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[Agora Object] P 33578: Late Geometric Globular Pyxis

Base, half of body and portion of rim missing. Mended from several fragments. Partly restored in plaster. Three loose fragments. Round-bodied vessel, with low wide neck and everted lip. Two small holes ... 29 July 1999 ... Wide band of geometric ornament around body: oblique lines framed by oblique zigzags; dogs' teeth below, zigzags above. ... Addenda July 2024: One body fragment added from Lot ΒΕ 2433. Late Protogeometric–Early Geometric I. According to Papadopoulos and Smithson, multiple zones of decoration are typical of Early Geometric I examples (Agora XXXVI, p. 770–771).

[Agora Object] P 22441: One-Handled Cup

Intact. Flat bottom, slightly out-turned lip; band handle from lip. Streaky thin black glaze inside and out; bottom unglazed; rim reserved inside and at edge outside, banded inside. Bands also on handle ... 1 July 1952 ... Buff clay. Late Geometric ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 20413: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

Wall fragment of an amphora; glaze bands, peeled, on outside. Probably late geometric. Inscribed outside: Red gravelly fill under wall B, ostrakon fill. 8330 Leica ... 20 October 1949 ... Probably late geometric. Inscribed outside:

[Agora Object] H 396: Squat Oinochoe

Nothing of mouth or handle. Low ring foot; conical body. Shiny black glaze, brown where thin. For other Late Geometric oinochoai with conical bodies, cf. Brann F 13 ... LG II ... For other Late Geometric oinochoai with conical bodies, cf.

[Agora Object] P 24848: One-Handled Cup

High flaring rim, band handle, flat base. Glazed solid except for zone above foot. Dots on rim, vertical lines on handle. Worn, dull black glaze. Late Geometric. Well. 787 Leica ... (June 1955) ... Worn, dull black glaze. Late Geometric.

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[Agora Object] P 22449: Pitcher

Most of handle missing. Round mouth, thickened rim, flat bottom, high band handle. Whitish slip inside and out, mostly peeled off; pink clay. Unglazed. Well, late Geometric. Leica, 81-346 ... 3 July 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 24845: Bowl on Stand Fragment

Preserved, part of high rim and torus body. Band handle attachments. On rim, panels with checkerboard, zigzags, birds. On torus body, zigzags. Dull black glaze. Late Geometric. Well. 787 Leica, 81-360 ... (June 1955) ... Dull black glaze. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] IL 1257: Lead Loom Weight

Intact, minor chips. Small almost flat weight, shaped like a loom weight. One side flat, the other slightly convex. Rounded corners. ADDENDA: Not a spindle whorl. Dimova February 2019. Well. Box 3. Late ... 28 June 1951 ... Box 3. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 22424: Kantharos

Mended from two pieces; tiny piece from wall missing and chips from rim. Slightly inturned rim, flat bottom; band handles from rim. Surface not smoothed over. Buff clay; apparently never glazed. Well, ... 25 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 26319: Vessel on Stand Fragments

Fragments from upper part have parts of horses with reins and chariot poles. Lower fragments have panels with zigzags. One fragment has banding and upper part of animal. Glaze red to black, much worn ... (September 1958) ... Glaze red to black, much worn. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 4140: Plate Fragment: Stamped

From the center of a Late Roman C plate, stamped with a large lotus. Red clay and wash. Geometric to Late Roman context. Leica ... 21 April 1934 ... From the center of a Late Roman C plate, stamped with a large lotus. ... Geometric to Late Roman context.

[Agora Object] P 20677: Two-Handled Cup

Broken, but complete save minor chips. Out-turned rim. Top of rim reserved and decorated with dots along edge, then lines of thin glaze. Streaky black to red glaze on body, inside and out. Small flat ... 29 April 1950 ... Handles inside and handle-space reserved. Late Geometric ... Geometric well east of Stoa room 10.

