Agora XII, no. 263

Part of handle restored. Flat bottom; strap handle. Traces of an added red line at level of handle. Close, from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 2207: Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 250, ... 550-525 B.C ... Close, from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 2207: Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 250, fig. 53, 312.

Agora XII, no. 922

Flat underside. Wall thickened top and bottom. Reserved: underside and top of rim. Glaze fired red and peeled. Cf. Athens, Agora Museum, Acropolis North Slope A-P 1543 (Well A): Hesperia, IX, 1940, p ... 525-500 B.C ... Glaze fired red and peeled. Cf. Athens, Agora Museum, Acropolis North Slope A-P 1543 (Well A): Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 252, fig. 55, 316.

Agora XII, no. 1411

Mouth and handle missing. Jug of Vraona Shape (ABV 443-444). Concave bottom. Unglazed, except for strokes on the body and shoulder. Athens, Agora Museum, Acropolis North Slope A-P 1036: Hesperia, VII, ... Early 5th c. B.C ... Unglazed, except for strokes on the body and shoulder. Athens, Agora Museum, Acropolis North Slope A-P 1036: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 192, fig. 28, is very close.

Agora XII, no. 1823

Fragment; rim, wall and handle. From a large deep basin; outcurved rim. Glaze inside, on rim and for a band outside. Also early, from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 993: Hesperia, ... Context, ca. 550-525 B.C ... Also early, from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 993: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 181, fig. 19, 30.

Agora XII, no. 1925

Bottom missing. Pared rim; deep shoulder. From the same deposit, P 13811; and cf. from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 1130: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 220, fig. 54 (Well M, use filling), ... Context to ca. 500 B.C ... From the same deposit, P 13811; and cf. from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 1130: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 220, fig. 54 (Well M, use filling), somewhat broader but with the same low shoulder.

Agora XII, no. 217

Low ring foot. Vertical ribbing joined at the top by arcs. Two light grooves on lower part of wall. Double handle with shouldering. Very close are P 24155 Q 15:2 and P 10111 M 20:3-L. Cf. also Athens, ... Ca. 420 B.C ... Cf. also Athens, Agora Museum, PN-P 257: Hesperia, I, 1932, p. 132, fig. 19, 1.

Agora XII, no. 1507

One-piece pithos. Below the shoulder-ridge a zone of lotus flowers, set end-to-end in pairs; on the wall, two zones of noughts and crosses. Another, fragmentary, also from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, ... Context ca. 520-480 B.C ... Another, fragmentary, also from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum A-P 2532, came from the same well and carries the same stamp; the pattern, Hesperia, XV, 1946, pl. 24, 2.

Agora XII, no. 1216

Lid missing. Low flaring ring foot. Horizontal ribbon handles, flange for lid. Reserved: resting surface, underside, handle-panel and top of vertical rim. Added red: band outside just below handles, two ... 525-500 B.C ... Cf. from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum A-P 951: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 181, fig. 18.

Agora XII, no. 1350

Bowl only. Small bowl with rim offset by two grooves and with a vertical inset lip, to receive a lid. Reserved: top and outer edge of lip, junction of bowl and stem. Glaze fired brown. Similar, with ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Similar, with a heavy ring at the top of the stem, which is banded like 1353, Athens, Agora Museum, from the Acropolis North Slope, A-P 2477: Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 180, fig. 21, 74.

Agora XII, no. 1288

About a third. Lid missing. Full profile, save for edge of lip. Tripod foot, concave wall. Inset flange for lid. Glazed inside, on outside of flange and horizontal top of wall, a band round the middle ... 550-525 B.C ... Cf. the slightly later pyxis, from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum A-P 1007: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 192, fig. 28, small and with banded wall.

Agora XII, no. 1502

Tightly rolled rim, undercut; small ring foot; thick strap handles, arched from base of neck. Brush-banded, black to brown, on rim and body; neck, handles and lower edge of foot unglazed. Similar but ... Context ca. 575-535 B.C ... See also from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum A-P 1174: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 183, fig. 21, right.

