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[Agora Deposit] C 11:2: Pit tomb, inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 20 (E.L. Smithson: Grave X: PG). Bones discarded. Pit tomb, inhumation (on bier or in coffin?), perhaps of a child. Little ash and carbon in the filling, but the grave offerings were unburned. JP ... Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 368 "Six vases were secured from an adult's grave ... crosshatching and checkerboard pattern" (JP)

[Agora Object] P 1688: Skyphos Fragment: Corinthian

Checkerboard pattern between fine lines. Applied purple. Paint peeled. Protocorinthian. Geometric area outside house, disturbed fill. Leica, 3-23 ... Ca. 650 B.C ... Checkerboard pattern between fine lines.

[Agora Object] P 1693: Pyxis Lid Fragment: Corinthian

Decorated with rays in the center, a zone of checkerboard pattern and part of a hound below. Red paint. Protocorinthian. Lot ΣΤ ?. Geometric area outside house, disturbed fill. Leica, 3-13 ... 1932 ... Decorated with rays in the center, a zone of checkerboard pattern and part of a hound below.

[Agora Object] P 7453: Lid Fragment: Corinthian

Small bit only. Flange below, set well back from edge. From center, rays, bands, checkerboard pattern, and bands at edge. Red glaze, somewhat peeled. Protocorinthian. Protoattic pit and well. Leica, ... 17 March-1 April 1936 ... From center, rays, bands, checkerboard pattern, and bands at edge.

[Agora Object] P 1625: Pyxis Fragment

Fragment from base. Decorated with reserved lines outside and checkerboard pattern underneath. Glazed inside. From selected pottery from top of floor and platforms at eastern end of apsidal house. Leica, ... 16 April 1932 ... Decorated with reserved lines outside and checkerboard pattern underneath.

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[Agora Object] P 55: Bowl Fragment

Moulded rim with two grooves beneath the edge; below, part of a panel of diminishing squares and a checkerboard pattern in black and white. Dark buff clay; unglazed inside. Hellenistic. 418 Leica, 89-21-21 ... 15 July 1931 ... Moulded rim with two grooves beneath the edge; below, part of a panel of diminishing squares and a checkerboard pattern in black and white.

[Agora Object] P 6005: Amphora: West Slope

Moulded ring foot; flaring lip; twisted handles. On shoulder front and back, between incised lines, incised cross-hatching and checkerboard pattern. On neck front and back, incised palmettes. Traces of ... 9-15 May 1935 ... On shoulder front and back, between incised lines, incised cross-hatching and checkerboard pattern. On neck front and back, incised palmettes. Traces of white in palmettes and checkerboard. Restored in plaster.

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[Agora Object] P 6704: Two-Handled Cup

Bottom and one handle missing. Restored in plaster. Between handles, three panels separated by vertical bands. In central panels, checkerboard pattern below tooth pattern; to each side, cross hatching ... 3-6 February 1936 ... In central panels, checkerboard pattern below tooth pattern; to each side, cross hatching.

[Agora Object] P 3642: Vessel Fragment: West Slope and Ribbed

Part of the rim and upper body preserved. None of the lip preserved. Body has vertical grooves made with a pointed implement. Rim is divided from body and lip by lines where the glaze has been scratched ... 27 April 1934 ... Decorated, probably, with diminishing squares and checkerboard pattern, incised. Traces of white paint in the laternate squares of the checkerboard. Pinkish buff clay; black glaze.

[Agora Object] P 10665: Pyxis or Stamnos Fragment

From a very large pyxis or stamnos, with broad flanged inner rim. Zigzag around top of body; below, metopes filled with eight-pointed lozenges with checkerboard pattern and crosshatching. Between the metopes, ... 23-29 April 1937 ... Zigzag around top of body; below, metopes filled with eight-pointed lozenges with checkerboard pattern and crosshatching.

[Agora Object] P 1689: Skyphos Fragments: Corinthian

Three fragments from body. Zone of hounds; checkerboard pattern above hounds; rays below. Red paint. This rather unusual type is earlier than the smaller and more careless similar skyphoi from Italy ... 1932 ... Zone of hounds; checkerboard pattern above hounds; rays below.

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[Agora Object] MC 132: Loom Weight Fragment

About half of the lower part of the weight preserved. Conical. On side, bands of zigzag separated by double and triple lines. On bottom, checkerboard pattern filled with crossed lines and dot rosettes ... 15 February 1935 ... On bottom, checkerboard pattern filled with crossed lines and dot rosettes.

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[Agora Object] P 6009: Kantharos: West Slope

None of foot and neither handle preserved. On body front and back, between incised lines filled with red above and below, cross-hatching in thinned clay paint, interrupted at center by a panel of checkerboard ... 9-15 May 1935 ... On body front and back, between incised lines filled with red above and below, cross-hatching in thinned clay paint, interrupted at center by a panel of checkerboard pattern in thinned clay paint.

