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| Close-up view of small ash and bath debris deposit, during excavation; arrow points to the ashy layer still in situ, while area to the right of the arrow shows the browner and more organic fill found underneath ... Laughy ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jul 2005 |
| Clay-lined pit after removing fill and pottery within the pit. Arrow indicates pit lining of white clay. [During basket 50] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jul 2005 |
| Pit on west side of Roman Room II, after excavation. [After basket 51] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jul 2005 |
| Pit on west side of Roman Room II, after excavation. [After basket 51] ... Marcie Handler ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jul 2005 |
| Pit in Room M, after excavating the fill and the clay lining. [After basket 50] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Pithos in Room M, before excavating the bottom third of the pithos. [Before basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Pithos in Room M, before excavating the bottom third of the pithos. [Before basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Room M, before excavating the bottom third of the pithos (top) and after excavating the clay-lined pit (center). [After basket 50; Before basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Interior of the pithos in Room M, showing the coarseware body sherds set into the plaster coating. [During basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Drain in Roman Room B, before removing six sections of the drain. [Before basket 53] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Drain in Roman Room B, before removing six sections of the drain. [Before basket 53] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Drain in Roman Room B, before removing six sections of the drain. [Before basket 53] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Bottom of the pithos in Room M, showing round marble slab at the base. [During basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Roman Room B, after removing six sections of the drain (arrows) and after excavating the fill in the room south of the drain (bottom). [After basket 39; After basket 54] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Roman Room B, after removing six sections of the drain. [After basket 53] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Roman Room B, after removing six sections of the drain. [After basket 53] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jul 2005 |
| Patch of a possible floor surface in Roman Room A. [During basket 44] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Jul 2005 |
| Area of northern section of N-S Road, after Road Level 1 and associated fill has been removed, showing lead water pipe at center of photo; arrows indicate Road Level 2. [After basket 32; Before basket ... Laughy ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jul 2005 |
| Close-up of Road Level 2 in northern section of N-S Road. [After basket 32; Before basket 38] ... Laughy ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jul 2005 |
| N-S Road, northern section, after Road Level 2 is removed, shown by left arrows, before we begin excavating the road fill under that surface, as well as fill located just to the west, shown by right arrow ... Laughy ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 15 Jul 2005 |
| N-S Road, northern section, after Road Level 2 is removed, shown by right arrows, before we begin excavating the road fill under that surface, as well as fill located just to the west, shown by left arrow ... Laughy ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 15 Jul 2005 |
| Layer 2 of fill found below Wall A, along east side of N-S Road, before excavation. [After basket 37; Before basket 40] ... Laughy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 15 Jul 2005 |
| Layer 2 of fill found below Wall A, along east side of N-S Road, before excavation. [After basket 37; Before basket 40] ... Laughy ... northeast Horizontal (normal) ... 15 Jul 2005 |
| Western section of Room 2, after layer 4 of the brownish-grey fill in the northwest section is removed in basket 36 (bottom central arrow), before the hard-packed red fill against the wall foundation is ... Laughy ... northeast Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Jul 2005 |
| Western section of Room 2, after layer 4 of the brownish-grey fill in the northwest section is removed in basket 36 (bottom central arrow), before the hard-packed red fill against the wall foundation is ... Laughy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Jul 2005 |
| Central and southern sections of N-S Road, shown before road fill is removed in basket 43. [Before basket 43] ... Laughy ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Jul 2005 |
| Closer view of central and southern sections of N-S Road, shown before road fill is removed in basket 43. [Before basket 43] ... Laughy ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Jul 2005 |
| Fill below Wall A, on east side of N-S Road, before excavation. [Before basket 44] ... Laughy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Southwestern section of Room 2, after layer 3 of brownish-grey fill is removed, with arrows showing layer of heavy charcoal found below. [After basket 42] ... Laughy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Close-up of layer of heavy charcoal, found under layer 3 of brownish-grey fill in southwestern section of Room 2. [After basket 42] ... Laughy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Fill found below Wall A, along east side of N-S Road, before excavation. [Before basket 37] ... Laughy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Jul 2005 |
| Agora staff and student volunteers, 2005 ... Cf. 2005.02.0014 for seating order. Horizontal (normal) ... July 2005 |
| An unfinished statuette of the Mother of the Gods, still showing the preliminary stages of work done with a point ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| Detail of Nike akroterion showing drill marks undercutting the drapery in order to create contrasts ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Aug 2005 |
| Votive relief of Asklepios and Hygeieia, with a drill hole for a repair to the right arm of Asklepios, probably to correct a mistake made by the sculptor. 4th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jul 2005 |
| A Triton from the second facade of the Roman Odeion, ca. A.D. 150-175, illustrates the continuity of scultpural practice in the Agora. The torso of the Triton was strongly influenced by one of the fugures ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Aug 2005 |
| Polisher ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| Wooden couch fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Barbara ... 20 Jul 2005 |
| An unfinished statuette of a seated female figure from the house of Mikion and Menon, 4th century B.C. The figure in in the early stages of work, with only its general form and seat roughed out with a ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| An unfinished relief, perhaps a trial peice, showing a roughly delineated profile head, from the house of the sculptors Mikion and Menon, 4th century B.C. The head has been outlined with a point and its ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| A fragment of a relief depicting the god Hermes, with claw-chisel work on the background. Late 5th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jul 2005 |
