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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 March 1933

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[Object]  P 43: White Ground Cup: Type C and Inscribed

The base, most of the central medallion, and one handle are preserved. Medallion is outlined with a single line of brown glaze. The figure is that of a standing youth (Apollo?) facing right and playing ... 2 July 1931

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[Object]  P 5113: White Ground Bobbin Fragment

From a double disc: bobbin or yoyo? Nearly two-thirds of one disk preserved; broken at the left. On the disc, Helios with the solar disk on his head and a goad in his hand, rises above Mt. Hymettos in ... 12-15 March 1935

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[Image]  1997.10.0257

Westernmost Triton on its base, front view ... south Horizontal (normal) ... July 1974

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[Image]  2008.18.0025

West side of the Agora, section Ε, on the afternoon of May 25, 1931, the first day of excavarions in the section ... 31-E-3 Testing west Horizontal (normal) ... 25/5/1931

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[Image]  2011.04.0047

West side of the Agora, section Ε, after one month of excavation. The Temple of Hephaistos in the background ... Detail of 1-8. Cf. 2008.18.0028 northwest Horizontal (normal) ... 19/6/1931

[Object]  A 1296: Well Tiles: Inscribed

Drum of well tiles, intact when removed; one tile broken and repaired. Normal type with hand-holes and thickened upper rim. Red clay. Scratched on the top of the rim of each tile: /Α. Well; the third drum ... 11 August 1947

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[Object]  A 957: Well Head

Parts of rim and nearly a quarter of wall missing; restored in plaster. A cylindrical drum, tapering around top. Heavy rim, flat on top and sharply profiled; lower wall thickened to form heavy collar ... 28 May-16 June 1938

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[Image]  2008.20.0051

Watercolor of the restored upper parts of the Middle Stoa, mid-2nd century B.C., showing the colors used to decorate this and most Greek buildings ... Cf. 2004.02.0101 Horizontal (normal)

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[Image]  2008.03.0049

Watercolor by Piet de Jong depicting the upper floor of the Stoa of Attalos ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2006

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[Image]  1997.01.0240

Water-color restoration of painted decoration of the epikranitis. Reconstructed from poros fragments found in the Long Late Roman Wall to west of Stoa of Attalos ... Marian Welker ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1949

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[Image]  1997.01.0239

Water-color restoration of painted ornament on anta capital. Perspective view and section. Reconstructed from poros fragments found in the Long Late Roman Wall in front of the Stoa Attalos ... Marian Welker ... July 1949

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[Object]  T 3525: Votive Shield

Fragment from edge; round, sharply offset rim. Traces of white engobe on outside. Fine buff clay. From sacred pit to north of Altar of Ares; from inside actual pit. 2365 Leica, 81-51, 81-77 ... 26 February 1957

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[Image]  1997.18.0159

View showing in the foreground the "kitchen" of Building P with its clean and mended pots restored to the places in which they were found. In the background, the big room adjoining ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 7/4/1948

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[Image]  1997.07.0214

View showing full width of the colonnade ... north ... 27/2/1957

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[Image]  1997.01.0186

View of the early Altar at the end of season ... Publication says from SE. northwest 1870 Horizontal (normal) ... 16/8/1981

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[Image]  2008.18.0237

View of the cuttings in the bedrock of ancient planting holes and Byzantine house walls to the south of the Temple of Hephaistos. View from the roof of the temple, June 1936 ... west Horizontal (normal) ... June 1936

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[Image]  2011.04.0187

View of the architrave and the frieze at the southeast corner, with South Metope IV. Theseus and the Minotaur. Cf. Koch (1955), plate 25 ... Large version of negative. Cf. 1997.05.0206 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1954

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[Image]  1997.07.0196

View of the Stoa in a stormy day ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 30/10/1957

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[Image]  2011.04.0082

View of current excavations above the the site of the Painted Stoa ... Craig Mauzy ... southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 21/7/2008

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[Image]  2010.01.0155

View north from high on the slopes of Areopagus down the Panathenaic Way. On the right of the road are remains of the Eleusinion and on the left remains of several large houses of late antiquity ... Craig Mauzy ... Jpg and bw version in Photography/Unworked/Projects/2010.01 Panathenaic Way northwest Horizontal (normal) ... 9/5/2009

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[Object]  P 1231: Vessel: Kneeling Boy

Mended from many pieces; much of the boy's back and part of his right side missing. The hair hangs in a mass of conventionalized curls nearly to the middle of his back. The hands are lightly clasped, with ... Ca. 530 B.C.

