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[Object] T 3460: Mold Fragment for Leg

Part of mold of left foot for large figure, broken off at ankle. Foot finely modelled, with long toes. Dark red micaceous clay, gray at core as if from burning. ADDENDA C. G: Suggests from metal original ... 1956

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[Object] T 3498: Mask Fragment

Tragic mask of youth, preserved from eyes to chin. Hellenistic type (?). Light buff clay. Surface find. Leica, 81-33-26 ... 27 April 1957

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[Object] T 3519: Relief Plaque: Head of Athena

Very carefully modeled head of Athena with Parthenos helmet, shield and spear. Roughly circular plaque, the back rough and irregular. Slightly chipped around edges. Head and shoulders of Athena Parthenos ... 29 May 1957

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[Object] T 1947: Vessel Fragment with Impressed Decoration: Satyr

First interpretation: Mold signed fragment. Broken at left and chipped along outer edge at top. Preserved is a male figure, bearded and partly draped, reclining on a couch and playing the double flutes, ... 27 March 1939

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[Object] T 3002: Hermaphroditus Figurine

Sloping surface at bottom where front part of stand or base is broken away. Hermaphroditus see ostendens. Head missing. Buff clay, white sizing. ADDENDA Cf. Agora XI, p. 173. Compare with T 1808. North ... 7 October 1949

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[Object] T 3023: Relief Mold Fragment for Dancing Maenad

Fragment from mold for upper left corner of high relief; depressed frame. Relief widens towards bottom of fragment. In the positive, upper front part of head in profile left; above it a thyrsos, horizontally, ... 1949

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[Object] T 3024: Seated Male Doll Figurine

Nude male figure. Mended from six fragments. Head and arms missing; with holes for attachment; lower legs missing, and large part from left side. Traces of white. Buff clay. ADENDA Cf. Delos IV, pp. 26 ... 1949

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[Object] SS 14630: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

Orange-buff clay, rather micaceous. Rectangular stamp with mask at centre. Finished Cleaning weeds from Piraeus street. Θασί̣[ων] mask Ἀπολλ[όδωρος] Leica ... 13 May 1968

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[Object] SS 10307: Stamped Amphoriskos or Unguentarium Fragment

Small fragment from near toe of unguentarium or amphoriskos. Light red brown clay; traces of matt red streaked on surface. One end of a rectangular stamp preserved. Dark Age fill; Byzantine disturbance ... 19 March 1948

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[Object] T 2010: Impression of Relief Mirror

Broken off below. An impression made by pressing a heavy lump of clay against some circular object, presumably a mirror-cover. The upper part of the scene is preserved; three figures and a hovering Eros ... 3 May 1939

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[Object] T 2024: Mold Fragment for Boar Figurine

Lower right corner of mold preserved. Raised band around edge of mould. The forepart of an animal, probably a cow, standing right. Heavy fabric. Coarse reddish-brown clay. ADDENDA: Forepart of boar. Other ... 10 May 1939

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[Object] T 2047: Mold Fragment for Relief

Bottom edge preserved in part. A raised edge at bottom of mould; above the forefeet of a bull, with an unknown object (serpent ?) before them. Heavy, coarse, reddish-buff clay. ADDENDA: Fore and hind ... 18-19 April 1939

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[Object] T 2059: Mold for Silen Figurine

The upper part of a mold for a bearded figure with mask-like head, wearing a speckled garment (Papposilenus). He is bending forward and clasping some object (wine-skin ?). Careful work. Fine pinkish clay ... Publication: before 350 B.C.

