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[Agora Object] B 2150: Bronze Vessel

Virtually complete vessel, lifted on a block and "excavated" by two conservators in the lab. Distorted, lopsided and cracked all over but only few gaps in body. Four loose fragments of chain loops. Piece ... 15 June 2004 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2192: Bronze Tack

Broken at tip. Head slightly warped at one edge, shaft bent. Flat oval head, square shaft tapering to a point. Bronze. Cf. B 2193 Finished Pyre J 2:26. handle with gloves 8855 ... 25 July 2007 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2193: Bronze Tack

Virtually intact, head slightly worn around the edges. Roughly circular head, with squared shaft, tapering to a point. Bronze. Cf. B 2192 Finished Pyre J 2:26. handle with gloves 8855 ... 2 August 2007 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2195: Strigil

Bronze strigil mended from several fragments. Extremely corroded, handle splitting, several gaps. End of scraper lost, most of handle preserved. Handle bent under into a loop. Terminal of handle adhered ... 2 August 2007 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2210: Dicastic Token

Round bronze token heavily corroded. Stamped with letter beta on both sides, one side better preserved than the other. Cf. Agora XXVIII, T19 (B 1175) and T20 (B 1164), undated. Finished Early Building ... 17 June 2009 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2243: Bronze Vessel

Mended from at least 18 fragments. Small portion of rim preserved making full profile. Small gap in body close to the base. Highly corroded. Shallow dish. Plain out-turned rim. Rounded walls slightly ... Mycenaean, LH III A ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2244: Bronze Wire Fragments

Three tiny wire fragments; surface corroded throughout and covered with a hard encrustation. Round in section, unpierced. Probably part of necklace as found with glass paste beads (J 273). Finished Level ... Mycenaean LH IIIA ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2245: Bronze Object with Organic Material

Composed of two bronze bars (a and b), heavily corroded together; broken at both ends. Remains of two overlapping layers of organic material (fiber or fabric as though woven), diagonally attached to large ... 1 June 1938 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2257: Bronze Blade

Mended from two joining pieces; heavily corroded. Long flat narrow blade, tapering at one end to a point. Two rivets at opposite end for attachment to handle. Mycenaean LHIIIA. Finished Level 4 of ... Mycenaean LHIIIA ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2258: Blade

Four joining fragments but only tip piece has been mended. Heavily corroded with incrustations. Thin blade narrowing at both ends. The blade tapers to a blunt point. Two rivets at opposite end for attachment ... Mycenaean LHIIIA ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2260: Arrowhead

Complete; preserved in good condition but for some accretion to the surface. Leaf-shaped with midrib. Round socket. Small barb projecting past socket. Context of the 470s B.C. Finished Level 4 of fill ... Late Archaic ... Agora

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[Agora Object] B 2261: Tweezers

Two arms, broken at both ends, once held together by a thin loop at the top, which disintegrated during excavation; badly corroded. Thin arms, curving inward toward one another at the grasping point, ... Mycenaean LHIIIA ... Agora

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[Agora Object] BI 27: Bone Flute Fragment

Carefully finished with three large holes on one side and one on the other. Hellenistic group D. Pithos. Leica, 83-385, 99-38-10, 99-38-11 1242 ... 22 April 1932 ... Agora

[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

[Agora Object] BI 55: Bone Spindle Whorl

Globular, with small flattened top, and larger flattened bottom. Decorated with a band of double concentric circles incised around a central dot; above and below this band, three incised grooves. Brown ... 13 May 1933 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] BI 61: Bone Stylus Fragments

The two ends are preserved. Flattened at one end; pointed at the other. Trial pit in Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, IV layer. Leica, 5-226 ... 1933 ... Agora

[Agora Object] BI 62: Bone Stylus Fragment

The pointed end only remains. The part next the blade was rectangular in section; the rest round. Trial pit in Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, V layer. Leica, 5-226 ... 10 March 1933 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] BI 63: Bone Stylus Fragment

Broken into six fragments. Shows clear traces of burning. Finished Trial pit in Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, IV layer. Leica, 5-226 ... 1933 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] BI 67: Bone Stylus

Complete; slightly curved. The shaft toward the eraser end, rectangular in section. Toward the writing end, round. Rectangular rockcut shaft (no. 312). Leica, XXIV-47 ... August-September 1932 ... Agora

