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[Agora Image] 2009.05.0100

Claw chisel, flat chisel, and round chisel. Drawing by Anne Hooton ... Craig Mauzy ... PD 2818 Horizontal (normal) ... Claw chisel, flat chisel, and round chisel.

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[Agora Image] 2012.47.0371 (Section Τ 1134)

Detail view of junction between lobby and basin showing different tooling. West basin (claw chisel) ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... West basin (claw chisel).

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[Agora Image] 2008.01.0020

A fragment of a relief depicting the god Hermes, with claw-chisel work on the background. Late 5th century B.C ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jul 2005 ... A fragment of a relief depicting the god Hermes, with claw-chisel work on the background.

[Agora Object] I 7111: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken at top, left and bottom. Right side roughly picked with claw chisel, back side very roughly picked with heavy point. Pentelic marble. Found in marble washing. Leica ... 14 April 1970 ... Right side roughly picked with claw chisel, back side very roughly picked with heavy point.

[Agora Object] I 6530: Prytany Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed surface preserved together with right edge. On right side chisel marks made by claw chisel. Stoichedon. Bluish marble. Found in context of 1st. century A.D. in cutting for ... 27 May 1952 ... On right side chisel marks made by claw chisel.

[Agora Object] I 7458: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken below, back, top, and sides. Rough picked face dressed with a claw chisel. Front edges bevelled. In appearance, very much like a horos. Five lines of the inscription preserved ... 2 June 1973 ... Rough picked face dressed with a claw chisel. Front edges bevelled.

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[Agora Object] S 2956: Relief Fragment

Broken all around. Back preserved with marks of claw-chisel. Preserved are a right wrist and hand, which holds an unidentified object. At right is some drapery. Pentelic marble. From circled marbles. 1976 ... 10 July 1978 ... Back preserved with marks of claw-chisel. Preserved are a right wrist and hand, which holds an unidentified object.

[Agora Object] PNI 19: Marble Base (?)

Broken on all sides except bottom. The face of the inscription is in two levels, the upper line on a band extending outwards from the surface 0.005m. The bottom is rather smoothly finished with the claw ... 1932 ... The bottom is rather smoothly finished with the claw chisel. Pentelic marble.

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[Agora Object] S 2616: Grave Relief Fragment with Female Figure Seated on Stool

In low relief cut into round monument a female figure in chiton and mantle seated, facing right, on cushioned stool with footstool. Mid-chest to edge of foot preserved; legs above knee broken off. Area ... 23 August 1977 ... Area below seated lady dressed with claw chisel. Weathered.

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[Agora Object] A 5212: Basin Fragment

Mended from seven fragments; about one-third complete. Iron stains on surface. Large, flat marble basin with incurved rim. Very low ring foot on bottom. Top and rim polished, underside finished with a ... 1 July 2011 28 June 2012 29 June 2012 ... Top and rim polished, underside finished with a claw chisel. Very large grained bluish-gray marble.

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[Agora Image] 2008.01.0016

An unfinished relief, perhaps a trial peice, showing a roughly delineated profile head, from the house of the sculptors Mikion and Menon, 4th century B.C. The head has been outlined with a point and its ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jul 2005 ... The head has been outlined with a point and its surface given an initial smoothing with a claw chisel.

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[Agora Object] S 2679: Grave Relief Fragment

Male figure draped in mantle but with chest bare faces right, collarbone to mid-thigh with left anta preserved. Claw chisel finish to side of anta. Well-modeled muscular chest of a mature man. Cursorily ... 11 August 1977 ... Male figure draped in mantle but with chest bare faces right, collarbone to mid-thigh with left anta preserved. Claw chisel finish to side of anta.

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[Agora Object] I 7505: Boundary Stone

Inscribed boundary stone. Chip missing from near bottom; otherwise complete. Tall rectangular stele, rough picked on all sides. At top of front face a panel has been dressed smooth with a claw chisel and ... 1 July 1977 ... At top of front face a panel has been dressed smooth with a claw chisel and bears the inscription.

[Agora Object] S 2740: Pediment Fragment from Votive or Decree Relief

From top of the central akroterion, broken into, to the uppermost area of pediment preserved. Athena in Corinthian helmet seen in profile to left raises her right arm and hand. Athena is in very low relief, ... 12 August 1977 ... On right side of akroterion claw-chisel finish.