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[Object] T 2087: Standing Draped Actor Figurine

Feet and right arm are broken off. Pot-bellied figure in a short dress. Traces of red and white paint. Buff clay. ADDENDA: Solid. Clay worn and uncrusted. Well. Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C. 1890 Leica, ... 27 May 1939

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[Object] T 2141: Female Head

Left side of face and top of head broken away; back missing; broken near base of neck. Broad nose, slanting eyes, hair combed down straight on sides from central part. Crude modelling; gouged style. Traces ... 23 June 1939

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[Object] T 2353: Mold Fragment

From one side of a heavy mould, apparently from a plaque of shallow relief, with the curving rim of the mold preserved. Byzantine fill at S.E. corner of section. Leica ... 30 April 1947

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[Object] T 2395: Mold Fragment for Drapery

Drapery for one side of a small standing female figure, preserved about from shoulder to mid-calf (?). Part of one side preserved. Plain surface at the right. From a mold for a relief (?). Cf. T 3935 ... 23 June 1947

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[Object] T 2328: Altar

Rectangular altar, hollowed at the top; base and crowning mouldings in two degrees. A boukranion in relief on the front; a round hole at the back. Volutes at the top in front. Small fragments missing ... 14 March 1947

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[Object] T 2256: Standing Draped Female Figurine

A small woman. Head missing, otherwise apparently complete. Roughly modelled; the back plain. No trace of color. ADDENDA, D. Burr-Thompson: Late Hellenistic (?) New grid questionable. Dump from Middle ... 1940

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[Object] T 2450: Mask Fragment

Fragment preserving upper part of face. Beetling brows; nose and mouth askew; pierced eyes. Considerable remains of white, with red over. Smooth blond-buff clay. N.-S. Trench VI; Late Roman fill. 510 Leica, ... 21 July 1947

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[Object] T 2480: Pinax: Female Figure in Relief (Spinner)

In fairly high relief, the upper part of a female figure, right, her head slightly bent, her arms outstretched from the elbows (the hands missing). She wears a thin chiton which covers her arms to the ... 19 September 1947

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[Object] T 2194: Impression of Jewelry: Gorgon Head

Lower part broken off. Surface inside somewhat cracked. Mold for relief Gorgon head, with snail-shell curls around the face, and two snaky loops rising from the hair at the center above. Pinkish clay ... 24 April 1940

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[Object] T 2918: Mold Fragment for Mask of Medusa

Edge of large Medusa mask with short curling individual locks of hair plus parts of two curling snakes preserved. Outer piece, roughly triangular; broken on two edges. Cf. T 2920, T 2925. On foundation ... 6 April 1949

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[Object] T 2930: Mold Fragment for Seated Male Figurine

Nude male figure, seated right, on the stepped base of a herm, leaning against the pillar, and looking back left. His cloak beneath him; left arm on bent left knee, right arm at side, the hand holding ... 19 April 1949

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[Object] T 2948: Mold Fragment for Chariot Group Figurine

Uncertain subject. Heavy fabric, reddish-brown at back, light cream on surface. Flat back; broken all around. Architectural (?). In trench through marble chip floor, House F, Room 4. Leica ... 1 June 1949

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[Object] T 2949: Female Head

Female head, a polos and veil crowing the softly waved hair. Broken below the chin and along the right side. Nose chipped; open behind. Considerable remains of white. Grayish clay. Washed down by last ... 10 June 1949

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[Object] T 2566: Mold Fragment for Head of Cow

Original edge preserved at top. Left side of a cow head. Delicate modeling of mouth, eye area, and muscles around jawline. Perhaps a Rhyton? N.W. of building D 1; layer a; early Roman fill. 1145 Leica ... 19 March 1948

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[Object] T 2866: Mold Fragment for Figurine

Mold for the mid-part of a standing male figure, probably an actor. One edge preserved; the other chipped away. Broken off top and bottom. ADDENDA Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 274. This filling is associated ... 1 August 1947

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[Object] T 2880: Draped Figurine Fragment

The right shoulder of a large draped figure; drapery over shoulder. The arm broken off below. House H, Room 10, Brown fill, mixed Hellenistic; 4th. to 2nd. B.C. 5545, 5568, 5582 Leica, 80-9-29 ... 22-24 July 1947

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[Object] T 2890: Mold Fragment for Standing Draped Figurine

Broken across the top, about at the knee, and at one side. A fall of heavier drapery at the side. Extremely fine engraved lines and carefully stepped chiton-hem. House H, Room 12, loose brown fill; 4th ... 4 August 1947

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[Object] T 2893: Draped Figurine Fragment

