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[Deposit]  A 17:2

Well ... A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c.

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[Deposit]  G 12:24

Inhumation with remains of a sacrificial pyre ... Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric

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[Deposit]  N 12:4

Tomb with coffins ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb below Middle Stoa Terrace July-August 1965 ... Myc. IIIA:1

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[Deposit]  O 7:7

Small Chamber Tomb ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb May/June 1951 ... Myc. III A-B

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[Deposit]  O 12:1

Well at 89-90/ΙΗ-ΙΘ

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[Deposit]  Q 12:3

Stoa Gutter Well ... Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1 ... ca. 520-490 B.C.

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[Object]  A 403: Altar Side Block

Preserved at the right end and broken at the left; much battered; broken also above. Along both preserved faces a series of base and crown moldings, comprising, from bottom to top, guilloche, Lesbian leaf, ... 1931

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[Object]  A 2969: Column Shaft

Comprised of four drums. Square empolion cuttings for all joints including top and bottom. Drums neatly lettered from top down Α - Ε. Twenty flutings. Dipinto in flute of second drum. Deep slots in second ... Jul 1959

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[Object]  A 2987: Capital: Doric

Marble cloudy gray in color, with pronounced lamination. Excellent work. In core of Late Roman Fortification at S.W. corner of the Library of Pantainos. Leica, 83-343, 83-345, 83-346, 83-695, 87-472, ... 1959

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[Object]  A 2988: Capital with Mason's Mark: Doric

Much worn by traffic in its present position. From same series as A 2987, with which it corresponds in material, measurements and workmanship. Marble cloudy gray in color with pronounced lamination. Excellent ... 1959

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[Object]  B 966: Vase

Intact. An open flat-bottomed cup with shallow spout and wishbone handles. Slightly outwards lip. Walls flaring to plain rim flat on top. Heavily corroded and the surface rough. Tomb; inside door. Mycenaean ... LH III B (possibly C)

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[Object]  B 1384: Leg

Intact. Bent leg of left of an equestrian. Life size. Inner face of thigh and knee cut away for horse. Elaborate sandal on foot. Finely worked toes. Many traces of gilding. Κνήμη χάλκινου έφιππου αγάλματος ... 25 Jun 1971

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[Object]  G 587: Bead

Intact, with some chips from one end. Surface crumbly. Pierced lengthwise. At one end, a ring of white leading into seven columns of scallops. Porous white decoration. Dull green glass. Part of necklace ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  G 588: Faience Beads

About 1100 flat disks with hole in center. Dimensions varying, but apparently not graduated. Most of beads are close to the maximum dimension and are thin. About 100 are thicker and narrower. Three series ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  G 589: Faience Beads

Four triple beads. Apparently made from three tubular beads, glued one on top of the other. Each is pierced horizontally to secure a triple-stranded necklace. Faded pale green. Part of necklace with G ... 15 Jun 1967

[Object]  G 590: Beads

Seven tiny spherical beads. Lightly flattened sphere. Greenish white. Part of necklace with G 587-589, G 591 and J 149. Early Geometric. Περιδέραιο από φαγεντιανή. Προέρχεται από την πρώιμη Γεωμετρική ... 15 Jun 1967

[Object]  G 591: Beads

Nine beads. Diameter evenly round, but otherwise irregular in shape, with uneven ends. Brown to greenish glass with high polish. Part of necklace with G 587-590, J 149. Early Geometric. Περιδέραιο από ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  I 6524: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment of stele. The top akroterion and some of the bottom below the setting line broken away; otherwise intact. An attempt was made in antiquity to break up the stele, and a narrow channel ... 337/336 B.C.

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[Object]  J 142: Gold Ring

Finger ring. Bent and torn through half the width. Repousse. Top and bottom bevelled, broad "V"-shaped through the middle. Thin fabric a little heavier than leaf. Early Geometric. 0.8gr Πρώιμο Γεωμετρικό, ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  J 144: Gold Ring

Intact finger ring. Profile like J 142, except that top and bottom are more rounded. On angle of "V", row of fine neat dots. Virtually identical in scheme with J 143. Early Geometric. 1.3gr Πρώιμο Γεωμετρικό, ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  J 145: Gold Ring

Intact broad finger ring. Bent flat, when found, but easily opened. Simple circle; sides not profiled. Repousse. Top and bottom, row of dots. Around side, chain of four receding lozenges (straight line, ... 15 Jun 1967

[Object]  J 146: Gold Ring

Intact broad finger ring. Bent flat when found, but easily opened. Simple circle; sides not profiled. Repousse. Top and bottom, row of dots. Around side, chain of four receding lozenges (straight line, ... 15 Jun 1967

