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[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 23 (1994): Life, Death, and Litigation in the Athenian Agora

Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Athens was a famously litigious city in antiquity, as the sheer quantity of evidence for legal activity found in the Agora makes clear. Every kind of case, from assault and battery to murder, and from ... 1994

[Agora Deposit] J 2:5: Pit

Small pit north of Wall C (appr. 0.50 E-W x 0.35m N-S). Coins: 11 August 1994 #1125-#1127 ... 3rd c. B.C ... Small pit north of Wall C (appr. 0.50 E-W x 0.35m N-S) ... Coins: 11 August 1994 #1125-#1127

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 885

Small areas of rim and wall restored. Beveled resting surface; pointed underside. Scraped groove at junction of foot and body. Wall flares widely to plain rim. Four palmettes within rouletting. Shiny ... 250-225

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1003

Center of floor, one-third of foot, and two-thirds of wall and rim restored. Flaring foot; flat resting surface. Shiny, gritty black glaze; finger marks on foot and lower wall. Similar: P 19708 (P 10:2) ... 250-200

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1092

Most of rim and upper wall restored. Flat resting surface; rough, pointed underside, mostly unglazed. Wall flares at top, with offset just below rim. Rim flat on top. Metallic black glaze; finger marks ... 250-225

[Agora Object] I 1668: Marble Fragment

Small inscribed fragment. Broken on all sides except for a small section of the face inscribed, at the lower edge of the fragment, with parts of two letters. Pentelic marble. Found in a marble dump, in ... 20 March 1934

[Agora Object] I 3816: Decree Fragment

Small fragment of inscription. Inscribed face and bottom preserved. Three letters remain. Pentelic marble. Found in late Roman context in front of the Stoa of Attalos, opposite Shop XVII. With coins nos ... 3rd.-4th. centuries A.D.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 361

Less than half of rim and part of body restored. Cup rests on broad ridge, beveled to inside; convex underside. Two grooves at base of wall, two well-spaced grooves at about two-thirds height outside ... 240-220

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 822

Half of rim and wall and one-fourth of foot restored. Slightly flaring foot; flat resting surface; pointed underside. Rilled rim with two scraped grooves slopes down slightly to outside. Wide scraped ... Ca. 275

[Agora Object] P 16257: Bowl

Most of rim and upper part of body missing; restored in plaster. Sharply out-turned rim, flat and very slightly flaring. Ring foot. Glaze red over most of interior and some of exterior. Cistern, lower ... 12-15 May 1939

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 582

Lower body and small part of rim restored; surface badly pitted. Parts of three clamps from ancient mend. Deep, nearly hemispherical bowl with two scraped grooves below rim. Projecting rim, convex on ... 250-225

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[Agora Object] P 16217: Black Glaze Bowl

Three joining fragments preserve about half the vase; restored in plaster. In-turned rim; steep walls; ring foot. Wheel marks prominent on the exterior. Buff clay; dull black glaze all over, thin and ... 10 May 1939

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[Agora Object] P 37362: Wheel-made Skyphos or Cup Fragment

Single fragment, much worn, preserving entire base but only small portion of body. Low ring foot from wheel made open shape vessel. Paint much flaked on exterior, fired black. Interior worn, but clearly ... 3-4 July 1946

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1394

Less than one-fourth of rim and upper body missing. Groove at base of body. Plain vertical rim, not outturned. Totally glazed, black and peeling above, brown below stacking line and inside. Cf. Braun ... Context of 325-300

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 228

Parts of upper wall and part of one handle restored. Roughly molded ring foot with rounded contours; concave with nipple underneath. Deep lower body, upper body inclined and concave; no groove in body ... Ca. 250

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[Agora Object] P 15159: Unguentarium

Small fragment of lip missing; otherwise intact. Rather fat fusiform body, rim sharply down-turned; wall dented in making. Typical gray clay and surface; trace of white band around base of neck (?) ... 12 May 1939

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[Agora Object] P 16262: Black Glaze Bowl with Rouletting: Stamped

Fragments of rim and body missing; restored in plaster. Out-turned rim; ring foot. On floor, within circle of rouletting, four large stamped palmettes, irregularly spaced. Glaze: red from stacking at ... 12-15 May 1939

[Agora Object] AO 93: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleos

Kylix base with black glaze. Inscribed on top in small letters on two lines. Oscar Broneer, Nb. No. 4. 178 88-402 ... 31 May 1937