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[Agora Object] P 3171: Goblet

Most of one handle, and considerable portions of the body missing. On either side, four vertical panels with, alternately, checkerboard pattern and lines crossing diagonally. Short black stripes on rising ... 5 March 1934 ... On either side, four vertical panels with, alternately, checkerboard pattern and lines crossing diagonally.

[Agora Object] P 2280: Plate Fragment: Stamped

A segment of the bottom and a bit of the wall or a Late Roman B plate; no rim. Very low foot ring, within which the bottom rises slightly; the side curves very gently up. Around the center a band of rectangles ... 9 June 1933 ... Around the center a band of rectangles stamped with a checkerboard pattern. Inside, a band of curved motifs, hatched.

[Agora Object] P 5918: Kantharos Fragment with Graffito: West Slope

Fragment from the rim of a squat kantharos. Below the rim, two scraped grooves; between these, ivy leaves in added clay. On the shoulder, remains of pattern of checkerboard and concentric squares, in added ... 13 June 1935 ... On the shoulder, remains of pattern of checkerboard and concentric squares, in added clay, with white for the one preserved square of the checkerboard.

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[Agora Object] P 25451: Amphora Fragments

Wall fragments: a) Horizontal decoration on top of fragment, vertical below: maeander, ladder pattern; M pattern, checkerboard. b) Vertical decoration on top; horizontal below. Brown to red glaze. Other ... 1939 ... Wall fragments: a) Horizontal decoration on top of fragment, vertical below: maeander, ladder pattern; M pattern, checkerboard. b) Vertical decoration on top; horizontal below.

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[Agora Object] P 21587: Red Figure Vessel Fragment

Shoulder fragment; relief line and a little of the reserved area of the band above the picture. Right half of head and shoulder of a woman in three-quarter view; diadem with maeander pattern, thin chiton ... 6 July 1951 ... Right half of head and shoulder of a woman in three-quarter view; diadem with maeander pattern, thin chiton held with cords at shoulder; at right, face of another woman to left, diadem with checkerboard pattern.

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[Agora Object] P 6286: Amphora: West Slope

Fragmentary. Restored in plaster. Ring foot, squattish body, concave high neck flaring at the lip. Twisted vertical handles with moulded masks at their bases. Incised ring above foot. On shoulder between ... 22 May-6 June 1935 ... On shoulder between incised grooves, diminishing rectangles and checkerboard pattern in terracotta paint and white; on neck, front and back, necklaces with pendents in terracotta paint and white.

[Agora Object] P 1663: Krater Fragments

Two fragments. Decorated with checkerboard and vertical bands of solid diamonds and lattice pattern. Glazed inside. Ripe Dipylon style. Geometric area outside house; from disturbed area. Leica, 3-17 PD ... 1 April 1932 ... Decorated with checkerboard and vertical bands of solid diamonds and lattice pattern.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 640

Three non-joining wall fragments. Streaky reddish brown glaze on inside. Max. dim. c) 0.028, d) 0.04, h) 0.042. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 81, cat. no. 172. Fragment c shows part of the left side of the ... Ca. 425-420 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-square. ... Not from the same oinochoe as 639 because the reserved squares in the checkerboard pattern on 640 have no dots and the color of the glaze on the inside is different.

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[Agora Object] P 5816: Kantharos: West Slope

The bottom part missing, part of the rim, and part of one handle. Rim and bottom restored. Flat thumb rests on top of handles; projecting leaf below; a lug to each side of upper attachments, and a moulded ... 30 May 1935 ... Above ring on rim, leaves; below, garland; on shoulder, concentric squares and checkerboard pattern. On the thumb rest, a group of pendent taenia in thinned clay. ... Decoration in thinned clay save for alternating squares of checkerboard in white.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 662

Wall fragment. Thin, brownish black glaze on inside. Glaze flaked and abraded on outside. Max. dim. 0.066. Hind legs (from the hocks down) of chariot horses to right. Below, stopped-maeander pattern ... Ca. 400 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 58

Wall fragment. Dull brownish black glaze on inside, thin in places. Max. dim. 0.08. Male (one foot, part of drapery) seated to right. Behind him, a tree; plants at ground line (large leaves). Below, stopped-maeander ... Probably first half of the 4th century B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

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[Agora Object] P 6307: Kantharos: West Slope

Similar to P 6302 but smaller. One continuous curve from top to bottom but upper wall very nearly straight. Leaf thumb-rests. Handle zones front and back defined by incised lines above and below; between, ... 22 May-6 June 1935 ... Handle zones front and back defined by incised lines above and below; between, diminishing rectangles on each side of checkerboard pattern in thin clay paint; centers of diminishing rectangles and alternate checkers, white.

