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[Object]  P 3155: Black Glaze Krater with Applied Decoration ...

Mended from many pieces; the profile complete; most of the rim missing; also one handle and large fragments from the body. Restored in plaster. Heavy moulded conical foot; shallow wheel-run grooves on ... 3 March 1934

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[Object]  P 6313: Hydria: Hadra

Concave base. Eggy body with flattish shoulder. Flaring neck with flat projecting lip. Vertical strap handle, shoulder to below lip, its two shallow grooves filled with black. Horizontal loop handles, ... 22 May-6 June 1935

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[Object]  P 7014: Cup Fragment: Inscribed

Much missing, but profile complete. Several fragments do not join. Low ring foot; rounded body; straight lip. Maltese cross on bottom outside. Dots on foot. Above foot, rays, alternating black and purple; ... 12 March 1936

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[Object]  P 7261: Flower Pot

Mended from many pieces; a few fragments missing from rim and walls, restored in plaster. Pinkish-buff clay. Πήλινη γλάστρα. Αποτελείται από αρκετά συνενούμενα θραύσματα. Hole B 3. Leica, 7-81, 7-82, ... 3 April 1936

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[Object]  P 10521: Two-Handled Spouted Pot

End of nozzle chipped. Round bodied, flat bottomed pot with plain lip; two horizontal handles, round in section, at the shoulder. Spout, roughly triangular in section, bridged at the lip, projects horizontally ... 24 May 1937

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[Object]  P 10522: One-Handled Spouted Pot

Flat bottom; walls flaring to sharp shoulder, then sloping inward to plain lip. Large round spout, its lip somewhat cut away, set at an angle on the shoulder; at the back, a single small vertical handle, ... 24 May 1937

[Object]  P 14165: Black Glaze Oven

Mended from many pieces and largely restored in plaster. Rectangular in shape with rounded corners and one open end. Double back wall; floor over front part only. The fragments give part of the top, with ... 28 April-4 May 1938

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[Object]  P 14871: Biconical Jar: Red Burnished

Cracked, and a small piece missing from one side; otherwise intact, except for chips. Broad double conical shape, with high foot ring and vertical neck-mouth. On either side, just below the mouth, a lug ... 24 April 1939

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[Object]  P 16873: Cup Fragment with Graffito (Ostrakon?)

Black glaze except on outer edge. Incised on upper face: On bottom: Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Ξανθίππου. Προέρχεται από τη βάση κύλικος. Finished West of south tank, between tank and retaining wall, layer ... 2 May 1940

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[Object]  P 17877: Jug with Relief Decoration

Intact. Flat bottom and straight side wall; upward sloping shoulder, ribbed; narrow neck with plain slightly flaring lip; ridged vertical handle, base of neck to edge of shoulder. Mould-made in two pieces, ... 30 May 1947

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[Object]  P 19267: Bowl with Relief Medallion

Several pieces preserve floor and about half of wall and rim. Very low ring foot; gently curving walls, plain rim. On floor a raised medallion: within a single groove, profile bust of Augustus with fillet, ... 12 April 1948

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[Object]  P 20716: Black Figure Siana Cup

Mended from over 100 fragments; a few small pieces missing, restored in plaster. Interior Large medallion: bearded warrior running to left, two spears in the right hand, shield in the left; greaves and ... 9 May 1950

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[Object]  P 21246: Jug

Jug with Beaked Spout. Fragments of wall and spout missing; mended from many pieces. Broad ovoid body; low raised base. Narrow neck concave in profile, set off from the shoulder by a pronounced ridge ... LH II-III A

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[Object]  P 21300: Bowl

Bowl with Ring Handles. Mended from eight pieces. Small chips. Out-turned rim; three horizontal handles on it. Flat bottom. Cream slip. Rim and handles painted brown. Inside; two concentric circles at ... 19 May 1951

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[Object]  P 21956: Eschara

Missing both handles, save for one root, and fragments of rim and base; restored in plaster. Hollow circular stand spreading out of foot to form a resting surface. Four square openings are cut in its sides ... May-June 1951

