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[Object] SS 11724: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

Piece of handle added; joins with SS 13878. Oar. Stoa South Area 3-4, layer II, soft earth; Middle Stoa Building fill. Θασίω[ν] oar Ναυσικύδ̣[ης] 65 Leica ... 26 February 1953

[Deposit] H 12:9: Early North-South road to Southeast of Tholos

Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road). Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C.

[Deposit] H 12:18: Archaic House

Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C. Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C.

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[Object] I 273: Mortgage Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Back surface preserved, rough picked; and possibly a bit of the top; other edges broken. Pentelic marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the modern wall of the house 636/19, over the west ... 4th. century B.C.

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[Object] I 274: Block Fragment

Fragment from inscribed block; broken all round. Of the inscribed surface, only a small triangular piece remain; at the top are parts of five pointed leaves, incised in the stone, a wreath (?). Hymettian ... 1933

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[Object] I 298: Boundary Stone

Broken at bottom and left side; preserved surfaces all rough picked, save for a recessed, more finely picked band, on which is the inscription. Perhaps sanctuary of Herakles Alexikakos. Pentelic marble ... Mid. 5th. century B.C.

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[Object] B 76: Dikast's Ticket Fragment

Inscribed. Broken at both ends. Trench north of wall. Leica, XX-100, 85-23 ... 2 March 1933

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[Object] I 654: Marble Fragments: List of Names

Inscribed fragments. Fragment Ζ 348 a), part of the left side preserved (?); otherwise broken all round. Surface somewhat eaten away at left. Two lines of the inscription and traces of a third above preserved ... a) (Ζ 348) 31 March 1933 b) (Ν 530) 7 April 1936

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[Object] G 462: Bowl Fragment

A piece from the grooved vertical rim of a hemispherical bowl. Dark green color. Cf. Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 427, no. E 159. Stoa, area north 3, under strosis b, soft earth. Middle Stoa Building fill. 114 ... 3 March 1953

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[Object] G 466: Bowl Fragment

A tiny fragment from the body of a version of a Megarian bowl (?). Lightly ribbed. Nearly colorless glass. Terrace area 3, strosis b. Middle Stoa Building fill. 125 Leica ... 2 March 1953

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[Object] G 467: Bowl Fragment

Part of the rim preserved. Bowl with a large horizontal flange. Thick, clear glass, slightly greenish. Terrace area 3 in strosis d', just above paving level. Middle Stoa Building fill. Container 105. 160 ... 5 March 1953

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[Object] I 2173: Stone

Inscribed stone. Part of inscribed surface and rough picked back preserved; also a bit of toothed surface at top. The inscribed surface badly worn. Letters visisble only on lower part of left side. Bits ... December 1934

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[Object] I 3782: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment of stele. Inscribed face and rough picked back only preserved. Three lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in marble pile, in the area of the southwest corner of ... 19 March 1936

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[Object] I 2011: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Toothed left side and possibly part of rough back preserved; otherwise broken. The surface worn; the letters faint. Traces of about sixteen lines (?) of the inscription preserved. Pentelic ... 29 May 1934

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[Monument] Middle Stoa

Commercial Unknown Conglomerate, Limestone Fair, foundations and east stylobate with column drums ... Mid 2nd B.C.

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[Object] B 1028: Dikast's Ticket Fragment

Roughly square object. Heavily corroded on one side. One finished edge preserved. Scratched on the other side ΙΦ. North Area 2, layer III. Store in ziplock polyethylene bag and in area with 40% r.h. or ... 14 March 1953

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[Object] B 1140: Tessera

Obverse : O Reverse : O In center of O on reverse, traces (?) of short cross bar for theta or attribute. None on obverse. Cf. Svoronos (1923), class III, pl. 101, no. 33. Originally entered as coin no ... 7 March 1933

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[Object] P 24654: Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Small fragment from shoulder. Head of Athena to right; tongues. Landscaping operations in the excavations; exact provenience unknown. Leica ... January 1955