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[Agora Object] P 4886: Amphora Fragment

Complete neck; one handle broken off but repaired. Inside of lip, a black band; outside, plain maeander. Below lip, between two narrow bands above and two below, cross-hatched triangles. Handle zones marked ... 5 March 1935 ... On front and back panels: above and below, crossed zigzag lines, dotted, between series of three narrow bands; between, plain vertical maeander, hatched; the bays filled by checkerboard pattern. On handles, three union jacks separated from each other by three horizontal narrow bands.

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[Agora Object] P 4984: Lekythos

Mended from many pieces; parts of wall and bottom missing. Round lower body with flat bottom; long narrow neck with flaring lip and one vertical strap handle, shoulder to neck. On inner and outer faces ... 16 March 1935 ... On inner and outer faces of lip, bands; on neck, alternating bands of zigzags and interlocking vertical bands upright and hanging; on shoulder, swastikas alternating with inverted hatched triangles on body, checkerboard pattern.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1649

Fragment from knee end with start of imbrication. Much of the glaze has flaked and abraded. H. 0.08; W. 0.117. At end, head of woman (part of face, top of head with an elaborate headdress, a stephane[?]) ... Late 5th century B.C ... Above, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. On side, a few units of egg pattern. Below, a bit reserve and contour indicating the start of the figured decoration.

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[Agora Object] P 3169: Oinochoe

Fragments missing from body, neck and lip; restored in plaster. Decorated on the shoulder with, alternately, concentric semi-circles within which checkerboard pattern, and a triangle, within which lines ... 5 March 1934 ... Decorated on the shoulder with, alternately, concentric semi-circles within which checkerboard pattern, and a triangle, within which lines crossing diagonally.

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[Agora Object] P 21440: Oinochoe or Jug

Neck, handle and part of body missing. Restored in plaster. Very low base, flat underneath; ovoid body. Above a black base and four horizontal lines, at the lower part the decoration is in panels set ... 26 April 1951 ... Above a black base and four horizontal lines, at the lower part the decoration is in panels set in checkerboard pattern. Body panel: three men and an animal, probably horse; field ornament; shoulder panel: running animal; field ornaments; three lines divide the shoulder from the body.

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[Agora Object] P 7204: Pointed Pyxis

Fragments missing from wall and rim; restored in plaster. From bottom: two groups of reserved bands; rays; interlocking tooth pattern, dotted; zigzag; hatched maeander to left; checkerboard; each zone ... 28 March 1936 ... From bottom: two groups of reserved bands; rays; interlocking tooth pattern, dotted; zigzag; hatched maeander to left; checkerboard; each zone separated by reserved bands.

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[Agora Object] P 873: Krater Fragments

a) mended from three fragments, preserves part of the rim decorated with groups of cross stripes, on flat top. Outside, vertical panels: hatching, zigzag, and large guilloche, separated by narrow bands ... 18, 21 May 1932 ... b) from the stand below, or possibly from another vase, preserves the remains of a checkerboard pattern on the upper part, which flares slightly above three horizontal stripes.

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[Agora Object] P 3185: Amphora: West Slope

Fragmentary; the base and one handle are missing; restored in plaster. Thick neck with broadly flaring lip; twisted handles with short spurs at the lower point of attachment; on the shoulder on either ... 7 March 1934 ... Thick neck with broadly flaring lip; twisted handles with short spurs at the lower point of attachment; on the shoulder on either side there is a panel of checkerboard pattern between criss-cross hatching; the neck is encircled with an ivy wreath; the glaze has been scratched from shallow grooves around the top of the neck, the root of the neck, and the top of the side wall. ... White was used for the alternate squares of the checkerboard, for the main stem and the berries of the ivy wreath, and for spirals on the side wall below the handles.

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[Agora Object] P 4005: Amphora Fragment: West Slope

Only a fragment of the shoulder and neck preserved with part of one twisted handle. The shoulder setoff from the side wall and neck by grooves from the bottom of which the glaze was scratched, exposing ... 1932 ... Three groups of diminishing rectangles and two panels of checkerboard pattern cover the shoulder on either side. ... alternating above a band of wave pattern. Beneath the waves two straight lines with a dotted line between.

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[Agora Object] P 5281: Oinochoe Fragment

The base and most of the body are missing; restored in plaster. Rounded body, straight neck with trefoil mouth and vertical double loop handle. On lip, parrallel vertical strokes; on neck, from top: two ... 16 March 1935 ... On body: zigzags and lines above and below band of checkerboard pattern at point of greatest circumference. Ladder pattern on handle.