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[Agora Object] P 16255: Plate: West Slope

Two joining fragments preserve about half. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; projecting rim, nearly horizontal, with two scraped grooves. West slope decoration of various kinds on floor: on upper part, bunches ... 12-15 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 16256: Black Glaze Bowl

Small fragments of rim and body missing; restored in plaster. Out-turned rim, directly below which are two heavy semi-circular lug handles. Body tapers sharply to short thick stem. Wide profiled foot with ... 12-15 May 1939

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[Agora Object] AO 26: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleos

Kylix base with black glaze. Small portion of base. Inscribed on bottom. Βάση μελαμβαφούς κύλικος, χείρ. Α. (Θεμιστοκλής Νεοκλέους). Oscar Broneer, Nb. No. 4. 175 88-395 ... 29 May 1937

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[Agora Object] P 3802: Plate Fragment with Relief Decoration

From the center of Roman plate. A small ring base preserved beneath. In the medallion, the head of a bearded man, left. Red glazed. With late and early Roman sherds. Leica, 93-46-16, VI-23 ... 8 May 1934

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[Agora Object] AO 47: Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleos

Kylix base and small bit of stem. Chipped at edge. Black glaze. Inscribed on bottom. Βάση μελαμβαφούς κύλικος, χείρ. Ε. (Θεμιστοκλής Νεοκλέους). Oscar Broneer, Nb. No. 4. 178 88-398 ... 31 May 1937

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 20

One handle and small part of rim restored. Scraped groove in resting surface; conical underside. Very thin, high, cylindrical stem. Tapering upper body. Rising, flaring spurs. Metallic black glaze, peeling ... Ca. 275 or slightly later ... One handle and small part of rim restored. ... Cf. Braun 1994, no. 6:1, pp. 29--30, pls. 5:α, 8:β.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 221

One handle and half of upper body restored. Sharply defined, flaring ring foot; beveled resting surface; nippled underside. Rounded lower body meets upper body at angle. Ivy-leaf thumb rests. Opposing ... 275-250

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[Agora Object] P 16223: Bowl: West Slope

Mended from many pieces. Bottom and about half rim and body preserved; three non-joining fragments. Restored in plaster. Hemispherical bowl with slightly out-turned lip and small concave bottom. West slope ... 12-15 May 1939

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[Agora Object] P 16224: Bowl: West Slope

Mended from many fragments, about half preserved; two non-joining fragments. Shape as P 16223 (ΕΕ 399); restored in plaster. West slope garland in yellow and white around inside of body, between bands ... 12-15 May 1939

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[Agora Object] P 16226: Bowl: West Slope

Mended from many pieces. Fragments of rim and body missing; restored in plaster. Shape as P 16223 (ΕΕ 399). Yellow and white garland around inside of body. On floor, sixteen-pointed yellow star with spots ... 12-15 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 13359: Black Glaze Lekane

Base preserved, and small fragments of rim and walls, with one handle. Profile complete; restored in plaster. High flaring ring foot; gently rounded walls; narrow rim, rounded on top, projecting slightly ... 24 May 1938

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[Agora Object] I 131: Marble Fragment: List of Names

Small inscription fragment. Only inscribed surface preserved. Not stoichedon, but neatly spaced; letters done hastily but with fine lines. Bluish-white marble. Found at a late Roman level, north of the ... Late 3rd. century B.C. (?).

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[Agora Object] P 6434: Amphora

The upper part and much of the walls preserved. None of the foot. Round body; nearly flat projecting lip; sloping handles, flat in section, from neck to shoulder. A row of small deep holes impressed along ... 14 June 1935

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[Agora Object] P 5459: Black Glaze Pelike

Fragments from wall missing. Rather squat-bodied small amphora on ring foot; handles shoulder to middle of neck; rounded lip; moulded ring around base of neck. Soft pink to grayish clay; black glaze ... 18 April 1935

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[Agora Object] J 250: Gold Jewelry

Very good condition. Two petals missing from the top rosette. The center petals on proper right rosette are slightly bent backward (intentionally?); on proper left, one is bent while opposite one is missing ... 10 June 2004 ... Loop slightly crushed. Small gold pendant from a necklace or earring. ... Williams and Ogden (1994), #106 (6-petalled flowers), #93 (triangle of grains).