Part of a draped figure, perhaps a thigh with drapery over it. Buff slip, white paint. Blond clay; pinkish surface. House N, Room 12, loose brown fill; 4th. to 2nd. B.C. 5889, 5899, 5911 Leica, 80-9-26 ... 4 August 1947

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[Object] T 2894: Relief Plaque

Part of bottom, with edge projecting below, and of the right side preserved. On the front, the leg of a table and part of a long bench under it. Attachment hole through the plaque, under the bench. Broken ... 13 August 1947

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[Object] SS 9201: Stamped Amphora Handle: Rhodian

Part of rim preserved. Lower part of rectangular stamp; one line preserved; large letters; retrograde. Cxt: NB p1898: top fill, pottery mixed to LHell; NB p1896: this part mostly broken tiles, few sherds ... 27 May 1939

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[Object] SS 9636: Stamped Amphora Fragment: Thasian

The shoulder and neck, with one handle and part of the other preserved; wide shallow shoulder; narrow neck and thickened rim; finder hollows at bases of handles. One handle stamp; rectangular stamp with ... 9 May 1940

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[Deposit] E 18:1: Grave 5

Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at bottom). Fill shot through with cinders and wood ash. Skeleton of a male about 50 years old. Brann. PD 1065a ... 750-700 B.C.

[Deposit] E 18:4: Pit

Pit below floor at 69/ΛΗ ... Early Byzantine

[Deposit] E 18:5: Cistern

Ancient fill in cistern tunnel leading to north; contained undisturbed fill which produced late Hellenistic sherds; it had been refilled in modern times ... 2nd c. B.C.

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[Deposit] E 19:1: Grave 1

Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent. Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C.

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[Deposit] E 19:2: Grave 2, Inhumation of 6-Year-Old Child

Cut in bedrock (P.L. 0.50m, W. 0.57m). Head at east, looking west; skull stood upright when found. Lower part of skeleton missing. PD 435 ... 750-725 B.C.

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[Deposit] E 19:3: Grave 3, Inhumation of 24-Year-Old Man

Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C.

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[Deposit] E 19:4: Crevice in Rock

Crevice in Rock (Grave?) at 70/ΝΣΤ (below modern surface accumulation). Identified as a sacrificial pyre, with characteristic banded plates and saucers, by SIR ... 4th c. B.C./300-250 B.C.

[Deposit] E 19:7: House Fillings

Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed. Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C.

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[Image] 1997.14.0100 (82-426)

Southeast corner of the Aiakeion after removal of the Hellenistic fill. Front foundation of the South Stoa II in lower left ... south 3424 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960

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[Image] 1997.14.0102 (82-430)

West side of the building. Modern masonry supports remains of the aqueduct (marked "XX") ... northeast 3436 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960

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[Image] 1997.14.0124 (82-427)

Poros Aqueduct at the southwest corner of the "Heliaia" (now identified as the Aiakeion). Foundation for south wall of the "Heliaia" in middle right ... southwest 3447 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960

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[Image] 1997.15.0120 (81-553)

Late Roman Fortification Wall overlying the foundations of the Propylon. Arrows mark the corners of the Propylon. A) Fragment (I 4720m) from the Bouleutic list of 304/3; B) Dedicatory statue base, I 4850; ... I 4850 and I 4713 were found in section ΘΘ. (SD) east 227 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Jun 1959

[Deposit] D 18:1: Well

Late Roman, perhaps as late as 7th c., but excavator noted small amount of material made close dating impossible throughout. Nbpp. 2448-2449: The fill of this well throughout is mixed and there are numerous ... Early to Late Roman

[Deposit] D 18:3: Bronze Casting Pit near Southeast Corner of Poros Building

Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D.

[Deposit] D 19:1: Cistern in House H in ΝΝ

Well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. A flask-shaped cistern in House H with a dumped fill of the late fifth century brought from elsewhere and evidently deposited sometime in the 3rd c. B.C ... Ca. 420-400 B.C.

[Deposit] D 19:2: Well

Well on the lower west slope of the Areopagus. Tiled well. The tiles were carefully made and clamped together with lead, two clamps at each joint. Several fills but apparently all 2nd c. Material in lowest ... Late 2nd to early 1st c. B.C.

