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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 |
Base and lower body all restored.
Shiny brown glaze, peeled.
Cf. Brann L 26 (LG IIA); Brann 131 (LG IIB) ... LG II ... peeled.
Cf. Brann L 26 (LG IIA); Brann 131 (LG IIB) |
Dull red glaze.
Like Brann O 19 ... LG IIA ... H 296 ... H 296 |
Nothing of base.
Black glaze.
Like Brann I 35 ... MG II ... H. 0.067; Diam. (rim) 0.123 |
Low ring foot; rolled handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann 49 ... Transition to LG II ... H. 0.235; Diam. 0.161 |
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 ...
Dull red glaze.
Cf. Brann |
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 ... Early 7th c. B.C. |
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 ... H. 0.056; Diam. (rim) 0.09 |
(part of H 12:9) Asterisk: H 12:7* ... H 12:7 ... H 12:7 |
Dug as Metroon Porch Pit A and Pit C (layers II and III). ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... H 10:7 ... H 10:7 |
Includes area labeled "Deposit around collapsed section of poros gutter, road cut south of annex of SWFH." Coins:
28 June 1967 #2
13 July 1967 #1-#6
14 July 1967 #1
15 July 1967 #1 (?) Estimated Grid ... 325-275 B.C ... H/2,3-16/15,16 |
Small pocket between the tumbled wall of large conglomerate blocks and Drain 2 ... 4th c. B.C ... H 17:7 ... H 17:7 |
| "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 |
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 ... in places.
Cf. Brann 76. |
Unpainted two handled cups are discussed under Brann. Ours is closer to Agora examples which were found in Middle Geometric contexts ... MG II ... H 307 ... H 307 |
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 |
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 ... Brann I 59. |
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 ... H 313 ... H 313 |
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 ... H. 0.06; Diam. (rim) 0.09 |
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. 0.142; Diam. 0.118 |
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 |
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 ... Early 7th c. B.C. |
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 ... H. 0.051; Diam. (rim) 0.086 |
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 ... H. 0.135; Diam. 0.094 |
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 ... H 85 ... H 85 |
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. 0.081; Diam. 0.091 |
The filling from top to bottom uniform, yielding small bits of ancient worked marbles and pottery of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. mixed with undecorated coarse ware, probably of Byzantine times ... 5th c. A.D.-Byz ... H 7:2 ... H 7:2 |
Filling inside N room of Temple of Apollo, including directly under the foundations of the N room ... Ca. 350 B.C. and earlier ... H 7:4 ... H 7:4 |
Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... H 7:3 ... H 7:3 |
Deposit beneath re-used poros blocks.
Fragments of 2 ancient blocks of soft, white poros were reused here for a later foundation. the course of the late wall cannot be traced beyond the length of the two ... 15-17 July 1931 ... H 7:5 ... H 7:5 |
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 |
| 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 7 ... 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. 0.065 |
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 |
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. |
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. 0.066 |
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 |
Joins with H 406.
Mended from three pieces.
Left to right in two lines.
Line 1:-ΛΟΤΕ.-
Line 2:-ΟΗΑΟ.- Votive dump ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 60, p. 25, fig. 11, pl. 7. |
Retrograde. -ΜΝΟ- Votive dump. -ΜΝΟ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 24, p. 18, fig. 7, pl. 4. |
Retrograde. -.ΛΜΝΟ- Altar area. -.ΛΜΝΟ- ... H 501 ... H 501 |
Retrograde. [--αν]έθε[κε--] Altar area. [--αν]έθε[κε--] ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 17, p. 17, fig. 7, pl. 3. |
Mended from two pieces.
Retrograde. [--αν]έθεκε Votive dump. [--αν]έθεκε ... H 217 ... H 217 |
Retrograde. -ΕΡΓΟΑΔΙΔΕ- Votive dump. -ΕΡΓΟΑΔΙΔΕ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 57, p. 25, fig. 10, pl. 7. |
Resting surface and lower body reserved; gray clay.
Left to right. -ΕΝΓΝΟ.- Votive dump. -ΕΝΓΝΟ.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 67, p. 27, fig. 11, pl. 7. |
Mended from two pieces.
