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J 228: Rose Quartz Bead

Worn. Cylindrical bead, pierced for suspension; hole larger on one face than the other. Pink stone with white veins. Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. From sieving. in ziplock polyethylene bag inside a plastic box ... July 1998

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ST 951: Plaque

Intact. Small chips in surface, on corners, and along edges. Black stain on one side. Rectangular plaque shape, bevelled along bottom edge on one side. Pierced hole (0.006m.) from center of upper edge ... 24-30 July 1998

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ST 967: Button

Intact. Polished surface. Conical shape with offset ring at top. Concave bottom, rounded at edge. Pierced slightly off center. Dark brown stone. Steatite (?). Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. kept in a plastic ... 24 July 1998

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ST 961: Button

Intact. Surface very scratched. Conical shape, flat top and bottom. Pierced through center. Brown stone. Steatite (?). Cf. Agora XIII, nos. XXIII-10 to XXXIII-12 (ST 595-597). Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... 24 July 1998

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ST 962: Button

Intact. Surface scratched. Conical shape, flat top and bottom. Rounded edges. Pierced through center. Olive green stone. Cf. Agora XIII, nos. XXIII-10 to XXXIII-12 (ST 595-597). Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... 24 July 1998

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ST 963: Button

Intact. Conical shape. Flat top and bottom. Rounded edges. Pierced through center. Red stone with greenish and yellow veins; carnelian (?). Cf. Agora XIII, nos. XXIII-10 to XXXIII-12 (ST 595-597). Mycenaean ... 24 July 1998

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ST 964: Button

Intact. Polished surface. Conical shape with flat bottom. Rounded edges. Pierced through center. Dark green stone. Cf. Agora XIII, nos. XXIII-10 to XXXIII-12 (ST 595-597). Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. kept ... 24 July 1998

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ST 965: Conical Button

Intact. Polished surface. Conical shape, flat top and bottom. Pierced through center. Rounded edges. Dark plum-colored stone; carneliam (?). Cf. Agora XIII, nos. XXIII-10 to XXXIII-12 (ST 595-597). Mycenaean ... 24 July 1998

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ST 966: Two Buttons

Both intact. Polished surface. Conical shape with flat bottom and rounded edges. Pierced through center. Light greenish stone; soapstone (?). Cf. Agora XIII, nos. XXIII-10 to XXXIII-12 (ST 595-597) ... 24 July 1998

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ST 968: Five Buttons

Intact. Five buttons of similar shape. Polished surface with vertical scratches. Conical shape, flat bottom. Pierced through center. Rounded edges. Gray to black stone; steatite (?). Cf. Agora XIII, ... 24 July 1998

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ST 969: Five Buttons

Three are intact. Two are chipped at base and broken off at tip. Polished surface with scratches. "Shanked" type of button with small top, concave sides and sharply flaring base. Concave bottom (one with ... 24 July 1998

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ST 970: Button

Intact. Polished surface. Tall-conical shape with concave sides flaring out to flat base. Rounded edges. Pierced through center. Steatite (?). Cf. Agora XIII, no. III-9 (ST 59), III-23 (ST 390). Mycenaean ... 24 July 1998

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ST 971: Button

Intact. Polished surface with horizontal lines. Biconical with flat top and bottom, rounded edges. Pierced through center. Dark stone. Steatite (?). Cf. Agora XIII, no. XXIII-13 (ST 598). Mycenaean Chamber ... 24 July 1998

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L 6038: Lamp

Complete; broken and mended around handle. Flat base; shallow open saucer with flat horizontal rim. Loop handle at rim. Painted decoration in fugitive dark brown glaze, crazed where thickest. Outside: ... 29 July 1999

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ST 960: Button

Intact. Conical shape, bevelled at base. Flat on top and bottom. Pierced through center. Opaque quartz. Cf. Agora XIII, nos. XXIII-10 to XXXIII-12 (ST 595-597). Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. kept in a plastic ... 24 July 1998

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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

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T 4474: Figurine

Intact. Slight flaking of painted surface. Proto-phi type figurine, with left arm distinctly modelled, curving up and resting on chest between breasts. Right arm down, across abdomen; bulge at position ... 24-30 July 1998

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B 2038: Mycenaean Bronze Axe Blade

Mended from fourteen fragments. Corroded, edges missing. Very thin sheet of bronze. At one corner, two studs for handle attachment (?). Below studs, crescent-shaped cut. Other three sides form rectangular ... 24-30 July 1998

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P 33629: Alabastron Fragments

Numerous joining fragments and a few small loose fragments preserve most of upper body, with two handles and complete rim. Missing entire lower part and one handle. Surface and paint cracking and peeling ... 24 July 1998

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B 2037: Mycenaean Bronze Pin / Shaft

