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[Agora Report] 1939 ΝΝ: Section ΝΝ Season of 1939

Rodney S. Young ... Section ΝΝ lies at the mouth of the valley between Pnyx and Areopagus, which was the important thoroughfare from the Agora to the Pnyx and to the southern parts of the city, as well as to the Piraeus Gate, ... 26 Sep 1938-24 Jun 1939

[Agora Object] I 3772: Marble Fragments: List of Names

Inscribed fragments. From a marble tablet. Fragment Γ 2168 a), left edge and back preserved, back bevelled at edge. Mouldings around sunken tablet. Fragment ΝΝ 413 b), left edge and back preserved; flat ... 17 March 1936 26 April 1939

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[Agora Object] IL 741: Lead Token

Obverse: horse standing right. In field below his muzzle, a star (?); in field above, uncertain letters or symbols. Reverse: plain, rough, with irregular raised dots. Turkish fill. Leica ... 24 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3696: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Intact. Grooved handle with finger hole. Rim plain save for groove at throat of nozzle, and a small circle either side. On discus, cock, standing right; two grooves just within rim. Thin brownish-red glaze ... 20 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3697: Handle of Lamp

Broken off from the back of the lamp. Handle with finger hole, to which is attached a large leaf-shaped plaque, decorated in low relief with a palmette springing from elaborate acanthus volutes. Good light ... 20 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3702: Lamp: Maker's Mark

The handle missing. Ribbed upper body; a rosette on one side, a dolphin on the other. Signed on the bottom, incised in the unbaked clay. Dull red glaze, worn. Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, ... 24 April 1939

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[Agora Object] L 3703: Relief Fragment of Lamp: Emblema

Preserved is the head of Athena Parthenos in relief left; broken off at neck, the nose chipped, and most of the crest of the helmet missing. The face is carefully modelled, the iris and pupil of the eye ... 24 April 1939

[Agora Object] L 3704: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

The front part with the nozzle broken away. On the rim, herringbone pattern and panels; on the discus bust of Athena in crested helmet left. Grooved pierced handle. On the bottom, within two circular grooves ... 26 April 1939