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[Agora Object] BI 1299: Bone Button

Intact. Small circular bone ring with rounded edge. Large center hole. Small flattened patch on two opposite sides, worn or intentional? Yellow bone with slight tint of green. Finished Late floor, Layer ... 18 July 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1300: Bone Button

Circular bone bead. Chipped at one rim. Covered in concretions. Large hole in the center. Biconical profile with flat collar at top and bottom. Yellow ivory color. Finished Late floor, Layer IV. In fill ... 19 July 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1301: Bone Button

Circular bone bead. Back surface flat; rounded top surface is worn down on two opposite sides, one side particularly thin. On the side horizontal score (from the lathe?). Ivory color with a greenish ... 31 July 2007

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[Agora Object] A 5161: Ship's Eye Fragment

Mended from two pieces, the fragment preserves the outer left corner of a ship's eye. Low raised border for eyelid, edge straight. Interior surface flat. Upper surface polished, back flat and roughly ... 27 July 2007

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[Agora Object] MC 1769: Clay Token

Complete. Thick oval token stamped on obverse, edge raised. Reverse round with finger prints. Stamp: figure with left foot on ground line, right foot raised, balancing a kylix. Head bent with comb on top ... 25 July 2007

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[Agora Object] IL 2035: Lead Weight

Well-preserved. Small square weight. Slightly raised edges and two pointed corners, sides slant diagonally. Design in relief: probably a crescent. Cf. Agora X, LW 50 (IL 703). Finished Late floor, Layer ... 24 July 2007

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[Agora Object] IL 2036: Lead Weight

Covered in a layer of corrosion. Nicks around the hole and at one corner most likely ancient. Rectangular weight rounded at corners. Large square hole (slightly off-center) pierced almost through the ... 2 August 2007

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[Agora Object] P 35610: Pyre Saucer

Intact. Slightly concave underside with string marks; convex wall, rounded rim. Pink light orange fabric; thin metallic black glaze mottled orange on one side. Probably mid-4th c. B.C. Cf. Agora XXIX, ... 4 July 2007

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[Agora Object] T 4893: Mold Fragment for Figurine

Small fragment preserving part of the edge of a mold. One-third of the face and right shoulder of a female figurine with long hair, diadem/headdress. Back and edge of mold smooth. Light orange-buff clay ... 23 July 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1290: Shell with Pigment

Mended from two fragments, gap along edge close to the hinge. Ovoid shell with red pigment on interior surface also embedded in soil sample kept from the inside of the shell. Finished Northwest corner ... 14 June 2007

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[Agora Object] BI 1291: Shell with Pigment

Slightly chipped at one edge otherwise complete. Red and yellow pigment preserved on interior surface. Finished Northwest corner of Room II. 8137 ... 14 June 2007

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[Agora Object] IL 2012: Lead Token

Lead token with stamped obverse, reverse flat. Obverse stamped off-center with image of Gallic shield: elliptical shield with double ridge and central boss (greave?). Lead. For Athenian Armor tokens, ... 15 June 2007

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[Agora Object] IL 2031: Lead Tool

One end missing. Surface corroded and flaking mostly at broken end. Shaft bent into semi-circular shape (intentionally?). Thick shaft, square in section, tapers to a blunt point at preserved end. Lead ... 15 June 2007