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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 289 ... H 289 |
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 ... H. 0.067; Diam. (rim) 0.123 |
NM 16091
Inscribed retrograde in two lines.
Line 1:-.ΕΜΑΔΡΟ ... Ι ... ΤΑΦΙΛΕΙΤΕ-
Line 2: -..ATAX ... E.AΡΑ
For the first line Jeffery suggests (L.S.A.G., p. 401) [--]εμ α<ν>δρό[ς ?μ] ά[λισ]τα φιλεί ... H 6 ... H 6 |
Low ring foot; rolled handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann 49 ... Transition to LG II ... H 354 ... H 354 |
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 ... skyphoi, cf. E. Brann, Hesperia ... Brann would attribute all |
Slightly convex side wall.
Shiny black to reddish brown glaze.
Cf. Brann 190 ... LG IIB ... Slightly convex side wall.
Shiny black to reddish brown glaze.
Cf. Brann 190. |
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 |
Found while excavating Stoa Pit E in 1933. See also I 849 (Ε 329) found in the North Well in Stoa Pit E (Deposit H 9:1). Fragment Ε 496 of this inscription, listed with the finds of H 10:6, is likely from ... 8-10 May 1933
17 May 1935
18-26 May 1937 ... H/14,15-10/16,17 ... -6.85m. |
| 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 12:6 ... H 12:6 |
Cut down through the west back foundation of the Royal Stoa immediately to the east of the 'Cave' ... Byzantine ... -6.2m. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Well in courtyard of Early Building I, adjacent to wall of Room B. Tile lined; upper course in situ, lower two collapsed probably in antiquity. Letters inscribed on rims (eta, phi, omicron, theta). Medium ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... H/6,7-13/7,8 |
Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels.
Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 12-20, figs. 3 and 7. |
Pocket in bedrock, 50/Λ (= Trench, 50-54/Λ), measuring 4.00x0.60m, 0.60-0.90m deep; possibly cutting for wall foundation Coins:
22 April 1932 #1 ... 330-300 B.C ... H 17:6 ... H 17:6 |
| Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97.
Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... H 16:6 ... H 16:6 |
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 |
NM 16179
Low disk foot. Ladder pattern on handle.
Dull black glaze, fired red in places.
Cf. Brann 76 ... LG I ... H. 0.12; Diam. 0.106 |
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 ... H 120 ... H 120 |
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 ... Base completely restored.
Dull black glaze.
Young XX 1-3 and Brann 261 |
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 ... P.H. 0.079; Diam. 0.063 |
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 ... H 419 ... H 419 |
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 ... H 349 ... H 349 |
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 ... H. 0.071; Diam. (rim) 0.11 |
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. 0.043; Diam. (rim) 0.10 |
(see H 5-6) Asterisk: H 6:2* ... (see H 5-6) ... Asterisk: H 6:2* |
(see H 5-6) Asterisk: H 6:3* ... H 6:3 ... H 6:3 |
(see H 5-6) Asterisk: H 6:8* ... H 6:8 ... H 6:8 |
A very homogeneous dumped filling and no period of use. Apparently a failure as a well.
T 263-T 289 resorted and reduced August 1967. Cf. BI 157 "from behind the curbing of the well by Stoa pier 3." Estimated ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... H 6:5 ... H 6:5 |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 207-208. |
| "From the phot. and description, p. 555, this appears to be a built pithos, rather than a cistern." [deposit nb] Grid 30/ΙΔ also mentioned ... 28 July-3 August 1931 ... H 6:7 ... H 6:7 |
A dumped filling including red figured fragments of the second quarter of the 4th c. B.C. Coins:
25 June 1931 #12 (in strosis above pottery deposit) 15 November 1952, going through the containers Tin 59-Box ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... H 6:1 ... H 6:1 |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... H 6:4 ... H 6:4 |
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. 0.065 |
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 ... H 360 ... H 360 |
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 ... kotyle, see Brann 155. Our |
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 ... H 390 ... H 390 |
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. 0.058; Diam. (rim) 0.074 |
Deposits containing much ash and charcoal, probably to be associated with the Persian sack. Layers IV-VI of trial pit between Stoa piers IV and V ... 1st quarter 5th c. B.C ... H 5-6.1 ... H 5-6.1 |
Filling accumulated between the time of the Persian sack and the building of the Stoa.
Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 14-18 and H 6:5 ... H 5-6.2 ... H 5-6.2 |
Fillings immediately antedating the building of the Stoa.
Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 20 and the debris of a pottery works behind the Stoa (H 7:1) ... H 5-6.3 ... H 5-6.3 |
No finds recorded. Estimated Grid ... Geometric ... H 10:6.2 ... H 10:6.2 |
See also A 754 (Ε 501). Estimated Grid ... Roman ... H 10:6.1 ... H 10:6.1 |
Retrograde. -τευς hο- Votive dump. -τευς hο- ... H 167 ... H 167 |
| Clay not well cleaned; surface pitted.
Retrograde. [--το] Διός ειμ [ί--]
The first iota gives the appearance of being broken, but this is only because it crosses an unevenness of the surface. Heroon ... H 499 ... H 499 |
Includes container 202 "quarry waste" ... Ca. 225-160 B.C ... H 6:9.1 ... H 6:9.1 |
Including the passage between the south and north chambers ... Ca. 325-270 B.C ... H 6:9.2 ... H 6:9.2 |
| 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 5 ... Brann H 42 ... Brann H 46 |
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 ... P.H. 0.062; Diam. 0.081 |
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 ... trefoil cups. cf. Brann ) 32; |
| Left to right. -δεια hε<ρ>ακλη [έει--].
Young's suggestion that the hero Herakles mentioned is still the best solution, since the preserved letters point too that name. But with -δεια indicating ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 9, p. 15, fig. 6, pl. 3 ... A.J.A. 44 (1940), p. 6, no. 4. |
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 |
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 9:1 ... H 9:1 |
Joins with H 240.
Mended from two pieces.
Left to right. ΒΛΟ,-
Light pinkish buff clay burned gray; thick, dull black glaze.
IN the final stroke is taken as part of a sigma, we may restore the word ... Ca. 625-600 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 51, p. 23, fig. 9, pl. 6. |
Retrograde. -Διό[ς--] Votive dump. -Διό[ς--] ... H 383 ... H 383 |
Left to right. -hΟΕΦ.-
Part of a personal name such as ho Εφ[ίππου]. Altar area. -hΟΕΦ.- ... H 148 ... H 148 |
Retrograde.-ΔΥΟΠΥΛΟ-
Perhaps -δύο πυλό[ν--] or part of a personal name. Votive dump. -ΔΥΟΠΥΛΟ- ... H 237 ... H 237 |
Grayish clay, probably burned.
Letters incised retrograde on inside of rim. -Διό[ς--] Altar area. -Διό[ς--] ... H 522 ... H 522 |
| Retrograde. -ΔΙΣΗ-
This inscription may also be a dedication to Zeus Semios: Δί Ση[μιοι] Votive dump. Δί Ση[μιοι] ... H 213 ... H 213 |
Left to right. ΡΑΔΕΙΟΙΗΕΤΑ-
Grayish buff clay; mended from two pieces.
Jeffery suggested to me [--θεοφ]ράδει οι hετα[ιροι--]. The psilosis of hoi before heta. Heroon. ΡΑΔΕΙΟΙΗΕΤΑ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 55, p. 25, fig. 10, pl. 6. |
Mended from two pieces.
Retrograde. ΧΟΡΔ.-
We could restore χορδ[έ], "gut", or "string of a lyre:, or one of several words involving the strings of a musical instrument formed on the stem χορδ-. Votive ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 53, p. 25, fig. 10, pl. 6. |
Four joining sherds; brownish to grayish buff clay.
Two lines retrograde.
Line 1: -ΟΙΔΑ (traces)
Line 2: (traces) ΟΝΕΥΣ
Line two ends with a personal name or ethnic. Altar area ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 46, p. 23, fig. 9, pl. 6. |
Letters incised left to right, upside down to vessel. ΒΛΟ-
The second letter is lambda. what looks like a diagonal stroke at the upper right of the letter is only a scratch. The inscription may read βλο[συρός--] ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 52, p. 25, fig. 10, pl. 6. |
Three joining pieces. Joins with H 173. Probably from the same vessel as H 388.
Retrograde. [--ει]μι το Διος το-- Votive dump. [--ει]μι το Διος το-- ... Three joining pieces. Joins with H 173. Probably from the same vessel as H |
| Very probably from the same vessel as H 171/173.
-ΠΕΝ- Votive dump. -ΠΕΝ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 4b, p. 15, fig. 6, pl. 2. |
Mended from two pieces; from the same vessel as a.
Left to right.
-ΒΕΝ- Altar area. -ΒΕΝ- ... H 155 ... H 155 |
Once mended from two pieces, the smaller now missing.
Two lines left to right.
Line 1:-ΝΤΙΛ-
Line 2: EΘ-
The letters in the first line suggest the name [Α]ντίλ[οχος]. For the second line we may restore ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 43a, p. 22, fig. 9, pl. 6. |
| Fragment from the lower wall and bottom of a closed vessel with flat bottom.
