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[Agora Object] B 2032: Mycenaean Bronze Spear Point

Complete. Socket end mended. Cracked along midrib. Slight corrosion. Broad rounded midrib along axis from socket, tapering to point. Two lateral nail holes in socket to fasten shaft. Bronze. Mycenaean ... 7 July 1998

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[Agora Object] B 2033: Mycenaean Bronze Dagger with Gold Leaf

Broken in three fragments: at handle attachment and midway along hilt. Upper part of blade cracked. Three rivets preserved along hilt, two on widest area of blade. Seven complete studs (+one fragmentary) ... 7 July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 227: Carnelian Scarab

Intact. Small chips around edges. String hole through long axis. Slightly domed upper surface with engraved lines in shape of beetle. Curved line across middle separating head from back. Bisecting line ... 24-30 July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 228: Rose Quartz Bead

Worn. Cylindrical bead, pierced for suspension; hole larger on one face than the other. Pink stone with white veins. Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. From sieving. in ziplock polyethylene bag inside a plastic box ... July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 231: Spherical Faience Beads

Ten beads: five are complete, three are cracking and peeling, and the other two have lost about half of their volume. The surface in general is very friable. Spherical beads pierced through the center ... 24 July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 232: Tear Drop Shaped Faience Beads

Seventeen beads: eight appear to be complete; the other nine are partially truncated. Long tear drop shape with vertical grooves, pierced through center. White creamy glass paste. Finished Mycenaean ... 24 July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 233: Faience Beads

Seventeen small beads. Four are intact. Twelve others are friable and iridescent. The smallest one was broken during handling. Roundish beads, some more flattened than others, pierced through the center ... 24 July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 234: Tiny Faience Beads

A total of about 500 small beads in a very good state of preservation . Fifty are paired (still stuck together from manufacture). Thirty-one are kept separated in a bag, the others are strung on a nylon ... 24 July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 235: Spherical Faience Beads

Fifty-nine spherical beads, generally well preserved, but five have friable surfaces. Pierced through the center. Creamy yellow glass paste. Finished Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Very fragile. Do not handle ... 24 July 1998

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[Agora Object] J 236: Carnelian Beads

A series of twenty-nine carnelian beads of various sizes and shapes, all intact. The eight smallest are roughly cut and rounded. Eighteen have an elongated elliptical shape, each one slightly different ... 24 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33160: Alabastron

Mended from many fragments; complete except for chips from rim and body. Paint preserved, but flaking. High, baggy type, slightly sagging. Low neck, thin spreading rim. Three horizontal handles, round ... 23 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33161: Pitcher

Mended from many fragments, almost complete but missing parts of body, rim and handle. Glaze worn and scratched. Low neck, slightly flaring rim. Biconical body, slightly concave base. Strap handle from ... 23 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33162: Pitcher Fragment

Upper half missing. Mended from many fragments. Surface pitted. Trace of orange-brown slip (wash) on one side. Broad biconical body, small convex base. Orange sandy fabric with numerous lime inclusions ... 23 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33163: Cup

Mended from many fragments; complete except for one small gap in side. Paint worn away on side opposite handle. Shallow, semi-globular shape, with short, sharply everted rim. Small raised concave base ... 7 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33164: One-Handled Alabastron

Intact except for one small chip in rim. Paint worn and flaking. Small one-handled type with sagging body, low neck, spreading lip, raised handle, and small flat base (off center). Decorated with intersecting ... 7 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33165: Alabastron

Many joining fragments preserve almost complete pot, except for one-third of rim, small chips in body, and one handle of three. Faint traces of painted decoration preserved. Very wide slightly concave ... 7 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33166: Jug

Mended from many fragments (one loose fragment). Complete except for gaps on body. Dark brown paint well preserved, reddish where more dilute. Piriform shape with high, wide shoulder. Long tubular neck, ... 7 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33167: Amphora

Single fragment, preserving entire base and body, missing upper portion of neck and both handles. Glaze flaking and worn. Globular, biconical body, small flat raised base. Stubs of narrow strap handles ... 7 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33168: Jar

One piece making up complete base and body, with two small joining fragments at neck. Missing small fragments from rim and neck and from body surface. Small globular body with no handles, narrow neck, ... 24 July 1998

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[Agora Object] P 33169: Jar

Complete except for chips in rim and on body surface. Mended from many fragments. One handle (out of three) missing. Painted decoration well preserved but glaze worn and cracked where thicker. Piriform; ... 24 July 1998