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Two-handled Cup.
Center of floor missing; many areas restored.
Flaring, angular ring foot; flat resting surface. Incurved body with groove at top. High, vertical rim, slightly convex to outside, with ... Context of 110 to early 1st century after Christ |
Two-handled Cup.
One handle, one-third of rim, and part of foot and floor restored.
Slightly nippled underside. Light brown fabric (7.5 YR 6/4); thin, gray glaze, orange in places.
Similar, from same ... Context of 160-130 |
Projecting rim, flat on top; deep ovoid body; strap handles; spreading ring foot. Buff clay; dilute wash inside and out with black on inside of neck, on rim, and for a pair of bands on shoulder and one ... Context ca. 470-460 B.C. |
Small parts of neck and rim restored; resting surface and top of handle very worn.
Beveled resting surface. Top of handle very pointed. Dull black glaze with red patches ... 300-275 |
Flat floor, thickened rim. Handbuilt of household ware with straw tempering; black glaze inside. Graffito on rim: ΜΙ.
Also from a late archaic context, P 20816 R 12:1; and, from a context of the second ... Context ca. 520-480 B.C. |
Recessed underside. Reserved: resting surface and under- side with central dot.
From the same deposit, P 16017 and P 16018 vary slightly. Other contemporary pieces are P 2346 R 13:4 Hesperia, IV, 1935, ... Ca. 450 B.C. |
Wall fragment. Glaze cracked near top. Max. dim. 0.083.
Nike (middle of body dressed in a peplos, arms) flying to left, holding something (shaft), probably a torch, in her right hand. At the left, lower ... Ca. 440-430 B.C. |
Common 5th century type. Others from the Agora are P 2362 R 13:4 Hesperia, IV, 1935, p. 515, fig. 27, 82; J.H.S., LXXXII, 1962, pl. V, 3, right; P 11015 B 15:1 Hesperia, XVIII, 1949, pp. 335-6, 99; P 21695 ... Context ca. 460-440 B.C. |
Plate Or Bowl.
P 8591 a, b
Fragment of foot and lower wall (a); fragment of floor (b).
Low ring foot with angular profile; narrow resting surface. Parts of kiln supports embedded in floor and underside ... Context of 175-125 |
Two-handled Cup.
Handles and about half of body restored.
Pointed underside. Three large palmettes within coarse rouletting on floor. Light brown fabric (7.5YR 6/4); dull gray glaze inside, orange on ... Context of 110-75 ... Light brown fabric (7.5YR 6/4); dull gray glaze inside, orange on upper outside.
Other stamped examples at the Agora: P 11846, P 8904, P 11847 (Agora V, F 29--F 31, pp. 13--14, pls. 1, 64, from N 19:1, upper fill [Group F]), P 20456, P 6915 ( palmettes, appliqué frogs). For others stamped with palmettes see Samos XIV, p. 162, fig. 172; Antioch IV, i, p. 29, fig. 8:31, 32; Wright 1980, no. 95, p. 158, pl. 32. |
Deep basin on disc base; squared rim; round hole neatly cut through center of the floor. Pinkish buff clay with grits; remains of light buff surfacing.
Others similar, as large or larger and with squared ... Context ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Mended with fragments restored in plaster and painted, notably parts of the lip. H. 0.055; diam. at rim 0.132; width with handles 0.18; diam. of tondo 0.057; diam. of foot 0.06. E. Vanderpool, Hesperia ... Ca. 510 B.C. |
Rim and three-fourths of body restored.
Low foot; curved resting surface; nearly flat underside with spiral marks. Upper and lower body of equal height, both slightly curved.
Smooth transition to neck ... Late 2nd to early 1st century? (3rd-century context,disturbed) |
Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably all of the mouth, neck and handle, much of lower body, nearly all of ring base. Thin glaze on inside. Glaze pitted and flaked in many ... Ca. 450-440 B.C. |
Two non-joining fragments, a of wall, b of rim and neck with start of handle zone at far left. Glaze pitted on inside of a. Max. dim. a) 0.077, b) 0.14; W. of rim 0.025; H. of neck 0.063. W. B. Dinsmoor, ... Ca. 480 B.C. |
Italian Thin-walled Ware Beaker.
Part of rim, wall, and floor restored.
Underside slightly convex. Deep body, concave at bottom and widening to convex upper body, contracted below rim. Flaring rim with ... Context of 100-75 ... Very thin, gritty fabric, red to dark reddish gray (2.5YR 6/5--5YR 4/2), with many red, white, and black inclusions.
The only nearly complete example from the Agora. Other fragments, all of the same shape and decoration: P 4094 (H. ... Thompson 1934, D 79, p. 392, fig. 78 [H 16:4]), P 11857 (Agora V, F 24, p. 13, pl. 1, with slightly more elaborate decoration [N 19:1, upper fill]), P 31136 (Rotroff 1983, no. 106, p. 297, pl. 61 [E 6:2, upper fill]), P 3836 (M 23:1, main chamber), P 14476 (M 20:1, lower fill), P 4287, P 4216, P 6592. |
The pointed end only remains.
