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[Object]  I 727: Monument Fragment

Fragment of inscribed stele; inscribed on two faces. Broken away below and on one side. One face is earlier than the other; face A earlier, laws of 410-404 B.C.; face B later, sacred calendar of 403-400 ... Late 5th. century B.C.

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[Object]  I 7063: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken on all sides. Thickness preserved. Bluish marble, streaked with white. Found in basement of the modern house 631/7. Leica 10 September 1969 ... 10 Sep 1969

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[Object]  I 7168: Herm Base

Inscribed Herm base. Part of top west surface broken away. Inscribed front. Socket for insertion of Herm above. Within socket, a round dowel hole, with lead remains. Smoothly finished sides, back tooth ... 17 Jul 1970

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[Object]  I 7181: Ephebic Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken top, bottom and left side. Roughly hatched groove horizontal across face. Back rough picked. Blue Hymettian marble. Found on Panathenaic Road, along curbing. Leica, 86-564, 88-42, ... 4 Aug 1970

[Object]  L 1873: Lamp

Tip of nozzle and part of side wall missing. Bottom flat, rim slightly turned in. Dull brown clay covered with thin brown glaze inside and out. Type 30A of Agora collection, type IV (early variants) of ... 425-400 B.C.

[Object]  L 1873 BIS: Lamp Fragment

Fragment from the bottom of a lamp, broken all around. On the inside an inscription; perhaps an ostrakon. On inside, good black glaze; on underside, black circles on a polished ground. Type II (?) of ... Early 5th. century B.C.

[Object]  P 12216: Ostrakon of Melanthios Phalanthou

Fragment of a thin roof tile with brown glaze on upper surface. Scratched on under side: Tholos trench P, layer V. 2163 Leica 25 February 1938 ... 25 Feb 1938

[Object]  P 12217: Ostrakon of Melanthios Phalanthou

Fragment from base of a large semi-glazed krater, glazed on the inside.Torus profile. Incised on inside: Tholos trench P, layer V. 2163 Leica PD 1104-4 25 February 1938 ... 25 Feb 1938

[Object]  P 12245: Ostrakon of Aristeides Lysimachou

Wall fragment from a large plain amphora. Incised on outside: Inside the "exhedra" in fork of Great Drain, layer V. 2268 Leica 15 March 1938 ... 15 Mar 1938

[Object]  P 18788: Vessel: Cooking Ware

Mended from many pieces; large fragments of wall missing. Round-bottomed pot with high shoulder curving in slightly to straight, flaring rim. Large, vertical, rolled handles. Coarse, reddish-brown clay ... May 1947

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