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Base and lower body all restored.
Shiny brown glaze, peeled.
Cf. Brann L 26 (LG IIA); Brann 131 (LG IIB) ... LG II ... H. 0.061; Diam. (rim) 0.106 |
Dull red glaze.
Like Brann O 19 ... LG IIA ... Dull red glaze.
Like Brann O 19. |
Nothing of base.
Black glaze.
Like Brann I 35 ... MG II ... Nothing of base.
Black glaze.
Like Brann I 35. |
NM 16179
Low disk foot. Ladder pattern on handle.
Dull black glaze, fired red in places.
Cf. Brann 76 ... LG I ... in places.
Cf. Brann 76. |
Low ring foot; rolled handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann 49 ... Transition to LG II ... Low ring foot; rolled handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann 49. |
All of one side missing. Plain bottom.
Shiny black glaze.
For other bird skyphoi, cf. E. Brann, Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 405, no. 4. Brann would attribute all such skyphoi to one shop ... LG I ... H. 0.078 |
Slightly convex side wall.
Shiny black to reddish brown glaze.
Cf. Brann 190 ... LG IIB ... H 317 ... H 317 |
Red glaze.
Cf. Brann 159; Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 132, neg. no. 5541 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.097; Diam. (rim) 0.111 |
Horos terrace trench Layer III, under line of tiles. Coins:
19 March 1953 #16-#17 ... 2nd c. A.D ... H 12:12 ... H 12:12 |
Flat bottom. Ladder pattern and blob stars on handles.
Dull black glaze, brownish where thin.
Cf. Brann 169 ... MG II ... brownish where thin.
Cf. Brann |
Entirely glazed inside and out except for the reserved handle zone outside.
Streaky black glaze.
Cf. Brann 139 ... 700-650 B.C ...
Streaky black glaze.
Cf. Brann |
Unpainted two handled cups are discussed under Brann. Ours is closer to Agora examples which were found in Middle Geometric contexts ... MG II ... Unpainted two handled cups are discussed under Brann. Ours is closer to Agora |
Flat bottom and round mouth. Irregular latticing on shoulder, probably first of triangles, then spaces between.
Dull red glaze.
Cf. Brann 65 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.087; Max. Dim. (rim) 0.082 |
NM 16094
Very slightly convex lid, almost flat; plain rim, slightly thickened below; large inverted conical handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann I 59 ... MG II-LG I ... H. (with handle) 0.026; Diam. 0.11 |
Handle and most of trefoil mouth restored.
Disk foot, sharply offset from body.
Streaky brown glaze, much worn and peeled.
Cf. Brann 58 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Brann 58. |
G-H 11-12 was probably extended to G-I and is hereafter G-I 11-12. Asterisk: G-H 11-12* ... G-H 11-12 ... G-H 11-12 |
Flat bottom. Glazed inside except for a reserved band at rim.
Dull red to brown glaze outside, thick brown glaze inside.
Like Brann 177 ... Transition to LG ... Brann 177. |
Base completely restored.
Dull black glaze.
Young XX 1-3 and Brann 261 are similarly decorated but deeper and less rounded so probably later than ours ... MG II ... H 286 ... H 286 |
Reserved dot at center of floor inside, band at rim.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann I 32; also J.N. Coldstream, Arch. Anz. 78, 1963, col. 203 ... MG II ... Brann I 32; also J.N. |
Flat bottom, Ladder pattern on handle.
Black glaze.
For imitation of the Corinthian Light-on-Dark technique in which white paint was used cf. Brann N 8 ... LG II ... H 456 ... H 456 |
Nothing of mouth or handle. Low ring foot; conical body.
Shiny black glaze, brown where thin.
For other Late Geometric oinochoai with conical bodies, cf. Brann F 13 ... LG II ... Brann F 13. |
Black glaze fired red in places.
A close parallel to Brann 153, the earliest Corinthiasizing kotyle found in the Agora; for its profile, see Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 408, fig. 4 ... LG IIA ... Black glaze fired red in places.
A close parallel to Brann 153, the earliest |
Disk foot; slightly convex side wall; plain rim, thickened inward and flat at top.
Stroke series on top of rim; all glazed inside.
Dull glaze, black to brown.
Cf. Brann F 29 ... 650-625 B.C ... Brann F 29. |
Flat bottom; rising band handle decorated on its outer face with an elongated St. Andrew's cross.
