[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1708

Krater? Asia Minor? Fragment of rim. Overhanging rim with stamped ovolo on vertical face. Six thin, shallow grooves on upper surface. Widely flaring wall. Hard, fine, micaceous, light red fabric (2.5YR ... Context of 200-125 ... Krater? Asia Minor? Fragment of rim.

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[Agora Object] P 32811: Black Glaze Beaker Fragment

Single fragment, broken all around. Straight near vertical wall, flaring at rim with tiny rim-flange. Fine gray-black ware; black slip, ending inside rim, polished on exterior. Eggshell ware. W. Asia ... 18 March 1937 ... Eggshell ware. W. Asia Minor product?

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[Agora Object] P 31979: Bowl Fragment with Rouletting: Gray Ware

Complete base with shallow floor, foot ring with high bevelled moulding; two steps at base of wall. Double ring of rather coarse rouletting on floor. Dark gray with much mica; black gloss (except on bottom) ... 9-15 May 1935 ... Dark gray with much mica; black gloss (except on bottom). Asia Minor ware.

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[Agora Object] P 9793: Water Jar

Fragment of body and chip of lip missing; otherwise complete. Body tapering to toe ridged above point; single handle. Ribbing on upper part of body. Dark gray clay. Traces of yellowish powdery substance ... 3 April 1937 ... ADDENDA N.W. Asia Minor series [JWH].

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[Agora Object] P 13059: Vessel Fragment with Paint Decoration

Two joining fragments preserve flat bottom and part of cylindrical body. Painted on exterior in dull red, parts of two horizontal lines with pendent semicircles. Rather gritty reddish clay, dark buff ... May 1938 ... ADDENDA Highly micaceous import, probably from Asia Minor (Maeander valley region) [JWH].

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[Agora Object] P 11475: Basin

Fragments of rim and walls missing. An oval-shaped situla. No traces of handles. Broad flat projecting rim. Deep basin, [perhaps portable toilet. JWH] Painted red inside; cream slip outside. [Rather clean ... 10 April 1937 ... Local? Asia Minor. JWH]

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[Agora Object] P 19283: Lekythos

Several small holes in body; minor chips; otherwise unbroken. Small trefoil mouth with deep collar and rounded rim. Very narrow neck; plump body; ring foot. Roughly ribbed handle, from below collar. ... 28 April 1948 ... Several small holes in body; minor chips; otherwise unbroken. ... ADDENDA Non-Attic: Asia Minor(?) (GRE).

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[Agora Object] P 9648: Unguentarium

Complete. Body tapers to small rough bottom; long narrow mouth; out-turned lip; no handle. Very broad spiral groove on body. Brown, highly micaceous clay. Unglazed. Pitch-like substance coats interior ... 1 April 1937 ... ADDENDA W. Asia Minor product, cf.

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[Agora Object] P 32029: Platter Fragments: Gray Ware

Four rim fragments (two with joining piece of floor) and four non-joining floor fragments. Flat floor, thick flat stepped-up rim, bearing fine diagonal cabling (recessed) on top edge. Micaceous gray ware ... 5-10 March 1936 ... Classic Asia Minor ware as P 32019.

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[Agora Object] P 4301: Bowl

Bowl with ring foot, slightly concave flaring side wall and straight, keeled rim. An Arretine-Samian shape. Pinkish buff clay, thin brownish glaze. Regional imitation of Arretine-Samian? ADDENDA Not ... 23 March 1934 ... ADDENDA Not local Attic fabric - perhaps Argive? or W. Asia Minor, 'ATTIKW' class (cf.

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[Agora Object] P 32193: Vessel Fragment

Three joining sherds giving about half of base. Low sloping foot ring; steep-sided (?) with angle above base. Clean orange-red clay, semi-glossy red slip, thin and duller on interior. Unclassified ware ... 2, 9 April 1949 ... Unclassified ware. (Asia Minor?), related to Pergamon wares?

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[Agora Object] P 9918: Jar with Dipinto

Intact save minor fractures. Small low ring foot; wide mouth; plain lip, slightly flaring; two ridged vertical handles. Below lip on one side, a dipinto in dull black (quite faded): Light brown clay ... 7 April 1937 ... Intact save minor fractures. Small low ring foot; wide mouth; plain lip, slightly flaring; two ridged vertical handles. ... ADDENDA W. Asia Minor (Maeander valley?)

[Agora Object] P 12842: Jug with Graffito

Chips of lip and base missing. Deep pear-shaped body on high ring foot with concave face. Narrow neck; flaring bell mouth finished with flat projecting lip. Ridges aroung neck and mouth. Twisted handle, ... 16 May 1938 ... ADDENDA Import Asia Minor (e.g. Ephesos, hardly Constantinople) [JWH/June 1981].

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[Agora Object] P 33069: Bowl or Jug Fragment: Gray Ware

Three joining fragments preserve whole of base and lower wall. Base of bowl(?) similar to P 33068. Flat, with low moulding at edge. Rounded lower wall. Three incised rings on bottom. Gray ware, as P ... 1-25 April 1936 ... Perhaps Asia Minor series, cf.

