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| Homer A. Thompson ... A general report on the activities at the Agora during the summer 1954. Modest excavations were carried out in the southwest and southeast corners of the square.
The restoration of the Stoa of Attalos ... 1 Jul-31 Aug 1954 |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Report on the excavations of the Southwest Fountain House, the Aqueduct east of the Fountain House, and of the adjustments of levels at the southwest corner of the Middle Stoa ... 1 Apr-5 Jun 1954 |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Excavations was carried out in the building fill in the area south of the Middle Stoa, and in the area between the South Stoa and the Fountain House. Work was also done to the porch of the Fountain House ... 23 Feb-30 Jul 1953 |
Fragment from lower left corner, chipped especially at back. Small part of the decoration preserved, two legs to right?
Below the signature: ΑΝΤΥ.
Red dark gray clay with bits, fired very dark on surface ... 22 April 1953 |
| Corner. Mended from several pieces.
Plain antefix. Broken below and at left. The lion's head is in excellent state of preservation. Traces of red on mane. Brown red clay with bits in it.
From Heliaia ... 4 May 1953 |
Lower half of body with root of handle preserved.
Relief signature.
Dull red glaze, much flaked.
Buff clay.
Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
ADDENDA Monogram of "ΑΚΡΑΤΟΣ" (?).
Cf. L 2086, for clay, ... 25 April 1953 |
Mended from several pieces. Lower half only preserved.
On bottom, concentric grooves with a small "A", incised at center.
Unglazed.
Orange-buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Red fill with burning ... April 1953 |
Part of discus and rim preserved.
On discus, Eros, standing, looking left.
On rim, panels, and ovolos.
No glaze.
Pale greenish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Red fill with burning. Leica ... April 1953 |
Fragments of rim missing. Out-turned rim; ring foot with convex profile and flat resting surface.
Mottled black glaze much chipped. Buff-pink clay. Levels: 2078? Below bottom of Drain B. Leica ... 21 April 1953 |
Satyr head completely preserved. Oblong head of mask type having a trapezoid "hair dressing" decorated with incised cross and grooves at each side and below it.
Coarse micaceous clay. Partly burned ... 13 April 1953 |
Fragment from the top of a pot with a small round mouth over which are two basket handles at right angles to one another. The lower part of the pot is broken away, but at the line of break there are four ... 20 April 1953 |
Mended from two pieces. Fragment giving complete profile; somewhat out-turned rim. Scraped groove at rim and around medallion, filled with miltos. Below rim zone of spirals, then alternating birds, masks ... 20 April 1953 |
| Mended from two pieces. Wall fragment.
Head of a woman, left; sphendone, dotted hair ornament and earrings. In front of her a box, probably held by someone else. Added clay for hair ornament and earrings ... 23 April 1953 |
Torso with part of right arm and wing preserved. Pierced at lower part. Eros wearing soft leather corselet with long flap; baldric hanging across his body. Details in West Sope technique.
Cinnamon clay; ... 24 April 1953 |
From upper part of a large stand. Wing, back of head and part of tail of a siren, left. Blob rosette in field.
Light red clay with bits in it. Related to MSBF, deposit H-K 12-14? Hellenistic fill south ... 25 April 1953 |
About half of lower part preserved. Two rows of triangular cut out openings and beginning of a third. Glazed once, as traces of light red glaze show. Fill over stepped retaining wall. 2090 Leica, 87-254 ... 25 April 1953 |
| a) Mended from two pieces. Bottom, most of lower part and small part of upper walls and rim preserved; complete profile given. Small rosette within wide groove in bottom medallion. Vertical grooves, alternately ... 29 April, 9 May 1953 |
| Broken above and below. A finished edge at either side; might stop at about the level of the ground line of the top panel. A lion seated to right. Plain opaque and dotted rosettes. Red for mane and belly ... 2 May 1953 |
Mended from two pieces. Foot and immediately adjacent part of body only preserved. Inverted echinus foot. Glazed except on groove at the transition from the upper to the lower part of the profile and the ... 5 May 1953 |
Inverted echinus foot with grooved resting surface. Glazed except for a groove at the transition from the upper to the lower part of the profile and the resting surface.
Pinkish-buff clay. Packing behind ... 5 May 1953 |
Intact, save minor chips, mainly from the foot. Glazed inside, but surface worn both inside and outside.
Buff clay. In mouth of drain leading north from water basin (drain 4). 2141 Leica ... 5 May 1953 |
| Above, rays. Below, swan's head (ladle handle?) and mouth of amphora(?) or wool basket(?).
