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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

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

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.

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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S 2038: Statue of Iliad

Lacks head, left arm, right hand, left leg in toto and right leg below knee. Standing female figure wearing cuirass, cloak and girdle, with a remnant of a sword by her right side. The surface when not ... 1869

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S 2039: Statue of Odyssey

Lacks head, both arms and both legs. Female figure wearing cuirass, cloak and girdle. On front of cuirass in relief, Scylla; on lappets of upper row from left to right, Aiolos, three sirens, Polyphemos; ... 1869

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S 2094: Head of Goddess

Nose and upper lip a bit battered, back of neck cut away. Wears straight stephane over wavy hair. Two iron pins and drill hole in neck. Fine work. Parian marble. LRFW (Late Roman Fortification Wall) Core, ... 30 June 1959

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S 2452: Herm Head

Broken at neck, preserving part of socket of right arm. Tip of nose broken. Lower lip replaced, probably ancient repair during carving. Bearded. Long hair in waves from face and circulating from crown ... 17-20 August 1971

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S 2499: Herm Head

Broken at bottom. Beard, side locks, right side of nose, left central part of curls over forehead broken away. Crack across top of head. Cutting and dowel for repair at lower back. Alcamenoid herm. Hair ... 2nd c. A.D.