[Agora Object] MC 787: Checkerboard Fragments

Two non-joining fragments from edge of slab. Front smoothly finished and incised in squares. Back smooth with three small holes along edge for attachment on fragment a) and three along the break on fragment ... 8 April 1949 ... Checkerboard Fragments

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[Agora Image] 2012.40.0847 (Section ΞΞ 162)

Cut through Layer 8, looking east to show "checkerboard" drain wall ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Cut through Layer 8, looking east to show "checkerboard" drain wall.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 124

Most of rim and part of shoulder restored; lower body missing. Scraped groove on shoulder. Two scraped grooves on upper body. Within them, panels of concentric rectangles and checkerboards: two rectangles, ... Ca. 270 ... Within them, panels of concentric rectangles and checkerboards: two rectangles, checkerboard, rectangle, checkerboard, two rectangles, checkerboard. Alternate squares of checkerboard are painted white, rectangles of white dots at centers of rectangles.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1350

Oinochoe? Wall fragment. Steeply sloping shoulder, curving towards vertical at top. Vertically grooved lower body. Above, between scraped grooves, panel of checkerboard and concentric rectangles in incision, ... Later 3rd or 2nd century ... Above, between scraped grooves, panel of checkerboard and concentric rectangles in incision, with faint traces of white in checkerboard. ... For incised checkerboard cf. 353, 442, 444, 835, 1153.

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΝΝ-40-21 (pp. 7832-7833)

Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios. Checkerboard Fragments. Red Figure Bobbin Fragment. Black Glaze Bowl Fragment with Graffito: Stamped ... ΝΝ-40 7832, 7833 P 19836 MC 787 P 19837 P 19838 ΝΝ 4880 P 19836 MC 787 P 19837 P 19838 ... 8 April 1949 ... Checkerboard Fragments

[Agora Object] P 25650: Lid Fragments

Three non-joining pieces of lid, and knob. On lid, large checkerboard. On knob, checkerboard framed by dot rows. Brownish glaze, worn. Clay pinkish-buff. Late Protoattic. Olive tree well, box 1. 882 ... 7 December 1955 ... On lid, large checkerboard. On knob, checkerboard framed by dot rows.

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[Agora Image] 2012.40.0432 (Section ΝΝ 1508)

West wall of drain, before removing leaning block (B), looking west. The other three blocks show beginning of checkerboard construction ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... The other three blocks show beginning of checkerboard construction.

[Agora Object] H 93: Trefoil Jug

NM 16061 Disk foot; wide neck. In handle zone a checkerboard; panels with 8-armed crosses on handle ... LG I ... In handle zone a checkerboard; panels with 8-armed crosses on handle.

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[Agora Object] AP 1353: Matt Painted Sherd

Buff clay; black checkerboard design on unglazed buff surface; middle Helladic. Hazel D. Hansen, Nb. No. 16. 70 ... 2 April 1937 ... Buff clay; black checkerboard design on unglazed buff surface; middle Helladic.

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[Agora Object] AP 1356: Matt Painted Sherd

Red coarse clay; brown matt on tan ground; checkerboard design; middle Helladic. Hazel D. Hansen, Nb. No. 16 ... March-April 1937 ... Red coarse clay; brown matt on tan ground; checkerboard design; middle Helladic.

[Agora Object] P 1688: Skyphos Fragment: Corinthian

Checkerboard pattern between fine lines. Applied purple. Paint peeled. Protocorinthian. Geometric area outside house, disturbed fill. Leica, 3-23 ... Ca. 650 B.C ... Checkerboard pattern between fine lines.

[Agora Object] P 6005: Amphora: West Slope

Moulded ring foot; flaring lip; twisted handles. On shoulder front and back, between incised lines, incised cross-hatching and checkerboard pattern. On neck front and back, incised palmettes. Traces of ... 9-15 May 1935 ... On shoulder front and back, between incised lines, incised cross-hatching and checkerboard pattern. On neck front and back, incised palmettes. Traces of white in palmettes and checkerboard. Restored in plaster.

[Agora Object] P 5918: Kantharos Fragment with Graffito: West Slope

Fragment from the rim of a squat kantharos. Below the rim, two scraped grooves; between these, ivy leaves in added clay. On the shoulder, remains of pattern of checkerboard and concentric squares, in added ... 13 June 1935 ... On the shoulder, remains of pattern of checkerboard and concentric squares, in added clay, with white for the one preserved square of the checkerboard.

