[Agora Object] T 324: Loom Weight

Lentoid. Pierced with two holes near edge. Stamp centerd beneath perforations. In oval stamp, male head to right. Disturbed layer. Leica, Various vii-94 ... 2 June 1932

[Agora Object] BI 605: Bone Pin

Complete, but with shaft short and apparently resharpened. Pomegranate head. The top of the shaft lightly collared and banded with incised lines. The head has an elaborately carved finial; the round knob ... 30 March 1948

[Agora Object] BI 137: Bone Stylus

One end pointed, the other flattened for erasing. Early red fill east of road. Leica, Various vii-79 ... 28 March 1935

[Agora Object] BI 476: Bone Crochet Needle

Intact. A hook at one end. Modern (?) S.W. corner of section: Turkish fill. Leica, Various vii-84 ... 2 March 1939

[Agora Object] BI 313: Bone Die

Intact. Numbers arranged as usual: one opposite six; two opposite five; three opposite four. Bone greenish in color, as are other pieces of bone from this fill. Late Roman fill. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 4 June 1936

[Agora Object] P 16328: Red Figure Lekythos

Intact except for chips. Squat lekythos with flaring bell mouth. Many-petalled palmette coarsely reserved on the front. Highly metallic black glaze, carelessly applied on and above the foot. Bottom unglazed ... 18 January 1940

[Agora Object] T 919: Altar

Top, bottom, one face and parts of two others preserved. Finished with heavy mouldings top and bottom; in the top surface, a small circular depression. Coarse pink clay with buff slip. Built into wall ... 10 June 1935

[Agora Object] B 521: Pin

Tip broken off; badly oxidized and could not be cleaned (disintegrated in the effort); otherwise intact. Plain straight shaft with two grooves just below the head. Large pointed knob-like head, ornamented ... 1 February 1938

[Agora Object] B 555: Key

The ring a flat band. From the ring, projecting like a bezel, is a short rectangular bar to which is attached at right angles a key made of ten projections, round in section. Late Roman fill with Byzantine ... 29 April 1938

[Agora Object] B 231: Arrowhead or Spearhead

Large arrowhead or spearhead. Two-barbed, and with a stem to fit into the shaft. Modern fill. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 21 May 1935

[Agora Object] B 210: Javelin Head

Leaf-shaped spearhead with ridge down middle of blade. Socket for shaft at base, chipped. Late mixed fill. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 19 March 1935

[Agora Object] B 217: Earspoon

Short handle, tapering to a point. Cup-like end. Black fill west of Polygonal building. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 1 April 1935

[Agora Object] B 321: Fish Hook

Intact. Flattened at upper end; single(?) barb at other. ca. 2.30m. below surface Below surface, in consistent Late Roman fill with coins. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 8 April 1936

[Agora Object] MC 289: Loom Weight

Round disk, flat on both sides, and with a hole near the edge. Unglazed. Micaceous pink clay. Well G. Leica, Various vii-94 ... 28 May 1936

[Agora Object] IL 161: Lead Weight

Conical. Slightly hollowed at the bottom and pierced for suspension at the top. Late drain fill. Leica, Various vii-94 ... 18 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 27182: Miniature Krateriskos

Intact. Votive. Pale buff clay, unglazed. East end of Middle Stoa terrace, disturbed area. 1538 Leica, VII-88 ... 20 May 1964

[Agora Object] BI 681: Bone Die

Edges and corners smoothed down to curves. Standard disk markings, made by deep drillings, probably once filled with some contrasting color. Area south of east-west Roman wall, layer II, above 4th c. B.C ... 13 March 1952

[Agora Object] BI 815: Bone Ring

Bezel intact except for some chips. Two thirds of ring band missing. Bezel shows profile bust of female, left, in relief. Hair falling in three strands gathered above nape with double band. Heavy features ... 4 July 1968

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[Agora Object] G 106: Bottle

A short-necked bottle shaped like an unguentarium. Thin fabric; purple glass. Cemetery at corner of Piraeus and Herakleidou Streets, grave F. 66 Leica ... April 1937

[Agora Object] B 441: Fish Hook

Broken at upper end. Byzantine Street, upper fill. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 27 April 1937

[Agora Object] BI 85: Bone Pin

Mended from two fragments, the point lacking. The head is shaped like a Corinthian capital, with leaves under the corners, and a square abacus. On the abacus is seated a winged Eros, with legs crossed ... 21 March 1934

