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[Agora Object] T 2454: Mold for Standing Male Figurine

Standing figure, perhaps a warrior, the right leg advanced, the right arm raised high above his head; a cloak hangs behind him, and a narrow fold of drapery passes across his chest from the right shoulder ... 29 July 1947

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[Agora Object] P 31849: Commode Fragments

Two non-joining fragments preserve parts of rim and upper bowl. Slightly bulging wall; heavy rolled rim; oval cutout in wall for baby's legs. Glazed are: rim inside and out; a band below rim, a band at ... 1937 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. 65:2-3 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 27-28, figs. 20-21.

[Agora Object] P 17904: Askos

Complete except for chip from spout and one body fragment. Squat body, shallow convex on bottom, slightly pointed toward top. Diagonally upwards pointed spout; strap handle. On the lower part the thin ... 5 June 1947 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XLV:2 ... Agora XIII, no. V-3.

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[Agora Object] P 17903: Stirrup Vase

The handle missing at one side, and the end of the spouted mouth; also many small body fragments and chips; the pot warped and the fabric flaky. Low ring foot. Groups of bands around foot; around widest ... 5 June 1947 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XLV:2 ... Agora XIII, no. V-3.

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[Agora Object] T 2427: Female Head

The hair is drawn down in loose waves to the nape, and is crowned by a heavy rolled wreath. The head is bent slightly to her left; she wears earrings (one missing). A few flecks of white remain. Brownish-yellow ... 22 July 1947 ... AgoraPicBk 3 (1959), n. 47 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 181, pl. LXI, 2.

[Agora Object] P 17905: Three-Handled Jar

One handle and small body fragments missing. Low ring foot. Solid glaze, and bands, above foot; bands around shoulder, at neck and below handles; on shoulder, groups of vertical strokes between the handles ... 5 June 1947

[Agora Object] P 17906: Amphora

Body fragments, most of the rim, and one handle missing. Plain rim; small flattened bottom. Band handles, shoulder to rim. Coarse purplish-gray clay with large black and white grits; unglazed. No. 4 ... 5 June 1947

[Agora Object] P 17908: Amphora

Complete except for minor chips from mouth and neck. Convex bottom and rounded body; plain flaring rim and round mouth; two vertical band handles, shoulder to rim. Buff clay, rather coarse and slightly ... 5 June 1947

[Agora Object] P 17839: Black Glaze Skyphos: Type C

Mended from several fragments. Base and center of floor restored; also part of rim and one handle. Deep open body. Decorated inside and out with narrow bands of added red, single and in pairs. Inside of ... 24-28 March 1947

[Agora Object] T 2507: Relief Mold of Orpheus and the Beasts

Conical relief. At the top, Orpheus, seated on a rock, a lyre in his left hand, his locks curling to his shoulders, drapery over his knees. Around him the animals: bear, lions and smaller creatures. Mended ... 11 October 1947

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[Agora Object] P 17529: Incense Burner

Fragments of rim and body missing; one fragment does not join. Open bowl with flaring sides and rim; high conical foot. Brownish clay; dull green surface over which a white slip, now much flaked. Traces ... 3rd. c. A.D.

[Agora Object] P 17767: Three-Handled Amphora

Fragments missing throughout, including all handles, traces of which however remain. On shoulder, remains of latticed decoration; below, bands: two broad and several narrow. Ring foot; rim flat on top ... 9 May 1947 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), p. 381, pl. 92b ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXIX:2.

[Agora Object] P 17907: One-Handled Goblet

High, almost conical foot plain rim and one band handle. Warm brownish clay with grits; reddish slip or glaze much peeled. Handmade? No. 5. Mycenaean tomb. 4908 Leica, XXVII-75 ... 5 June 1947

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[Agora Object] I 5902: Base Fragment

Inscribed fragment of statue base. The block has been re-cut for one or more reuses. Bottom and top are probably the original surfaces; bit of original right edge preserved at front of right side. Rough ... Ca. 403 B.C.

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[Agora Object] S 1260: Head of a Cock

Comb and beak chipped. At neckline, a somewhat rough-finished surface at obtuse angel with head, and a small hole for attachment, suggesting that the head was part of a group, and faced somewhat left ... 500-480 B.C (?) ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 174-175, pl. 50. 2-3.