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[Object] P 27368: Handle: Stamped

Handle fragment only from public vessel. On top of handle a helmetted head of Athena to right, deeply impressed with a round stamp. Daub of black glaze near upper attachment. Stoa cross cut, piers 1 and ... 2 July 1965

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[Object] P 27371: Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Fragment from near shoulder, broken all around. In field, upper part of a youth to left with right arm raised. Incision. Joins P 22926. Stoa cross cut, piers 1 and 2, south aisle, behind stones near ... 2 July 1965

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[Object] P 27395: Red Figure Phiale Fragment

Broken all around; nothing of rim. Central part of lid is convex and adorned with wheel in red figure. Joins P 4122a. Stoa cross cut, piers 1 and 2, beween Middle Stoa and Theseion, layer IV. Chiefly ... July 1965

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[Object] P 24037: Red Figure Loutrophoros Fragment

Neck only; broken above and below; handle stub. Two women facing, one of them holding a mirror. Chitons and bordered cloaks. White fillets. No relief contour. Hellenistic fill. Leica ... May 1954

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[Object] P 24038: Plastic Attachment: Female Head

From the center of the floor of a plate or bowl. Broken all around, but head of old woman intact; lower part of face poorly impressed in mold. Hair parted in center and worn in curls around face. Severe ... 5 May 1954

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[Object] P 24041: Black Glaze Bowl

Intact. A small shallow bowl with broad heavy foot. Plain rounded rim. Black glaze fired purplish from stacking at center; much worn from upper part. Clay burned gray. Middle Stoa filling, west end, ... 17 May 1954

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[Object] P 27074: Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Broken all around. Unidentified representation from reverse of Panathenaic amphora. Agora excavations. Leica ... 5 February 1962

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[Object] P 25811: Black Figure Plate Fragment

From the floor of a heavy plate. Head and shoulders of draped figure right. Very poor condition; added white practically disappeared from face and part of clothes. Agora area, context unknown. Leica ... (February 1957)

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[Object] P 25483: Lagynos or Guttus Fragment: West Slope

Neck from lip to shoulder, preserved. Ridges above and at shoulder. On front in white a necklace with incised strips, dots in white below pendents. Glaze fired red. Clay pinkish-buff. "From various places." ... 1933

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[Object] P 25489: Black Figure Amphora Fragments: Official Measure

Two fragments probably from the same vase; unglazed inside. Both from wall near shoulder. a) Above, part of upper border of panel. In panel, one eye and a little of the head of an owl, facing. Very large ... (1956)

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[Object] P 23773: Female Figure Fragment

Torso of standing draped female preserved from shoulder to thigh; left shoulder missing, broken behind. She wears a heavy chiton with long ungirt overfold fastened on the right shoulder only. Considerable ... 5 April 1954

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[Object] S 767: Draped Standing Female Figure from Relief

Head, right arm, lower left arm, and legs below knees missing. Upper body battered. The figure wears a Doric chitin with kelps. She is standing, the weight is on the left leg, the right knee bent. Traces ... 28 January 1936

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[Object] S 768: Draped Standing Female Figure from Relief

Preserved from waist to above ankles. The figure wears a Doric chitin with long overfilled; standing with the weight on the right leg, the left leg bent. Broken at sides; back rough-picked. Pentelic marble ... 28 January 1936

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[Object] S 769: Draped Standing Female Figure from Relief

Head and feet missing; part of the relief background preserved at the left of the figure. Back rough-picked, sides broken. The figure is wrapped in a Hymettian, its folds held at the breast by the right ... 28 January 1936

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[Object] SS 3176: Stamped Amphora Handle: Koan (double handle)

Double handle. Red clay, greenish-buff slip. Rectangular stamp, a palmette or thunderbolt, on the handle. Cf. SS 610. Corpus number 730. From dump. thunderbolt 1040 Leica ... 12 May 1934

