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[Agora Object] P 26397: Mold for Brazier Lug: Head

Complete mould. Head with flame hair. The back roughly smoothed off. Reddish micaceous clay. From Egypt (Canopus); gift of L. Benaki Leica, 93-63-25, 93-63-26 ... 1959 ... From Egypt (Canopus); gift of L.

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[Agora Object] P 26396: Mold for Brazier Lug: Head

Complete mold. Head in pointed cap. The back roughly finished off by hand, with a substantial finger-grip. Micaceous gray-brown clay. From Egypt; gift of L. Benaki Leica, 93-63-24(23), 93-63-27 ... 1959 ... From Egypt; gift of L. Benaki

[Agora Object] P 26395: Amphora or Hydria Fragment: Cretan or Alexandrian

Wall fragment from a large heavy-walled vase. On the exterior, a female figure in relief, facing. Nike? Black glaze, worn, outside; inside, gray wash? Plakettenvase. ADDENDA The Nike is from the same ... 1959 ... From Egypt; gift of L. Benaki.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1164

Flat bottom, left rough; thickened lip. Angular profile; wide neck; a groove at the top of the shoulder. Light red clay with large white particles; dull red to black glaze, much worn and peeled. Extremely ... Context ca. 580-560 B.C ... Somewhat similar, but the profile less angular, P 4793 F 12:5 Agora, VIII, pl. 13, 237, possibly from Egypt.

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[Agora Object] P 28077: Black Glaze Mug

Intact but slightly chipped. Flaring lip, wide ribbon handle, gently curving walls, wide flat base. Completely glazed except for reserved resting surface which has glazed outer ring and also has in center ... 11 March 1969 ... Purchased in Alexandria, Egypt.

[Agora Object] L 3807: Lamp

Nozzle, most of bottom and some of top preserved. An additional piece of top found in going through sherds. Long pointed nozzle with relief decoration on top; a tall vase (?) with vertical ribbing, and ... May 1939 ... Rowe notes this as the only example of a type XVIII lamp, which he has seen here which is of a short found commonly in Egypt. He considers it probably 1st. century B.C., and notes that it is commonly also at Delos; might been late Delian.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1775

Medicine Bottle. Handle and half of neck and mouth missing. Flat base with string marks. Irregular, barrel-shaped body with slightly angular shoulder. Short, thick neck; plain, slightly outturned rim ... Context of late 1st century B.C. and 1st century after Christ ... The shape of this and the two following bottles is paralleled by three bottles from Egypt stamped Διονυσι'(ου), Διονυσι'ου, and Διονυσι'ου λυ'κ[ιον⟧, respectively (Rowe 1942, no. 16, p. 59, pl.