Retrograde. [--ανέ]θεκε Votive dump. [--ανέ]θεκε ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 15, p. 17, fig. 7, pl. 3. |
Mended from two pieces.
Left to right. -ΥΧ- Votive dump. -ΥΧ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 23, p. 18, fig. 7, pl. 4. |
Left to right in two lines.
Line 1: -ΤΕΙΔΕ-
Line 2: -ανέ[θεκε--] Votive dump ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 16, p. 17, fig. 7, pl. 3. |
Mended from two pieces.
Letters incised retrograde with a blunt point. ΑΝΙΙΣΟ- Altar area. ΑΝΙΙΣΟ- ... H 506 ... H 506 |
Grayish clay, probably burned.
Letters incised retrograde on inside of rim. -Διό[ς--] Altar area. -Διό[ς--] ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 7, p. 15, fig. 6, pl. 3. |
Mended from two pieces.
Left to right. ΧΣΥΝΑΣΟ-
The letters suggest ξυνασκέω, "train", or " exercise". Votive dump. ΧΣΥΝΑΣΟ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 54, p. 25, fig. 10, pl. 7. |
A small fragment from the same vessel as H 518, preserving a single letter, theta. Votive dump ... 7th c. B.C.? ... H 212 ... H 212 |
Probably from the same vessel as H 521, H 526, H 535.
Either way. -ΔΣ- Votive dump. -ΔΣ- ... H 525 ... H 525 |
Probably from the same vessel as H 521, H 525, H 535.
Either way. -ΙΔ- Votive dump. -ΙΔ- ... H 526 ... H 526 |
Probably from the same vessel as H 521, H 525, H 526.
Either way, -ΙΟ- Votive dump. -ΙΟ- ... H 535 ... H 535 |
Probably from the same vessel as H 532, H 531.
Left to right. -NO- Altar area. -NO- ... Probably from the same vessel as H 532, H 531.
Left to right. -NO- |
A non-joining fragment from the same vessel as H 532 and H 533.
Left to right. -ΕΡΥ- Altar area. -ΕΡΥ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 18b, p. 17, fig. 7, pl. 3. |
From the same vessel as H 531, H 533.
Mended from two pieces.
Left to right. -ανέ[θεκε--] Altar area. -ανέ[θεκε--] ... H 532 ... H 532 |
Two non-joining fragments, one mended from two pieces.
Left to right.
a)-ΕΑΓΕΣΙ-
b)-ΜΕΙ- H 518 a, b to check Votive dump ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 59a, p. 25, fig. 10, pl. 7. |
Mended from three pieces. Η 525, Η 526, Η 535 probably from the same vessel (votive dump).
Two lines retrograde.
Line 1: (traces) ΑΔ-
Line 2:-ΤΕΓΑΡΑΠ- Altar area ... H 521 ... H 521 |
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 434 ... H 434 |
NM 16130
Retrograde. -ΤΑΥΤΕ.- Votive dump. -ΤΑΥΤΕ.- ... A.J.A. 38 (1934), p. 15, no. 7. |
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. |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 13, p. 17, fig. 7. |
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 |
Two non-joining sherds from the same cup.
Young had only the larger fragment.
Retrograde. -.ανέθ[εκ]εh[o--] H 146 a, b to check Altar area. -.ανέθ[εκ]εh[o--] ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 14, p. 17, fig. 7, pl. 3. |
Joins with H 184.
Two lines retrograde.
Line 1:-ΑΒΓΔΕ-
Line 2:-ΑΒΓΔΕF-
Two incomplete abecederia, perhaps of teacher and pupil. In the second line the delta resembles a Boiotian or Euboian type, but ... H 165 ... H 165 |
Mended from three pieces.
Left to right. ΝΙΣ εγραφ[σε--] Altar area. ΝΙΣ εγραφ[σε--] ... H 147 ... H 147 |
NM 16135
Shiny black to dull reddish brown glaze.