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[Object]  P 3559: Vessel with Dipinto: Official Measure ...

Mended from many pieces; a good bit of the floor missing, and a few fragments from the rim and sides, also the handles. The dimensions, the inscription, and both stamps complete. A cylindrical vessel, ... 16-17 April 1934

[Object]  P 16520: Vessel Stand (Brazier?)

Much missing, but the profile complete; restored in plaster. A large plain hollow stand with bulging walls finished off plain at top and bottom. Its shape recalls the deep braziers like P 16521 (ΓΓ 976), ... May, June 1939

[Object]  P 13957: Vessel Fragment with Paint Decoration

From the wall of a closed pot. Clearly same ware as P 13956 (ΟΑ 786) but clay and glaze darker. The glaze crackly, decorated with lozenges and cross-hatchings. Cf. P 13963 (ΟΑ 793), same vase? Θραύσμα ... 20-28 May 1937

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[Object]  P 576: Vessel Fragment

a) Fragment of very large pot: Protoattic? Mended from two pieces. Legs of two figures running, passing each other in opposite directions. Painted brown with heavy outlines against buff ground. When found, ... 21 April 1932

[Object]  P 14844: Vessel Fragment

Preserves part of plain lip and start of spout of round-bodied vase, probably a sauce-boat. Fine hard pinkish-buff clay; hard creamy glaze, inside and out. Θραύσμα που προέρχεται από το χείλος αγγείου ... 30 March 1939

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[Object]  MC 820: Upper Half of Symbolon

Intact. Inscribed, rectangular, but with toothed lower edge. The inscriptions in black glaze, much flaked. On one side: H Α Λ Ι Μ Ο Σ On the other side: Λ Ε Ο [ Ν Τ Ι Σ ] Traces of red wash on both faces ... 20 April 1950

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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

[Object]  P 5189: Tub

Much missing from wall; restored in plaster. Flat bottom. Massive rim flat on top. On either side a large lug beneath lip. Coarse yellow clay. Cf. Beazley (1946), Potter and Painter, p. 17, n. 2. Well ... 12-15 March 1935

[Object]  P 13710: Tripod Lopas

Part of rim and much of floor missing; restored in plaster. Small flat-bottomed casserole, set on three out-curved feet; walls rounded; rim flaring, ledged inside. Single broad band-handle, rim to wall ... June 1937 June 1938

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[Object]  S 370: Tripod Base with Figures in Relief

Broken at the top, and chipped on sides and bottom. The sides are concave, with roughly dressed fillets between them, in the lower part of each of these, a cutting for setting something. A bit of bronze ... 1 June 1933

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[Image]  2009.01.0320

Torso of the statue of Emperor Hadrian ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 24/7/2008

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[Object]  S 1313: Torso of a Youth

Head missing. Stubs of arms preserved. Right leg broken below knee; left leg above knee. Torso of a standing youth, about half life-size, the weight on the right leg. The upper left arm is set back a little; ... 19 March 1948

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[Object]  S 1232: Torso of Athena

About two-thirds of body preserved; broken at bottom, and both arms missing. The right arm broken off just below the shoulder, the left ends in a smooth-cut surface just above the elbow, with a hole for ... 28 April 1947

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[Object]  S 502: Torso Fragments of Nude Male Figure

a) The torso from just above the waist to the shoulder is preserved. The right arm and shoulder are missing; the left shoulder and part of the upper arm is intact. The head is missing, but the beginning ... a) (Ξ 28) 27 October 1934 b) (Ο 1077) July 1956

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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 147: Torso Fragment of Male Figure

Upper part of torso of a muscular male figure a little under life-size. Upper part of chest preserved with front starts of neck and left arm, and 0.02m. or 0.03m. of right arm. Head was inclined to lifted ... 1931

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[Object]  S 210: Torso Fragment of Draped Female Figure

Broken at hips and on left shoulder; the thin clinging drapery is chipped. Right arm made separately: two dowel holes for attachment in rough picked surface at right shoulder. At neck, coarsely picked ... 1932

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[Image]  2000.02.0553

Tomb of a rich Athenian lady. Geometric burial H 16:6. Urn-hole with the contents as found ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr. John Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1968

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[Object]  MC 1164: Token

Intact. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood (?) against which it was affixed). Orange-buff clay. Cf. MC 1187 for ... 26 July 1971

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[Object]  MC 1165: Token

Small chips from edges broken away. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood (?) against which it was affixed). Pink ... 26 July 1971

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[Object]  MC 1169: Token

Intact. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood (?) against which it was affixed). Pink clay. Similar to MC 1164 and ... 27 July 1971

