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| Obverse: owl facing, between two olive branches.
Letters visible.
Reverse: plain.
Tholos Trench D, layer III. 1727 Leica ... 22 May 1937 ... Tholos Trench D, layer III. |
| A. group of symbols: dolphin, ear of wheat, kantharos with bird (?), star.
B. eagle (cock ?), head right, wings spread, and around the seal below a snake (?).
Possible traces of letters around (?)
Uncertain ... 18 May 1937 ... Tholos Trench D, late Roman disturbance. |
| Obverse: an eagle standing left, head turned back to right.
In the field to right, a standing draped female figure (Demeter or Artemis ?) with a long torch in either hand. In the field to left an inscription ... 22 May 1937 ... Tholos trench D, 1st layer.
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| Fragment from neck only with start of flaring lip. A sphinx seated to left; behind her a floral ornament; above, bands. Incision; applied purple on neck.
Flaky black glaze. Tholos trench W, layer d. 2470 ... 30 April 1938 ... Tholos trench W, layer d. |
Rim fragment of a black glazed cup with offset rim.
Scratched through the dry glaze outside:
Inside: Tholos Trench G, plundered trench of monument in fork of drain. (5th. to 4th c. B.C.) 1901 Leica ... 10 June 1937 ... Tholos Trench G, plundered trench of monument in fork of drain. (5th. to 4th c. ... PD 1133-6(D 37) |
Rim fragment from a large krater glazed on inside and in bands on outside. Ostrakon(?)
Incised on inside: Tholos Trench E, middle drain, gravel in bottom. 1814 Leica PD 1133-6(D 34) ... 2 June 1937 ... Tholos Trench E, middle drain, gravel in bottom ... PD 1133-6(D 34) |
| Intact except for very minor chipping. Surfaces smoothed.
Roughly biconical with comparatively narrow hole pierced vertically. Removed from lot by JKP, September 1996. Tholos trench U, pit in alley, layer ... 5 June 1938 ... Tholos trench U, pit in alley, layer d. |
Inscribed fragment.
Part of smooth upper surface preserved; otherwise broken.
Pentelic marble. 16/Α'*
H 11 Finished Found in late Roman context, above the Tholos wall trench, on the east. Leica ... 26 March 1934 |
| Three joining fragments, retaining parts of a leopard on either side. Hasty drawing; no relief contour; glaze brown to black.
Fragments of at least two other similar askoi in red figure remain in the ... 7 June 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of smooth picked left side preserved; otherwise broken.
Four to five lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. I 995. 25/Α'*
G 12 Found in late context, over the ... 11 April 1934 |
The base and much of the lower wall remain. Around the middle of the vase a band of hounds and foxes.
The black glaze has become a dull yellow color and has almost entirely flaked away.
Protocorinthian ... 27 April 1938 ... Tholos trench V, area of road, layer d. |
Rim fragment including about one-third of the wall, but none of the base. Long petal decoration with a nicked band around the top.
P 13316 belongs but does not join. Corresponds in dimensions, design ... 12 June 1937 |
| Fragment from middle of floor, retaining the attachment of the stem. A standing female figure, facing left, a large object in her upraised right hand. A spear-point is being driven into her right side ... 4 April 1938 ... Tholos trench V, layer d, room F(?). |
| Much missing; restored in plaster.
Slightly domed lid with a hollow knob on top.
Micaceous buff clay; unglazed.
Cf. Agora XXXIII, no. 723. Finished Tholos Trench F, kitchen dump. 1863 ff. Leica ... 7 June 1937 |
| Fragment from rim of a large krater glazed on inside and top of rim.
On underside of the rim: Tholos trench S, layer a, beneath last floor of south archaic house. 2245 Leica, IX-75 PD 1104-2h ... 8 March 1938 |
| Large flat base with short stem. The rim is entirely missing. Base rays; above them a band of net pattern in black and white; above this a zone of runing men.