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[Agora Object] P 24847: Oinochoe

Many fragments. Handle and base missing. Banded up to shoulder. Then solid, except for neck panel with grazing horse, head in outline. Late Geometric. ADDENDA In all respects = horse on Benaki amphora, ... (June 1955) ... Then solid, except for neck panel with grazing horse, head in outline. Late Geometric. ADDENDA In all respects = horse on Benaki amphora, BSA 42 (1947), pl. 19.

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[Agora Object] P 22429: Pitcher

Mended from several pieces. Small pieces from rim and body missing; restored in plaster. Slightly thickened rim; band handle from lip with thumb impression at lower attachment; flat bottom. Dark gray ... 26 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

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[Agora Object] SS 7564: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

Device. Finished Well in Metroon Porch to east of Room 2 from south; lower shaft (Geometric), upper late Roman. [---] device [---]ων Leica ... 18 May 1937 ... Well in Metroon Porch to east of Room 2 from south; lower shaft (Geometric), upper late Roman.

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[Agora Object] P 631: Pyxis Lid

Small lid. Plain conical flat-topped handle. Glazed dark brown with reddish streaks. Decoration of spirals and narrow bands in opaque cream paint. Underside unpainted. Attic clay. Cream paint largely ... 23 April 1932 ... Traces of burning. Late Geometric or more probably early Protoattic, to judge from the spirals.

[Agora Object] MC 462: Whorl

Conical. Vertically pierced. Sharply concave beneath. Coarse micaceous clay with grits. Geometric well, lower fill. Late 8th c. B.C. Leica ... 15-18 March 1938 ... Geometric well, lower fill. Late 8th c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 24728: Oinochoe: Argive

Handle and much of mouth missing. Small squat oinochoe; broad flat bottom; very shallow body; wide neck with out-turned (trefoil) lip. Impressed oblique bars on shoulder. Light yellow clay. Unglazed ... 28 March 1955 ... Pocket of late Geometric period in bedrock behind Stoa Shop V.

[Agora Object] P 22451: Vessel Fragment

From neck and shoulder of closed pot. Three bands at lower part of the neck; floral ornament above them. On shoulder part of a glazed surface (from an animal?) and dotted open guilloche as filling ornament ... 26 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 22428: Skyphos

Mended from many pieces; wall fragments missing. Flat bottom; rather steep walls; out-turned rim. Underside unglazed; glaze inside and out much peeled. Rim reserved inside, decorated with a glaze band ... 26 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] H 94: Kantharos

NM 16070 Disk foot and oval mouth. All glazed inside. Thick black glaze inside, thin and brown outside. Brann lists other clay-ground kantharoi under I 49 and suggests that the idea may have been inspired ... LG I ... Brann lists other clay-ground kantharoi under I 49 and suggests that the idea may have been inspired by analogous shapes of Middle Helladic Yellow Minyan pottery which have been found in late Geometric groups.

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[Agora Object] P 455: Pyxis Fragment: Corinthian

Fragment from rim and wall. Pattern in narrow stripes of brown glaze, the shoulder frieze including an hourglass motif in solid color. Lattice triangle and butterfly ornament. Inside covered with red ... 31 March 1932 ... Corinthian Late Geometric Pyxis. Example of the importation of Geometric ware from one place to another.

[Agora Object] P 25329: Krater

a) Fragment preserving applied handle on shoulder. Handle striped and hatched. Part of man below. b) Part of rim and shoulder. Groups of verticals on rim, dots and bands below. Stern of ship on shoulder ... 16 April 1938 ... Reddish glaze. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 22452: Amphora: Banded

One handle missing and about half of foot. Ovoid body on vertical ring foot; short wide neck, continuous with shoulder; rolled rim. Handles from neck to shoulder. Base and rim glazed; bands on body to ... 3 July 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

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[Agora Object] P 22437: Oinochoe

Mended from three pieces; much of rim, most of handle and a little of wall missing. Small pear-shaped neckless oinochoe with flat bottom. Underside reserved; exterior glazed except for broad band around ... 26 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 22446: Skyphos

A piece and chips from lip and bottom missing; one handle mended; otherwise intact. Flaring rim; handle round in section; flat bottom. Rim inside and out, inside of handles, handle spaces and bottom, reserved; ... 3 July 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] AP 3027: Skyphos Fragment: Geometric

