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[Image] 2000.02.0475 (Slide Sheet: 03:14)

Akanthos grave stele with ornamental palmette and volutes at top. Pentelic marble ... 1 Jun 2000 ... Akanthos grave stele with ornamental palmette and volutes at top.

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[Object] BI 1223: Palmette Stamp

Mended from two fragments, broken at one end. Burnt bone discolored black and white and cracked. Length of bone, roughly square in section, slightly flaring at preserved end with palmette stamp carved ... 24 June 2005 ... Length of bone, roughly square in section, slightly flaring at preserved end with palmette stamp carved into it. Stamp is slightly off the long vertical axis. Palmette with seven petals springing from two volutes. ... Placed in a polystyrene box with a support made from ethafoam and Tyvek.

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[Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 385, p. 369

Krater, spouted. Lotus-palmette tendril. Krater. Louteria. Krater, standed. Loutrophoroi. Panathenaic amphorae. Kraters, type uncertain. Lozenge. Panathenaic amphora, competition sample. Kyathos. Panathenaic ... Agora 23 369 ... Palmette with ivy ... Palmette with spirals or volutes ... Palmette, buds, and volutes under handles

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[Object] A 3345: Capital: Ionic

Echinus carved with three egg and dart and palmettes at sides. Eyes of volutes carved with eight-petal rosettes around center eye. Volute over echinus carved with lotus rising from two spirals with seven-petalled ... 29 August 1961 ... Echinus carved with three egg and dart and palmettes at sides. Eyes of volutes carved with eight-petal rosettes around center eye. Volute over echinus carved with lotus rising from two spirals with seven-petalled palmette set sidewise at each side.

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[Object] P 3102: Bowl with Paint Decoration

Low foot; inside, three deeply cut rings. Two horizontal handles, grooved. On rim, in white paint, pattern of alternating palmette and spirals. Coarse buff-pink clay; matte paint, almost orange inside ... 9-17 June 1933

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[Object] S 3454: Akanthos Stele of Menestratides: Inscribed

Broken off below. Sides are smooth with no traces of tool marks. Back rough-picked. Separating the shaft and anthemion is an inscribed fascia with a beveled soffit: Carved in moderate relief in a shallow ... 13 December 1994 ... Separating the shaft and anthemion is an inscribed fascia with a beveled soffit: Carved in moderate relief in a shallow shell is a split palmette composed of two six-leaved half-palmettes with a four-petaled flower between them, which spring, along with their volutes, from thick cauliculae. The leaves of the palmette are broad with even spacing between each one. Ten-leaved half-palmettes with volutes flank the central split palmette, springing from the same akanthos calyx.

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[Object] L 2619: Lamp Fragment

Part of the vertical ring handle, a large shield, ornamented with a palmette and volutes moulded in low relief, resting against it. Dull purplish-red glaze. Pinkish-orange clay. Early Roman. Provenience ... 1936 ... Part of the vertical ring handle, a large shield, ornamented with a palmette and volutes moulded in low relief, resting against it.

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[Object] L 4838: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Single fragment preserves part of an upper moulded surface decorated with a spreading palmette pattern and volutes below. Attached at edge, part of a vertical side. Unglazed. Hard reddish clay with some ... May 1937 ... Single fragment preserves part of an upper moulded surface decorated with a spreading palmette pattern and volutes below. ... Hard reddish clay with some mica. Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.

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[Object] A 1342: Antefix Fragment: Plastic and Inscribed

Broken at top and back. Palmette with volutes and tendrils. Gritty red clay; traces of white stucco. Signature along lower edge in raised letters: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ. Cf. A 1347 (ΟΟ 469). In late wall over D 1 ... 18 March 1948 ... Broken at top and back. Palmette with volutes and tendrils.

[Object] Agora XII, no. 782

Two non-joining fragments; profile complete. Low ring foot. Plain rim rounded on top; raised ridge on wall outside. Decoration inside: central palmette, six linked palmettes, enclosed ovules, linked palmettes, ... 430-420 B.C ... Decoration inside: central palmette, six linked palmettes, enclosed ovules, linked palmettes, enclosed palmette chain, using the volutes only. ... Reserved: the resting surface and underside with glazed band and two circles. ... For the central palmette, cf. 781 and 794.

