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[Agora Publication] Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th and 4th Centuries B.C.

Sparkes, B. A. Tallcott, L ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This massive (two-part) volume focuses on pottery produced between 600 and 300 B.C. with Sparkes discussing the black glaze and Talcott the domestic (household and kitchen) wares of the period. Over 2,040 ... 1970

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[Agora Object] P 4433: Pelike

Fragments of body and lip missing. Restored in plaster. A small pelike with open mouth and low ring base. Thin brownish glaze on lip, inside mouth, and in two bands at level of bottoms of handles. Buff ... 18 April 1934

[Agora Object] P 4444: Black Glaze Kantharos with Rouletting

Many fragments of body, rim, handles and base missing. Bulge on exterior, just below lip. Two vertical, flat-topped handles. Fattish body which rests on base. Stamped within: circles of rouletting. Black ... 13 April 1934

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[Agora Object] P 4446: Black Glaze Bowl

Shallow bowl with flat floor and thick sides, turned slightly outward. Fragment of bottom missing; minor fractures. On lip, lower part of body, and beneath base grooves, reserved with miltos. Elsewhere ... 13 April 1934

[Agora Object] P 4459: Jug with Incised Decoration: Blister Ware

About half of body missing. Small, squat, roundish jug with narrow neck, round mouth and single vertical handle. Flat bottom. On body incised diagonal lines. Orange clay, gray at core. Transparent wash ... 13 April 1934

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[Agora Object] P 4462: Frying Pan

Fragments of body missing. Restored in plaster. Large shallow open bowl with plain rim and rounded bottom and one broad, high loop handle. Orange clay, micaceous and gritty. Traces of burning on exterior ... 13 April 1934

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[Agora Object] P 4463: Basin

The bottom entirely missing, also about half the upper part. Two non-joining groups. A central bowl, perhaps with rounded bottom and a very broad sloping rim on one side of which is a large lug. Two horizontal ... 13 April 1934

[Agora Object] P 4471: Lekane

Fragments of rim and body missing. Restored. A large, deep open krater; out-turned rim with flat top, grooved at outer and inner edges. Two round, horizontal handles, rising and attached to rim. Low ring ... 5 April 1934

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[Agora Object] P 4535: Black Glaze Plate Fragment

About one-half preserved. Center of plate nearly flat; low upcurving wall and rim, neatly profiled. Low base ring. Center of underside is slightly sunk, and surrounded by a raised (but very slightly) ring ... 26 March 1934

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[Agora Object] P 4538: Fish Plate Fragment

Preserved is only a fragment of base and bottom of a very large and heavy plate with a depression in the center. Inside, the central hollow is surrounded by a groove, porobably reserved, and colored with ... 1934

[Agora Object] P 4580: Black Glaze Olpe

Small olpe with flat ring base, plain round (not trefoil) lip and high loop handle. Ring around shoulder. Attic clay, black glaze. Wall cut in stereo, 5th. c. and Hellenistic fill. Leica ... 25-26 April 1934

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[Agora Object] P 4599: Amphora

Most of one side and one handle missing (doubtless taken out when bothros, which cut through area of burials, was dug). Flaring ring foot with slightly convex profile; egg-shaped body, concave neck, ... Early 6th c. B.C.

[Agora Object] P 4623: Black Glaze Phiale Fragment

Half of a circular object broken away above or below, as the case may be. The upper(?) side convex, glazed black. Around the lower edge five little drain holes, into which the glaze has trickled. The bottom ... 7 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4635: Black Glaze Lekanis Fragment

Lidless lekanis. From a large shallow bowl with slightly projecting step lip, and horizontal eared strap handle. Entirely glazed save outer faces of lip, handle, and handle space. Inside black, outside ... 11 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4640: Black Glaze Oinochoe

About half preserved; much mended. None of the base remains. Egg-shaped body separated from wide shallow trefoil mouth by a moulded ring, vertical triple handle. Below neck, tongue pattern, tongues filled ... 15 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4663: Skyphos Fragment with Graffito

About half the body preserved; mended from many pieces; one fragment, mended from three pieces, does not join. Low ring foot, straight lip. Inside and outside, traces of a thin black glaze wash, now nearly ... 19 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4679: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

From the lip of a coarse pot; micaceous russet clay, unglazed; mended from two pieces. Inscribed inside: Note the writer's mistake. 6th. and 5th. c., red sand and tile fill. B' building fill, fill to ... 22 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4681: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios

From the base of a bowl, black glazed. Incised on floor of bowl inside: In spite of the differences in handwriting, there seems no doubt that the fragments come from the same pot. 6th. and 5th. c., ... 22 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4717: Black Glaze Oinochoe

Ring foot, heavy rounded body and wide trefoil mouth, with one vertical handle. Small pieces of body missing. Attic clay; glaze mottled black to red; inside, thin streaky glaze. Fine thin fabric. Disturbed ... 19 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4724: Black Glaze Pyxis Lid Fragment