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:2: Pit tomb, inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 20 (E.L. Smithson: Grave X: PG). Bones discarded. Pit tomb, inhumation (on bier or in coffin?), perhaps of a child. Little ash and carbon in the filling, but the grave offerings were unburned. JP ... Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 368 "Six vases were secured from an adult's grave ... crosshatching and checkerboard pattern" (JP)

[Agora Object] AP 432: Geometric Vessel Fragment

Fragment of closed geometric vase. Patterns of [?] separate by horizontal lines and band of checkerboard. Brown and black glaze. C.H.M, Nb. No. 17 Pit 6 extension 55 ... 22 Jan 1934 ... separate by horizontal lines and band of checkerboard. Brown and black glaze.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 251

Half of rim and large parts of body restored. Beveled resting surface; pointed underside. Ivy-leaf thumb rests. Checkerboard between panels of concentric rectangles. Metallic red glaze, stacking line ... 225-210 ... Ivy-leaf thumb rests. Checkerboard between panels of concentric rectangles.

[Agora Object] PNP 129: Red Figure Lekanis Lid Fragment

Youth, right, leaning forward; himation. Uncertain objects behind him: traveling hat (?) club (?) Meander and checkerboard border around base of handle. No contour. Glaze fired partly red. Trench A ... 21 December 1930 ... Meander and checkerboard border around base of handle.

[Agora Object] P 3642: Vessel Fragment: West Slope and Ribbed

Part of the rim and upper body preserved. None of the lip preserved. Body has vertical grooves made with a pointed implement. Rim is divided from body and lip by lines where the glaze has been scratched ... 27 April 1934 ... Decorated, probably, with diminishing squares and checkerboard pattern, incised. Traces of white paint in the laternate squares of the checkerboard. Pinkish buff clay; black glaze.

[Agora Object] P 1663: Krater Fragments

Two fragments. Decorated with checkerboard and vertical bands of solid diamonds and lattice pattern. Glazed inside. Ripe Dipylon style. Geometric area outside house; from disturbed area. Leica, 3-17 PD ... 1 April 1932 ... Decorated with checkerboard and vertical bands of solid diamonds and lattice pattern.

[Agora Object] P 1693: Pyxis Lid Fragment: Corinthian

Decorated with rays in the center, a zone of checkerboard pattern and part of a hound below. Red paint. Protocorinthian. Lot ΣΤ ?. Geometric area outside house, disturbed fill. Leica, 3-13 ... 1932 ... Decorated with rays in the center, a zone of checkerboard pattern and part of a hound below.

[Agora Object] P 7453: Lid Fragment: Corinthian

Small bit only. Flange below, set well back from edge. From center, rays, bands, checkerboard pattern, and bands at edge. Red glaze, somewhat peeled. Protocorinthian. Protoattic pit and well. Leica, ... 17 March-1 April 1936 ... From center, rays, bands, checkerboard pattern, and bands at edge.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 835

Part of foot and floor. Slightly angular ring foot; outwardly beveled resting surface; convex underside. Two deep scraped grooves around center of floor. Center: eight-petaled rosette with alternate petals ... 210-190 ... Outside this, alternating panels of incised checkerboard and lattice, probably originally eight of each. Alternate squares of checkerboard filled in with white.

[Agora Object] AP 422: Black Figure Lekythos Fragments

Three fragments of BF white ground lekythos: a) checkerboard, tongue, inscription Π Α Σ Ι Α Δ ... b) youth in back view, left. c) seated woman. C.H.M, Nb. No. 17 Pit 6 49-53 ... 21 Jan 1934 ... Three fragments of BF white ground lekythos: a) checkerboard, tongue, inscription Π Α Σ Ι Α Δ ... b) youth in back view, left. c) seated woman.

[Agora Object] P 1625: Pyxis Fragment

Fragment from base. Decorated with reserved lines outside and checkerboard pattern underneath. Glazed inside. From selected pottery from top of floor and platforms at eastern end of apsidal house. Leica, ... 16 April 1932 ... Decorated with reserved lines outside and checkerboard pattern underneath.