| Unfinished Roman portrait of a woman, from the Library of Pantainos, ca. A.D. 170. One of the sculptor's measuring points, a tiny hole, is still visible in the middle of the chin. Most of the surface of ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Jul 2005 |
| An unfinished statuette of Herakles, showing marks of the flat chisel on the body ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| Roman statuette of the Mother of the Gods with a lion on her side. The Mother of the Gods was an Anatolian deity who became identified with the Greek goddesses Rhea and Demeter ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 |
| An unfinished statuette of the Mother of the God ... Craig Mauzy ... Lawton Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| Unfinished head of a kouros statuette. Found in the Street of the Marbleworkers, late 6th or early 5th century ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| Fragment of a herm of the Pergamene type attributed to Alkamenes, from the Agora Escavations. 2nd century A.D ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| Portrait bust of Eubouleus type of young Alexander the Great ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 |
| Decapitated statue of Athena, found and reused as a doorstep in OMega HOuse. 2nd century A.D ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Jul 2005 |
| Roman portrait head, with drill holes and channels in the hair, beard, eyes, nostrils, and mouth. 2nd century A.D ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 |
| Relief depicting Artemis, found in a well in Omega House. Her face has been mutilated. 2nd-3rd century A.D ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| Portrait bust of a Roman matron, found in a well of Omega House. 3rd century A.D ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Jul 2005 |
| Relief depicting Athena Ergane overseeing five female figures. Early 4th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 22 Jul 2005 |
| Votive relief of Asklepios and Hygeieia, 4th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jul 2005 |
| An abrasive tool used for finishing sculpture, found in the debris of a sculptor's workshop of the Roman period ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| An unfinished marble basin with inscribed letters indicating that it was being carved from a reused stone ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| A bone stylus inscribed with the name of the sculptor Mikion ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 |
| An akroterion perhaps depicting a Nereid that has been attributed to the Hephaisteion. Late 5th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 2005 |
| A statue of Nike, an akroterion that has been attributed to the Temple of Ares or the Stoa of Zeus. Early 4th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 |
| A fragment of a torso of Athena with drill holes for attaching bronze snakes to her aegis. Ca 420 B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 |
| The colossal statue of Apollo Patroos, probably by Euphranor, found near the Temple of Apollo Patroos on the west side of the Agora, ca. 330.B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 2005 |
| Bust of the emperor Antonius Pius (A.D. 138-161), found in a well in the Omega House ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 2005 |
| The head of a herm. Found in the area known as "the Herms", ca. 500 B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 |
| Hellenistic statuette of the Mother of the Gods in a naiskos, with a small lion in her lap, a tympanon in her left hand, and small figures of Hermes and Artemis ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Jul 2005 |
| Statuette of Apollo Patroos, a copy of the statue of Apollo Ptroos by Euphranor, found in a 4th-century A.D. context i a welll on Kolonos Agoraios ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Jul 2005 |
| A Hellenistic statuette of Aphrodite, with the baby Eros behind her right shoulder. The statuette is a rare example of sculpture from the Agora with some of its paint still preserved ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Jul 2005 |
| A votive relief depicting Demeter, her daughter Persephone, Eubouleus with the baby Ploutos, and worshippers. Demeter, the goddess of agriculture was one of the most important deities worshipped in the ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Jul 2005 |
| Head of the goddess Nike, found in the well of Omega House, 2nd century A.D ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 2005 |
| Ionic column base at the bottom of the pithos, surrounded by white mortar. [During basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 2005 |
| West side of Roman Room II, showing two patches of either floor surface or conglomerate (top and bottom arrows) and patch of packed clay floor (middle arrow). [During basket 47] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 2005 |
| View after removing the pithos in Room M, showing Ionic column base at the bottom. [After basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 2005 |
| View after removing the pithos in Room M, showing Ionic column base at the bottom. [After basket 52] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 2005 |
| Tiles in the northwest corner of Room M, before excavation. [Before basket 55] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 2005 |
| South end of Roman Room II, after excavation, showing the floor surface (left arrow) and the loose fill to be excavated in basket 56. [After basket 47; Before basket 56] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Aug 2005 |
| Pit with loose fill in Roman Room II. [After basket 56] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Aug 2005 |
| Pit with loose fill (bottom arrow) after excavation and clayey fill to the east (top arrow) before excavation. [After basket 56; Before basket 57] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Aug 2005 |
| Room M after removing pile of tiles in the northwest corner. [After basket 55] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Aug 2005 |
| Area between Walls B (left), Wall G' (bottom), Wall 2 (top), and Wall W (right) after excavation. [After basket 49] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| West side of Roman Room A, after excavation. Wall A (left), Wall R (bottom). [After basket 44] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| West side of Roman Room A, after excavation. Wall A (top), Wall R (left). [After basket 44] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| West side of Roman Room B after excavation. Newly-uncovered Wall 4 indicated by top arrow. [After basket 54] ... Marcie Handler ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| East side of Roman Room A after excavation. [After basket 45] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| East side of Roman Room A after excavation. [After basket 45] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| Roman Room II after excavating a layer of soft brown fill and uncovering a scatter of medium and large stones. [After basket 57] ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| Roman Room B, showing the location of Wall 4. [After basket 54] ... Marcie Handler ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| End of season photo showing the area north of Wall K ... Marcie Handler ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
| End of season photo showing Roman Room I (center) and Room M (center top) ... Marcie Handler ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Aug 2005 |
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