Agora XII, no. 1101

Flaring ring foot; strap handle, the attachments set close together on the wall. Offsetting below neck. Rim rounded on top. Foot reserved beneath. Added red: on rim, one band at offsetting, two lines below ... 550-525 B.C ... For a contemporary example with different mouth, see Athens, Agora Museum, from the Acropolis North Slope A-P 2423: Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 251, fig. 54, 310.

Agora XII, no. 1730

Handle restored. Domed askos. Shallow saucer mouth; sharp angle at shoulder; disc foot slightly concave beneath. Pale buff clay and surfacing. Corinthian. Close, from Corinth, C-39-269, from a well-filling ... Context, second quarter to last quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Similar, from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum A-P 788: Hesperia, IV, 1935, p. 300, fig. 47, found with a stemless cup A-P 138: op. cit., p. 299, fig. 45, 191.

Agora XII, no. 491

Moulded ring foot; raised rings on underside. Reserved: the space inside the innermost ring, with two circles and dot. Groove above junction of wall and foot. Decoration inside: eleven-point central star ... Ca. 430 B.C ... For the hatched design on the interior of cups, cf. 494; Athens Acr. 1272: Langlotz, pl. 90; Athens, Agora Museum, from the Acropolis North Slope, A-P 325: Hesperia, IV, 1935, p. 295, fig. 42, 177; Paris, Louvre CA 643(5).

Agora XII, no. 564

Flaring ring foot; concave lip. Reserved: foot and handle- panels, also a thin line on the rim. Added red: a line inside and outside the rim just above the level of the handles. Graffito on underside: ... Ca. 520 B.C ... For the added red line on the outside of the rim cf. Athens, Kerameikos inv. 1416: Arch. Anz., 1940, cols. 329-330, fig. 12, center and, from the North Slope of the Acropolis, Athens, Agora Museum A-P 1021: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 196, fig. 31, 27; both of them quite similar in shape to 564.

Agora XII, no. 1824

Shallow basin on broadly flaring ring foot; flat-topped rim with deep vertical face. Heavy fabric; glaze on top of rim, on handles and on foot; thin inside. For practical purposes a shallow tub rather ... Context, ca. 500 B.C ... For practical purposes a shallow tub rather than a lekane; on another unusually broad-based example from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 2424: Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 251, fig. 54, 325, the shape of the body is nearer the normal.

Agora XII, no. 1445

Short flaring rim, a single groove below it; ovoid body; handles rolled and slightly flattened; ring foot. Light red clay, traces of buff surfacing outside; glaze wash inside and on the rim. 1444 and ... Context ca. 500-480 B.C ... For a slightly different version with a well-made echinus foot cf. from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 1121: Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 218, fig. 52; there also the interior glazing seen on 1444 and 1445.

Agora XII, no. 1533

Squat ovoid body on ring foot; flaring rim with interior flange; rolled handles. Attic household ware; glaze wash inside, and traces of a glaze band below the handles. On a somewhat more slender example ... Context ca. 435-425 B.C.

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L 3632: Two Nozzle Lamp

Nozzles and rim chipped; otherwise intact. Deep-bodied straight-walled lamp on substantial ring foot. Hollow tube through body; long nozzles, opposite each other. Rim gently curved; set off from wall by ... 30 December 1938 ... Type VII of Corinth collection, type 26A of Agora collection ... Howland in Athens. Deposited in Agora Museum.

Agora XII, no. 648

Handles missing. Foot in two degrees with reserved resting surface; under- side reserved with four circles and dot. Scraped groove just above foot. Decoration inside: five linked palmettes round central ... 390-380 B.C ... The excavations in the Sanctuary of the Nymph, south of the Acropolis, have produced similar early 4th century transitional pieces: Athens, Acropolis Museum 1956 NAK 69, 71, 72, and 75. Their absence from the Agora seems to be fortuitous.