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[Image]  1997.03.0001

Restored plan of the west side of the Agora (see also PD 1208). Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 397, fig. 1 ... Opposite of p. 390 in publication. Horizontal (normal) ... 1946

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[Image]  1997.05.0021

Block from outer Course XVII of east cross-wall. T-clamp cutting at north end of block with dowel and pry-holes at each side for pronaos ceiling beam. Photographed for B. H. Hill ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1946

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[Image]  1997.05.0022

Top of Course XVI from cella wall with dowel and pry-holes for Course XVII. Block J. Cf. plan in Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), p. 199, fig. 7. Photographed for B. H. Hill ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 1 & 15 June 1946

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[Image]  1997.05.0032

Top of Course XVI of cella wall on the north side. Block F. Cf. plan Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), p. 199, fig. 7. Photographed for B. H. Hill ... east Horizontal (normal) ... June 1946

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[Image]  1997.05.0034

Top of Course XVI of cella wall on the south side. Block M. Cf. plan, Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), p. 199, fig. 7. Photographed for B. H. Hill ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 1 & 15 June 1946

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[Image]  1997.05.0492

Plan with the interior columns restored. Cf. 1997.05.0470 with three columns along the west end of the cella ... B.H. Hill? ... PD? Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Image]  1997.05.0506

Plan of the top of the course XVI of the cella walls as seen in 1939 and 1946 ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1949

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[Image]  1997.05.0507

Restored transverse section of the Hephaisteion ... west Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1949

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[Image]  1997.09.0003

Survey pits in the railroad cut in order to find the other corners of the Altar of the Twelve Gods. Cf. Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 357 ... west ... 5/4/1934

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[Image]  1997.09.0007

Plan and section of fragments of the poros altar: crowning moulding of the altar (A 1198) and fragment from the bolster (A 1199). Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 6 (1941), pl. 14, 1 and 2 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1947

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[Image]  1997.09.0019

Southwest corner showing the cuttings in the lower course after the blocks of the upper course were removed ... southeast ... July 1947

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[Image]  1997.09.0020

The southwest corner after the three blocks of the upper course were removed ... southwest ... July 1947

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[Image]  1997.09.0123

Plan to show relation of the Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods to the Panathenaic Way and the Agora ... John Travlos ... 1946

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[Image]  1997.09.0124

Detailed plan of the southwest corner of the Altar to show the cuttings, Periods I and II ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1946

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[Image]  1997.09.0125

Restored plan of the second period ... 1946

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[Image]  1997.09.0126

Restored plan of the first period ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1946

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[Image]  1997.09.0148

Peribolos of the Twelve Gods: second period. Corner block after its removal ... July 1947

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[Image]  1997.09.0302

Small poros altar still in situ on the West Slope of the Acropolis by the Beule Gate. Closely similar in material and workmanship, it may give an idea of the scheme of the Agora altar ... M. Crosby ... ca. 1949

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[Image]  1997.12.0102

Dedicatory inscription. View as placed on the top of a the Post-Herulian Wall ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1947

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[Image]  2002.03.0752

Lower part of a tall stele: feet of man and tail of dog. 6th c. B.C. Pentelic marble. Front view

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[Image]  2002.03.0754

Palmette from top of stele, back (painted)

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[Image]  2002.03.0755

Palmette from top of stele, front (moulded)

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[Image]  2008.18.0263

T. Leslie Shear, director of the Agora Excavations, 1931–1945 ... The articles in Hesperia were gathered as a tribute to his memory. Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1940

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[Object]  A 1198: Altar Fragments

Crowning moldings, hawk's beak with front, joint surface with anathyrosis at left, and concave top surface preserved. Soft yellow poros with thin layer of fine stucco on surface; traces of red paint on ... 26 August 1946

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[Object]  A 1199: Altar Fragments

a) Fragment with part of a columnar surface (side or top) with projecting rough-picked fascia (as if of semi-attached column) at side, and smooth finished front surface with two sharp cut grooves, forming ... 26 August 1946

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[Object]  A 1250: Finial Fragment

A single fragment preserves the tips of two petals of a palmette, and most of a third. Broken at right; finished surface below. A round smooth dowel hole goes through the fragment lengthwise; traces of ... 3 July 1947

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[Object]  A 1266: Wall Block

Broken at top and back. Soft yellow poros with very smooth sawn front surface; slightly less smooth back and bottom. Anathyrosis joint surface at side. Same series as A 1267 (Η' 907). Altar of Pitt? Poros ... July 1947

[Object]  A 1267: Wall Block

Broken at top and sides. Also small joining pieces (not included on photograph). Same series as A 1266 (Η' 906). Altar of Pitt? Poros. From wall S.W. of Peribolos. Leica, XXVII-80 ... July 1947

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[Deposit]  C 18:11: Early drain channel pit

Ostrakon deposit, sand fill and pocket in floor of drain ... Ca. 490-480 B.C.

[Object]  G 4: Ornament

Two mask-like female faces back to back. Broken at bottom, across necks, and chipped around other edges where a small plain projection occurs at the junction of the two heads. A heavy mass of curly hair ... 2 March 1932

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[Object]  G 53: Amulet

A thin oval plaque, chipped at the bottom. On either side, a female head in relief, facing; the hair heavy curled mass hanging to the neck; around the neck, a triple-stranded necklace. Dark blue glass, ... 20 June 1935

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[Object]  I 848: Dedication

Inscribed lintel block. The left end is embedded in cement, but the dimensions appear to be fully preserved; a few large chips missing from the top, and the junction with the door posts broken away at ... 20 May 1933

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[Object]  I 2388: Marble Fragment: List of Archons

Inscribed fragment. Toothed left side and rough picked back preserved; otherwise broken. Revices the accepted list of Archons. Pentelic marble. Found in modern wall over the Middle Stoa Terrace, south ... 87-81 B.C.

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[Object]  I 3025: Marble Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Imperial letter. Fragment Ν' 72 a), inscribed face and rough picked back preserved; broken elsewhere. Traces of third line exist; this line was either deliberately erased or destroyed ... 181 A.D.

[Object]  I 4077: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. Imperial letter. Two lines of the inscription preserved, with an erasure between them. The marble probably Pentelic. Grayish-white marble. ADDENDA Joins ... 187 A.D.

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[Object]  I 4120: Marble Fragment: List of Names

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. Archon list (?). Six lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon. Pentelic marble. Τμήμα μαρμάρινης στήλης με κατάλογο Αθηναίων Αρχόντων των ετών: ... 5th. century B.C.

[Object]  I 4912: Marble Fragment: Prytany List

Inscribed fragment. Fragment from an unfluted column, its surface finished with the toothed chisel; broken all around. Pentelic marble. Cf. I 1362 (OE 17). Found in modern context, in Porch of the New ... 188/9 A.D.

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[Object]  I 5250: Marble Fragment: Ephebic List

Inscribed stele. Complete except for a strip across the front at the top. Socket at the top. On face, thirty-five lines of the inscription preserved; on left side, six lines; on right side, three lines ... Ca. 330 B.C.

[Object]  I 5754: Letter Fragment

Inscribed fragment of letter. Inscribed face and smooth dressed back preserved; the surface much worn. Parts of nine lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. Cf. I 1417, I 4083, I 4457. Found ... 28 March 1939

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[Object]  IL 825: Sheet Zinc Fragment

Small piece of thin sheet zinc, approximately rectangular. One corner preserves original edge. Identified as zinc by M. Farnsworth. Since photographing, about half the fragment has been cut off, to be ... 12-15 April 1932