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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-25-85 (pp. 5060-5061)

Cistern. Olives; Grapes. Period of Use ... Κ-25 5060, 5061 F 16:8 ... 5-6 August 1968 ... Olives; Grapes

[Agora Object] L 3127: Lamp

Handle broken off. In relief on upper body, olive wreath with olives. High base; flat beneath. Black to thin brownish glaze. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54B of Agora collection. Well C. Leica, ... 15 June 1937 ... In relief on upper body, olive wreath with olives. High base; flat beneath.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 408

Wall fragment from just below rim. Reserved band on inside. Brownish glaze on outside; cracked slightly. Max. dim. 0.066. In the lower left, top of head to right, and above it, an olive branch with fruit ... Late 5th century B.C ... Above head: White: olives; inscription.

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[Agora Object] P 15133: Red Figure Bell Krater Fragment

Wall fragment from a large pot; glazed inside. Preserved are parts of two draped female figures. One to the left, perhaps seated, wears a thin-sleeved chiton and over it a heavier garment fastened on the ... 17 May 1939 ... Added clay for necklace, buttons and olives.

[Agora Coin] N 79366: Coin of Athens, AE

Very worn both sides; details partially illegible. Obv.: Helmeted head of Athena, r.; border of dots. Rev.: ΑΘΕ; Athena advancing r., armed with spear and aegis; in front, an owl; the whole in a wreath ... Augustan Period ... : ΑΘΕ; Athena advancing r., armed with spear and aegis; in front, an owl; the whole in a wreath of olives. Cf. J.N. Svoronos, Les monnaies d' Athenes, pl. 80, nos. 29-32.

[Agora Object] P 27986: Black Glaze Bowl: West Slope and Inscribed

Mended from many pieces; fragments of rim, wall and one foot restored. Deep bowl with side tapering to small rounded bottom. Three feet in shape of moulded shells. On shoulder a garland of short-stemmed ... 5-9 August 1968 ... On bottom, wreaths of olives in thinned clay.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 209, p. 199

Nuts. Wine. Theophrastos, Characters. Isaios, VI (Philoktemon), 20. Flowers. Wreaths. Judeich, p. 137, fig. 10. Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 448. Pollux, VII, 192-193. Pollux, VII, 199. Diogenes Laertius, ... Agora 3 199 ... 364-363 B.C ... Olives, Olive Oil

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1072

Fragment, glazed on underside. Glaze slightly pitted. Max. dim. 0.107. C. Clairmont, Das Parisurteil in der antiker Kunst, Zurich 1951, p. 56, cat. no. K 175, pl. 34:b; I. Raab, Zu den Darstellungen des ... Ca. 400 B.C ... White: Eros' flesh; olives; dots above fillets; ground line.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 3, s. 265, p. 255

Odeion. Parmenides. Parrhasios. Parsley. Parthenon. Odyssey. Patrokleides. Oedipus. Pausanias. Offices, public. Oikema (prison etc.). Peace. Oineus. Oinoe, battle-painting. Pegasos of Eleutherai. Olbiades ... Agora 3 255 ... Olives

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Standard Weights and Measures

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Standard Weights and Measures The Controllers of Measures (Metronomoi) have also left us many samples of their work. One set of bronze weights (34), inscribed as standard weights of the Athenians, are ... The somewhat different shape of a second-century measure (39) seems especially designed to fill a function outlined by a contemporary law: “Sellers of Persian nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, chestnuts, Egyptian beans, dates and any other dried fruits normally sold with these, also lupines, olives, and pine kernels shall use a measure of the capacity of three half-choinikes (about 1½ quarts) of grain leveled off, selling them heaped up in this choinix which shall be five fingers deep and have a lip one finger wide. . . .

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Prytaneis

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The Prytaneis (Executive Committee) The senators administered their meetings themselves. Each tribal contingent in the Boule served in rotation for a period of 35 or 36 days as the Prytaneis, or Executive ... The meals were probably fairly modest in the beginning: cheese, barley cakes, olives, leeks, and wine, although by the late 5th century the menu also included fish and meat.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 14, s. 276, p. 251

The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Measures. The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Muses. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 14 251 ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Olives ... The Athenian Agora; Volume 014; The Agora of Athens; The History; Index; General; Olives; Mill