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| Broken off at neck, missing most of chin, mouth and nose. Eyes damaged, but in good condition from eyebrows up.
Male head, larger than life-size, with thick curly hair and light beard. From ear to ear, ... 19 June 2002 |
| Intact. Small, convex base with dimple (pot not stable). Conical rounded body, narrow concave high neck with slightly flaring rim. Raised band around base of neck. Large strap handle from shoulder to rim ... 23 July 2001 |
| Two joining fragments, preserving ca. three quarters of seat.
Total width 0.750m; total length 0.50m. Smooth-finished top surface, front and back; rough-worked sides and surface inside the keyhole cutting ... 18 July 2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Complete steelyard bar, twisted along length and bent ca. 30 degrees at 0.210m. from short end and 0.280m. from long end. Some iron adhesion in one interstice and a small lump on the offset ring.
Quadrilateral ... 15 June 2004 |
| Small figurine mended from three fragments. Main body in one piece, broken just above the ankles, right arm is missing. Also gaps in the locks of her hair. Orange stain in the back of the head and few ... 23 June 2005 |
| Mended from two fragments, broken at one end. Burnt bone discolored black and white and cracked.
Length of bone, roughly square in section, slightly flaring at preserved end with palmette stamp carved ... 24 June 2005 |
| Very good condition. Two petals missing from the top rosette. The center petals on proper right rosette are slightly bent backward (intentionally?); on proper left, one is bent while opposite one is missing ... 10 June 2004 |
| Mended from numerous fragments, several small fragments of body missing.
Flat-topped projecting rim on short tubular neck. High strap handles attached to center of shoulder, ovoid body, ring foot. Black ... 22 July 2005 |
| Two globular pellets.
Light brown fabric. Pyre beneath floor of Classical Building II, Room 1 ... 20 June 2001 |
| Missing horizontal strap handle. Body in one piece except for one chip.
Offset base, rising to low cone inside. Straight walls slightly angled in toward top. Groove around center hole. Long flat nozzle, ... 20 June 2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mended from many fragments. Complete except for small gaps. A few small loose fragments in separate bag. Surface decoration preserved but flaking. Narrow neck, cut away and pinched to form trough spout ... 7 July 1998 |
| Single fragment preserving top edge, front and back surface of a funerary stele; broken off below and at sides. Surface of relief worn and flaking in spots.
Head of a young woman facing front, with right ... 31 July 2001 |
| Complete. Mended from two fragments. White concretions. Slightly domed. Irregular shape, hastily made. Handmade pyramidal knob. Ash inside.
Micaceous dull orange cooking fabric with white coarse inclusions ... 20 June 2001 |
| Intact except for a chip at rim.
Rounded base, high shoulder. Thickened outward-turning rim. Strap handle rising above rim.
Red-orange cooking fabric fired orange to gray-black. Large white lime inclusions ... 20 June 2001 |
| Mended from 5 pieces. Complete except for a gap in body and chip at rim.
Dent in side wall. Rounded base, high shoulder. Thickened outward-turning rim. Strap handle at level of rim.
Light orange fabric, ... 20 June 2001 |
| Missing about one-fifth of body, handle and half of rim. Mended from five fragments. One loose rim fragment (b).
Squat body, slightly rounded base. High thin flaring rim.
Orange fabric, fired brown ... 20 June 2001 |
| Complete. Mended from four fragments. Warped at rim. Rounded base, upper body almost straight. Rounded lip. Pronounced flange inside. Small pinched handle raising above rim. Wide brush line of dark orange ... 20 June 2001 |
| Pyre saucer. Intact. Slightly concave underside with string marks. Wall concave near base. Most of surface gray with black stains, presumably from burning.
Red-yellow fabric. Pyre beneath floor of Classical ... 20 June 2001 |
| Complete except for tip of knob. Mended from four fragments. Slightly convex on top, with pyramidal handmade knob. Rounded lip. Irregular shape.
Micaceous light orange fabric with white inclusions. Black ... 20 June 2001 |
| Pyre saucer. Mended from thirteen fragments. Missing about one-quarter of rim and small gaps in body. Flat, wide base with string marks. Wall is slightly concave near base, convex near rim. Rim curves ... 20 June 2001 |
| Mended from six fragments. Missing section of rim with one handle. Slightly convex underside with string marks. Curving wall with outturned rim. Horizontal flat ribbon handle attached at rim. Circle of ... 29 June 2001 |
| Mended from two fragments. Chipped along rim. Convex lid, rising to central disk-shaped knob with central depression.
