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[Agora Object] P 21349: Red Figure Bell Krater

Fragments of a bell krater preserving the profile to the base. Restored in plaster. Black rim, egg below; stopped maeander to left below the picture. A) Two male figures, facing: that at the right, a ... 25 May 1951 ... Pottery

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[Agora Object] P 10538: Red Figure Cup Fragments: Type B

The principal fragment, mended from seven, preserves parts of the medallion, and of both A and B outside; nothing of the rim; part of the stem. b) The mid-part of the figure on A. c) Part of the handle ... 21 May 1937 ... Relief contour generally for

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[Agora Object] P 27831: Red Figure Bell Krater Fragments

d) base with concave underside. e), f), m) handles and remaining wall fragments. a)-d) made up of numerous joining fragments. e)-n) single fragments. A) Two youths clad in flowing chlamys and petasoi ... 2, 3 August 1967 ... clay; glaze generally

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[Agora Object] P 32419: Red Figure Cup: Type C

Mended from 15 fragments: more than three-quarters preserved; several large fragments missing from rim. Plain rim. Torus foot, rising within. Thick stem with fillet at juncture of foot, offset with two ... 6 July 1995 ... Pottery

[Agora Webpage] Overview: The Staff

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The Archaeologists The First Generation The Agora Excavations staff and work force, 1933. Archaeologists, staff, foremen, and workmen gathered under the Hephaisteion for a group photograph. The staff of ... First Generation The Agora ... of pottery removed from a ... pottery, and later coauthored,

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Practice of Ostracism

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Ostracism Soon after their victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians began the practice of ostracism, a form of election designed to curb the power of any rising tyrant ... Elected strategos (general ... pottery, ostraka are virtually

[Agora Publication] The North Slope Krater, New Fragments

Broneer, O ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The calyx-krater of Exekias, first published in 1937,1 was discovered at the bottom of a well in the American School excavations on the North slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The circumstances of discovery ... 1956 ... alike. The general similarity ... pottery, mostly isolated pieces,

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

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Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... is based on broken pottery ... pottery that distinguished ... attractive book presents a general