[Object]  J 147: Gold Ring

Intact broad finger ring. Bent, but easily opened. Simple circle; sides not profiled. Repousse. Top and bottom, row of dots. One side five superimposed zigzags. Shape as J 145. Early Geometric. 1.4gr ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  J 148: Pair of Gold Earrings

Intact granulated earrings. The shafts were bent double when found. Each composed of three parts: shaft (slightly damaged near top of a); trapezoidal plaque; pomegranate finials, decoration in filigree ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  J 149: Rock Crystal Bead

Flattened spherical. Part of necklace with G 587-591. Ορεία από κρύσταλλο. Αποτελεί τμήμα του προηγούμενου περιδέραιου. 5/Δ'* Geometric cremation burial; urn. Stoa gallery Leica, color slide, 85-473 15 ... 15 Jun 1967

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[Object]  P 18348: Black Figure Neck Amphora

Mended from several pieces; complete except for fragment of neck and rim, and minor chips. Echinus foot, plump ovoid body; neck concave in profile; rim rounded, projecting, flat on top. Rolled handles, ... 24 Jul 1947

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[Object]  S 312: Winged Nike: Akroterion

Missing: head, right arm just below shoulder, left arm, right leg from immediately above knee, left leg from immediately above ankle; parts of the cloak at the back gone, also the fragments of drapery ... 21 Mar 1933

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[Object]  S 2070: Draped Colossal Figure Fragments

Two fragments of a colossal draped female figure. a) The lower part, wearing long closed peplos; cloak at back; looped folds of overfall preserved on left side. Weight rests on right leg; left relaxed ... 29 May 1959

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[Object]  S 3347: Herm Head

Broken at neck. Back of head, including part of one ear; appears to have been cut to form flat surface. Tip of beard and nose missing. Very worn. Heavy encrustation on hair above forehead, nothing on re-cut ... 7 Jul 1981

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[Image]  2003.01.0275

Mr. Theodore Leslie Shear's house ... ID. Name of the man? Sheet 35 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1931

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[Image]  2010.01.0097

Mr. Theodore Leslie Shear's house ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1931

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[Image]  1997.09.0129

General view of the Altar. Consulting engineer standing at one end ... Nomlas. (Sal. ne. #51) northeast ... 4 Aug 1931

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[Image]  1997.09.0178

Orthostate block from the Altar of Zeus Agoraios with consulting engineer ... Nomlas north ... 4 Aug 1931

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[Image]  2008.18.0002

Dorothy Burr [Thompson]'s shadow, cast while photographing roof tiles, April 1932 ... Horizontal (normal) ... Apr 1932

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[Image]  2008.18.0260

The Agora Excavations staff and workforce, 1933. Archaeologists, staff, foremen, and workmen gathered under the Hephaisteion for a group photograph ... Mounted-also negs. 2003-2-23, 24, 25, 26 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1933

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[Image]  2008.18.0261

Agora Excavations staff, 1933. Third row (left to right): Charles Spector, Piet de Jong, Arthur Parsons, Eugene Vanderpool, Mary Zelia Pease [Philippides], James Oliver. Second row: Joan Bush [Vanderpool], ... Sheet 66-also negs. 2003-21-17,18,19 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1933

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[Image]  2003.01.0205

Yannis Bakoulis from Old Corinth. Long the chief technician in the Agora, later joined the staff of the Athens National Museum and working both at the Agora and the National Museum. Here working in the ... Mounted Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1934

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[Image]  2003.01.0334

Agora Excavations staff 1934. Front row (left to right): Gladys Baker, Joan Bush [Vanderpool], Lucy Talcott, T. Leslie Shear, Josephine Shear, Dorothy Burr [Thompson]. Standing: Sophokles Lekkas, Piet ... Cf. 2008.01.0262 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1934

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[Image]  2008.18.0262

The staff of the Agora Excavations, 1934. Front row (left to right): Gladys Baker, Joan Bush [Vanderpool], Lucy Talcott, T. Leslie Shear, Josephine Shear, Dorothy Burr [Thompson]. Standing: Sophokles Lekkas, ... Cf. 2003.01.0334. Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1934

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[Image]  2008.18.0266

Dorothy Burr Thompson inspects the rock face of the north slope of the Areopagus in 1934 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1934

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[Image]  2003.01.0259

Theodore Leslie Shear (right) and Piet de Jong (center) recording a grave: inhumation with remains of a sacrificial pyre (Deposit G 12:24) ... Sheet 49 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Apr 1935

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[Image]  2003.01.0260

Theodore Leslie Shear (right) and Piet de Jong (center) recording a grave: inhumation with remains of a sacrificial pyre (Deposit G 12:24) ... Sheet 49-also negs. 2003-20-5,6,7 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Apr 1935

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[Image]  2003.01.0261

Theodore Leslie Shear (right) and Piet de Jong (center) recording a grave: inhumation with remains of a sacrificial pyre (Deposit G 12:24). Cf. PD 404 ... Sheet 49 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Apr 1935