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[Agora Object] I 7587: Monument

Inscribed stele with pedimental crown. Intact. Simple fascia over ovolo moulding, line 1 carved on fascia. Face and sides finished with a claw chisel, back rough-picked with a point. Fourty-three lines ... 282/1 B.C ... Face and sides finished with a claw chisel, back rough-picked with a point.

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[Agora Object] S 2624: Grave Relief Fragment with Boy holding Bird

Shoulders to above knees preserved. Right arm broken away. Back broken. Small nude boy standing frontally wears mantle over left shoulder and side, clasped over right shoulder, leaving right side and abdomen ... 23 August 1977 ... Side of anta dressed with claw chisel. Roman.

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[Agora Object] I 7510: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken at left and below. Fragment of a large stele with pedimental top, preserving the upper right hand corner. Inscribed face set off from the pediment by a moulding consisting of ... 22 July 1980 ... Side and top finished with a claw chisel, back rough picked with a point.

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[Agora Object] S 2844: Grave Lekythos Fragment

Sliver of low relief of stone lekythos. Shoulders to feet of standing woman, in three-quarters turn to left, overlapped by knee of seated draped figure, preserved. Standing woman holds her left arm forward, ... 12 August 1977 ... Carefully smoothed background surface with claw chisel. Pentelic marble.

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[Agora Object] I 7582: Monument: Prytany List

Whole stele, broken and mended; a few chips missing from face and broken at bottom, but largely complete. Rough-picked behind, sides and top finished with a claw chisel. Passed in the archonship of Diokles, ... 11 June 1991 ... Rough-picked behind, sides and top finished with a claw chisel. Passed in the archonship of Diokles, honoring prytaneis of Aiantis.

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[Agora Object] I 7666: Inscribed and Sculpted Marble Stele

Complete except for a large piece missing at lower left. A large marble stele, decorated on the upper part by a life-sized hoplite shield, sculpted in relief. Below is a fascia, surmounting an ovolo ... 2-3 August 2017 ... Below is a fascia, surmounting an ovolo moulding, and on the face beneath a three-line inscriptions: ΠΥΡΡΑΛΕΥΣ / ΠΥΡΡΟΥ / ΓΑΡΓΗΤΤΙΟΣ Surface finished with a claw chisel. Hymettian marble.

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[Agora Object] S 2552: Grave Relief Fragment

Very pitted and battered, broken with only narrow section of right anta preserving its original finish, smoothed with claw chisel. Fragment of broad stele with three figures. On left, seated on klismos, ... 11 August 1977 ... Very pitted and battered, broken with only narrow section of right anta preserving its original finish, smoothed with claw chisel. Fragment of broad stele with three figures.

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[Agora Object] S 2673: Grave Relief Fragment with Female Head and Anta

Female head in profile to right with left anta and a little of the smooth background plane above and to right of head preserved. Top of her head to base of neck preserved, battered face. Medium relief-height ... 10 August 1977 ... Background plane dressed smooth; side of anta dressed with claw chisel; back of relief rough-picked.

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[Agora Object] S 3446: Back Panel of Funerary Naiskos

Broken at top. Claw chisel finish on sides. Back rough-picked. Female figure seated on a stool in the center of the panel. With her left hand she holds the edge of her mantle away from her. She clasps ... 13 December 1994 ... Broken at top. Claw chisel finish on sides.

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[Agora Object] A 5286: Marble Stylobate Block

Complete block except for chips. Rebate on lower front face. The visible (left) end treated with anathyrosis - the interior rough - picked in parallel grooves using a point. Cutting for a dowel at bottom ... 2014 ... Elsewhere surfaces are finished with a claw chisel and a rasp.

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[Agora Object] I 7551: Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment of stele. Central portion of pedimental top preserved, and fragment of left side from lower on the stele. Mended from four fragments. The stele was broken at the time of its use in the ... 2 August 1982 ... Sides worked with a claw chisel, top picked.

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[Agora Object] I 7529: Ephebic Decrees Fragments

Inscribed fragments of decrees. Complete stele except for large piece missing from upper left corner. Two large joining fragments, with smaller fragments mended along upper right. Pedimental ovolo moulding ... 170 B.C ... Sides finished with claw chisel, back rough picked.