Red on buff. ADDENDA 2018: Single sherd to a skyphos with short flaring lip and shallow bowl. The exterior decoration consists of four narrow bands on the exterior of the rim. The shoulder zone is ... Late Geometric ... Late Geometric

[Agora Object] AP 3029: Skyphos Fragment: Geometric

Orange - black on buff. ADDENDA 2018: Two sherds mended into a single fragment of a skyphos with short, slightly flaring rim and shallow bowl. The exterior decoration consists of a row of dots with ... Late Geometric ... Late Geometric

[Agora Object] P 22442: Oinochoe

Fragments of lower wall and bottom missing. Small oinochoe with broad pear-shaped body and flat bottom. Narrow neck tapering towards top; narrow out-turned rim. Band handle from rim. Thin streaky grayish ... 1 July 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

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[Agora Object] P 3617: Amphora Fragments

Three non-joining pieces. Below, a panel with human figures; above, part of a frieze of birds? Glazed inside around the top only. Pinkish-buff clay; the glaze black to brown. Late Geometric. ADDENDA ... 17 March 1934 ... Pinkish-buff clay; the glaze black to brown. Late Geometric. ADDENDA Mr. ... He dates in late 8th. c. "sub-Geometric".

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[Agora Object] P 4982: Cup

Flat-bottomed cup with rather bulging, rounded, side wall and short plain lip, one vertical strap handle, lip to below shoulder. Entirely glazed except for reserved band outside lip, another inside lip, ... 14 March 1935 ... Buff slip; thick, rather metallic black to reddish glaze. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 22423: Skyphos

Mended from two pieces, two fragments missing from rim. Flat bottom; out-turned rim. Thin streaky black glaze; bottom reserved, a line around the wall, the insides of the handles and the handle spaces ... 25 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

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[Agora Object] P 22438: Oinochoe Fragment: Waster

Mended from several pieces; part of the neck, shoulder and wall of a round-bodied oinochoe, burned gray and very much warped. Bands on body; double handle. On neck, a panel with horse or deer right. At ... 26 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric .

[Agora Object] P 21096: Black Glaze Oinochoe Fragment

Fragment preserves about half of neck with concave profile; torus lip, flat on top, raised ring on neck below. Broken at junction of neck and body. Pinkish-buff clay. Firm black glaze outside and to ... 19 May 1950 ... Other fragments late geometric - 5th. c.

[Agora Object] P 22422: Cup

Intact, except small chips from rim. Out-turned rim, band handle from lip with a hole through it, near the upper attachment. Slight groove sets off the flat bottom. Rim outside handle inside and bottom ... 25 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

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[Agora Object] P 32500: Plate Fragment: Waster

Two joining fragments preserving small portion of rim and upper body of plate. Upper body near rim badly misfired. Preserved paint fired from red to brown through black. Row of leaves on lower preserved ... 4 June 1938 ... Rim top reserved. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 21523: Krater Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve part of rim and wall. Rim slightly flaring, flat above. Groups of strokes on rim; two bands on its vertical surface; part of decoration, consisting of three bands above and ... 2 July 1951 ... Buff clay with bits. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 22450: Kotyle Fragment

Almost half, with one handle, preserved; whole profile given. Mended from four pieces. Almost vertical rim. Slightly slanting handles, round in section. Slight groove sets off a low base, flat underneath ... 1 July 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 22439: Amphora Fragment

A single fragment preserves neck, rim, both handles and a little of the shoulder of a small amphora. Neck flares to rounded rim; band handles, attached well below rim. The shoulder glazed plain. On the ... 26 June 1952 ... Buff clay; thin streaky glaze, dull; fired black to red. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1694

Globular body on high base, flat beneath; straight neck, flaring trefoil rim; rolled handle from rim. Corinthian tile fabric, handbuilt. The high foot and bulbous body are traditional in Corinth in this ... Context ca. 600-575 B.C ... The high foot and bulbous body are traditional in Corinth in this fabric for hydriai, amphorae and jugs; see for example the long jug series such as C-40-375, 373, 380: Hesperia, XVII, 1948, pl. 76, C 20, 22, 21 (late Geometric); C-37-934, 935: Corinth, VII, i, pl. 23, 170 and pl. 24, 171 (third quarter of 7th century); C-37-2052, 2053: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 601, fig. 23, 166- 167 (context of ca. 500-480 B.C.).