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[Agora Object] P 4780: Pyxis with Lid

The body intact; the lid mended from 6 pieces. a) Pyxis: low flat base, convex side wall flanged at rim inside to receive lid. Flange and lid pierced for fastening. Side wall: wide black band above base; ... 2 March 1935 ... Side wall: wide black band above base; four narrow bands; wide band of checkerboard pattern, the dark squares filled by dotting; three narrow bands to rim.

[Agora Object] P 4976: Kantharos

Shape similar to P 4961 (Β 1291). Around bottom, wide band, then narrow one; handle zones set off by diagonally hatched bands between vertical lines. On body, each side, three metopes: a checkerboard pattern ... 13 March 1935 ... On body, each side, three metopes: a checkerboard pattern metope in the middle, flanked by four-leaved flowers, the leaves hatched, in the metopes right and left.

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[Agora Object] P 471: Clay Disk

Round geometric sherd from very large pot. Parts of four adjacent squares preserved: alternating rosette (eight slender hatched petals) and checkerboard with hatched border. Reddish-buff clay. Slightly ... 4 April 1932 ... Parts of four adjacent squares preserved: alternating rosette (eight slender hatched petals) and checkerboard with hatched border. ... Slightly redder slip inside and out. Pattern, much worn, in dark brown glaze.

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[Agora Object] P 6650: Bowl Fragments

Plain rounded bowl on rather high ring foot. One side and fragments from rim missing; profile and whole foot preserved. One small rim piece does not join. Checkerboard and dot center inside; on walls, ... 30 January 1936 ... One small rim piece does not join. Checkerboard and dot center inside; on walls, conventional (leaf?) pattern; yellow, green and blue paint used, under transparent glaze.

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[Agora Object] P 4977: Oinochoe

Flat-bottomed oinochoe with rounded body, long narrow neck, trefoil lip and one vertical loop handle. Body decorated to shoulder with alternating glaze bands; one wide, two narrow. Shoulder black. Reserved ... 13 March 1935 ... Center of neck, checkerboard pattern flanked each side by vertical lines surrounded by dots.

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[Agora Object] P 2840: Red Figure Oinochoe Fragment

Base and lower part of body preserved, mended from many pieces. Lower border, maeander and checkerboard pattern; right side, single reserved line. Parts of two figures preserved in this panel: at the ... 26 May 1933 ... Lower border, maeander and checkerboard pattern; right side, single reserved line. ... It is raised above the ground line formed by the maeander pattern. No contours; inner drawing in thin black relief lines.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 283

Wall fragment with start of cul and all of one handle. Glaze slightly greenish on inside; abraded slightly on handle. P.H. 0.09. A, woman (a little bit of lower drapery) to right, facing a man or youth ... Probably 430-420 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

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[Agora Object] P 5499: Hydria Fragments

Five fragments, much mended; none of neck or base preserved. Lower body, to shoulder, covered with triple bands interrupted by simple, double, and crossed zigzags. In panels on shoulder, front and back, ... 2 May 1935 ... Above, checkerboard pattern; chevrons in field between figures.

[Agora Object] P 28601: Jug: West Slope

Mended from six pieces; complete except for handle and chips.Bottom half moulded. Base madallion: a rosette surrounded by a scraped groove with miltos from which spring eight rows of oblong (lotus?) leaves ... 30 April 1971 ... Curved, almost horizontal shoulder decorated with panels of decreasing rectangles alternating with panels of checkerboard pattern, done in clay and added white paint.

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[Agora Object] P 20922: Amphora Fragment: West Slope

Part of neck and shoulder. Alternating diminishing rectangles and checkerboard on shoulder. On neck, vine pattern with a row of dots above and below; small boss at right. Pinkish-buff clay. Black glaze ... 13 July 1949 ... Alternating diminishing rectangles and checkerboard on shoulder. On neck, vine pattern with a row of dots above and below; small boss at right.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1501

Lip and bowl fragment. Glaze chipped in many places. Max. dim. 0.069; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.10. I, around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. A (illustrated), satyr (most ... Late 5th century B.C ... I, around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1488

Floor fragment. Max. dim. 0.072; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.14. I (illustrated), youth (most of head, shoulders) to left, wearing a himation. Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 819

Wall fragment. Glaze much pitted. Max. dim. 0.095. J. R. Green, Hesperia 31, 1962, pl. 32:11; Lezzi-Hafter, Schuwalow-Maler, p. 118, cat. no. O 31, pl. 171:b. Part of drapery of figure to right (Athena ... Ca. 410 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1438

Floor fragment. Max. dim. 0.09; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.14. I (illustrated), male (sharply bent right leg, outstretched left) to left as though climbing a hill. Around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern ... Ca. 450 B.C ... Around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with a trace of cross- or checkerboard-square at the lower break.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 836

