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[Agora Drawing] DA 13049

Mycenaean hydria: horizontal octopus ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Ptg. 347 (DA 10684) HAT 53-328 HAT 53-328 Fragile Torn Dirty Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... 1953 ... Mycenaean hydria: horizontal octopus.

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[Agora Drawing] DA 10684

Mycenaean hydria: vertical octopus ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Ptg. 348 (DA 13049) HAT 53-311 HAT 53-311 Fragile Torn Dirty Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... 1953 ... Mycenaean hydria: vertical octopus.

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0259 (Slide Sheet: 18:05)

Ewer with octopus and dolphins. Side view ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Ewer with octopus and dolphins.

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0278 (Slide Sheet: 18:04)

Ewer with octopus and dolphins. Front view ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Ewer with octopus and dolphins.

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0847 (LVII-52)

Water color of jug with octopus design ... Ptg. 339 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Water color of jug with octopus design.

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[Agora Drawing] DA 13046

Octopus jug, Chamber Tomb N. of Ares Temple ... Piet de Jong ... Exhibited at the Benaki Museum, 15 November 2006 to 7 January 2007. LVII-52 LVII-52 ... Octopus jug, Chamber Tomb N. of Ares Temple.

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[Agora Image] 2008.03.0107

Watercolor by Piet de Jong of an octopus jug ... Craig Mauzy ... Ptg. 339 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 ... Watercolor by Piet de Jong of an octopus jug.

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0265 (Slide Sheet: 18:10)

Left to right: deep-bowled kylix (P 23571), fragmentary Mycenaean kylix with octopus decoration (P 21591) and hydria with octopus decoration (P 23535) ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Left to right: deep-bowled kylix (P 23571), fragmentary Mycenaean kylix with octopus decoration (P 21591) and hydria with octopus decoration (P 23535).

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[Agora Drawing] DA 10708

Detail: fish on shoulder of octopus vase, Chamber Tomb N. of Temple of Ares ... Piet de Jong ... Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... Detail: fish on shoulder of octopus vase, Chamber Tomb N. of Temple of Ares.

[Agora Coin] N 67007

Eretria ... Chronology uncertain. Head of bull, with fillets, facing; [border of dots]. E-PE below at l. and r. of Octopus; [all in border of dots] ... Soon after 146 B.C ... E-PE below at l. and r. of Octopus; [all in border of dots].

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[Agora Object] AP 1106: Mycenaean Sherd

Piece of rim. White clay with dots and octopus design. Sample taken 25/6/1979 by Richard Jones. Oscar Broneer, Nb. No. 4. Well M, 4.10-6m. 149 ... 20 May 1937 ... White clay with dots and octopus design.

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[Agora Object] P 1736: Vessel Fragment

Fragment from shoulder of large vase. Glazed outside showing part of an octopus in thinned yellow clay. Cf. P 641. Light on Dark style. Geometric area outside house; from surface filling. Leica, 3-16, ... Ca. 650 B.C ... Glazed outside showing part of an octopus in thinned yellow clay.

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[Agora Coin] N 47810

Akragas ... Calciati I, p. 177, no. 47. [intentionally halved (found with coin ΟΟ-1141, a specimen of Athens variety 59, of the 260's B.C.)] [ΑΚΠΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΟΝ⟧ Eagle stg. l., wings spread. Crab; below, conch shell and ... late 5th century--406 B.C ... Crab; below, conch shell and octopus; six pellets around.

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[Agora Object] P 31023: Black Glaze Cup Fragment with Paint Decoration

Fragment of tondo of cup? Exterior plain; interior glazed black with remains of three tendrils(?) ADDENDA This looks like a phiale. Tendrils may be an octopus. Decoration in added white. MBM. Catalogued ... 24 May-9 June 1954 ... Tendrils may be an octopus. Decoration in added white.

[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.

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[Agora Object] P 537: Clay Disk

Protoattic sherd used as counter. Nearly flat; roughly polygonal in outline. Part of a naturalistic design in spiral coils: octopus(?) or hydra(?) or floral design(?). Incised where the coils overlap ... 30-31 March 1932 ... Part of a naturalistic design in spiral coils: octopus(?) or hydra(?)

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[Agora Object] P 641: Amphora Fragment with Paint Decoration

Fragment from neck, mended from two pieces. The neck curves outward toward shoulder and rim; at the lip, a heavy band. An octopus painted in cream over black to red glaze; pattern broken away at left; ... 26 April 1932 ... The neck curves outward toward shoulder and rim; at the lip, a heavy band. An octopus painted in cream over black to red glaze; pattern broken away at left; most of the body of the octopus, with one tenacle, and parts of two others, remain. ... ADDENDA Large joining fragments with part of the octopus found on 19 March 1935, in Section B (38-40/Η-Ζ), in sand fill under the road.

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[Agora Object] P 21591: Kylix

Mended from many pieces; preserved about half of upper part including handle and foot. Slightly out-turned rim, handle nearly round in section; spreading foot, hollow in center below. A hole below rim ... LH III A-B ... Rim, handle above covered with paint; the foot has narrow reserved bands; the body is decorated with a large octopus on each side; details of the octopus are rendered in white dots.

[Agora Object] P 15382: Vessel Fragment

From the side of a closed pot, near shoulder. Stirrup vase? Part of a large octopus motif, formed by two spirals reserved on a red to brown ground; framed by bands of short horizontal lines. Light grayish ... 5 June 1939 ... Part of a large octopus motif, formed by two spirals reserved on a red to brown ground; framed by bands of short horizontal lines.

[Agora Object] AP 2936: Sitrrup Jar Fragment: Pictorial

Black - brown on buff. ADDENDA 2018: Single sherd to a stirrup jar. No features are preserved. The exterior decoration consists of parallel chevrons filling the space between outlined monochrome areas ... LH IIIC Middle ... The exterior decoration consists of parallel chevrons filling the space between outlined monochrome areas (likely an octopus). The paint is thick and evenly applied, fired brown to dark brown.