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[Agora Object] J 99: Gold Ornament

A thin almost circular piece of gold leaf, the edges turned in underneath, as if it had once covered a button. Probably rivet from bronze sword (B 779). Πέντε χρυσές επενδύσεις κεφαλών ήλων σπάθης. Three ... 2 May 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18456: Black Glaze Kantharos

Mended from several pieces; a few small fragments of wall missing. Slender type; high conical foot, moulded in two degrees. Spurred handles, from the lip. Dull black to red glaze, somewhat peeled; a ... 1 August 1947 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XLVI:3 ... Hesperia 10 (1941), pl. 54a-2 (Pyre 13).

[Agora Object] P 18461: Saucer

Mended frοm three pieces; small bit of floor and of rim missing. Restored in plaster. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-Π 259) are similar. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18462: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; parts of rim and a small bit of floor missing. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-ΠΠ 259) are similar. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18463: Saucer

Mended from three pieces; parts of rim missing. Restored in plaster. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-ΠΠ 259) are similar. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18464: Saucer

Mended from four pieces; chip of rim missing. Flat bottom, left rough; sides rise slightly to plain rim. Similar to series P 18460 (ΠΠ 256) but somewhat larger and the fabric heavier. Finished Grave = ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18465: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; small chip missing from side. Flat bottom, left rough; sides rise slightly to plain rim. Similar to series P 18460 (ΠΠ 256) but larger; as P 18466 and P 18467 (ΠΠ 262, ΠΠ 263) ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18467: Saucer

Mended from many pieces; two fragments of rim missing. Similar to P 18465-P 18467 (ΠΠ 261-ΠΠ 263). Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83 ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18469: Pot

Mended from many pieces; chip from rim and small fragments of body missing. Round-bodied pot with wide mouth and plain slightly out-turned rim. Band handle, rising, from rim to shoulder. Cooking pot shape ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18470: Pot

Mended from many pieces; several fragments missing from body. Shape and fabric as P 18469 (ΠΠ 265). ADDENDA P 18469: Round-bodied pot with wide mouth and plain slightly out-turned rim. Band handle, rising, ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18473: Plate

Mended from several pieces; a large piece of the floor missing. Small flattened resting surface, left round; gently sloping floor with wheel ridges towards the top. Ribbon handles, attached at the rim ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18475: Casserole with Lid

Lid and pot mended from several pieces; a small piece missing from the edge of the lid, and chips from rim and floor of pot. Open pot on low raised base; flaring rim flanged inside to hold the lid; single ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 17760: Kylix

Complete save minor chips. Tall stem; single vertical handle, not rising above lip. Unglazed. Similar to P 17756 (ΔΔ 185). ADDENDA P 17756: Tall stem; single vertical handle not rising above rim. The ... 8 May 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18800: Red Figure Oinochoe

The lower part only preserved, mended from many pieces. The highest preserved point gives the start of the upward curve of the neck. Fragment of border missing. Foot badly chipped. Plump body; shallow ... 7-9 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 17499: Jug with Graffito

Small hole in body; otherwise intact. Rounded body on small ring foot, the body lightly ribbed. Ribbed mouth and handle. Graffito on the shoulder: Thin dull reddish to brown glaze, unevenly applied ... 27 March 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18455: Kantharos: West Slope

Small pieces from wall and rim missing; mended from many fragments. High ring foot; band handles with satyr-mask thumb-rests. Wreath in thinned clay paint around upper wall. Firm black glaze, rather ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 17761: Bowl

Complete save minor chips. An open bowl with plain rim and small flat foot, Pinkish-buff clay; unglazed. ADDENDA Black substance found in bowl in envelope in Study Collections Case No. 19-2. Mycenaean ... 8 May 1947

[Agora Object] P 17763: Bowl

Complete save minor chips. Horizontal ribbon handles below rim; small flat foot. Similar to P 17759 (ΔΔ 191) but slightly larger. Dark pink to buff clay. Unglazed. ADDENDA P 17759: Two horizontal ribbon ... 9 May 1947

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[Agora Object] P 17824: Skyphos Fragment with Graffito

Four joining fragments preserve most of bottom of a Corinthain-type skyphos, with about three-quarters of the flaring ring foot. Inside, red to black glaze; outside, above foot, rays. Foot black; on upper ... 24-28 March 1947

