[Agora Deposit] J 2:31: Cist Grave

Marcie Handler ... Cist grave for two infants. The grave was cut into a sterile rocky layer on its southern and western sides, and a sterile fill layer on its northern and eastern sides. No obvious grave marker was present, ... Early Iron Age ... the rim and neck of the

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1407

Mended with small missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. Lip offset on inside; foot offset on underside. Glaze slightly abraded on handles. H. 0.074; diam. of rim 0.18; W. with handles 0.238; ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... diam. of rim 0.18; W. with ... Inscribed below the rim: B, ... figures. Relief contour. The rim

[Agora Object] P 2574: Red Figure Cup Fragments: Type B

Mended from many pieces, about one-eighth of the rim preserved and three-quarters of the base. Both handles missing. The top of the medallion gone and pieces from the center. The outside lacks nearly all ... August-September 1932 ... Mended from many pieces, about one-eighth of the rim preserved and three-quarters of

[Agora Object] S 1631: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Intact save for end of nose and ancient chip from right ear and recent chips from hair and left ear. Socket for fitting into body rough-picked; carried up high in back of neck. Hair in marked waves above ... Julio-Claudian period ... the rim of the phiale are

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Boule

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_boule.html

The Boule (The Senate) The Athenian legislature also included a deliberative body known as the Boule. It was made up of 500 members -- 50 from each of the 10 tribes -- who were chosen by lot and served ... around the rim which reads:

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1411

Profile complete. Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably most of one side of the bowl, about half of the other, both handles. H. 0.077; rest. diam. at rim 0.185; diam ... Ca. 500 B.C ... rest. diam. at rim 0.185;

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Speakers

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The Speakers Litigants spoke on their own behalf, although occasionally using speeches prepared by trained professionals; skillful rhetoric was necessary in order to sway a jury. The speeches written by ... below the rim, is a hole that

[Agora Deposit] A 14:1: Early Roman Well

Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson). "Not a useful well" HSR. Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR) Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C. Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D. Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine ... rim such as those that