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[Agora Object] P 3933: White Ground Lekythos Fragment

Fragment from wall and lower body of large lekythos. White zone bordered at bottom by yellow glaze lines. Fine in matte red. Preserved is only right arm and leg and part of drapery of a partially draped ... March 1934 ... Fragment from wall and lower body of large lekythos. White zone bordered at bottom by yellow glaze lines. ... It wears, over the shoulders and dropping nearly to the feet a red himation, bordered in white. Black glaze on lower body fair, but partly brownish.

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[Agora Object] P 37622: White Ground Black Figure Lekythos Fragment

Single body fragment of a lekythos; broken all around. Straight wall curving in towards bottom. Interior reserved. On exterior: added white on wall. At lower wall series of black glaze lines: thin line ... 14 March 1939 ... Interior reserved. On exterior: added white on wall. At lower wall series of black glaze lines: thin line over white ground, two black glaze bands below with reserved line between. Thin added purple lines, one on upper black glaze band, two preserved on lower.

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[Agora Object] P 3929: White Ground Lekythos

Neck, handle, foot and most of one side of vase gone. Shoulder, very flat, reserved, with dots and rays in black glaze. Brownish-black glaze paint for maeander below shoulder and outlines and tails of ... March 1934

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[Agora Object] P 32805: White Ground Skyphos Fragments

Three non-joining fragments of rim and wall. Surface very worn, white ground nearly gone on fragments b) and c). Concave, black glazed rim. On body, white ground with black glazed verticals, probably lotus-buds ... 3-8 August 1994 ... Surface very worn, white ground nearly gone on fragments b) and c). Concave, black glazed rim. On body, white ground with black glazed verticals, probably lotus-buds. ... Interior black glaze mottled red.

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[Agora Object] P 1518: White Ground Lekythos Fragment

Mended from two pieces. Shoulder decorated by a series of three palmettes with tendrils, bound above by a band of ovules. These in red on white ground; the neck above in glossy black glaze. Pinkish-buff ... 14 March 1933 ... These in red on white ground; the neck above in glossy black glaze.

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[Agora Object] P 30052: White Ground Cup Fragment

Single fragment broken on all sides. Edge of stem preserved. The middle torso of a figure painted on a white ground. To right, an arm bent at the elbow? Painted in black, brown and dull red. Black glaze ... 27 June-5 August 1972 ... Single fragment broken on all sides. Edge of stem preserved. The middle torso of a figure painted on a white ground. ... Black glaze on outside.

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[Agora Object] AP 1618: White Ground Bowl Rim

Interior black glaze; palmette and fighting Athena; purple paint on drapery, white letters on shield. Χ Α Δ Ε Carl Roebuck, Nb. No. 6. Well A, Y-6. 29 ... 23 March 1938 ... Interior black glaze; palmette and fighting Athena; purple paint on drapery, white letters on shield.

[Agora Object] AP 2314: Phiale (Rim)

White dots on black glaze interior. Probably same pot as AP 1230. Not found Feb. 2022 Carl Roebuck, Nb. No. 8. Well E, 3.85-4.80m. 467 ... 24 May 1938 ... White dots on black glaze interior.

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[Agora Object] P 7695: White Ground Lekythos Fragment

From the upper part of a white ground lekythos. A woman's head, right, wearing her hair in a knot, flaring behind. A broad fillet, earrings, and black himation(?) over white chiton. The white ground is ... 16 May 1936

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[Agora Object] P 5200: White Ground Alabastron Fragment

Good firm creamy white ground; from a lekythos or an alabastron. Left, a palm tree; right, a flying bird, its head turned back (left). Drawing in black glaze. 6th.-5th. c. fill over road. B' building fill ... 23 March 1935

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[Agora Object] P 6500: White Ground Plate Fragment

The bowl is set off from the rim by a small moulding, inside and out. Around edge of floor inside, conventional tongue pattern. Representation preserves only toes of a figure facing right; letter Χ in ... 27 February 1935

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[Agora Object] P 3930: White Ground Lekythos Fragment

Broken off at shoulder, large parts of side walls and foot missing. Brownish-black glaze for bands below shoulder; matte pink for outlines of figure. Traces of gray or another color for fillets on stele ... March 1934 ... Brownish-black glaze for bands below shoulder; matte pink for outlines of figure. ... Only the right hand line of the stele can be made out, and one or two fillets across it near the bottom. Black glaze on lower body fair. Above it is a narrow reserved band and line of brownish glaze at the bottom of the white zone.

