[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1679

Small squat jug with melon ribs. Blister ware; red clay, gray at the surfaces. Similar but the ribbing more careful: from Corinth, C-34-1028: Hesperia, VI, 1937, p. 288, fig. 23, 138 ... Context ca. 430-410 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 908

Recessed underside. Reserved: resting surface and under- side with central dot. From the same deposit, P 16017 and P 16018 vary slightly. Other contemporary pieces are P 2346 R 13:4 Hesperia, IV, 1935, ... Ca. 450 B.C.

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[Agora Object] SS 138: Stamped Amphora Handle: Rhodian

Rising; fairly broad. Medium fine clay; large light red core, yellow near surface; cream slip; traces of red paint. A little of left end of the impression broken away. Par: Nilsson 1909 nr 358 (5 diff ... 20 February 1932

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[Agora Object] B 1734: Flan

Uncleaned. Agora sample no. 380. Small pit, over bedrock, west of wall C. 2262 Leica, 80-30-25 ... 28 June 1978

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1721

Rim and wall. One-handler (?). At edge of break below, a little of a raised edge. Suspension hole in rim. Light red clay with small white bits; warm buff surfacing. Matt black glaze wash on rim, just ... Context ca. 420-400 B.C. and earlier.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1215

Single large fragment from top of lid. Dome divided into two zones by raised, reserved band with stamped egg and dart between grooves, with a ridge below. Above dividing band, a kernos sits on a mound, ... 350-300? ... The object on the mound can be identified by comparison to kernoi on coins (Svoronos, pl. 104:21--23) and tokens (IL 646 [Agora X, L 204, pp. 105--106, pl. 26]), which often have branches tied to either side. See also the image incised on the bottom of a Hellenistic lamp (L 1441 [Agora IV, no. 558, p. 138, pl. 24]).

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[Agora Object] J 138: Seal Stone

Engraved gnostic seal stone. Obverse: Aphrodite (?) standing, flanked by Eros holding a mirror (?), and a bird on a basin. Reverse: Moon and stars above aedicula with inscription: APWI IΦPA CIC under ... 7 June 1963

[Agora Object] I 4860: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face, smooth dressed bottom, and picked top, sloping up from face, preserved. Three letters remain. Pentelic marble. Found in late context on the north slope of the Acropolis, ... 14 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 9475: Black Glaze Salt Cellar

Much of wall and base missing. False base ring; steep wall with simple convex profile. Poor brown glaze entirely gone from inside. Cf. Agora XII, no. 908. Marble chips pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-87 ... 13 March 1937 ... Agora XII, no. 908 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 138, fig. 64, 23.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1407

Mended with small missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. Lip offset on inside; foot offset on underside. Glaze slightly abraded on handles. H. 0.074; diam. of rim 0.18; W. with handles 0.238; ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... Kurtz, JHS 103, 1983, pls. 3, 4; LIMC I, 1981, p. 178, no. 830, pl. 138 (A), s.v. ... Camp, The Athenian Agora: Excavations in the Heart of Classical Athens, London 1986, pl. 8, opp. p. 135 (I); LIMC III, 1986, p. 460, no. 428, pl. 349 (B), s.v. Dionysos; p. 782, no. 310, s.v. Eos; Human Figure, pp. 142--145, cat. no. 51; Robertson, AVP, p. 83, fig. 72 (A); M.

[Agora Object] L 5267: Lamp

Globule-and-volute lamp; handle, non-joining, grooved and pierced. Soft light buff clay. Mid. 3rd. century. Dark red fill of South House, Room 23. 2244 ff. Leica ... 4 April 1956

[Agora Object] L 3732: Lamp

End of nozzle missing; filling hole chipped. Raised globules on rim and lower wall; ridges around filling hole. Pierced handle with four grooves on the front. On reverse, two circular ridges, enclosing ... 4 May 1939

[Agora Object] L 3454: Lamp

Intact except for minor chips from nozzle. Made from very badly worn moulds. Globules and raised semi-circles on rim, plain discus. Solid handle triply grooved in front and doubly behind. Circular reverse ... 27 May 1938

[Agora Object] L 3112: Lamp

Intact. Band of globules around rim; concentric grooves and ridges on discus. Solid handle triply grooved in front, doubly behind. Lower part of sides covered with globules; concentric grooves on base ... 9 June 1937

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[Agora Object] P 19844: Miniature Pot

Intact. Miniature closed pot; flat raised base, plump body, plain neck with slightly thickened rim. Light gray-buff clay, unglazed. Container 267. 2286 Leica, 92-6-22(23) PD 1091-119 ... 11 April 1949

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[Agora Object] L 5115: Lamp with Graffito

Tip of nozzle, a little of rim and broad band handle broken away. Pitted black glaze. Incised on rim toward back. Type VI of Corinth collection, type 23C of Agora collection. From tumbled stones at ... 13 March 1954

[Agora Object] P 3833: Lid

Mended from four pieces. The knob broken at the top. A heavy conical lid, moulded on the outside; rising to a projecting knob which is pierced through vertically from the inside of the lid. Poor grayish ... 10 May 1934

[Agora Object] PNT 170: Draped Woman

The woman stands wrapped in an himation, drawn across her right breast. She stands with her left leg swung somewhat forward. Clay buff, fine, soft, hollow, no vent. Head and lower part missing. Traces ... Third quarter of IV century B.C.

