Back MatterSource: Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 28,No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1959)Published by: The American School of Classical Studies at AthensStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/147253 .

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Announcing a new series:

EXCAVATIONS OF THE ATHENIAN AGORA-PICTURE BOOKS

No. 1

POTS AND PANS OF CLASSICAL ATHENS 62 pictures of the ordinary equipment of Athenian tables and kitchens found in the Athenian Agora,

supplemented with vase paintings and terracotta figurines to show their use. A brief text includes apt quotations from classical authors.

Published March, 1959. 82 pages. 51/2 x 81/2 inches. Paper. 50 cents postpaid.

No. 2

THE STOA OF ATTALOS II AT ATHENS 40 pictures tell the story of the reconstruction of the Stoa, from details of the original building and

the state of preservation before work began through scenes of marble cutters at work to the finished building which is shown in detail.

Published June, 1959. 32 pages. 51/2 x 81/2 inches. Paper. 50 cents postpaid.

No. 3

Miniature Sculpture from the Athenian Agora 63 pictures of figurines show the variety of subjects favored from the bronze age to late Roman times,

in terracotta (chiefly), ivory and bronze. Published October, 1959. 32 pages. 51/2 x 8?/2 inches. Paper. 50 cents postpaid.

THE ATHENIAN AGORA RESULTS OF EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED BY

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

VOLUME III

LITERARY AND EPIGRAPHICAL TESTIMONIA By R. E. WYCHERLEY

Here are presented all the ancient written references, both literary and epigraphical, to the agora (including its environs) and its monuments. The Introduction summarizes chronologically the authors cited, evaluating the contributions of each. The texts are given in the original Greek or Latin, followed by a translation and a commentary. They are grouped in parts: the Stoas, Shrines, Public Buildings and Offices, Market, Honorary Statues, Miscellaneous including Boundaries, Trees, Kerameikos, Panathenaic Street, Old Agora. Within each part the .monuments are arranged alphabetically and under each monument the texts are listed alphabetically by author with inscriptions at the end. Many texts not given numbers in this order are included in the archaeological and topographical commentaries. Each section on a monumntent opens with a brief synopsis of the evidence contained in the texts which follow. The Index of Authors gives dates and editions as well as passages and inscriptions cited and is followed by an Index of Subjects. The plates show plans of the agora and its environs and of the route of Pausanias.

This collection of texts concerning a site of prime artistic, philosophical and political importance will fill a need long felt by students of all phases of the ancient Greek world. Its range in time (from the earliest written references in the 5th century B.C. through the Byzantine writers and lexica of as late as the 15th century), its completeness (many obscure texts are here available and epigraphical material found in the Excavations of the Athenian Agora up through the summer of 1957 are included), and its judiciously selectedl archaeological commentary make this volume invaluable not only as handy reference to the texts but equally for an understanding of the significance of those texts, which must be studied in connection with the results of the excavation of the area to give the true picture of its place and meaning in the history of civilization.

Published December, 1957. x + 9259 pp., 4 pis. Quarto. Cloth. $10.00.

ORDERS SHOULD BE PLACED WITH THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS c/O THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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NEW PUBLICATIONS OF

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

THE ATHENIAN AGORA RESULTS OF EXCAVATIONS CONDUCTED BY

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES AT ATHENS

VOLUME V

POTTERY OF THE ROMAN PERIOD-CHRONOLOGY

By HENRY S. ROBINSON

This first of two volumes dealing with the pottery of the Roman period found in the Athenian Agora presents the evidence for chronology yielded by eight closed deposits comprising some 850 pieces. These major groups have been selected from the mass of pottery of Roman times recovered both from habitation levels and deposits such as wells, cisterms, graves. It has been possible from these deposits, several of them stratified, to establish both a relative and an absolute chronology of the wares in use in Athens from the 1st century before Christ through the 7th century after Christ. For each group a general description of the location, character and chronology of the deposit is followed by a catalogue of the contents which includes, beside the pottery, objects other than pottery, chiefly lamps, but also terracotta figurines and Qther small finds. The pottery in each group is classified broadly under the headings Pergamene Ware, Samian Ware, Western Sigillata Wares, Other Fine Early Roman Fabrics, Miscellaneous Glazed and Non-glazed Wares, Coarse Household Wares, Cooking Wares, Large Storage Vessels, and then by shape under each heading. The brief general introduction contains a detailed glossary which does much to characterize the wares that follow.

Even before the second half of this study in which the local and imported wares will be analysed and a typological catalogue of coarse household and storage vessels given, the current volume will prove invaluable for the study of Roman pottery throughout the eastern Mediterranean, for it offers the most extensive chronological evidence yet available, thoroughly and carefully presented.

Published March, 1959. xiv + 149 pp., 76. pls. Quarto. Cloth. $12.50.

VOLUME IV

GREEK LAMPS AND THEIR SURVIVALS By RICHARD HUBBARD HOWLAND

In this publication of the terracotta lamps found in the Athenian Agora dating from the 7th century to 86 B.C. a new series of types is established. Early Roman lamps which are survivals of Hellenistic forms are included in the fifty-eight types and sub-divisions. These types are based on a study of many hundreds of lamps found in the excavations, only a selection of which are here catalogued. After an Introduction summarizing conclusions on lamp-makers, lamp types and inscriptions, the material is arranged by type. For each type the characteristics are described in detail and notable foreign connections are indicated; a brief catalogue of examples follows. Signed bases are given special attention. An Index of the dated deposits from which the lamps came and which yielded so much evidence for the chronology, a concordance listing the types of many lamps not catalogued, and a concordance of Broneer and Agora types are added. The plates include photographs of most of the catalogued items and full-sized profiles of many, plus drawings of all grafitti and signatures.

The unusually precise evidence for chronology offered by the Agora lamps makes this volume of outstanding value to the field archaeologist. The new detailed typology will be of great semrce to all to whom lamps of Athenian manufacture are of concern whether directly or indirectly. Epigraphers will appreciate the prosopography in the numerous signatures. In the broad historical picture, moreover, these lamps veritably shed welcome light on trade relations between Athens and other Mediterranean centers, on the financial situation in Athens in certain periods, as well as on the artistic interests and tastes of the populace.

Published June, 1958. ix + 252 pp., 58 pl8., chart. Quarto. Cloth. $12.50.

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