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[Agora Object] I 1580: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken on all sides (?). Very small bit of left side preserved (?). One line of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in late Roman context, over the floor of the Tholos ... 16 March 1934

[Agora Object] P 16210: Moldmade Bowl Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve a little of the rim, and most of profile of body. Lip slightly out-turned, a scraped band below it. Upper zone: rosettes, double spirals, net pattern and flying bird between ... 9 May 1939

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[Agora Object] I 3400: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment of stele. Inscribed face with beginning of projection for top moulding, and small part of smooth dressed bottom with rough picked cutting at back preserved; broken at back, right and ... 381/0 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 30

Tip of one spur, parts of handles, and small areas of wall restored. Scraped groove in resting surface; concave underside. Tapering stem. Ribbed lower body. Cylindrical upper body. Slightly rising, flaring ... 285-275 ... Tip of one spur, parts of handles, and small areas of wall restored. ... Cf. 46; Braun 1970, no. 100, p. 142, pl. 58:1; Braun 1994, no. 4:3, p. 29, pls. 5:β, 9:γ.

[Agora Object] I 7191: Prytany Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken above, below and at left. Back surface very rough picked; right side worked smooth with tooth chisel. Only relatively small triangular area of inscribed surface reserved. Non-stoichedon ... 29 November 1970

[Agora Object] P 16208: Moldmade Bowl

Mended from many pieces; restored in plaster with two non-joining fragments. Bottom and much of rim and body missing. Out-turned rim with a broad scraped groove below it outside. On wall, above: leaves, ... 9 May 1939

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 77, p. 54

Day, 1980, pp. 15-38. Schwarz, 1987. Sutton, 1984, p. 146. Raubitschek and Raubitschek, 1992, p. 111. M. Sakurai and A.E. Raubitschek, The Eleusinian Spondai (IG I³ 6, lines 8-47) in Studies Mylonas, 2, ... Agora 31 54 ... Small, 1994 ... Small, 1995 ... Vickers, Artful Crafts: Ancient Greek Silverware and Pottery, Oxford 1994

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[Agora Object] I 6295: Prytany Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken above and below. Mid part of a large stele. Large circular stain from use in pithos. Small fragment mended, at lower right. Hymettian marble. ADDENDA Part of I 2145. Cf. Hesperia ... 135/4 B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 78, p. 55

Plato, Ap. 41A. Cicero, Tusc., 1.41. Schwarz, 1987, pp. 57, 160-163. N. Spivey, Greek Vases in Etruria, in Looking at Greek Vases, T. Rasmussen and N. Spivey, eds., Cambridge 1991, pp. 131-150, p. 266 ... Agora 31 55 ... J. P. Small, 1994 and 1995

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[Agora Object] P 6423: Amphora

Parts of walls, base and rim restored in plaster. Small ring base; egg-shaped body; tall, slightly concave neck; convex lip; strap handles from middle of neck to shoulder. Decorated with glazed bands: ... 13 June 1935

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[Agora Object] I 1025: Prytany Decree

Inscribed pedimental stele. Upper left acroterion broken away; broken also at lower left corner, but here there is a small joining fragment with a few letters. One hundred-fifteen lines of the inscription ... 178/7 B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 12235: Black Figure Plate Fragment

About one-third remains, including rim. Small plate with lightly rolled rim and very low base. A male figure reclining to left on a couch, a serving table with a bowl and a basket of fruit in front of ... 10 March 1938

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[Agora Object] P 25978: Red Figure Volute Krater Fragments

Several joining fragments give about one-quarter of the circumference of the rim, with small non-joining fragments of handle and shoulder. Ivy band on volutes; simple maeander on projecting upper member ... 14 May 1957

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[Agora Object] I 2913: Prytany Decree Fragments

Inscribed fragments. The larger part of fragment Ξ 553 a) is in places badly discolored by burning; not so the smaller pieces which fit directly on to a discolored face of the other. The breaks thus occured ... 182/181-170-169 B.C.

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[Agora Object] I 600: Decree

Inscribed stele. The small fragment first found fits on top of the larger piece, which preserves the lower part of the stele, its bottom finished square. Bottom and back rough picked; sides dressed. The ... 169/8 B.C.

