[Agora Object] P 19063: Miniature Saucer

Mended from five pieces. Small roughly made saucer, the bottom left rough from the wheel. Light brownish-buff clay. Finished Pyre. 6654, 6659, 7066 Leica, VII-93 ... 16 March 1948

[Agora Object] P 19068: Miniature Saucer

Mended from four pieces. Chip missing from floor. Similar to P 19063 (ΝΝ 4172) ff. Burned gray. ADDENDA P 19063: Small roughly made saucer, the bottom left rough from the wheel. Light brownish-buff clay ... 16 March 1948

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[Agora Object] P 17989: Brazier with Plastic Lugs: Bearded Heads

Small fragments restored. Round bowl on stand. Typical brazier with bearded head lugs. A ring of gouged dots just above the base, and another at the point of attachment of bowl to stand. The horizontal ... 28-30 April 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18010: Black Figure Child's High-Chair

Profile complete; missing fragments restored in plaster. A heavy flaring base, with a rounded upper part; between the two a floor, pierced by a large hole. Carrying holes in the base, front and back. At ... 27 June 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18543: Miniature Pyxis with Lid

Both pyxis and lid mended complete except for chips. Bowl on small high base; the rim flanged vertically inside. Plain lid with down-turned edge; the top slightly domed and finished with a high solid knob ... 19 September 1947

[Agora Object] P 18544: Saucer

Mended from several pieces; small chips missing. Flat bottom, left rough from the wheel; the saucer rather roughly made and slightly warped. The rim horizontal, double grooved. Dull red glaze, worn, ... 19 September 1947

[Agora Object] P 18546: Plate: Banded

Mended from many pieces; complete except for chips. Roughly made flat-bottomed shallow plate with plain rim and two broad ribbon handles attached at rim. Unglazed except for two wide bands on the floor, ... 19 September 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18548: Miniature Casserole with Lid

Both lid and pot mended from several pieces; fragment missing from side of casserole. Flat bottom; spreading sides; wall flanged well below plain rim to take lid. Vertical loop handle. Lid slightly domed, ... 19 September 1947

[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] P 15553: Plemochoe Lid

Intact except for chips. Convex lid with thick central knob; depression in top of knob, a groove around. Two grooves around lid below knob; then five triangular holes. Narrow flat rim grooved on top and ... 14 June 1939

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[Agora Object] P 19845: Miniature Chytra

Intact save for chip from rim. Round bottom, plump body, out-turned lip, strap handle from point of greatest diameter to lip. Fine polished pinkish-buff clay; no glaze. Cooking pot shape, but fine fabric ... 11 April 1949

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[Agora Object] P 6980: Red Figure Pyxis Fragment

Fragment from the wall of a straight-sided pyxis; part of the rim, with flange for lid, inset, preserved. A woman standing right, her head bent; she wears a thin-sleeved chiton and a cloak flung loosely ... 7 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 7806: Black Figure Loutrophoros

Partially restored in plaster. Above base, rays. On body: front, two draped youths walking right; under each handle a siren with spread wings; at back, a goose. Around bottom of neck, rosettes; above, ... 14 May 1936

[Agora Object] B 98: Nail

Long tapering shaft; small head with edge slightly overhanging. Burnt layer. Leica ... 6 May 1933

[Agora Object] B 115: Fibula

Made of a thin wire, round in section, but flattened to form the catch, which has broken away in part. Otherwise complete. Well, near bottom. 5th c. B.C. 425-400 B.C. Cf. P 2072. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 27 May 1933

[Agora Object] BI 404: Bone Stylus

Pointed at one end. Flat paddle at the other, with ornamental grooves between. Well, basket 9. Leica, XXXIX-51, Various vii-79 ... 25 May 1937

[Agora Object] BI 416: Bone Pin

Short shaft tapering to a point. Pointed knob head and grooves around the shaft just below the head. Well, earth. Leica, Various vii-78 ... 12 June 1937

[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] BI 421: Bone Stylus

One half of the shaft roughly rounded, pointed at the end; the other rectangular, and flattened at the end. Well, from the earth. Leica, XXXIX-51, Various vii-79, Various i-65 ... 13 June 1937

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[Agora Object] BI 457: Ivory Handle

Large guard for the hilt of a sword, inlay carving of palmettes at the top on either side. Traces of iron pins and silver (?) which must have been carefully picked out. Inscibed beneath. Mr. Gejvall considers ... 13 June 1938

[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 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 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

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[Agora Object] BI 672: Bone Flute Fragment

Somewhat split lengthwise but complete except for chips. Section of flute with one end flanged for other section to fit against; three holes on one side, one on the other. Scratched lines around it, near ... 4 June 1951

[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] 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.

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[Agora Object] MC 964: Loom Weight

Conical, stamped. Loom weight stamp on upper wall, the inscription: Γ Λ Υ Κ on lower wall. Buff clay. Finished North end of terrace of Stoa of Attalos; from a disturbed area but probably from footing ... 10 August 1953

[Agora Object] MC 1122: Loom Weight

Intact. Pyramidal, with graffito. Plain at bottom with four flat sides tapering to slightly rounded top. Longer sides pierced with hole at top. Marked with an incised letter X on one side. Orange buff ... 1 July 1967

[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 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

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[Agora Object] ST 450: Syringe

Fragments missing from both upper and lower parts, and small pieces do not join. Lower half consists of hemispherical bowl with inset flange to receive. Upper half which has a central spout rising from ... 5 May 1949

[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

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[Agora Object] BI 738: Set of Bone Buttons

A set of 18 bone buttons, varying somewhat in diameter and thickness, each pierced by a single round hole. Δεκαοκτώ οστέινα καψούλια (χάνδρες). Φέρουν οπή στο κέντρο τους. Martyr at west end, just south ... 25 May 1954

[Agora Object] BI 759: Knucklebones

One has a large epsilon (E) scratched on side. Another is pierced from side to side. Well. Leica, Various vii-87 ... 22 May 1957

[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

[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] 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] ST 147: Sundial

Broken away along one side at the front. Cubical block, with one side hollowed into a concave face marked with eleven (?) radiating incised liines; at center above, lead bedding for the pointer. Pentelic ... 22 May 1936

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[Agora Object] ST 193: Alabastron

Small hole rotted through, and some partial cracks, on weathered half. Where surface well preserved, veining of stone displayed in fine horizontal wavy lines. Under the small lug on either side a sort ... February 1936