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[Object] L 5083: Lamp Fragment

Fragment giving handle and profile except bottom. Grooved handle with triangular attachment in form of palmette and volutes; grooved disc. Black glaze. Dark gray clay. Type XXI of Corinth collection ... 29 April 1953 ... Grooved handle with triangular attachment in form of palmette and volutes; grooved disc.

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[Object] A 1455: Antefix Fragment: Plastic and Inscribed

Fragment preserving lower part of antefix with start of cover tile. Relief palmette above spirals; raised letters along lower edge: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ. Red tile fabric with remains of light buff surfacing and ... 28 April 1949 ... Fragment preserving lower part of antefix with start of cover tile. Relief palmette above spirals; raised letters along lower edge: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ. Red tile fabric with remains of light buff surfacing and of white over.

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[Object] P 23202: Red Figure Volute Krater Fragment

Neck fragment; broken all around. One palmette and spirals from lyra on each side of it, from the upper neck zone of a large volute krater: double palmette, with ribbed petals alternating with double ... 18 April 1953 ... Neck fragment; broken all around. One palmette and spirals from lyra on each side of it, from the upper neck zone of a large volute krater: double palmette, with ribbed petals alternating with double lyra.

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[Object] A 1313: Antefix: Plastic and Inscribed

Two joining fragments preserve most of the antefix and the start of the cover tile. Concave-petalled palmette, with a small palmette heart; beneath, head of Athena Parthenos; volutes to either side. Coarse ... 8 October 1947 ... Concave-petalled palmette, with a small palmette heart; beneath, head of Athena Parthenos; volutes to either side.

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[Object] P 27681: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragment

The top of the handle, with a little of the adjacent rim. On the handle, palmette above double spirals. A little relief contour. Cut along the east wall of the East Building, ca. 13.50m. to 17.50m. from ... 21 June 1967 ... The top of the handle, with a little of the adjacent rim. On the handle, palmette above double spirals.

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[Object] A 805: Antefix Fragment: Plastic and Inscribed

Lower part only, showing carefully stamped volutes, and start of palmette with diamond center. Part of signature preserved: Α Π [Ο Λ Λ Ω Ν Ι ] Ο Υ Red clay, pale buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III ... 9 April 1937 ... Lower part only, showing carefully stamped volutes, and start of palmette with diamond center.

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[Object] P 9273: Black Figure Skyphos Fragment

Two joining fragments, broken all around. Interior black glazed. Torso of draped figure, right, with left arm raised from waist, standing in front of an altar. White for palmette and volutes on altar ... 1 March 1937 ... Torso of draped figure, right, with left arm raised from waist, standing in front of an altar. White for palmette and volutes on altar.

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[Object] L 3697: Handle of Lamp

Broken off from the back of the lamp. Handle with finger hole, to which is attached a large leaf-shaped plaque, decorated in low relief with a palmette springing from elaborate acanthus volutes. Good light ... 20 April 1939 ... Handle with finger hole, to which is attached a large leaf-shaped plaque, decorated in low relief with a palmette springing from elaborate acanthus volutes.

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[Object] P 460: Stand Fragments

Fourteen fragments from large stand with cuttings in sides. a) mended. Decorated with half circles and triangles. b) mended. Decorated with incipient palmette pattern, curled over. Three fragments with ... 1 April 1932 ... Fourteen fragments from large stand with cuttings in sides. a) mended. ... Decorated with incipient palmette pattern, curled over. Three fragments with rays; five fragments from upper part with palmettes pendent between volutes with triangles above.

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[Object] P 19016: Red Figure Amphora Fragment

The lower attachment with a little of the wall inside preserved. Substantial band handle with convex outer face; a deep groove along the sides and around the lower end, reserved and reddened. Framed by ... 1947 ... The lower attachment with a little of the wall inside preserved. Substantial band handle with convex outer face; a deep groove along the sides and around the lower end, reserved and reddened. Framed by the groove, a palmette above spirals, in red figure.

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[Object] L 754: Lamp

On rim, heart and diamond elaborated with small spirals in clear and careful relief. On discus, alternating ivy leaf and palmette. Pointed knob handle. On the reverse, a low thin ring base. Unglazed. Fine ... 17 March 1933 ... On rim, heart and diamond elaborated with small spirals in clear and careful relief. On discus, alternating ivy leaf and palmette. Pointed knob handle.

