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[Agora Report] 1946 Χ: Section X Miscellaneous Notes Compiled in Summer of 1946

Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946. Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946

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[Agora Report] 1937 Χ: Section Χ 1937

Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937

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[Agora Object] G 105: Vase Fragment

Narrow neck and widely flaring lip only preserved; one piece of lip missing. Plain round mouth; lip slightly thickened. Channel in a cistern system. 2nd c. A.D. Leica ... 8 April 1937

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[Agora Object] G 112: Flagon Fragment

Broad flat bottom; lower part of straight narrow neck preserved. Greenish glass. Well on lower north slope of Aroepagus. 2nd c. A.D. Leica ... 22 April 1937

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[Agora Object] G 117: Jug Fragments

Non-joining top and bottom. Fat jug with small straight neck, wide flat lip, wide band handle, ridged and bent. Bottom depressed at center. Blue green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus ... 12 April 1937

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[Agora Object] G 119: Vase Fragment

Wide mouth; slightly flaring rim with thickened lip. Beginning of irregular bulge on lowest preserved point. Pale green-blue glass; very thin. According to EM. Stern this drawing (PD 505) is incorrect ... 12 April 1937

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[Agora Object] G 121: Vase Fragment

Low base ring. Sides at line of break beginning to curve in for indentation on each of four sides. Floor rises in a cone. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Dumped filling. Late 1st-early 2nd c ... 12 April 1937

[Agora Object] G 122: Bowl Fragments

Five non-joining pieces from base and rim of wide bowl. Low base ring, depression in bottom giving a bump on floor. Horizontal rim with thickened lip. Very thin light bluish green glass. Cistern on lower ... 12 April 1937

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[Agora Object] G 123: Vase Fragment

Narrow neck with broad over-hanging lip. Heavy green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Dumped filling. Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. Leica ... 12 April 1937

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[Agora Object] I 4585: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face and left edge only preserved. Seven lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. Finished Found in a Byzantine well, at the north foot of the Areopagus. Leica, ... 5 March 1937

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[Agora Object] I 4642: Honorary Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment of columnar monument, the inside hollowed out to form a basin. Inscription written on rough picked erased surface. Two lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in ... 18 March 1937

[Agora Object] IL 565: Lead Dish

Straight sides bent; flat bottom. A lid ? Cistern, dirt pile. Leica ... 9 April 1937

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[Agora Object] IL 587: Lead Token

A. a large stamped epsilon. B. plain. Cistern. Leica ... 22 February 1937

[Agora Object] L 2825: Lamp

Handle and piece of rim missing. Low flat base; open type, with sharply inturned rim. Good black glaze except for reserved bottom. Type IV of Corinth collection, type 21B of Agora collection. Well. Leica, ... 15 March 1937

[Agora Object] L 2861: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

Signature (raised). Poor black glaze on inside and out. Buff clay. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection. Well; construction fill. Leica ... 23 March 1937

[Agora Object] L 2862: Two Nozzle Lamp Fragment

One nozzle missing. Large lamp with two nozzles set opposite each other. Base ring, separated by groove from wall; flat insloping rim. Central tube. Black glaze except for reserved tops of nozzles, bottom ... 23 March 1937

[Agora Object] L 2921: Lamp

Handle missing. Usual "alpha" on bottom, and nodules on body and rim. Traces of darker wash. Dull brown clay. Type XX of Corinth collection. Channel. Leica ... 8 April 1937

[Agora Object] L 2922: Lamp

Discus and nozzle missing. Shallow groove about outer edge of flat bottom incised "epsilon" in center. White slip and orange-red glaze, both badly flaked. Red-brown clay. Type XXV of Corinth collection ... 9 April 1937

[Agora Object] L 2923: Lamp

Handle, and much of top, with end of nozzle missing. Discus fragment does not join. Plain sloping rim; on the discus, a large head, facing; on the reverse, a single short stroke. Shiny red glaze over white ... 10 April 1937

[Agora Object] L 2924: Lamp Fragment

Small piece of panelled rim, and discus. Head in high relief, left, on discus, close to rim. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Cistern. Leica ... 10 April 1937