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[Agora Object] P 5234: White Ground Lekythos Fragment

Fragment of wall preserved to just below the shoulder. A woman, seated right, in a high-backed chair, holds a wreath in her outstretched right hand. Broken away below the waist. She wears a thin chiton ... 16-19 March 1935

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[Agora Object] P 10339: White Ground Lekythos

Across the front, horizontal bands of ornament center, ivy spray; above and below stripes, bands of lattice work and a maeander. These painted in black glaze on the white ground. On shoulder, rays on the ... 26 March 1936 ... These painted in black glaze on the white ground. On shoulder, rays on the red clay. ... Grave 10 (1). Not on Agora grid.

[Agora Object] P 12748: Vessel Fragment: Gnathia Vase

From the wall of a large open vase. Outside, elaborate painted decoration: an ivy garland (white); hanging from it, two broad dark red streamers and a white leaf; over painting in thinned glaze on the ... 11 May 1938 ... Outside, elaborate painted decoration: an ivy garland (white); hanging from it, two broad dark red streamers and a white leaf; over painting in thinned glaze on the white; and in white on the red. Good black glaze, considerably pitted, inside. ... Webster, "Masks on Gnathia Vases", JHS 71 (1951), pp. 222-232.

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[Agora Object] P 3928: White Ground Lekythos

Neck and handle missing and many fragments of walls. Shoulder plain, except a single line of brown glaze at edge. Similar brownish-black used for horizontal lines above and below scene. Yellow-brown matte ... March 1934

[Agora Object] P 5272: White Ground Lekythos

Intact; the neck and handle was somewhat damaged in the making. Foot convex. Pedimental tall grave stele, approached from left by youth wearing a himation, his right hand held out. Traces of two red bands ... 5 April 1935

[Agora Object] P 10340: White Ground Lekythos

Pattern across front in black glaze. Broad latticed band, above which stripes and a maeander, stripes, grill work. Cf. P 10339, Beldam Painter. Grave 10 (2). Not on Agora grid. Leica, 6-173 ... 26 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 18454: Kantharos Fragment

Rim and wall fragment. Decoration in added white on black, and dilute glaze on reserved areas, the two alternating to form the patterns. Decoration, from the lip down: On the lip, black tongues; then a ... 6 August 1947 ... Decoration in added white on black, and dilute glaze on reserved areas, the two alternating to form the patterns. Decoration, from the lip down: On the lip, black tongues; then a band of lozenges, alternating black with white, and reserved; then an ivy band, white on black; then a band of feather pattern, alternating techniques. ... Excellent black glaze.

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[Agora Object] P 3931: White Ground Lekythos Fragment

Mouth and handle missing; lower body and foot; large parts of shoulder and walls. Blackish-brown glaze, for lines at edge of shoulder, top of body and bottom of white zone. Pink matte color for scrolls ... March 1934 ... Blackish-brown glaze, for lines at edge of shoulder, top of body and bottom of white zone. Pink matte color for scrolls on white shoulder, for maeander, for outlines and details of scene. ... Black glaze on neck, fair.

[Agora Object] P 15258: Plastic Attachment: Female Head

Woman's head, wreathed; broken off behind and at neck. Traces of white on face, of black glaze on hair and behind. Great Drain to south, Hellenistic sand. 1788 Leica ... 23 May 1939 ... Traces of white on face, of black glaze on hair and behind.