Inscription incised on the inside of the sherd after the pot was broken. It is complete and written retrograde
Σημιοι Δι
... 7th c. B.C ... H 232 ... H 232 |
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 ... H. 0.088 |
This cutting was filled in at the time Road 6 was laid. Homogeneous dumped fill.
This deposit represents fill which was brought in at the time Road 6 at the west end of the Middle Stoa was laid to fill ... Ca. 480 B.C ... Bedrock cutting under Road 6 by Stoa Pier 1 |
NM 16129
Retrograde. ΕΥΘ-
The letters may be the beginning of a personal name. Votive dump. ΕΥΘ- ... H 64 ... H 64 |
Retrograde. -το Διος h- Votive dump. -το Διος h- ... H 216 ... H 216 |
Retrograde. -ανέθ[εκε--] Votive dump. -ανέθ[εκε--] ... H 162 ... H 162 |
Left to right. [--ανέ]θεκε ho.-
We might have expected ανέθεκεν in this inscription. The great majority of early Attic dedicatory inscriptions use the movable nu here, the only exceptions being where ... Early Corinthian ... A.J.A. 44 (1940), p. 6, no. 1. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
Very likely from the same skyphos as H 223 and H 181.
-ος ειμί-
Taking the three fragments together (H 223, H 215 and H 181) we may restore the inscription to read something like [το Δι]ός ειμί. [---] ... A.J.A. 44 (1940), p. 6, no. 3. |
| Pit and drain at SE corner of Apollo Temple. Antedates building of Apollo Temple which was assigned to a date 'late in the third quarter' ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 101-102. |
| Eleven pieces comprising two non-joining fragments. To Young's publication of six pieces are now added five more, two of which help to complete to inscription.
Part of the side wall with reserved panel ... 600 B.C ... H. Jameson ,δράω should |
| Brann L 58. Hesperia, XXIX. Brann L 59. Brann I 75. Brann L 57. Burial. Brann I 74. Brann L 61. Brann L 64. Brann L 44. Brann L 62. Brann L 60. Brann L 63. Brann L 65. Brann H 68. Brann P 32. Brann H 67 ... Agora 8 124 MC 451 G 197 MC 452 ST 150 MC 453 ST 151 G 198 MC 454 ST 229 MC 455 ST 230 MC 462 ST 231 MC 463 ST 235 MC 681 ST 507 MC 682 ST 508 MC 683 ST 509 MC 684 ST 547 IL 745 MC 685 ST 553 MC 686 ST ... Brann H 68 ... Brann H 67 ... Brann H 69 |
Handle and most of body at one side restored. warts in place of other handle.
Thin streaky black glaze.
Cf. A.J.A. 46, 1942, p. 29, fig. 6: 27.4 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... p. 29, fig. 6: 27.4. |
Filling inside N room of Temple of Apollo, including directly under the foundations of the N room ... Ca. 350 B.C. and earlier ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 102. |
Both handles and all of lip restored.
High, flaring ring foot; pointed body.
Foot glazed; rays above; on body, careless blobby palmettes separated by petals; dots along lower edge of rim. Inside all ... 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C. |
Bottom all chipped away. Disk plain; rim: relief rings.
Cf. Perzweig 2854 ... 6th c. A.D ... 6th c. A.D. |
NM 16126
Retrograde, the writing upside down to vessel. -ΟΡΟΘ-
Good black glaze.
Blegen suggested the personal name [Δ]οροθ[έος] Votive dump. -ΟΡΟΘ- ... 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C. |
Part of a disk and rim preserved.
Disk : star of David within framing ring; rim: raised pairs of dots.
Cf. Perlzweig 2440 ... 6th c. A.D ... H 571 ... H 571 |
Half of foot and lower portion of side wall preserved.
Reserved band on wall just above foot painted red; otherwise all glazed inside and out as far as preserved.
Black glaze.
For type cf. Agora XII, ... 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C. |
Letters incised left to right on underside of foot. -ΕΡΑΓΦΑ-
The inscriber apparently tried to write the word εγραφσε but made several mistakes which he tried to correct. The final preserved letter is ... 6th c. B.C ... H 402 ... H 402 |
Filling behind retaining wall of Stoa of Zeus. The remains of unfired clay adhering to the interior of various pieces make it probable that the material in this filling is a mass of debris from the floor ... Ca. 435-425 B.C ... H 7:1 ... H 7:1 |
NM 16059
Flat bottom; continuous profile.
Black to brown glaze.
Others include Kerameikos V, 1, pl 139, inv. no. 356; C.V.A., Munich 3[9], 117[399], 7-8; C.V.A., Copenhagen 2[2], 70[71], 6; Thorikos ... LG IIB ... 2[2], 70[71], 6; Thorikos IV, |
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