[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 2024

Rectangular; no handles. Similar, with one handle, P 8305 C 12:2 Hesperia, XXVII, 1958, pl. 49 d and p. 232; also, from Olympia, Olympia-Bericht, IV, pp. 103-104, figs. 87-88 ... Context not later than 4th c. B.C ... Similar, with one handle, P 8305 C 12:2 Hesperia, XXVII, 1958, pl. 49 d and p. 232; also, from Olympia, Olympia-Bericht, IV, pp. 103-104, figs. 87-88.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1736

Duck askos, small series. Shallow saucer mouth on tall neck; raised base flat beneath; bag-shaped body. Pinkish buff clay, smooth surfacing; dull black glaze on the mouth inside. Similar proportions but ... Context ca. 350-300 B.C ... Similar proportions but plain flaring mouth, from Olympia in the local black glaze: Olympia-Bericht, VI, 1958, p. 45, fig. 24; early 4th century.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 650

Part of bowl and lip. Convex lip, short upper wall, low wide bowl. Scraped groove just above foot. Decoration inside: palmettes within two incised lines. The shape, lacking the foot, is uncertain, but ... 390-380 B.C ... The shape, lacking the foot, is uncertain, but the fragment, found in Corinth, comes most likely from a stemmed cup made in Olympia, the local shape best called the Olympia- cup from the examples found there and published by Eil- mann and Schiering (cf. p. 11, note 14). ... Eilmann set the beginning of the Olympia series at about 450 B.C.; it flourished with minor variations throughout the century, with a few stragglers. One of these, Olympia-Bericht, III, 1941 (for 1938-39) p. 46, fig. 36, gives a close parallel for 650.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 2009

Wide-mouthed pot, the rounded bottom forming a sharp angle with the shoulder; strap handle rising from rim. Bottom pierced with many small holes. Cooking ware. Fragments from the bottoms of others similar ... Context ca. 375-340 B.C ... Fragments from the bottoms of others similar are not uncommon; see e.g. from Olympia: Olympia, IV, p. 197, 1272; from Olynthos: Olynthus, XIII, pl. 174, 461 A and B; pl. 253, 1053.

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[Agora Object] B 87: Fragmentary Votive Tripod

Shallow bowl. Legs riveted at the rim and a pierced disk-shaped handle on one side. Thin and poorly made. Cf. ArchEph (1917), pp. 208-209 (for tripods found at Sounion); Olympia IV, pl. XXVII, nos. 536 ... 5 April 1933 ... ArchEph (1917), pp. 208-209 (for tripods found at Sounion); Olympia IV, pl. XXVII, nos. 536 ff (for those found at Olympia).

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[Agora Object] S 1345: Fragment of Draped Female Figure

Broken all around and behind. The fragment comes from the middle proper left side of a figure wearing an inner garment and a clock (chiton and himation). The surface of the garments is rasped. The left ... 1948 ... Same type as statues of Regilla Poppaea and two female statues by Eros and Eleusinios, cf. Olympia III, pls. 68.5, 63.4-6.

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[Agora Object] A 428: Trough Tile Fragment

A trough tile with a large hole (only partly preserved) surrounded by a rim to prevent water from running in. The rim is pointed at one end. Buff clay with red particles. Dull red glaze, much flaked, on ... April 1934 ... A 429 (Β 967), also A 690 (ΠΘ 2333). Cf. Olympia, Text, II, p.17 and fig. 10, a and b.

[Agora Object] H 528: Lower-Body Fragment with Graffito

Apparently complete in a single letter: A; np letters to either side. Upside down to vessel. Single alphas are often found on objects dedicated to Athena, undoubtedly as abbreviations of the goddess' ... Elsewhere single alphas may have some other meaning: e.g. the fourteen complete 5th c. examples from Olympia, W. Schiering, Olympische Forschhungen V, 1964, p. 156, no. 79, and the eleven from the Pnyx, G.

