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[Agora Report] 1959 Ψ: Section Ψ Supplementary Exploration: July-August 1959

Eugene Vanderpool ... Excavations in Section Ψ did not go to the bottom throughout the area; considerable masses of early fill were left. Instead, late disturbances and test cuts down to bedrock revealed enough of both stratification ... 29 Jul-20 Aug 1959

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[Agora Report] 1939 Ψ: Section Ψ Season of 1939

Eugene Vanderpool ... During the 1939 campaign in Section Ψ, several wells were dug that had been discovered but left unfinished or undug in 1938: Great Hole and Early Well at 33/Z (N 18:8); Tiled Roman Well at 18/H (N 17:1); ... 11 Apr 1939

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[Agora Report] 1938 Ψ: Section Ψ Season of 1938

Eugene Vanderpool ... Finds from Section Ψ span from Turkish down to the Neolithic and Geometric times. Several wells and cisterns from various periods were found and explored. The most extensive remains in the section belong ... 24 Jan-18 Jun 1938

[Agora Object] B 698: Dikast's Ballot

Rather chipped around edge. Somewhat corroded. Pierced hub. Well. 1st-2nd c. A.D. 1117 Leica ... 2 May 1939

[Agora Object] B 699: Dikast's Ballot

Somewhat chipped around edge. Hub pierced. Well, dump. 1st-2nd c. A.D. 1117 Leica ... April-May 1939

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[Agora Object] G 186: Fragmentary Unguentarium

Mended from several fragments; mouth and some of body missing. Vertical ribbing on body. Small, high foot. Surface decorated with yellow lines. Glass dark blue. Soft fill beside late Roman wall, outside ... 14 June 1938

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[Agora Object] G 193: Glass Fragment

Broken all around. Plain, transparent glass with dark blue dots and wavy lines. Assigned to subdivision .2 as listed in deposit notebook for layer II. Well, dump. 1110 Leica, 79-11-15 ... April 1939

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[Agora Object] G 203: Vessel Fragment

Base broken at stem. A roughly circular base with thin stem. Purplish glass. Well. Container 6. 1117 Leica ... 29 April 1939

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[Agora Object] G 204: Bottle

Intact. Out-turned lip, flat on top. Tall neck; squat body. Slightly concave bottom. Pale blue-green glass. Well. Container 15. 1117 Leica PD 505 ... 2 May 1939

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[Agora Object] G 205: Bottle

Mouth and some of neck missing. Narrow neck merging into drop-shaped body. Rounded bottom. Well. Container 22. 1117 Leica ... 2 May 1939

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[Agora Object] G 206: Jug Fragment

A single fragment preserves round mouth with out-turned lip, neck, doubled vertical handle and some of rounded body. Light greenish-blue glass. Well. Dump. 1117 Leica ... April-May 1939

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[Agora Object] G 207: Mug Fragment

A single fragment preserves the handle and the immediately adjacent part of the body. Broad vertical handle, forming a small loop. Thumb-rest on top, in part broken off. Well. Dump. 1117 Leica PD 2023-21 ... April-May 1939

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[Agora Object] G 208: Cup Fragment

A single fragment preserves the spreading foot, the thin short stem and a little of the lower part of the body. Greenish glass. Well. Dump. 1117 Leica PD 505 ... April-May 1939

[Agora Object] I 2088: Decree Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Fragment Ο 59 a), broken on all sides. This inscription was probably stoichedon. Fragment Ο 359 b), mended from two pieces; the fresh looking breaks along the left side appear to ... 5th. century B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 5798: Inventory Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. Nine lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. From dump; no database subdivision assigned. Finished Found among marbles from a late Roman ... 20 April 1939

[Agora Object] I 5901: Grave Momument Fragment

Inscribed fragment of grave stele. Inscribed face and part of rough picked back only preserved. Stone with a list of names probably of those who fell in some campaign. Sixteen lines of the inscription ... Ca. 450 B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 5902: Base Fragment

Inscribed fragment of statue base. The block has been re-cut for one or more reuses. Bottom and top are probably the original surfaces; bit of original right edge preserved at front of right side. Rough ... Ca. 403 B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 5960: Altar

Inscribed altar of Zeus Hypsistos; votive offering (?). A columnar type altar with plain projecting moulding at top. In upper surface a circular depression. Inscribed on column just below moulding. Hymettian ... 2nd.-3rd. centuries A.D.

