Funeral Lekythos with Relief Carving

    A funeral lekythos with relief. Above the seated figure is the inscription: ΠΕΙΘΙΣ. 4th c. B.C.

    Comments

    Bibliography

    AM 85 (1970), p. 84, no. 160, pl. 27.

    Schmaltz (1970), no. A 155.

    Hesperia 29 (1960), p. 84, no. 160, pl. 27.

    Agora XVII, no. 954, p. 168.

    Agora XXXV, no. 164, pl. 50.

    Type
    Image
    Date
    4th C. BC.
    Culture
    Medium
    Inscription
    ΠΕΙΘΙΣ
    Location
    Athens, Greece
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    Fragment of a Dedicatory Inscription Later Reused as a Door Sill

      A fragment of a dedicatory inscription, later re-used as a doorsill. Note the footwear on the left side of the stone and the large notch used to hold a door post. 1st c. A.D.

      Comments

      Bibliography

      Agora XVIII, no. H494, pl. 50.

      IG II2, no. 4116.

      Type
      Image
      Date
      1st C. AD
      Culture
      Medium
      Location
      Athens, Greece
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      Fragment of an Inscribed Funerary Lekythos

        A fragment of a funerary lekythos. Names are inscribed above the heads of the three figures: Τιμοκράτης, Κλεόμαχος, Τιμοκράτης. 

        Comments

        Bibliography

        Museum Guide (2014), pp. 26-27, fig. 14.

        Schmaltz (1970), no. A 214.

        Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 276, no. 124, pl. 55.

        Agora XVII, no. 994, p. 174.

        Agora XXXV, no. 182, pl. 57.

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        Culture
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        Location
        Athens, Greece
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        Fragment of a Shallow Marble Basin

          A marble basin fragment, written in the Attic alphabet, ca. 500 B.C. The rim is inscribed with part of an inscription reading: “of the Bouleuterion.”

          Comments

          Bibliography

          Museum Guide (2014), p. 148.

          Shear (1994), p. 236, no. 52, fig. 11.

          Guide (1976), p. 253.

          Ginouvès (1962), p. 307, no. 5.

          Guide (1962), p. 167.

          Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 143, fig. 102a.

          Agora III, no. 605, pp. 182-183.

          Agora XIV, p. 30, pl. 30d.

          Agora XVIII, no. A25.

           

          Type
          Image
          Date
          ca. 500 BC.
          Culture
          Medium
          Location
          Athens, Greece
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          Greek Inscribed Marble Base for a Bronze Statue

            A marble base for a bronze statue. The inscription honors a young woman, who received crowns for her service as a hearth initiate, and for leading the processions at important festivals for Apollo and Athena. 2nd c. B.C.

             

            Comments

            Bibliography

            Agora XVIII, no. H333, pl. 31.

            Date
            2nd C. BC.
            Culture
            Medium
            Location
            Athens, Greece
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            Dedicatory Fragment for an Ancient Greek Stairway

              A dedication of a stairway (ἄνοδος, ἀνόδου, ἡ), during the reign of the Roman emperor Publius Septimius Geta Caesar, ca. 200 A.D.


               

              Comments

              Bibliography

              Agora XVIII, no. C223, pl. 20.

              Type
              Image
              Date
              ca. 200 AD.
              Culture
              Medium
              Location
              Athens, Greece
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              Fragment of a Dedicatory Inscription with Later Corrections

                A fragment of a dedicatory inscription of the late 4th or 5th c. A.D. Two sets of smaller letters (ΤΩΝ and ΡΑ) can be found between lines 1 and 2. These are corrections to the original inscription.


                 

                Comments

                Bibliography

                Agora XVIII, no. X760, pl. 77.

                Type
                Image
                Date
                Late 4th to 5th C. AD
                Culture
                Medium
                Location
                Athens, Greece
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                Base of a Statue Created by Praxiteles

                  A base for a statue made by the renowned 4th c. B.C. sculptor Praxiteles (note the bottom line of inscription, "ΠΡΑΞΙΤΕΛΗΣ ΕΠΟΙΗ[ΣΕ]Ν῾. The inscription dates to ca. 50 B.C.-50 A.D. The base was later incorporated into the Post-Herulian Wall, a late Roman wall that was hastily built to fend off invaders. The base remains in this wall today.


                   

                  Comments

                  Bibliography

                  Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 55, no. 13.

                  Agora XVIII, no. H352, pl. 33.

                  Agora XXIV, p. 130.

                  IG2, no. 3886.

                   

                  Type
                  Image
                  Date
                  4th C BC
                  Culture
                  Medium
                  Location
                  Athens, Greece
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                  Fragment of a 426/5 Athenian Decree concerning Aphytis

                    A fragment of a Peloponnesian War-era decree of the Athenians concerning Aphytis, a city in the Chalcidice, a peninsula in northeastern Greece, toward the edge of Athens' imperial reach The decree concerned the importation of corn, and was modeled after a similar decree concerning Methone, another northern Greek city towards the outskirts of the Athenian empire. 

                    Later, the fragment was used as a Byzantine-era door threshold; the large round hole bored into the stone is for a doorpost.

                    Comments

                    Bibliography:

                    Hesperia 63 (1994), p. 172.

                    Hesperia 13 (1944), p. 211, no. 2.

                    Agora XVI, no. 15, p. 18.

                    IG I3, no. 62.

                    Date
                    426/5 BC
                    Culture
                    Medium
                    Location
                    Athens, Greece
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                    Grave Monument for Athenokles

                      A monument fragment in two pieces, dedicated to Athenokles. The man is depicted wearing a petasos and chlamys, a hat and cloak most often associated with farmers, hunters, and other rural people.

                      Comments

                      Bibliography

                      Clairmont (1993), no. 1.193.

                      Guide (1976), p. 300.

                      AgoraPicBk 10 (1966), fig. 34.

                      Guide (1962), p. 192.

                      Peek (1955), no. 344.

                      ILN (18 July 1936).

                      Agora XVII, no. 697, p. 133.

                      Agora XXXV, no. 78, pl. 23.

                      IG II2, no. 10593.

                      Type
                      Image
                      Date
                      4th C BC
                      Culture
                      Medium
                      Location
                      Athens, Greece
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