Complete. Surface corroded and irregular. Square shank tapering to pointed tip. Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. 8859 ff. Leica PD 2784-11 ... 24 July 1998

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P 33178: Cup

Intact. Encrusted with white grit. Blackened inside from burning inside and on the handle; flaking surface. Small shallow cup with flat base. Angled lower wall, vertical upper wall. Thin flat rim slightly ... LH II

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P 33580: Pot

Mended from many fragments; complete except for small holes in body and chip from rim. Slip very worn. Flat base with central nipple; rounded body; long narrow upright neck with everted lip. Strap handle ... 29 July 1999

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J 232: Tear Drop Shaped Faience Beads

Seventeen beads: eight appear to be complete; the other nine are partially truncated. Long tear drop shape with vertical grooves, pierced through center. White creamy glass paste. Finished Mycenaean ... 24 July 1998

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J 233: Faience Beads

Seventeen small beads. Four are intact. Twelve others are friable and iridescent. The smallest one was broken during handling. Roundish beads, some more flattened than others, pierced through the center ... 24 July 1998

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J 235: Spherical Faience Beads

Fifty-nine spherical beads, generally well preserved, but five have friable surfaces. Pierced through the center. Creamy yellow glass paste. Finished Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Very fragile. Do not handle ... 24 July 1998

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I 7602: Honorary Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Fragment preserving top of document and right edge. Broken away at back, bottom and proper left. Recessed top, with traces of moulding. Side neatly worked. Inscribed surface and letters ... Late 3rd. century B.C.

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J 227: Carnelian Scarab

Intact. Small chips around edges. String hole through long axis. Slightly domed upper surface with engraved lines in shape of beetle. Curved line across middle separating head from back. Bisecting line ... 24-30 July 1998

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P 33173: Jar

Almost complete, mended from several fragments. Chip in rim, gap on shoulder and a large gap on lower body. Encrusted white grit over surface. Shape and decoration like P 33168 but larger: globular body ... LH IIIA1

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P 33673: Amphora

Mended from many fragments. Almost complete. Flat base, ovoid body, broad neck with everted lip, two vertical strap handles from just below rim to shoulder. Buff-orange clay, reddish-orange wash. Addenda ... 28 July 2000

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J 231: Spherical Faience Beads

Ten beads: five are complete, three are cracking and peeling, and the other two have lost about half of their volume. The surface in general is very friable. Spherical beads pierced through the center ... 24 July 1998

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J 234: Tiny Faience Beads

A total of about 500 small beads in a very good state of preservation . Fifty are paired (still stuck together from manufacture). Thirty-one are kept separated in a bag, the others are strung on a nylon ... 24 July 1998

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J 236: Carnelian Beads

A series of twenty-nine carnelian beads of various sizes and shapes, all intact. The eight smallest are roughly cut and rounded. Eighteen have an elongated elliptical shape, each one slightly different ... 24 July 1998

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P 33174: Stemmed Goblet

Mended from several fragments. Two small loose fragments. Largely complete but missing fragments from body. Thickened outcurving rim, slightly offset. Deep bowl, low stem. Sloping spreading foot with wide ... 24 July 1998

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P 33175: Kylix

Mended from many fragments. Missing small portion of rim and body. Brown incrustation on surface. Shallow bowl, everted rim; two vertical strap handles, tall narrow stem. Spreading foot, slightly convex ... 24 July 1998

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P 33176: Kylix

Mended from several fragments. Complete except for small gaps on rim and body. Shallow bowl, everted rim, two vertical strap handles. Tall narrow stem. Flat spreading foot with high dome underneath. Pinkish ... LH IIIA1

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P 33579: Amphora

Complete, except for small hole in neck. Rim and one handle mended from many joining fragments. Surface worn. Small disk foot, flaring rounded body, wide mouth with everted lip, two strap handles from ... 29 July 1999

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P 33582: Jug

Intact except for narrow slit on shoulder. Small disk foot, rounded body, short neck, slightly flaring cutaway spout, handle round in section. Decorated with dull orange-brown glaze in bands around foot, ... 29 July 1999

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P 33168: Jar

One piece making up complete base and body, with two small joining fragments at neck. Missing small fragments from rim and neck and from body surface. Small globular body with no handles, narrow neck, ... 24 July 1998

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P 33170: Jar

Mended from many fragments. Complete except for chips, gaps and upper part of one handle. Glaze cracked and worn. Piriform; broad flaring rim, low concave neck, high shoulder, small splaying (ring) foot ... 24 July 1998

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P 33585: Red Figure Lekythos Fragments

Three joining fragments preserve lower body and part of wall. Two loose wall fragments (b, c). Missing base and upper parts. On reserved groundline seated female holding mirror. Reserved band above with ... July 1999