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[Object]  P 22550: Oinochoe

Small fragments missing from lip; restored in plaster. Shape type I (R-M); double rolled handle. Panel on right side filled with lion head, to right. Pot-hooks pendent from top; in field, filling ornaments: ... 21 July 1952

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[Object]  P 22551: Amphora Fragment

Preserved only to spring of neck; handles and large fragments of wall missing, including the upper part of the shoulder panel on one side. Shape, type II a (R-M). Tongue pattern on foot; double series ... 25 July 1952

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[Object]  P 23165: Red Figure Cup Fragment

Most of the tondo and the stem preserved. Ring at junction of stem and foot. Naked woman kneeling to wash in a large lekane; the profile of the lekane unusual. Part of askos(?) preserved near break at ... 30 April 1953

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[Object]  P 23850: Red Figure Oinochoe

Part of lip and chips from foot missing; otherwise intact. Trefoil lip. A boy, nude, walking right, leading a horse by a long rein which hangs over his bent left arm; in his outstretched right hand he ... 19 April 1954

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[Object]  P 23900: Oinochoe with Paint Decoration

Intact except for two holes in wall and a few chips and cracks. High, slightly flaring, ring foot; the bottom of the pot inside the foot is rounded; trefoil mouth; rolled handle sloping from rim. Decoration ... 28 April 1954

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[Object]  P 24115: Red Figure Cup: Inscribed

Mended from many pieces; much of rim and wall, with part of medallion, missing. Short thin stem; disk foot, lightly profiled. Inside, within a reserved band, a youthful komast wreathed, plays the lyre ... 4 June 1954

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[Object]  P 24943: Black Figure Column Krater

A few small fragments of body missing. A) Swans facing across lotus and palmette; above tongues, alternately red and black. B) A goat, left; no tongues. Under each handle a swan. On each handle plate, ... 20 June 1955

[Object]  P 25008: Stand: Cooking Ware

Fragments missing. Horseshoe-shaped. Single handle. Two round holes in side. Rising spurs at open end of rim. The pot P 25007 (ΣΑ 3129) fits nicely on top. Μόνωτο ημικυλινδρικό στήριγμα αγγείου: πύραυνος ... June 1955

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[Object]  S 211: Herm Head

Bearded herm head of Archaic type. Back of head broken away above, hair around brow damaged, nose and chin broken away, surface damaged. Full height preserved. Front of neck forms a tongue (width broken), ... Early 5th century B.C.

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[Object]  S 344: Statuette of Attis as Table Support

The figure is nearly intact except for some object in the right hand. Mended from three pieces. A standing male figure clad in himation and Phrygian cap and carrying pine cones and fruit. The man is nude ... 2nd century A.D.

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[Object]  S 440: Draped Female Figure

Missing: the head, the right arm from above the elbow, the left hand, the left foot (doweled on) and parts of the drapery. The figure is seen walking swiftly forward, the left leg advanced, the drapery ... 13 March 1934

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[Object]  S 517: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken off diagonally at the neck, from the right ear. A bearded male head, slightly larger than life-size. The nose is broken off; the eyes, very deep set and with pupils and iris incised, look up and ... Ca. 210-220 A.D.

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[Object]  S 564: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken at the middle of the neck. The end of the nose and part of the chin are missing. Edges of the eyebrows and ears chipped. The figure wears a laurel crown; the top of the head within it has a smooth ... Ca. 235-245 A.D.

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[Object]  S 679: Draped Female Figure Fragment from Relief

A draped figure in high relief, preserved from waist to ankles, with part of the background. The wears a chiton girded high at her waist. Over it, around the lower part of her body, an himation, the top ... 17 March 1936

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[Object]  S 870: Draped Female Figure Fragment

Missing: the head, the right hand and lower arms, the legs from above the knees, and all of the left side. Preserved surface somewhat eaten away, especially at the front. Standing female figure, probably ... 31 March 1937

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[Object]  S 938: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Bearded male head broken off at root of neck; nose and eyebrows chipped, left ear lobe broken off. The brows furrowed, the beard and hair freely drilled. The hair at back of head merely blocked out. Surface ... Antonine period.

