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[Agora Image] 2012.43.0217 (Section ΠΠ 53)

Pithos at 24/Α from southwest. A ΠΘ pithos at left. Uncovered to level of mosaic. Building E ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Pithos at 24/Α from southwest. A ΠΘ pithos at left.

[Agora Deposit] V 24:2: Archaic Well in OA

Well 2: archaic. Diameter, top ca. 1.00; bottom ca. 0.90m. Water level:ca -7.00m In the use filling, along with the plain water pots was a black-figured neck amphora assigned to the Edinburgh painter ... Last quarter of the 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΠΠ-1-100 (pp. 184-185)

Asteroskopiou Street. Area west of street of Hieroglyphs. Building A. Building C. South House. House B. Mosaic. Top levels of /-/ Byzantine omitted. Pithos at 24/A. Trenches. North-South II. North-South ... ΠΠ-1 184, 185 ... Building A ... Pithos at 24/A

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[Agora Image] 2012.76.1692 (89-13-14)

Walls and surface at ca. 54.30m. X = Pithos A. -> = Pithos B. From south ... AMS north 24 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jun 1989

[Agora Object] P 16837: Pithos Fragment with Relief Decoration

Broken all around. A tongue pattern in low relief. Clay pink at core, buff at surface. Cf. Agora XII, no. 1854. Well, main fill. 750 Leica, XXVI-53 ... June-July 1932

[Agora Object] P 16832: Pithos Fragment with Impressed Decoration

Fragment preserving part of neck and shoulder of large pithos. Raised band at junction of neck and shoulder. Below this, a band of rosettes in relief. Then a smaller raised band. Clay dark buff at surface, ... 1932

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[Agora Object] P 13733: Black Glaze Pithos Lid

Two non-joining fragments preserve profile from edge to close to center, where it rises sharply toward knob; restored in plaster. On underside two widely separated concentric rows of widely spaced "teeth" ... 17-27 February 1937, 1938

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[Agora Object] P 5293: Red Figure Cup Fragment: Type C and Inscribed

Medallion with plain reserved border. None of the stem remains, but a bit of the reserved handle space outside. Inside, the face of a youth, right, the edge of his right shoulder covering the lower part ... 4 April 1935

[Agora Object] P 13869: Pithos Fragment with Graffito

Fragment preserves about one-quarter of shoulder, neck and rim. Flat out-turned rim, with a series of small holes punched through it, in two groups. On the neck, five vertical strokes, possibly a graffito ... 28 May-16 June 1938

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[Agora Image] 2012.87.1610 (2006-23-10)

South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25 ... AMS north 1764 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Aug 2006 ... South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25.

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[Agora Image] 2012.87.1611 (2006-23-11)

South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25 ... AMS Cf. 2006-23-10 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 ... South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25.

[Agora Object] P 13948: Pithos Fragment

About one-third of mouth and neck preserved. Neck almost straight, flat out-turned lip. On shoulder, just below neck, a raised horizontal rib. Gritty micaceous red clay, gray at core. Well E. Leica PD ... 17-26 March 1937

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[Agora Object] A 957: Well Head

Parts of rim and nearly a quarter of wall missing; restored in plaster. A cylindrical drum, tapering around top. Heavy rim, flat on top and sharply profiled; lower wall thickened to form heavy collar ... 28 May-16 June 1938

[Agora Object] P 16836: Pithos Fragment with Relief Decoration

From shoulder of large pithos. At top of fragment, a raised ridge, below which lotus pattern in relief. Clay, various shades of brown; micaceous. Cf. Agora XII, no. 1515. Well, main fill. 750 Leica, ... June-July 1932

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[Agora Image] 2004.04.0031 (2002-24-07)

Bothros area (A) north of Wall H (B). Tile floor of Cistern J 2:20 (C). Pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D), Room 3 (E), Wall E (F), Wall F (G) and Wall G (H). North-South Road (I) at top. Plaster-lined ... Craig Mauzy ... southeast 5702 Horizontal (normal) ... 7 Aug 2002

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[Agora Image] 2012.61.0348 (2002-24-07)

ΒΖ South Area. End of season photo from above. (A) Bothros area north of Wall H (B). Tile floor of cistern J 2:20 (C). Pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D), Room 3 (E), Wall E (F), Wall F (G) and Wall ... Craig Mauzy ... AMS southeast 5702 Horizontal (normal) ... August 2002

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[Agora Image] 2012.61.0349 (2002-24-08)

ΒΖ South Area. End of season photo from above. (A) Bothros area north of Wall H (B). Tile floor of cistern J 2:20 (C). Pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D), Room 3 (E), Wall E (F), Wall F (G) and Wall ... Craig Mauzy ... AMS southeast Horizontal (normal) ... August 2002

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1515

Shoulder fragment. Below the ridge, a band of reversing lotuses, a bud at the base of each flower. The stamp was too wide for the band so that the downwards flower was sheared off at the calyx. From ... Context ca. 520-480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 1854

Base fragment. From bottom of fenestrated stand. Impressed tongues on vertical face and on finished surface at left; running spiral on the sloping upper part. Red pithos fabric, brown at surfaces. Also ... Context ca. 600-575 B.C ... Impressed tongues on vertical face and on finished surface at left; running spiral on the sloping upper part. Red pithos fabric, brown at surfaces. Also probably from a stand, P 16837 G 15:1-U Hesperia, XV, 1946, pl. 24, 5.

