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| Homer A. Thompson ... A report on the activities in the Athenian Agora during the period May 1947 to April 1948. The 1947 excavation lasted from March 10 to November 1. The efforts were concentrated on completing the exploration ... 10 Mar-1 Nov 1947 |
| Mabel Lang ... The western and northern parts of Section ΠΠ were brought down to Roman level. Revealed were Roman houses (North House and South House), drains and roads (East-West Road with two drains underneath it, ... 16 Mar-29 Apr 1948 |
Single fragment, preserving one upturned edge, and the stamp complete.
ΑΔΙΟΝΙΣΙΟΥΙ series.
Coarse red clay, buff surfacing. Building P, Room 6; destruction fill. 1245 Leica ... 23 March 1948 |
Antefix complete except for chips; start of cover tile preserved at back.
Palmette above scrolls in relief; letter along lower edge: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Coarse reddish clay; heavy buff slip, worn. Building P, ... 24 March 1948 |
| The antefix complete except for top of palmette; start of cover tile preserved at back.
Relief palmette above scrolls and tendrils rising from an acanthus bed.
Signature in raised letter along lower edge: ... 31 March 1948 |
Lower left corner of antefix from same series as A 1357 (ΠΠ 432), ΑΙΓΙΠΥΡΟΥ series. E.-W. Trench C; modern fill. Leica ... 31 March 1948 |
| Three pieces make up the whole, except for slight gaps in the body.
Ovoid body with broad, nearly flat shoulder; flat base, narrow neck with trefoil lip. Angular band handle, lip to shoulder.
Convex swelling ... 22 March 1948 |
Plain band with rectangular key attachment. Building P, room 7, where north floor II lacks to West. 1378 Leica, Various vii-83 ... 26 April 1948 |
| Flat disk pierced at top near edge.
Obverse, in relief, head and shoulders of male figure, right , wreathed and wearing a cloak, within a narrow circular frame marked off by groove.
Reverse, carefully ... 1 April 1948 |
| Top section complete.
From a staff or ferule, tapering slightly towards the lower end, in which are the remains of a pin for attachment.
The top rounded, banded below with incised decoration and carved ... 22 March 1948 |
| Tip broken off.
A very thin one with roughly spindle-shaped head. Building P, room 3, floor of S.E. corner. 1259 Leica, XXXIV-13 ... 6 April 1948 |
Preserved from lip to shoulder with fragments also of the very broad ribbon handle.
Narrow neck; broad flaring lip with heavy double roll at edge. Upper handle attachment just below flare of mouth.
Heavy, ... 23 March 1948 |
| The floor and the bottom with ring base preserved. Also a non-joining part of the rim and a fragment from the body preserved. Somewhat out of shape.
Flat profile. Slight rise in middle of bottom. Thin ... 22 March 1948 |
| Three pieces preserve base and start of sharply rising side walls.
Base formed by projecting points, pinched out, just as G 297. No pontil or post.
Heavy enamel weathering with pitting.
Colorless glass ... 22 March 1948 |
| Most of base preserved with beginning of outward flaring walls.
High sloping base (folded), hollow around edge. Very uneven bottom (central part); thickened portion in center of bottom.
Heavy enamel weathering ... 22 March 1948 |
| One piece preserves base and beginning of outward flaring walls.
Tubular ring foot; slight kick, not centerd.
Spirals and bubbles. Enamel weathering.
Pale green glass. Building P, room 3, S.E. corner: ... 22 March 1948 |
One piece preserves thickened flat base and beginning of outward flaring walls.
Heavy base; no pontil, very thin walls.
Spirals and bubbles. Enamel weathering.
Light green glass. Building P, room 3, S.E ... 22 March 1948 |
| One piece preserves base and beginning of spreading walls.
Very thin walls; shallow sides. Tubular base ring; slight kick. No post or pontil.
Bubbly. Enamel weathering and pitting.
Colorless glass with ... 22 March 1948 |
| Two pieces preserve lower part of cup.
Concave bottom. Eight small indents around walls just above bottom; another series of thumb indents above the first-not evenly distributed. No pontil mark.
Good material, ... 22 March 1948 |
One piece preserves lower part of cup, like G 344, but with larger indents.
Traces of a second row of indents above the first.
Good material; pin prick bubbles. Enamel weathering with signs of burning ... 22 March 1948 |
| One piece preserves most of base and start of straight side walls.
