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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0181 (9-50)

Inscription recording a dedication of plants to the Phosphoroi. Found in the Roman building to the east of the Tholos. 2nd c. A.D ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1939

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[Agora Object] I 4745: Dedicatory Plaque

Inscribed fragment. Mended from many pieces. A rectangular plaque dressed smooth behind, its edges bordered by a straight incised line and by the edges of a series of drill holes. The plaque may originally ... 24 April 1937

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[Agora Publication] Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940): The Tholos of Athens and its Predecessors

Thompson, H. A ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Famous classical buildings, such as the Parthenon, are preserved in such monumental isolation that it is hard to reconstruct the effect that they might have had on the ancient visitor. Their setting relative ... 1940