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[Agora Object] G 323: Bottle Fragment

Single fragment from lower part of small cylindrical bottle. Straight sides curve to slightly concave bottom. Almost colorless glass, greenish below where it is thick. North hypocaust room, furnace dump ... 6 April 1948

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[Agora Object] G 326: Bottle or Alabastron Fragment

Fragment with plain wide flat rim and part of cylindrical neck. Thick brownish glass. Soft fill in top of cistern A. Late Roman-Byzantine. 1645 Leica, 81-1-3 ... 6 April 1948

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[Agora Object] BI 604: Bone Pin

Tip broken off. A very thin one with roughly spindle-shaped head. Building P, room 3, floor of S.E. corner. 1259 Leica, XXXIV-13 ... 6 April 1948

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[Agora Object] BI 606: Bone Counter or Ticket

A round flat one. On the top bordered by a pair of incised grooves, a satyr head (mask) right. On the underside, the number 9, scratched bilingually. For a number of somewhat similar tickets from Alexandria, ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4438: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

One fragment preserves half of base and a little of body and rim. Rays on rim, with cornucopia lug. Signature in raised letters with fish below. Brownish glaze. Type XVIII (post-Sullan) of Corinth collection, ... 6 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4441: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Intact. Partially pierced handle; plain rim; rays on discus; nozzle set off by two grooves. Incised letters on bottom, with two circles. Transitional. No glaze. Thin red-buff clay. Type XXVII of Corinth ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4445: Lamp

Center of discus broken away. Surface much flaked. Similar to L 4444 (OO 517) in type and decoration. Small punched circles between the grooves on the underside. No glaze. Buff clay. Type XXVII Variant ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4451: Lamp

Mended from five pieces; top, much of rim and part of side missing. Double convex body; low base with raised disk at center, double handle with shouldering. The double band applied around the handle above ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4452: Mold Fragment for Lamp with Graffito

Fragment preserves mold for top and nozzle with rays on rim. Two letters scratched on back. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 48A of Agora collection. House E, fill in trench for drain. Late Hellenistic ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4453: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

Handle, half of bottom and side preserved. Partly pierced handle, grooved. Trace of decoration on rim; relief leaf at base of handle. Incised on bottom, within two circular grooves. Pinkish-buff clay, ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4454: Lamp Fragment

Broken all around. Fragment apparently from the top of a large plastic lamp, irregularly curving. At one edge (above lion's head) part of a hole suggesting a wick hole; and beside it a small pin hole ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] L 4512: Lamp Fragment

About half of discus, with a bit of the rim. Centaur, right, with lyre, on discus. No glaze. Orange-buff clay. Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Late Roman sandy fill, north of Bath. 1622 Leica ... 6 April 1948

[Agora Object] I 6100: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face and moulding above only preserved. Surface above moulding broken away. Part of the first four lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found among marbles, ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] I 6101: Record Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Smooth back and inscribed face only preserved. Surface flaked in spots. "POLETAI" record. Eight lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. Finished Found among marbles in ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] IL 1203: Lead Token

A: lion 's head, left, in high relief, with tenon at right. Countermark of dolphin in outline below. B: plain. Cf. IL 218, for same type. Entered as coin no. 4, for the day. Surface. Leica ... 5 April 1948

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[Agora Object] IL 1213: Lead Token

A: cornucopia between two ears of wheat. The letter E at upper left, the letter P at upper right. B: plain. Cf. IL 917. Entered as coin no. 8, for the day. North of retaining wall; Byzantine fill. Leica ... 6 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19207: Lid Fragment: Proto-Corinthian

Fragment from the rim of a large lid with narrow downturned edge. An animal followed by a bird, right. Added red on the animals; brown bands on the vertical face of the edge. Careful incision. The clay ... 5 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19203: Amphora Fragment with Dipinto

Neck and shoulder with both handles preserved. The broken edge appears to have been chipped away rather irregularly, after breakage (to adapt the neck as a stand for round-bottomed pots?). Handles from ... 6 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19204: Amphora Fragment

Neck of a large plain amphora, the neck tapering slightly to a heavy rim rounded outside. Handles, from well below rim, missing. Very heavy fabric of coarse red clay with many bits; light buff slip ... 6 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19488: Plate Fragment with Maker's Stamp and Rouletting

Part of flat floor and high foot preserved. Broad band of rouletting and fine grooves on floor. In center, part of stamp in planta pedis: Sealing wax red glaze. Western Sigillata. Late Roman sandy ... 6 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 33785: Lopas: Cooking Ware

Missing half of body and slightly over half of rim. Rounded body with marks of wheel-trimming. Slightly inclined upper wall. Projecting rim with flange for lid on interior. Loop handle attached to rim ... 5 April 1948