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B 30: Female Head : Nike

Two thirds life size. Preserved intact save for eyeballs which probably were inset. Hair gathered up from all sides to a stout peg in middle of crown. Terminates in front below throat in a triangular projection ... 27 February 1932

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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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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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I 7039: Boundary Stone

Inscribed Agora boundary stone. Top worn smooth by traffic. Corners broken. Inscription written retrograde across top and along left side. Inscription does not cover corners, a fact perhaps indicating ... 27 July 1967

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P 1247: Black Figure Amphora

One piece amphora. Mended from many pieces. Complete save for scattered small gaps in the body and chips from the base. The surface is severely weathered especially on one side. On either side, a sphinx ... August-September 1932

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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

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P 24113: Red Figure Cup: Inscribed

Mended from several pieces; a few fragments missing including part of each of the exterior scenes. Lip offset inside only; foot lightly stepped, profiled beneath. Interior: Within a reserved circle, a ... 3 June 1954

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S 429: Group of Two Female Figures

A group of two girls, one carrying the other. Missing, the carrier's head, body below the waist, left upper arm, left breast; of the carried, the head, left forearm, the legs from near the knees. The ... 23 February 1934

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A 1559: Anta Capital: Doric

Anta capital assembled from 36 fragments. Stoa Poikile series. On the top of the capital note the following indications for the placing of the architrave: a relieving surface, 0.10m. wide and 0.003m. deep, ... April 1949, 17 March 1952

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B 492: Athenian Weight : "a Fourth"

Thick square slab of bronze. The metal having a high lead content. On the top added in relief, an oval shield. Inscribed on top lengthwise of the shield and around two vertical faces. Σταθμά εξ ορειχάλκου ... 4 June 1937

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B 495: Athenian Weight : Stater

Thick square slab of bronze. The metal with a high lead context. On the top, in relief, an astragal. Incised on the top and around two of the side faces. Σταθμά εξ ορειχάλκου. Αθηναϊκός ενεπίγραφος στατήρας ... 7 June 1937

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B 497: Athenian Weight : "a Sixth"

Thick square bronze block. Tortoise on top in relief. Inscribed on top and sides. Σταθμά εξ ορειχάλκου. Φέρει στην κορυφή ανάγλυφη παράσταση χελώνας. Βάρος: 126 gr. Well, lower fill, earth. Stoa Gallery ... 11 June 1937

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I 1597: Base

Inscribed statue base. About the three exposed sides a band was left undressed around the bottom, and this projects ca. 0.025m. beyond the finished face above. This upper face would seem originally to ... Ca. 485 B.C.

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I 7012: Boundary Stone

Inscribed boundary stone. Face smooth 0.10m. down from top. Rough picked on top, sides and below 0.10m. on face. "O" for genetive "OY", "H" for aspirate; tailed "rho". Letter spacing: 0.026m. Pentelic ... 2 September 1966

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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 June 1967

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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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S 373: Head Fragment of Youthful Female Figure

Only the front half of the head remain, the hair bound with a fillet passing twice round the head. The hair is heavily weathered. Pentelic marble. Cf. the statue S 312, Nike. A fragment from the lower ... 5 June 1933

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S 2337: Statue of Athena

Missing head, both arms, edges of mantle and ends of feet. Foot wear on back. She wears a small aegis with dowel holes for the attachment of metal snakes, a peplos with a long overfold and buttoned sleeves, ... 2nd c. A.D.

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S 2435: Portrait Bust of Female Figure

Intact. Perhaps unfinished. Very personalized portrait of a middle-aged woman. Long strands of hair, parted in middle, pulled down and back over ears. Hair in back bound in a thick coil. She wears a thick ... 3rd c. A.D.

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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 July 1981