Half preserved. High ring foot, flat upper surface with raised grooved edge and grooved circle in center; in grooves, added purple-red. Attic clay; good black glaze. ADDENDA Lid. Downturned flange. Mixed ... 22 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4739: Black Glaze Askos

Mended from three pieces. Complete save for small piece of rim. Ring base reserved; otherwise entirely covered with black glaze, badly peeled in places. Clay pink to gray. Well 2. Leica, 81-644, 82-169 ... 25 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4741: Black Glaze Bowl

About one-third of the rim is missing. Ring foot, concave side wall, convex rim; interior shallow concave to rim. Attic clay; black glaze inside and on rim outside; the rest is glazed red. A reserved ... 25 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4793: Unguent Pot

Heavy round body; the resting surface formed by shallow concavity in the bottom. Nearly flat shoulder, very short straight neck, and flat outward projecting lip. Very heavy fabric of highly micaceous ... 26 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4795: Pithos Fragment with Relief Decoration

A piece, probably from the neck, of a large coarse pithos of micaceous red clay with big white grits and a gray core. Relief bands: running spiral or guilloche; straight lines; maeander. Well 1. Leica, ... 26 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4798: Miniature One-Handled Cup

A bit of the rim missing. Small flat-bottomed cup with slightly convex side wall and one vertical strap handle from the lip. Pinkish buff clay; thin red glaze over all. Well 1. Leica, 82-546 ... 27 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4846: Black Glaze Stemless Cup: Stamped

Handles, rim and much of sides missing; restored in plaster. Low foot ring delicately moulded; rim slightly offset on inside only. On floor, three concentric bands of tongues, impressed. On underside, ... 24 February 1934

[Agora Object] P 4847: Black Glaze Stemless Cup: Stamped

Most of side wall, lip and handles missing and restored in plaster. Delicately moulded base ring. On floor, a band of palmettes between two bands of tongue pattern, each band bordered on either side by ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4848: Black Glaze Stemless Cup: Stamped

Much of side wall missing and two half handles; restored in plaster. Foot ring delicately moulded, rim slightly offset on inside only. On the floor a medallion filled by an eleven-pointed star with hatched ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4849: Black Glaze Stemless Cup Fragments: Stamped

Handles and much of wall missing. One rim fragment does not join (b). Base ring of simple profile. On floor, concentric bands: circles, palmettes joined by arcs, circles, palmettes joined by arcs. On underside ... 24 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4852: Black Glaze Stemless Cup Fragment: Stamped

One handle and segment of body remain. Base ring a simple ovolo, side wall steep with rim slightly offset on outside. On floor a band of horseshoes between two circles surrounded by a band of palmettes ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4853: Black Glaze Lykinic Lekanis Fragment with Lid

Handles and much of wall missing from cup; knob and much of wall from lid. Base ring heavy and plain. Lip offset outside to receive lid. ADDENDA Agora Sample no. 498. Neutron Activation Analysis, Brookhaven, ... 24 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4855: Black Glaze One-Handler with Graffito

Part of handle and much of one side missing. On underside alternate bands of black glaze and miltos. Scratched in dry clay of underside: Δ Ε Trial pit behind retaining wall of stoa, layer I. Leica PD ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4858: Black Glaze Mug: Ribbed

Two-handled mug. One handle, much of floor and wall missing; restored in plaster. Low base ring; shallow reeding; plain beading at root of neck; double handles. Firm black glaze scratched away from grooves ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4859: Black Glaze Kantharos

One handle, part of the other and much of the wall missing. Restored in plaster. High base ring; upper wall sharply setoff from lower. Band handles, spurred. Reserved bands around bottom of base ring and ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4860: Black Glaze Mug

Base and fragments of wall missing; restored in plaster. High wall flaring gently toward the top. One heavy vertical ring handle. Massive fabric. Two reserved bands around lower side wall. Black glaze ... 24 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4862: Black Glaze Askos Fragment

Handle and much of wall missing. Trefoil mouth. Black glaze fired purple in part. Underside reserved. Trial pit behind retaining wall of stoa, layer I. Leica, 82-169 ... 24 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4863: Plate Fragment: Type A

About one-half remains. Massive profile. Foot ring pierced for suspension. Yellow clay with polished surface. Unglazed. Cf. Agora XII, no. 1012. Trial pit behind retaining wall of stoa, layer I. Leica ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4864: Krater

Plain krater; storage bin. Much of the base and wall missing; restored in plaster. Lip fitted with ledge to receive lid. Coarse yellow clay covered inside with a thin wash of brown glaze much flaked ... 24 February 1935

[Agora Object] P 4866: Lekane

Handles and much of wall missing; restored in plaster. Rim gently rolled. Thin reddish glaze on inside and on bands around outside of body and foot. Trial pit behind retaining wall of stoa, layer I.Trial ... 24 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 4867: Krater Fragment with Graffito

One handle and a fragment of the wall and rim. Similar in shape and fabric to P 4866 (Α 1003). Incised on side wall, letters running from bottom toward the top: Red glaze. Trial pit behind retaining ... 24 February 1935