[Agora Object] P 12297: Plate Fragment: Stamped

About one-quarter preserved, but rim broken away. Foot sunken below; walls very shallow so far as preserved. Inside, in center, a band of palm branches surrounding a central medallion with discs with geometric ... 24 march 1938 ... Inside, in center, a band of palm branches surrounding a central medallion with discs with geometric pattern. Late Roman B or C.

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[Agora Object] P 36556: Sherd Disk with Two Drilled Holes

Complete disk, cut from body of Late Protogeometric or Early Geometric Circles Skyphos. Wall of skyphos rising steeply. Exterior decorated with one partially preserved set of five mechanically-drawn circles, ... 11 April 1932 ... Complete disk, cut from body of Late Protogeometric or Early Geometric Circles Skyphos. ... Geometric Grave.

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[Agora Object] AP 3020: Neck Oinochoe Fragment: Patterned

Brown on buff. ADDENDA 2018: Eighteen sherds mended into five non-joining fragments to a oinochoe with a flat, raised concave base. The exterior decoration consists of a monochrome lower body with fifteen ... Late Geometric ... Late Geometric

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[Agora Object] P 22431: Skyphos

Amended description in light of new fragments. Total of 16 fragments, now preserving almost complete skyphos. Flat disk base preserving string marks. Rim slightly flaring, with plain rounded lip; horizontal ... 27 June 1952 ... Well, late Geometric.

[Agora Object] MC 463: Wheel Fragment

About one quarter preserved of a large, very thin, double convex disk pierced through the middle. A glazed square around the hole on one side, and the end of one arm of a cross (?) on the other. Soft ... 15-18 March 1938 ... Geometric well, lower fill. Late 8th c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 22430: Oinochoe

Mended from many pieces; all of the mouth except at the handle attachment missing; also large fragments from the body, and part of the handle. Pear-shaped oinochoe on flat bottom, the sloping shoulder ... 15-17 June 1952 ... Buff clay; black glaze, very much worn. Late Geometric.

[Agora Object] P 24747: Vessel Fragment

Pot fragment with matte painted decoration. From large closed pot. Light colored surface finish, decorated with diagonals bounded by broad horizontal lines. Matte, dark brown glaze. Thick fabric, brownish-gray ... 15 March 1955 ... Sherds from this fill mainly geometric, but few probably as late as 6th c.

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[Agora Object] P 22440: Spouted Krater

Mended from many pieces; base and handle missing. Short upright rim, flattened on top. Sloping spout attached at rim; outlet bored below rim. Vertical rolled handles attached below shoulder. Lower body ... 25-27 June 1952 ... Black glaze, very worn. Late Geometric. Cf.

[Agora Object] H 194: Rim Fragment with Graffito

Glaze bands outside on rim; below, apparently a dot row. Letters incised left to right just below the rim. -ΟΝΙ- Votive dump. -ΟΝΙ- ... Late Geometric II or Subgeometric ... Late Geometric II or Subgeometric

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[Agora Object] P 1667: Jug Fragment

Probably from a jug. Panel of animal with dot rosette and star. Inferior glaze and technique. From the drawing and dot rosette this appears to belong to a late phase. Geometric area, outside house; from ... 15 April 1932 ... From the drawing and dot rosette this appears to belong to a late phase ... Geometric area, outside house; from edge of pit G.

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[Agora Object] P 1710: Amphora or Hydria Fragment

Rim fragment from small amphora or hydria. Relief snake covered with white dots. Decorated with zigzags on the neck below. Technique as geometric. From similar hydria to that from Analatos (Pfuhl (1923), ... 15 April 1932 ... Technique as geometric. From similar hydria to that from Analatos (Pfuhl (1923), fig. 79); cf. ... Early Protoattic, possibly late 8th c. B.C. For relief snake on vases, cf. ... Geometric area outside house; from area A-C.

