[Webpage] Overview: The Old Excavation House

http://agathe.gr/overview/the_old_excavation_house.html

The Old Excavation House The photograph below, taken in June of 1939, illustrates the extent of the Agora Excavations during the first eight years. The so-called Old Excavation House, located at Asteroskopeiou ... The Old Excavation House The photograph below, taken in June of 1939, illustrates the extent of the Agora Excavations during the first eight years. The so-called Old Excavation House, located at Asteroskopeiou St. 25, was actually a group of houses that formed a complex of temporary storerooms and workspace for the early excavations (highlighted in yellow). ... View from the Observatory looking east, showing the extent of excavations in June 1939. The Old Excavation House complex is highlighted in yellow.

[Drawing] PD 2793 (DA 4052)

Plan showing early deposits, original Kerameikos and Old Agora for John Papadopoulos ... Richard C. Anderson ... Ffrom John Travlos 1974 PD 1196 and Pict. Dict. pl. 217). Info. from Agora VIII, pl. 45, Agora XIII, pl. 91, Agora XXIII "plan", and Hesperia 62, fig. 1. Original missing ... June 2000 ... Plan showing early deposits, original Kerameikos and Old Agora for John Papadopoulos.

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[Drawing] PD 2793 (DA 4051)

Plan showing early deposits, original Kerameikos and Old Agora for John Papadopoulos ... Richard C. Anderson ... Ffrom John Travlos 1974 PD 1196 and Pict. Dict. pl. 217). Info. from Agora VIII, pl. 45, Agora XIII, pl. 91, Agora XXIII "plan", and Hesperia 62, fig. 1. Original missing. Drafting Film Drafting Ink ... June 2000 ... Plan showing early deposits, original Kerameikos and Old Agora for John Papadopoulos.

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[Image] 2012.54.0700 (LXXI-1)

Old Athens ... AMS Non-Agora Horizontal (normal)

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[Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 9, p. ix

Table of Contents. Preface. List of Plates. Introduction. The Stoas. Shrines. Public Buildings and Offices. Market. Honorary Statues. Miscellaneous. Boundaries. Trees. Kerameikos. Panathenaic Street. Old ... Agora 3 ix ... Old Agora

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[Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 234, p. 224

Schol. Parmenides, 127c. Schol. Knights, 772. Bekker, Anecdota Graeca, I, 275, 19. Philostratos, Vitae Sophistarum, II, 8, 4. I.G. II (2), 968. Panathenaic Street. Agora I 4963. Hesperia, VIII, 1939, p ... Agora 3 224 I 4963 I 5476 ... 2nd half of 4th B.C ... Agora I 4963 ... Agora I 5476 ... Old Agora

[Publication] Miller (1970): Old Discoveries from Old Athens

Miller, Stephen ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 39.3 3 223-231 10.2307_147593 ... 1970

[Drawing] PD 2757 (DA 3874)

Perspective of Agora ca. 150 A.D. from North ... Old version Plastic-Coated Tracing Paper Printing Ink

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[Drawing] PD 861-b (DA 94)

Working plans of section Ζ in 1954. Later periods ... John Travlos Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Old Grid Faint Repaired Diazotype Drafting Ink Pencil ... 1954

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[Drawing] PD 861-b (DA 93)

Working plans of section Ζ in 1954. Later periods ... John Travlos Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Old Grid. f Fragile Repaired Light Tracing Paper Pencil ... 1954

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[Image] 2008.03.0038 (80-434)

View from above of the middle courtyard of the old Agora excavation house at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street, February 15, 1957 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 15 Feb 1957 ... View from above of the middle courtyard of the old Agora excavation house at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street, February 15, 1957.

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[Notebook Page] ΠΠ-1-9 (pp. 8-9)

Old Trench ... ΠΠ-1 8, 9 Section ΠΠ 2 Section ΠΠ 4 ... Apr 29 1947

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[Notebook Page] ΠΠ-1-12 (pp. 14-15)

Old Trench ... ΠΠ-1 14, 15 ΠΠ:1947.0503:1 Section ΠΠ 9 Section ΠΠ 8 ... 98-117 A.D.

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[Image] 2025.25.0105 (2024-06-35)

Landscaping of the Agora in the yard of the Old Excavation House at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street ... Horizontal (normal) ... Feb 1955 ... Landscaping of the Agora in the yard of the Old Excavation House at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street.