Fairly fine orange clay with micaceous inclusions.
Fits bowl P 34080. Pyre beneath ... 20 June 2001 |
| Pyre saucer. Complete. Mended from three fragments. Slightly concave base with string marks. Convex wall.
Reddish-orange clay, unglazed. Most of surface gray with black stains, presumably from burning ... 20 June 2001 |
| Pyre saucer. Intact. Base warped. Wall concave near base, convex at rim.
Powdery pale orange clay with white inclusions, fired gray in places on the interior. Traces of orange slip. Pyre beneath floor ... 20 June 2001 |
| Pyre lekanis. Bowl (a) intact. Lid (b) mended from two fragments, chip missing at rim. Conical foot, concave underside. Rounded bowl, flaring at flange; incurved rim above. Angled lid, high moulded knob, ... 20 June 2001 |
| Mended from many fragments. Missing sections of wall, rim and part of one handle. Torus ring foot, narrow base, flaring upper body and outturned rim. Triangular handles.
Glazed all over except for underside ... 20 June 2001 |
| Body complete, in one piece, but split open and warped on one side. Missing one handle; second handle, mended from two fragments, joins to body.
Flaring rim. Series of three grooves on body just below ... 2 August 2010 |
| Lower part of vessel preserved in one piece.
Flat base, slightly hollowed underneath. Rounded lower body, separated from almost vertical upper part by a groove.
Reddish, coarse fabric with many large ... 2 August 2010 |
| Single fragment preserving all of base and lower body of glazed vessel.
Crudely made vessel, tilted to one side, with thick flaring base and uneven resting surface. Thick metallic green glaze on exterior, ... 2 August 2010 |
| Complete base and body in one piece; missing handle and rim.
Recessed base with central nipple. Tall body, widening toward top; ridged, more deeply round top and bottom. Vessel dented on one side, and ... 2 August 2010 |
| Eight joining sherds make up all of base and most of body; neck, rim and handles missing.
Flat base. Flaring lower body; rounded shoulder, narrowing to base of neck. Wavy lines incised around the top ... 4 August 2010 |
| Eight joining fragments and one non-joining preserve about three-quarters of plaque, broken away at bottom, one side, and most of top; fragment with torso missing from center.
Heavily draped winged Athena ... 7 July 2003 |
| Top half of a female figurine broken at the waist.
Woman with both arms raised to the sides of her head. BAck of head with chignon.Features worn, arms roughly defined. Seam of mold still visible.
Buff ... 9 June 2004 |
| Front and back surfaces preserved, broken on all sides.
Flat-finished piece of marble with about one-quarter preserved of sculpted rosette, with round central bud surrounded by two layers of radiating ... 31 July 2001 |
| Single fragment, broken off at both sides. Most of back broken away, and missing attached upper part of palmette.
Pediment with crowning palmette akroterion from altar. Four holes at top used for attachment ... 19 July 2002 |
| Broken at bottom and chip out of upper right side.
Crowning palmette akroterion from altar-- if from same altar as A 4996, probably opposite end of it. Rough-worked at back. Tool marks on front suggest ... 19 July 2002 |
| Almost complete; large chip from bottom on one side.
Crowning palmette akroterion from altar. Holes for attachment to A 4995 (See conservation report for A 4995 for more detail). Rough-worked at back ... 19 July 2002 |
| Broken off at bottom.
Akroterion from corner of altar. Painted (in shape of volute?). Traces of reddish pigment (see conservation report). Back very rough-worked. Tool marks over sides; either unfinished ... 23 July 2002 |
| Broken off at bottom.
Poros limestone corner akroterion from altar. No paint on front surface. Back rough-worked. Tool marks over sides and top; either unfinished or intended to be covered with stucco ... 24 July 2002 |
| Mended from two pieces, the fragment preserves the outer left corner of a ship's eye.
Low raised border for eyelid, edge straight. Interior surface flat.
Upper surface polished, back flat and roughly ... 27 July 2007 |
| Complete. Three fragments mended at one corner. Some lime-based encrustations from use in drain.
Large square ceramic tile, slightly thickened at edges.
Pale orange fabric with large black and white ... 4th-5th A.D. |
| Fragment of a pan tile, broken on all sides.
Front part of stamp preserved in two rows of letters.
ΙΕ
ΔΙΟ
Coarse yellowish clay.