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[Agora Object] P 15842: Red Figure Oinochoe

Much of the front of the body with the scene preserved; the wall filled out to the shoulder, the foot entirely in plaster, something as P 15840 (ΟΑ 1061) but perhaps too low. Traces of both mastoi preserved ... 12-15 April 1939

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1641

Plate With Upturned Rim: Campana B. About half of rim and parts of wall restored. Flaring ring foot, concave to outside; wide, flat resting surface; unevenly pointed underside. Resting surface and underside ... Context of 110-75 ... Hard, pink fabric (7.5YR 7/4) with some mica and many small, translucent, white inclusions (quartz?). ... Campana B imports of this shape have also been found at Corinth in a well perhaps filled around the end of the 2nd century (Romano 1994, nos. 33--36, pp. 75--76, figs. 6, 7, pls. 18, 19; G.

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[Agora Object] P 2084: Klepsydra with Dipinto

Mended from two pieces, one small fragment does not join. Lower part of large pot. Flat bottom, slightly projecting. Immediately above it is a small clay spout corresponding to an opening pierced through ... 29 May 1933

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[Agora Object] S 922: Relief of Mother of the Gods

Relief in a pedimented niche. The Mother wears a polos and is seated in a chair with a footstool; patera in right hand and tympanon in left; lion in lap. Small standing figures to her right, and to left; ... 16 May 1937

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[Agora Object] I 7396: Dedication

Inscribed stele with relief. Upper front right corner broken away and surface somewhat worn and flaked, but otherwise complete. Tall stele with cavetto capital the face of which has a sculpted relief with ... 26 May 1972

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[Agora Object] S 1251: Relief with Eleusinian Divinities

Complete. Rectangular plaque with plain border, tenon for setting below and rough-finished back. Seven figures in low relief, left to right: draped woman (Demeter) with staff (?) in left hand and patera ... 11 June 1947

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[Agora Object] I 5105: Marble Fragments: Bouleutic List

Inscribed fragments. Face dressed with tooth chisel. Fragment Ψ 8 a), top preserved; otherwise broken. Twelve lines of the inscription preserved. Fragments Ψ 12 b and c), insribed face only preserved ... a) (Ψ 8) 15 November 1937 b-c) (Ψ 12b and Ψ 12c) 16 November 1937 d) (Ψ 28) 18 November 1937 e) (Ψ 33) 24 November 1937 f) (Ψ 49) 25 November 1937 g) (Ψ 55) 30 November 1937 h) (Ψ 61) 30 November 1937 ...

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 558

Wall fragment. Burned (clay is gray). Glazed misfired reddish brown on outside. Max. dim. 0.06. Pelias and daughters. The fragment shows the cauldron with the foreparts of the ram (head missing). On the ... Probably mid-5th century B.C ... , part of vessel). The small part of the vessel indicates that this Peliad is Medea, for the vessel would hold the magic potion with which she will rejuvenate the ram. ... For the subject, see Meyer, Medeia und die Peliaden, pp. 3--38; also LIMC VII, 1994, pp. 274--276, s.v. ... Vermeule, Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin 78, 1980, p. 33); a small fragment of a calyx-krater, Malibu, the J.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 4, s. 235, p. 225

Type 23 D; Flat Rims; Tall Closed Bodies; "Inkwell" Type. Type 50 B; Athenian Imitations of Knidos Lamps. Signed Bases. Type 45 C; Local Athenian Variations of Imported Relief Lamps. Type 25 B; Globular ... Agora 4 225 L 1845 L 1934 L 2062 L 1846 L 1935 L 2078 L 1847 L 1936 L 2080 L 1848 L 1941 L 2082 L 1849 L 1942 L 2083 L 1850 L 1943 L 2085 L 1851 L 1944 L 2086 L 1852 L 1945 L 2087 L 1853 L 1946 L 2088 ...

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 31, s. 18, p. xviii

Simms, R. 1990. Myesis, Telete, and Mysteria, GRBS 31, pp. 183-195. Simon, E. 1983. Festivals of Attica: an Archaeological Commentary, Madison. Sironen, E. 1994. Life and Administration of Late Roman Athens ... Agora 31 xviii ... Small, J.P. 1994. Scholars, Etruscans and Attic Painted Vases, JRA 7, pp. 34-58 ... Small, J.P. 1995. New Views on Greek Artifacts Found in Etruria, JRA 8, pp. 317-319 ... Spaeth, B.S. 1994. The Roman Goddess Ceres, Austin