Square concave base; kick; pontil mark. Sides seem slightly indented.
Spirals and bubbles. Enamel weathering.
Light blue green glass ... 22 March 1948 |
One piece preserves small portion of rim and upper wall.
Rim flares out from apparently straight side wall. Cut rim, no finishing. No trace of indents.
Colorless fabric with green tinge. Building P, room ... 22 March 1948 |
One piece preserves small portion of rim and upper wall.
Rim flares out and up from rounded side wall. Rim sharply cut off. No trace of indents.
Thin fabric wtih bubbles and spirals.
Pale blue green glass ... 22 March 1948 |
| One piece preserves small part of rim and straight side wall.
Rim flares up and out. No trace of indents.
Bubbles and spirals.
Pale blue glass.
Like G 348, but not so thick. Building P, room 3, S.E. corner: ... 22 March 1948 |
| Two joining fragments preserve about a third of the rim and part of the straight side wall.
Rim turns out and up slightly. Possibly slight trace of thumb indents.
Pale blue green glass.
Very similar to ... 22 March 1948 |
| Three joining fragments preserve about a third of the rim and part of the walls. Rim cut and unfinished.
The rim turned out and up, the walls have the beginning of broad indents.
Spirals and tiny bubbles ... 22 March 1948 |
One piece preserves a small part of rim and walls.
Rim sharply cut. Traces of thumb indents in the sides.
Good material (very thin). Pin-prick bubbles. Building P, room 3, S.E. corner: "Kitchen". Leica ... 22 March 1948 |
| Two pieces preserve a quarter of the broad flaring rim and part of the straight side wall.
Thickened rounded rim.
Thin green-blue bubbly glass.
Probably not from a bowl like G 344 and G 345. Building P, ... 22 March 1948 |
| Most of rim and part of walls preserved.
Broad flaring rim, thickened and rounded.
Bubbles and spirals. Enamel weathering.
Very pale green glass. Building P, room 3, S.E. corner: "Kitchen". Leica PD 2023-3 ... 22 March 1948 |
| Base, parts of wall and section of the rim preserved.
Thin rim, cut off sharply. Tubular ring foot, shallow sides. Thumb indents on shoulder (?).
Colorless glaze with faint yellow tinge. Very heavy enamel ... 22 March 1948 |
| Base preserved and a little of the wall of large bowl.
Shallow bowl; high base, folded. Pontil.
Spirals, bubbles. Heavy enamel weathering and pitting.
Blue-green glass. Building P, room 3, S.E. corner: ... 22 March 1948 |
| Mended from eleven pieces to give much of the floor and bottom with solid ring base and wall. Also nine more fragments of the body preserved. The profile nearly complete.
Slightly thickened rounded rim ... 22 March 1948 |
Mended from many pieces, preserving rim, neck and handles to shoulder.
Wide flaring rim, with a ring around the underside. Flat shoulder. Two double smooth strap handles.
Spirals and bubbles. Heavy enamel ... 22 March 1948 |
| Fragment preserves about a third of the base and part of the wall.
Flat base, with rounded edge, projecting. Steep side wall.
Greenish iridescent glass. Below north house. "1st c. A.D. floor". Container ... 13 April 1948 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face and back surface preserved, with part of the pedimental top.
Remains of five lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in Turkish context in the industrial ... 12 April 1948 |
Complete except for small pieces from underside of nozzle.
Rays on discus almost vanished; the discus set off from the rim by three grooves; vine pattern on rim. Pierced handle, triple grooved above; ivy ... 22 March 1948 |
Nozzle, handle and piece of bottom missing, mended from many pieces.
Semi-convex discus with nozzle slightly depressed from rim and two raised discs at base of nozzle on rim; dot rosettes on rim. Handle ... 22 March 1948 |
Most of the discus with part of rim and handle preserved.
Gladiators on discus; double row of dots on rim with ridge between. Pierced handle, triple-grooved above, double below.
From a very worn mould ... 25 March 1948 |
Mended from many pieces; nozzle missing and fragments.
Semi-convex discus with pseudo-rosette; narrow rim with row of globules. Unpierced handle, ridged above.
From a worn mould; coarsely made.
Unglazed; ... 26 March 1948 |
One fragment preserves half of base and a little of body and rim.