Cf. A 304, stamped tile from Hellenistic Metroon, Agora XIV, p. 37, ... 5 July 2010 |
| Complete dagger. Well preserved, with slight corrosion. Three bronze rivets preserved along handle with three studs still in place, and three rivets on top area of blade.
Five loose studs. (Also12 more ... 24 July 1998 |
| Three joining fragments: blade and lower hilt joined, upper hilt and pommel broken off. Three rivets preserved along handle.
Broad blade, tapering from shoulder to midpoint, then parallel sided before ... 24 July 1998 |
| Complete. Mended from three fragments. Corroded and cracked.
Wide blade, tapering at handle end, wider at rounded tip. At handle end, two rounded protuberances edged with tiny flange. Two rivet studs for ... 24 July 1998 |
| Intact, but corroded and incrusted.
Bronze cylinder, flaring and with slightly raised collar at rim and base. Lower wall extending below base and cut out to form three feet.
Textile impressions.
Cf ... 27 June 2002 |
| Virtually complete vessel, lifted on a block and "excavated" by two conservators in the lab. Distorted, lopsided and cracked all over but only few gaps in body. Four loose fragments of chain loops. Piece ... 15 June 2004 |
| Round bronze token heavily corroded.
Stamped with letter beta on both sides, one side better preserved than the other.
Cf. Agora XXVIII, T19 (B 1175) and T20 (B 1164), undated. Finished Early Building ... 17 June 2009 |
| Intact but for a small chip at spoon.
Shaft, circular in section, flares to a narrow grooved spoon. Opposite end tapers to a very thin point.
Well polished bone. Greenish tint with dark discoloration ... 20 June 2005 |
| Mended from two fragments, gap along edge close to the hinge.
Ovoid shell with red pigment on interior surface also embedded in soil sample kept from the inside of the shell. Finished Northwest corner ... 14 June 2007 |
| Slightly chipped at one edge otherwise complete.
Red and yellow pigment preserved on interior surface. Finished Northwest corner of Room II. 8137 ... 14 June 2007 |
| Intact.
Small circular bone ring with rounded edge.
Large center hole. Small flattened patch on two opposite sides, worn or intentional?
Yellow bone with slight tint of green. Finished Late floor, Layer ... 18 July 2007 |
| Circular bone bead. Chipped at one rim. Covered in concretions.
Large hole in the center. Biconical profile with flat collar at top and bottom.
Yellow ivory color. Finished Late floor, Layer IV. In fill ... 19 July 2007 |
| Circular bone bead.
Back surface flat; rounded top surface is worn down on two opposite sides, one side particularly thin. On the side horizontal score (from the lathe?).
Ivory color with a greenish ... 31 July 2007 |
| Circular bone button or bead, just over half preserved. Surface weathered.
Flat on both sides with beveled edge. Hole pierced through center. Score on one side from use?
Light brown color.
Cf. BI 1301 ... 21 July 2008 |
| Mended from two fragments. Broken at end of narrow point.
Top of shaft flat. Two notches, one opposite each other, 0.006m. from the head.
Irregular surface. Rasp marks on surface, unpolished.
Light color ... 25 July 2008 |
| Circular bone button or bead, about half preserved.
Flat back. Facetted top and side. Hole pierced through center.
Polished, light yellow brown bone. Finished Early Building II, Layer II. From fill in ... 28 July 2008 |
| Complete.
Circular flattish bone bead, polished smooth. Large hole in center. Roughly rounded edge. Thinner edge on two opposite areas from wear.
Pale white yellow in color. Finished Early Building II, ... 23 July 2009 |
| Chipped; about half preserved.
Highly polished. Biconical shape, flattened on both ends. Large hole pierced lengthwise through the middle.
Black steatite. Tomb. 9473 ... 1 July 2001 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Intact carved (carnelian?) ring bezel.
Oval, slightly curved back flaring to curved face. Helmeted, draped female figure facing right. Possibly winged, or holding drapery in her right hand (holds a cornucopia), ... 11 June 1999 |
| Intact.
Small oval carved ring bezel of translucent green stone.
Convex front and back meeting at a sharp edge. Helmeted, draped seating female figure holding a Nike in outstreched left hand, the rim ... 17 June 1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Intact, one end slightly twisted.
Tri-facetted pendant shaped as a small horseshoe. Both ends taper to a point adorned with a tiny sphere. Attachment loop is a thin strap with median ridge, small sphere ... 2 July 2004 |
| Complete example, with high single grooved handle.