[Agora Object] PNP 194: Red Figure Krater Fragment

Fragment from lower wall; Grape vine; white with pink wash over for small leaves and tendrils. Meander with checkerboard squares below; part of palmette and volute ornament at right. No relief contour ... 26 January 1931 ... Meander with checkerboard squares below; part of palmette and volute ornament at right.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 29.1, s. 103, p. 64

Checkerboard; Rectangles; Lattice Complex. Pagenstecher, 1913, pp. 18-19, figs. 24, 25. Δελτ 19, 1964, B' 3 [1966], p. 448, pl. 524:β. Δελτ 26, 1971, B' 2 [1975], p. 495, pl. 513:β ... Agora 29 64 ... Checkerboard; Rectangles; Lattice Complex

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[Agora Object] P 55: Bowl Fragment

Moulded rim with two grooves beneath the edge; below, part of a panel of diminishing squares and a checkerboard pattern in black and white. Dark buff clay; unglazed inside. Hellenistic. 418 Leica, 89-21-21 ... 15 July 1931 ... Moulded rim with two grooves beneath the edge; below, part of a panel of diminishing squares and a checkerboard pattern in black and white.

[Agora Object] P 24845: Bowl on Stand Fragment

Preserved, part of high rim and torus body. Band handle attachments. On rim, panels with checkerboard, zigzags, birds. On torus body, zigzags. Dull black glaze. Late Geometric. Well. 787 Leica, 81-360 ... (June 1955) ... On rim, panels with checkerboard, zigzags, birds.

[Agora Object] P 25642: Krater Fragment

Three joining fragments. Glazed inside. Rim hatched outside, dots below rim. At left, bird panel, at right checkerboard. Banding above and below. Glaze fired reddish. Clay pinkish-buff. Geometric well ... 5 June 1953 ... At left, bird panel, at right checkerboard. Banding above and below.

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[Agora Object] P 6849: Lekythos

Small fragments missing from lip, body and base. Banded neck; on shoulder, three checkerboard triangles, then two black bands. Lower body black. Severely burned; glaze peeled. Grave 11. 59, 194 Leica, ... 19 February 1936 ... Banded neck; on shoulder, three checkerboard triangles, then two black bands.

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[Agora Object] P 25409: Red Figure Cup Fragment

Mended from two pieces. Inside: part of the alternating maeander and checkerboard around tondo preserved. Outside: man (satyr?) dancing right. Hand of another figure in front of him. Reserved line below ... 1936 ... Inside: part of the alternating maeander and checkerboard around tondo preserved.

[Agora Object] P 26884: Black Glaze Bowl Fragment: West Slope

Lip and wall fragment. Plain lip with two wheel run grooves through glaze just below. On wall, checkerboard and diminishing rectangles. Fully glazed. Firm black glaze. Reddish clay. For shape, cf ... 17 April 1936 ... On wall, checkerboard and diminishing rectangles.

[Agora Object] P 23231: Saucer or Plate Fragment with Graffito: West Slope

Broken all around. From wall of plate or saucer. Inside: checkerboard panel in white, outlined by incision alternating with hatched panels. Outside: scratched through glaze, head left, with horns(?) ... 6 May 1953 ... Inside: checkerboard panel in white, outlined by incision alternating with hatched panels.

[Agora Object] P 25291: Krater Fragment

Flat rim, thickened. Lines of glaze on top of rim. On wall, panels divided by three lines: at left, checkerboard; at right, octopus in black-and-white style. In field, zigzags. Glazed inside, mottled; ... May 1938 ... On wall, panels divided by three lines: at left, checkerboard; at right, octopus in black-and-white style.

[Agora Object] P 16302: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragment

Three joining fragments from lower wall, preserving the end of Athena's drapery and part of the handle ornament; maeander and checkerboard below. Thick dull glaze wash inside. For the drapery, cf ... 12-15 April 1939 ... Three joining fragments from lower wall, preserving the end of Athena's drapery and part of the handle ornament; maeander and checkerboard below. Thick dull glaze wash inside.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 662

Wall fragment. Thin, brownish black glaze on inside. Glaze flaked and abraded on outside. Max. dim. 0.066. Hind legs (from the hocks down) of chariot horses to right. Below, stopped-maeander pattern ... Ca. 400 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

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[Agora Object] P 7794: Plate Fragment with Rouletting: Stamped

Fragment from floor, with start of wall preserved. In center, stamped design of radiating palm branches with checkerboard between. Beyond, borders of rouletting and grooves. Red clay and glaze. Late ... 8 May 1936 ... In center, stamped design of radiating palm branches with checkerboard between. Beyond, borders of rouletting and grooves.