Black glaze, fired red in places.
For system of complete banding which is Corinthian, cf. Brann 55 ... LG II ... Brann 55. |
Entirely glazed inside and out except for a reserved band on either side of rim; the band inside decorated with a stroke series.
Dull glaze, black to dark brown and somewhat peeled.
Cf. Brann 137 ... Late 8th c. B.C ...
Cf. Brann 137. |
NM 16057
High disk foot. Inside all glazed except for a reserved band at rim filled with a series of short vertical strokes.
Black glaze, brown where thin.
See Brann I 27 for other oversized skyphoi ... LG I ... thin.
See Brann I 27 for |
NM 16053
Ring foot and double rolled handle. Two narrow glaze lines interrupted in front by a zigzag column. Double glaze band down outer face of each handle section.
Shiny brown glaze, in places shading ... LG I ... Brann 48 |
Flat bottom; wide, shallow body; offset rim, tilted outward. Body banded to handle zone; in handle zone, a zigzag; parallel verticals on either side of rim; banded inside.
Black glaze outside, mostly ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H 439 ... H 439 |
| Brann O 26. Brann H 5. Hesperia, XXIX. Brann O 27. Brann H 42. Burial. Brann O 23. Brann H 46. Brann O 24. Brann H 44. Brann O 17. Brann H 10. Brann O 19. Brann H 2. Brann O 20. Brann H 16. Brann O 22 ... Agora 8 120 P 15122 P 17175 P 17354 P 15123 P 17176 P 17355 P 17177 P 17356 P 15124 P 17178 P 17357 P 17179 P 17358 P 17180 P 17359 P 15125 P 17181 P 17360 P 17182 P 17361 P 15126 P 17183 P 17362 P 15127 ... Brann H 12 ... Brann H 5 ... Brann H 42 |
NM 16070
Disk foot and oval mouth. All glazed inside.
Thick black glaze inside, thin and brown outside.
Brann lists other clay-ground kantharoi under I 49 and suggests that the idea may have been inspired ... LG I ... H 94 ... H 94 |
See also H 12:1. Coins:
22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... H 12 |
Now Deposit H 12:9. Asterisk: H 12:16* ... H 12:16 ... H 12:16 |
(part of H 12:9) Asterisk: H 12:7* ... (part of H 12:9) ... Asterisk: H 12:7* |
(now G 12:22) Asterisk: H 12:5* ... Asterisk: H 12:5* ... (now G 12:22) |
Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road).
Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... H 12:9 ... H 12:9 |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... H 12 |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Subdivisions: (from the bottom, POU, as published)
.1=11.60-12.12m., POU
.2=7.30-11.60m. |
A strosis into which were set the foundations of house of 7th c. B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i) ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... W, layers h + i). |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... H/4,5-12/14,15 |
Lined with small stones.
Difference noted between the pottery from the top and that from the bottom. Coins:
11 April 1933 #13 (disintegrated)
12 April 1933 #1-#6 (disintegrated) (Coin no. 1. N 18194 found ... Turkish ... Coins:
11 April 1933 #13 (disintegrated)
12 April 1933 #1-#6 (disintegrated) (Coin no. 1. N 18194 |
Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766).
Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D ... Coins:
10 May 1933 #84-#86
11 May 1933 #1-#76
12 May 1933 #8-#16 |
At the top was roughly square, but below was rounded. The walls were built of small stones laid without much effort where large ancient blocks ( some belonging to Great Drain) formed the sides. At the ... Turkish ... H 12:2 ... H 12:2 |
From kiln in house of 7th c. B.C. (=Building A), to southeast of Tholos. Tholos Trench U, furnace ... 675-625 B.C ... H 12:17 ... H 12:17 |
DBT note in Deposit Notebook: "Not a group in any strict sense, as numerous floors subject to confusion."
Simon's House = House B; more than layer 7a. The page numbers and finds listed are an effort to ... 11 April 1954 ... H 12:20 ... H 12:20 |
Pit in Tholos Trench V (below Layer e).
In plan it would seem to have been oval, though its east end is c/../ by the south wall of the North Archaic Home. Its N-S width is 1.25m, its E-W length is 1.40m ... 7th-early 6th c. B.C ... H 12:21 ... H 12:21 |
Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C.
Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C ... H 12:18 ... H 12:18 |
Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095).
