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B 499: Arrowhead

Intact (?). Upper half of blade missing; barb on socket broken off but preserved. Two bladed, socketed; barbed. Inside Tholos, cellar cut, martyra, III layer to west of rectangular structure. 2415 Leica, ... 16 June 1937

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ST 257: Quern

Edges chipped. Cut from an irregular piece of reddish granite, the reverse in its natural state, like the face of a boulder. North of Tholos, west area, Layer IV. 2682 Leica, 9-51 ... 28 June 1938

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T 887: Statue Fragment

Only a fragment of the arm remains. The surface polished. Greenish yellow clay containing much grit, surfaced with finer clay. Cf. T 1712. Clearing the wall of a mediaeval pit just south of the Metroon ... 12 April 1935

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L 3967: Lamp

A single fragment preserves the front part of the lamp. Low raised base; shallow rounded wall and down sloping rim. Good black glaze considerably chipped; base unglazed. Type IV of Corinth collection, ... 1936-1937

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P 12766: Black Figure Lekythos

Neck and handle missing. Small cylinder lekythos, double rays on shoulder; two scraped lines below decorated zone. Three large palmettes encircled by white lines; traces of white for other details. Glaze ... 4 May 1938

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P 12780: Black Figure Lekythos

Neck, handle and fragments of wall missing. Rays on shoulder, on front, four palmettes, encircled with white lines and with traces of white for details. Glaze much peeled. Well near middle of Tholos ... 5 May 1938

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A 1048: Water Pipe

A rectangular half-housing joint at either end; closed with fine hard white lime cement. Buff clay; unglazed. Lime deposit on inside Not found during June 2001 flood, must have been left in situ. Not found, ... 15 May 1939

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A 742: Cornice Block with Mason's Mark: Doric

From a lateral horizontal cornice, a cyma reversa soffit molding with a vertical fascia high above it. The nosing molding is much battered; possibly an ovolo. In the top two rafter cuttings, and at each ... 10 May 1937

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A 426: Eaves Tile Fragment: Painted

A guilloche pattern on the edge, colors red and black on buff slip. On under surface is a red line then the buff slip. A lead dowel (?) is preserved. Pinkish buff clay with red particles. Tile dump of ... April 1934

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P 10140: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

Fragment from the handle of a coarse amphora; a stripe of brown glaze down its outside. Writing on outside: Micaceous brown clay. Inside Tholos, cellar cut, south side. Third layer. 2220 Leica, IX-83 ... 17 April 1937

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A 1047: Wall Block Fragment

Fragmentary wall block of Tholos. One end only remains. Traces of stucco over inner face; outer face dressed fairly smooth, with a drafted band along the top. Deep anathyrosis band on end. Cutting for ... 15 May 1939

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A 743: Architrave Block

Right end broken; a part of a curved joint surface at the other end. Underside worked to be visible. In underside toward end with curved joint surface a cutting and part of the iron of a Π-clamp. Outside ... 1933

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L 3415: Lamp

Nozzle and handle missing, and chips. Small bottom flat beneath, rising to a cone at the center inside. Angular body. Broadly projecting rim. Rolled horizontal handle. Black glaze except for handle space ... Publication: last years of 6th c. -ca. 480 B.C.

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A 143: Step Block

A 138 (Ζ 30) - A 144 (Ζ 36) are from the same series. Right end of this block probably joins A 144. Blue Hymettian marble. Found at G/15-12/17 (Fall 2016). Pre-excavation, demolition of house 632β/16 ... 1933

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A 138: Step Block

Corner block. The face is picked, and shows no drafting at foot of step. The working of the anathyrosis band is not very smooth, but rather picked. At edge of joint is a smooth worked surface, not sunk ... 1933

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A 139: Step Block

Top surface shows practically no wear but bottom is badly worn by reuse as a paving block. Both ends show clamp position scratched on, and further back the clamps as executed. Same workmanship and series ... 1933

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A 140: Stylobate Block

Corner. The shorter face of the block is less well finished than the longer, hence probably faced side of building. Rectangular dowels with pour channels for column base whose diameter was about 0.56m ... 1933

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T 1712: Statue Fragment

A small piece, perhaps from the thigh of a figure approaching life size. Built up in two layers; the inner of brown clay tempered with much brown grit, the outer, almost equally thick, of yellow clay with ... 7 March 1938

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I 4911: Prytany Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Upper right corner of a plain base. Two lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 101. Found in late Roman context, in a well in the floor ... 27 May 1937

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A 142: Stylobate Block

Rectangular dowel in bottom. Rectangular dowels for column base in top, with pour channels. Lower part of back of block projects irregularly, showing how deep paving slabs were, ca. 0.20-0.25m. Blue Hymettian ... 1933

