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[Agora Object] T 347: Head of Female Figurine

Back flat. Features rubbed. Remains of heavy white slip. Dark brown stain on left side of face and headdress. Pinkish buff clay. Archaic type. Rectangular rockcut shaft. Leica, XXVI-47 ... August-September 1932 ... rubbed. Remains of heavy white ... left side of face and ... Archaic type.

[Agora Object] T 2855: Seated Female Figurine Fragment

Part of a knee and drapery from a seated female figure. Fold added by hand. Broken all around. Flat back of plastic vase type; Perhaps from plastic lekythos. White with greeny-blue paint. Buff-reddish ... 11-12 June 1947 ... of plastic vase type ... Part of a knee and drapery from a seated female

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Theater

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Theater Western drama was an Athenian invention which developed late in the 6th century B.C. out of the festivals celebrated in honor of the god Dionysos. Originally held in the Agora, the plays were soon ... 6th century B.C. out of the festivals celebrated in honor of ... to the South Slope of the

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[Agora Object] T 3616: Chariot Figurine

Head of charioteer and heads and forelegs of horses missing. Charioteer, leading four horses, is pressed against their legs. White slip and red bands across whole group. Buff clay. ADDENDA Many other ... 27-29 May 1959 ... Head of charioteer and heads and forelegs of horses ... Many other examples of this ... Panathenaic Way, Cut IV, just West of LRFW, Cuttings F 1 and F 3 in bedrock.

[Agora Object] T 2354: Seated Draped Figurine Fragment

Preserved from neck to knee, holding a square tablet on the lap. The tablet inscribed: A Late Roman type. Traces of white. Pinkish clay. Byzantine fill at south side. Leica ... 3 May 1947 ... Seated Draped Figurine Fragment

[Agora Object] T 473: Nude Male Figurine Fragment

Fragment of figure carrying something on his shoulders. The head, the feet and the right arm missing. A comic figure clasping a staff in his left hand, his right arm raised. At the back, between the shoulders, ... 5 June 1933 ... Nude Male Figurine Fragment

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[Agora Object] T 4374: Dancing Maenad Figurine

Broken above knees and above left elbow. Meanad of Neoclassical/Hellenistic type with right hand lifting skirt and head thrown back. Gilded. Pinkish buff clay with white slip and many traces of gilding ... 21 June 1995 ... above left elbow. Meanad of Neoclassical/Hellenistic type with right hand ... many traces of gilding ... East of wall 24. Bucket 18.

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[Agora Object] T 193: Standing Male Figurine

Columnar type with spreading base. Left arm missing. Broken from a base. Elongated figure, flattened at chest. Helmeted head; bird-like face. Broad shoulders. Right arm close to body preserved to bent ... 31 March 1932 ... Columnar type with ... Traces of red and white paint ... the type, usual

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[Agora Object] T 1515: Head of Figurine

Upper part, back and proper right, broken away. Features worn and chipped. The hair, arranged in broad scallops at the brow, appears to hang down behind the ears in a heavy flat mass. Back flat. Upper ... 14 March 1936 ... Remains of white slip on neck, face and hair. Archaic type ... Red earth, north edge, north of disturbed patch.

[Agora Object] T 219: Horse Figurine

Mended from three pieces. Front of head, feet, and left foreleg missing. No trace of yoke. Tail down the left leg. Traces of black glaze. Pale buff clay. Identical in size and type with T 223, and probably ... 21 April 1932 ... Horse Figurine

[Agora Object] T 1384: Seated Draped Female Figurine Fragment

The figure above the waist and the left side of the throne are missing. Left hand pressed close to thigh; right drawn across lap. Precise modelling. Seated goddess type. Fine buff clay. Marble Chips Pit ... 13 March 1937 ... Seated Draped Female Figurine Fragment

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[Agora Object] T 2464: Seated Draped Figurine

The lower part, nearly to the waist, of a draped figure, with her right foot on a high foot-stool. Her left hand rests in her lap. No certain trace of color. Dark pinkish-buff clay ADDENDA Cf P 13573, ... 8 August 1947 ... ADDENDA Cf P 13573, type of ... to the waist, of a draped ... No certain trace of color.