[Agora Object] P 15435: Lekythos Fragment

Shoulders and chest of nude(?) male figure; arms and neck broken off. Black glazed lekythos neck sprouts from back; white on the figure; black glaze on the neck. North of Roman bath, brown fill with Byz ... 7 June 1939 ... male figure; arms and neck broken off. Black glazed lekythos neck sprouts from back; white on the figure; black glaze on the neck.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 963

Large piece of wall and rim missing. Narrow, flat resting surface; pointed underside. Flaring rim. Wall offset from floor inside. Rouletting on floor. Very hard, reddish brown fabric (2.5YR 5/4) with ... 150-125 ... Rouletting on floor. Very hard, reddish brown fabric (2.5YR 5/4) with white inclusions; thick, shiny black-to-reddish brown glaze, stacking line on inside wall.

[Agora Object] P 10357: White Ground Cup Fragment

Part of upper part of head with forearm thrown back across it. Hair and drawing of arm in shaded reddish glaze, ear and eye in a relief line; a fillet(?) in added clay. Large scale. Creamy ground. Black ... March 1936

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[Agora Object] AP 1099: Votive Cup

Fragments of cup. Black glaze inside. Black and red bands outside. Black decorations on white ground on rim between handles. Oscar Broneer, Nb. No. 4. Well M, 2.10-3.10m. 139 ... 17 May 1937 ... Fragments of cup. Black glaze inside. Black and red bands outside. Black decorations on white ground on rim between handles.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1635

Deep Bowl: Gnathia Ware. Single wall fragment, broken all around; inner surface pitted. Large, open vase with nearly vertical wall. At top, an ivy vine with white stem and dot rosettes, yellow sponged ... Early 3rd century ... At top, an ivy vine with white stem and dot rosettes, yellow sponged over white on leaves. Two broad red fillets hang from vine, the one on the right shorter and with a white fringe; pattern of white lines and dots are painted over the red, and the right edge of the left fillet and left edge of right fillet are outlined in white. ... Hard, fine, very micaceous, pink fabric (ca. 7.5YR 8/4) with small black inclusions, partly mottled gray; black glaze.

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[Agora Object] P 32406: Black Glaze Pitcher

Intact except for chips on foot and rim and two small holes in body. Disk foot, ovoid body, narrow neck; thickened rounded rim; handle from shoulder to just below rim, oval in section. Thin dull black ... 6 July 1995 ... Intact except for chips on foot and rim and two small holes in body. ... Thin dull black glaze, partially reserved on bottom. ... with coarse white inclusions.

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[Agora Object] P 5233: White Ground Alabastron Fragments: Inscribed

Broken top and bottom, and much damaged by burning; the glaze much peeled. Two panels, separated by vertical stripes, one beneath each ear, of maeander alternating with saltire cross. A) Draped female ... 16-19 March 1935

[Agora Object] P 3073: Black Figure Cup Fragment

The lower part of the band, and part of the black below it preserved. On the band, the foreparts of an animal left. Red on its shoulder. White (the mark only) on its neck. Details incised. Black glaze ... 5 February 1934 ... The lower part of the band, and part of the black below it preserved. ... Red on its shoulder. White (the mark only) on its neck. Details incised. Black glaze inside.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1148

Part of handle, neck, and body restored; mouth missing. Scraped groove below ridge at base of neck. On shoulder, alternating wreath and vertical branch, with white dot rosettes as spacers; double knotted ... 250-225 ... Some white overpainting on stem of wreath and two white fillets handing down from center. Branch has white dots on stem, two white fillets. Shiny black glaze, red on much of lower body and underside.

[Agora Object] P 23426: Black Glaze Kotyle

Mended from many pieces; foot, one handle, parts of body and rim restored in plaster. Short rays at base of wall. Glazed all over except between handles. Traces of white lines outside, just below rim ... July 1952 ... Traces of white lines outside, just below rim. Below handles, two bands of applied purple between three lines of white. Above rays, two purple bands and two lines of white. ... Streaky green to black glaze, misfired on one side.