Above, the letters: Water basin, east side; around fallen settling basin, Hellenistic context. 2144 Leica ... 5 May 1953 |
Two non-joining fragments, one preserving part of rim, the other only wall. Out-turned grooved rim; below, egg and dart pattern between row of dots from above and below. Then large leaves and rosettes ... 25 April 1953 |
[Originally identified as Amphora Mouth]
Mouth only preserved. Thickly coated with a rough mass of bronze as though it had been dipped into the molten metal. Several other such amphora(?) mouths, coated ... April 1953 |
| Lekanis lid; part of outer edge, but not rim, preserved.
Part of a draped woman, right, carrying a large object in her left hand. In front of her, a large hare, running right.
Glaze gray and smeary; ... April 1953 |
Four joining fragments preserve bridged spout and some adjacent rim and body of a large krater. Rim reserved, decorated with cross-strokes.
Glazed inside and out, mostly fired red.
ADDENDA Louterion ... 2 June 1953 |
| Three non-joining fragments from an oinochoe or small amphora. Decoration in panel: a bird to right.
a) Some of bird's head.
b) Body.
c) Tail.
Red for beak and some of feathers. Buff clay and surface ... 10 June 1953 |
From neck and shoulder of an oinochoe(?). Glazed inside. Above, tongues; below, scale pattern. Red for alternate tongues and alternate rows of scales. Careful incision. Pale buff clay; rather dull black ... 10 June 1953 |
Handle and much of trefoil mouth missing. Egg-shaped body on ring foot. On shoulder, neck and outside of lip thin streaky black glaze; a brown band just below the shoulder and a band on the foot.
Pinkish ... 10 June 1953 |
| Conical oinochoe. Mouth and handle missing. Small hole in body. Two long-necked birds facing each other over large blobby rosettes. Rosette under handle. Added red for some details. Coarse incision.
Buff ... 10 June 1953 |
| Club. Below bottom of Drain B; Middle Stoa Building Fill. Θασί[ων]
club
Ἀριστοκλῆς
Τ̣η̣λεμάχου 2078 Leica ... 21 April 1953 |
| Micaceous clay with grayish core; non-Rhodian clay. Cxt: this fill not entirely pure-contained a duoviri Kn, SS 12918
(VG 20.ix.66)* Finished Hellenistic fill west of water basin; Middle Stoa Building ... 23 April 1953 |
| Finished Hellenistic fill west of water basin; Middle Stoa Building Fill. [ Ἐ]π̣ὶ Ἀρισ[τεί]δα
Ἀγ[ρια]νίου Leica ... 23 April 1953 |
| Large part of rim preserved.
Rose. Finished Hellenistic fill west of water basin; Middle Stoa Building Fill. rose
Αἰνέα Ἀρ̣τ̣αμι̣τ̣[ίο]υ̣
(in O framed) Leica ... 23 April 1953 |
Cf. SS 602. Corpus no. 305A.
Agora sample no. 225.
Brookhaven test (1958), no. 1. Hellenistic fill west of water basin; Middle Stoa Building Fill. [Ε]ὐτυχι( 2455 Leica ... 23 April 1953 |
Part of rim preserved.
Caduceus; retrograde. Dte: this hdl datable early 1c BC(VG 17.ix.53)* Hellenistic fill west of water basin; Middle Stoa Building Fill. [Λά]χ̣η̣ς̣ Εὐπόλε̣
μος
caduceus r ... 23 April 1953 |
| Thyrsos. Finished Martyr in Fountain House Porch, layer 3; Middle Stoa Building Fill (last stage of building program). Θασίων
thyrsos
Παίστρατ | ος 2101 Leica ... 23 April 1953 |
| Finished Martyr in Fountain House Porch, layer 3; Middle Stoa Building Fill (last stage of building program). [ Ἐπὶ]
Τιμα[σαγόρα]
Σμιν̣[θίου] 2101 Leica ... 23 April 1953 |
Part of rim preserved. Martyr in Fountain House Porch, layer 3; Middle Stoa Building Fill (last stage of building program). Ἀγοράνα
κτος
Δαλίου 2101 Leica ... 23 April 1953 |
| Large part of rim preserved. Finished Martyr in Fountain House Porch, layer 3; Middle Stoa Building Fill (last stage of building program). Ἡρακλ̣ε̣ί̣του 2101 Leica ... 23 April 1953 |
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