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[Image] 2012.55.0890 (81-93)

Terracotta fragment in the Volos Museum: seated man and old woman weaving spells (?) ... AMS Not an Agora object. Rotate 180

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[Image] 1997.02.0032 (M.A.F. NEG. 62-5.5-1)

Old Palace in foreground, National Garden (Zappeion) and the marble stadium in background ... southeast ... 27 Apr 1962

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[Drawing] PD 861-a (DA 91)

Working plans of section Ζ in 1954. Earlier periods ... John Travlos Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Original missing. Old grid. Not an accurate plan! Faint Diazotype Drafting Ink Pencil Pen ... 1954

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[Image] 2008.03.0036 (7-100)

Piet de Jong drawing a vase in the drafting room of the old Agora excavation house at 25 Asteroskpeiou Street, March 1937 ... Horizontal (normal) ... March 1937 ... Piet de Jong drawing a vase in the drafting room of the old Agora excavation house at 25 Asteroskpeiou Street, March 1937.

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[Report Page] 1938 Excavations Β, ΟΕ, s. 9

The Old Bouleuterion ... 1938 Excavations Β, ΟΕ

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[Drawing] PD 919 (DA 99)

Plan of section Z. Triangular area with small buildings southwest of Agora boundary stone. Photostat with additions ... Old Grid. Stained Dirty Other Pencil Colored Pencil Pen ... 1954

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 40

Parts of rim and body and end of one spur restored. Scraped groove in resting surface; concave underside with nipple. Lower body pointed. Horizontal, tapering spurs ( possibly from an old mold). Lustrous ... 310-300?

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[Image] 2024.09.0074

Agora excavations, end of season 2024. Section BK North. Pithos A, old excavations of Section BH ... Craig Mauzy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Aug 2024 ... Agora excavations, end of season 2024. ... Pithos A, old excavations of Section BH.

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[Image] 1997.02.0235 (87-190)

Excavation sections with grid lines in sections (old grid) and the 20m. grid squares (new grid) ... John Travlos (1953-4) A. H. (1954) H. Athanassiades (Iro Athanassiadou) (1959) H. B. (1970, 1971) ... PD 654 PD 654-1954 PD 654-1959 PD 654-1970 PD 654-1971 Unpublished? PD book mentions revisions in 1973 and 1975. Horizontal (normal) ... 1953-1975

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[Image] 2012.58.0872 (87-190)

Excavation sections with grid lines in sections (old grid) and the 20m. grid squares (new grid) ... John Travlos (1953-4) A. H. (1954) H. Athanassiades (Iro Athanassiadou) (1959) H. B. (1970, 1971) ... PD 654 PD 654-1954 PD 654-1959 PD 654-1970 PD 654-1971 Unpublished? PD book mentions revisions in 1973 and 1975 ... 1953-1975

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[Image] 2004.01.2389 (HAT 83-29)

Old Bouleuterion, interior, restored ... 1983

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[Image] 2004.01.0310 (HAT 52-110)

Old Temple of Dionysos ... southeast ... 1952

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[Image] 2004.01.0311 (HAT 52-111)

Old Temple of Dionysos ... northeast ... 1952

[Deposit] H 10:7: Old Bouleuterion Construction Fill

Dug as Metroon Porch Pit A and Pit C (layers II and III). ... 7th-6th c. B.C.

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[Image] 2012.33.0678 (Section Ε 188)

Wall along old dig ... AMS 309 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jun 1931

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[Image] 2012.20.0164 (1-171)

Old Excavations, from south ... T. L. Shear ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 1931

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[Image] 2012.38.0538 (Section ΜΣ 112)

Old Drain before excavation ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

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[Image] 2012.85.0025 (99-9-22)

Comic Mask: Old Man ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

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[Image] 2012.85.0026 (99-9-23)

Comic Mask: Old Man ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

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[Drawing] DA 4218

Old Bouleuterion, study elevations ... R. C. Anderson ... Dirty Light Tracing Paper Pencil ... 1992

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[Object] PNT 79: Comic Mask: Old Man

Part of left side and chin missing. The mask ends just back of the forehead. A deeply wrinkled face with moustache and beard. The pupils of the eyes pricks. The head is bald. Clay: Fine, buff, slightly ... Fourth century B.C.

[Object] PNT 80: Comic Mask: Old Woman

Fragment missing from left side. Double pierced through top of head, which is finished off through the crown. Male face. Bald, wrinkled brow. Wrinkled by apparently unbearded. Clay: Fine, buff, retaining ... Early fourth century B.C.

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 126

Part of lower body. Nippled underside. Ribbed lower body. Comic-mask emblem (old man or slave) set on rectangular plaque. Mouth and wig pierced with end of lunate tool. Shiny black glaze with metallic ... 300-275

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 377

Old Woman. Emblem and small trace of wall. Resting surface is a ridge, with another ridge within it; convex underside. Head of old woman with curly hair parted in center. Deep-set eyes with bags under ... Ca. 240?

