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[Agora Publication] Roman Pottery: Fine-Ware Imports

Hayes, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Examples of Roman period red-gloss and red-slip pottery generally termed terra sigillata found during excavations in the Athenian Agora form the focus of this volume. These fine wares, like the other table ... 2008

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[Agora Object] P 910: Plate with Incised Decoration

Mended from many fragments and largely restored in plaster. Large flat plate; bottom rises slightly in center; curving rim, narrow flat lip. Circles incised around center inside, in five groups of two ... 22 April 1932

[Agora Object] P 2515: Bowl

Low base ring; small vertical rim irregularly set on edge of flaring walls. Coarse orange clay, micaceous; remains of thin red glaze wash over all; worn, especially on the inside. Carelessly made. Late ... 3 July 1933

[Agora Object] P 7937: Jug Fragment

Top, neck and upper part of body preserved. A jug with wide moulded projecting rim short neck, and sharply angular shoulder. Flat vertical handle, rim to below shoulder. Light red clay and glaze, burned ... 21 May 1936

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[Agora Object] P 12948: Jug with Incised Decoration

[Originally mouth, handle and most of neck missing; now added.] Half of rim missing; restored in plaster. Broad flat bottom; cylindrical body; sloping shoulder; narrow neck. Decorated with grooves: at ... May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 14106: Amphora

Fragments of one handle, lip and body missing; restored in plaster; minor chips. Ring foot; egg-shaped body; small out-turned lip; short band handles from a low handle ridge. Broad groove on shoulder ... 13 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 14683: Plate Fragment with Maker's Stamp

Fragment from a plate with flat floor and a high thin ring foot. Plantaform stamp, broken: Soft buff clay; dull red glaze badly peeled on outside, and nearly all gone from inside. Cut to west of N-W ... 29 March 1939

[Agora Object] P 15244: Frying Pan Fragment

Small part of flat bottom, full profile of curving wall and plain lip preserved. Coarse gritty brown clay, fire-blackened outside; thick red glaze inside; Pompeian red ware (JWH). Brick shaft, upper ... 8 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 16409: Plate Fragments

Two non-joining fragments, each preserving a small bit of rim to full height and a bit of the floor. From a flat-floored plate without foot. From the edge of the floor, the low vertical wall, convex on ... 28 April-2 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 16570: Dish Fragment: Cooking Ware

Seven joining fragments preserve some of rim, wall and floor. A large steep-walled bowl with bulging rim and flat floor. Dull dark red glaze on interior and outer edge of rim. Exterior unglazed. Very ... 27 April 1940

[Agora Object] P 19636: Vessel Fragment

The lower part of a cylindrical pot with a slight taper towards the top. The bottom inset; the walls shallow wheel-ridged. Very heavy red fabric with small white bits in it. ADDENDA Imported from Cyprus ... 4-10 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 25035: Amphora

Mouth and handles missing. A tall pot, tapering as it rises; narrow neck. Bands of grooving on lower, middle and upper body. Well, container 11. 5789 Leica PD 3083-263, DA 10012 ... July 1955

[Agora Object] P 25058: Amphora

Mended from many fragments. Narrow neck. Buff clay. Dull red glaze on upper parts. Cf. the fabric of P 9910 (another import, but not in fact the same ware, JWH). ADDENDA Constantinople white ware with ... July 1955

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[Agora Object] P 27257: Plate Fragments

a) and b) From base ring and part of floor. c) Three joining fragments from center of floor. Fabric and especially the peeling glaze are typical of local early Roman products at Corinth (the clay is ... 1964

[Agora Object] P 27495: Dish Fragment: Corinthian

Part of foot and floor of a dish. Flat floor, fairly high foot; flaring sides. Light orange ware, flaky bright slip, orange-red on inside and under foot, brown to black on outside. Corinthian fabric ... Early Roman.