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[Object]  S 950: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken off at the top of neck; tip of nose missing; traces of fire below. Bearded and mustached male portrait head. Pupils doubly drilled; iris grooved. Hair of head lightly drilled, of face stippled ... Period of Gallenius.

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[Object]  S 1222: Lion's Head

Broken at left; smooth worn back with large shallow cutting and battered underside of jaw uncertain, may be original; face much battered, upper jaw entirely missing. Head of Lion, facing front, with wide ... Ca. 570-550 B.C.

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[Object]  S 1307: Portrait Head of Boy

Broken off at base of neck; nose and chin battered; surface somewhat chipped. Head of a small boy, life-size, wearing a wreath. The hair close-cropped except for a scalp lock at the back. Pentelic marble, ... 2nd quarter of 3rd c. A.D.

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[Object]  S 2056: Portrait Herm

Complete but unfinished. Life-sized herm with portrait head of a man with short curly hair and himation falling over left shoulder. Measuring points on chin and hair. Arm sockets not yet cut. Chisel and ... 15 June 1959

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[Object]  S 2089: Portrait Bust of Young Alexander

A youth with flowing locks facing slightly to the proper left. The type is that of 'Eubouleus'. Unfinished: areas to be drilled left rough. Seven measuring points: two in hair over temples, one in chin, ... 25 June 1959

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[Object]  S 2436: Portrait Bust of Antonius Pius

Mended from two pieces. Complete except for chips and bottom of base. Tip of nose chipped. Portrait of bearded emperor, Antonius Pius, head turned to his left. Hair done in incised waves behind, incised ... 2nd c. A.D.

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[Object]  S 2476: Head of Kore

Broken away at neck. Nose and mouth damaged. Hair, bound in stephane, runs in waves around face and in long zigzags down the back (three strands cross shoulder). Disk earrings. Bulging eyes, high cheekbones ... 5th c. B.C.

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[Object]  T 751: Chariot and Charioteer Figurine

The chariot, with flat floor and straight walls front and sides, rests on a rectangular base. The base is broken along one side; on the preserved side it is pierced by two small holes. The pole broken ... 16 March 1935

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[Object]  T 2404: Inscribed Mold

Part of lower edge preserved, with one leg of a low table or couch. On a sort of a panel hanging from or just under the table and outlined in low relief in the mould, letters, also in low relief. Second ... 7 June 1951, 8 July 1967

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[Object]  W 14: Bucket

Seventeen staves are preserved in poor to good condition. There is no trace of iron attachments. Μικρός ξύλινος κάδος. Αποτελείται από δεκαεπτά μικρές σανίδες. Δεν διακρίνονται ίχνη συνδέσμων από σίδηρο ... 5 April 1937

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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

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[Object]  A 3011: Column: Doric

The first, second, third and sixth drums from the top survive and may be recognized from the letters ΑΑΑΑ, etc. The sixth was here the bottom drum. One of the series A 3008 - A 3011 and A 2987 and A 2988 ... 1 September 1959

[Object]  B 110: Dikast 's Ticket : Reused

Broken away on the left. Parts of two lines: ΜΙΔΗΣ ΕΥΣ Part of a sigma is visible over the Δ in the first line and belongs to an earlier inscription. There are remains of a gorgon seal from the first ... 24 April 1933

[Object]  B 700: Dikast 's Name Plate

Left end only remains. Deeply incised. Cf. B 110-111 (H 360-361) : other name-plates from the same context. Among large stones over bedrock. Store in ziplock polyethylene bag and in area with 40% r.h ... 24 May 1933

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[Object]  B 1221: Flan

Smoothed, made ready for striking Panathenaic Way cut I, loose upper filling. Late Roman. 558 Leica ... 25 April 1959

[Object]  B 1641: Flan

The flan has two sides. One is flat with some striations. The other has leveled edges and a central punch mark. Next to the punch mark is a countermanrk of an open right hand, implying the flan had circulated ... Card: 2nd c. A.D.