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[Object] B 475: Mirror

Injured, by fall of slab, both above and below. Thick flat disk. The handle though short appears to be complete. At its top, a pair of volutes with a palmette between, and on either side a pair of tendrils ... 23 March 1936 ... At its top, a pair of volutes with a palmette between, and on either side a pair of tendrils uncurling horizontally.

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[Object] P 19311: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragment

Lower part of handle preserved, triangular in section; the two outer faces concave, meeting to form a heavy central spine. On the lower part, and at the attachment, a double palmette with spirals between ... 17 October 1947 ... On the lower part, and at the attachment, a double palmette with spirals between.

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[Object] A 1312: Antefix: Plastic and Inscribed

The antefix is complete save minor chips; two joining fragments give part of the cover tile. Relief palmette with diamond heart; volutes below. The signature in relief letters along the bottom of the face: ... 8 October 1947 ... Relief palmette with diamond heart; volutes below.

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[Object] I 167: Monument

Inscribed stele with ornamental top of palmette and volutes. Upper part of ornament mended from many fragments. Near the top, two double concentric discs with button in center (simplified rosettes). At ... 12 February 1932 ... Inscribed stele with ornamental top of palmette and volutes. ... Near the top, two double concentric discs with button in center (simplified rosettes).

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[Object] A 814: Sima Fragment: Painted

Left side preserved. Flat fillet across the top decorated with key-pattern; the squares between the keys painted purple. Below, decorating the curved molding and the flat band, large lotus and palmette ... 25 February 1938 ... Flat fillet across the top decorated with key-pattern; the squares between the keys painted purple. Below, decorating the curved molding and the flat band, large lotus and palmette ornament springing from volutes; the pattern is outlined in black and reserved in the creamy slip: purple used for the hearts of the lotus and palmettes. Coarse red clay with bits; covered with thick creamy slip.

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[Object] S 3455: Akanthos Stele

Stele complete as far as can be seen. Back rough-picked. Front surface uneven, possibly reworked with original surface chipped off. Flaked and spalled. Traces of mortar. A taenia over an ovolo separates ... 13 December 1994 ... Front surface uneven, possibly reworked with original surface chipped off. ... The anthemion is a split palmette composed of two five-leaved half-palmettes, which spring, along with their volutes, from thick cauliculae. Originally a second pair of volutes rested on the horizontal molding at the corners, but these are abraded away.

[Object] Agora XII, no. 543

Part of foot, floor and wall. Flaring ring foot; lower part of wall slightly concave, a groove at the junction with the upper wall. Reserved: under- side with glazed circle, band, two circles and dot ... Ca. 420 B.C ... Flaring ring foot; lower part of wall slightly concave, a groove at the junction with the upper wall. Reserved: under- side with glazed circle, band, two circles and dot. Decoration inside: palmette cross, circle of spirals, five palmettes set on the circle.

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[Object] A 4662: Capital: Ionic

Two joining pieces preserving most of capital; three ends of volutes broken away. Surfaces are fresh. Four-leafed palmette in corner of volute; echinus not carved. Resting surface finished with clawed ... Third quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Two joining pieces preserving most of capital; three ends of volutes broken away. ... Four-leafed palmette in corner of volute; echinus not carved. Resting surface finished with clawed toothed chisel; cutting for an empolion.

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[Object] P 1251: Black Figure Volute Krater

Volutes broken off. Fragments of sides, foot missing. Running maeander to left around outside of rim: reversing palmette and lotus chain below; tongue pattern around top of shoulder. All three patterns ... August-September 1932 ... Volutes broken off. ... Running maeander to left around outside of rim: reversing palmette and lotus chain below; tongue pattern around top of shoulder. ... Interior of vase covered with black glaze. Alternate leaves of tongue pattern red.

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[Object] P 24940: Black Glaze Bolsal Fragment: Stamped

Most of base and some of lower wall preserved. A circle of stamped spirals around center of floor, with five palmettes set on it, spaced around. At center of floor, a four-palmette cross. Very good glaze ... June 1955 ... A circle of stamped spirals around center of floor, with five palmettes set on it, spaced around. At center of floor, a four-palmette cross. Very good glaze. ... At center, circle and dot; further out, a broad circle with a thin line to either side.