[Agora Object] P 20377: Plate Fragments with Rouletting: Stamped

a) Fragment of floor. None of foot preserved. Stamped pattern, a square geometric ornament repeated between concentric grooves. b) Rim fragment with heavy rouletting outside below rounded rim. Probably ... 3 November 1949 ... Stamped pattern, a square geometric ornament repeated between concentric grooves. ... Probably not from same plate. Late Roman B. Cf.

[Agora Object] P 25341: Krater Fragment

Glazed part way inside, dilute strokes on top of rim. Outside, hatched maeander, framed by lines top and bottom. Upright rim fragment. Brown glaze. Tholos Trench C, layer I, late Roman disturbance. 1615 ... 20 May 1937

[Agora Object] P 13522: Lid Fragment

Part of edge preserved, otherwise broken. Fragment of a large lid with plain outer edge. Part of a zone of horses is preserved with most of one horse (tail and most of hindquarters missing) and the tail ... 17 June 1938

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[Agora Object] P 3776: Krater Fragment

Fragment from rim of large open vessel (krater?). Red glazed inside, and on the top of the small, slightly projecting lip. Bars on the outer edge of the lip. Below, a maeander, and two lines. On the figured ... 8 May 1934

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[Agora Object] P 1760: Cup Fragment

Fragment from upper part. Offset rim. Glazed inside and out, with reserved bands inside rim. Decorated with a swastika surrounded by dots painted in white on a boss and two white lines below. Probably ... 27 April 1932 ... Probably of late 8th c. B.C. Light on Dark style ... Geometric area outside house; from filling over wall B-B.

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[Agora Object] P 8885: Vessel Fragment

Fragment from wall of large heavy vase. Preserved is the forepart of a ship, to left, probably from under the handle, part of the attachment for which is preserved at the left. Buff clay; black glaze ... 26 May-5 June 1936

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[Agora Object] P 34864: One-Handled Vessel Fragment

Three joining fragments of rim and body of a small open vessel, probably one-handled cup. Paint worn off on exterior. Upper wall vertical; gently flaring rim with rounded lip. Good quality lustrous black ... 9-18 March 1932 ... Early Geometric rather than Late Protogeometric.

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[Agora Object] P 1655: Cup Fragments

Two fragments preserving handle and parts of offset rim. Glazed inside and out; rim decorated with lines inside. Stripes on rim and three white lines around the body. Red glaze and white paint are both ... 22-23 April 1932

[Agora Object] P 3080: Plate Fragments: Stamped

Late Roman C plate fragments. A fragment from the medallion. In the middle, inside a circle, a loop. Around the circle, a band of geometric ornaments. Fine clay containing tiny white particles, covered ... 13 March 1933 ... Late Roman C plate fragments. ... Around the circle, a band of geometric ornaments.

[Agora Object] P 632: Bowl

Fragmentary. Reconstructed from many fragments. Restored in plaster. Horizontal handle with vertical strap to lip. Elaborate decoration all over outside and in center inside. On bottom, inside and outside, ... 13-19 April 1932

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[Agora Object] P 5025: Amphora Fragments

Many fragments added from containers and mended together with plaster. Depicts zone of mourners to r., with their arms up, tearing their hair. Between each, a star and a long vertical blob surrounded ... 16 March 1935

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[Agora Object] P 3847: Pyxis Fragment

The nine fragments, which mended up to five, have been restored with plaster to make something less than half the circumference of the pyxis. None of the bottom is preserved, but a small part of the rim, ... 5 May 1934

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[Agora Object] P 37517: Dinos Fragment

Rim fragment of shallow dinos with portion of shoulder; broken at sides, glaze chipped and slightly pitted on exterior. Mended from three fragments. Short vertical rim with flat top, slight ridge at lip ... Late 8th or early 7th c. B.C ... Late 8th or early 7th c. ... Geometric