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[Object] L 5270: Plastic Lamp Fragment

Fragment showing upper left part of negro head, including eye and curls above forehead. At top, pour-hole. Black glaze outside and inside. Added white for eyeball. Pinkish-buff clay. Worthy sherds from ... 1956

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[Object] MC 858: Vessel Stand

Intact but chipped. A small plain thick ring, flaring slightly towards the better finished surface; other surface roughly cut. Unglazed. Pinkish buff clay. Middle Stoa, Building fill disturbed. Hellenistic ... 21 March 1933

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[Object] P 2956: Plate Fragments: West Slope

Part of a flat plate, decorated in white and yellow. Outside, dots; a zone of wave pattern; palmettes, rosettes and dolphins. Inside, with concentric grooves, pairs of parallel horizontal and vertical ... 20 February 1933

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[Object] 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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[Object] L 5004: Plastic Lamp Fragment

The upper part of a plastic lamp with perforated top, modelled in the shape of a sandalled right foot. Traces of handle behind. Glaze red to brown, worn on outside. Pinkish-buff clay. ADDENDA RVN: Pobably ... 28 February 1953

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[Object] L 3491: Lamp Fragment

A small fragment that preserves part of the nozzle rim and side wall. Pale green clay with narrow concentric circles of flaky brown glaze on top. Corinthian. Type II (second variety) of Corinth collection, ... 2 April 1938

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[Object] L 4764: Lamp Fragment

Fragment from wall, with a little of top and bottom. Rows of nodules around lower wall. Warped, and burned black and green. Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Waster. Middle Stoa, Building Fill, container ... 1 April 1933

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[Object] P 21000: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

Fragment of base and lower wall. Flat bottom, wall slightly concave in profile. Closely spaced wheel-run grooves around lower wall made prior to glazing. A wide band of red brown glaze around bottom, beginning ... 23-24 March 1933

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[Object] P 21111: White Ground Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Section of mouth, the profile complete. Edge of lip broken and chipped. Below finished to be inserted into the neck. Red on the lip. Part of pattern decoration in diluted golden brown, around the lower ... October 1959

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[Object] P 22903: Black Figure Stand Fragment

Fragment from near top of large heavy stand. Vent hole at top of fragment. Decoration in zones; one zone and top of a second preserved. Head, front of body and most of wing of a sphinx, to left. Blob ... 18 March 1953

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[Object] P 22926: Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Four joining pieces, preserving left lower corner of panel. Stadiodromos to left approaching goal post; head, right hand, half left hand and left leg missing. White for goal post. Pink clay. Thin wash ... 30 March 1953

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[Object] P 22931: Pyxis Lid Fragment: West Slope

About three-quarters preserved; giving almost the whole profile except lower edge. Domed top with reserved groove around depression in the center. Flange projecting at the junction of the domed top with ... 16 March 1953

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[Object] P 22819: Vessel Fragment with Relief Decoration

Part of rim and undersurface preserved; nothing of foot. Underside flat; slightly flaring rim, elaborately molded on outside, with a band of egg and dart, inverted, around the upper edge. Good black glaze ... February 1953

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[Object] P 22868: Vessel Fragment: Official Measure

A fragment from the bottom of a public measure with six reeds. Good black glaze inide. Similar to P 10210. Stoa, Area North 3, layer III. 151 Leica PD 1132-1 ... 7 March 1953

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[Object] P 12190: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

Wall fragment from a large vase, black glazed inside and out. On outside: Tholos trench L, area of early road drain, layer 4. 2072 Leica ... 18 February 1938

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[Object] P 12193: Ostrakon of Hippokrates Alkmeonidou Alopekethen

Fragment from rim of large column krater. Black glazed inside and out, save below down-turned rim on outside. Incised on flat top of rim: Tholos trench L, area of early road drain, layer 5. 2071, 2091 ... 18 February 1938

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[Object] P 12194: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