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[Image] 2003.01.0295

Phrynichos stele (I 6524) studied by Eugene Vanderpool in the courtyard of the Old Excavation House at the Agora ... Cf. 2008.18.0269 Horizontal (normal) ... Phrynichos stele (I 6524) studied by Eugene Vanderpool in the courtyard of the Old Excavation House at the Agora.

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[Image] 2012.55.0496 (80-400)

West side of the Agora. View from the balcony of the Old Excavation House located at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street ... AMS northwest Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Dec 1957 ... West side of the Agora. View from the balcony of the Old Excavation House located at 25 Asteroskopeiou Street.

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 223

One handle and parts of wall restored. Sharply defined, flaring foot; beveled resting surface; nippled underside. Rounded lower body meets upper wall at angle. Slave- or old-man-mask thumb rest. Opposing ... 275-250

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 226

Parts of wall restored. Flaring ring foot with rounded contours; beveled resting surface; pointed underside. Deep lower body. Groove under glaze at greatest diameter. Concave, inclined upper body. Slave- ... Ca. 250

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[Publication] Agora III: Literary and Epigraphical Testimonia

Wycherley, R. E ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Here are presented all the ancient written references, both literary and epigraphical, to the Agora (including its environs) and its monuments. The introduction summarizes chronologically the authors cited, ... 1957 ... Here are presented all the ancient written references, both literary and epigraphical, to the Agora (including its environs) and its monuments. ... They are grouped in parts: the Stoas, Shrines, Public Buildings and Offices, Market, Honorary Statues, Miscellaneous including Boundaries, Trees, Kerameikos, Panathenaic Street, Old Agora. Within each part the monuments are arranged alphabetically and under each monument the texts are listed alphabetically by author with inscriptions at the end. ... The plates show plans of the Agora and its environs and of the route of Pausanias.

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[Object] T 32: Head of Grotesque Old Male Figurine

Front part of head of large figurine. Part of right side of face missing. A large, pyramidal nose projects sharply from the face; the other features are only faintly apparent. The hair, which seems to ... 15 July 1931

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[Image] 1997.03.0289 (85-368)

West side of the Agora. View of Section Α before the beginning of the excavation with a short stretch of Poseidonos Street visible in the foreground ... New negative from old photo 1-3. southwest Horizontal (normal) ... 1931

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[Image] 2012.57.1016 (85-368)

West side of the Agora. View of Section Α before the beginning of the excavation with a short stretch of Poseidonos Street visible in the foreground ... New negative from old photo 1-3. southwest Horizontal (normal) ... 1931

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[Image] 2004.02.0025 (LCT-12)

Model of the Old Bouleuterion, ca. 500 B.C. Model by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias, Athens, Agora Museum ... Craig Mauzy ... Raw scan in Public / Unworked / Projects / 2004.02. LCT Negatives northeast Horizontal (normal) ... 1992 ... Model of the Old Bouleuterion, ca. 500 B.C. Model by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias, Athens, Agora Museum.

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[Image] 2008.20.0024 (LCT-13)

Model of the Old Bouleuterion ... Cf. 2004.02.0030 Horizontal (normal)

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[Image] 2012.20.0001 (1-0)

View of the Agora showing the area of the old excavations (Section ΟΕ) and Section Ε of the new excavation. DUPLICATE ... 31-E-26 east Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Jun 1931 ... View of the Agora showing the area of the old excavations (Section ΟΕ) and Section Ε of the new excavation.

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[Image] 2008.20.0092 (85-369)

The area of the Agora before the start of excavations in 1931, view from the west. Note the square by the Hephaisteion. The Church of Agia Marina in foreground ... New negative from old photo 1-102 east Horizontal (normal) ... September 1931

[Deposit] H 10-11:1: Grading fill of Old Bouleuterion

Lower fill: See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed. Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C.

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[Image] 2012.38.0525 (Section ΜΣ 99)

Old Drain bed, looking south ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

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[Object] T 2537: Mask Fragment of Old Male

The top of the head, with the eyes and part of the left side preserved. Bushy brows; rolled wreath. Traces of white and red. Light buff clay. ADDENDA Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 249, 268. Cf. Dimitrakopoulou ... 1939, 1947

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[Image] 2000.02.1178 (Slide Sheet: 76:13)

Model of the Old Bouleuterion, about 500 B.C. Model realised by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias. Agora Museum, Athens ... Petros Demetriades Kostas Papoulias ... northwest ... 1992 ... Model of the Old Bouleuterion, about 500 B.C. Model realised by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias. Agora Museum, Athens.

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[Image] 2000.02.1179 (Slide Sheet: 76:14)

Model of the Old Bouleuterion, about 500 B.C. Model realised by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias. Agora Museum, Athens ... Petros Demetriades Kostas Papoulias ... Cf. 2008.20.0024 north Horizontal (normal) ... 1992 ... Model of the Old Bouleuterion, about 500 B.C. Model realised by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias. Agora Museum, Athens.