Contemporary ... SubMycenaean ... H 12:10 ... H 12:10 |
Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later ... H 12:14 ... H 12:14 |
A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... H 12:11 ... H 12:11 |
NM 16095
Disk foot; fairly pointed body. All glazed inside except for two reserved bands below lip, the upper decorated with groups of short strokes.
Black to brown glaze.
For the Corinthian model of ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H 87 ... H 87 |
Nothing of handle or mouth.
Flat bottom; squat, convex lower body; high, upward-tapering upper wall. Legs and round shield of a man walking right and carrying two spears (head missing); behind, tree (?) ... Early Protoattic ... where thin.
Cf. Brann E1 for |
Intact.
Flat bottom and slightly convex lower body. Inside all glazed except for a reserved dot at center of floor and three bands below lip.
Black to brown glaze.
Cf. Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 98, inv ... LG I ... H 127 ... H 127 |
Nothing of neck, mouth, or handle. Squat body with flat bottom. At either side, a set of three concentric circles around a dotted quatrefoil; front and back, same scheme: wavy vertical lines to point ... LG II ... Brann 358. |
Estimated Grid ... H/14,15-12/10,11 ... -12.25--11.6m. |
Estimated Grid ... H 12:15.5 ... H 12:15.5 |
Estimated Grid ... H/14,15-12/10,11 |
Estimated Grid ... H 12:15.2 ... H 12:15.2 |
No finds. Estimated Grid ... H/14,15-12/10,11 |
Ca. 410-390 B.C ... H 12:11.2 ... H 12:11.2 |
The absence of certain shapes (no kantharoi or cup-kantharoi) may be due to the nature of the establishment from which the material came. Also, absence of rouletting save for one example. The lack of these ... Ca. 390-375 B.C ... H 12:11.1 ... H 12:11.1 |
Flat bottom; flaring rim pinched to trefoil mouth. Elongated sigmas on outside; row of dots on outer face of lip. Lip reserved inside and decorated with elongated dots linked by tangents; otherwise glazed ... LG IIB ... H 422 ... H 422 |
Bottom wholly restored.
Incised wavy lines at level of both handle attachments and down outer face of handle.
Unglazed and handmade.
For ware, Hesperia 30 (1961), pp. 316-317.
For incised decoration ... 7th c. B.C ... on cooking ware, Brann |
Retrograde. -.A.- Votive dump. -.A.- ... H 218 ... H 218 |
Left to right. -ΧΓΕΑ- Heroon. -ΧΓΕΑ- ... H 132 ... H 132 |
Left to right. -ΟΤΙΜΕ- Votive dump. -ΟΤΙΜΕ- ... H 188 ... H 188 |
Left to right. -ΕΙ- Votive dump. -ΕΙ- ... H 417 ... H 417 |
Retrograde. -.ΟΝΛΕ- Altar area. -.ΟΝΛΕ- ... H 509 ... H 509 |
Probably retrograde. -ΔΕ- Altar area. -ΔΕ- ... H 513 ... H 513 |
Left to right. -ΜΑΤ.- Altar area. -ΜΑΤ.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 123, p. 34, fig. 14, pl. 12. |
Probably left to right. -ΜΙ- Heroon. -ΜΙ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 125, p. 34, fig. 14, pl. 12. |
Probably retrograde -ΙΑΙΟ- Votive dump. -ΙΑΙΟ- ... H 386 ... H 386 |
Probably left to right. -ΑΙΑ- Heroon. -ΑΙΑ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 127, p. 34, fig. 15, pl. 12. |
Left to right. -.ΛΕΤΕ- Altar area. -.ΛΕΤΕ- ... H 505 ... H 505 |
Mended from three pieces.
Retrograde. -ΕΓΕΑ- Altar area. -ΕΓΕΑ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 86, p. 30, fig. 12, pl. 9. |
Left to right. -ΚΑΙΓ- Altar area. -ΚΑΙΓ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 83, p. 28, fig. 12, pl. 9. |
Left to right. -IE- Altar area. -IE- ... H 536 ... H 536 |
Left to right. -ET-
Grayish buff clay. Votive dump. -ET- ... H 210 ... H 210 |
Mended from three pieces.