[Agora Object] P 18458: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; fragment of rim and side missing. Saucer on ring foot; flat floor rising at the sides. Projecting double-grooved rim, horizontal. Smeary black glaze on the floor only. Finished ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18459: Saucer

Several joining fragments, and two non-joining, preserve the profile to near the center of the floor, and rather more than half the rim. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; wall rises only slightly. Rim thickened; ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18476: Casserole with Lid

Lid and pot mended from several pieces; small bit missing from lid; and minor chips. Similar to P 18475 (ΠΠ 271). ADDENDA P 18475: Open pot on low raised base; flaring rim flanged inside to hold the lid; ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18472: Unguentarium

Mended from many pieces; about half the body missing, and much of the neck; the lip fragment does not join. Plump type, on neatly made foot. Fine red clay, gray at surfaces. Decoration in purple and white ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] L 4335: Lamp

Mended from many pieces; small bits missing. High base, slightly concave beneath and finished with a raised disk at center; flat top with a groove around the outer edge; pierced lug. Black glaze inside ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18457: Kantharos: West Slope

Mended from several pieces; the base missing, one handle, and parts of the wall. Scraped groove at junction of upper and lower bodies; band handle with ivy leaf thumb-rest; ivy wreath in dilute clay paint, ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18460: Saucer

Mended from four pieces. Complete. Flat bottom, left rough; plain rim. P 18460-P 18463 (ΠΠ 256-ΠΠ 259) are similar. Buff clay, unglazed. Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83, 91-35-29 PD 2611-36 ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18466: Saucer

Mended from many pieces; bit of rim and piece of floor missing. Restored in plaster. Similar to P 18465-P 18467 (ΠΠ 261-ΠΠ 263). Finished Grave = Pyre 13. 529 Leica, XXIX-83, 91-35-27 PD 2611-36 ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18471: Pitcher

Mended from several pieces; about one-third missing at the back, including the handle except for the lower attachment. Restored in plaster. Eggy body on low flat base; wide neck; round mouth finished with ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18474: Plate

Mended from several pieces; two small fragments of floor missing. Similar to P 18473 (ΠΠ 271). No clear remains of white at the rim, but traces at the center of the floor of concentric glazed and reserved ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] I 6064: Honorary Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment of stele. The upper part of a stele with pedimental top. Preamble and start of a decree passed in the archonship of Kydenor, honoring the sitonai of the archonship of Diomedon. Twelve ... 244/3 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1

Foot missing. Offset neck and echinoid mouth; raised ridge at junction of neck and wall; round handles. Neck reserved. Added red: band at level of lower attachment of handles. For a later version, see ... 575-550 B.C ... For a later version, see P 1358 G 6:3-U Hesperia, XV, 1946, pl. 66, 268, with an ivy wreath round the neck. A patterned example from the Agora forms a link between the plain and the figured; it has black-figured lotuses on the neck and a stout echinus foot; P 18348 A 17:2 Hesperia, XVII, 1948, pl. 65, 1; Archaeology, I, 1948, pp. 13-20.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 719

Most of body, all of base, except for chip. Thin, black glaze on inside; splotched. Glaze abraded in places on outside. P.H. 0.14; diam. 0.144. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl. 67:2; Choes and Anthesteria, ... Ca. 400 B.C.

[Agora Object] P 18468: Lekanis with Lid

Pyxis and lid both mended, but complete. Deep pot with raised base left rough beneath; projecting rim, flanged inside to hold the lid. Plain domed lid, finished with a large knob, flat on top. Buff clay, ... 1 August 1947

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[Agora Object] B 778: Sword

Broken in five pieces but complete. Heavy rib down center of blade. A raised rim around the edge of the handle to take the (wooden ?) hand-hold. One rivet for fastening on hand-hold in place, and traces ... 5, 14 May 1947

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[Agora Object] L 3731: Lamp

Mended from several pieces; complete save for small piece of discus, rim and top, at left. Wreath on rim, with plain panels. On the discus, bust of Athena, left. She wears a crested Corinthian helmet and ... 4 May 1939

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[Agora Object] B 781: Sword

Badly corroded; the blade preserved in several pieces, but nothing of the hilt except two small pieces which appear to be the projecting ears. To one of these a gold-leaf rivet head cover of the smaller ... 14 May 1947

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[Agora Object] B 782: Cleaver

