Bronze Ballots
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Bronze ballots (inscribed ψῆφος δημόσια, public ballots). 4th c. B.C. Athenian Agora Excavations.
Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria
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Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria, the principal mythological protectors of Athenian phratries.
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Relief of the Cave of Pan (The North Slope of the Acropolis)
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A relief of the Cave of Pan (north slope of the Acropolis), showing divinities gathered at a rustic altar for the birth of a baby (Dionysus or Ion?). The bottom of the relief is inscribed with the name of the dedicator: Neoptolemos, son of Antikles, of the deme Melite.
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Museum Guide (2014), pp. 43-44, 93, fig. 44.
AgoraPicBk 27 (2006), p. 50, fig. 53.
Ajootian (2005), p. 247, fig. 26.
Baumer (1997), pp. 70, 78, 82, 87, 113-114, 135, pl. 25.1.
Güntner (1994), p. 128, no. A 54, pl. 12.2.
Guide (1990), p. 201, fig. 131.
AM-BH 13 (1989), pp. 158, 199, 214, 240.
Camp (1986), p. 205.
Texte et Images (1984), pp. 59-60, pl. XVII, figs. 1, 2.
AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), title page.
Palagia (1980), pl. 67.
Neumann (1979), pl. 31a.
Guide (1976), p. 193, fig. 100.
Hesperia 42 (1973), pp. 168-170, pl. 35.
OpRom IX (1973), pp. 183-191.
ArchDelt 19 (1964).
Agora XXIV, p. 20, n. 215.
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Votive Stele to the hero Kallistephanos
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An inscribed votive stele for the hero Kallistephanos, with a scene from the workshop of a cobbler, Dionysios.
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Museum Guide (2014), pp. 58, 60, fig. 37.
Hesperia 81 (2012), p. 476.
Hesperia 64 (1995), p. 124, no. 12.
AgoraPicBk 23 (1994), p. 11, fig. 14.
Guide (1990), p. 212, fig. 134.
Camp (1986), p. 147.
AgoraPicBk 19 (1980), p. 28, fig. 56.
Guide (1976), p. 208, fig. 107.
AJA 77 (1973), fig. 209.
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Official Bronze Stater from the Athenian Agora Excavations
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An official standard bronze weight indicating a stater, or nearly two pounds.
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Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 23, fig. 16.
AgoraPicBk 4 (2004), p. 30, fig. 34.
Camp (1986), p. 127.
AgoraPicBk 20 (1982), fig. 6.
Guide (1976), p. 251, fig. 131.
Travlos (1971), fig. 701.
AgoraPicBk 4 (1960), fig. 14.
Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 362, fig. 51-52.
Agora X, p. 25, pl. 1, no. BW1.
Agora XIV, p. 44, pl. 33.
IG I3, 1411.
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Inscribed Fragment of a Panathenaic Amphora
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A fragment of a Panathenaic Amphora with an inscribed pedestal for a figure. These Amphorae held the olive oil which was given as a prize to victors in the Panathenaic Games. 3rd c. B.C.
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Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 343, no. 27, pl. 82.
Peters (1942), p. 7.
Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 56, fig. 10.
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Fragment of a Monument Celebrating a Tribal Victory at the Panathenaia.
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A fragment of a sculpted monument commemorating a tribal victory in the ἀνθιππασία (team cavalry display) at the Panathenaic games. On the back is the inscription ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣ ΕΝΙΚΑ, “the Leontis tribe won.”
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Museum Guide (2014), pp. 32, 46-48, fig. 28.
Camp and Mauzy (2009), p. 31, fig. 31.
AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), p. 29, figs. 41, 42.
Guide (1990), p. 204, fig. 132.
AM-BH 13 (1989), pl. 212.
Camp (1986), pp. 2, 121.
Hesperia 47 (1978), p. 194.
Guide (1976), p. 198, fig. 101.
Hesperia 40 (1971), p. 271, pl. 57c.
Agora XIV, p. 95, n. 72.
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Monument Fragment with a Relief of a Butterfly
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A fragment of a three-sided tripod base with a relief of a butterfly one one side. The fragment was possibly a Roman choregic monument, which was a type of trophy erected in honor of a Choregos (χορηγός, χορηγοῦ, ὁ), a chorus leader. Such monuments were generally erected to Choregoi who saw their productions victorious in the city Dionysia. 1st-2nd c. A.D.
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Agora XVIII, no. C189, pl. 14.
Agora XXXV, no. 384, pl. 125.
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A Grave Monument for a Girl found in the Athenian Agora
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A fragment of a grave monument for a girl, found in a modern wall south of the Market Square in Athens.
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Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 283, no. 158, pl. 60.
Agora XVII, no. 740, p. 139.
Agora XXXV, no. 249, pl. 80.
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Base of an Altar to Nemesis from the Athenian Agora
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The base for a miniature votive altar dedicated to the goddess Nemesis, the goddess of retribution.
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Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 87, no. 26.
Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 77.
Agora XVIII, no. V608, pl. 60.
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Museum Guide (2014), p. 25, fig. 11.
Hesperia 60 (1991), p. 246.
Travlos (1971), fig. 720.
Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 616-617, figs. 4, 5.
Agora III, no. 112, p. 52.
Agora XVIII, no. V628.