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[Agora Image] 2009.05.0078

Terracotta figurine of woman carrying a winnowing basket with offerings of fruit, cakes, and a wreath, 4th century, B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 8 Sep 2004

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[Agora Image] 2007.01.1273

Spindle whorls, 6th and early 5th centuries B. C. From left to right: MC 948, MC 373, MC 365, MC 938 ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Sep 2004

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[Agora Image] 2007.01.1698

Epinetron. Placed over the knee, an epinitron provided a firm surface for working wool. These two examples date in the last quarter of the 5th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Sep 2004

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[Agora Image] 2007.01.2029

Fragment of red figure lekanis lid ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 16 Sep 2004

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[Agora Image] 2007.01.0950

A mortgage inscription naming a woman, the first two letters of her name (ΔΗ) are preserved at the end of the second-to-last line. 5th or 3rd century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jan 2005

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[Agora Image] 2007.01.1200

Loom weights, from left to right: MC 1499, MC 867, MC 1230, MC 1193, MC 1129, MC 1502 ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal)

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[Agora Image] 2007.10.0086 (LCT-156)

Fruit and vegetables sold in the Agora. To the left krater P 10086 filled with beans. In front P 10118, black glaze salt cellar. To the right P 10548, black glaze lekythos ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... Summer 2006

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[Agora Object] B 1335: Lock Plate

One small chip missing. Original thickness worn off over half of disk. Round, slightly raised edges. Keyhole in middle. Four small holes for attachment. Persian destruction fill. Pit east of boundary stone ... 8 July 1968

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[Agora Object] P 27342: Black Figure Miniature Krateriskos Fragment

Part of rim and side of votive krateriskos. Almost vertical. Rim black with zigzag; on body two girls dancing right, but looking left, holding hands, wearing short sleeveless dresses; black band under ... 1 June 1945

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[Agora Object] P 28679: Black Glaze Unguentarium

Complete except for small chips. Plump body, raised base, slightly concave beneath, slightly flaring. Down-sloping rim. Two scraped bands on top of shoulder. Peeling, dull black glaze. Coarse orange ... 3 July 1971

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[Agora Object] P 26657: Hydria

Household Hydria. Lip chipped. Vertical handle broken but preserved. Very rotund shape. Ring foot, flat projecting rim. Fine slip much worn. Reddish-brown micaceous clay. Well L, box 6. Context ca. 575-550 ... 16 July 1959

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[Agora Object] P 9630: Stamnos with Paint Decoration

Mended from many fragments; bits of lip, shoulder and base, and much of lower body missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot, egg-shaped body, small lip rectangular in section, two horizontal handles rising ... 31 March 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9757: Red Figure Calyx Krater Fragment

Fragment from wall of a large krater, broken all around. There remains the midpart of a standing figure clad in a chiton embroidered with dotted crosses and with a row of galloping horsemen on the hem ... 10 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 20043: Red Figure Stemless Cup Fragment with Incised Decoration

Single fragment preserves some of floor and foot. Delicately profiled foot. In medallion, part of woman's head, right. The medallion is bordered by two pairs of reserved lines, outside which is a zone ... 28 May 1949

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[Agora Object] I 2205: Mining Inscription Fragment

Inscribed fragment. A smooth back, probably once inscribed; otherwise broken. "POLETAI" record; Laurion Mines. The inscribed surface badly worn in places; cuttings for modern doorjamb at left. The text ... 19 November 1934

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[Agora Object] T 104: Head of Female Figurine

First interpretation: head with high figured crown. Front part of head carrying a kanoun. Preserved to chin. Piece of kanoun broken off right side. Worn features. Curly hair which seems to hang down over ... 2 March 1932

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[Agora Object] T 214: Seated Draped Female Figurine with Child

Woman holding by the head a child standing close between her knees with arms stretched to embrace her. Head of woman missing. Modelling effaced for part of sides. Back unmodelled; pose of woman not quite ... 18 April 1932

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[Agora Object] T 313: Male Head

Bearded, bald head. Chips missing from brow, beard, left cheek, and back of head. No trace of attachment ot body. Handmade, but skilfully deeply modelled with engraving tool. No certain traces of paint ... 1 June 1932

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[Agora Object] T 431: Female Head

Head of woman carrying a basket with offerings. Broken off at the base of the neck. Her hair is parted in the middle from the crown to nape of neck, with a lock falling at either side of the neck. The ... 19 April 1933

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[Agora Object] T 862: Draped Actor Figurine

Bearded man with bushy hair and open mouth; a tragic actor in a mask. Broken off below waist; the top of the head and the right arm also missing. Part of a square opening in the back remains. Traces of ... 21 May 1935

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[Agora Object] T 1623: Female Head

On top of an elaborate coiffure the figure wears a large flat disk, in the center of which, on top, something is broken away. Remains of white and small traces of yellow on the white. Fine rubby brown ... 10 March 1938