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[Object]  MC 1170: Token

Intact. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood (?) against which it was affixed). Pink clay. Similar to MC 1164 and ... 27 July 1971

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[Object]  MC 1179: Token

Intact. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: plain. Pink clay. Similar to MC 1174 and from seal 2-type II A. Cf. MC 1174, for the inscription. Πήλινο σύμβολο ... 27 July 1971

[Object]  MC 1183: Token

Intact. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood (?) against which it was affixed). Orange clay. Similar to MC 1164 ... 28 July 1971

[Object]  MC 1187: Token

Chip missing from left edge. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Text of seal: ΙΠΠΑΡΧΟΣ [Ε]ΙΣΛΗΜΝΟΝ ΦΕΙΔΩΝΑΘΡΙ Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood ... 28 July 1971

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[Object]  MC 1189: Token

Small chips missing. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood (?) against which it was affixed). Buff clay. Similar ... 28 July 1971

[Object]  MC 1190: Token

Small chips missing. Obverse: inscribed. It has three lines of text made of an ovoid seal. Reverse: parallel striations (traces of the object-wood (?) against which it was affixed). Buff clay. Similar ... 28 July 1971

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[Image]  1997.09.0372

Tile Standard on its base. Photographed for Mabel Lang ... ca. 1959

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[Object]  A 1283: Tile Standard Fragment

Fragment from the lower right corner; the back worn down considerably with later re-use. Pentelic marble. Cf. A 1133 (Θ 1855). Modern cellar wall on Eponymon Street. 1265, 1830 Leica, XXVII-89, XXVII-90 ... 15 June 1947

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[Object]  A 1133: Tile Standard

One corner and part of one end broken away; otherwise complete. On one face two long concave cuttings, one wide and shaped rather like a rain tile, the other narrow and rather like a cover tile. Anathyrosis ... 17 July 1946

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[Image]  2008.20.0078

Three Herm heads found at the northwest corner of the Agora (from left to right): S 2499, 2nd century A.C.; S 2452, late 5th century B.C.; S 3347, early 5th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal)

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[Drawing]  PD 1208: The west side of the Agora in Roman times.

J. Travlos ... Scanned. DB: 67 (05/03/2001) 83-221

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[Image]  2002.01.1208

The west side of the Agora in Roman times ... J. Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1962

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[Image]  2011.04.0048

The temple of Hephaistos, seen from the south ... Craig Mauzy ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 8/4/2009

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[Image]  2004.01.2329

The southwest corner of the peribolos of the Altar of the Twelve Gods as cleared of the Late Roman foundations. The Leagros base at the left. View from the south ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 1951

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[Drawing]  PD 699-2003: The residential-industrial district ...

Greek and English version of PD 699. In Agora Picture Book 16.

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[Image]  2008.20.0034

The residential-industrial district southwest of the Agora. The "Poros Building", center right, in another name given to the building tentatively identified as the State Prison. The other walls and wells ... English version. Horizontal (normal)

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[Image]  2008.20.0031

The remains of the house of Simon the cobbler, 5th century B.C., built against the Agora boundary stone (bottom left) ... Cf. 2000.02.0693 Horizontal (normal)

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[Image]  1997.01.0534

The remains of the Royal Stoa, after refilling of test trenches. At lower right is the South Annex. At upper right is the North Annex. View from the south ... Cf. 2008.20.0083 (higher resolution). north 1066 Horizontal (normal) ... 25/8/1970

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[Image]  2008.20.0083

The remains of the Royal Stoa, after refilling of test trenches. At lower right is the South Annex. At upper right is the North Annex. View from the south ... High resolution version of negative, cf. 1997.01.0534. Rights = 1 (Public) north 1066 Horizontal (normal) ... 25/8/1970

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[Image]  2008.20.0091

The reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos in 1956, view from the north. The middle of the roof slab poured. The Acropolis in the background ... Wide angle. southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 2/4/1956

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[Image]  2008.20.0058

The north stoa of the Library of Pantainos, along the street leading to the Roman marketplace, ca. 100 A.D. Looking east toward the Gate of Athena ... Cf. 2011.04.0091. Rights = 1 (Public) east 1708 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1973

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[Image]  2011.04.0091

The north stoa of the Library of Pantainos, along the street leading to the Roman marketplace, ca. 100 A.D. Looking east toward the Gate of Athena ... Cf. 2008.20.0058 east 1708 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1973

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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]  1997.04.0031