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[Agora Object] P 7204: Pointed Pyxis

Fragments missing from wall and rim; restored in plaster. From bottom: two groups of reserved bands; rays; interlocking tooth pattern, dotted; zigzag; hatched maeander to left; checkerboard; each zone ... 28 March 1936 ... From bottom: two groups of reserved bands; rays; interlocking tooth pattern, dotted; zigzag; hatched maeander to left; checkerboard; each zone separated by reserved bands.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 58

Wall fragment. Dull brownish black glaze on inside, thin in places. Max. dim. 0.08. Male (one foot, part of drapery) seated to right. Behind him, a tree; plants at ground line (large leaves). Below, stopped-maeander ... Probably first half of the 4th century B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. White (mostly flaked): branches and their leaves.

[Agora Object] T 3502: Head Fragment

Back part of a very large head, the hair rendered in gouged technique: checkerboard at back, narrow lines around face, herringbone on top-knot over forehead. Right ear preserved set well down on neck ... 10 May 1957 ... Back part of a very large head, the hair rendered in gouged technique: checkerboard at back, narrow lines around face, herringbone on top-knot over forehead.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 233

Single rim fragment. Rim very slightly outturned, with two scraped grooves. Part of one panel of checkerboard and one panel of concentric rectangles. Shiny black glaze outside; inside unglazed, with ... 260-250 ... Part of one panel of checkerboard and one panel of concentric rectangles.

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[Agora Object] P 5816: Kantharos: West Slope

The bottom part missing, part of the rim, and part of one handle. Rim and bottom restored. Flat thumb rests on top of handles; projecting leaf below; a lug to each side of upper attachments, and a moulded ... 30 May 1935 ... Above ring on rim, leaves; below, garland; on shoulder, concentric squares and checkerboard pattern. On the thumb rest, a group of pendent taenia in thinned clay. ... Decoration in thinned clay save for alternating squares of checkerboard in white.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 238

Half of rim and one-fourth of upper body restored; lower body and handles missing. Slightly inclined upper body; slight angle in body below lower scraped groove. Checkerboard between panels of lattice ... 250-225 ... Slightly inclined upper body; slight angle in body below lower scraped groove. Checkerboard between panels of lattice.

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[Agora Object] P 471: Clay Disk

Round geometric sherd from very large pot. Parts of four adjacent squares preserved: alternating rosette (eight slender hatched petals) and checkerboard with hatched border. Reddish-buff clay. Slightly ... 4 April 1932 ... Parts of four adjacent squares preserved: alternating rosette (eight slender hatched petals) and checkerboard with hatched border.

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[Agora Object] P 6704: Two-Handled Cup

Bottom and one handle missing. Restored in plaster. Between handles, three panels separated by vertical bands. In central panels, checkerboard pattern below tooth pattern; to each side, cross hatching ... 3-6 February 1936 ... In central panels, checkerboard pattern below tooth pattern; to each side, cross hatching.

[Agora Object] P 23205: Vessel Fragment with Graffito: West Slope

Wall fragment of an open vase. Band of alternating squares with checkerboard and crosshatching in added clay and white; reserved groove. Below the decorated band graffito: Attic clay. Slightly metallic ... 20 April 1953 ... Band of alternating squares with checkerboard and crosshatching in added clay and white; reserved groove.

[Agora Object] P 12112: Skyphos

About one-third preserved, but neither handle. Profile nearly complete; restored in plaster. Flat bottom; body glazed to the handle zone, which is banded and decorated with zigzag. Rim banded outside, ... 15 March 1938 ... Rim banded outside, decorated with checkerboard inside. The body banded inside.

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[Agora Object] P 5725: Unguentarium: West Slope

Plump fusiform shape; about half of body and all of neck, missing. On shoulder, ivy garland with leaves and berries. Around point of greatest circumference, alternating checkerboard and concentric squares; ... 20 May 1935 ... Around point of greatest circumference, alternating checkerboard and concentric squares; below, festoons with dots above, pendents below. Black glaze; thinned clay paint with white in checkerboard. Drip of glaze inside.

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[Agora Object] P 8592: Amphora: West Slope

Restored in plaster. Almost identical with P 8558 (ΚΚ 923). Same decoration except for knobs on either side of the handles below the rim, crossed with yellow or dotted around with white paint. Checkerboard ... 12 June 1936 ... Same decoration except for knobs on either side of the handles below the rim, crossed with yellow or dotted around with white paint. Checkerboard alternates with rectangles on shoulder.

[Agora Object] P 10665: Pyxis or Stamnos Fragment

From a very large pyxis or stamnos, with broad flanged inner rim. Zigzag around top of body; below, metopes filled with eight-pointed lozenges with checkerboard pattern and crosshatching. Between the metopes, ... 23-29 April 1937 ... Zigzag around top of body; below, metopes filled with eight-pointed lozenges with checkerboard pattern and crosshatching.

