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[Agora Object] B 850: Implement

Made of heavy bronze wire (?). One end flattened like the blunt end of a stilus; the other pointed, but bent over and curled round into a spiral. A tool for bronze working ? Casting pit, house H, room ... Card: late 2nd c. B.C.

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[Agora Object] B 1521: Nail

Complete. Flat head. Curved, round in section, tapering towards tip which is flatened. Catalogued 21 April 1973 Casting pit on west slope of Areopagus, room 13, house H. 6015-6027 Leica, 79-4-8 ... 14 August 1947

[Agora Object] B 1523: Mold Fragment

Powdery red clay exterior. Hard blackened concave interior with strand surface. Layering uncertain. Catalogued 21 April 1973 Casting pit on west slope of Areopagus, room 13, house H. 6015-6027 Leica ... 14 August 1947

[Agora Object] B 1525: Slag

Heavy green to brown and black glassy bubbly mass. Catalogued 21 April 1973. Similar pieces in tin 902. Casting pit on west slope of Areopagus, room 13, house H. 6015-6027 Leica ... 14 August 1947

[Agora Object] B 1526: Clay Channel Mouth Fragment

Channel mouth or covering for channel mouth fluid vitrified black over exterior ending in drip. Black with green traces of bronze. Reddish clay. From bellows(?) Cf. B 1527 Catalogued 21 April 1973. Other ... 14 August 1947

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[Agora Object] B 1529: Clay Covering Brick

Brown to black vitrified flat piece of clay, forming large drip at one end. Broken at one side. It was attached to flat object (now lost). Clay covering for inner faces of bricks in a furnace(?) Cf ... 14 August 1947

[Agora Object] B 1530: Brick Fragment

Broken all around. Preserves black vitrified surface and contains drops of bronze. Cf. B 1529 and tin 902. Catalogued 21 April 1973 Casting pit on west slope of Areopagus, room 13, house H. 6015 Leica ... 14 August 1947

[Agora Object] L 4502: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Front part of body and nozzle missing. Watch-shaped lamp with ribbed upper body, cornucopia-shaped lug, not pierced, on left side; vertical strap handle, set crooked. Low ring foot. Black glaze, much worn ... 9-13 August 1947

[Agora Object] L 4503: Lamp Fragment with Molded Decoration

The front part of the upper body preserved, with the start of the nozzle. Mold made; concave top; on the upper body and side of the nozzle, maeander in relief. Traces of black glaze. Gray clay. Type XII ... 6-13 August 1947

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[Agora Object] P 19437: Red Figure Pyxis Lid

Part of the top and vertical wall preserved; moulded rim projecting slightly beyond wall. On top, part of a woman's head; on the side, a seated cloaked figure, right. Behind him, part of a column; in front ... 9-13 August 1947