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| Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and ... 1997 |
About half the rim and wall missing. High ring foot, grooved on resting surface; narrow out-turned rim.
On floor, five stamped palmettes with interlaced stems, inside a rouletted circle.
Glaze black ... 20 July 1950 |
Medallion and a little of immediately adjacent wall preserved. Small concave base. Horizontal grooves around body.
Medallion: Head of Helios wreathed, turned slightly to proper left. Daubs of added buff ... 16 April 1952 |
| The fragments make up into two groups which preserve some two-thirds of bowl; bottom medallion missing; trace of large leaves which surround it.
On wall, broad figured zone, with recurring groups: krater ... 30 April 1952 |
| Mended from several fragments; foot and handles broken off and more than half of rim and upper wall missing. High-rimmed cup kantharos.
Around the body, below the handle attachments, a broad scraped groove, ... 24 April 1952 |
Rim fragment. Below lip, a scraped groove. Dolphin leaping over waves; dotted rosette. Below a band of dots.
Pinkish clay; decoration in added clay and white. Room I, layer III (packing of Monument Bases, ... 14 May 1952 |
| Mended from two fragments; much missing from rim. Lip slightly everted; high base ring.
Four stamped fronds in a rouletted circle on floor.
Metallic black glaze, somewhat worn, all over except edge of ... 7 June 1952 |
Mended from two pieces; fragment missing from lip. Underside slightly concave; slightly convex wall. Groove sets off a thin rim; two incised lines a little below.
Metallic glaze inside and out, with brown ... 20 June 1952 |
| There remain parts of shoulder and mouth with sharply incurved rim, strap handle and spout. Throat pierced with six round holes.
Metallic black glaze much flaked. Stoa Shop XIV; south Stoa construction ... August 1952 |
Mended from several pieces; parts of rim and wall missing. In the interior, rouletting. Reserved groove at upper part of the profile of the foot; reserved resting surface. Well. Box 16. Leica, LVII-55, ... May 1938 |
Both handles missing, with parts of rim, wall and foot. Inner half of the resting surface reserved. Underneath reserved, with two concentric glazed circles.
Dull glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 352. Well ... May 1938 |
Left side missing; restored in plaster.
Unglazed votive type.
Cf. Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 153, no. 86, Coroplast's Dump. Cistern (1932). Leica, LVII-79 ... 7 February 1953 |
Broken all around. The spines of two leaves are preserved in dark color against the ribbing in low relief; a bit of green relief is visible between the leaves at the top.
From the side of a deep bowl ... 21 February 1953 |
Part of rim and undersurface preserved; nothing of foot. Underside flat; slightly flaring rim, elaborately molded on outside, with a band of egg and dart, inverted, around the upper edge.
Good black glaze ... February 1953 |
One handle broken and a few chips missing. A small skyphos-shaped pot; high solid base, left rough from wheel: inturned lip.
Pinkish-buff clay, unglazed.
Miniature votive skyphos. Stoa, South Area 3-4, ... 25 February 1953 |
| Single fragment gives part of flaring rim with West Slope decoration inside and out. Below, start of molded decoration on body (spirals). A scraped groove at the edge of the rim above.
Metallic glaze ... 4 March 1953 |
From a large bowl with lug handle attached below rim. The rim, decorated with two wide vertical and two yellow horizontal bars alternating, is flat on top and slightly projecting. Two holes pierced through ... 27 February 1953 |
More than half of rim missing. Slightly incurved rim; ring foot, slightly flaring below; conical protuberance in center of bottom underneath. Dull, brown glaze unevenly fired and easily flaked.
Pinkish-buff ... 3 March 1953 |
Neck and handle missing. Globular squat lekythos on high ring foot.
Chipped blackish-brown glaze. Stoa, North Area 3, layer III, close to Pier 2. 114, 151 Leica ... 3 March 1953 |
Large chips from base and rim. Small pyxis with slightly concave sides and broad flat bottom projecting beyond the sides and molded above. Rim low, nearly vertical; below it a broad vertical flange.