The gear pattern is rare on Attic skyphoi; another example, Ath. Mitt. 81, 1966, Beil. 14: 4, no. 7 ... MG II ... Beil. 14: 4, no. 7. |
| 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 |
Flat bottom; thickened rim, projecting slightly outward and flat on top.
Banded outside; stroke series on top of rim; all glazed inside.
Dull red glaze. Broken, to be mended ... 7th c. B.C ... 7th c. B.C. |
Complete profile preserved: flat bottom, cylindrical body, wide flaring rim.
Inside completely glazed except for three reserved bands at rim, and floor which is reserved and decorated with a glaze dot ... 7th c. B.C ... 7th c. B.C. |
Three of the legs restored.
Mane pinched to a sharp, straight ridge; tail applied against left rear leg. Faint traces of glaze show that the horse was glazed over most of its body, with reserved band ... 7th c. B.C ... 7th c. B.C. |
Intact.
Blunt-ended haft beveled to a chisel edge ... 7th c. B.C.? ... H 582 ... H 582 |
NM 16114
The inscription is complete, written left to right. ΑΒΓ Votive dump. ΑΒΓ ... 7th c. B.C ... H 2 ... H 2 |
Thin, rough slab of hard, gray limestone. Upper, lower, and left sides roughly smooth, right side broken away; inscribed face smooth, back face rough.
In center of slab, running left to right, the letters ... 7th c. B.C.? ... H 144 ... H 144 |
Intact, but surface badly corroded and end of peen chipped.
Thin, flat blade with tapering shaft.
Cf. C. Waldstein, The Argive Heraeum II, Boston and New York, 1905, pl. CXXVI, no. 2264 ... 7th c. B.C.? ... H 581 ... H 581 |
| 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 |
Broken away just before the handle attachment behind and at the beginning of nozzle in front.
Gritty, micaceous clay, pinkish buff at core, grayish brown at surface; unglazed. Handmade.
A cocked-hat ... 700-650 B.C ... H 573 ... H 573 |
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 ... H 459 ... H 459 |
Nothing of handle or mouth.
Low ring foot; continuous profile.
Dull glaze, black to brow.
Cf. A.J.A. 46, 1942, p. 50, for type ... Mid-7th c. B.C ... Mid-7th c. B.C. |
Handle and most of the body at the other side missing and restored.
In handle zone, a panel containing a double zigzag with arced lines at either end; all glazed inside except for two reserved bands on ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.07; Diam. (rim) 0.076 |
Broken shaft.
Shaft flares at preserved end and has a beveled chisel edge ... 7th c. B.C. ? ... 7th c. B.C. ? |
Broken off at one end.
Round, tapering shaft. One end flattened and a small hole neatly drilled through it. Two others uninventoried ... 7th c. B.C. ? ... H 586 ... H 586 |
Good black glaze outside, unglazed inside; mended from two pieces.
Two lines of letters running left to right and sideways to the vessel, from top to bottom. The first line is illegible; in the second ... 7th c. B.C ? ... H 404 ... H 404 |
Broken off at one end. Preserved and hammered flat into form of a pointed oval. Two others uninventoried.
Recent discussion on iron spits:
Coldstream, G.G.P., pp. 362-363.
M. Oeconomides, A.A.A. 2, 1969, ... 7th c. B.C. ? ... H 580 ... H 580 |
Intact.
Flat band flattened at one side to receive bezel; a narrow hole neatly drilled through band at one side of flattened part. A sunken groove down middle of band with a row of raised dots ... 7th c. B.C. ? ... H 584 ... H 584 |
Flat bottom and convex side wall.
The letters -AI- (Greek?) incised on the resting surface after firing with a sharp point. Left to right?
Coarse, pinkish buff clay, unglazed.
Jugs with flat bottoms ... Early 7th c. A.D ... H 400 ... H 400 |
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 ... H. 0.118; Diam. 0.08 |
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 ... H. 0046 |
Stroke polishing on neck.
Unglazed and handmade.
Small, unpainted votives are found in great quantities at many sanctuary sites. Only about 100 were saved from the dump on Hymettos, although the total ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... H 377 ... H 377 |
Wheelmade.
Dull black glaze all over ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... H 108 ... H 108 |
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