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[Object] B 433: Lamp Guard

Broken off at the bottom; the tip bent over. A large acanthus leaf, from which spring spirals, forming an elaborate open-work palmette-shaped ornament. Coarse incision for details. At the top, a bud-like ... 19 April 1937 ... A large acanthus leaf, from which spring spirals, forming an elaborate open-work palmette-shaped ornament. ... The back plain, with traces of attachment at back.

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[Object] P 34499: Moldmade Bowl

a) Nine joining sherds making up most of base with section of wall and rim, giving complete profile, and b) non-joining piece of upper wall and rim in four sherds. Medallion: six-petaled rosette within ... May 1947 ... Medallion: six-petaled rosette within two ridges with scraped groove between them. ... Rim: (top to bottom) alternating fleur de lis and palmette (?) springing from double spirals; two ridges; palmettes laid on their sides, two ridges. Outturned rim with scraped groove below.

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[Object] P 590: Moldmade Bowl

Mended from many fragments; complete save for six small holes (one from rim). Medallion: double rosette. Then, quadruple wreath of small leaves, diminishing in size toward the medallion. Then, figured ... 22 April 1932 ... Then, figured band: four pairs of rearing goats with kraters between; in field, birds with garlands(?) ... Above the figured band, two decorative bands: ovolo and row of motives composed of two S-spirals surmounted by a pair of dolphins facing a central palmette. Scraped grooves around central medallion and just under rim (colored with miltos). Attic clay.

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[Object] P 8533: Red Figure Volute Krater Fragments

From a sizable open vase, glazed inside, rather dull. a) At left a warrior whose cuirass flaps hang over a shaded body; his sword sheath projects to the right. The inside of the shield of another warrior, ... 21-24 February 1936 ... The inside of the shield of another warrior, decorated with volutes (?). ... On the neck, double palmette and 'lotus' chain; on the vertical face of the lip, maeander with saltire squares. ... Pit with marble chips.

[Object] Agora XXX, no. 1448

Floor fragment with start of bowl and beginning of stem on underside. Glaze flaked in places. Max. dim. 0.105; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.13. I (part illustrated), two youths (heads, part of shoulder ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Floor fragment with start of bowl and beginning of stem on underside. ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with cross-squares. ... At the left, spirals from the palmette configuration at the handle.

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[Object] P 4658: Pyxis Lid Fragment

Part of a frieze with chariot procession. To left, two horses (heads and necks preserved) drawing a chariot toward the right; a warrior with a square shield which has a flower emblem faces them, pulling ... 18 February 1935 ... Part of a frieze with chariot procession. ... In field, zigzags, hook-spirals and guilloche. Around the base of the knob, hooks with palmette tips.

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[Object] P 19152: Red Figure Volute Krater Fragments

Two fragments from opposite sides of the rim of a red figure volute krater. Lip flat on top, projecting; its outer face decorated with a single maeander. a) Mended from two pieces. On the top of the lip ... 3-7, 14-19 July 1947 ... Lip flat on top, projecting; its outer face decorated with a single maeander. ... Single lotus and palmette pattern, the palmettes encircled; the pointed lotus tips balanced by spirals.

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[Object] P 5194: Black Glaze Stemless Cup or Bowl Fragments: Stamped

Ring foot; moulded line around outer wall. Inside the foot, reserved, washed with pink, and decorated with black glazed circles and dot. At the center of the floor, a stamped palmette surrounded by linked ... 28 March, 5 April 1935 ... Inside the foot, reserved, washed with pink, and decorated with black glazed circles and dot. At the center of the floor, a stamped palmette surrounded by linked palmettes, then egg pattern, then linked palmettes, and a circle of small double volutes made by tipping the stamp and using only the lower part.

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[Object] P 23853: Red Figure Skyphos: Attic Type

Preserved are: the bottom and one side, with one handle. Attic type; slight out-turn at rim. Two cloaked figures, facing, the one at the right bearded and holding a strigil in his extended right hand ... 19 April 1954 ... Preserved are: the bottom and one side, with one handle. Attic type; slight out-turn at rim. ... Handle ornament, palmette with volutes.