[Agora Object] BI 68: Bone Stylus Fragment

The "eraser" end preserved. Rectangular rockcut shaft (no. 376). Leica, XXIV-47 ... August-September 1932 ... Agora

[Agora Object] BI 69: Bone Stylus

Unbroken. The "eraser" end tapers to a thin edge. Rectangular rockcut shaft (no. 418). Leica, XXIV-47 ... August-September 1932 ... Agora

[Agora Object] BI 70: Bone Stylus

Preserved complete. The shaft round in section except close to the eraser end, where it is rectangular. Rectangular rockcut shaft (no. 419). Leica, XXIV-47 ... August-September 1932 ... Agora

[Agora Object] BI 71: Bone Stylus

The writing end broken away; the eraser end slightly curved. Rectangular rockcut shaft (no. 435). Leica, XXIV-47 ... August-September 1932 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] BI 72: Bone Stylus

Intact. Light brown color. Rectangular rockcut shaft (no. 507). Cleaning at bottom of shaft, dump. Leica, XXIV-47, XXXIX-51 ... 22 December 1932 ... Agora

[Agora Object] BI 79: Bone Spoon

Complete. Round shallow bowl. Pointed handle with transverse grooves just above the bowl. Well. Black fill. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 26 February 1934 ... Agora

[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

[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

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[Agora Object] BI 115: Bone Artifact

The thin edge broken. A large shoulder blade, probably of a whale, with a rectangular cutting at the top. The broad surface shows marks of cutting. Finished Pit, below wall B. Leica, 96-72-31, 96-72-32, ... 19 April 1934 ... Agora

[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

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[Agora Object] BI 166: Ivory Statuette

Statuette of seated female figure. A draped figure, similar to BI 167, but seated facing front. Both arms are missing. In the back of the bench, or rock, on which the figure sits is a small hole; another ... 24 May 1935 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] BI 167: Ivory Statuette

Statuette of Muse (?) A female figure wearing a thin, high-girt chiton and over her lap and knees, an himation. She sits left, on a bench or rock, but faces front. On her left arm she holds a large lyre; ... 24 May 1935 ... Agora

[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

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[Agora Object] BI 217: Sea Shell

The shell of a large bivalve (according to D.S. Reese, 26 January 1984, is a marine Clycymeris), used as palette. In the bottom, a pool of dull red paint; on the edge the marks of paint where the painter ... 26 March 1936 ... Agora

[Agora Object] BI 229: Bone Needle

Point broken off. Long eye; shaft tapers from flattened eye end. Well. Leica ... 24 April 1936 ... Agora V, p. 54, no. J 25.

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[Agora Object] BI 230: Bone Needle

The eye-end slightly flattened; the other end tapering to a point. Well. Leica, LIX-60 ... 25 April 1936 ... Agora V, p. 53, pl. 56, no. J 15.

[Agora Object] BI 231: Bone Needle

The eye-end slightly flattened; the other end tapering to a point. Similar to BI 230 but larger, and with a small round hole below the eye. Well. Leica ... 25 April 1936 ... Agora V, p. 53, no. J 16.

[Agora Object] BI 232: Bone Pin

One end pointed; the other carved to represent an open right hand. The first and fourth fingers broken. Rings on the fingers; a rope-like bracelet is wound spirally up the arm from the wrist. Well. Leica, ... 27 April 1936 ... Agora V, p. 52, pl. 56, no. J 8.

[Agora Object] BI 233: Bone Pin

Point broken off. Elongated knob head. Cistern. Leica ... 27 April 1936 ... Agora XXXI, p. 171, CPD 54A.

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[Agora Object] BI 236: Ivory Statuette

Statuette of Apollo Lykeios. The head found largely complete; the body mended from over two hundred fragments. Small fragments from the torso missing; the front part of the left foot, the little finger ... 30 April 1936 ... Agora

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[Agora Object] BI 288: Bone Box Fragment

End of vaulted box. A roughly semicircular plaque. Within a cross-hatched border a standing figure in Roman official costume. In his left hand he holds a staff or scepter, in ihs outstretched right a helmet ... 21 May 1936 ... Agora