[Agora Object] L 1600: Lamp Fragments

Five fragments preserved. Two joining fragments, preserve the plain sunken discus, with small central filling hole, which runs over without transitional groove into the rounded plain rim. On the discus ... Late 1st. -early 2nd. century A.D.

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[Agora Object] P 20661: Red Figure Cup Fragment

Joins P 19126. Fragment of a red figure kylix mended from five pieces. Outside: Komos. Two youths to right; both have loose himatia, the left one a stick. Head, neck, shoulders, arms, feet of first youth ... 1949

[Agora Object] I 3544: Base Fragment

Inscribed fragment of base; grave stele (?). Left side and face preserved. Inscription below moulding. Five letters remain. Hymettian marble. Found in the area of the Stoa of Attalos. Leica ... 4th. century B.C ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 276, no. 138, pl. 60 ... Agora XVII, no. 752, p. 141.

[Agora Object] I 3545: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Fragment of pedimental stele (?). Inscribed face only preserved. Inscribed below moulding. Four letters remain. Pentelic marble. Found in the area of the Stoa of Attalos. Leica ... February 1936 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 276, no. 138, pl. 60 ... Agora XVII, no. 752, p. 141.

[Agora Object] I 3680: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument. Most of diameter and part of original top preserved. Three lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in modern wall, west of the Odeion ... 5 March 1936 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 276, no. 136, pl. 60 ... Agora XVII, no. 730, p. 138.

[Agora Object] P 4623: Black Glaze Phiale Fragment

Half of a circular object broken away above or below, as the case may be. The upper(?) side convex, glazed black. Around the lower edge five little drain holes, into which the glaze has trickled. The bottom ... 7 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 19448: Black Glaze Strainer Fragment

Fragment of the rim and body of an open round-bottomed shallow pot with convex wall curving continuously to a plain incurving rim. The bottom pierced with many small holes. Pinkish-buff clay; good black ... 1947

[Agora Object] P 19478: Strainer Fragment

Profile apparently complete. Ring foot; convex body grooved horizontally in its upper part; rounded rim. Hole through center of floor seems to be original. Good black glaze over all except rim. Funnel? ... 30-31 July 1947

[Agora Object] P 22245: Strainer Fragment

Fragment from wall and floor. Open bowl with thin wall and incurved rim; ring foot. Small holes pierced in bottom both inside foot and around lower wall. Dull black glaze with band fired red at top on ... April-May 1952

[Agora Object] P 14374: Black Glaze Phiale

Full profile preserved; missing pieces filled out in plaster. Plain phiale with low boss. Outside reserved, except for band around rim; poor black glaze on inside very badly flaked. Soft buff clay. Pottery ... 16-19 March 1935

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[Agora Object] B 332: Statuette of Comic Actor

Standing figure, wearing a skirted tunic reaching to the knees, and a scarf across his back, twisted round his arms, and held in his outstreched left hand. He wears thick-soled boots, and a mask. The figure ... 30 April 1936

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[Agora Object] IL 1698: Lead Cavalry Tablet

Found folded in five. Broken into seven pieces upon unfolding. Inscription on both sides. Well. 1337 Leica ... 3 July 1971

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[Agora Object] I 4906: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face and right side preserved. Seven lines of the inscription prreserved. Hymettian marble. Found in late context on the north slope of the Acropolis, west of the late Roman ... 22 May 1937

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[Agora Object] P 13797: Black Glaze Phiale

About half preserved. Flaring narrow rim; small straight-sided flat-topped omphalos. Outside reserved with a broad glaze band around body, and a narrow one on outside of lip. Inside, a broad and a narrow ... 23 May-3 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 1115: Lamp

Mended from seven pieces; partly strengthened in plaster. The lower part of the nozzle, and fragments of sides and bottom missing. Watch-shaped body; the side wall continues upward to form a ridge around ... 17 March 1932

[Agora Object] P 6640: Strainer Fragment

Concave disk pierced by concentric rings of holes; flat projecting ring; about one-quarter of the circumference preserved; shows no trace of having been attached to anything. Pinkish gray clay; dull ... 17-27 June 1935

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[Agora Object] IL 6: Public Lead Weight

Nearly square. The upper surface is divided into four by a cross with flaring ends in relief. In the corners in lower relief the letters : Δ, Μ, Ε, Ο. Cross perhaps accidental effect. Cf. Hultsch (1882), ... 20 February 1932

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[Agora Object] P 1218: Lebes

