Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria

    Altar of Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria, the principal mythological protectors of Athenian phratries.

    Comments

    Bibliography

    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.

    Type
    Image
    Date
    Late 4th C. BC
    Culture
    Medium
    Inscription
    ΦΡΑΤΡΙΟΥ
    Location
    Athens, Greece
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    Relief of the Cave of Pan (The North Slope of the Acropolis)

      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.

      Comments

      Bibliography

      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.

      Type
      Image
      Date
      ca. 330 BC
      Culture
      Medium
      Location
      Athens, Greece
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      Votive Stele to the hero Kallistephanos

        An inscribed votive stele for the hero Kallistephanos, with a scene from the workshop of a cobbler, Dionysios.

        Comments

        Bibliography

        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.

        Type
        Image
        Date
        4th C. BC.
        Culture
        Medium
        Location
        Athens, Greece
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        Official Bronze Stater from the Athenian Agora Excavations

          An official standard bronze weight indicating a stater, or nearly two pounds.

          Comments

          Bibliography

          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.

          Type
          Image
          Date
          ca. 500 BC.
          Culture
          Medium
          Inscription
          ΣΤΑΤΗΡ
          Location
          Athens, Greece
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          Inscribed Fragment of a Panathenaic Amphora

            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.

            Comments

            Bibliography

            Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 343, no. 27, pl. 82.

            Peters (1942), p. 7.

            Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 56, fig. 10.

            Type
            Image
            Date
            3rd C. BC
            Culture
            Inscription
            ...ΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ/...ΩΝΟΣ
            Location
            Athens, Greece
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            Fragment of a Monument Celebrating a Tribal Victory at the Panathenaia.

              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.”

              Comments

              Bibliography

              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.

              Type
              Image
              Date
              ca. 400 BC
              Culture
              Medium
              Inscription
              ΛΕΟΝΤΙΣ ΕΝΙΚΑ
              Location
              Athens, Greece
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              Monument Fragment with a Relief of a Butterfly

                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.

                Comments

                Bibliography

                Agora XVIII, no. C189, pl. 14.

                Agora XXXV, no. 384, pl. 125.

                Date
                1st - 2nd C. AD
                Culture
                Medium
                Location
                Athens, Greece
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                A Grave Monument for a Girl found in the Athenian Agora

                  A fragment of a grave monument for a girl, found in a modern wall south of the Market Square in Athens.

                  Comments

                  Bibliography

                  Hesperia 30 (1961), p. 283, no. 158, pl. 60.

                  Agora XVII, no. 740, p. 139.

                  Agora XXXV, no. 249, pl. 80.

                  Type
                  Image
                  Date
                  1st to 2nd C. AD
                  Culture
                  Medium
                  Location
                  Athens, Greece
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                  Base of an Altar to Nemesis from the Athenian Agora

                    The base for a miniature votive altar dedicated to the goddess Nemesis, the goddess of retribution.

                    Comments

                    Bibliography

                    Hesperia 12 (1943), p. 87, no. 26.

                    Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 77.

                    Agora XVIII, no. V608, pl. 60.

                    Type
                    Image
                    Date
                    3rd C. AD
                    Culture
                    Medium
                    Location
                    Athens, Greece
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