[Agora Object] T 268: Horse Figurine

Head and end of legs missing. Elongated legs and neck. Remains of white and traces of red paint. Dark pinkish buff clay. Probably from a group, with legs joined together. Similar to T 298. Cf. JdI 14 ... 30 April 1932 ... Horse Figurine

[Agora Object] T 3507: Comic Actor Figurine Fragment

Mid part of grotesque standing figure, wearing short tunic of fur or skin. Legs broken off at juction with body. No remains of color. Light red clay with gray core. ADDENDA For the type-Herakles?- see, ... 12 April 1957 ... Comic Actor Figurine Fragment

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[Agora Object] T 4475: Seated Figurine

Complete. Head mended. Well preserved painted decoration and surface. Figure: Proto-Phi/Phi type, rendered separately and moulded to chair. Arms schematically rendered. Left arm slightly modelled at inside ... 24-30 July 1998 ... Proto-Phi/Phi type, rendered ... at inside elbow; line of ... together over edge of chair.

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[Agora Object] T 2684: Draped Female Figurine

The figure wears a dress girded high with two overfolds, holds her right hand to her breast with an object in her hand (?), and lifts her skirt with her left hand. Head, feet, right arm missing. Archaic ... 1946 ... missing. Archaic type. Traces of

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 7, s. 249, p. 233

P-. Sarapis, cult of. Pan, sanctuary on Ilissos. Sarcophagi, Attic. Pannonia. Sekoundos. Panels. Sicily. Pardos. Sidi Gaber lamps. Parnes, cave. Signatures. Patras. Paulos. Bema of Phaedrus. SL. Phe- ... Agora 7 233 B 17:1 C 20:1 D 15:2 D 17:1 J 12:1 M 17:1 O 20:1 R 10:1 ... Sarapis, cult of ... Bema of Phaedrus ... South Russia, export of lamps to

[Agora Object] T 454: Head of Female Figurine

Broken on all sides. The face and most of the hair left. The central part of the woman 's hair is arranged in a herringbone pattern design with the waves of the hair drawn down on either side of the pattern ... 17 May 1933 ... headdress of polos type. On the ... face and most of the hair left. The central part of the

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[Agora Object] T 4050: Mold for Draped Figurine

Broken all around. A bit of lower surface preserved. Mold for lower legs and feet of heavily draped figure with feet protruding from drapery. Orange clay. Cf. T 4041, T 4042, T 4047, T 4048, T 4049. Cf ... 27 June-5 August 1972 ... Mold for Draped Figurine

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[Agora Object] T 194: Standing Male Figurine

Columnar type with spreading flattened base. Left arm missing. Mended from two pieces (body and right arm). Bearded, helmeted man. Right arm raised as for a spear; a shield probably hung on his left arm ... 31 March 1932 ... Standing Male Figurine

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

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Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... 10 Many types of written ... pieces of various types of ... commercial and political center of

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[Agora Object] T 762: Seated Figurine Fragments

Fragment a) About half preserved, only one arm and one leg of throne complete, with the legs of the seated figure. Along outer faces zigzags between bands. Underneath, a cross. The arm of the chair ends ... 16 March 1935 ... Seated Figurine Fragments

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 6, s. 117, p. 105

Index; General; Mithras. Index; General; Plastic Vase. Index; General; Modius. Index; General; Polos. Index; General; Moira. Index; General; Pomegranate. Index; General; Monkey Trained. Index; General; ... Agora 6 105 ... Index; General; Mother of Gods ... Index; General; Mother of Gods; Sanctuary ... Index; General; Moulds; Ostia Type

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 6, s. 116, p. 104

Index; General; Gaul; See Western Europe. Index; General; Juggling. Index; General; Ge Kourotrophos. Index; General; Juno Lucina. Index; General; Genius Cucullatus. Index; General; Jupiter Dolichenus ... Agora 6 104 ... Index; General; Handmade Figurine ... Index; General; Harness; Circus Type on Bears ... Index; General; Lion and Mother of the Gods