Wall fragment from near shoulder. Max. dim. 0.039. Lezzi-Hafter, Eretria-Maler, p. 354, cat. no. 302, pl. 188:e. Woman (head with fillet) to left, dressing. She holds the kolpos of her chiton between ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Above, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 653

Lower part of body with ring base. Thin, streaky blackish brown glaze on inside. P.H. 0.130; diam. of base 0.115. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 80, cat. no. 168, fig. 177. Male (most of legs) running or dancing ... Ca. 420 B.C ... Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 456

Lower part of body with start of stem above foot. Part of glaze misfired red on bottom of inside; abraded slightly on inside. P.H. 0.15; P.D. 0.22. Very little of the figured decoration remains: feet, ... Early 4th century B.C ... Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1382

Floor fragment with just the start of a narrow ring base on the underside. Glaze streaky and greenish on outside. Max. dim. 0.045; est. inner diam. of tondo 0.06. Schwarz, Triptolemos, p. 53, cat. no ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Around tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 426

Wall fragment with start of handle in upper left. Much of the glaze fired reddish; flaked on inside. Max. dim. 0.19. Symposion. At the left, a woman (from the shoulders down) stands to right, wearing ... Late 5th or early 4th century B.C ... Below the figured decoration, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square. ... For the absence of a pattern around the handle root, a rare occurrence, see two by the Painter of Vatican 9103: the namepiece (ARV2 1438, 1); Vienna 1142 (ARV2 1438, 2; Addenda 377).

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 423

Small part of shoulder and neck, with stump of handle. Neck: part of one dolphin leaping left and one dot rosette; spiral wave pattern running right, filled in with white below; two lines with row of ... 225-175 ... Neck: part of one dolphin leaping left and one dot rosette; spiral wave pattern running right, filled in with white below; two lines with row of dots between them. Shoulder: probably originally five alternating panels of checkerboard and concentric rectangles, with rectangles at center.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 8, s. 146, p. 132

Aegina. Chronology. Aktorione-Molione. Cocks. Amphora. Color paint. Column krater. Cooking jugs. Amphoriskos. Cooking Ware fabric. Analatos Painter. Corinthian fabric. Argive Monochrome Ware. Corinthian ... Agora 8 132 ... Checkerboard Painter ... Checkerboard pattern

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 658

Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.055. Burn, Meidias Painter, p. 117, cat. no. MM 144. Woman (body, legs, start of arms) kneeling on the ground to right, dressed in a long, belted chiton. In front of her is ... Ca. 400 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 816

Lower part of body with fillet between foot and body. P.H. 0.14. J. R. Green, Hesperia 31, 1962, pl. 30:8. At the left, a male figure (most of head, front of body, arms missing) stands to right, dressed ... Ca. 410 B.C ... Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

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[Agora Object] P 600: Amphora: West Slope

Mended from many fragments; complete, save for part of rim and a few pieces from body. Closely resembles Pfuhl (1923), fig. 753, in shape and decoration. The principle differences lie in the twisted handles ... 22 April 1932 ... The principle differences lie in the twisted handles ending in Satyr heads, and the omission of the pattern under the rim, in our specimen; on the shoulder, a single central checkerboard is used.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 384, p. 368

Alabastra. Amphora Type A. Amphora Type B. Cup-skyphos. Amphorae. Cup, standed. Amphorae, one-piece. Dicing. Guilloche. Dinoi. Amphorae, three types distinguished. Handle. Amphorae, type uncertain. Dinoid ... Agora 23 368 ... Herringbone pattern ... Checkerboard ... Key pattern

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 674

Four non-joining wall fragments. Thin, streaky blackish brown glaze on inside. Max. dim. c) 0.037, d) 0.026, e) 0.007, h) 0.05. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 86, cat. no. 202, fig. 388. Fragment d (illustrated) ... Ca. 400 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. Fragment c preserves drapery and a little bit of a figure; fragment h gives more of the pattern and the terrain.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 353

Wall fragment. Exterior wall plain. Scraped groove on interior, above which are part of one panel of lattice and one of checkerboard, all in incision. Shiny black glaze. Graffito sketch of profile head ... Last quarter of 3rd to 2nd century ... Scraped groove on interior, above which are part of one panel of lattice and one of checkerboard, all in incision. ... Graffito sketch of profile head on exterior. 353 is the only example of this pattern on this shape at the Agora, though it appears on a bowl in the Ashmolean Museum said to come from Attica (see p. 56: CVA, Oxford 1 [Great Britain 3], pl.