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[Image]  2008.18.0064

Pottery storage that adjoined the records office where Lucy Talcott sits at her desk, at the Old Excavation House, 1937 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1937

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[Image]  2008.18.0279

Pottery storage at the Old Excavation House. Lucy Talcott, at her desk ... Cf. 2004.03.0001 and 2008.18.0064. Detail of negativ 7-105a. Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0166

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. The coin department. Josephine Platner Shear in the front, Ms. Ph. Fakillou sitting behind her ... Sheet 46 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0184

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. The laboratory with Mr. Earl Caley, a scientist analysing bronze ... Sheet 46 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0185

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. The laboratory. Mr. Earl Caley at work ... Sheet 46 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0192

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. The pot mending room in the Old Excavation House. Yannis Bakoulis from Old Corinth. Long the chief technician in the Agora, later joined the staff of the Athens National Museum ... Sheet 46 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0193

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. The pot mending room, Hellenistic pottery. Tassos and the pot painter ... ID. Tassos and the pot painter? Sheet 46 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0197

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. George and Panayiotis in the vase department storage ... ID. George and Panayiotis, full names? Sheet 46 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0222

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. The photography department. Alison Frantz developing negatives ... Sheet 64 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2008.18.0065

The records office, 25 Asteroskopeiou Street, 1937 ... Sheet 46-also negs. 2003-21-30,31,32 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2008.18.0066

Pottery mending room, 25 Asteroskopeiou Street, 1937 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2008.18.0067

The pot mending room in the Old Excavation House, 25 Asteroskopeiou Street. Pot-menders at work ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2008.18.0068

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. Alison Frantz in the photography department ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2008.18.0069

John Travlos working in the architect’s office, 25 Asteroskopeiou Street, 1937 ... Sheet 46-also negs. 2003-21-27,28,29 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2008.18.0274

Piet de Jong at work in the Old Excavation House, 25 Asteroskopeiou Street, 1937 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Mar 1937

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[Image]  2003.01.0105

Model of the Acropolis as it appeared towards the end of the 1st c. B.C. Model by G. P. Stevens under construction. John Travlos at left. P. K. Theocharis, technician in plaster, Ch. Mammelis, assistant, ... Sheet 34 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Aug 1944

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[Image]  2003.01.0118

Mending process. Fastening the neck of an amphora to the body of the vase ... Sheet 6 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0119

Mending and reconstruction of a vase with plaster of Paris ... Sheet 6 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0120

Mending process. Fastening the neck of an amphora to the body of the vase. Applying the glue ... Sheet 6-also negs. 2003-21-14,15,16 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0121

Mending process. Fastening the neck of an amphora to the body of the vase. Applying the glue to the neck as well ... Sheet 6 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0122

Mending process. Fastening the neck of an amphora to the body of the vase. Joining the parts together ... Sheet 6 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0123

Mending process. In the mending room sherds are spread on long tables and under the skilled technician eye's a whole pot can be put back together ... Sheet 6 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0124

Mending process. Fastening the neck of an amphora to the body of the vase. Heating the edges in a gas flame to melt the glue: shellac dissolved in alcohol. This technic very modern in those days is not ... Sheet 6 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0125

Mending process. Fastening the neck of an amphora to the body of the vase. Applying the glue ... Sheet 6 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0126

Alison Frantz doing the photograph of the amphora P 18348 with a Leica, using a sliding focus and artificial lighting. No inventoried find is put away until its picture has been taken. Cf. Pot's Progress, ... Sheet 7 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0127

Matching developed negatives and prints for notebooks and inventory cards ... Sheet 8 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0128

Developed negatives and prints for notebooks and inventory cards. Matching the prints and enlargements with the Leica negatives ... Sheet 8 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0129

Developed negatives and prints for notebooks and inventory cards. Matching the prints and enlargements with the Leica negatives ... Sheet 8-also similar= negs. 2003-20-13,14,15 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0130

Developed negatives and prints for notebooks and inventory cards. Matching the prints and enlargements with the Leica negatives ... Sheet 8 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0133

Alison Frantz doing the photograph of the amphora P 18348 with a Leica, using a sliding focus and artificial lighting. No inventoried find is put away until its picture has been taken. Cf. Pot's Progress, ... Sheet 7 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0134

Alison Frantz doing the photograph of the amphora P 18348 with a Leica, using a sliding focus and artificial lighting. No inventoried find is put away until its picture has been taken. Cf. Pot's Progress, ... Sheet 7 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0135

Alison Frantz doing the photograph of the amphora P 18348 with a Leica, using a sliding focus and artificial lighting. No inventoried find is put away until its picture has been taken. Cf. Pot's Progress, ... Sheet 7 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0139

