[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.