[Deposit] C 18:2: Well

Stratified well. Coins: 22 July 1947 #1 Subdivisions: .1=top to -5.20m. .2=5.20-7.80m. .3=7.80-10.30m ... Second half 1st-early 3rd c. A.D.

[Deposit] C 18:2.1: Top

Early 3rd c. A.D.

[Deposit] C 18:2.2: Upper fill

Second half 2nd c. A.D.

[Deposit] C 18:2.3: Lower fill

Second half 1st c. A.D.

[Deposit] C 18:4.2: Layer 2

First half of 5th c. B.C.

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[Image] 1997.18.0168 (87-492)

Restored plan of a Roman house. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1690 Horizontal (normal) ... 1967

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[Image] 1997.18.0215 (85-576)

Southeast corner ... west 4282 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0216 (85-577)

Room A3 at beginning of season ... east 4217 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0217 (85-578)

The southeast area at beginning of season ... southwest 4215 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0218 (85-579)

The southeast area of the bath ... east 4216 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0219 (85-580)

Room A4. Ancient bedrock cutting and large poros block under floor ... northeast 4214 Horizontal (normal) ... 18 Jun 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0220 (85-581)

Stratification of destruction fill at southeast corner of south hypocaust area ... south 4289 Horizontal (normal) ... 18 Jun 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0222 (85-587)

Room A6. Northeast corner after exposing hypocaust floor ... west 4232 Horizontal (normal) ... 22 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0223 (85-590)

Latrine in northwest corner ... southeast 4248 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0226 (85-612)

South area of the bath. Pillaging trench along south face of Room A3 ... west 4283 Horizontal (normal) ... 22 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0227 (85-617)

Hypocaust columns in tepidarium (Room A) ... 4295 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0228 (85-619)

Hypocaust floor in Room A ... east 4293 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0230 (85-621)

Room A3. Fire chamber and passage to hypocaust room ... northwest 4298 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0231 (85-622)

Room A1 with the west end of Room A3 in foreground. Mosaic hall at right ... south 4315 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0233 (85-624)

Room A1 with late walls crossing over the room. Mosaic hall at left ... north 4313 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0234 (85-626)

Lower rooms to west of bath proper, with exedra of mosaic hall in foreground ... south 4331 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0236 (85-628)

Rooms to west of bath proper ... south 4333 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0237 (85-629)

Entrance to Hellenistic Bath complex ... northwest 4260 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0240 (85-625)

Mosaic hall (Room A2) ... north 4329 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0241 (85-588 BIS)

Room A3 at beginning of season ... west 4287 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968

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[Image] 1997.18.0322 (85-260)

General view of the house ... east 3005 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1967

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[Image] 1997.18.0325 (85-263)

House on the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus, central part ... northwest 3009 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1967

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[Image] 1997.18.0326 (85-264)

Courtyard, with the mouth of the well blocked by a boulder ... northwest 3013 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1967

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[Image] 1997.20.0025 (XIX-39)

Plan of Geometric grave E 19:3. Inhumation of a young man ... Piet de Jong ... Ptg. 220

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[Image] 1997.20.0026 (XVII-13)

Inhumation of a male with pots as found: a kotyle (P 15029) and a skyphos (P 15030). Deposit E 19:1 ... east 1166 ... 12 May 1939

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[Image] 1997.20.0027 (XVII-14)

Inhumation of a male, about forty years old. Deposit E 19:1 ... northwest 1167 ... 12 May 1939

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[Image] 1997.20.0028 (XVII-23)

Inhumation of a child. On the side of the head a skyphos (P 15115). The child was wearing bronze armlets (B 689) on each forearm and a glass bead (G 197) was fund by the head. Deposit E 19:2 ... east 1232 ... 16 May 1939

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[Image] 1997.20.0029 (XVII-25)

Inhumation of a young man with offerings. Deposit E 19:3 ... south 1237 ... 17 May 1939

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[Image] 1997.20.0030 (XVII-26)