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[Object]  BI 288: Bone Box Fragment

End of vaulted box. A roughly semicircular plaque. Within a cross-hatched border a standing figure in Roman official costume. In his left hand he holds a staff or scepter, in ihs outstretched right a helmet ... 21 May 1936

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[Object]  I 167: Monument

Inscribed stele with ornamental top of palmette and volutes. Upper part of ornament mended from many fragments. Near the top, two double concentric discs with button in center (simplified rosettes). At ... 12 February 1932

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[Object]  IL 950: Lead Defixio

Much of right edge missing; considerably bent. Well. 1080 Leica, XXIX-65, 88-336 2247-1 ... 28 July 1947

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[Object]  L 519: Lamp with Relief Decoration

Large relief lamp: Leda and the swan. A little more than a quarter of the circumference of the rim preserved. Discus broken at upper left and lower right part. Most of the body and bottom of the lamp is ... 11 April 1932

[Object]  P 2026: Amis: Banded

Mended from many fragments; small fragments still missing from sides and lower edge of the spout. Above the hood-shaped edge of the spout is a small protuberance at the top of the vase. Beyond this, a ... 16 May 1933

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[Object]  P 5026: Plate with Sgraffito Decoration

Shallow plate on high ring foot. Mended from five pieces, a small bit missing from the edge. Three pairs of rivet holes indicate an ancient mend. Fine sgraffito decoration. Nicked edge; then two bands ... 12 March 1935

[Object]  P 8396: Brazier

Restored in plaster. High straight wall forming about two-thirds of a cylinder. Thickened to a plain rim above and below, and open at the bottom and one side. Traces of three lugs (one fragment does not ... March-April 1936

[Object]  P 23189: Chytra

Intact, except chips from walls and one hole. Flaring rim, angular profile, flat bottom. One band handle from lip to point of greatest diameter; thumb depression at lower attachment of handle. Gritty ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.

[Object]  P 24609: Black Glaze Stemmed Dish

Complete except for chips. Heavy rolled rim projecting, set off below by a scratched line; a second line around the lower wall, and a pair setting off a light ridge just above foot. Broad, thick disk foot, ... May-June 1954

[Object]  P 24613: Black Glaze Stemmed Dish

Mended from two pieces; complete. Like P 24612 (ΣΑ 2822), but slightly smaller, and the glaze dull. Cf. Agora XII, no. 973. Well beneath Stoa gutter. 3780 Leica, 81-127 ... May-June 1954

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[Object]  S 399: Base with Relief of Charioteer, Warrior ...

The base has been hacked away on top and in the back; great, rough cuttings extend from the central rectangular cutting on the top, presumably made when the base was first cut, to support what ever stood ... 4th c. B.C.

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[Object]  S 435: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken off at the neck; the nose broken and the ears badly chipped; the surface damaged. Close cropped curly hair and beard, the latter rising to a point under the lower lip. Traces of a mustache, the ... Ca. 250-260 A.D.

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[Object]  S 659: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Face and part of hair preserved; broken all around; nose and right eye chipped. A portrait head, perhaps a Kosmete. An elderly man with short beard and sideburns and mustache. Deep wrinkles below cheeks; ... Period of Gallenius.