Mended from many fragments. Profile preserved. Large portions of the body restored in plaster. Rim rilled on inward-sloping top and on outside, which projects and overhangs. Micaceous brown clay with smooth ... June 1932

[Agora Object] P 7034: Black Glaze Miniature Jug

Intact. Concave upper and lower walls meeting at a sharp angle at the shoulder. Angular handle, lip to shoulder. Plain lip, no rim. The sides continue down to form a simulated ring foot. Poor black glaze ... 12 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 9371: Black Glaze Phiale: Stamped

Full profile preserved. Boss in center; slight thickening on outside of lip. Stamped decoration: band of palmettes outside of ovules around boss. Covered with black glaze except for reserved circles ... 13 March 1937

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[Agora Object] T 4164: Mold Fragment for Plaque

Broken at right, left and top. Lower part of a mold for a plaque, preserving two bare feet of a figure in motion. The right foot is forward and lower than the left, the toes of both feet much lower than ... 22 July 1975

[Agora Object] P 24058: Miniature Oinochoe

Handle missing. Flat base; plump body; wide mouth. Covered with flaky brown glaze. Well below Stoa gutter. 3780 Leica, 82-545 PD 2630-68 ... 29 May 1954

[Agora Object] I 5633: Marble Fragment: Prytany List

Inscribed fragment. Part of smooth left side preserved. Seven lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA Belongs to IG II2, no. 1771. Found in wall of the modern house 649/5 southeast ... 138/9-150/1 A.D.

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[Agora Object] P 12399: Black Glaze Perfume Pot

Lower part of body missing. Bulky round mouth, made hollow; small body with indented sides, strap handle, mouth to shoulder. Thin wall. Firm black glaze. Finished Tholos trench T, kitchen dump in N.E ... 18 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 19193: Black Glaze Stand

Two-thirds of the upper part preserved with beginning of stem. Resting surface for pot sunken below heavily rounded rim. Excellent black glaze overall except resting surface, reserved with one large and ... 26 March 1948

[Agora Object] P 20783: Thymiaterion Fragment

Stand only preserved; mended from several pieces; part of base restored in plaster; broken above. Elaborately profiled; the base stepped; a broad collar, with concave profile, higher up. High hollow cone ... January-February 1950

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[Agora Object] P 9052: Red Figure Cup Fragments: Type B

Two fragments from a cup with rim offset inside. a) A bit of the rim with a reserved band. The head and shoulders of a woman looking left (moving right?). She wears a chiton and over it an himation falling ... 27 February 1937

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[Agora Object] L 77: Lamp

On rim, double row of raised dots ending in design. On discus, circular grooves and ridges. Handle solid, triple grooved. Nozzle rounded. On bottom, lower half of sides decorated with raised dots; double ... 17 June 1931

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[Agora Object] P 23883: Storage Amphora

"ΣΟΣ" storage amphora. One handle, body fragments missing. Torus rim, offset from neck. Deep egg-shaped body. High, almost straight ring foot. Short neck and handles. Double ΣΟΣ on neck. Four reserved ... 26 June-3 July 1954 ... Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 143, no. R 3, pl. 13 ... Agora VIII, no. 23 ... Agora XXXI, pp. 111, 138.

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[Agora Object] P 15119: Lasana

Slightly curving neck with flaring lip; attachments for vertical band-handle on longer side of neck. Coarse clay, light red to gray. From a retort(?). ADDENDA Additional fragments added from sherds ... 2 May 1939

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[Agora Object] T 1731: Hedgehog Figurine

Feet and one of knobs on body missing. The animal's quills are indicated by small rectangular knobs. Attached to his back and sides are nine (originally ten) roughly hemispherical knobs, six of them with ... 14 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 15236: Alabastron

Mended from many pieces. Fragment of mouth and a few small fragments and chips of body missing. Shape and decoration as P 15235 (ΕΕ 239) . Clay pinkish-buff to buff; buff slip. Decoration in reddish-brown ... 26 May 1939

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[Agora Object] S 166: Portrait Statue of the Emperor Hadrian

Colossal statue, the legs broken off; the head, the left arm from the shoulder and the right arm from the elbow, all made separately, are missing. The figure wears kilt, corselet and cloak. The corselet ... 117-138 A.D.

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[Agora 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 ... Museum Guide (2014), pp. 138-139, fig. 76 ... AgoraPicBk 4 (1960), fig. 23 ... Agora XIV, p. 53, pl. 39 b.

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[Agora Object] P 7897: Black Figure Lebes Gamikos

The lid P 7893 belongs to this lebes. Much missing from the upper part; the stand is intact except for chips, but there is no direct join between it and the body of the base. Nearly half the body is missing, ... 28 May 1936

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[Agora Object] 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 ... Hesperia 55 (1986), pp. 18, 23, no. 25, figs. 10, 13, pl. 4 ... LIMC I (1981), p. 178, no. 830, pl. 138 (A), s.v. ... Agora XXX, no. 1407, pls. 129-130.