Inhumation of a young man. Deposit E 19:3 ... east 1236 ... 17 May 1939

[Deposit] F 18:1: Well

Very little pottery and mainly broken tiles in this well, all mixed from Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (nbp. 1441) ... 25 May-1 June 1939

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[Object] I 156: Slab Fragment

Fragment of slab with inscribed band on one edge. The height, though uneven, may be approximately complete; upper and lower surfaces fairly smooth. Back and sides sloping. The inscription is on a smooth ... 13 February 1932

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[Monument] State Prison

Civic, Possibly Commercial Unknown Limestone Poor, foundations and lines of walls ... Mid 5th B.C.

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[Object] G 197: Bead

Plain double-conical. Pierced through center; hole much larger and slightly off-center at one side. The edges of the hole at its larger opening, show signs of wear. Greenish-blue glass. Geometric grave ... 16 May 1939

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[Object] G 198: Faience Scarab

Pierced through lengthwise, close to base. Incised on base an ibex (?). Blue faience. Geometric grave 3. 1233-1235 Leica, XVIII-93, XX-50, 81-281, 79-11-34, 79-11-35, 79-11-36, 79-16-21, 79-16-22, 79-16-23, ... 17 May 1939

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[Object] G 213: Bowl Fragments

Two non-joining fragments one from base and one (mended from two) from side wall; the latter preserves part of the lip. Wide-mouthed round bodied open cup or bowl, the sides decorated with raised ribs ... 14 June 1939

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[Object] G 236: Bowl Fragment

Fragment from rim and upper body of a bowl shaped like a Megarian bowl. Ribbed body; grooved rim. The lip is of dark blue glass, added separately. The bowl itself is of colorless glass. Agora sample no ... 1-9 June 1939

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[Object] G 274: Bowl Fragment

Fragment preserving part of a broad projecting rim with down-turned outer edge. A groove at inner and outer edge of rim. Opaque bluish white glass. Late Roman fill. 868 Leica, XXXIII-26 PD 505, PD 2023-14 ... 18 June 1947

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[Object] G 279: Amphoriskos Fragment

A single fragment preserves the neck, the flaring rounded rim, and one handle, with the upper attachment of the other, of a miniature amphora. Dark blue glass; the handles white glass. For contaxt see ... 2 July 1947

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[Object] G 281: Bowl Fragment

From rim and wall of a fairly large bowl, moulded. Bowl with plain slightly out-turned rim. Two grooves around the rim. On the wall a scale pattern formed of oval depressions. Colorless glass. Agora sample ... 9 July 1947

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[Object] G 292: Plate Fragment

Mended from four pieces; profile preserved to inside foot ring. Ring foot; nearly flat bottom, upturned to form a very low wall; broad flat insloping rim, lightly grooved near inner and outer edges. Nearly ... July 1947

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[Object] G 301: Fragment

Piece of dark brown glass with creamy striations. North-South Trench VII, north-east corner of latrine. 4th c. B.C. fill. 562, 1042 Leica ... 4 August 1947

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[Object] G 310: Vessel Fragment

Small piece from the curving wall of a vase. Part of a wing (?) and the end of a straight band, added in a second layer of glass. Small dots on the wing. Thin colorless glass. On pebble mosaic floor. Container ... 11 July 1947

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[Object] G 328: Bowl Fragment

Fragment from plain rim of open bowl. On inside lip, bounded by two grooves, with notched ridge below lower one. Smaller sharper groove lower down. Moulded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), p. 183 ... 22 April 1948

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[Object] G 336: Bowl Fragments

Fragment a): from vertical rim with ridges inside and out. Fragment b): from flat bottom curving without break into side wall. Pontil. Bubbles and spirals. Rim polished after folding. Light blue glass; ... 30 June 1947

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[Object] B 855: Herm

Complete. Bearded head with low polos-like cap. Herm ends below in a spike. Cf. Hesperia 90 (2021), p. 399, n. 112. Μικροσκοπική χάλκινη Ερμαϊκή στήλη. Σχεδόν ακέραια. Great Drain, sand fill; dump. Stoa ... 12 August 1947