[Agora Object] BI 92: Bone Button

Flat at the back, slightly convex on top. Decorated on the edge with incised triangles. Probably Byzantine. House B, upper layer, probably floor. Late Roman (?) 183 Leica, Various vii-84 ... 23 March 1934

[Agora Object] BI 46: Bone Probe

Tapering handle; thin round blade, slightly upturned. Dark brown. Well, dump. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 14 June 1932

[Agora Object] BI 187: Bone Spoon

Small-bowled spoon with flat handle, cut at the top into a leaf shape, and pierced, just below this, with a small hole. Red Roman fill over interior north wall of Burnt Building. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 19 June 1935

[Agora Object] BI 516: Bone Pin with Glass Head

Plain pin, tapering toward both ends, and fitted with a round head of black glass or stone. Stoa colonnade, opposite room 3, in plundered wall trench, layer 2. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 29 May 1939

[Agora Object] BI 419: Bone Die

Not quite cubical, and fairly large. The pips of the numbers are made of an incised ring around a dot. Well D, earth. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 17 June 1937

[Agora Object] BI 420: Bone Die

Double incised rings around dots. Similar to BI 419, but smaller. Well D, earth. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 17 June 1937

[Agora Object] B 1109: Unguent Spoon

Oval bowl with central rib. Shaft ending above in a drop. Rather well preserved. Decorative rings around the part where bowl and shaft meet. Cf. Corinth XII, pp. 132-134, pl. 82. In front of late Roman ... 8 May 1947

[Agora Object] MC 1127: Loom Weight

Intact. Heptagonal. Seven-sided cone shape tapering up from flat bottom. Sides bevelled in at bottom to base. Hole cut through at point 0.012 from apex. Red glazed except for base. Pocket of thrown bedrock, ... 14 August 1967

[Agora Object] MC 97: Spindle Whorl

Double conical. Pierced through the center. Decorated on the upper side with three seven pointed stars, incised, probably, when the clay was soft. Unglazed. Pinkish buff clay. Drain. Leica, Various vii-84 ... 5 May 1934

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[Agora Object] IL 670: Iron Hammer

Much corroded. Traces of the wooden handle remain in the hole. At one end a flat square face, at the other a single point. Round hole. Inside the S.E. corner of the Porch of the Metroon, among the working ... 13 April 1938

[Agora Object] J 140: Gold Earring

Hoop made of spirally twisted wire enlarged at one end to hold socket for (missing) stone. Socket bordered by loops of wire. Note that the wire of the hoop is smooth toward the small end, beaded toward ... 18 June 1965

[Agora Object] P 14041: Stand (Thymiaterion?)

Broken into two pieces; fragment of bowl missing. A roughly cylindrical object with a small bowl at the top. The walls of the bowl flare slightly to a plain thickened lip. The present lower edge of the ... June 1938

[Agora Object] T 2185: Dog Figurine Fragment

One (longitudinal) half remains, the (proper) left. Crouching pose, front legs only are indicated. Hair is gouged, the muzzle, collar and a stripe down the front are painted red. Traces of white paint ... 22 June 1939

[Agora Object] T 2131: Bird Figurine

Complete. A small plump bird with spreading tail, rather long thick neck, stumpy legs and a comb. An extra "leg" under the tail helps him to stand. Handmade. Red clay. Sacrificial Pit X, red fill under ... 12 June 1939

[Agora Object] B 243: Arrowhead

Triangular, triple-barbed arrowhead, with socket for the shaft, and a small hole in the side of the socket. The barbs broken at the tips. Cistern A. Leica, Various vii-92 ... 24 May 1935

[Agora Object] BI 315: Bone Pin

Large heavy moulded head, with fine grooves around shaft just below. Well, earth. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 9 June 1936

[Agora Object] B 848: Ring Key

Plain band with rectangular key attachment. Building P, room 7, where north floor II lacks to West. 1378 Leica, Various vii-83 ... 26 April 1948

[Agora Object] B 1001: Surgical Instrument

Broken in the middle. Long slender channel, pointed in one end. The other end bent like a hook. Ends up in a bird' s head. On the handle a knob bounded to either side by ridges. Stoa shop IX from south, ... 12 June 1952

[Agora Object] MC 787: Checkerboard Fragments

Two non-joining fragments from edge of slab. Front smoothly finished and incised in squares. Back smooth with three small holes along edge for attachment on fragment a) and three along the break on fragment ... 8 April 1949