... 7 March 1953 |
Two joining fragments of a bowl, broken all around, very low ring foot. Medallion at center of floor: wreathed head (Dionysos?) in high relief, with overpainting in thinned clay and white paint. Horizontal ... 7 March 1953 |
Large chip missing from back and one end. Terracotta mold for the spurred handle of a kantharos. Stoa, South Area 2, layer I. Leica ... 7 March 1953 |
Neck of loutrophoros; broken at top and chipped below. Flaring below to a ring base with concave upper surface and concave profile. Inside and resting surface, reserved.
Brownish glaze; pink clay.
... 7 March 1953 |
Rim fragment. Out-turned rim; incised wavy line before glazing.
Pinkish-buff clay; brownish glaze. Stoa, Area South 2, layer I, green top earth. 136 Leica PD 2611-25 ... 3 March 1953 |
| From rim of large open bowl with lug handle at edge of rim. Flat-topped rim projecting on inside, with scraped groove near inner edge; two grooves around outside. On top of rim, dots of thinned clay with ... 3 March 1953 |
Part of lip missing. Small straight-sided dish with flat projecting bottom and flat out-turned lip.
Pinkish-buff clay. Black glaze inside and out save for reserved band on inside of lip and a scraped ... 2 March 1953 |
Mended from many pieces. Full profile preserved, large segments missing from opposite sides. Groove at edge of central depression and around top of rim. Underside rises to cone at center.
Clay light gray ... 5 March 1953 |
| Full profile preserved; much of side missing. Small bowl on ring foot; inturned lip.
Four small palmette stamps within a band of rouletting on floor.
Pinkish-buff clay. Red-brown glaze on inside and ... 13 March 1953 |
| Four joining fragments give foot and part of lower wall of a bowl made by setting a large Megarian bowl on a wheelmade foot. Broad moulded ring foot; short stem.
On floor, a scraped groove scratched through ... 13 March 1953 |
Apparently from the shoulder of a large West Slope vase. Preserved is a small spout, made like an amphora, with flaring rim and two band handles, set within a deep collar. Incised cross-hatching on collar ... 19 March 1953 |
| Large part of rim and side wall missing. Restored in plaster. Flange set half way down; slightly tapering upper wall; flaring ring foot.
Chocolate-brown glaze, all over, darker outside. Light reddish ... 30 March 1953 |
Half preserved giving whole profile. Cylindrical body. Lower flange at standing level, slightly bevelled. Very low ring foot. Upper flange just below rounded top. Very small round opening, surrounded by ... 30 March 1953 |
Foot and part of lower wall, apparently from a large West Slope kantharos. Moulded, slightly flaring ring foot; pointed body. Hole bored through bottom, off center.
Graffito inside foot, beneath.
Covered ... 28 March 1953 |
| About three-quarters preserved; giving almost the whole profile except lower edge. Domed top with reserved groove around depression in the center. Flange projecting at the junction of the domed top with ... 16 March 1953 |
Base, handles and much of lip missing. Narrow moulded rim; on upper wall wreath in added clay paint; hanging from it, garlands with pendent dot rosettes, once white. On the upper part of the lower body, ... 2 April 1953 |
Mended from 11 fragments; one small fragment does not join (fragment b, 0.045m.); much of wall and rim missing. A couple of grooves sets off the otherwise not differentiated rim. Another groove sets off ... 17 March 1953 |
| Mended from five pieces; fragments of rim and wall missing. Out-turned rim; high ring foot.
Buff clay. Poor dull black glaze, very unevenly fired. South Terrace, cut I, south. Shop Room I, fill 5. South ... 17 March 1953 |
Half of mouth, half of upper part of body and handle missing; cracked. Flat bottom; greatest diameter of body below middle; plain rim, flaring upward; vertical band handle from rim.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 17 March 1953 |
| Broken all around. Probably from a heavy lid.
A band of moulded egg and dart around center of fragment with decorated surfaces above and below. Above: a kernos in very heavy added clay with a branch through ... 1 April 1953 |
Some of resting surface preserved; broken above, behind and at either end. A satyr reclining on a draped couch; his left arm embracing a wineskin.