Rays on rim, with cornucopia lug. Signature in raised letters with fish below.
Brownish glaze.
Type XVIII (post-Sullan) of Corinth collection, ... 6 April 1948 |
Complete except for end of nozzle.
Round-bodied lamp on raised base with groove setting it off from body, deep groove around rim.
Brownish clay with buff surfacing and glazed inside only.
Type 24C of ... 7 April 1948 |
Mended from several pieces; floor, with about half of wall and rim, and part of nozzle preserved.
Flat, slightly projecting rim; the center of the floor rises to a high point.
Very worn black glaze.
Corinthian ... 14 April 1948 |
Part of large lamp.
Preserved are two raised ridges around the depressed top; the attachment for a broad band handle; and part of the shoulder preserved, decorated beneath the handle in very light relief, ... 13 April 1948 |
Complete except for small chips.
Large concave discus with cock, right, pecking at something and a small dog or cat pounching on him from above. Panelled herringbone rim; semi-pierced handle; two grooves ... 17 April 1948 |
Part of handle, rim and side wall and all of nozzle missing.
On discus Eros with torch, at altar. On rim incised panels and scrolls; handle pierced and double grooved; ivy leaf at base. Signature on base ... 21 April 1948 |
Intact except for tip of nozzle, missing.
Incised panels on plain rim; pseudo-rosette on discus. Handle double-grooved above and below, unpierced. Reverse, two concentric grooves; five small circles within ... 23 April 1948 |
Intact except for nozzle and top of handle, missing.
Boat-shaped lamp with pierced grooved handle. Triply grooved rim with reed-incised circles and volutes by nozzle. On discus, Christian monogram with ... 23 April 1948 |
| Mended from many pieces; a few fragments of rim, nozzle and wall restored in plaster; chips missing.
Large lamp with double-pierced handle, double grooved above and below. Rim panelled, with stamped ovules ... 24 April 1948 |
Small lamp mended from many pieces, preserving most of upper body except nozzle.
Pierced handle with four ridges above and two below; ridged base with ivy leaf in relief. Discus ribbed and rim dotted with ... 20 April 1948 |
About two-thirds is preserved.
Heavy flat-bottomed object; on its upper face a high ridge forming a spiral starting from the center; the top surface of the ridge flattened and decorated with large punched ... 23 April 1948 |
| Small part of center of floor and start of stem. Moulded ring, with a reserved line above and below it, around the stem. Space within stem inside, reserved. Nude bearded figure seated(?) left; his right ... 17 March 1948 |
Mended complete except for chips. Low ring foot, deep ovoid body, tall narrow neck with band of deep grooves below sharply flaring lip. Strap handle, double-grooved, shoulder to middle of neck. Groove ... 22 March 1948 |
Intact. Small ring foot; rounded body; wide neck horizontally grooved; plain vertical rim. Vertical handle from middle of neck.
Dull red glaze inside lip, and outside almost to bottom. Initially in East ... 22 March 1948 |
Intact except for small hole through bottom. Open bowl with rounded bottom; a boss at the center inside, and a small depression outside. Vertical side wall; flat rim, projecting and sloping slightly inwards ... 22 March 1948 |
| Mended from many pieces; fragments of rim and bottom missing; restored in plaster. Broad floor; no base. Low rounded wall; projecting rim, flat but with a raised ridge around the outer edge and a vertical ... 22 March 1948 |
Mended from many pieces; about half preserved. Flat floor; steeply flaring wall, slightly rounded on outside; plain lip.
Coarse clay burned gray; traces of worn purplish-black glaze outside and on top ... 22 March 1948 |
Mended from many fragments; small parts of rim and wall missing. Broad low ring foot; flat floor, forming an angle with the wall. Narrow projecting rim with a shallow broad groove around its vertical face, ... 22 March 1948 |
| Fragment from the floor of a plate with part of the high thin ring foot. The start of the curving wall preserved, offset inside, outside marked by a groove. Near outer edge of floor, a band of fine grooves ... 24 March 1948 |
| Two-thirds of the upper part preserved with beginning of stem. Resting surface for pot sunken below heavily rounded rim. Excellent black glaze overall except resting surface, reserved with one large and ... 26 March 1948 |
a) Most of the bottom and part of the wall.
b) Non-joining wall fragment.
Decorated around the wall with a broad band of overlapping nicking.