Retrograde. -ΛΟΝΟΙ- Altar area. -ΛΟΝΟΙ- ... H 149 ... H 149 |
Letters incised upside down to vessel, left to right. -ΥΚΕ- Votive dump. -ΥΚΕ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 136, p. 36, fig. 15, pl. 12. |
Letters incised with a blunt point, probably retrograde. -ΙΑ Votive dump. -ΙΑ ... H 225 ... H 225 |
Letters incised upside down to vessel, probably retrograde. -ΤΟΙΣ Votive dump. -ΤΟΙΣ ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 81, p. 28, fig. 12, pl. 9. |
Possibly three lines; traces of letters at top and bottom; across middle, retrograde -ΑΡΧ- Votive dump. -ΑΡΧ- ... H 200 ... H 200 |
Letters incised upside down to vessel, left to right. -ΙΕΑ.- Votive dump. -ΙΕΑ.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 131, p. 36, fig. 15, pl. 12. |
Letters incised with a blunt point, left to right, apparently upside down to vessel. -.A-
Grayish buff clay. Votive dump. -.A- ... H 209 ... H 209 |
Letters incised with a blunt point, probably retrograde. -ΣΙ-
There are traces of a second line below this. Votive dump. -ΣΙ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 135, p. 36, fig. 15, pl. 12. |
Two lines, the upper left to right, the lower apparently retrograde. In the lower line, traces of at least two letters; in the upper line
-ΑΧΙΘΣ- Votive dump. -ΑΧΙΘΣ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 80, p. 28, fig. 12, pl. 9. |
Either way. -Σ (Symbol?)
The circular letter could be a theta, some kind of symbol, or merely a doodle. Altar area. -Σ (Symbol?) ... H 514 ... H 514 |
Good black glaze.
Letters incised retrograde with a blunt point. -ΠΑ- Votive dump ... Late 7th or Ealy 6th c. B.C ... H 418 ... H 418 |
Two lines retrograde.
Line 1: -ΟΡΕ-
Line 2: -.ΕΣ
The second letter in the first line resembles a koppa but is probably a poorly shaped rho; we should expect kappa to precede epsilon. Altar area ... H 515 ... H 515 |
Gray clay, probably burned; mended from two pieces.
Left to right. -ΙΕΕ-
The second letter could be a sigma with the second bar coming on the line of the break. Altar area. -ΙΕΕ- ... H 540 ... H 540 |
Part of rim, shoulder, and one handle preserved, but nothing of lower body or base.
Shoulder rounded directly into high, straight rim. Inside glazed as far as preserved except for a reserved band below ... LG I ...
Close to Brann 92; See ... Oakshott, J. H. S. 86, 1966, pp ... H 579 a, b to check |
Probably belonging to the same vessel with H 411, H 211.
Left to right. -ΜΑΣΕ- Votive dump. -ΜΑΣΕ- ... H 208 ... H 208 |
Probably belonging to the same vessel with H 411, H 208.
Left to right. ΠΟ- Votive dump. ΠΟ- ... H 211 ... H 211 |
Probably belonging to the same vessel with H 208, H 211.
Probably left to right. -TAI Votive dump. -TAI ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 78b, p. 28, fig. 12, pl. 9. |
NM 16124
Left to right. -ΘΟΝΜ- Votive dump. -ΘΟΝΜ- ... A.J.A. 38 (1934), p. 18, no. 12. |
Triple verticals divide the neck into five panels; on either side of handle, narrow panels of latticing; then, square panels with long-legged birds facing center, vertical dot rows and dot rosettes in ... LG IB-IIA ... dot rosettes cf. Brann L |
Retrograde. -ανέθ[εκε--] Votive dump. -ανέθ[εκε--] ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 12, p. 15, fig. 7. |
Mended from four pieces.
Letters incised retrograde with a blunt point which often slipped, leaving long, shallow scratches.
-.ς πρόπινε τενδί
Young believed the inscription to be ... H 190 ... H 190 |
Large portion of the body at one side, handle, and most of neck and mouth missing. Ring foot; well-rounded body curving continuously into short, straight neck; flaring trefoil mouth (apparently) . Bands ... Ca. 700 B.C ... his fingers: cf. Brann 309. |
In front of room III from the South. Coins:
28 June 1933 #1
1 July 1933 #1
8 July 1933 #1 (dump)
12 July 1933 #1 (dump)-#2 (dump)
3 May 1934 #1
12 May 1934 #1 Estimated Grid ... Byzantine ... H/14,15-9/1 |
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