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| Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946.
Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946 |
| Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 |
| Broken at bottom and both ends.
Flat top and arched opening, made in one piece. Tile pierced at either side of top of arch.
Coarse red clay.
A similar piece, 0.066m. thick, but of different series, found ... 27 March 1937 |
Neck, lip and two broad vertical handles preserved.
Thin neck, flaring lip with applied ring on lower side, horizontal shoulder; two double grooved strap handles that bend back on themselves where attached ... 12 March 1937 |
| Inscribed fragments.
List of names, arranged by tribes: names from Aigeis, Pandionis, and Leontis.
Fragment X 39, inscribed face, left face and original back preserved.
Eleven lines of the inscription ... Mid. 3rd. century B.C. |
Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
Original top with fillet and about half of circumference preserved.
Three lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in modern wall, on the ... 25 February 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face and left edge only preserved.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Finished Found in a Byzantine well, at the north foot of the Areopagus. Leica, ... 5 March 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment of stele.
Broken at right and bottom.
Concerns arbitration between certain Athenians and Boeotians (private suit) by the city of Lamians.
Eleven lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian ... 244/3 B.C. |
Rectangular.
On the top a raised letter gamma (Γ), and a small oval impression, uncertain. The bottom plain; slightly depressed. Cistern.
3rd c. B.C. Leica ... 22 February 1937 |
A. thorax.
B. plain. Around catch basin. Leica ... 25 February 1937 |
| A. a large stamped epsilon.
B. plain. Cistern. Leica ... 22 February 1937 |
Fragment of top only, with small side lug and attachment for vertical strap handle preserved.
Raised band on outer edge; small swimming fishes in relief on discus.
Thin red glaze.
Buff clay. Rectangular ... 22 February 1937 |
Front part only, with rounded nozzle and plain lug.
Flat bottom, slightly depressed; rounded body; gently sloping rim.
Black glaze badly flaked. Wheel made.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XII (early spreading ... 22 February 1937 |
End of nozzle, handle, and part of collar about filling hole missing.
Raised base, flat beneath; top set off from side wall by shallow groove, high collar around filling hole. Flat-topped nozzle. Breaks ... 10 March 1937 |
Top of handle and most of nozzle missing.
Double spirals on rim. Bull left on discus; heart-shaped leaf with three circles in relief on bottom.
Unglazed.
Light red to brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth ... 11 March 1937 |
Handle and piece of rim missing.
Low flat base; open type, with sharply inturned rim.
Good black glaze except for reserved bottom.
Type IV of Corinth collection, type 21B of Agora collection. Well. Leica, ... 15 March 1937 |
Piece of one side missing.
Three shallow grooves around bottom. Unpierced handle, no decoration on discus or rim.
Orange-buff clay, covered with red paint (badly peeled).
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... February-March 1937 |
Bottom, nozzle, part of rim missing.
Unpierced, grooved handle; rim decorated with row of dots separated from discus by two grooves; rosette on discus.
No glaze.
Buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... February-March 1937 |
One handle and much of lip missing. Flat raised base with a groove at its center; offset lip.
Lip, exterior of handle, band around lower edge of foot and circle and dot decoration on reserved underside, ... 18 February 1937 |
Restored in plaster. Flaring lip with wide flat top surface, lip lightly offset on the outside. Circular opening in bottom, with raised band on underside, like a small ring foot.
Pinkish-buff clay. Unglazed ... 18 February 1937 |
| About one-third of bottom, two-thirds of lip missing. Bottom broad, flat, unglazed; straight sides, curving in slightly at top. Pit. Leica, 82-492 PD 1190-14j ... 18 February 1937 |
| From the wall of a closed pot. Nude leg of figure walking left; uncertain object at left, above. Lower border: maeander and cross squares.
Bit of contour at back of knee, only. Inner drawing in brown ... 18 February 1937 |
Lip, handle and many pieces missing; one non-joining piece of bottom; restored in plaster [P.H. 0.20]. Base ring; side wall and inside shoulder meet at sharp angle.
Creamy slip, worn. Band of matte red ... 18 February 1937 |
| Top not preserved; many fragments missing (P.H. 0.218). High ring foot; straight sides above a wide flare just above floor line.
White slip. Decoration in matte orange to red; on the flare, a bead and ... 18 February 1937 |
| Fragment preserving part of wall, with flat floor and low raised base set off by grooves.
On wall, conventionalized relief pattern of grape clusters and vine (no leaves). End of handle attachment covering ... 22 February 1937 |
| High base ring and steep flaring sides; inturned lip, making an angle with the sides.
Decoration in thinned clay and white paint: a cross on the underside of the foot; band of bead and reel just above ... 22 February 1937 |
| Fusiform; plump body; well modelled lip and foot. Two white bands on body, one on neck.
Red clay; dull reddish-brown surface. Cistern. Leica, 99-23-15 ... 23 February 1937 |
| High base ring; incurving lip.
Glaze somewhat peeled.
Cf. P 8409, P 18716. Cistern. Leica, 91-18-10 ... 23 February 1937 |
The base, one handle and fragments from the wall missing; restored in plaster. Narrow shoulder; short neck with a projecting ridge at the line of handle attachment, below the lip.
Applied leaf on high ... 23 February 1937 |
Neck, lip and handle missing. Flat bottom; plump body; very small neck.
Metallic purplish glaze. Cistern. Leica PD 1091-9 ... 23 February 1937 |
| Small piece of rilled rim missing.
Inside only, covered with thin brown glaze. Cistern. Leica, 91-19-10, 91-20-3 ... 24 February 1937 |
Much of top and sides missing. Shallow conical lid, with downturned lip. High knob handle spreading at the top and decorated with two deep grooves. Bands of dull red glaze, one at angle of top and lip, ... 24 February 1937 |
| Fragments missing from shoulder and wall. Large lagynos with base ring; side wall and shoulder meet in sharp angle; thick rolled lip.
Light brown to buff clay. Red wash inside only. Cistern. Leica, 96-2-1 ... 24 February 1937 |
| Fragment from shoulder; broken all around.
Above, tongue pattern, with part of a red tongue preserved. Below, part of ground line and start of panel on body: two men, seated back to back. The left hand ... 25 February 1937 |
| Bulbous shaped. Neck missing.
Red clay. Cistern. Leica, LIX-95 ... 25 February 1937 |
From side wall. Above a band of wide petals and small fern-like leaves, two riding figures, separated by a large mask. Guilloche and spirals above.
Good glaze, peeled towards the top. Cistern. Leica ... 26 February 1937 |
Base ring; flaring lip; handles cylindrical in section.
On shoulder, degenerate bead and reel in thinned clay and white paint, almost disappeared; on neck, pointed leaves also separated by white lines ... 1 March 1937 |
| Fragments missing from rim and wall. Heavy base ring; lip flanged for lid; one handle.
Lip, inside of handle, and space around it, and bottom reserved. Circle and dot at center of bottom. Strip of early ... 27 February 1937 |
| Heavy moulded rim fragment.
Stamped pattern on floor (or perhaps side wall): border of half circles; modified egg and dart and group of small circles further in.
Pink clay with large red bits. Light ... 1 March 1937 |
| Floor, most of handle and many pieces missing. Base ring; globular body; widely flaring lip with flat surface on top; double-grooved strap handle.
Thin pinkish-buff clay. Light yellow slip, very smooth ... 4 February 1937 |
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