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[Object]  BI 476: Bone Crochet Needle

Intact. A hook at one end. Modern (?) S.W. corner of section: Turkish fill. Leica, vii-84 ... 2 March 1939

[Object]  BI 516: Bone Pin with Glass Head

Plain pin, tapering toward both ends, and fitted with a round head of black glass or stone. Stoa colonnade, opposite room 3, in plundered wall trench, layer 2. Leica, vii-78 ... 29 May 1939

[Object]  BI 605: Bone Pin

Complete, but with shaft short and apparently resharpened. Pomegranate head. The top of the shaft lightly collared and banded with incised lines. The head has an elaborately carved finial; the round knob ... 30 March 1948

[Object]  BI 672: Bone Flute Fragment

Somewhat split lengthwise but complete except for chips. Section of flute with one end flanged for other section to fit against; three holes on one side, one on the other. Scratched lines around it, near ... 4 June 1951

[Object]  BI 681: Bone Die

Edges and corners smoothed down to curves. Standard disk markings, made by deep drillings, probably once filled with some contrasting color. Area south of east-west Roman wall, layer II, above 4th c. B.C ... 13 March 1952

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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

[Object]  BI 759: Knucklebones

One has a large epsilon (E) scratched on side. Another is pierced from side to side. Well. Leica, vii-87 ... 22 May 1957

[Object]  BI 815: Bone Ring

Bezel intact except for some chips. Two thirds of ring band missing. Bezel shows profile bust of female, left, in relief. Hair falling in three strands gathered above nape with double band. Heavy features ... 4 July 1968

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[Object]  G 106: Bottle

A short-necked bottle shaped like an unguentarium. Thin fabric; purple glass. Cemetery at corner of Piraeus and Herakleidou Streets, grave F. 66 Leica ... April 1937

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[Object]  I 7037: Grave Monument

Inscribed columnar grave monument. Small fragments missing from top. Below inscription, a loutrophoros in relief in a sunken panel. Hymettian marble. Catalogued September 1967. Found in sepulchral marbles, ...

[Object]  IL 161: Lead Weight

Conical. Slightly hollowed at the bottom and pierced for suspension at the top. Late drain fill. Leica, vii-94 ... 18 February 1935

[Object]  IL 551: Lead Slingstone

Inscribed. Battered at one end. On one side, thunderbolt; on the other : Δ Ε Ξ Α Ι Well. Leica, vii-92 ... 31 March 1937

[Object]  IL 670: Iron Hammer

Much corroded. Traces of the wooden handle remain in the hole. At one end a flat square face, at the other a single point. Round hole. Inside the S.E. corner of the Porch of the Metroon, among the working ... 13 April 1938

[Object]  IL 678: Lead Sling Bullet

Inscribed. Battered. On one side a winged thunderbolt in relief; on the other, inscription in relief : Δ Ε Ξ Α Ι Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose fill over strosis. Leica, XXV-80, vii-92 ... 7 June 1938

[Object]  IL 683: Lead Sling Bullet

Much smaller than the preceding examples (IL 678- IL 682), and more pointed at the ends. Possible traces of relief. Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose fill over strosis.Klepsydra, antechamber; lower loose ... 7 June 1938

[Object]  IL 853: Lead Pot

Inscribed. Small flat-bottomed pot without handle. Made from two halves stuck together. Letters on one side; palm-branch (?) on the other, all in relief. Μολύβδινο ενεπίγραφο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Hellenistic ... 16 April 1947

[Object]  IL 854: Miniature Lead Jug

Flat-bottomed round-bodied jug with flaring lip. Μολύβδινο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Cf. A-B 19-20:1 Sand in bottom of Great Drain, of Hellenistic fill further to south. Stoa gallery case Leica, XXIX-39 ... 8 May 1947

[Object]  IL 904: Lead Pot

Inscribed. Sack-sahped pot on a low raised bae, the rim flaring, but here chipped and betn. Letters in relief, incised in the mold : ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΩΡΟΥ ΛΥΚΙΟΝ Μολύβδινο ενεπίγραφο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Great ... 31 July 1947

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[Object]  J 27: Gold Ring

Ring with engraved gem. Plain ring with slightly widened hollow place in its side, in which is set a piece of red carnelian, carved intaglio with a bearded head facing to left. Χρυσό δακτυλίδι με κορνηλίνη ... 28 May 1937

[Object]  J 94: Gold Ring

Ring with engraved gem. Made of hammered gold, round in section, thin on the inside and thick on the outside. Into the thick outer part a small carnelian is set, engraved intaglio with a standing figure ... 25 April 1940