A broad curved tool, apparently more or less complete, including tongue for insertion into wooden handle. Χάλκινο ξυράφι. Finished Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. S.E. part of chamber (with other bronzes on table; ... 14 May 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18538: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragment

From the wall of a round-bodied pot, with the start of the curve towards the neck; probably an oinochoe, type III. Thin brown wash irregularly inside. The upper part of a bearded man, left; his body slightly ... 19 September 1947 ... JHS 109 (1989), pl. 3:d (McNiven) ... Brommer (1983), pl. 2:b ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 189, pl. 68:5.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 689

Wall and shoulder fragment with start of neck. Thin, brownish glaze here and there on inside. Max. dim. 0.069. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl. 68:5; Choes and Anthesteria, p. 93, cat. no. 245 bis, ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl. 68:5; Choes and Anthesteria, p. 93, cat. no. 245 bis, fig. 388:g; F. ... McNiven, JHS 109, 1989, pl. 3:d; B. Andreae and C. ... Presicce [curators], Ulisse il mito e la memoria (Roma, Palazzo della Esposizioni 22-febbraio--2 settembre, 1996), Rome 1996, cat. no. 31.

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[Agora Object] I 4809: Marble Fragments: Tribute List

Inscribed fragments. Caption for tribute list, attributed to year of Alkaios. Fragment ΟΑ 115 a), inscribed face, top, and back (?) preserved. Ten lines of the inscription preserved, trace of eleventh ... 418/7 B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 18010: Black Figure Child's High-Chair

Profile complete; missing fragments restored in plaster. A heavy flaring base, with a rounded upper part; between the two a floor, pierced by a large hole. Carrying holes in the base, front and back. At ... 27 June 1947 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 1-32, figs. 1-6, ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. LXV:2-3.

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[Agora Object] I 236: Record Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Confiscated property of Alcibiades. "POLETAI" record. Fragment ΣΤ 604 from upper right corner of inscribed block. Full thickness of block preserved, but large flakes broken from surface ... (ΣΤ 604) 11 May 1932 a) (Κ 1350) 16 July 1947 b) (Κ 22) 22 January 1934 c) (ΘΘ 5) 18 December 1936 c) (ΙΙ 242b) March 1938 d) (ΘΘ 30) 30 December 1936 d) (ΘΘ 44) 17 January 1937 d) )ΙΙ 133) 7-8 March 1938 ...

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[Agora Object] S 1232: Torso of Athena

About two-thirds of body preserved; broken at bottom, and both arms missing. The right arm broken off just below the shoulder, the left ends in a smooth-cut surface just above the elbow, with a hole for ... 28 April 1947

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[Agora Object] P 16755: Ostrakon of Perikles Xanthippou (Cholargeus)

About one-third of a black-glaze skyphos base with reserved band on exterior above foot. Flaring ring foot; space inside foot reserved. Excellent glaze, slightly worn on the resting surface. Incised on ... 24 May 1940

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[Agora Object] S 1251: Relief with Eleusinian Divinities

Complete. Rectangular plaque with plain border, tenon for setting below and rough-finished back. Seven figures in low relief, left to right: draped woman (Demeter) with staff (?) in left hand and patera ... 11 June 1947

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 273

Wall fragment. Glaze dull and misfired reddish here and there on inside and outside; slightly abraded. Max. dim. 0.107. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl. 67:4; Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 354, cat. no ... Ca. 440 B.C ... Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl. 67:4; Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 354, cat. no. ... Cristofani, Materiali per servire alla storia del vaso François [Bollettino d'Arte, Serie Speciale 1], Rome, 1980, fig. 65: the figure of Theseus) and in the slaying of the Minotaur on the cup in Munich by Archikles and Glaukytes, 2243 (ABV 163, 2; Paralip. 68, 2; Addenda 47), also on a late-6th-century cup in Taranto by the Edinburgh Painter (ABV 476, 3): there the lyre is hanging up. On Bologna 177, a stamnos by the Agrigento Painter (ARV2 577, 53; Philippaki, Stamnos, pl. 48:3, side A only), Theseus and the Minotaur appear on the obverse, and a man offering a lyre to a youth, accompanied by a male, appears on the reverse, but it is far from certain that the two scenes are connected (Beazley separates his description with a period, not a semicolon, indicating that he considered the two unrelated; see ARV2 p. xlvi).