Flat bottom, marked off from the steep walls by a groove ... 30 March 1948 |
Mended from many pieces and restored in plaster. Ring foot; plump body with wheel ridges below; two grooves at base of neck; round neck-mouth; band handle from below neck to well down on wall.
Dull purplish-black ... 22 March 1948 |
Mended from several pieces; two-thirds complete. Large flat knob projects from straight sloping sides. Slight grooves around base of knob and brush marks on top.
Pale pinkish-buff clay; buff slip painted ... 22 March 1948. |
Mended from many pieces; small fragments of wall missing and restored. Deep ovoid body narrowing, well down, to a small low ring foot; narrow wheel ridged neck; angular lip, sharply projecting. Short ridged ... 19 March 1948 |
Neck and shoulder with both handles preserved. The broken edge appears to have been chipped away rather irregularly, after breakage (to adapt the neck as a stand for round-bottomed pots?). Handles from ... 6 April 1948 |
Neck of a large plain amphora, the neck tapering slightly to a heavy rim rounded outside. Handles, from well below rim, missing.
Very heavy fabric of coarse red clay with many bits; light buff slip ... 6 April 1948 |
| Broad band handle; one attachment preserved. Lower edge of handle rounded; the upper flattened, reserved and decorated with a large egg pattern in black, the hearts of the eggs in added clay with traces ... 7 April 1948 |
Handle from a plain amphora.
Incised on outside.
Pinkish-buff clay, unglazed. N-S Trench XI, LR fill. 1229 Leica ... 7 April 1948 |
Mended from many pieces to give the mouth and neck almost complete, much of the body to slightly below its greatest circumference, one handle and part of the other. A non-joining fragment gives a little ... 26 March 1948 |
A single fragment preserves about half the body, and part of the rim with parts of both handles joining. Base broken off. Deep body with rounded shoulder and walls tapering sharply to base. High flaring ... 7 April 1948 |
Intact except for small chips. Low ring foot with broad resting surface. Thickened rim incurved.
Pinkish-buff clay; red glaze fired over all except reserved resting surface and broad band at junction ... 7 April 1948 |
Curved shoulder piece from a small hydria? Decoration in matte paint: horizontal bands of red, black and white and vertical pattern of groups of two and three leaves, in red.
Thin fabric with white bits; ... 7 April 1948 |
| Several pieces preserve floor and about half of wall and rim. Very low ring foot; gently curving walls, plain rim. On floor a raised medallion: within a single groove, profile bust of Augustus with fillet, ... 12 April 1948 |
Four joining fragments preserve ring foot and most of floor with section of rim. Broad, very low ring foot with profile to rim curved on outside and moulded inside. Two single circles of rouletting near ... 12 April 1948 |
| Fragment from top. Eros, right, holding out a mirror to a seated woman who is putting on her necklace. The woman's dress has an embroidered bodice, and groups of dots on the skirt. The chain and pendents ... 14 April 1948 |
Several joining fragments give nearly half the rim, with one handle and part of the wall; one small piece from lower wall does not join. Nothing of the foot remains. Plump round-bodied cup, the wall drawn ... 13 April 1948 |
Three fragments from a deep cup with steep, slightly bulging sides and low vertical rim set off by a broad groove. The walls decorated with large overlapping petals, in applied relief, the petals oval ... 13 April 1948 |
Small fragment of flat projecting rim from a large plate. Animals in low relief on the rim: a lion facing a large hunting dog; traces of other animals to either side. Raised band, nicked, around outer ... 13 April 1948 |
| The ring foot and floor of a small steep-walled bowl. Broad resting surface; the foot neatly moulded beneath, a wheel run groove around the upper edge outside. Around the outer edge of the floor two fine ... 13 April 1948 |
Several pieces preserve slightly more than half. Large low cylinder, open top and bottom. Concave side walls turn out to form resting surface at bottom and rim top. Heavily scored inside.
Pinkish-buff ... 23 April 1944 |
Several pieces preserve about half. Large low cylindrical stand, similar to P 19509 (ΠΠ 581), but heavier fabric, and the clay orange-buff to gray.
ADDENDA Extension ring for beehive, as at Trachones? ... 24 April 1948 |
Two joining fragments from the shoulder of a closed pot. Glazed dark red, streaked with black and decorated with incised wheel-spokes, outlined by rows of white-painted dots.
