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[Agora Report] 1948 Excavations: Report on the Agora Excavations May, 1947-April, 1948

Homer A. Thompson ... A report on the activities in the Athenian Agora during the period May 1947 to April 1948. The 1947 excavation lasted from March 10 to November 1. The efforts were concentrated on completing the exploration ... 10 Mar-1 Nov 1947

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[Agora Report] 1948 ΟΟ: Section ΟΟ 1948

Margaret Crosby ... Work in Section ΟΟ was concentrated on the east and west ends of the north side of the section: parts of the ancient east-west street were explored; ca 20 meters of the Great Drain was clearly exposed; ... 8 Mar-26 Apr 1948

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[Agora Report] 1947 ΟΟ: Section ΟΟ: Preliminary Summary 1947

Margaret Crosby, Eugene Vanderpool ... Excavations in Section ΟΟ were taken place in four parts: the modern and Turkish road levels were removed; a part of the Great Drain, and drains connected with it, were examined; high Roman levels of Building ... 17 Mar-14 Aug 1947

[Agora Object] A 1347: Antefix: Plastic and Inscribed

Cover tile broken off; lower left corner and tip of palmette chipped. Palmette above tendrils and volutes; raised letters along lower edge. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ series. Coarse red clay, remains of heavy creamy slip ... 26 March 1948

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[Agora Object] A 1372: Cornice Fragment: Doric

Broken at back and sides; edges of molding broken away. Top much worn: tramped on in some reuse. One original edge of mutule preserved, and approximately full depth, with three row of guttae, of which ... 22 April 1948

[Agora Object] A 1373: Cover Tile Fragment: Stamped

Small piece from curved cover tile; red brown clay with coarse bits in it. Left end of stamp with letters in relief, preserved. Marble pile. Leica ... 23 April 1948

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[Agora Object] B 840: Pin Fragments

This and the following number are assigned to the many burned fragments which cannot be joined, and which preserve parts of at least two long pins with flat disk heads and large spheres of bronze on their ... Card: 900 B.C.

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[Agora Object] B 841: Pin Fragments

Fragments of a pin with disk head and ball on shaft. Less of the shaft preserved (three fragments) than for B 740. The ball somewhat less corroded. Cf. B 840 (OO 619) Geometric Grave. Found with bones ... Card: 900 B.C.

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[Agora Object] B 842: Fibula Fragments

Part of the bow of one fibula is clear, consisting of two rounded masses of bronze set at an angle to each other. Probably a third made up the bow. One fragment seems to show the spiral spring at the inner ... Card: 900 B.C.

[Agora Object] B 843: Fibula Fragment

A large fragment probably from the center of the bow of a similar fibula. Cf. B 842 (OO 621). Geometric Grave. Found with bones inside burial amphora P 19, 228 (OO 594). nestled in ethafoam to prevent ... Card: 900 B.C.

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[Agora Object] BI 616: Bone Cylinder

Hollow cylinder with straight sides, the ends very slightly tapered inward. Decorated with pairs of closely spaced incised grooves around the outside at each end, and a more widely spaced pair of grooves ... 12 April 1948

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[Agora Object] G 320: Bowl or Plate Fragment

Wall fragment from very shallow bowl or plate. Fragment with narrow ribs in pairs in relief on side and rectangular pattern on bottom. Mold made. Opaque almost colorless glass. North hypocaust room, furnace ... 1 April 1948

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[Agora Object] G 323: Bottle Fragment

Single fragment from lower part of small cylindrical bottle. Straight sides curve to slightly concave bottom. Almost colorless glass, greenish below where it is thick. North hypocaust room, furnace dump ... 6 April 1948

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[Agora Object] G 325: Jug Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve cylindrical neck and collared lip of jug with edge of shoulder and part of strap handle below lip. Light green glass. North hypocaust room, furnace dump. Desturbed late Roman ... 31 March 1948

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[Agora Object] G 326: Bottle or Alabastron Fragment

Fragment with plain wide flat rim and part of cylindrical neck. Thick brownish glass. Soft fill in top of cistern A. Late Roman-Byzantine. 1645 Leica, 81-1-3 ... 6 April 1948

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[Agora Object] G 328: Bowl Fragment

Fragment from plain rim of open bowl. On inside lip, bounded by two grooves, with notched ridge below lower one. Smaller sharper groove lower down. Moulded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), p. 183 ... 22 April 1948

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[Agora Object] G 334: Bottle Fragment

Cylindrical neck and flat slightly down-sloping projecting lip. Rim folded out, down and in. Light blue glass; enamel weathering. Bubbles and spirals. Some fragments from this same bottle in tray BB 116 ... 7 April 1938

[Agora Object] I 5689: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. Four lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. Found in marble pile, in the area southwest of the Eleusinion. Leica ... 2 March 1939

[Agora Object] I 6091: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken top, bottom and left. The back preserved, rough picked, and the right side with a bevelled edge along the inscribed face. Nine lines of the inscription preserved, with thirty-eight ... 1 April 1948

[Agora Object] I 6092: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken at bottom and back. Front and sides smooth-finished. Top smooth-finished only along front; picked behind. Four lines of the inscription preserved; complete. Hymettian marble ... 2 April 1948