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[Agora Object] P 33823: Jug Fragments

Two non-joining fragments. (Body sherds perhaps discarded: see comment Nb. p. 886.) Tapering neck, outcurved at rim; flat-topped lip. Rounded body, raised base incorporating a slight foot-ledge. Two grooves ... 4, 9 April 1938 ... Related to Pergamon wares? Asia Minor Ware.

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[Agora Object] P 33088: Cup Fragments

Two joining fragments make up whole of base (a) and part of wall and rim (b). Slightly hollowed base with small molding, shallow lower part; high vertical wall with uneven groove above carination at bottom; ... 22-27 April 1932 ... Red ware with brownish surface tint. Asia Minor (or local?)

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[Agora Object] P 22061: Plate Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve all the profile but the center of the floor. Plate on low ring foot; flaring wall with vertical rim set off by a pronounced keel. Single groove at top of rim. Hard reddish ... 1937 ... Traces of red glaze inside and out, fired black on exterior of rim. [Odd Asia Minor ware? JWH]

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[Agora Object] L 5101: Lamp

Nozzle and part of rim missing. Open socket. Bevelled base. Concave sides sloping inward. Grooved rim. Signs of burning. Inside, remains of metallic brown glaze; on outside, traces of glaze wash (?). Gritty ... July 1952 ... ADDENDA Cook feets clay in Asia Minor; type also.

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[Agora Object] P 32188: Beaker Fragment with Rouletting

Mended from four pieces: almost all of base and part of lower wall. Small base-molding/foot marked off above by groove, below by an offset; base flat. Steep-sided body, bearing multiple rouletting, with ... 23-25 May 1939 ... Thin brown ware with fine mica; exterior gray at top. Asia Minor series?

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1709

Krater? Asia Minor? Two joining fragments preserving one-fourth of rim. Overhanging rim, horizontal on top with ridge at outer edge. On overhanging edge, a scraped groove above convex area stamped with ... Context of before ca. 150 ... Krater? Asia Minor? Two joining fragments preserving one-fourth of rim.

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[Agora Object] P 17417: Jug

The handle and fragments of the body missing. Ring foot and rounded body curving continuously to round mouth. Micaceous gray clay, unglazed. ADDENDA This resembles 'Ampuritan gray' ware from Catalunya ... 20 July 1946 ... Say, 100-50 BC (i.e. near the end of this series) but no good parallels. An Asia Minor 'look-alike'?

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[Agora Object] P 33500: Unguentarium

Many joining pieces preserving about three-quarters of vessel; rim lost. Piriform shape. Tubular neck; flat base, neatly turned. Some turning scratches on body. Hard clean-breaking ware, light gray at ... 12-13 April 1948 ... Sepia-gray slip over mouth and upper neck, applied by dipping. Asia Minor product?

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[Agora Object] P 11298: Jug Fragments

Base and lower body missing. Piriform body; flaring neck; thickened lip with vertical face; strap handle lip to shoulder with imitations of rivet heads at points of attachment; raised ring at junction ... 27 May 1937 ... Micaceous fabric; probably from W. Asia Minor.

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[Agora Object] P 32019: Platter Fragments with Rouletting: Gray Ware

Three non-joining fragments mended from 10 sherds form half of rim and outer part of floor of a platter related to P 32018. Rim similar, smaller. Pair of grooves and rouletting on floor at the break. ... 7-9 March 1936 ... Dark brownish-gray ware with much mica; black slip, polished on upper surface. Asia Minor fabric.

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[Agora Object] P 32901: Jug Fragment

Four joining sherds preserving one side of base and belly. Low square foot ring; flat bottom; steep sides, gently curved. Faint ribbing at belly. Red ware, fairly thin, with two-tone slip; cream slip ... 23 April 1937 ... Lagynos derivative(?) Asia Minor (?) product (related types noted at Troy).

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[Agora Object] P 35033: Vessel Fragment: Thin-walled Ware

Part of a rim and wall (three joining fragments=a), and part of wall (b). Slender cylindrical form with plain lip. Two grooves and a carination at bottom (base missing). Drab brown to light gray ware, ... 15-16 May 1939 ... Probably Italian, rather than an Asia Minor product.

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[Agora Object] P 22782: Bowl Fragment: Brittle Ware

Four joining fragments give complete profile; one small piece does not join. Ring foot; steep sides; inturned rim; small horizontal handle attached to rim. Very thin fabric, gray at core, buff at surface ... 28 April 1952 ... ADDENDA The same ware is found in Labranda and Iasos in Asia Minor [22 Aug. 1962, Pontus Hillstrom].

