[Agora Object] MC 787: Checkerboard Fragments

Two non-joining fragments from edge of slab. Front smoothly finished and incised in squares. Back smooth with three small holes along edge for attachment on fragment a) and three along the break on fragment ... 8 April 1949 ... Checkerboard Fragments

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[Agora Image] 2012.40.0847 (Section ΞΞ 162)

Cut through Layer 8, looking east to show "checkerboard" drain wall ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Cut through Layer 8, looking east to show "checkerboard" drain wall.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 124

Most of rim and part of shoulder restored; lower body missing. Scraped groove on shoulder. Two scraped grooves on upper body. Within them, panels of concentric rectangles and checkerboards: two rectangles, ... Ca. 270 ... Within them, panels of concentric rectangles and checkerboards: two rectangles, checkerboard, rectangle, checkerboard, two rectangles, checkerboard. Alternate squares of checkerboard are painted white, rectangles of white dots at centers of rectangles.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1350

Oinochoe? Wall fragment. Steeply sloping shoulder, curving towards vertical at top. Vertically grooved lower body. Above, between scraped grooves, panel of checkerboard and concentric rectangles in incision, ... Later 3rd or 2nd century ... Above, between scraped grooves, panel of checkerboard and concentric rectangles in incision, with faint traces of white in checkerboard. ... For incised checkerboard cf. 353, 442, 444, 835, 1153.

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΝΝ-40-21 (pp. 7832-7833)

Ostrakon of Themistokles Neokleous Phrearrios. Checkerboard Fragments. Red Figure Bobbin Fragment. Black Glaze Bowl Fragment with Graffito: Stamped ... ΝΝ-40 7832, 7833 P 19836 MC 787 P 19837 P 19838 ΝΝ 4880 P 19836 MC 787 P 19837 P 19838 ... 8 April 1949 ... Checkerboard Fragments

[Agora Object] P 25650: Lid Fragments

Three non-joining pieces of lid, and knob. On lid, large checkerboard. On knob, checkerboard framed by dot rows. Brownish glaze, worn. Clay pinkish-buff. Late Protoattic. Olive tree well, box 1. 882 ... 7 December 1955 ... On lid, large checkerboard. On knob, checkerboard framed by dot rows.

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[Agora Image] 2012.40.0432 (Section ΝΝ 1508)

West wall of drain, before removing leaning block (B), looking west. The other three blocks show beginning of checkerboard construction ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... The other three blocks show beginning of checkerboard construction.

[Agora Object] H 93: Trefoil Jug

NM 16061 Disk foot; wide neck. In handle zone a checkerboard; panels with 8-armed crosses on handle ... LG I ... In handle zone a checkerboard; panels with 8-armed crosses on handle.

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[Agora Object] AP 1353: Matt Painted Sherd

Buff clay; black checkerboard design on unglazed buff surface; middle Helladic. Hazel D. Hansen, Nb. No. 16. 70 ... 2 April 1937 ... Buff clay; black checkerboard design on unglazed buff surface; middle Helladic.

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[Agora Object] AP 1356: Matt Painted Sherd

Red coarse clay; brown matt on tan ground; checkerboard design; middle Helladic. Hazel D. Hansen, Nb. No. 16 ... March-April 1937 ... Red coarse clay; brown matt on tan ground; checkerboard design; middle Helladic.

[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 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.

[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 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] AP 432: Geometric Vessel Fragment

Fragment of closed geometric vase. Patterns of [?] separate by horizontal lines and band of checkerboard. Brown and black glaze. C.H.M, Nb. No. 17 Pit 6 extension 55 ... 22 Jan 1934 ... separate by horizontal lines and band of checkerboard. Brown and black glaze.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 251

Half of rim and large parts of body restored. Beveled resting surface; pointed underside. Ivy-leaf thumb rests. Checkerboard between panels of concentric rectangles. Metallic red glaze, stacking line ... 225-210 ... Ivy-leaf thumb rests. Checkerboard between panels of concentric rectangles.

[Agora Object] PNP 129: Red Figure Lekanis Lid Fragment

Youth, right, leaning forward; himation. Uncertain objects behind him: traveling hat (?) club (?) Meander and checkerboard border around base of handle. No contour. Glaze fired partly red. Trench A ... 21 December 1930 ... Meander and checkerboard border around base of handle.

[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 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] 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.