[Agora Object] P 27508: Jar Fragment: Barbotine

Rim fragment. Heavy convex rim; high barbotine swirls on body. Orange clay, reddish coating, rather metallic. North Peloponnesian. Catalogued February 1966. . Leica PD 3083-253, DA 10012 ... (February 1966)

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[Agora Object] P 31935: Dish Fragments

Two pieces of rim and wall, loose piece (c) of floor. Heavy rolled rim, low curved wall, wide flat floor. Two sets of four shallow grooves on floor, with shallow cross-burnishing imitating rouletting ... 1934

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[Agora Object] P 31973: Jug Fragments

Most of base (mended), part of neck, loose handle and body sherds. Near-cylindrical body, fairly low, with groove offset surrounding a flat base. Narrow cylindrical neck. Sliced handle, bearing two grooves ... 16-19 March 1934

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[Agora Object] P 31977: Plate Fragment

Piece of rim and outer part of floor of a large plate. Flat floor and thick sloping rim, bulging at top, with groove and quarter-round molding on inner face. Light pinkish-red with red slip, glossy ('soapy') ... 1934

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[Agora Object] P 31994: Dish Fragment with Rouletting

One side of flat-based dish with curved sloping wall and narrow flat-topped rim. Band of rouletting on floor; end of a stamp visible at center. Orange-brown clay and slip. Type a variant of P 20222. Catalogued ... 9 May 1934

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[Agora Object] P 32007: Dish Fragments with Rouletting

Three non-joining rim fragments (a, with edge of floor, b, mended from two pieces) form half of rim and wall. Also, a non-joining floor fragment. Flat floor with slight foot at edge, defined by grooves; ... May 1935

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[Agora Object] P 32011: Skyphos Fragment

Two joining rim sherds of a vertical-walled skyphos. Rim square-cut, grooved on outside. Pair of grooves lower down. Traces of stumps of a vertical handle on left. Smooth yellow-orange clay, glossy orange-red ... 16 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 32039: Dish Fragments: Cooking Ware

Two joining rim sherds and four non-joining rim-to-wall fragments (about one-third of rim). Sloping rounded wall, flattish rim. Ancient repairs, remains of inset swallowtail lead clamps on inner face of ... 5-9 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 32126: Mug Fragment

One side, to just above base, with handle. Steep-sided, curved in at bottom. Upper part ribbed. Thin strap handle, concave in section, looped from rim to body. Gray-cored, fired brown at surfaces; brown ... 11-17 April 1934

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[Agora Object] P 32141: Jar Fragment with Combed Decoration

Rim fragment. Sloping shoulder, outcurved rim with squarish external moulding, grooved at lip. Straight and wavy combing on shoulder. Smooth drab brown ware, blackish wash on inside. Late Roman Boiotian? ... 4 May 1934

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[Agora Object] P 32149: Flagon Fragment: Knidian

Single piece: one side of neck and most of rim. Cylindrical neck, short splayed rim. Handle lost. Orange-brown fabric and gloss. Same ware and type as P 31973? Catalogued October 1992. Box 59a. 94-35-24 ... 9 May 1934

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[Agora Object] P 32183: Flagon Fragments

Parts of neck and top of body (six joined fragments and a single sherd). High conically-tapered neck with plain knife-cut rim; narrow shoulder-offset with groove, narrow steep-sided body. No traces of ... April 1939

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[Agora Object] P 35003: Bowl Fragment: Later Corinthian Slip-coated Ware

Rim sherd of a flanged bowl with part of wall. Shape is a derivative of conspectus form 34 in Italian Sigillata or of Hayes, form 3 in (later) Çanderli Ware. Fabric comparable to that of Corinthian molded ... 2-4, 18-24 May 1939

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[Agora Object] P 35027: Bowl Fragment: Red Slip, Knidian or 'Attiko' Ware

Two loose sherds (rim=a, wall=b). Small bowl/dish with upright flanged rim. Ware (similar to Knidian relief ware): orange clay, matte orange slip over all. Probably to be restored as flat based (a type ... 25 April 1940

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[Agora Object] P 35076: Dish Fragment: Red-slipped, Import

Two rim fragments. Narrow downturned rim, steep rounded wall. Smooth buff-tan clay with orange-brown core; lime inclusions; dull reddish slip, slightly polished on exterior, bearing 'shadows' of added ... 27 May 1938

[Agora Object] SS 4632: Unguentarium Fragment: Stamped

Mouth, part of neck and shoulder missing. Shape as SS 4624 (Π 599). Brownish-pink clay; buff slip; red wash on upper body. Stamp large and nearly rectangular. Source: should be Cibyra W. Pisidia-fringe ... Late Roman