[Agora Object] I 6644: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken at left and behind. Upper right corner of a grave monument with palmette akroterion and part of pediment. The inscription on the two fasciae below. Underside smooth picked. Pentelic ... February 1954

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[Agora Object] I 6731: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face and rough picked back preserved. Line of moulding above inscribed face preserved, but surface broken away. Heading of decree. Parts of first three lines of the inscription ... 19 April 1955

[Agora Object] L 3274: Lamp Fragment

Part of top only preserved. Discus, small, with rays. Rim, broad, with decoration of small raised circles and chevrons with dots. Probably local. Surface worn. Clay coarse and reddish. Type XXXII of Corinth ... 18 February 1938

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[Agora Object] L 3275: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

A little more than half the lamp preserved in a single piece. Discus, plain. Herringbone on rim; unpierced handle, three grooves above, one below. On reverse, impressed circles and two concentric grooves; ... 19 February 1938

[Agora Object] L 3305: Lamp Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve rather less than half of the lamp; nozzle missing. On discus, around filling hole, a zone of raised dots. Handle, unpierced, ungrooved above; rough spreading grooves on lower ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3613: Lamp

Upper half only preserved. On discus, rosette of triangles. On rim, double impressed circles. Handle, unpierced; two grooves above. Unglazed. Brownish to reddish clay. Type XXVIII-XXIX of Corinth collection ... May 1938

[Agora Object] L 3614: Lamp

Nozzle and front half of body missing. On discus, rosette. On rim, herringbone and small impressed circles. Handle, partly broken, unpierced; three grooves above and below. On reverse, a rosette made up ... May 1938

[Agora Object] L 3710: Lamp Fragments: Maker's Mark

Two non-joining fragments. Fragmentary. Fragment a), preserves front lower half with long nozzle. On reverse, within triple heart-shaped (?) groove, a signature. Fragment b), preserves part of discus and ... 17 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3711: Lamp

Single fragment preserves most of upper half of lamp. End of nozzle broken away. Discus, plain. On rim, raised dots, volute at nozzle. Handle, unpierced, three grooves above, two below. Unglazed. Buff ... 17 April 1939

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[Agora Object] L 3712: Plastic Lamp: Winged Figure and Mask

End of nozzle slightly broken; otherwise intact. A standing figure with outspread wings and high top-knot, drapery across his legs, the right hand resting on a low pillar, the left hand holding a mask ... 18 April 1939

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[Agora Object] L 3713: Plastic Lamp: Boar

Intact except for cracks. A boar, sitting on his haunches, his head turned slightly to one side; an elongated oval base serves as infundibulum, the nozzle under the boar's snout. Pierced ungrooved handle ... 18 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3714: Lamp

Intact. Plain rim with herringbone panels; two grooves at its inner edge, and two either side of the pointed nozzle. On the discus, a bear walking left, past a pear tree; one of the pears has fallen to ... 18 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3715: Lamp

Intact. Vine pattern at rim, with grooves around inner edge; rays (worn) on discus. Handle, unpierced, triple grooved in front, single behind. On reverse, two concentric circular grooves. Sandy buff clay ... 18 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3716: Lamp

Intact. Miniature lamp. Discus, plain; rim, plain. Handles, pierced, three grooves above, one (?) below. Reverse, plain, with suggestion of ring foot. Unglazed. Buff clay. Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 18 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3717: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Intact. On discus, five rays. On rim, vine pattern, with three grooves at inner edfe. Handle, unpierced, three grooves above, two below; at root, a heart. On reverse, within double groove a palm branch ... 18 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3835: Lamp Fragment

A single fragment, broken all around, preserves discus and part of rim, both decorated with concentric circles in low relief. Unglazed. Soft light buff clay. Type XXVII (?) of Corinth collection. Well; ... 29 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3836: Lamp Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve a considerable amount of the bottom with its large "alpha". Dull red to blackish glaze. Type XX of Corinth collection. Well; container 18. 1117 Leica ... 2 May 1939

[Agora Object] L 3837: Lamp

Handle missing; otherwise intact. Typical globules on body and top; on the reverse, the typical "alpha". Red glaze, somewhat worn. Light red clay. Type XX of Corinth collection. Well; dump. 1117 Leica ... April-May 1939

[Agora Object] L 3839: Handle Fragment of Lamp

A single fragment preserves handle and immediately adjacent parts of rim and body, from a lamp. Vertical ring handle with two grooves on upper half. Orange-red glaze laid over white. Type XXIV or XXV ... April-May 1939

[Agora Object] L 3989: Lamp Fragment

A single fragment preserves complete profile and part of nozzle. Thick slightly in turned rim; flat bottom. Unbridged nozzle. Rather thin black glaze except on bottom. Short cross-strokes in added red ... Season of 1938 or 1939

[Agora Object] L 5250: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Wall punctured by large hole. Disc, decorated with rays, framing ring. On rim, vine pattern. Handle, grooved and punched. On base, within circular groove, incised signature. Well in Branch of Aqueduct ... June-July 1955

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[Agora Object] P 12011: Bowl Fragment with Graffito

Fragment from rim of open bowl [P.W. 0.09]; rim flat on top and slightly projecting. Neatly incised under rim on exterior, with a tasseled frame (taenia?): Glazed inside and out; inside and on rim, ... 14 February 1938