[Agora Object] I 5266: Grave Monument

Inscribed columnar grave monument. Complete save minor fractures. Three lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in modern context outside the Market Square, in the area south of the ... 26 February 1938

[Agora Object] I 5289: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Part of smoothly-finished right side and back, and perhaps part of bottom preserved. Broken above and at left. On upper part of fragment, lower right corner of recessed niche for sculptured ... 3 March 1938

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[Agora Object] I 5290: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken below; recut (?) above; at center of top a square dowel hole. At top of inscribed face, bit of moulding preserved. A rectangular Herm-like pillar, smoothly dressed on all four ... 4 March 1938

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[Agora Object] I 5310: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. Citation from decree. Three lines of the inscription preserved within wreath; remains of another wreath with no letters visible. Pentelic marble. Found ... 10 March 1938

[Agora Object] I 5356: Weight

Inscribed mastoid weight. Very battered, but intact. On one of the long faces the letters: "ΛΔΚ". Pentelic marble. Found in late context outside the Market Square, in the area south of the church of the ... 21 March 1938

[Agora Object] I 5357: Mortgage Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face, back and bottom preserved. Damaged along left and right sides; minor fractures. Five lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in wall of the modern ... 22 March 1938

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[Agora Object] I 5358: Mining Inscription Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken all around. Back covered with hard cement. Surface pitted along left edge and bottom. In column I, thirty-nine lines of the inscription preserved; in column II, thirty-three ... 22 March 1938

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[Agora Object] I 5376: Mortgage Stone

Intact save minor fractures. A rough irregularly-shaped slab of poor quality marble. Front roughly dressed with tooth chisel; back rough picked; edges completely irregular. Six lines of the inscription ... 29 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 2759: Black Glaze Cup Fragment with Graffito

A bit of the center of the cup remains and most of the stem; none of the foot. Within two incised grooves at the bottom of the stem, neatly scraped through the glaze, the inscription: No. 454. Rectangular ... August-September 1932

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[Agora Object] P 35079: Dish Fragments: Phocean Red Slip Ware

Two rim sherds (one wall fragment mended to b). Rim off set from floor on inside, convex on top. Hard-fired ware (drab brownish, with part absorbed slip, slightly discolored on rim). Associated finds ... March 1938

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[Agora Object] S 1026: Bust

Head missing. Left edge broken away. Minor fractures. Surface pitted from cesspool acids. Draped bust with cavity and dowel-hole for insertion of marble head and neck. At the back all but the central portion ... 24 March 1938

[Agora Object] MC 475: Loom Weight

Intact. Pyramidal. Unglazed. Buff clay. Well. Leica, VII-95 ... 20 April 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12019: Black Figure Amphora Fragment

Single fragment preserves part of body of medium-sized closed pot (neck amphora). Parts of three zones are preserved. Lower zone: rays. Middle zone: Sphinxes facing each other; one is complete save top ... 19 February 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12079: Plate

Mended from a number of fragments; a little of rim and body missing; minor fractures. Low ring foot; broad flat floor; sides rise in short sharp curve to plain rim. In a large medallion on the floor is ... 8 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12080: Red Figure Cup Fragment

Broken all around. Exterior unfigured. On the inside, most of the head and shoulders of a man to left, holding up (?) a large aryballos with his right hand. At left of fragment, part of an arm or leg(?) ... 10 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12081: Ostrakon of Aristeides Lysimachou Alopekethen

Two joining fragments preserve part of the bottom of a krater with black glaze on interior. Incised under foot: Finished Surface. Leica PD 1104-4a ... 10 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12083: Plate or Bowl Fragment: Stamped

A single fragment preserves part of the floor of a plate or bowl of Late Roman B ware. On floor, the back part of a large profile head and part of another stamp. On exterior, remains of the ring foot, ... 2 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12084: Bowl Fragment: Stamped

A single fragment preserves the entire ring foot and the immediately adjacent parts of the body. At center of floor, a stamped Christian monogram; tail of Rho to right; circles beneath the arms. Purplish ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12153: Bowl Fragment

Single fragment preserves part of rim of sizable open bowl. Exterior: part of the head of a lion to right. Horizontal zigzags in field; two glazed bands on face of vertical rim; diagonals(?) on its top ... 19 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12260: Red Figure Lekythos or Oinochoe Fragment

Broken all around. Fragment of small closed pot, unglazed inside except for a streak. On the outside, head and shoulder of a woman, right. Three dots on her diadem, one on her earring, and four on her ... 21 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12336: Black Glaze Pyxis Fragment with Graffito

A single fragment preserves some of the lower part of the pyxis. Small ring foot; horizontal projecting flange; vertical upper wall. Inscribed on the interior: Inscribed on the exterior: Certainly the ... 8 April 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12450: Black Figure Amphora Fragment

Broken all around. From a large closed pot (possibly an amphora). Neck, end of long hair and upper part of body of a man to left. Red for his neck and the cloak over his left shoulder. Nipple incised ... 11 April 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12495: Black Figure Oinochoe Fragment

Broken all around; probably from an oinochoe, shape III. Head and shoulders of a warrior, right, right arm raised to thrust with spear. Behind him the staff of a spectator(?) In field above and in front ... 19 April 1938

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[Agora Object] P 12496: Black Figure Amphora Fragment

Broken all around. Fragment from the top of panel of amphora, type B. Head of a man right and some of the mane and neck of the horse he is riding. At left of fragment, part of a rosette with incision ... 20 April 1938

[Agora Object] P 12497: Well Head Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve a little less than half the rim and the full height of the neck with a raised ring at the bottom. Broad rim flat on top. Clay gray at core, reddish outside and in. Unglazed ... 20 April 1938

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[Agora Object] S 1001: Torso of Male Figure from Relief

Two joining fragments. Head, left hand, right arm, and legs from above knees missing. A standing male figure in very high relief, nude except for a cloak thrown over left shoulder, held in left hand, ... 2 March 1938

[Agora Object] SS 7955: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

Rather broad handle. Clay dark buff, highly micaceous. Late fill. Δ (in O) Leica ... 22 March 1938

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[Agora Object] SS 7969: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

Dolphin. Early Thasian. Finished Late fill. Θασι( Β̣ά̣ | τω̣ | ν Καλλί | φ(ων) dolphin l. Leica ... 1 April 1938

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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