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[Agora Object] P 11370: Bell Krater Fragment

Lower body and start of base preserved. More than half of the maeander and checkerboard band below the scene is preserved; the start of the palmette below the handle on each side, and traces of one of ... 20-30 May 1937 ... More than half of the maeander and checkerboard band below the scene is preserved; the start of the palmette below the handle on each side, and traces of one of the scenes.

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[Agora Object] P 6650: Bowl Fragments

Plain rounded bowl on rather high ring foot. One side and fragments from rim missing; profile and whole foot preserved. One small rim piece does not join. Checkerboard and dot center inside; on walls, ... 30 January 1936 ... One small rim piece does not join. Checkerboard and dot center inside; on walls, conventional (leaf?)

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[Agora Object] P 25451: Amphora Fragments

Wall fragments: a) Horizontal decoration on top of fragment, vertical below: maeander, ladder pattern; M pattern, checkerboard. b) Vertical decoration on top; horizontal below. Brown to red glaze. Other ... 1939 ... Wall fragments: a) Horizontal decoration on top of fragment, vertical below: maeander, ladder pattern; M pattern, checkerboard. b) Vertical decoration on top; horizontal below.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 255

Foot, one-fourth of body, and part of one handle restored. Comic-mask thumb rests: slave with low hair roll, wreath, beard, and mouth trumpet. Spurs below. Checkerboard between concentric rectangles ... 225-210 ... Spurs below. Checkerboard between concentric rectangles.

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[Agora Object] P 2485: Pyxis Lid

A small lid with a projection, vertically pierced, on one side; the other side broken. Truncated knob handle decorated with a checkerboard at the top; two glazed bands on the reserved sides. The top of ... 1932 ... Truncated knob handle decorated with a checkerboard at the top; two glazed bands on the reserved sides.

[Agora Object] P 1689: Skyphos Fragments: Corinthian

Three fragments from body. Zone of hounds; checkerboard pattern above hounds; rays below. Red paint. This rather unusual type is earlier than the smaller and more careless similar skyphoi from Italy ... 1932 ... Zone of hounds; checkerboard pattern above hounds; rays below.

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[Agora Object] P 7495: Krater Fragment

Rim and wall fragment; similar in shape to P 7494 (ΠΘ 1298). Bands on rim. From left, band of crosshatched triangles over a band of linked dotted circles. Vertical bands, checkerboard. Vertical chain of ... 17 March-1 April 1936 ... Vertical bands, checkerboard. Vertical chain of hatched lozenges between vertical bands.

[Agora Object] P 21707: Amphora Fragment

About half of mouth and neck preserved and one handle stub, of a large amphora with thickened rounded rim. On one side of the neck, a bird to left, in outline, with checkerboard wing. Soft pink to gray ... 4 July 1951 ... On one side of the neck, a bird to left, in outline, with checkerboard wing. Soft pink to gray fabric with buff surface.

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[Agora Object] P 19886: Amphora Fragment: West Slope

Preserved from lip to shoulder; much of lip missing. Decoration in applied yellow: two-strand garland on each side of neck, with dots. Alternating checkerboard and diminishing rectangles around shoulder ... 9 April 1949 ... Alternating checkerboard and diminishing rectangles around shoulder.

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[Agora Object] A 272: Lion's Head Spout Fragment

Lower jaw and muzzle broken away and the whole head torn from the sima. Hair of crown schematically rendered by pyramidal tufts placed on checkerboard arrangement. Assigned to either the Temple of Ares ... 5 February 1934 ... Hair of crown schematically rendered by pyramidal tufts placed on checkerboard arrangement.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 253

Large parts of rim, wall, and underside and straps of handles restored. Flaring ring foot with angular profile; beveled resting surface; convex underside. Two scraped grooves below rim. Rectangular ... 225-210 ... Five panels, alternating concentric rectangles and checkerboard, with panel of rectangles in center.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 274

One handle and about half of body restored. Very weakly molded foot; beveled resting surface; convex underside. Scraped groove at lower handle attachment and below rim. Comic-mask thumb rest: slave with ... Ca. 225 ... Comic-mask thumb rest: slave with low hair, knitted brow, triangular mouth trumpet. Checkerboard flanked by concentric rectangles.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 309

Handles, half of rim, and large parts of wall restored; foot and lowest part of body missing. Scraped groove below lower handle attachment, at junction of neck and body, and below rim molding. Rim inclined ... 225-200 ... Shoulder: checkerboard flanked by concentric rectangles, with panel containing branch(?)