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 234

Four non-joining fragments of rim and neck, P 25978 a preserving the spiral of one handle, P 28759 with start of shoulder. Two small fragments (P 25978 b and c) give a bit of the flange of a handle and ... Ca. 500-490 B.C ... Four non-joining fragments of rim and neck, P 25978 a preserving the spiral of one handle, P 28759 with start of shoulder. Two small fragments (P 25978 b and c) give a bit of the flange of a handle and part of the inside of the neck opposite the handle on P 25978 a. ... V 205; LIMC VII, 1994, p. 937, no. 185, s.v. ... Brommer, Theseus: Die Taten des griechischen Helden in der antiken Kunst und Literatur, Darmstadt 1982, pp. 27--34; LIMC VII, 1994, pp. 936--938, s.v.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 30, s. 14, p. xiv

D. Buitron-Oliver, Douris: A Master-Painter of Athenian Red Figure Vases [Kerameus 9], Mainz 1995. L. Burn, The Meidias Painter, Oxford 1987. D. Callipolitis-Feytmans, Les plats attiques à figures noires ... Agora 30 xiv ... Denoyelle, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la céramique grecque dans les collections du Louvre, Paris 1994 ... Grace, Small Objects from the Pnyx: II [Hesperia Supplement X], Princeton 1956

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 29.1, s. 22, p. xxii

Dohrn, T. 1985. Schwarzgefirnisste Plakettenvasen, RM 92, pp. 77-106. Dow, S. 1937. The Egyptian Cults in Athens, HThR 30, pp. 184-232. Dragendorff, H., and C. Watzinger. 1948. Arretinische Reliefkeramik, ... Agora 29 xxii ... Touratsoglou. 1994. Τα χρονολογημένα σύνολα ελληνιστικής κεραμικής από τη Μακεδονία, in Γ' Συνάντηση, pp. 128-137 ... Hellenistic Pottery, in Small Objects from the Pnyx: II (Hesperia Supplement 10), Princeton, pp. 79-112 ... Faklaris, P.B. 1994. Aegae: Determining the Site of the First Macedonian Capital of the Macedonians, AJA 98, pp. 609-616

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 165

Seven non-joining fragments, mostly of wall, a / e and f with shoulder, g of overhang of rim from near handle plate. Glaze rather dull on b and d. Max. dim. a/e) 0.107, b) 0.088, c) 0.073, d) 0.053, f) ... Ca. 500-490 B.C ... Fragment a / e (illustrated) shows the upper right corner of the panel, with the head and shoulders of a small boy, probably sitting on the shoulders of a man, the back of whose head appears at the left break. ... For the subject, see LIMC VII, 1994, pp. 970--991, s.v.

[Agora Webpage] Overview: Contact

http://agathe.gr/overview/contact.html

Staff and Contact Information The Agora Excavations offices are located within the ancient Agora archaeological site, on the upper floor of the Stoa of Attalos. The offices in the Stoa of Attalos are open ... A remarkably small group of people have shouldered the responsibility of this task since 1931, the giants among them are John Travlos who worked in six decades, and William Bell Dinsmoor, Jr. who recorded from the mid-sixties until his death in 1988. ... The development of the collection and its recording was conducted under the inspiration of Virginia Grace, a member of the original Agora staff of 1931 who continued to work at the site until her death in 1994. Requests for information concerning the Agora’s amphora and amphora stamp collection should be sent directly to Dr.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 29.1, s. 34, p. xxxiv

Strong, D.E. 1966. Greek and Roman Gold and Silver Plate, London. Stubbings, F.H. 1947. The Mycenaean Pottery of Attica, BSA 42, pp. 1-75. Alessandria e il mondo ellenistic0-romano: Studi in onore di Achille ... Agora 29 xxxiv ... Figured Pottery, in Small Objects from the Pnyx: II (Hesperia Supplement 10), Princeton, pp. 1-77 ... Themelis, P. 1994. Ο τάφος της ηλείας Φιλημήμας, in Γ' Συνάντηση, pp. 146-158

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 29.1, s. 23, p. xxiii

Fuchs, W. 1959. Die Vorbilder der neuattischen Reliefs (JdI-EH 20), Berlin. Fuchs, W. 1963. Der Schiffsfund von Mahdia (Bilderhefte des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Rom 2), Tübingen. Furtwängler, ... Agora 29 xxiii ... Γ' Επιστημονική Συνάντηση για την Ελληνιστική Κεραμική: Χρονολογημένα σύνολα-εργαστήρια, Athens 1994 ... Stamped Wine-Jar Fragments, in Small Objects from the Pnyx: II (Hesperia Supplement 10), Princeton, pp. 113-189