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[Agora Object] P 18693: Krater: West Slope

Many fragments preserving much of rim, body, and part of both handles; nothing of foot preserved. Restored in plaster. Small bell krater with high, flaring rim, low rounded body, incurved round handles ... May 1947 ... Three scraped grooves bordering and separating bands of pattern. Decoration in clay paint and thick white: below rim double row of grape vine with clusters in white. In handle zone concentric rectangles alternating with black and white checkerboard panels.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 391

Rim and body fragment with start of handle. Narrow reserved band on inside at rim; another, 0.038 below rim. Glaze fired red on much of inside. P.H. 0.183; est. diam. at rim 0.26. P. E. Corbett, Hesperia ... Ca. 400 B.C ... Around root of handle, egg pattern with dots. Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

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[Agora Object] P 4990: Amphora

Mended from many pieces; about half the rim, fragments from the neck and body, and more than half the foot restored in plaster. Slender ovoid body; high ring foot; tall neck with flaring lip. Strap handles ... 16 March 1935 ... The body decorated in horizontal zones between narrow bands: one principal figured zone around the middle; narrow zones with zigzag pattern, checkerboard and interlocking lines, above and below. ... A: middle panel, prothesis scene; above, procession of men, right; below, hooked diamond pattern. B: middle panel, procession of three men with offerings(?), right; above, women right, mourning; below, hooked diamond pattern. Dull yellow buff clay; black glaze somewhat peeled, especially on A.

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[Agora Object] P 19239: Pyxis with Lid

Mended from many pieces, some burned and some not; many pieces of body, shoulder, and rim, and all of the pointed bottom, missing. Restored in plaster. Pointed body with rim flanged inside to receive lid; ... 8-10, 12 April 1948 ... The zones, counting from the bottom up, are decorated with: 1) Narrow zone with zigzag. 2) Narrow zone with panelled verticals. 3) Slightly wider zone with checkerboard (two lines). 4) Wider zone, with triple band of key pattern. 5) Slightly narrower zone with zigzag, the triangles above and below dotted (more like interlocking tooth pattern, the opposed teeth reserved and dotted). 6) Slightly narrower zone with zigzag. 7) Wider zone with key pattern, the pattern filled in with a zigzag sometimes horizontal, sometimes vertical. 8) Narrower zone below shoulder with tooth pattern. ... Low conical lid decorated half way up with a zone of tooth pattern between double bands.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 448

Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster, notably, nearly all of the rim, both handles, lower part of body, and all of foot. Rest. H. 0.425; rest. diam. of rim 0.043. A, torch race (illustrated) ... Probably early 4th century B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. Around handle root, egg pattern with dots. Below each handle, palmette-and-spiral configuration.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 633

Preserved except for mouth and handle, part of wall in back, and a little in front. Chips in base. Streaky brownish black glaze on inside. P.H. 0.22; diam. 0.177. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl ... Late third quarter of the 5th century B.C ... Above the figures, egg pattern; below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 538

Almost all of Side B preserved, including the two handles. Two non-joining fragments of Side A. P.H. of a) 0.31; diam. of rim 0.38; max. dim. b) 0.123, c) 0.073. A, subject uncertain. Fragment b preserves ... Third quarter of the 4th century B.C ... On rim, egg pattern; above, laurel wreath to left. Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

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[Agora Object] P 31964: Amphora: West Slope

Foot, one-third of body, one handle as far up as arch, and part of upper neck and rim, preserved. Partly restored, with additional 6 non-joining fragments. Flaring foot with groove in outer edge; angular ... 1937 ... On shoulder, incised pattern: central panel of decreasing rectangles flanked by panels of checkerboard and then panels of crosshatching; alternate squares of checkerboard filled in white.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 445

Wall fragment from bottom of figured decoration. Max. dim. 0.095. Chimaera (chest, shoulder, most of forelegs, start of belly) to left. Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares. Preliminary ... Probably early 4th century ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 567

Fragment of rim and wall with start of one handle. Glaze fired greenish in places. P.H. 0.193; est. diam. at rim 0.29. Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 395, cat. no. DM 19. A, women at a laver (lower legs and ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 817

Body fragment from above foot. P.H. 0.113; P.W. 0.13. J. R. Green, Hesperia 31, 1962, pl. 30:9; Lezzi-Hafter, Schuwalow-Maler, p. 118, cat. no. O 30, pl. 171:c, d. Chariot team, perhaps of Poseidon and ... Ca. 410 B.C ... At the very bottom, just above the stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, is a row of dots indicating the floor of the sea.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 433

One handle, most of rim, and large part of neck and body restored; foot chipped. Slightly beveled resting surface; slightly pointed underside. Downturned rim. Upper handle attachments flanked by knobs ... Ca. 140 ... Neck: two pairs of antithetical leaping dolphins flanking white dot rosettes, with white asterisk in center and palmettes at sides; spiral wave pattern running right, filled in with white below; two lines with row of white dots between them. Shoulder: five alternating panels of checkerboard and concentric rectangles, with rectangles at center.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 418