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[Object]  S 1068: Statue of Asklepios

Head, feet and right arm missing; the right arm was a separate piece as dowel holes for attachment show. Standing draped figure, about one half life-size. He wears a heavy cloak draped over the left shoulder, ... 25 May 1938

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[Object]  S 1413: Statuette Fragment: Nude Standing Male

Torso and part of head of nude bearded man, possibly Socrates; cloak over left shoulder. Broken at bottom. Back rough, with occasional pick marks. Pentelic marble. ’νω μέρος μαρμάρινου αγαλματιδίου Σωκράτους ... 20 May 1949

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[Object]  S 2445: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken at neck and minor chips missing, bur surface generally fresh. Portrait of a bearded male, a foreigner perhaps barbarian. Hair done in large curls and waves, drilled and incised, more detailed toward ... 29 July 1971

[Object]  SS 7319: Stamped Amphora: Latin

Whole jar; same as SS 7318 (X 518). Capacity: (water) 28.510. Stamp on shoulder; incuse letters. Cf. SS 7004, SS 7930, SS 7318, SS 7367, SS 11094-SS 11106. Prof: PD 1120-18, 19* Par: SS 07318, SS 07004, ... 2 April 1937

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[Drawing]  PD 89: Restored plans of the Odeion, Period I.

John Travlos ... Image in Agora XIV is only part of PD 89. Scanned. DB: 207 XXXII-62 XXXII-61 XLII-8 XLII-9

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[Drawing]  PD 873-1982: Plan of the Agora at the end of the ...

John Travlos William B. Dinsmoor Jr ... 86-501

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[Drawing]  PD 884: Section (north-south) of Agora grave XXVII.

John Travlos ... Color slide. OO-527 88-343

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[Drawing]  PD 1991: Restored elevation of the Royal Stoa, ...

W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Scanned. DB: 2 (05/03/2001) 87-493

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[Image]  1997.09.0213

Restored plan, section, and elevation of the Peribolos of the Eponymous Heroes, Period I ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... east ... 1968

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[Image]  2007.10.0081

Bronze ballots, from left to right: B 1056, B 146, B 728, B 1058, B 1055 ... Version of 2007.10.0080. Horizontal (normal)

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[Image]  2008.18.0051

The first formal photographic portrait of the statue of Hadrian ... Cf. 2002.03.0405 Horizontal (normal)

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[Image]  2008.19.0040

Bronze rod and coin blanks from the Mint, third–second centuries B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Cf. 2000.02.0757 Horizontal (normal)

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[Object]  A 818: Lintel Block Fragments: Painted

Seven fragments, making up to four: a) Two joining fragments preserve full height of block and left end of block, part of bracket and of coffer. b) Two joining fragments preserve part of fascia below face ... 10 March 1938

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[Object]  A 2973: Capital: Ionic

The builders of the Late Roman Fortification Wall had knocked off chips, especially from the volutes; most are missing. Empolion cutting on underside 0.06m square. Egg and dart not carved but painted; ... July 1959

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[Object]  B 728: Dikast's Ballot

Large ballot with long hub; pierced. Considerably corroded when found but cleaned up well; The edges a little chipped and the surface pitted in places. Inscribed on one face, on the other, Η or Ξ, stamped ... 17 June 1939

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[Object]  I 3967: Kleroterion

Broken, full width and thickness preserved. Setting tongue at bottom. Back appears to have been rough picked; worn smooth from later use. Sides smooth. Eleven rows of slots. At the left side traces of ... 1935

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[Object]  P 18555: Ostrakon of Kimon Miltiadou

Part of a roof curved cover tile, glazed black outside. Incised on exterior wall: Kιμον Μιλτιαδο Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Κίμωνος. Acropolis Museum Temporary Exhibition (May 2010) Finished Poros enclosure, ... 25 September 1947

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[Object]  S 37: Draped Standing Female Figure

A life-size statue, the head and right arm are missing; the upper front part of the body has been cut away; the draped left arm is preserved to the lower forearm, which was separately inserted, and part ... 6 June 1931

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[Object]  S 221: Statue of Faun with Goat

Mended from over 73 fragments; apparently deliberately destroyed. Missing is body of goat and fragments from back of neck and back of right hand of faun. The faun, smiling, is holding panpipes in his ... 5 May 1932

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[Object]  S 333: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Head of an unknown, middle aged man in a skullcap. The head is broken off at the base of the neck; most of the right ear, the end of the nose and the tip of the left ear are missing. Chips gone from the ... 1st c. B.C.