The area of the Tholos in the last quarter of the 6th c. B.C. Restored plan ... Cf. PD 63. Horizontal (normal) ... 10 July 1938

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[Image]  2008.20.0092

The area of the Agora before the start of excavations in 1931, view from the west. Note the square by the Hephaisteion. The Church of Agia Marina in foreground ... New negative from old photo 1-102 east Horizontal (normal) ... September 1931

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[Image]  2011.04.0029

The Temple of Hephaistos ... Craig Mauzy ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 9/10/2009

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[Image]  2008.20.0036

The Poros Building, possibly the State Prison, seen from the north, 5th century B.C ... Cf. 2000.02.0694 South Horizontal (normal)

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[Image]  1997.17.0026

The Omega House from the west. Room 3 with apsidal pool at its east end. Room 3A in the background ... Roman House H in notebooks. (SD) west 2630 Horizontal (normal) ... 20/8/1970

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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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[Drawing]  PD 1195: The Agora and its environs in the 2nd ...

J. Travlos ... Scanned. DB: 59 (05/03/2001) 83-204 86-500 87-521 87-619

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[Image]  2002.01.1195

The Agora and its environs in the 2nd century A.D. Copy of PD #701 by CH Polycarpou ... J. Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1950-1974

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[Image]  2004.03.0116

The Agora after the Hellenistic remodelling ... John Travlos ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1962

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[Image]  1997.02.0245

The Agora after the Hellenistic remodelling ... John Travlos W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr. (1982) ... PD book mentions 1949, 1954 (neg. 83-201), 1959 but not published, no records!! ... 1982

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[Object]  B 778: Sword

Broken in five pieces but complete. Heavy rib down center of blade. A raised rim around the edge of the handle to take the (wooden ?) hand-hold. One rivet for fastening on hand-hold in place, and traces ... 5, 14 May 1947

[Object]  B 781: Sword

Badly corroded; the blade preserved in several pieces, but nothing of the hilt except two small pieces which appear to be the projecting ears. To one of these a gold-leaf rivet head cover of the smaller ... 14 May 1947

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[Image]  1997.11.0053

Suite of basement rooms, early 5th century A.D. Front to back: Rooms C, B and A of the Late Roman Building ... west 1382 Horizontal (normal) ... 20/8/1972

[Object]  P 16387: Strainer

About half of upper body and much of the strainer-bottom missing; restored in plaster. The bottom, pierced with a great many small holes, is shaped like an inverted broad low cone, but it was probably ... 5-15 May 1939

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[Object]  P 19120: Storage Amphora: Chian

Mended from many pieces. Restored in plaster. Pointed toe; angular shoulder; handle round in section, with upper attachment well below rim. Hard red-brown clay, light buff at surface. Cistern, middle ... 9-17 March 1938

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[Image]  2004.01.1349

Stoa on the Panathenaic way ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... 1972

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[Image]  2011.04.0062

Stoa of Attalos: plans of interior arrangement of the two-storey building ... Revised version. Horizontal (normal) ... 2/4/2009

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[Image]  2002.01.0978

Stoa of Attalos: plans of basement ground and upper floors ... J. Travlos M.R. Jones ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1958

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[Image]  2004.04.0084

Stoa of Attalos, view of the south end, before reconstruction ... southeast Horizontal (normal) ... August 1950

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[Image]  2011.04.0064

Stoa of Attalos, model of the north end showing interior arrangment. Scale 1:50 ... Cf. 2000.02.1082, 2007.10.0027 Horizontal (normal) ... 19/12/2002

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[Image]  2011.04.0065

Stoa of Attalos shown soon after the completion of reconstruction in 1956 ... Detail of negative 81-24. Cf. 1997.07.0196. east Horizontal (normal) ... 30/10/1957

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[Image]  2011.04.0057

Stoa northwest od the Agora, facng the Panathenaic Wau and the Sacred Way ... Horizontal (normal)

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[Image]  2011.04.0058

Stoa (1st century B.C./A.D.), Basilicia (2nd century A.D.), and Roman house along east half of north side of the Agora ... Horizontal (normal)

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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 1241: Statuette of Herakles

Mended from several pieces, complete save minor chips. Farnese type, the figure leaning heavily on his club, but the body rendered as more youthful with the muscles less exaggerated. Pentelic (?) marble ... 21 May 1947

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[Object]  S 1192: Statuette of Draped Standing Female Figure

Complete save for head and projection on right shoulder. Standing draped woman, her right arm rests on a short square column, her left on her hip; a cloak hangs over left arm and shoulder, and over right ... 11 May 1940

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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.