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[Agora Object] MC 132: Loom Weight Fragment

About half of the lower part of the weight preserved. Conical. On side, bands of zigzag separated by double and triple lines. On bottom, checkerboard pattern filled with crossed lines and dot rosettes ... 15 February 1935 ... On bottom, checkerboard pattern filled with crossed lines and dot rosettes.

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[Agora Object] P 23552: Miniature Lekythos

Complete; mended from four pieces; fragment missing from mouth restored in plaster. On shoulder, five hatched triangles; around wall, a band of checkerboard; crossbars on handle. Mouth, neck, lower wall ... 14 August 1953 ... On shoulder, five hatched triangles; around wall, a band of checkerboard; crossbars on handle.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 640

Three non-joining wall fragments. Streaky reddish brown glaze on inside. Max. dim. c) 0.028, d) 0.04, h) 0.042. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 81, cat. no. 172. Fragment c shows part of the left side of the ... Ca. 425-420 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-square. Relief contour. Not from the same oinochoe as 639 because the reserved squares in the checkerboard pattern on 640 have no dots and the color of the glaze on the inside is different.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 419

Fragment of neck and shoulder. Neck slightly sunk down into body. Knobs flanking upper handle attachment painted with asterisk and surrounded by white dots. Neck: grapevine running right bordered above ... 235-225 ... Shoulder: originally five alternating panels of checkerboard and concentric rectangles, with rectangles at center.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1438

Floor fragment. Max. dim. 0.09; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.14. I (illustrated), male (sharply bent right leg, outstretched left) to left as though climbing a hill. Around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern ... Ca. 450 B.C ... Around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with a trace of cross- or checkerboard-square at the lower break.

[Agora Object] P 1695: Pyxis Lid Fragment: Corinthian

Joins P 1695. Possibly from the same pot as P 831 (though the size and color of the clay differ a little from those of P 831). Mended from two fragments. Decorated with black bands, applied red, a zone ... 1932 ... Decorated with black bands, applied red, a zone of dots and of checkerboard; on the flange, a zone of joined dot rosettes.

[Agora Object] P 5500: Oinochoe Fragment

Much mended and missing; restored in plaster. Small oinochoe with flat bottom, round body, straight neck and trefoil mouth. On lower body, narrow bands; at point of greatest circumference, checkerboard; ... 2 May 1935 ... On lower body, narrow bands; at point of greatest circumference, checkerboard; on shoulder, zigzags; on neck, two maeander sections, each in a panel.

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[Agora Object] P 20922: Amphora Fragment: West Slope

Part of neck and shoulder. Alternating diminishing rectangles and checkerboard on shoulder. On neck, vine pattern with a row of dots above and below; small boss at right. Pinkish-buff clay. Black glaze ... 13 July 1949 ... Alternating diminishing rectangles and checkerboard on shoulder.

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[Agora Object] P 6009: Kantharos: West Slope

None of foot and neither handle preserved. On body front and back, between incised lines filled with red above and below, cross-hatching in thinned clay paint, interrupted at center by a panel of checkerboard ... 9-15 May 1935 ... On body front and back, between incised lines filled with red above and below, cross-hatching in thinned clay paint, interrupted at center by a panel of checkerboard pattern in thinned clay paint.

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[Agora Object] P 25874: Amphora: West Slope

Mended from many pieces. About half of neck and shoulder, with one handle, missing. Very wide mouth; squat body with sharp angle; twisted handle with rudimentary mask at lower attachment. Decoration of ... 30 July 1947 ... Decoration of wheel run grooves and patterns in added white and clay color; neck: necklace with pendents; shoulder: checkerboard between crosshatching.

[Agora Object] P 25888: Red Figure Calyx Krater Fragment

Four joining fragments preserve one handle and parts of wall and cul. A) Female figure (a bit of skirt remains) and, next to the handle, the legs of a standing youth. B) The lower part of a cloaked figure ... 12 April 1957 ... On the cul, maeander broken by checkerboard squares.

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[Agora Object] P 3185: Amphora: West Slope

Fragmentary; the base and one handle are missing; restored in plaster. Thick neck with broadly flaring lip; twisted handles with short spurs at the lower point of attachment; on the shoulder on either ... 7 March 1934 ... Thick neck with broadly flaring lip; twisted handles with short spurs at the lower point of attachment; on the shoulder on either side there is a panel of checkerboard pattern between criss-cross hatching; the neck is encircled with an ivy wreath; the glaze has been scratched from shallow grooves around the top of the neck, the root of the neck, and the top of the side wall. ... White was used for the alternate squares of the checkerboard, for the main stem and the berries of the ivy wreath, and for spirals on the side wall below the handles.