[Agora Object] P 967: Black Glaze Plastic Attachment: Female Head

Handle fragment. Handle triangular in section; at its junction with the body of the vase, a plastic female head, with a heavy mass of hair bound with a ribbon. Glossy black glaze somewhat flaked; white ... 19 June 1932 ... Glossy black glaze somewhat flaked; white paint on ribbon. Thin streaks of glaze on interior.

[Agora Object] P 28524: Black Glaze Bowl: West Slope

Complete except for chips; mended from many pieces. Moulded ring base; convex walls; slightly downturned rim; upper surface of rim offset by scraped grooves with added miltos. Between grooves: vine pattern ... 29 April 1971 ... Between grooves: vine pattern done in clay and added white. On floor: scraped circle with added miltos; within circle, a large rosette done with alternating leaves of added clay and white. ... Metallic black glaze. Added white paint and tan slip.

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[Agora Object] P 10321: White Ground Lekythos

Front with picture rotted and broken away; repaired, but parts missing. Semi-black figure technique. Warrior hastening from right is in silhouette with details partly in incision, partly in white paint ... 21 March 1936 ... Front with picture rotted and broken away; repaired, but parts missing. Semi-black figure technique. ... The central, smaller, female has white on flesh and ornamenting dress which is in thin glaze. ... Above, maeander. On shoulder, rays.

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[Agora Object] P 377: Red Figure Krater Fragment

Mended from two pieces. For "figure", white laid on thick, and details drawn on top in thin brown glaze. Good glaze inside; outside not fired completely black. ADDENDA Bell or Calyx krater(?), seated ... 16 March 1932 ... For "figure", white laid on thick, and details drawn on top in thin brown glaze. Good glaze inside; outside not fired completely black. ... White laid on thick and details drawn on top in thin brown glaze.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 1642

Plate With Upturned Rim: Campana A? Center of floor, small part of foot, and three-fourths of rim and wall missing. Low, slightly flaring ring foot; flat, reserved resting surface; nearly flat underside ... Context of 250-165 ... Low plate with straight wall and small upturned rim. On floor, four palmettes within rouletting. Fine, hard, light reddish brown fabric (2.5YR 6/4) with white inclusions; very smooth, metallic black glaze, brown on stacking circle and underneath; finger marks on foot and lower wall. Closely similar shape in Italian black glaze: Morel 1981, Type 2233b, p. 150, pl. 36 (second half of 3rd century); for similar stamped palmettes cf.

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[Agora Object] P 10279: White Ground Lekythos

Part of lip broken away; repaired. Surface much damaged. Seated woman, her hand to her head(?); standing woman behind her. Border above, single maeander. Shoulder, black rays on the red clay. Yellow and ... 7 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 10372: White Ground Lekythos

Mended from many burned fragments. All preserved save small chips. Squat type. Maenad with thyrsos and patera. Folds of chiton in thin glaze. Rest of drawing in a thick black glaze line. Ground discolored ... 21 April 1936 ... Folds of chiton in thin glaze. Rest of drawing in a thick black glaze line. ... Neck set in a little on shoulder. Shallow groove at start of white near outside of shoulder.

[Agora Object] P 5753: Black Glaze Vessel Fragment with Paint Decoration

From a large open pot, bowl? On the outside, part of a garland, painted in white and clay color. Greenish-yellow clay with dull black glaze inside and out, entirely peeled on the inside, save for specks ... 14 May 1935 ... From a large open pot, bowl? On the outside, part of a garland, painted in white and clay color. Greenish-yellow clay with dull black glaze inside and out, entirely peeled on the inside, save for specks. On the outside, part of a garland, painted in white and clay color.

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 365

Small section of rim and upper wall. Three grooves below rim outside. Ivy garland. Main stem is two lines with white line between them; leaves on stems alternate with white dot rosettes. Metallic black ... 240-220 ... Main stem is two lines with white line between them; leaves on stems alternate with white dot rosettes. Metallic black glaze, red on lower interior.