Developed negatives and prints for notebooks and inventory cards. Matching the prints with the Leica negatives ... Sheet 8 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0140

Developed negatives and prints for notebooks and inventory cards. Matching the prints with the Leica negatives ... Sheet 8 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0141

Developed negatives and prints for notebooks and inventory cards. Matching the prints and enlargements with the Leica negatives ... Sheet 8 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0144

Registration and documentation of the pottery in the notebook. At this point only the section number is assigned and a brief description is made. Here Rodney Young registers the lotus amphora neck ... Sheet 6-also negs. 2003-20-22,23,24 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0145

Everyday the pottery washing "laundry" is done on the site. Here the young man is using a soft brush to take the mud away ... Sheet 6-also negs. 2003-20-25,26,27 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0153

Registration of finds. Photographs are pasted into the notebooks ... Sheet 29-also negs. 2003-20-7,8,9 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0320

Rodney Young examining sherds out on the site. Box by box, as labelled and washed, the sherds from the well (Deposit A 17:2) are spread out. Cf. Pot's Progress, Archaeology, vol. 1, no. 1, 1948, p. 17, ... Sheet 23-also negs. 2003-20-28,29,30 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0321

Any bit of ancient floor will be useful for drying. Box by box, as labelled and washed, the sherds from the well (Deposit A 17:2) are spread out. Rodney Young examines the sherds and can get a clear idea ... Sheet 23 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0322

The sherds from the well (Deposit A 17:2) are spread out. Rodney Young examines the sherds and can get a clear idea of the filling of the well and he can make a first try at finding fragments that belong ... Sheet 23 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0323

The sherds from the well (Deposit A 17:2) are spread out. Rodney Young examines the sherds and can get a clear idea of the filling of the well and he can make a first try at finding fragments that belong ... Sheet 23 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2008.18.0278

Lucy Talcott putting pots on display. P 18348 to the left ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2008.18.0280

Alison Frantz doing the photograph of the amphora P 18348 with a Leica, using a sliding focus and artificial lighting ... Sheet 7-also negs. 2003-20-16,17,18. Cf. Pot's Progress, Archaeology, vol. 1, no. 1, 1948, p. 19, fig. 12. Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2008.18.0283

Rodney Young sitting amidst stacks of pottery removed from a well (Deposit A 17:2) ... Cf. Pot's Progress, Archaeology, vol. 1, no. 1, 1948, p. 17, fig. 7. Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2008.18.0284

Rodney Young sitting amidst stacks of pottery removed from a well (Deposit A 17:2) ... Cf. 2003.01.0320 Cf. Pot's Progress, Archaeology, vol. 1, no. 1, 1948, p. 17, fig. 7. Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0104

Model of the west side buildings. The model maker Christos Mammelis and his tools, templates and moulds. This model was finished in 1946 ... Christos Mammelis ... Mounted Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jul 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0311

Eugene Vanderpool holding a lecture for the A.M.A.G. (American Mission for Aid to Greece) in the garden of the Old Excavation House ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Sep 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0312

Eugene Vanderpool holding a lecture for the A.M.A.G. (American Mission for Aid to Greece) ... Sheet 53 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Sep 1947

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[Image]  2003.01.0313

Eugene Vanderpool holding a lecture for the A.M.A.G. (American Mission for Aid to Greece) in the garden of the Old Excavation House ... Sheet 53-also negs. 2003-21-33,34,35,36 and 2003-20-1,2,3 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Sep 1947

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[Image]  1997.10.0232

Odeion marbles as set up in the courtyard of the Old Excavation House, with John Travlos admiring them ... northeast ... 1 Jan 1948

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[Image]  2003.01.0180

25 Asteroskopeiou Street. Architecture and scuplture shelves in the courtyard of the Old Excavation House, J. Travlos at left, H. Thompson at right ... Sheet 32 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jan 1948

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[Image]  2004.03.0012

The pot mending room in the Old Excavation House at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street ... Mary Hodkinson ... Sheet 39 ... 1 Jan 1948

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[Image]  2004.03.0013

The pot mending room in the Old Excavation House at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street. An amphora is being mended ... Mary Hodkinson ... Sheet 39 ... 1 Jan 1948

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[Image]  2004.03.0014

The pot mending room in the Old Excavation House at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street. Coloring the plaster fills ... Mary Hodkinson ... Sheet 39 ... 1 Jan 1948

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[Image]  2004.03.0018

Documentation on site of the excavation work ... Mary Hodkinson ... Sheet 39 ... 1 Jan 1948

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[Image]  2004.03.0020

A stele found at the excavation, still in situ. Eugene Vanderpool showing a detail ... Mary Hodkinson ... Sheet 39 ... 1 Jan 1948

Excavations in the Athenian Agora are conducted by the American School of Classical Studies.
Primary funding is provided by the Packard Humanities Institute (PHI).