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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 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.