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 446

Mask and base of handle, with part of shoulder and lower wall. Mask with full, rounded beard and furrowed forehead. Concentric rectangles on shoulder, painted circle around handle attachment. Shiny red ... 235-150

[Object] Agora XII, no. 815

Part of foot and floor. Very high ring foot, projecting slightly below. Inner junction reserved. Decoration inside: two zones of irregularly placed palmettes, with two circles between. Similar, Izmir, ... Late 5th c. B.C.

[Object] Agora XII, no. 378

Banded decoration; underside reserved, with broad resting surface and two circles and dot. For the foot, cf. B.S.A., LIII-LIV, 1958-59, p. 164, fig. 7, 26, Ismir from Old Smyrna, and London 1947. 7-14 ... 575-550 B.C.

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[Image] 2003.01.0205 (4-350)

Yannis Bakoulis from Old Corinth. Long the chief technician in the Agora, later joined the staff of the Athens National Museum and working both at the Agora and the National Museum. Here working in the ... Mounted Horizontal (normal) ... 1934 ... Yannis Bakoulis from Old Corinth. Long the chief technician in the Agora, later joined the staff of the Athens National Museum and working both at the Agora and the National Museum. Here working in the Old Excavation House in the pot mending room.

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[Image] 2012.23.0119 (4-350)

Yannis Bakoulis from Old Corinth. Long the chief technician in the Agora, later joined the staff of the Athens National Museum and working both at the Agora and the National Museum. Here working in the ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1934 ... Yannis Bakoulis from Old Corinth. Long the chief technician in the Agora, later joined the staff of the Athens National Museum and working both at the Agora and the National Museum. Here working in the Old Excavation House in the pot mending room.

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 107

One handle, most of rim, and one-fourth of upper body restored; foot and stem missing. Pointed lower body but fairly low upper body. Slave or old-man thumb rests. Ivy garland running right. Shiny black ... 300-290?

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 178

One handle, half of body, and over half of rim restored. Flaring foot; beveled, reserved resting surface; pointed underside. Scraped groove at junction of body and foot. Old-man-mask thumb rest. Opposing ... Ca. 275

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 222

Parts of foot restored. Sharply defined, flaring foot; beveled resting surface; pointed underside with unglazed patch. Upper and lower body meet at angle. Old-man-mask thumb rests. Opposing olive garland ... 275-250

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[Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 257, p. 247

Academy. Alphitopolis. Altars. Achaians. Acharnai. Altar of Aidos. Achilles. Altar of Aphrodite Hegemone. Acropolis. Altar of Apollo Patroos. Altar of Apollo Pythios. Altar of Apollo under several titles ... Agora 3 247 ... Agora, old

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[Image] 2004.02.0030 (LCT-13)

Model of the Old Bouleuterion, ca. 500 B.C., frontal view. Model by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias, Athens, Agora Museum ... Craig Mauzy ... Raw scan in Public / Unworked / Projects / 2004.02. LCT Negatives north Horizontal (normal) ... 1992 ... Model of the Old Bouleuterion, ca. 500 B.C., frontal view. Model by Petros Demetriades and Kostas Papoulias, Athens, Agora Museum.

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[Drawing] DA 11051

No 1 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11052

No 2 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11053

No 3 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11054

No 4 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11055

No 5 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11056

No 6 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11057

No 7 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11058

No 8 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11059

No 9 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11060

No 10 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11061

No 11 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11062

No 12 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11063

No 13 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11064

No 14 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11065

No 15 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11066

No 16 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11067

No 17 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11068

No 18 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11069

No 19 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11070

No 20 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11071

No 21 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11072

No 22 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11073

No 23 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11074

No 24 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11075

No 25 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11076

No 26 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11077

No 27 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11078

No 28 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11079

No 29 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

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[Drawing] DA 11096

No 30 Folder U, Old Propylon and Old Athena Temple

[Object] Agora XXIX, no. 177

Parts of wall and one handle restored. Flaring foot; beveled resting surface; nippled underside. Scraped groove in resting surface and at junction of foot and body. Slight angle in profile. Old-man-mask ... Ca. 275

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[Image] 2012.26.0356 (8-82)

East wall of the Old Bouleuterion ... AMS west Horizontal (normal) ... June 1938

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[Image] 1997.03.0410 (8-82)

East wall of the Old Bouleuterion ... west Horizontal (normal) ... June 1938

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[Image] 2012.59.0698 (88-615)

Perspective view of the Old Bouleuterion ... Richard C. Anderson ... PD 2678 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... July/August 1992

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[Image] 2012.24.0078 (5-318)

Walls of Old Bouleuterion and Metroon ... AMS south Horizontal (normal) ... June 1935