Wall fragment from large plain amphora. Inscribed on outside: Tholos trench L, area of early road drain, layer 7. 2091 Leica ... 19 February 1938

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[Object] P 12199: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

Fragment from wall of plain krater. Thinned glaze inside only. Inscribed on outside: Tholos trench L, area of early road drain, layer 7. 2091 Leica ... 19 February 1938

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[Object] 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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[Object] P 13268: Black Figure Skyphos Fragments

Three non-joining fragments. a) Base and lower wall. b) From upper wall. c) From rim and handle. Rays around flaring ring base. On upper wall an animal frieze of which fragment b) preserves part of a ... 2 April 1938

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[Object] T 3286: Tessera

On one side, letters in raised characters; on other side an uncertain represantation, in relief. Soft reddish clay. Civic Offices, westernmost room, surface of floor. Hellenistic or later context. Leica ... 15 May 1953

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[Object] T 3216: Head

Sizable head, wearing hair in curls and thick wreath, apparently damaged in kiln on left side. Traces of white but no color. Male (?). Pink clay. Stoa, Area South 3, in layer II, against South side of ... 19 March 1953

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[Object] S 1944: Votive Plaque Fragment

Aphrodite Pandemos seated on goat. Preserved: rear part of goat and part of goddess from below waist to below knees. Part of original edge of plaque at left. Background of plaque curves slightly with high ... 1933

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[Notebook Page] Κ-5-36 (pp. 826-827)

Κ-5 826, 827 Κ:1934.0425:1 N 29655 Κ:1934.0425:2 Κ:1934.0425:3 Κ:1934.0425:4 Κ:1934.0425:5 Κ:1934.0425:6 Κ:1934.0425:7 N 29656 Κ:1934.0425:8 N 29657 Κ:1934.0425:9 Κ:1934.0425:10 Κ:1934.0425:11 N 29658 ... 307-300 B.C.

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[Notebook Page] Κ-3-14 (pp. 394-395)

Grave Stone Fragment. Stamped Amphora Handle: Knidian. Stamped Amphora Handle: Rhodian ... Κ-3 394, 395 I 1654 SS 2384 SS 2385 SS 2386 I 1654 SS 2384 SS 2385 SS 2386 ... 19 March 1934

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[Notebook Page] Κ-7-91 (pp. 1305-1306)

Stamped Amphora Handle: Rhodian. Northeast Corner of Fountain House ... Κ-7 1305, 1306 SS 3987 Κ:1935.0506:1 Κ:1935.0506:2 N 29974 Κ:1935.0506:3 Κ:1935.0506:4 Κ:1935.0506:5 N 29975 SS 3987 ... 166 B.C.

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[Notebook Page] Κ-10-100 (pp. 1990-1991)

Κ-10 1990, 1991 Κ:1953.0302:1 Κ:1953.0302:2 Κ:1953.0302:3 N 30388 Κ:1953.0302:4 N 30389 Κ:1953.0302:5 N 30390 Κ:1953.0302:6 Κ:1953.0302:7 N 42706 Κ:1953.0304:1 Κ:1953.0304:2 Κ:1953.0307:1 Κ:1953.0307:2 ... 2nd-3rd A.D.

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[Notebook Page] Κ-11-47 (pp. 2085-2086)

Drain B. Middle Stoa; South Foundation. Drain C. Steps. Water Basin. Late Pit ... Κ-11 2085, 2086 LVIII-8 ... 25 April 1953

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[Notebook Page] Κ-11-102 (pp. 2195-2196)

Demolition of Houses. Modern Burial. Late Wall; 39-49/ΛΘ-ΛΖ; Drain C. Poros Fragment Wall. Stoa to Steps Fillings. Fill South of Stoa Piers 1 and 2. Fill over Stepped Retaining Wall. South Edge of Section ... Κ-11 2195, 2196

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[Notebook Page] Κ-11-8 (pp. 2007-2008)

Sylvie's Agora Murder. Late Wall. Drain C ... Κ-11 2007, 2008 Section Κ 274 ... 27 Feb 1953