Six non-joining fragments, a and b of rim and wall; c -- e of wall; f of handle. Narrow reserved band on inside at rim; another 0.038 below rim. Glaze fired brownish red in places; abraded on rim and handle ... Late 5th century B.C ... The glaze overlaps the maeander pattern, thus terminating it. ... Below, maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 450

Three non-joining wall fragments, P 34 a/P 22761 a with half of one handle. Narrow reserved band on inside. Glaze abraded and flaked in places. P.H.P 34 a/P 22761 a) 0.23; max. dim. P 34 b) 0.107, P 22761 ... Probably early 4th century B.C ... Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square. Around handle root, egg pattern. White: maenad's flesh, part of drapery; fillets.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 657

Five non-joining fragments, d of floor with ring base, a of body with start of neck, the rest, body fragments. Glazed black on inside, streaked in places. Max. dim. a) 0.129, b) 0.057, c) 0.11, e) 0.063; ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... Fragment b preserves the toes of her right foot and part of the pattern below, a maeander with checkerboard squares. ... Above the figures, a row of egg pattern with darts and above that, a narrow row of egg pattern with dots. ... For the patterns above the figure, see CB ii, p. 95; the chous in Tübingen S./10 1605 = E 120 is now published in CVA, Tübingen 4 [Deutschland 52], pl. 36 [2553]: there Böhr (p. 83) adds a further example of the pattern, an oinochoe in Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig BS 407 (ARV2 1688, 12 bis; Paralip. 469, 12 bis; CVA, Basel 3 [Schweiz 7], pl. 42 [354]:3, 4; Lezzi-Hafter, Eretria-Maler, p. 338, cat. no. 212, pl. 134; Addenda 354).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 375

Three non-joining fragments, a / b of rim, much of body, and all of one handle, strengthened with plaster. Fragment c belongs to the rim with part of handle zone; d is a wall fragment. Narrow reserved ... Ca. 420 B.C ... Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in the center of each reserved square. Around each handle root, egg pattern with dots. Dilute glaze (very faint): muscles of komasts.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 637

Lower part of body, all of ring base. Streaky brownish black glaze on inside. Glaze on outside brownish in places. Dent on right altar. P.H. 0.122; diam. of base 0.125. L. Talcott, AJA 49, 1945, p. 526, ... Ca. 425 B.C ... He approaches a statue of Dionysos Limnais (lower part) that is standing on a base that has an egg pattern with dots decorating its top molding. ... Below the figures, a stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 639

Five non-joining neck and body fragments, k with part of rim. Thin brownish black glaze on inside. Max. dim. a) 0.092, b) 0.086, j) 0.064, k) 0.055, l) 0.048. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 80, cat. no. 171, ... Ca. 425-420 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square. ... Below, more of the maeander pattern and at the right, a little bit of the chevron side frame. ... Above, part of a frieze of upright encircled palmettes and at the right a little more of the chevron pattern. Fragments j and k give more of the top and side patterns.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1482

Two non-joining fragments, a of lip and bowl, b of bowl. Stubs of one handle on a. Reserved line on rim. Glaze cracked and fired brown in places. Max. dim. a) 0.158, b) 0.047; diam. at rim 0.18; est. diam ... Ca. 420-410 B.C ... Max. dim. a) 0.158, b) 0.047; diam. at rim 0.18; est. diam. of tondo 0.11. I, pattern around the tondo: stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 793

Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably much of the figured part. Glaze has abraded in many places. The panel is not placed exactly opposite the handle but slightly to the ... Mid-5th century B.C ... Inscribed in front of this figure: On the shoulder at the junction with the neck, tongue pattern. Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in the center of each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 503

Six non-joining fragments: P 9346 a/P 17994 of rim and wall; P 9346 b of rim and wall; P 9346 c and d of rim and wall, d with start of handle, e of lower wall with stem, f of foot. Narrow reserved line ... Second quarter of the 4th century B.C ... Above the figures, laurel wreath to left; below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square. ... Perhaps by the same hand as the unattributed bell-krater Vienna 948, which has the same loose drawing, liberal use of white, and a dot in the reserved squares of the checkerboard (CVA, Vienna 3 [Österreich 3], pl. 134 [134]:3--6).