Hard purplish-red clay ... 13 April 1948 |
| Missing half of body and slightly over half of rim. Rounded body with marks of wheel-trimming. Slightly inclined upper wall. Projecting rim with flange for lid on interior. Loop handle attached to rim ... 5 April 1948 |
| Complete from just below knees to neck; two large chips, flaked off from the upper right arm, mended (old break, caused by a hole between them). Left arm missing.
A hole in the broken surface at the neck ... 16 March 1948 |
| A large piece missing at the back and left. Nose and mouth battered, ears chipped. Along the break, from the top of the head, is a vertical pinhole with traces of iron stain.
The wear on front and back ... Early Flavian period. |
| Intact except for chip from base at proper left, and end of attribute held in left arm. Unfinished.
Male figure standing on small plinth, left leg bent; nude except for a cloak looped across the chest ... 23 April 1948 |
| Complete except for small chips on cutting edge.
Smooth polished towards cutting edge; roughened and rounded on other end.
Dark red stone. Λίθινος πέλεκυς. Σχεδόν ακέραιος. Modern fill in triangular cutting ... 16 March 1948 |
Complete.
Domed on top, flat on bottom.
Pierced with a single hole, larger below than above. Building P, Room 3; destruction fill. 1210 Leica, XXXIV-13 ... 23 March 1948 |
Perhaps originally the foot of a table. The top broken off in antiquity, and worn. Roughly hollowed out inside.
Circular base with a vertical face below and concave profile above. Band around bottom picked; ... 21 March 1948 |
Found one inside the other; both intact except for chip missing from one handle of mortar.
Mortar: shallow bowl on low raised base; on the rim, three lugs with finger mouldings, and a vestigial spout (no ... 22 March 1948 |
| Small head, the hair worn in a knot-like behind and crowned with a stephane above which rises a butterfly-bow of curls. On the left shoulder hair worked behind loop curls. Head and neck to shoulder preserved ... 22 March 1948 |
Face framed by a heavy mass of small curls; the hair also drawn into a small bun at the back.
Broken near base of neck.
Traces of white and blue paint.
Red clay. Building P, Room 5-6; floor A. 1292 Leica ... 20 April 1948 |
Two fragments of a female figure, apparently seated:
fragment a) head with built-up headdress, herringbone decorated;
fragment b) feet on foot-stool.
No color; from a much-worn mould.
Red clay. Well; box ... 23 April 1948 |
| Building P. Room 1. Room 2. Room 3. Room 4. Room 5-6. House D. Building H. Building K. House L = House D. North-South Trench X. North-South Trench XI. North-South Trench XII. East-West Trench A. East-West ... ΠΠ-7 1201 ΠΠ 364 ST 427 ΠΠ 363 S 1318 ... Mar 16 1948 |
| Building P; Room 2 ... ΠΠ-7 1202, 1203 ΠΠ 365 P 19093 ΠΠ 416 MC 756 ΠΠ 366 B 827 ΠΠ 368 P 19094 ΠΠ 367 G 311 ΠΠ 393 P 19187 ΠΠ 394 P 19188 ΠΠ 395 L 4433 ΠΠ 396 P 19189 ΠΠ 417 P 19195 ΠΠ 418 ST 433 ΠΠ 419 P 19196 ΠΠ 441 P 19200 ... Mar 17 1948 |
| Building P; Room 2 ... ΠΠ-7 1204, 1205 ΠΠ 369 IL 993 ΠΠ 370 IL 994 ΠΠ 371 BI 599 ΠΠ 378 ST 430 ΠΠ 372 S 1319 Lot ΠΠ 169 Section ΠΠ 237 Section ΠΠ 238 ... Mar 20 1948 |
| Building P; Room 2. Building P; Room 3 ... ΠΠ-7 1206, 1207 ΠΠ 379 A 1349 ΠΠ 380 ST 431 ΠΠ 381 L 4432 ΠΠ 382 P 19183 ΠΠ 383 P 19184 ΠΠ 384 P 19185 ΠΠ 385 P 19186 ΠΠ 386 B 831 ΠΠ 387 IL 1002 ΠΠ 388 ΠΠ 389 IL 1003 ΠΠ 440 P 19199 ΠΠ 446 BI 603 ΠΠ 539 ... Mar 18 1948 |
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