Metallic black glaze. Hellenistic fill, possibly disturbed ... 8-11 April 1953 |
| Vertical band handle with spurs, from a kantharos. Floral and linear decoration.
Buff clay. Glaze flaked. Hellenistic fill (MSBF), possibly disturbed. Found with SS 12202 (K 1838 ff). Leica, 89-25-2(1) ... 7 April 1953 |
Most of ring foot preserved, with center of floor. At center of floor, medallion set off by a scraped groove. In it a boukranion, filleted and wreathed; a second wreath below. Most of the medallion discolored ... 23 March 1953 |
Only top of double-bodied pot preserved; end of spouts and handle missing.
Decoration in added clay and white: two bands of verticals, lower one probably leaves, on body; white dashes on rim.
Pinkish-buff ... 8 April 1953 |
Handle and most of lip missing. Small pear-shaped pot; flat bottom; flaring lip; vertical strap handle, of which only breaks for attachment preserved.
Pinkish-buff clay. Black glaze, badly worn. South ... 8 April 1953 |
Three joining fragments preserve most of the bottom part and some of the wall; one wall fragment does not join; restored in plaster. From closed pot which tapers toward bottom, probably a large fusiform ... 9 April 1953 |
| Neck and foot missing. Fusiform.
Reddish-buff clay. Metallic black glaze, worn. South Terrace, cut I, center. South Stoa II Building Fill. 3628 Leica, 92-24-19 ... 13 April 1953 |
| Fragment from base of small amphora or krater. Elaborately molded foot; two bands of egg and dart in relief on bottom member.
Brownish-buff clay. Poor metallic black to dark brown glaze. South Terrace, ... 7 April 1953 |
Two joining fragments preserve about one-third of rim, bit of strainer and of side wall. Sharply inturned rim. Note edge of break for spout just below rim.
Pinkish-buff clay. Dull black glaze. South Terrace, ... 13 April 1953 |
Broken all around.
On outside, alternating acanthus and veined oval leaves. Attached to floor inside, lower half of medallion: bust facing; head missing; fold of drapery at neck and jagged edge of aegis(?) ... 18 April 1953 |
Broken all around. Piece from floor of plate or bowl; or front flat wall of canteen(?). Stamp broken away at one end:
Reddish-buff clay. Black glaze on stamped side; other side mostly uglazed, but with ... 17 April 1953 |
Intact save minor chips especially at edge. Domed lid with plain rather high knob. Roughly made and crooked.
Buff clay; somewhat metallic glaze. Hellenistic fill over water basin north of Drain B and ... 20 April 1953 |
| Lower part of a twisted handle with a mask at lower attachment.
Pinkish-buff clay. Hellenistic fill over water basin north of Drain B and below level of its bottom. Boxes 136, 137, 138. 2077 Leica, 89-21-32(31) ... 20 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Many pieces joined to make two non-joining fragments from neck and shoulder. Partly restored in plaster.
a) Full profile of neck, part of one handle and of shoulder.
b) Rim and neck fragment from other ... 14 April 1953 |
| Rim fragment, mended from two pieces. Wide rim with downturned lip. Illegible oval stamp on top of rim.
Attic clay. Black glaze inside and out, badly flaked off.
ADDENDA Stamp: Shop building, room 1, ... 30 April 1953 |
Broken all around. From wall of plate or saucer.
Inside: checkerboard panel in white, outlined by incision alternating with hatched panels.
Outside: scratched through glaze, head left, with horns(?) ... 6 May 1953 |
Mended from many pieces. Chips of mouths and pieces of side missing. A double-bodied pot with two tall spouts, one from upper body, one from lower. Spout from upper body has pinched in lip to facilitate ... 14 May 1953 |
| Two joining fragments from plain rolled rim.
Gritty white clay. Dark blue vitreous glaze, all over.
ADDENDA Sample for petrographic analysis taken [7.6.92]. Shop Building, room 4, layer d. 3898 Leica, ... 28 May 1953 |
| Many joining fragments preserve about one-quarter of rim and upper side; two small rim fragments do not join. A flaring rim with west slope decoration has been added to body of a large Megarian bowl. Outside ... 29 May 1953 |
Chips missing from rim. Small shallow dish on ring foot; broad flat-topped projecting rim; resting surface lightly grooved.