The part next the blade was rectangular in section; the rest round. Trial pit in Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, V layer. Leica, 5-226 ... 10 March 1933 |
| Nineteen staves (two still stuck together) are preserved. They are in fair to good condition. An iron encirled the pail at its middle, numerous traces of it being preserved; and there were probably two ... 5 April 1937 |
Wall fragment with a little of projecting rim. Glaze misfired reddish brown in places on outside; a bit greenish on inside. Max. dim. 0.074.
Fight(?). The fragment preserves the raised, bent right arm ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
Neck and part of upper body missing. A small vase with a heavy low, flat-bottomed base and elongated pear-shaped body.
Orange clay, slightly micaceous; unglazed.
ADDENDA Lip fragment added from sherds ... May-June 1936 |
Single fragment preserves some of rim and wall. One groove outside rim, one each above and below keel; wall concave in section.
Glaze fired black in places. Micaceous cinnamon clay. N.E. of Circular ... 29 May 1951 |
| Low foot, straight neck with rolled lip. Heavy vertical handle. Three horizontal grooves on neck at handle level; four on shoulder at base of neck, one on body at base of handle. Restored in plaster with ... 9-17 June 1933 |
Mouth of jug and part of left side of the moulded head preserved. A small jar in the form of a negroid(?) head with curly hair. The round mouth of the jug projects from the top of the skull. Made in a ... 8-17 June 1933 |
| Fragment from wall of a small closed vase with both vertical and horizontal curve. At the left edge, the fingers of an outstretched hand; or possibly the tip of a wing(?). To the right, an inscription ... 11 February 1933 |
| Large chip at rim. Rim and foot also with minor chips. Body intact.
Out-turned lip. Rounded belly. Mid part body wheel-ridged, upper part with oblique gouging, vertical against one side of handle. Sliced ... 3 July 2003 |
| Mended from three pieces. From the lower wall of a small but thick-walled open vase. Above two horizontal reserved lines is the outstretched foot of a seated figure with part of the rock(?) on which he ... 10 February 1933 |
| Small fragments of rim, wall and base restored in plaster. Small base ring; shallow lower body, flaring below, curving in above to vertical rim, from which it is separated by a deep groove; vertical loop ... February-April 1937 |
| Most of rim preserved, and much of walls; about one-third of base, mostly in non-joining fragment c). Fragments d)-g) non-joining, from walls and base. Restored in plaster. A large deep basin, with sides ... April-June 1936 |
| Top, bottom and side surfaces broken, rough-picked back preserved.
Female head faces right. Features destroyed. Columnar neck with V-folds around neck. Perhaps a Nymph.
Pentelic marble. From circled marbles ... 12 August 1977 |
One handle missing and chips from neck; restored in plaster. Medium-sized amphora on broad low ring foot. Body and shoulder form continuous curve. Vertical neck with thickened flaring lip. Vertical ribbed ... 23 May-10 June 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment of stele.
Mended from two fragments.
Top of stele; full width preserved, and rough picked back.
Archonship of Apollodoros.
Twenty lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble ... 319-318 B.C. |
| One handle and few bits restored in plaster. Shape similar to P 11845 (Χ 871). Stamped decoration: three large irregular palmettes on floor.
Clay reddish-brown. Inside and upper part of outside covered ... February-April 1937 |
| Handle and chips off rim missing. Lower body rounded with no articulated base; upper part of body slightly concave; out-turned flaring rim; base of handle preserved at widest part of body.
Coarse red ... 20 August 1973 |
| From a large stand(?). Outside: beak and breast of a bird and a cross whose arms end in spirals. Added red, marked off by incision, for bird's wings.
Flaky glaze; pinkish-buff clay; inside unglazed ... 29 May 1951 |
| Fragmentary; profile complete. Restored in plaster. Deep-bodied casserole with slightly rounded bottom, vertical walls and projecting rim for lid. Lug handles.
Coarse light red clay, buff at surface, ... 16-27 April 1936 |
| Fragment of rim and upper wall. Vertical rim with flange on inside (to receive lid?). Body decorated with coarse running spiral. Catalogued 3 August 1979. Area of piers 13-14, layer V, on bedrock. Context ... 4 September 1953 |
| Table Amphora. Mended and restored; one handle, parts of neck, rim missing. Ring foot; rounded body; wide neck; out-turned rounded rim; ridges at top and bottom of neck; vertical handles from neck to shoulder ... 18 August 1973 |
Loop handle missing; otherwise intact.
Characteristic raised dots, small, on top and wall; volutes on nozzle; raised "alpha" beneath.
Purplish-black to red glaze.
Clay burned gray.
Type XX of Corinth ... 29 May 1951 |
| Broken and melted on one side.
Profile like J 142, except that top and bottom are more rounded. On angle of "V", row of fine neat dots.
Early Geometric.
1.3gr Πρώιμο γεωμετρικό, χρυσό δακτυλίδι, λεπτής ... 15 June 1967 |
| Finger ring.
Bent and torn through half the width.
Repousse. Top and bottom bevelled, broad "V"-shaped through the middle.
Thin fabric a little heavier than leaf.
Early Geometric.
0.8gr Πρώιμο Γεωμετρικό, ... 15 June 1967 |
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