[Agora Object] A 3856: Capital Fragment: Ionic

Corner of abacus and one volute of an Ionic capital. The bottom of the volute cut down and smoothed, with some pick marks visible. Chisel marks visible throughout. Pentelic marble. Well. 2541 Leica ... 7 August 1970 ... The bottom of the volute cut down and smoothed, with some pick marks visible.

[Agora Object] IL 769: Lead Weight

Complete; slightly damaged on upper surfaces by pick. Square one, plain on lower surface; on upper surface, within a low raised border, an amphora. No letters visible. Clearing over north-south wall. Leica ... 16 June 1939 ... Complete; slightly damaged on upper surfaces by pick. Square one, plain on lower surface; on upper surface, within a low raised border, an amphora.

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[Agora Object] S 3366: Head of Child

Broken off at neck, very battered and worn; left side, behind cheek, reworked with a pick. Head of a child, perhaps originally from a relief. Pentelic marble. Byzantine wall. 1813 82-4-34, 82-4-35 ... 14 July 1981 ... Broken off at neck, very battered and worn; left side, behind cheek, reworked with a pick. Head of a child, perhaps originally from a relief.

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[Agora Object] I 5934: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face and pick dressed bottom preserved. Parts of four lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. Found in original fill of the late Roman Fortification, in the area ... 29 August 1946 ... Inscribed face and pick dressed bottom preserved.

[Agora Object] I 6881: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken all around. Back rough. Surface in poor condition. "Attic Stelai". Marble sugary in texture especially at left and right; damaged by pick at center. Pentelic marble. Found in ... 5 May 1959 ... Marble sugary in texture especially at left and right; damaged by pick at center. Pentelic marble.

[Agora Object] P 26030: Black Glaze Olpe

The vase was complete as it stood in the ground; its upper part was broken by the pick, small fragments now missing. Flat bottom; round mouth; high swung handle. Glaze mottled, brownish-red and peeled ... 27 July 1957 ... The vase was complete as it stood in the ground; its upper part was broken by the pick, small fragments now missing.

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[Agora Object] A 2633: Metope Fragment

A pick-mark on back may indicate that full thickness is preserved, otherwise broken all around. Fascia projecting 0.014m. On top, relieving surface 0.019m. from front edge. From the Temple of Ares. Pentelic ... 23 July 1956 ... A pick-mark on back may indicate that full thickness is preserved, otherwise broken all around.

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[Agora Object] S 1413: Statuette Fragment: Nude Standing Male

Torso and part of head of nude bearded man, possibly Socrates; cloak over left shoulder. Broken at bottom. Back rough, with occasional pick marks. Pentelic marble. ’νω μέρος μαρμάρινου αγαλματιδίου Σωκράτους ... 20 May 1949 ... Back rough, with occasional pick marks. Pentelic marble.

[Agora Object] I 5543: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face and rough picked top preserved. The back shows traces of pick, but perhaps re-cut. Dedication to Zeus Boulaios. Two lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble ... 53/2 B.C ... The back shows traces of pick, but perhaps re-cut.

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[Agora Object] P 11621: Basket-Handled Water Jar

Part of handle and some of body missing. Restored in plaster. Moderately high neck; ridged basket handle. Buff clay. Light buff slip. ADDENDA Broken in earthquake, 7 Sept. 1999. Finished Well, containers ... 7-8 April 1937 ... With care - don't try and pick it up by the handle!

[Agora Object] IL 1363: Lead Weight

The object seems not to have been cast but to have been cut from a plate of lead. Edges roughly trimmed. In one face are two ancient incisions (2 minae). (One corner bears three marks made by our workman ... 26 May 1954 ... (One corner bears three marks made by our workman 's pick).

[Agora Object] I 4031: Marble Fragment: List of Names

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face, back and probably left side preserved. Heavy pick marks at bottom of face where it is cut back from some late reuse. Eight lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon ... Ca. 430 B.C ... Inscribed face, back and probably left side preserved. Heavy pick marks at bottom of face where it is cut back from some late reuse.

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[Agora Object] S 2283: Relief Fragment

Fragment broken at top, bottom and side opposite slab edge, but in latter area rough pick-work begins on back surface at an oblique angle to back of slab. Folds of drapery parallel to a slab, which could ... 23 September 1969 ... Fragment broken at top, bottom and side opposite slab edge, but in latter area rough pick-work begins on back surface at an oblique angle to back of slab.

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[Agora Object] S 244: Grave Relief Fragment with Draped Standing Female Figure

Left side of relief, the back shows widely spaced pick strokes, over which the surface has been worn smooth. Side rough-picked. Head and legs below knees missing. The figure wears chiton and himation, ... 1933 ... Left side of relief, the back shows widely spaced pick strokes, over which the surface has been worn smooth.

[Agora Object] I 381: Funeral Monument Fragment

Fragment from top of inscribed monument. Broken at both ends and at bottom. The back, with small pick-marks, curves, at the top toward the front. In front at the top, some sort of ornamental device has ... 1933 ... The back, with small pick-marks, curves, at the top toward the front.

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[Agora Object] S 1569: Relief Fragments

Broken at sides and top; pick-marks on back may represent original back surface, but perhaps later cutting contemporary with the cut surface now at bottom. Parts of two figures facing right, the one at ... 19 February 1952 ... Broken at sides and top; pick-marks on back may represent original back surface, but perhaps later cutting contemporary with the cut surface now at bottom.

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[Agora Object] P 4727: Black Figure Neck Amphora Fragment

Outward flaring keeled lip. On upper face of lip, procession of geese, right. On outer face of lip, between purple bands, "running dog". On front neck panel, gorgon running right, pick-like object in right ... 23 February 1935 ... On front neck panel, gorgon running right, pick-like object in right hand; on back panel, lotus and palmette. ... Agora XXIII: Aristaios (head mostly missing), winged, running to right, looking around, with a pick in his right hand.

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[Agora Object] I 3706: Altar

Inscribed altar. Both sides and bottom preserved and part of top. It has the rolled edge preserved on the left side. On the right the top of the stone has been cut off. The face and sides show pick marks ... Second half of 4th. century B.C ... The face and sides show pick marks and anathyrosis, the face being no smoother, altough the part where the letters are, is less rough.

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[Agora Object] A 1199: Altar Fragments

a) Fragment with part of a columnar surface (side or top) with projecting rough-picked fascia (as if of semi-attached column) at side, and smooth finished front surface with two sharp cut grooves, forming ... 26 August 1946 ... Clear traces of red in incised grooves; irregularly spaced cuttings, perhaps late pick-marks on front surface.

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[Agora Object] S 212: Head of Youth

Nearly life-size. The surface of the head above the right ear shows a flat pick-marked area about 0.09m. x 0.012m. The right side of the face is eroded, and the bridge of the nose worn down from the right ... 18 April 1932 ... The surface of the head above the right ear shows a flat pick-marked area about 0.09m. x 0.012m.