[Agora Object] J 108: Jewelry Fragment

Seed pearl cluster strung on thin gold wire. The cluster formed by four small strands, wound together at one end, and finished with an added piece of gold leaf at the other. Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust ... 8 April 1948 ... Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area of bath to east of Poros Building.

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[Agora Object] J 250: Gold Jewelry

Very good condition. Two petals missing from the top rosette. The center petals on proper right rosette are slightly bent backward (intentionally?); on proper left, one is bent while opposite one is missing ... 10 June 2004 ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] J 252: Gold Jewelry

Intact, one end slightly twisted. Tri-facetted pendant shaped as a small horseshoe. Both ends taper to a point adorned with a tiny sphere. Attachment loop is a thin strap with median ridge, small sphere ... 2 July 2004 ... Gold Jewelry

[Agora Object] T 2194: Impression of Jewelry: Gorgon Head

Lower part broken off. Surface inside somewhat cracked. Mold for relief Gorgon head, with snail-shell curls around the face, and two snaky loops rising from the hair at the center above. Pinkish clay ... 24 April 1940 ... Impression of Jewelry: Gorgon Head

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 462

Wall fragment with start of handle. Max. dim. 0.061. Woman (head with fillet, upper part of body) wearing a peplos, a necklace, and an earring, standing frontally, head to left. At the right, egg pattern ... Early 4th century B.C ... White: fillet; jewelry.

[Agora Object] J 109: Glass Bead

Polygonal bead with diamond shaped facets. Pierced lengthwise. Dark glass, heavily oxidized. Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area of bath to east of Poros Building. Found with coins nos. 12-47, for the ... 8 April 1948 ... Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area of bath to east of Poros Building.

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[Agora Object] B 2060: Bronze Fragments

Over 150 miniscule fragments and amorphous lumps of bronze or copper representing item of jewelry or personal adornment worn by the deceased during cremation and melted out of shape. Original object unidentifiable ... 8-10, 12 April 1948 ... Over 150 miniscule fragments and amorphous lumps of bronze or copper representing item of jewelry or personal adornment worn by the deceased during cremation and melted out of shape.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 936

Shoulder fragment. Drip of glaze on inside. Max. dim. 0.033. Woman (head with diadem, right shoulder) to right, dressed in a peplos. She is adorned with a necklace and an earring. Behind her, frond of ... Ca. 420-410 B.C ... Added clay: jewelry; part of diadem.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1133

Fragment. Glazed on underside; fired brown on top side. Max. dim. 0.035. Woman (most of head and shoulders) to right, looking upward. She wears a peplos and sakkos as well as an earring and a necklace ... Mid-4th century B.C ... Added clay: jewelry. White: flesh.

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[Agora Object] S 2909: Grave Relief Fragment

Low, incised relief: left edge worked smooth and parts of two figures preserved. Head top to mid hip preserved of standing maid in peplos holding large jewelry box. She is in profile to right and stands ... 22 August 1977 ... Head top to mid hip preserved of standing maid in peplos holding large jewelry box. She is in profile to right and stands behind woman seated on klismos.

[Agora Object] J 107: Stone Piece from Earring

A pear-shaped drop of semi-precious stone (flawed ruby or garnet), pierced lengthwise to take a turned gold wire which ends in a small round suspension loop. Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area of bath ... 8 April 1948 ... Jewelry & Gems

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 459

Wall fragment from near rim. Reserved band on inside at top. Glaze slightly pitted. Max. dim. 0.06. Maenad (filleted head, left hand) to right, wearing a chiton and a nebris and holding a thyrsos (part ... Early 4th century B.C ... White: fillet; jewelry. Dilute glaze: spots on nebris.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 490

Wall fragment with start of rim. Narrow reserved band on inside. Glaze misfired reddish brown on part of outside. Satyr and maenad dancing. The maenad, dressed in a belted peplos, is preserved to mid-thigh ... Second quarter of the 4th century B.C ... White (flaked): wreath; jewelry; fillet.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 392

Wall fragment from just below rim with start of handle at right. Glaze slightly flaked. Max. dim. 0.07. Woman (back of head with sakkos, upper torso, most of left arm, start of right) standing frontally, ... Ca. 400 B.C ... White: jewelry.