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[Agora Object] P 31951: Krater Fragment: Stamped

Two joining fragments preserving ca. one-fourth of rim. Overhanging rim. Top surface horizontal, with ridge at outer edge. On overhanging edge, a scraped groove above convex area stamped with ovolo. ... 15-18 June 1949 ... Light red clay (2.5YR 6/6). Asia Minor? ADDENDA First idendified as plate or bowl fragment with stamped rim.

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[Agora Object] P 32195: Skyphos Fragments with Paint Decoration

Three wall sherds (2 joining). Two pieces of a high vertical wall, with carination preserved at bottom of a. Pairs of grooves near top and bottom of wall. Traces of added white paint on piece a: horizontal ... June-July 1947 ... Source: Central Greece? Asia Minor? Early Roman.

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[Agora Object] P 32204: Plate Fragments with Rouletting: Gray Ware

Two joining rim sherds (a), part of floor (b = four joining sherds) and a loose scrap. Flat floor, preserved to junction with a low foot; low thick upcurved rim (plain rounded form?-upper part very worn) ... 12 May 1932 ... Early in series -close to 86 B.C.? Asia Minor Series.

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[Agora Object] P 33431: Cup Fragment with Rouletting: Gray Ware

Single piece of rim and wall, with stumps of a handle. Roundish body, plain incurved rim with a flat band on inside. Remains of a vertical flat/ovoid-sectioned looped handle on upper wall. Vertical gouging ... 2 March 1934 ... Smooth light gray ware with thin gray-black slip, part polished and worn on exterior. Asia Minor (?) ware, related to Knidian?

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[Agora Object] P 11825: Fish Plate

More than half the rim and part of floor and foot restored in plaster. High base ring; slightly downcurved rim; shallow groove around central depression and inner edge of rim. Orange-buff clay. Outside ... February-April 1937 ... ADDENDA Asia Minor fabric (Samos?)

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[Agora Object] P 35238: Amphora Fragment

Neck, handles, and most of shoulder mended from five pieces (lower breaks suggest more pieces found). Broad cylindrical neck with slight cavity at bottom, rounded rim-molding; broad-bellied, with sloping ... 21-25 May 1937 ... Deep brown ware with much fine mica; surface wash. W. Asia Minor/Samos? A forerunner of the L.

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[Agora Object] P 33819: Jug or Bowl Fragment: Barbotine

Two joining body sherds. Near-vertical side of a semi-closed form, with a pair of grooves above. On main wall-zone, a large applied semi-circular hanging loop, perhaps imitating a swinging handle (W. ca ... 14 July 1947 ... Thin deep reddish-brown ware, fired dull brown-gray on outside; very fine mica. NW Asia minor series.

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[Agora Object] P 33782: Jug Fragments

Foot, most of lower body and one fourth of neck and rim missing. Three non-joining body sherds preserved. Capacious jug with high, rounded shoulder. Cylindrical neck decorated with widely spaced spiral ... 27 September-4 October 1947 ... Import, perhaps from Asia Minor coast. Hellenistic.

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[Agora Object] P 6874: Dish Fragments with Rouletting and Graffito: Gray Ware and Stamped

About one-quarter of the circumference preserved. Large flat-floored dish on ring foot; plain upturned lip, thickened, and rounded on the outside. On the floor, two bands of heavy crisscross rouletting, ... 26 February 1936 ... Micaceous gray clay, reddish at the core; black glaze; thin worn black slip underneath. Asia Minor fabric?

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[Agora Object] P 33822: Jug

About two-thirds preserved, mended up. One side of body and opposite side of rim and upper neck missing. Low-bellied ovoid body on a hollow "raised" base, made within a molding device. Fairly thin-walled ... 11 April 1938 ... Body undecorated. Brown Asia Minor ware, highly micaceous and flaky, with remains of a polished wash on exterior, fired yellow-gold where preserved.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1707

Krater: Asia Minor? Two nonjoining sections: one wall fragment (b: P 3229 b) and part of wall and rim (a: P 3229 a+ P 20593). Upper body of calyx krater with widely flaring, molded, overhanging rim ... Context of 150 to early 1st century ... Krater: Asia Minor? Two nonjoining sections: one wall fragment (b: P 3229 b) and part of wall and rim (a: P 3229 a+ P 20593).

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1659

Cup With Moldmade Feet: Imitation Pergamene? One foot, most of rim, and half of body restored. Three moldmade feet: grinning satyr mask with bald head, full, curly beard, and bunches of grapes over ears ... Context of 115-50 ... Hübner (PF VII, p. 51) identifies the cup as an imitation of Pergamene appliqué, with the moldmade feet reflecting a Pergamene type (ibid., no. 35, p. 188, pl. 5); she suggests that it may have been manufactured in Asia Minor. Large-scale dolphins and palmettes occur on West Slope vessels at Pergamon (AvP I, ii, p. 273, Beiblatt 38:4; AvP IX, p. 120, pl. 57:h:7, 8, 10, 11, 57:i, 1; AvP XI, i, nos. 333, 428, pp. 151, 164, pls. 54, 59; PF II, D 39, p. 61, pl. 13).