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[Agora Object] T 1731: Hedgehog Figurine

Feet and one of knobs on body missing. The animal's quills are indicated by small rectangular knobs. Attached to his back and sides are nine (originally ten) roughly hemispherical knobs, six of them with ... 14 May 1938

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[Agora Object] T 2442: Female Head

The hair is drawn up into a bow-knot on the top of the head (or is this actually a bow?), and is gathered at the back in a plain projecting . Earrings. Hair indicated by straight and crosswise grooves ... 15 July 1947

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[Agora Object] T 2111: Female Head

Broken off below. Head of woman in peaked headdress and tiara, muffled to the eyes in a veil. No remains of white. Gray to yellow-buff clay. To east of Drain, layer III; Koukla Factory fill proper. 1859, ... 7 June 1939

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[Agora Object] T 3553: Veiled Female Figurine Fragment

Head and upper part of draped body of woman with veil covering head and lower part of face. Right hand holds veil under chin. In back of each shoulder a stub (attachment or chair or wings?). Mended from ... 6 August 1957

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[Agora Object] T 3696: Female Head

Several joining fragments. Cracked. Face preserved almost intact. Head with elaborate drawn up hairstyle. Fine modelling. Traces of white on face, red on hair preserved. Brown clay. Agora sample no. 478 ... Spring 1965

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[Agora Object] I 4707: Dedication

Relief with inscription; banquet. Intact, save minor fractures. Man reclining on couch holds bowl in left and corcucopia (rhyton?) in raised right. A woman sits at end of couch holding a bowl or box in ... 9 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 13363: Red Figure Cup Fragment

The stem and center of the floor of a cup. Two scraped grooves around the stem. Part of a seated draped woman, right, a wool-basket in front of her. She wears a thin sleeved chiton with an himation around ... 6 June 1938

[Agora Object] MC 948: Spindle Whorl

Slender concave-conical, with nearly flat bottom. Two incised lines around it half way up, and a reserved line at edge of bottom. Firm velvety glaze. Publication: ca. 500 B.C. Well A. Box 10. Late 6th-early ... Publication: ca. 500 B.C.

[Agora Object] MC 1129: Loom Weight

Chipped. Pyramidal. Four-sided with flat top and bottom. Pierced by hole 0.013 m. from top. Dull black glaze on upper two thirds. Pinkish buff clay. Beneath Byzantine floor west of Hieron, S.W. of S.W ... 6 July 1967

[Agora Object] MC 1193: Loom Weight

Complete. Pyramidal, stamped. Plain on bottom, stamped with three rosettes on each of three sides, two rosettes on fourth side, one rosette on top. Slightly gritty brown-beige clay. Roman House ε, room ... 21 July 1971

[Agora Object] MC 1230: Loom Weight

Chips off base. Pyramidal, stamped. Flat top, flat bottom, pierced by circular hole lying 0.015 below top. On top have circular stamp with letter H inside it. Curved with dark red glaze much worn; only ... 30 June 1973

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[Agora Object] MC 1499: Loom Weight

Chipped around bottom edge. Pyramidal. Suspension round hole 0.009 from top. Faint traces of black glaze on underside. Hard orangish-pink fabric. S.W. of well. Basket 93. Found in vicinity of Well K 2:4 ... 12 July 1996

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[Agora Object] MC 1502: Loom Weight

Intact. Pyramidal, stamped. Flat top and bottom. Single suspension hole pierced near top. Stamped on four sides and top with star pattern. Two to three per side; one on top. No glaze. Orange fabric. Early ... 8 July 1997

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[Agora Object] I 5639: Mortgage Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment. All edges broken; back perhaps preserved. Eight lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in modern context in the industrial area, southwest of the Market Square ... 16-21 January 1939

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[Agora Object] P 10086: Krater

Fragments from wall and base missing. Ring foot; flaring wall; out-turned rim. Black to reddish-brown glaze wash inside and on rim. Outside unglazed. Well. Leica ... March 1937

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[Agora Object] P 10118: Black Glaze Salt Cellar

Chips missing from lip. Small flat-bottomed bowl; rounded wall; plain rim. Glazed all over. Well. Leica, 82-443 PD 1190-14g ... March 1937

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[Agora Object] P 10277: White Ground Lekythos

Cracked open; repaired; one or two chips missing at edge of breaks. In center, grave monument. From the left a woman brings an alabastron. On the right a woman(?) with mantle drawn close around her, looks ... 7 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 10282: Black Glaze Feeder: Stamped

Glaze much worn on spout and handle. As P 10281 (ΟΧ 15), except nine palmettes, and the opening is bordered by a tongue. ADDENDA P 10281: Vessel with small opening in nearly flat top; vertical band handle ... 7 March 1936

[Agora Object] P 10548: Black Glaze Lekythos

Complete; black glaze over all, except for a reserved band with running dog below lower handle attachment. Well. Leica, 82-172 ... 26 May 1937