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[Agora Object] J 106: Gold Earring

A double-volute top with flat pear-shaped drop, attached to a heavy wire which forms a single loop. Thin sheet of gold. It seems unbroken but would be upside down if worn with present loop. Deposit of ... 8 April 1948 ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] MC 251: Disk

Flat and circular. In relief in the middle, gorgoneion with protruding tongue. Around the edge, a double ring of raised dots. In the back, two very small holes, for attachment, near the center; and considerable ... 26 March 1936 ... A button or a medallion from a necklace made as grave-jewelry, and originally gilded.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 157

Wall fragment of lebes with turn of shoulder. Glaze fired a little brownish. Max. dim. 0.047. Woman (head, chest, upper part of right arm) standing to right, dressed in a peplos and adorned with a necklace, ... Early 4th century B.C ... Added clay: jewelry and ornaments.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 737

Wall fragment with turn of shoulder. Max. dim. 0.046. Choes and Anthesteria, p. 79, cat. no. 166, fig. 231. Woman (head, torso to waist, half of arms) leaning to right, arms outstretched. She wears a ... Ca. 400 B.C ... Added clay: jewelry. White: face, forearm(?)

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[Agora Object] S 2756: Grave Relief Fragment with Draped Female Figure

Young woman standing on right, overlapping the anta, is preserved from base of neck to waist. Left shoulder and chest sheared away. Contour of head visible in background plane. Right arm is overlapped ... 12 August 1977 ... Right arm is overlapped by rectangular object, possibly an open jewelry box. She wears a high-girded peplos with string over right shoulder and short sleeve.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1021

Fragment of lid with start of knob (offset by ring) and brim. Glaze partly flaked and abraded. Est. diam. 0.105; max. dim. 0.092. Pairs of women's heads facing, water bird between. On the left, forehead ... Second quarter of the 4th century B.C ... Added clay: front of each sakkos; jewelry. White: flesh; bird's head, contour of its neck, belly and legs.

[Agora Object] PNM 8: Bronze Earring

Above are two square plinths, superimposed. Thin edges lightly rilled. To the top of the upper is attached the plain bronze ring. From the lower hangs a mass of bronze shaped to resemble a cluster of grapes ... 11 December 1930 ... (Cat. Jewelry), nos. 1670-1673 - mold very elaborate - pyramid is only part of complicated design (1672-3 very definitely IVth BC)- from (?)

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[Agora Object] J 112: Stone or Glass Part of Ring

Oval inset from bezel of ring. Thick seal, the sides vertical, bevelled to the obverse. Nude male figure standing right, carrying a pair of scales over left shoulder, and a small bag in his right hand ... 8 April 1948 ... Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area of bath to east of Poros Building.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 533

Wall fragment from just below rim. Narrow reserved band on inside. Max. dim. 0.059. Woman (most of wreathed head, body to about waist level, start of arms) standing frontally, head to left. She wears ... Mid-4th century B.C ... White: jewelry; stem and berries of wreath; cake.

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[Agora Object] J 110: Carnelian Part of Ring

Oval inset (seal) from bezel, bevelled. Intaglio; bearded head, left, resting on birds' legs and provided cap, finished with a horse 's head at the top, the horse holding a wreath in its mouth. Symbols ... 8 April 1948 ... Jewelry & Gems

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1083

Fragment, rather flat and glazed on underside. Max. dim. 0.073. Woman (top of head, part of legs missing) bending over to right, holding a round striped object in her right hand and a narrow box in her ... Late 5th or early 4th century B.C ... Added clay: jewelry. It is uncertain what the round object is.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 447

Fragment of rim and wall. Reserved band on inside of rim; another, 0.055 below rim. Glaze fired red on outside. P.H. 0.099; max. dim. 0.183; est. diam. at rim 0.38. Apollo and the Muses(?). Apollo (wreathed ... Early 4th century B.C ... Dilute glaze (mostly gone): jewelry; drawing on white; loose locks of right Muse's hair.