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[Agora Object] AP 2536: Pithos: Impressed or Incised Decoration

Fragments were found a little above and below this depth, but most came from it. Solid foot. Few bands of decoration; one lotus at neck, two incised lines and stamped decoration on body. Clay reddish ... 13 May 1938

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[Agora Object] P 7251: Red Figure Column Krater Fragment

Portions of the upper part only preserved, with about one-third of the rim and parts of both figured panels. Severely burnt, one side more than the other. Glazed inside except under shoulder; rim glazed ... 19-23 March 1936 ... Parts of three figures preserved, around a large pithos, the central figure holding up a basket of purple grapes. ... B) Komasts: at the right, the purple-wreathed head of a youth, left, and a hand; at the left, part of another head and hand. Fragments: a) From neck. b) Wall fragment depicts two silens at pithos. c) Silen, left. d) Pithos and legs(?).

[Agora Object] P 13774: Well Head

Most of mouth and neck of a pithos with high concave neck, flaring widely to broad rim, flattened above. Strengthened with plaster. Outer edge of rim roughly finished with a broad shallow groove. Reddish-brown ... 12-21 May 1938

[Agora Object] L 798: Lamp

Part of the discus broken away at the right. On the down sloping rim, a pattern of small ridges, much worn. On the discus, small dots, ridges and circles. On the reverse, a single concentric groove, within ... 20 March 1933

[Agora Object] T 2397: Figurine Fragment

The figure wears a tight-fitting garment with vertical folds; the garment appears to pass under the left arm and to be held up by straps over the shoulder. Upper left part of body and bent left arm, to ... 20 June 1947

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[Agora Object] S 737: Foot and Drapery Fragment of Female Figure

Much weathered. Rough-picked beneath, with surface cut off by drill holes. Broken at back. A female right foot, with drapery hanging down beside it. Possibly a pedimental piece from the Temple of Hephaistos ... 28 April 1936

[Agora Object] P 4976: Kantharos

Shape similar to P 4961 (Β 1291). Around bottom, wide band, then narrow one; handle zones set off by diagonally hatched bands between vertical lines. On body, each side, three metopes: a checkerboard pattern ... 13 March 1935

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1586

Bowl fragment with part of handle reserve on outside. Max. dim. 0.083; est. diam. of tondo 0.10. I, youth (face, part of head and shoulder) to right, a kidaris on his head. In the lower right at the ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... I, youth (face, part of head and shoulder) to right, a kidaris on his head. In the lower right at the break is part of an object that looks like the rim of a drinking horn. ... For the composition, cf. 1559 or 1585. The Pithos Painter (ARV2 one 117, 24; ARV2 141, 58).

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[Agora Object] I 3967: Kleroterion

Broken, full width and thickness preserved. Setting tongue at bottom. Back appears to have been rough picked; worn smooth from later use. Sides smooth. Eleven rows of slots. At the left side traces of ... 1935

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΛΛ-9-19 (pp. 1624-1625)

Byzantine Building 3 at 80-93/ΛΒ-ΜΑ; Tumble or Cobbling Over Road. Byzantine Building 3 at 80-81/ΜΓ; Cobbling. Byzantine Building 4; Room 16 at 91-94/ΚΖ-Λ; Strosis 1. Byzantine Building 4; Room 15 at 91-94/ΚΘ-ΛΓ; ... ΛΛ-9 1624, 1625 Lot ΛΛ 118 Lot ΛΛ 119 Lot ΛΛ 120 Lot ΛΛ 121 Lot ΛΛ 122 Lot ΛΛ 123 Lot ΛΛ 124 Lot ΛΛ 125 Lot ΛΛ 126 Lot ΛΛ 127 Lot ΛΛ 128 Lot ΛΛ 129 ... 13th A.D ... Byzantine Building 3 at 80-93/ΛΒ-ΜΑ; Tumble or Cobbling Over Road ... Byzantine Building 4; Room 15; Pithos A Contents ... Byzantine Building 5; Room 24 at 98-102/ΜΕ-Ν; Loose Filling by Walls J-F

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

http://agathe.gr/publications/picture_books.html

Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... These range from a wealthy Mycenaean chamber tomb, filled with the vases and jewelry of a rich noblewoman, to the poignant pithos burial of an infant from around 725 B.C., accompanied by eight tiny vases. ... The author not only sheds new light on the great philosopher’s life, but also provides a vivid reconstruction, through following the career of one of its most famous citizens, of daily life at the center of classical Athens. ... From their arrival in Greece, at the start of the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000 B.C.), horses were a powerful symbol of rank.