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 656

Preserved except for part of mouth and neck, which is restored in plaster and painted. Thin, reddish brown glaze on inside. Glaze slightly abraded on handle. Two holes in handle for ancient mend. H. 0.218; ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... Above the figures, a frieze of upright encircled palmettes; below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1489

Floor, bowl, and lip fragment, strengthened with plaster. Reserved line on inside of rim. P.H. 0.051; est. diam. of rim 0.27; est. outer diam. of tondo 0.15. I, youth leaving home. All that remains of ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

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[Agora Object] P 10016: Red Figure Bell Krater

Considerable fragments of rim, walls and base missing. A) Dionysos, semi-draped, wreathed, and holding a thyrsos in his right hand, reclines left, on a couch covered with a panther skin; he rests his ... 22 April 1937 ... B) Three draped figures. Egg pattern around handles; maeander broken by checkerboard below scene; laurel wreath on rim.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 811

Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably much of the body and all of the foot. Rest. H. 0.178; rest. diam. 0.131. J. R. Green, Hesperia 31, 1962, pl. 28:3 and pl. 29:3; N ... Ca. 410 B.C ... Below, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 361

Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notable among them nearly half of the rim, a section of the wall at handle B/A, about half of foot. Narrow reserved line at rim on inside; another ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Around each handle root, egg pattern with dots. Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1511

Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notable among them, both handles, all of stem and foot, a large section of the bowl. Reserved line on inside at rim. Rest. H. 0.095; rest ... Mid-4th century B.C ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

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[Agora Object] PNP 45: Red Figure Hydria Fragments

a) Parts of three figures: at the right, a woman wearing embroidered chiton and himation is seated left on a chair which rests on a small platform. At the centre, a standing female figure wearing an embroidered ... 1931 ... Meander and checkerboard border. b) Most of the upper part of the seated figure seen to the right on fragment a). c) Part of a handle-attachment, with egg-pattern around.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 400

Broken and mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. Foot lost. Narrow band on inside just below rim; another, 0.045 below rim. Glaze thin in places; abraded on one handle. P.H. 0.22; ... Late 5th century B.C ... Around each handle root, egg pattern with dots; below each handle, palmette-and-tendril configuration. Below the figures, maeander pattern with saltire-squares and checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 132

Four non-joining fragments: a shoulder and wall fragment of lebes with start of handle; b + c, and e of stand, d of foot. Stand strengthened with plaster and painted. Glaze fired brownish on lebes; flaked ... Ca. 410 B.C ... The woman on the left carries a chest ornamented with two rows of egg-and-dot pattern, a scarf draped over her right hand. ... Above the chest, tongue pattern between handle roots. ... Above the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1447

Mended with missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably, all of one handle and much of the bowl around it, most of the other handle, nearly all of the foot plate. Top of rim reserved. On underside ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 837

Three non-joining fragments, a and b of wall with turn of shoulder, c of neck. Burned (clay is gray). Max. dim. a) 0.032, b) 0.051, c) 0.048. Fragment a (illustrated) preserves (on the shoulder) the feet ... Probably third quarter of the 5th century B.C ... On the body just below the shoulder on a and b, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1449

Five non-joining fragments c and d of lip and bowl, b and e of bowl, b of one handle, a of floor. Reserved line at rim. Glaze abraded on handle. Max. dim. a) 0.077, b) 0.092, c) 0.092, d) 0.08, e) 0.038; ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares, a dot in each reserved square.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1485

Three non-joining fragments, a of floor with start of stem on underside, strengthened with plaster, b of rim, c of bowl. Top of rim reserved. Max. dim. a) 0.171, b) 0.037, c) 0.044; diam. of tondo 0.105 ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... Around the tondo is a stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 421

Parts of body, neck, and rim restored; rim and foot chipped. Foot in three degrees; flat resting surface. Offset at base of body. Two scraped grooves on shoulder; no groove below rim. Convex band flanked ... 225-200 ... Lower neck register: two pairs of antithetical leaping dolphins; spiral wave pattern running right, filled in with white below; two lines with row of dots between them. Shoulder: five alternating panels of checkerboard and concentric rectangles, with rectangles at center.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1526

Two non-joining fragments of lip, bowl, and floor. Glaze abraded slightly on outside at rim. Max. dim. a) 0.14, b) 0.035; est. diam. at rim 0.15; diam. of tondo 0.117. R. Lamberton and S. Rotroff, Birds ... Probably mid-5th century B.C ... Around the tondo, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 399

Broken and mended with small missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. Reserved groove at top of foot on outside. Reserved line on inside just below rim; another, 0.055 below rim. Glaze misfired ... Late 5th century B.C ... Palmette-and-tendril configuration at handles. Egg pattern around each handle root. Below the figures, trapped maeander with checkerboard-squares. White (flaked): berries of wreaths; Athena's bracelet; stone beneath satyr's foot.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 22

Mended from many fragments with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably much of the wall under each handle and much of Side B. Ring on neck. Neck glazed on inside. Glaze abraded here ... Ca. 410 B.C ... Below the figures, stopped-maeander pattern with checkerboard-squares.