaze. Publication: ca. 500 B.C. Well A. Box 10. Late 6th-early ... Publication: ca. 500 B.C.

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[Object]  BI 738: Set of Bone Buttons

A set of 18 bone buttons, varying somewhat in diameter and thickness, each pierced by a single round hole. Δεκαοκτώ οστέινα καψούλια (χάνδρες). Φέρουν οπή στο κέντρο τους. Martyr at west end, just south ... 25 May 1954

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[Object]  T 3803: Seated Male Figurine

Complete except for right wrist and hand, left forearm from below elbow, and left foot. Jointed. Moulmade. Articulated male seated nude. Has short curly hair. Well modelled musculature, front and back ... 5-9 August 1968

[Object]  J 138: Seal Stone

Engraved gnostic seal stone. Obverse: Aphrodite (?) standing, flanked by Eros holding a mirror (?), and a bird on a basin. Reverse: Moon and stars above aedicula with inscription: APWI IΦPA CIC under ... 7 June 1963

[Object]  P 18544: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; small chips missing. Flat bottom, left rough from the wheel; the saucer rather roughly made and slightly warped. The rim horizontal, double grooved. Dull red glaze, worn, ... 19 September 1947

[Object]  B 848: Ring Key

Plain band with rectangular key attachment. Building P, room 7, where north floor II lacks to West. 1378 Leica, vii-83 ... 26 April 1948

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[Image]  2004.01.0235

Restored plan of the Agora in the 2nd c. A.D ... John Travlos ... 1970

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[Object]  S 922: Relief of Mother of the Gods

Relief in a pedimented niche. The Mother wears a polos and is seated in a chair with a footstool; patera in right hand and tympanon in left; lion in lap. Small standing figures to her right, and to left; ... 16 May 1937

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[Object]  P 6980: Red Figure Pyxis Fragment

Fragment from the wall of a straight-sided pyxis; part of the rim, with flange for lid, inset, preserved. A woman standing right, her head bent; she wears a thin-sleeved chiton and a cloak flung loosely ... 7 March 1936

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[Object]  P 24061: Red Figure Lekythos: Inscribed

Base, neck, handle and part of shoulder and upper wall missing. Wall zone bounded below by pomegranate band, above by simple maeander; palmettes on shoulder. Three warriors (shields, helmets, spears) ... 29 May 1954

[Object]  P 16328: Red Figure Lekythos

Intact except for chips. Squat lekythos with flaring bell mouth. Many-petalled palmette coarsely reserved on the front. Highly metallic black glaze, carelessly applied on and above the foot. Bottom unglazed ... 18 January 1940

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[Object]  P 24113: Red Figure Cup: Inscribed

Mended from several pieces; a few fragments missing including part of each of the exterior scenes. Lip offset inside only; foot lightly stepped, profiled beneath. Interior: Within a reserved circle, a ... 3 June 1954

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[Object]  P 24131: Red Figure Cup

Mended from many pieces; fragments of rim and floor missing, including part of medallion. Lip offset; low thick stem with ring at junction with foot; thick disk foot, with a light groove around upper part ... 9 June 1954

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[Object]  P 28326: Red Figure Chous

Mended from several pieces. Restored in plaster. Missing are base of handle and pieces of rim. Low moulded ring foot with upturned toe - that is, the resting surface of the pot is on interior of foot ... 30 June 1970

[Object]  P 15553: Plemochoe Lid

Intact except for chips. Convex lid with thick central knob; depression in top of knob, a groove around. Two grooves around lid below knob; then five triangular holes. Narrow flat rim grooved on top and ... 14 June 1939

[Object]  P 12996: Plemochoe

Complete except for chip from foot. Deep-bodied kernos with flaring rim. Short stem, flaring foot flat beneath. Single piercing at each handle. Traces of white. Cistern. Leica, 8-169, VII-90, 87-259 ... April 1938

[Object]  P 18546: Plate: Banded

Mended from many pieces; complete except for chips. Roughly made flat-bottomed shallow plate with plain rim and two broad ribbon handles attached at rim. Unglazed except for two wide bands on the floor, ... 19 September 1947

[Object]  B 376: Pin : Aphrodite Anadyomene

End of pin missing. The head is composed of a Corinthian capital, on which kneels a nude female figure, her right knee on the ground; her left elbow resting on her bent left knee. Both hands are raised ... 9 June 1936

[Object]  B 521: Pin

Tip broken off; badly oxidized and could not be cleaned (disintegrated in the effort); otherwise intact. Plain straight shaft with two grooves just below the head. Large pointed knob-like head, ornamented ... 1 February 1938

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[Drawing]  PD 1234: Perspective view of the Agora, including ...

J. Travlos ... Scanned. DB: 61 (05/03/2001) 83-314 84-433 88-35 88-36 86-494

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[Image]  2002.01.1204

Perspective view of the Agora, including the Roman Market (from the northwest) ... J. Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1963

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[Object]  P 23907: Oinochoe with Paint Decoration

Mended from many pieces; considerable fragments of wall missing. Around the neck of the pot a broad white fillet with a hanging rounded end at each side and a shorter end, above, extending nearly to the ... 28 April 1954

[Object]  B 887: Nail or Hook

Complete except for chip from head. Large-headed hook (if right angle in shaft is original); otherwise a nail. Head flat. Shaft rectangular in section, tapering to a point, now bent. N.W. room, Poros Building, ... 7 June 1949

[Object]  B 98: Nail

Long tapering shaft; small head with edge slightly overhanging. Burnt layer. Leica ... 6 May 1933

[Object]  B 221: Nail

A heavy spike, rectangular in section, with a round head. Compact brown earth : destruction fill of Fountain House. Leica, vii-83 ... 9 May 1935