Metallic black glaze overall, except on resting surface; somewhat chipped and ... 3 June 1953 |
Broken all around. From wall of an amphora(?); good glaze inside. The graffito is in the spaces between the decorations.
From tray of miscellaneous sherds. Leica, 82-573 PD 1091-121, PD 1133-24(F 225) ... 1931 |
Base, much of wall and rim; non-joining fragments of rim. In medallion, rosette surrounded by fronds. On wall, kraters, birds' masks, topped by band of spirals and of interlace.
Firm black glaze. Plane-tree ... 28 May 1953 |
| Mended from many pieces; much of rim and some of floor missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot, heavily grooved beneath. A light groove also around inner and outer edges of floor.
Glazed all over, except ... 16 July 1953 |
| Much broken and some fragments missing. High base ring; deep bowl; incurved rim.
Glaze chiefly red both inside and outside. Filling of south outer foundation of Square Building, area of Stoa Piers 10-11 ... 25 August 1953 |
| Broken; about half remains. Shallow plate with low upturned rim.
On floor, stamped flowers surrounded by rouletting.
Glaze black; red-brown from stacking at center of floor and inside foot; somewhat ... 27 August 1953 |
| About half remains; restored in plaster. Deep plate with broad, downcurving rim; ring foot.
Metallic black glaze overall. Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building, between Stoa piers ... 27 August 1953 |
| Intact. Deep bowl, flat underside, left rough from wheel; concave profile; heavy plain rim, flat on top.
Buff clay. Unglazed. Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building, between Stoa ... 27 August 1953 |
From base of a twisted handle of a West Slope amphora. Plastic head. Dull modelling surrounded by band of thinned clay.
Firm dull black glaze. Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building, ... 27 August 1953 |
Two fragments from rim and wall; fragment b) mended from several pieces.
Rim pattern: bead and reel, from which depend groups of three concentric semicircles, having a swastika-like design inside, raised ... 27 August 1953 |
Many joining fragments make up into two non-joining from upper part of kantharos. Both handles missing. Restored in plaster. Wide mouth; plain nearly vertical rim; short concave neck; plump body.
Around ... 1 May 1953 |
Two joining fragments preserve part of foot and floor with central depression. Massive ring foot; scraped groove around depression.
Dull black glaze with metallic splotches. Present surface of Hellenistic ... 29 March 1954 |
Mended from many fragments; parts of wall and shoulder missing; rim chipped. Small amphora on broad molded ring foot. Everted, downsloping rim. Twisted rising handles; a large boss to either side of the ... 10 April 1954 |
| Three joining fragments preserve all of lid except center of top. Flat top with projecting rim; high straight sides.
Glazed inside and out; black outside, red to brown inside. The decoration consists ... 13-14 April 1954 |
Small squat pot on a raised base left rough beneath. Concave convex profile; plain rim.
Red glaze, all over. From same strosis SS 13603- SS 13608 House C, strosis 4, fallen debris; late Hellenistic context ... 29 April 1954 |
Full profile of pyxis preserved, about one-third of side missing. Small ring foot with flange at base of straight side wall. Thin red glaze save for some black on flange. Resting surface and space inside ... 27 April 1954 |
| Neck and handle missing. Ring-handled lagynos on heavy base. Angular body; ridge at base of neck. On upper wall, white and yellow wave pattern with leaping dolphins above.
Glaze considerably worn. Back ... 10 May 1954 |
Mouth and handle missing. Narrow neck; pear-shaped body; high ring foot.
Dull mottled black glaze, overall, worn. Cutting intermediate strosis, west end to working floor. Boxes 217, 218. 3213 Leica PD ... 20 May 1954 |
| Single unglazed fragment, broken all around.
Wall fragment, inscribed on exterior:
Fine-grained, pinkish-gray clay. Red layer south of well K 2:4, north of basket 71. Basket 76. 7293 97-49-26 PD 2794-3 ... 10 July 1996 |
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