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[Agora Object] P 8945: Amphora Fragment: West Slope

Upper part of amphora only preserved; about half of the rim missing, much of the shoulder and both handles. Shoulder decorated with alternate diminishing squares and checkerboards, all deeply incised ... 12 February 1937 ... Added white on the checkerboard and for five dots on a St. ... Neck and shoulder of very similar amphora stored in BB 152; there crosshatchings replace checkerboard on shoulder, and incision is used only for garlands on neck; red glaze.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 423

Small part of shoulder and neck, with stump of handle. Neck: part of one dolphin leaping left and one dot rosette; spiral wave pattern running right, filled in with white below; two lines with row of ... 225-175 ... Shoulder: probably originally five alternating panels of checkerboard and concentric rectangles, with rectangles at center.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1649

Fragment from knee end with start of imbrication. Much of the glaze has flaked and abraded. H. 0.08; W. 0.117. At end, head of woman (part of face, top of head with an elaborate headdress, a stephane[?]) ... Late 5th century B.C ... Above, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. On side, a few units of egg pattern.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 519

Part of neck, shoulder, and belly; rim and bottom missing. Globular body with three to four glazed grooves preserved on lower wall. Scraped groove at greatest diameter and at base of neck. Wide neck; ... 225-175 ... On shoulder: checkerboard and concentric rectangles.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 283

Wall fragment with start of cul and all of one handle. Glaze slightly greenish on inside; abraded slightly on handle. P.H. 0.09. A, woman (a little bit of lower drapery) to right, facing a man or youth ... Probably 430-420 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. Preliminary sketch.

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[Agora Object] P 23931: Red Figure Bell Krater Fragments

A good part of the rim preserved; little else; handle preserved, does not join. A) The top of the head of a woman, left, holding a thyrsos; part of a wing(?). B) Parts of three cloaked figures; one holds ... 16 April 1954 ... Border below picture, maeander and checkerboard. No relief contour.

[Agora Object] P 26036: Amphora: West Slope

Mended from many fragments. Rim, wall and base fragments missing. Grooved base; wide flaring rim. Decoration in added clay and white with incision. On shoulder, checkerboard panel between diminishing ... 1 August 1957 ... On shoulder, checkerboard panel between diminishing square panels; on neck, painted dot rosettes and two dolphins, incised, flanking an incised wheel.

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[Agora Object] P 14690: Black Figure Lekanis Fragments

Three fragments preserve part of the rim and floor and part of one handle. Flat-topped projecting rim with vertical face; ribbon handle with projecting ends at rim. On upper face of rim, Σ's between narrow ... 13 April 1939 ... On the wall, two zones of animals; then a narrow band of checkerboard with three glaze bands above and below. ... b) Handle fragment with a bit of representation to left. c) Scrap from lower wall shows a hoof and a paw, confronted; checkerboard and rays below.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 123

Half of upper body and parts of lower body restored. Flat bottom with scraped groove around edge. Glazed groove between delicate ribs, scraped groove at top of ribbing. On floor a beardless face with ... Ca. 270 ... Alternate squares of checkerboard show traces of white; white dots at centers of rectangles.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 422

Two-thirds of rim and large parts of neck and shoulder restored; lower body missing. Slightly downturned rim. Vestigial masks with long, pointed beard at base of handles. Neck: two strands with dots above ... 225-175 ... Shoulder: five alternating panels of checkerboard and concentric rectangles, with rectangles at center.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1501

Lip and bowl fragment. Glaze chipped in many places. Max. dim. 0.069; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.10. I, around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. A (illustrated), satyr (most ... Late 5th century B.C ... I, around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. A (illustrated), satyr (most of head, outstretched arms, front of torso, right leg, part of left) running to right toward a maenad whose right hand appears on the right at the break.

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[Agora Object] P 3171: Goblet

Most of one handle, and considerable portions of the body missing. On either side, four vertical panels with, alternately, checkerboard pattern and lines crossing diagonally. Short black stripes on rising ... 5 March 1934 ... On either side, four vertical panels with, alternately, checkerboard pattern and lines crossing diagonally.

[Agora Object] P 2280: Plate Fragment: Stamped

A segment of the bottom and a bit of the wall or a Late Roman B plate; no rim. Very low foot ring, within which the bottom rises slightly; the side curves very gently up. Around the center a band of rectangles ... 9 June 1933 ... Around the center a band of rectangles stamped with a checkerboard pattern. Inside, a band of curved motifs, hatched.