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[Agora Object] P 23198: Black Figure Skyphos

Mended from several pieces; few pieces missing from rim and upper walls restored in plaster. Outcurving rim, slanting loop handles, disk foot with narrow resting surface and convex bottom. On both sides, ... 5 May 1953 ... Study Collections-Case No. 123-1 (Out on loan to Olympia)

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[Agora Object] P 24068: Red Figure Cup: Type B and Inscribed

A large cup of type B, mended from many pieces; one handle, much of stem and fragments elsewhere missing. Part of ancient lead mend at top of stem preserved. Interior: Within a reserved circle, athlete ... 31 May 1954 ... Study Collections-Case No. 133-3/7 (Out on loan to Olympia)

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[Agora Object] P 13036: Black Figure Amphora

One handle and nearly one-quarter of lip missing and chips; otherwise intact. Echinus foot; flaring lip, flat on top, offset from neck; eggy body with well marked shoulder; shoulder and neck form continuous ... 27 May 1938 ... Study Collections-Case No. 121-2/1 (Out on loan to Olympia)

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1698

Two-handled Cup. Foot missing; bottom and half of body restored. Groove at greatest diameter. Rim convex to outside, with groove below lip. Narrow strap handles with one groove; small rotelles at arch ... Context of 100-75 ... Cf. also Bruneau 1970, no. 61.10, p. 478, figs. 110, 111, from a tomb of the second half of the 1st century at Argos; Délos XXVII, D 28--D 30, p. 242, fig. 124, pl. 41; OlBer VI, p. 49, fig. 31:a (early Imperial, from Olympia).

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[Agora Object] P 30987: Red Figure Kylix

Foot, most of rim, parts of both handles missing. Broad, open kylix. Tondo on floor with a border of elaborate maeander squares broken occasionally by squares with crosses. Within tondo, two figures; a ... 5 July 1977 ... Out on loan to Olympia (to go in Stoa Gallery-Case No. 4.1)

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[Agora Object] P 24370: Black Figure Lekythos

White Ground. Handle, shoulder and wall fragments missing. General type as P 24316 (ΣΑ 2526): This is the characteristic general type for the large proportion of the lekythoi from this group. Bell mouth ... May-June 1954 ... Study Collections-Case No. 122-2 (on loan to Lausanne (2000), then Olympia)

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1566

Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably part of lip, bowl, and one handle, much of foot. Coral-red on outside of bowl, stem, and top surface of foot as well as all of inside ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Diskou, ed., Athletics in Ancient Greece: Ancient Olympia at the Olympic Games, Athens 1976, pp. 188--195, more briefly, Mind and Body, pp. 99--100.

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[Agora Object] P 5061: Pyxis with Lid

The lid complete; one horse broken off but repaired; the body intact. a) Pyxis: Low pseudo-ring foot, convex side-wall, lip flanged inside; flange and lid pierced for tying. Wide band around bottom; between ... 19 March 1935 ... On loan to Olympia (to go in Stoa Gallery-Case No. 21 upon return)

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[Agora Object] P 4990: Amphora

Mended from many pieces; about half the rim, fragments from the neck and body, and more than half the foot restored in plaster. Slender ovoid body; high ring foot; tall neck with flaring lip. Strap handles ... 16 March 1935 ... On loan to Olympia (to go in Stoa Gallery-Case No. 76 upon return)

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[Agora Object] P 2698: Red Figure Cup: Type C and Inscribed

Mended from many pieces; parts of cup and rim, all of one handle and part of the other and most of the foot, restored in plaster. The preserved fragment of the foot does not join directly. Offset rim; ... August-September 1932 ... Out on loan to Olympia (to go in Stoa Gallery-Case No. 35 upon return)

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[Agora Object] P 18006: Black Figure Lekythos

Mended from several pieces; small chips missing. On the shoulder, a cock, right; to either side a lotus bud. On the body, three nude runners, right. Purple for the cock's wattles and tail, and for the ... 24 June 1947 ... Out on loan to Olympia (to go in Stoa Gallery-Case No. 34 upon return)

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[Agora Object] P 23896: Red Figure Chous

Mended from several pieces. Large part of mouth and neck and smaller pieces from body missing. Handle broken and repaired in antiquity. Panel framed by a band of enclosed palmettes above, of chevrons at ... End 5th. c. B.C ... Out on loan to Olympia (to go in Stoa Gallery-Case No. 39 upon return)

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[Agora Object] P 24104: Black Figure Lekythos

Mended from many pieces; a few wall fragments missing. Torus mouth; rim flat on top; shoulder tending to be flat; moulded ring above foot; unusually moulded foot. On shoulder, thin rays and palmettes ... 1 June 1954 ... Out on loan to Olympia (to go in Stoa Gallery-Case No. 34 upon return)