On the bottom, a raised "A" with broken bar.
Thin reddish-purple wash.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Well. Leica, 81-41 PD 929, 1286-a ... 11 June 1932 |
| Intact.
Slightly concave underside with string marks; convex wall, rounded rim.
Pink light orange fabric; thin metallic black glaze mottled orange on one side.
Probably mid-4th c. B.C.
Cf. Agora XXIX, ... 4 July 2007 |
| Base, half of body and portion of rim missing. Mended from several fragments. Partly restored in plaster. Three loose fragments. Round-bodied vessel, with low wide neck and everted lip. Two small holes ... 29 July 1999 |
| Complete, except for small hole in neck. Rim and one handle mended from many joining fragments. Surface worn. Small disk foot, flaring rounded body, wide mouth with everted lip, two strap handles from ... 29 July 1999 |
| Mended from many fragments; complete except for small holes in body and chip from rim. Slip very worn. Flat base with central nipple; rounded body; long narrow upright neck with everted lip. Strap handle ... 29 July 1999 |
| Mended from numerous fragments; complete except for a few gaps in body and chips at rim. Flat unlevelled base; rounded body; wide neck and mouth with everted lip. Vertical strap handles from body to below ... 29 July 1999 |
| Intact except for narrow slit on shoulder. Small disk foot, rounded body, short neck, slightly flaring cutaway spout, handle round in section. Decorated with dull orange-brown glaze in bands around foot, ... 29 July 1999 |
| Many joining fragments preserve more than three-quarters of vessel. Flat base, ovoid body, broad neck with slightly everted lip, two vertical strap handles.
Powdery buff clay with inclusions and lime ... 29 July 1999 |
| Two joining fragments preserve most of body; broken off at base and shoulder. Surface scratched. Rounded at base, widening toward shoulder. Reserved band below shoulder with maeander on white ground. Athena ... 16 July 1999 |
| Three joining fragments preserve lower body and part of wall. Two loose wall fragments (b, c). Missing base and upper parts. On reserved groundline seated female holding mirror. Reserved band above with ... July 1999 |
| Four joining fragments preserve base and almost complete body. Missing handle and parts above shoulder. Surface blackened inside. On reserved groundline, female in mantle striding right toward garlanded ... July 1999 |
| Complete except for small gap in wall. Mended from six fragments.
Small bowl with steep wall, low angular foot and broad rim. Top of rim bears sharp-cut moldings, lip slightly hooked, bearing four equidistant ... 16 July 2003 |
| Intact except for missing mouth, foot chipped.
High ovoid body on spreading ring foot. High neck widens toward lip, ridged handle. Wheel grooved shoulder and base of neck; upper body with short oblique ... 3 July 2003 |
| Neck and handle missing otherwise intact. Surface scratched and small hole through body.
Narrow neck. Six grooves at junction of shoulder with body and one at mid-shoulder. Faint ridge at base of neck ... 3 July 2003 |
| Intact except for chipped rim. Slip worn in places.
Out-turned rounded lip, sliced ridged handle. Ovoid body. Vertical/oblique gouging on top of body, mid-part wheel ridged.
Light buff clay. Dull brown ... 3 July 2003 |
| About one-third of rim missing, otherwise complete. Two small neck fragments mended and plaster fill.
Wide neck with everted lip slightly concave on top, trefoil mouth.
Plum body. Flat base untrimmed ... 3 July 2003 |
| Large chip at rim. Rim and foot also with minor chips. Body intact.
Out-turned lip. Rounded belly. Mid part body wheel-ridged, upper part with oblique gouging, vertical against one side of handle. Sliced ... 3 July 2003 |
| Body intact, but chipped and cracked rim.
Rounded out-turned lip. Vertical gouging on upper body, slanting towards one side, mid belly with few wheel ridges. Sliced handle with three grooves.
Light orange ... 3 July 2003 |
| Intact except for small chip at rim and chipped foot. Slip very worn.
Ovoid body on ring foot, high flaring neck offset at shoulder, plain rim. Rounded lip. Most of body and neck wheel-ridged. Strap handle ... 3 July 2003 |
| Rim and foot chipped. Body intact.
Globular body. Upper part with tight vertical gouging, middle part wheel-ridged overlapping.
Light orange-gray clay. Thin brown slip/glaze (partial), purple where thick ... 3 July 2003 |
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