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[Object] P 10877: Moldmade Bowl

About one-third of body, none of lip preserved. At bottom, neat double rosette surrounded by an incised groove; above, tall palmettes alternating with grape tendrils bearing leaves and clusters, which ... 10-11 March 1936 ... At bottom, neat double rosette surrounded by an incised groove; above, tall palmettes alternating with grape tendrils bearing leaves and clusters, which reach to the upper ornament band. Above each palmette, and between the tendrils, wrestling and fighting scenes in relief. On the rim, a running ivy band between dots; a band of reverse spirals, and rosettes alternating with fleurs de lys.

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[Object] P 10020: Red Figure Cup: Type B

About two-thirds of rim and floor preserved, and one handle; none of the foot. Restored in plaster. Exterior: A) A nude youth wearing a fillet with long leaves, and holding a strigil in his left hand, ... 22 April 1937 ... Exterior: A) A nude youth wearing a fillet with long leaves, and holding a strigil in his left hand, stands between a woman holding a phiale and an oinochoe, and wearing chiton, embroidered himation and fillet, and a cloaked male figure. ... Double reserved ground line. Palmette and spirals at handles.

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[Object] P 15853: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragment

Most of the neck, with moulded rib at top and another lighter at base, and most of the wide, circular mouth, like a bowl with flattened lip, preserved, mended from many pieces. Presumably from a vase similar ... 12-15 April 1939 ... Most of the neck, with moulded rib at top and another lighter at base, and most of the wide, circular mouth, like a bowl with flattened lip, preserved, mended from many pieces. ... Ornament: running right around the neck, except at the center back, beneath the handle, a double lotus and palmette band. Relief contour for the lotuses, for the central petals of the palmettes, and for the spirals which connect the two.

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[Object] P 10028: Red Figure Skyphos Fragments

Three fragments from a thin-walled skyphos. a) From the rim. Wreath of small pointed leaves, with berries; below, a bit of handle ornament; a plant spray, and at right, facing right, the upper part of ... 24 April 1937 ... Wreath of small pointed leaves, with berries; below, a bit of handle ornament; a plant spray, and at right, facing right, the upper part of a draped female figure. ... At bottom, a bit of crisscross lower zone, then a reserved band, then the figured zone, with parts of two figures; at left, a pair of nude legs, front; some drapery behind, and staff in front; at right, a foot, left, with the bottom of a dress. c) From the wall beneath a handle. Part of the handle ornament; palmette, spirals and leaves.

[Object] Agora XXX, no. 303

Eight non-joining wall fragments, a and b with rim and strengthened with plaster. Band on inside at rim, a narrower one 0.068 below rim. Glaze fired red on inside, slightly misfired below figures on outside ... Ca. 460-450 B.C ... Eight non-joining wall fragments, a and b with rim and strengthened with plaster. ... At the left of fragment a, part of the handle ornament (palmette and lotus) as well as the start of handle A/B, its root ornamented with a tongue pattern. ... The last two also give part of a handle root and its configuration (palmette with spirals).

[Object] Agora XXX, no. 817

Body fragment from above foot. P.H. 0.113; P.W. 0.13. J. R. Green, Hesperia 31, 1962, pl. 30:9; Lezzi-Hafter, Schuwalow-Maler, p. 118, cat. no. O 30, pl. 171:c, d. Chariot team, perhaps of Poseidon and ... Ca. 410 B.C ... At the very bottom, just above the stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, is a row of dots indicating the floor of the sea. Behind the chariot is an upright encircled palmette and spirals from the configuration below the handle.

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[Object] P 22299: Neck Amphora

Mended from many pieces; considerable fragments of lower wall, and small piece from shoulder missing. Restored in plaster. Slender neck-amphora on high flaring ring foot. Broad flaring rim with angular ... 17 May 1952 ... Broad flaring rim with angular profile. ... Next above, a band of open maeander; then a broad zone filled by large reversed spirals in pairs, each pair joined to the next by a double palmette motif; palmettes also at the mid-point of each pair. ... On the neck, a panel on each side; in it, the forepart of a bull, with one hoof raised, to right.