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[Publication Page] Agora 8, s. 194

pl. 45. Burial. Well. Road. Kiln. Other. Pit. Fill ... Agora 8 O 7:12 M 7:1 P 7:2 P 7:3 R 8:2 Q 8:9 I 9:1 R 9:2 K 9:1 M 11:3 N 11:5 R 10:5 N 11:1 D 11:5 G 11:8 N 11:3 F 12:5 N 11:4 H 12:17 H 12:8 D 12:3 O 12:1 O 12:2 Q 12:2 R 12:2 F 12:6 F-G 12:1 F-G 12:2 ...

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[Object] P 25812: Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment

Most of foot and center of floor preserved, with start of walls. Moulded ring foot. Interior, mantel figure, right. Other figures on sides A and B. No relief contour. Glazed and reserved circles on underside ... March 1957

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[Object] P 25813: Red Figure Plate Fragment

From the floor of a very large plate; two moulded rings beneath; fish plate? Parts of four figures: leg of small standing figure, white, Eros. Knees and legs of draped seated female figure; standing female ... March 1957

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[Object] P 25814: Red Figure Calyx or Bell Krater Fragment

Wall fragment. Male head, wreathed and bearded, left. Partial relief contour. Surface of Panathenaic Way; Agora excavations. Exact provenience unknown. Leica ... March 1957

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[Object] P 26241: Black Figure Lekythos Fragment with Incised Decoration

Foot and lower walls preserved. Resting surface and side of foot reserved. Figured zone, on border of three glazed lines, chariot and legs of two horses, right; standing figure at left. Pink-buff clay ... May 1928

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[Object] P 20048: Red Figure Plate Fragment

Rim fragment from a large plate, neatly moulded. Part of ring foot with flat resting surface reserved. On rim, between reserved bands, ivy wreath, the leaves reserved, the stems and berries white. Late ... 1949

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[Object] P 21140: Red Figure Bell Krater Fragment

Wall fragment. Head and shoulders of a satyr; body in front view, head profile to right; left hand rests on the head. White fillet round the head. Other white fillets in the background. No relief outline ... October 1950

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[Object] P 27033: Red Figure Plate Fragment

Single fragment preserves about one-third of the base to near center of floor. Disk foot, slightly concave beneath; outer edge rounded. The center of the floor is depressed. In the raised area around the ... August 1961

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[Object] P 27280: White Ground Lekythos

Four joining fragments from upper wall including a little of the shoulder. A youth draped, with walking stick in right hand looks right. To right and left, palmettes in field; bordered above by double ... 1 June 1965

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[Object] P 27327: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragment

White Ground. Wall fragment broken all around. Female figure flying to left, holding torch in right hand. In field to left, the corner of a rectangular object supported by a hand. Cross cut between Stoa ... 22 June 1965

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[Object] P 27339: Red Figure Lekanis Lid

White Ground. Much broken and small fragments missing. Restored in plaster. Massive disk knob; on top a ring of satyrs and maenands in alternation; ring of vertical glazed strokes around knob and near ... 25 June 1965

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[Object] P 27373: Red Figure Pyxis Lid

About half remains. Side wall broken away below. On top, the head of a girl to left. The (missing) metal ring in the middle of the top falls in the place of an earring. Reserved groove near edge and reserved ... 2 July 1965

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[Object] P 27374: Red Figure Volute Krater Fragment

a) Two joining fragments from shoulder. Upper part of a draped woman; sakkos on head facing right toward another draped figure of which there remains only the right forearm holding a torch. Purple flames(?) ... 30 June 1965

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[Object] P 27396: Red Figure Pelike

Lower wall and base, and small chips in rim and wall missing. Mended from numerous fragments and partly restored in plaster. A) Chiton-clad girl with short hair caresses a phallos-headed bird. B) Similar ... 5 July 1935

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[Object] P 27426: Black Figure Stemless Cup