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[Agora Object] J 111: Carnelian Part of Ring

Oval inset (seal) from bezel, bevelled. Similar to J 110, but slightly smaller. Chip missing from lower left. Intaglio: standing semi-draped female figure (Aphrodite) left, seen from three-quarters near ... 8 April 1948 ... Jewelry & Gems

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1660

Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.054. Burn, Meidias Painter, p. 118, cat. no. MM 153. Woman (upper part of body, right arm) to right, wearing a chiton and himation, also a necklace and bracelet. In front of ... Ca. 410-400 B.C ... , now flaked: jewelry. For the identification of the object as a thymiaterion, see the one held by Eros on Florence 81947 by the Meidias Painter himself (ARV2 1312, 2; Paralip. 477, 2; Addenda 361; Burn, Meidias Painter, p. 97, cat. no.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 996

Wall fragment of pyxis with part of flange for lid. Max. dim. 0.059. D. B. Thompson, An Ancient Shopping Center (Agora Picture Book 12), Princeton 1971, fig. 57. Wedding scene(?). A woman (preserved to ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Added clay and gilded: stephane; jewelry; phialai. The Eretria Painter [I.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 110

Two non-joining wall fragments, one (a) with start of handle. Glaze much pitted, especially on a; deep scratches on surface of a. Max. dim. a) 0.14, b) 0.12. Fragment a (illustrated) shows a woman (preserved ... Early 4th century B.C ... Added clay: fillet, jewelry on left woman; Eros.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 383

Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.082. Burn, Meidias Painter, p. 118, cat. no. MM 152. Women. At the left, the lower neck and left shoulder of one, probably seated. She wears a chiton and necklace. Next to her ... Ca. 400 B.C ... Added clay: jewelry; dot on first woman's shoulder (a brooch[?])

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 682

Most of body, all of base. Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted. Non-joining handle. Dull black glaze on inside. P.H. 0.16; diam. 0.173. Max. dim. of handle 0.14. Satyr and maenads ... Early 4th century B.C ... White: fillets; jewelry; pelt; dot on left tympanon.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1004

Wall fragment of pyxis with flange for lid. Much of the glaze has pitted, especially at the top. P.H. 0.108; est. diam. 0.14. Women and Eros. Eros stoops to left about to put a fillet around the head ... Early second quarter of the 4th century B.C ... Added clay: jewelry, fillet, dots on black border of peplos; edges of wings; dots on chest.

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[Agora Object] G 858: Glass-Paste Bead

Surface friable. Round shape bead. Pierced at center. White-brown glass paste. Mycenaean LHIIIA. Finished Level 4 of southeast undercut of Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:10. Fragile, handle with care ... Mycenaean LHIIIA ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] BI 1383: Branch of Coral

Fifteen fragments of coral; fragmentary and very corroded. Varying sizes. Most of them in long cylindrical shape. Natural perforation at center. White to light brown coral. Identified as member of ... Mycenaean LH IIIA ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] B 2244: Bronze Wire Fragments

Three tiny wire fragments; surface corroded throughout and covered with a hard encrustation. Round in section, unpierced. Probably part of necklace as found with glass paste beads (J 273). Finished Level ... Mycenaean LH IIIA ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] J 230: Carved Ring Bezel

Intact. Small oval carved ring bezel of translucent green stone. Convex front and back meeting at a sharp edge. Helmeted, draped seating female figure holding a Nike in outstreched left hand, the rim ... 17 June 1999 ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] J 231: Spherical Faience Beads

Ten beads: five are complete, three are cracking and peeling, and the other two have lost about half of their volume. The surface in general is very friable. Spherical beads pierced through the center ... 24 July 1998 ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] J 232: Tear Drop Shaped Faience Beads

Seventeen beads: eight appear to be complete; the other nine are partially truncated. Long tear drop shape with vertical grooves, pierced through center. White creamy glass paste. Finished Mycenaean ... 24 July 1998 ... Jewelry & Gems

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[Agora Object] J 233: Faience Beads

Seventeen small beads. Four are intact. Twelve others are friable and iridescent. The smallest one was broken during handling. Roundish beads, some more flattened than others, pierced through the center ... 24 July 1998 ... Jewelry & Gems