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[Object]  S 335: Portrait Head of Male Figure

The head is considerably over life-size, broken off below the beard; the tip of the nose is missing, and the back of the head has a rectangular patch of hair (doweled on, with the dowel still in place) ... Early Antonine period.

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[Object]  S 339: Draped Standing Female Figure

The head, set into a rough picked socket, now missing; arms missing from elbows; the left knee and the front of the leg below it broken away; the drapery much chipped, especially at the sides. The figure, ... 4th century B.C.

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[Object]  S 347: Portrait Head of Male Figure

The nose and chin have been considerably damaged. At the base of the neck, a roughly picked tongue indicates that the head was inserted into a separate body. Head, larger than life-size, perhaps of Trajan ... Flavian period.

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[Object]  S 356: Portrait Bust of Male Figure

Missing: upper part of left ear, edges of right ear, tip of nose, left side of neck at join. Mended from two adjoining pieces. The tenon is chipped and broken. The head is preserved from top to tenon, ... 10 B.C.-20 A.D.

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[Object]  S 378: Draped Female Figure

Missing: head (which was inserted); right arm (formerly doweled on, as was right foot, traces of the rust of the arm dowel, and the actual dowel itself in the foot are still preserved); fragment from back ... 8 June 1933

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[Object]  S 462: Draped Female Figure

Mended from many pieces; the head, set in a large, rough-picked socket, is missing. Missing also are part of the upper left arm, the left hand, the right arm and shoulder, most of the back above the hips, ... 11 April 1934, 27 April 1934

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[Object]  S 473: Group of Aphrodite and Eros

Missing, the head of Aphrodite, her right arm from above the elbow, her left forearm (doweled on, dowel in place), and fragments of her drapery. The upper right arm was found broken off. The free-hanging ... 12 April 1934

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[Object]  S 654: Torso Fragment of Statue of Athena

Preserved from just below the waistline to the neck; left arm broken just below the shoulder; right arm at about 0.09m. from the shoulder. Enough of both arms is preserved to show that the right arm was ... 10 March 1936

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[Object]  S 657: Portrait Statue of Draped Standing Male ...

A life-size statue, of which head, lower part from about knees down, and hands are missing. The shoulder and upper back are damaged. The left arm is bent at the elbow, with the hand held forward; the right ... 5th c. A.D. (?).

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[Object]  S 852: Statuette of Triple Hekate (Hekataion )

Square base with moldings around the bottom. Into it is set a column (no capital, top finished off smooth), backed against which are three draped female figures, carved in high relief. Each wears a garment ... 1st-2nd c. A.D.

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[Object]  S 1214: Head and Neck Fragments of Triton

Two joining fragments. a) Lower part of neck with spring of shoulder from a bearded creature with head turned to his right. Good work; surface of marble comparatively fresh. Note spring of background on ... August 1946, 5 July 1949

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[Object]  S 1251: Relief with Eleusinian Divinities

Complete. Rectangular plaque with plain border, tenon for setting below and rough-finished back. Seven figures in low relief, left to right: draped woman (Demeter) with staff (?) in left hand and patera ... 11 June 1947

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[Object]  S 1295: Head of Herakles

Broken off across the neck; end of nose and chin chipped. Pick-marks on forehead. Head, half life-size, turned slightly to the figure's left. Hair and beard rendered in small tight bead-like curls. The ... 30 July 1947

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[Object]  S 1654: Draped Standing Female Figure: Aphrodite

The head broken off just above the base of the neck; the (raised) right arm, made separately and attached, missing, and the upper part of the cloak, held by the right arm, is broken away. Part of the left ... Middle of 2nd c. A.D.

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[Object]  S 1882: Draped Female Figure and Fragments: Aphrodite

a) Fragment showing folds of himation over left arm. Arm was inset and attached with a square dowel. b) Draped torso (?) fragment. On one face flat folds appropriate to himation on back of figure. This ... a)-c) (ΚΤΛ 375) November 1954 (Ι 1680) 1959