[Agora Publication] Tsoukala (2009): Honorary Shapes of Sacrificial Meat in Attic Vase Painting: Visual Signs on Distinction and Civic Identity

Tsoukala, Victoria ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 78.1 1 1-40 ... 2009 ... Honorary Shapes of Sacrificial Meat in Attic Vase Painting: Visual Signs on Distinction and Civic Identity

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[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 1 (1958): Pots and Pans of Classical Athens

Sparkes, B. Talcott, L ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... By mingling images on well-preserved Greek vases with the more fragmentary ceramics recovered during excavations at the Agora, the authors show how different vessel forms were used in Classical Athens ... 1951 ... By linking the shapes of pots with their social functions, this book gives meaning to the ancient names, such as skyphos, olpe, kantharos, lekane, and hydria, that one encounters when visiting museums.

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[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 9 (1963): Lamps from the Athenian Agora

Perlzweig, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... At night, the darkness of the ancient Agora would have been pierced by the lights of oil lamps, and thousands of fragments of these distinctive objects have been found. This booklet presents the development ... 1963 ... She also provides illustrations of particularly fine examples, including ornate festival lamps with many nozzles and bizarre shapes.

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[Agora Publication] Agora VII: Lamps of the Roman Period: First to Seventh Century after Christ

Perlzweig, J ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Nearly 3,000 specimens of lamps of “Roman” character are catalogued in this volume that covers the period from the 1st century B.C. to the 8th century A.D. The lamps are not easy to classify because the ... 1961 ... The lamps are not easy to classify because the appearance of the clay used is not an infallible guide to the place of manufacture and the molds used to create the shapes were used widely around the Mediterranean.

[Agora Publication] Corinth VII.3: Corinthian Hellenistic Pottery

Edwards, G. Roger ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This report focuses on the pottery produced in Corinth in the Hellenistic period down to the time of that city's destruction by Mummius in 146 B.C. Imported pottery of the period, as well as Corinthian ... 1975 ... However, in order to present the full history of the Hellenistic shapes the author traces their development from the earliest available Corinthian evidence, in some cases from the 6th century B.C.

[Agora Publication] Corinth XV.3: The Potters' Quarter: The Pottery

Stillwell, Agnes N. Benson, J. L ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The long-awaited final part of the publication of the Corinth Potters' Quarter is based on the work of the excavator, A. N. Stillwell, edited and supplemented after her death by J. L. Benson. The pottery, ... 1984 ... Almost all are illustrated with photographs, frequently supplemented with detail line drawings of motifs; selected profile drawings represent the principal shapes. A new foldout plan of the Potters' Quarter is included.

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[Agora Publication] Agora VIII: Late Geometric and Protoattic Pottery: Mid 8th to Late 7th Century B.C.

Brann, E. T. H ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume reports on Athenian pottery found in the Athenian Agora up to 1960 that can dated from about the middle of the 8th century, when “the appearance of a painter of sufficient personal distinction ... 1962 ... The introduction discusses the development of the various shapes and styles, characterizing the special techniques and innovations of the period.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXXII: Roman Pottery: Fine-Ware Imports

Hayes, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery generally termed terra sigillata found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume. These fine wares, like the other table ... 2008 ... Written by the world’s leading expert on Roman pottery, this huge catalogue illustrating and identifying multiple shapes and types of decoration will therefore be an essential reference book.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXII: Hellenistic Pottery: Athenian and Imported Moldmade Bowls

Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume is the first of two to present the Hellenistic fine ware from the excavations in the Athenian Agora. Its scope is restricted to the moldmade hemispherical bowls manufactured from the late 3rd ... 1982 ... Of the inventoried pieces, 364 fragments of bowls and molds are catalogued and discussed here, with 40 additional imported pieces, 6 related moldmade examples of other shapes, and 5 pieces used in the manufacturing process.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXIII: Attic Black-Figured Pottery

Moore, M. B. Philippides, M. Z. P ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume is the first of the Athenian Agora reports to deal specifically with figured wares; it is concerned with the black-figured pottery found in the excavations in the Athenian Agora between 1931 ... 1986 ... These deposits have been published separately in previous reports; by presenting them as a body, the authors are able to show how it complements and supplements the existing chronological and stylistic framework of shapes and artists.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXXIII: Hellenistic Pottery: The Plain Wares

Rotroff, S ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This manuscript represents the third and final volume in the publication of the Hellenistic pottery unearthed by the American excavations in the Athenian Agora. The first installment (Agora XXII) was devoted ... 2008 ... Finally, the author discusses the possible functions of the ceramic shapes found, and uses them to reconstruct some of the domestic and industrial activities of Hellenistic Athenians.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XIII: The Neolithic and Bronze Ages

Immerwahr, S. A ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The finds in the Athenian Agora from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages have added important chronological context to the earliest eras of Athenian history. The bulk of the items are pottery, but stone, bone, ... 1971 ... Selected material from the Neolithic and from the Early and Middle Helladic periods is catalogued by fabric and then shape and forms the basis of detailed discussions of the wares (by technique, shapes, and decoration), the stone and bone objects, and their relative and absolute chronology.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXX: Attic Red-Figured and White-Ground Pottery

Moore, M. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume presents the inventoried red-figure and white-ground pottery found in the Agora Excavations between 1931 and 1967. Although many of these vases have already been published in various reports ... 1997 ... Because almost all the shapes known in Attic red figure have been found in the Agora, these pieces provide a unique opportunity for study.

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[Agora Publication] Agora XXXIV: Vessel Glass

Weinberg, G. Stern, M. E ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Greek and Roman glass from vessels of all sizes and shapes is discussed in this volume which presents 402 fragments of glass vessels excavated in the Athenian Agora. Only 36 pieces date to the Classical ... 2008 ... Greek and Roman glass from vessels of all sizes and shapes is discussed in this volume which presents 402 fragments of glass vessels excavated in the Athenian Agora.