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[Agora Report] 1947 ΝΝ: Section ΝΝ: 1947

Rodney S. Young ... Excavation continued in section ΝΝ with the aim of clearing the area for the new museum. Because of the unforeseen depth of filling, the area remained unfinished. Several features were dug and examined ... 10 Mar-3 Nov 1947

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[Agora Object] B 783: Dikast's Ballot

Wheel ballot with pierced hub. Inscribed around edge. On the opposite face, a small roughly rectangular stamp, containing a letter in relief ? Λ or N ? 76-79/Great Drain. In loan to Barcelona (Museum Caixa ... 9 May 1947

[Agora Object] B 784: Weight

Small rectangular block of bronze, almost square. Inscribed on the upper face with the symbols of three drachmas (?) (After cleanning this would seem to be four drachmas). 76-79/Great Drain Great Drain, ... 9 May 1947

[Agora Object] B 847: Dikast's Ticket Fragment

Inscribed. Both ends broken off. Rectangular countermark : owl. Rectangular pit under house L, room 2. Fourth century B.C. fill. 4492, 7117, 7357 Leica, 85-22 ... 17 April 1948

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[Agora Object] G 265: Bowl Fragment

From the wall of a moulded bowl, ribbed outside. Blue and white striations. Brown fill. Early Roman level over Roman drain in area west of Areopagus. 4555 Leica ... 16 May 1947

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[Agora Object] I 5983: Boundary Stone

Apparently complete. Along bottom of front face a rough slightly projecting surface at level for setting into ground. Limestone or hard gray poros. Brought in 1947; length and thickness cannot be measured ... 27 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4185: Lamp Fragment

About a quarter of the circumference preserved, mended from two pieces. A ring with the stumps of six nozzles preserved. Dull black glaze over all. Misc. Mult. Nozzle, type 41 of Agora collection. Gravelly ... 5 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4208: Lamp

Globules on lower body and rim, with pseudo-volutes near base of nozzle. Grooved handle, pierced. On the bottom, three raised grooved dots, and two smaller dots forming a kind of clover-leaf, all within ... 28 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4209: Lamp

Intact. On the discus, a stylized boukranion beside a small altar. Traces of a signature, now illegible, on the bottom. On the rim panels, and a double circle of dots. Handle grooved and pierced. Unglazed ... 29 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4210: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Mended from several pieces; fragments of rim and discus missing. Rim, plain, with a single circle of depressed dots at the inner edge, and concentric grooves to discus. Small sharply sunken discus with ... 29 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4213: Lamp

Complete except for vertical handle. Small squat lamp, the plain rim separated from the plain concave discus by three ridges. Two raised dots at throat of nozzle; end of nozzle raised: slightly higher ... 30 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4214: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Intact. Typical globules on top and lower body; typical volutes at nozzle; high ridged handle. On the reverse, the typical "alpha" in relief. Red clay with red to black wash over all. Type XX of Corinth ... 30 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4215: Lamp

Complete except for chip from nozzle. No handle. Plain rim; plain slightly concave discus; short nozzle, its upper surface raised slightly above rim. Reverse, low base ring simulated by grooves. Unglazed ... 30 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4545: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

The bottom preserved, flat, outlined by a roughly circular sharp groove. Impressed rings at the base of the handle; an impressed circle and dot at the center of the reverse. Signature on bottom lightly ... 3 May 1947

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[Agora Object] MC 693: Token

Roughly circular. Side A: in relief an impression of a standing semi-draped figure, left, mantle or scarf blown above head. At right end of mantle a round disk, at left a star (?). Side B: plain. Red Hellenistic ... 9 May 1947

[Agora Object] P 17689: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

Fragment of a curved cover tile; one edge preserved. Incised on glazed side: Dull brownish glaze on upper face. Dump of red gravelly fill. 4401 Leica ... 28-30 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17690: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

From the wall, near the foot, of a heavy amphora. Glaze bands outside. Incised outside: Dump of red gravelly fill. 4401 Leica ... 28-30 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17691: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

From the wall of a plain heavy amphora. Incised outside: Dump of red gravelly fill. 4401 Leica ... 28-30 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17692: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

From the wall of a pithos with raised band decorated with incision. Incised outside: Dump of red gravelly fill. 4401 Leica ... 28-30 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17693: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

From the wall of a very heavy open pot. Incised inside: Dull black glaze inside, none outside. Dump of red gravelly fill. 4401 Leica PD 636-13 ... 28-30 April 1947