Mended from many fragments. Lacks handle and fragments from wall. Completely restored. On either side a man leaning on a stick profers a wreath to a seated figure. Handles bordered by palmettes. No incision ... 19 July 1965

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[Object] P 27427: Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

Wall fragment broken all around. Part of the arm of one figure and the hand of a second; probably runners. Incision. Stoa cross cut, piers 1 and 2, south aisle, layer IV, gravel. 1930 Leica, 80-43-9 ... 19 July 1965

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[Object] P 27428: Red Figure Skyphos Fragment

Three joining fragments from the wall. Youth with chlamys to left. In the field the hand of another figure. Stoa cross cut, piers 1 and 2, south aisle, layer IV, gravel. 1930 Leica ... 19 July 1965

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[Object] P 27462: Red Figure Lekanis Fragment

Fragment from edge only preserved. On top, remains a mass of pendent drapery and some tendrils. On vertical edge of rim ovolo. Stoa cross cut, piers 1 and 2, south of Middle Stoa, layer III. 1912 Leica ... 26 August 1965

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[Object] P 27468: Black Figure Amphora Fragment

Four joining wall fragments. Broken all around. Lower parts of two cloaked figures to right; head of panther and leafy branch in background. Purple for borders and dots on cloaks and on brow of panther ... 26 August 1965

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[Object] P 25482: Moldmade Bowl Fragment

Rim and wall fragment. Three zones: above, alternating dolphins(?) and shellfish(?); middle, large vine pattern; below, leaf(?). Pinkish-buff clay; black glaze. A similar piece in lot T 158. "From various ... 1933

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[Object] P 25377: Red Figure Lekanis Lid Fragment

Fragment from near top. Head, shoulders and right hand of Athena, her face seen three-quarters to right. Spear in right hand. At right, a nude standing male figure, right; his right arm bent. Applied white ... 1947

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[Object] P 25334: Vessel Fragment

Part of neck or stand. Bands on top and bottom. Dog, tracking, to right. At right, circular ornament with connected diamonds inside. Red paint on ornament and bands. Brownish glaze. Area of road, Tholos ... 11 April 1938

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[Object] P 25346: Red Figure Cup Fragment

Fragment from floor. Interior: male head left; side-burns, wreath and himation of which a small part is seen over the left shoulder. Stopped maeander around tondo. Exterior: small part of handle ornament, ... 11 March 1933

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[Object] I 1522: Grave Stone Fragment

Part of a columnar grave stone. The top preserved; the back and bottom broken. Three lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in the wall of the church of Prophet Elias and St. Charalambos, ... 5 March 1934

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[Object] I 275: Block Fragment

Fragment from the right side of a large inscribed block. A bit of the finished surface along the right side is preserved; back and other edges broken. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA I 337 joins at the left ... 1933

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[Object] I 276: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment from columnar grave monument. Upper front part preserved, with part of top surface; the ring mostly broken away. Hymettian marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the modern wall of the house ... 1933

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[Object] I 277: Grave Monument Fragment

Upper part of small grave stele with pediment top. The back rough picked; the sides finished with a toothed chisel, and a smoothed band along the front edge. Pentelic marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the ... 5th. or 4th. centuries B.C.

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[Object] I 278: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment from top of columnar grave monument. A large column with a small ring; somewhat chipped at the top. The letters worn. Hymettian marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the modern wall of the ... 1933

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[Object] P 24297: Black Figure Vessel Fragment

Part of rider, right, and at the left upper corner, legs of horses galloping behind; the latter in larger scale. Unglazed inside. Buff-pink clay. Provenience unknown. Leica, 80-43-4 ... September 1954

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[Object] P 24301: Red Figure Skyphos Fragment

Single fragment preserves some of sharply out-turned rim and of wall. A draped standing figure facing left; facing him part of drapery of a second figure, the hand holding "discus" decorated with a cross ... 1 December 1954