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P 5279: Ostrakon of Hippokrates

From a kylix base; incised on the upper face: Well 8, fill over mouth. Leica, IX-83 ... 3 April 1935

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P 13240: Black Glaze Bowl with Rouletting: Type C and Stamped

Chips missing from rim; restored in plaster. High base-ring; five free-standing stamped palmettes within a circle of rouletting. Firm black glaze; resting surface unglazed; and a scraped groove at junction ... 25 May 1938

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P 13243: Saucer

Intact. Flat bottom, left rough; very slightly raised. Flat floor, its edge turned up and slightly thickened to form a rim. Carelessly turned; covered in part with a thin brown wash. Cf. Agora XII, no ... 25 May 1938

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P 13348: Black Figure Cup: Banded

The foot entirely missing, and much of the rim and walls; restored in plaster, but without foot. Small deep cup; lip slightly out-turned. Reserved disk at center of floor inside, with a glaze circle; reserved ... 24 May 1938

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P 10828: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Shoulder fragment from a small closed vase. Around the lower shoulder a black band; in the reserved field above, in black glaze, two letters: Cf. P 1406, P 13429, P 16790. Tholos Trench F, layer IVa ... 14 June 1937

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P 3719: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

A fragment from the rim. The upper wall was encircled by a slightly raised collar. Fine buff clay, slipped inside; covered outside with a thin red glaze, save for the lip which has black glaze. Cf ... 2 May 1934

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P 9965: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

Oval lid from a water pipe. Brown glaze on inside; plain outside. Writing on outsided: Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 33. Gravelly filling beneath floor of earlier drain, just south of building ... 22 April 1937

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ST 250: Basin Fragment

A small segment remains, including a little of the rim. A shallow basin with slightly offset and sharply profiled rim, with two grooves around the outside. The floor was slightly stippled, its mid-part ... 28 April 1938

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B 563: Arrow Point

Intact. Three fluked; socketted. Filling of south roasting pit beneath north annex of Tholos. Archaic - 470 B.C. 2557 Leica, IX-68 ... 19 April 1938

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P 12233: One-Handler

Mended from many fragments; about half the rim and part of the side missing. Low open bowl with low base ring and one horizontal handle, round in section, set at lip and slightly tilted upward. Black ... 8 March 1938

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P 13350: Cup: Banded

The foot, with part of the floor and rim, preserved. Low flaring conical foot; deep bowl; low offset flaring lip. Inside, dull black glaze except for reserved band just inside lip. Broad reserved band ... 24 May 1938

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P 5459: Black Glaze Pelike

Fragments from wall missing. Rather squat-bodied small amphora on ring foot; handles shoulder to middle of neck; rounded lip; moulded ring around base of neck. Soft pink to grayish clay; black glaze ... 18 April 1935

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L 3494: Lamp Fragment

Nozzle and front part only. Flat bottom; shallow open infundibulum; with side wall slightly incurved; unbridged nozzle. Unglazed and much blackened by fire around nozzle. Coarse brown clay. Type 2A of ... 15 April 1938

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L 3694: Lamp

Fragmentary. Convex underside; large central tube; angular shoulder; flat rim, not projecting on outside. Thin black glaze on inside and on top of rim. Buff clay. Type 19A of Agora collection. Tholos ... 8 March 1939

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P 10835: Mold for Moldmade Bowl

Rim fragment including about one-third of the wall, but none of the base. Long petal decoration with a nicked band around the top. P 13316 belongs but does not join. Corresponds in dimensions, design ... 12 June 1937

A 144: Step Block

Dowel in right end for course above still retains head. Iron hard to trace. The clamp at this end also retains some lead, both being worn down with surface of block by reuse. Blue Hymettian marble. A 138 ... 1933

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A 915: String Course Block

Broken in two large and several small pieces. The inside edge and both ends are missing. The outer face is lightly stippled with at smoothed band along top and bottom. The under surface was rough-picked ... 1938

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ST 213: Saddle Quern Fragment

Upper part of quern; one end broken away. Fine grained igneous stone, dark slate in color. Finished Tholos Trench F, rubbish dump. 1863 Leica, 9-51 ... 7 June 1937

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L 3327: Lamp

Back part broken away. Deep open infundibulum, rounding walls, flat bottom. Long nozzle with flaring round mouth. Unglazed. Pink to yellow clay. Type 15 of Agora collection. Tholos Trench S, layer (a) ... 8 March 1938

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P 12765: Black Figure Lekythos

Neck and shoulder missing and fragments from walls. Cylinder-lekythos on disk foot, in two degrees. The foot black on top; side and bottom reserved, with a glaze band around the lower edge. Three reserved ... 4 May 1938