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[Agora Object] PNP 5: Red Figure Kylix Fragment

I. On a), head of the satyr, right. Maeander border broken by checkerboard square. On b) part of the border. A. a) Part of a handle-palmette, and of a figure with drapery; b) part of a himation-clad figure ... 1930-31 15 January 1931 ... Maeander border broken by checkerboard square. On b) part of the border.

[Agora Object] P 24813: Plate Fragment: West Slope

Fragment preserving center of floor with ring foot and beginning of walls. Two scraped circles around medallion. In medallion, rosette with petals alternately white and diluted clay. Beginning of wall ... 20 February 1953 ... Beginning of wall decoration preserved: appears to consist of bands radiating from the medallion, alternately filled with checkerboard and hatching.

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[Agora Object] P 27639: Pointed Pyxis Fragments

Two large fragments and three sherds from lip preserve about one-half of body. Profile complete except for tip. Completely restored in plaster. Body zones, from top: zigzag, dogtooth, maeander (key and ... 15 June 1967 ... Body zones, from top: zigzag, dogtooth, maeander (key and battlement, with filling), zigzag, checkerboard, zigzag, then glaze toward tip.

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[Agora Object] P 21341: Jar with Lid

Intact. Jar on high flaring ring foot; globular body; rim flat on top, with two pierced projecting lugs. High domed lid with a flat-topped knob made in two degrees. Plain rim with two pierced projecting ... May 1951 ... The neck, lower body and foot of the jar glazed; the upper body reserved and decorated with a broad checkerboard band below a narrow zigzag. The patterns set off by narrow bands; two narrow bands below the checkerboard. Unglazed inside.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 308

Half of rim, three-fourths of upper body, and lower part of one handle restored; lower body missing. Scraped groove at junction of neck and body and below rim molding. Rim inclined above molding, slightly ... 225-200 ... Shoulder: checkerboard flanked by concentric rectangles; no white visible.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1488

Floor fragment. Max. dim. 0.072; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.14. I (illustrated), youth (most of head, shoulders) to left, wearing a himation. Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 819

Wall fragment. Glaze much pitted. Max. dim. 0.095. J. R. Green, Hesperia 31, 1962, pl. 32:11; Lezzi-Hafter, Schuwalow-Maler, p. 118, cat. no. O 31, pl. 171:b. Part of drapery of figure to right (Athena ... Ca. 410 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

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[Agora Object] P 600: Amphora: West Slope

Mended from many fragments; complete, save for part of rim and a few pieces from body. Closely resembles Pfuhl (1923), fig. 753, in shape and decoration. The principle differences lie in the twisted handles ... 22 April 1932 ... The principle differences lie in the twisted handles ending in Satyr heads, and the omission of the pattern under the rim, in our specimen; on the shoulder, a single central checkerboard is used. Thin white paint nearly all disappeared.

[Agora Object] P 7770: Kantharos: West Slope

Much missing from wall; restored in plaster. High concave upper wall, slightly inset. No foot. No handles. Around upper wall, a broad zone with alternating panels of checkerboard and diminishing rectangles, ... 7-17 April 1936 ... Around upper wall, a broad zone with alternating panels of checkerboard and diminishing rectangles, bordered above and below by a deep groove.

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[Agora Object] P 6286: Amphora: West Slope

Fragmentary. Restored in plaster. Ring foot, squattish body, concave high neck flaring at the lip. Twisted vertical handles with moulded masks at their bases. Incised ring above foot. On shoulder between ... 22 May-6 June 1935 ... On shoulder between incised grooves, diminishing rectangles and checkerboard pattern in terracotta paint and white; on neck, front and back, necklaces with pendents in terracotta paint and white.

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[Agora Object] P 23551: Oinochoe

Mended from many pieces; fragments missing from wall and base; restored in plaster. On shoulder in front is a panel of checkerboard flanked to right and left by two groups of concentric semicircles with ... 14 August 1953 ... On shoulder in front is a panel of checkerboard flanked to right and left by two groups of concentric semicircles with triangular hearts.

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[Agora Object] P 13083: Red Figure Bell Krater Fragment

Piece from wall with maeander, broken by checkerboard, border below. Lower part of draped standing figure facing left towards a table or couch of which right leg and corner preserved. Behind figure, part ... 23 May 1938 ... Piece from wall with maeander, broken by checkerboard, border below.