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[Agora Object] I 7588: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Fragment of stele with pediment; upper left corner survives, preserving just over half of pediment and parts of seventeen lines of the inscription; non-stoichedon. Sides finished with ... 10 August 1994 ... Sides finished with a large claw chisel, back broken and worn.

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[Agora Object] S 2710: Grave Stele Fragment with Male Figure in Low Relief

Frontal standing male, draped in mantle, preserved from mid-chest to feet, with left hand down holding drapery and right leg bent. Figure stands in center of framed area on narrow stele with narrow band-like ... 17 August 1977 ... Figure stands in center of framed area on narrow stele with narrow band-like Ana. Claw-chisel on front, lower part and on sides with narrow strip along edge of sides; smooth finish, as is background plane around figure.

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[Agora Object] I 7349: Epistyle

Inscribed epistyle block. Two large, presumably joining pieces of an ionic epistyle block. Several large pieces missing but generally well preserved, particularly the front. Profile from bottom up: three ... 11 June and 5 July 1971 ... Anathyrosis on both ends. Claw chisel marks left visible on both inscribed registers.

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[Agora Object] S 3447: Back Panel of Funerary Naiskos

Broken at top and left side. Claw chisel finish on the right. Back and bottom rough-picked. Figures placed on projecting ledge. At the left, the lower part of a female figure seated on a stool, which ... 13 December 1994 ... Broken at top and left side. Claw chisel finish on the right.

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[Agora Object] S 2252: Draped Seated Figure Fragment

Seems to be a fragment from the right thigh of a seated figure. Under surface is a curved joint surface carefully dressed with fine claw chisel as if the figure and seat were in separate pieces. Otherwise ... Ca. 430-410 B.C ... Under surface is a curved joint surface carefully dressed with fine claw chisel as if the figure and seat were in separate pieces.

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[Agora Object] S 2600: Grave Relief Fragment

Part of right side of relief from grave monument with half of one rosette above deep inset panel, and right anta, preserved. Small figures in relief: seated on klismos is a bearded man with bare, muscular ... Possibly 1st c. B.C ... Side of relief (anta) worked with claw-chisel. Back of relief is rough-picked.

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[Agora Object] I 7581: Ephebic Honoring Decree

Complete stele, except for chip from right corner of pedimental crown and lower part of face on right. Bottom two-thirds of face worn and weathered, but a fair number of letters still visible. Tapering ... 2nd. century B.C. (?) ... Back rough-picked, sides finished with a claw chisel with a smoothed band toward the front.

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[Agora Object] I 7557: Monument

Inscribed stele. Complete stele, mended from two joining pieces. Right edge of front stained and water worn; right side heavily water worn. Top carved to receive painted floral ornament (?); beneath it, ... 374/3 B.C ... Left side worked with claw chisel; back left rough; bottom cut off rough without tenon.

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[Agora Object] S 3449: Stele Fragment with Loutrophoros Relief: Inscribed

Shaft of Akanthos stele preserved, top broken away. Claw chisel finish at sides. Back rough-picked. A hole pierces the stone and is lined with lead. It is centered just below the foot of the loutrophoros ... 13 December 1994 ... Shaft of Akanthos stele preserved, top broken away. Claw chisel finish at sides.

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[Agora Object] A 4661: Frieze Block: Doric

Intact. Head of triglyph battered; top surface chipped around cuttings for T-clamps. Doric frieze block, consisting of triglyph, backer, and backer for adjacent metopes. Cuttings for T-clamps on each joining ... 23 July 1981 ... Both ends worked with anathyrosis. Claw tooth chisel marks on top.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 198, p. 179

Agora. Boundary stone. Temple of Ares. Great Drain. The Herms. Temple of Athena Nike. Middle Stoa. Sanctuary possibly of Hekate. Temple of Dionysos. South Stoa II. Themistoklean Wall. Southeast Building ... Agora 11 179 G 5:3 ... Bull-nosed chisel ... Claw chisel

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[Agora Object] A 915: String Course Block

Broken in two large and several small pieces. The inside edge and both ends are missing. The outer face is lightly stippled with at smoothed band along top and bottom. The under surface was rough-picked ... 1938 ... The under surface was rough-picked and them smoothed with a coarse claw in the mid part, with a fine toothed chisel on the joint surface along the edge.