ADDENDA Possibly an intrusion. This piece ... 27 April 1938 ... Tholos trench V, area of road, layer d. |
| Much broken and fragments missing from wall; restored in plaster. Flat base; deep bowl with flaring walls. Around the lower wall are running spirals; above this a broad band bordered by lines; below the ... 11 April 1938 ... Tholos trench V, room F, layer d, surface. |
| Handle and back part of body missing.
Low raised base; strap handle; vertical wall.
Black glaze somewhat flaked.
Type VI (early 4th. century variety) of Corinth collection, type 23C of Agora collection ... 18 March 1938 |
| Handle and much of wall missing. High base ring; steep wall with a flat rim that projects slightly both inside and out. Apparently a single horizontal handle.
Brownish glaze on inside, in bands on underside; ... 26 May 1937 |
| Five joining fragments preserving entire base and lower body, about one half of upper body, but only very small portion of lower neck of a small oinochoe or olpe.
Paint irregularly applied; fabric and ... 1 May 1938 ... Tholos trench U, Martyra along south side, layer (d). |
| Fragments from mouth and neck only; filled out in plaster. Around the neck a band of cloaked figures moving right. On top of the broad flaring rim a circle of incised rosettes. The surviving pieces suggest ... 14 April 1938 ... Tholos trench V, room F, layer d, west part. |
| Fragment of rim and upper wall. On rim are groups of transverse bars. Around the upper wall a band of warriors with helmets, shields and spears, to left, possibly in a boat. Solid silhouettes save for ... 28 April 1938 |
From a closed pot with rounded body. Below the ground line, tops of rays.
a) Front part of duck walking left; purple red on wing; part of ground line of upper frieze above.
b) From same frieze: back end ... 15 February 1935 ... This piece would seem to be from the upper of two duck zones, on the shoulder of a kothon or kothon-like vase.
d) (Ε 507) From the upper zone, with most of one duck right, and a bit of another. ... Later b) fragment: Tholos Trench F, Kitchen Dump Well, between burning and bottom of first curb stone. c) Tholos Trench T, layer (b). d) Stoa Pit H, layer VI. |
| Single fragment preserving small portion of test-piece cut from base and lower body of skyphos.
Although no draw-hole or clear edges survive, the paint on exterior is non-canonical, with smears of clay ... 1 May 1938 ... Tholos trench U-Martyra along south side, layer (d). |
| From a kantharos(?) or kalathoid(?). Trace of handle evident, however.
a) Outside lip, egg pattern; below, head of woman left, with part of a wing in front of her face.
b) Part of lip.
c) Part of standing ... 11 March 1935, 26 May 1937 ... Added clay for the leaves above the fillet.
d) Z 1193. Three fragments, mending to one, preserve part of the upper wall and plain rim; the shape either a very large kantharos(?) ... Fragment Z 1193 from Tholos Trench E, pocket in floor beneath layer III. |
| Rim fragments from a large lekanis lid; inside glazed black with narrow purple bands.
Outside, animal bands, a boar walking left, and above parts of two sirens left. Incised rosettes. Purple red added ... 16 March 1935, 1 June 1938 ... ; in the upper zone, a feline to r.
d) In the lower zone, a siren to l.
e) Rim fragment preserving part of the outermost frieze; the rear part of a feline to l. and behind it the forepart of a siren to l. ... Well 3 and Tholos Trench T, layers b and c. Fragment e) from Tholos Trench U, martyra along its south side, layer b. |
| Neck fragments of a great neck amphora with stepped lip; on each side of neck, a panel.
a) Mended from two pieces. Head and neck of a cock, left, head turned back. Heavy incision; added purple red on comb, ... Ca. 630-620 B.C ... Pendent hook spirals from upper panel border; in field, zigzags, dot and wheel rosettes, maeanders.
d) A bit from the neck of a second cock.
e) Joins a) above. ... Fragments e, f, g) from Tholos Trench T, layers (b) (d). |
| a)Fragment from floor only. In the medallion, a long-sleeved figure to right, preserved from shoulder to thigh, its right side only. Relief contours. Around the medallion, a maeander broken by dotted checkerboard ... 7 June 1937 ... No relief contours.
b) Fragment with much of one handle and the top of the palmette ornament between.
c),d),e) Three fragments from the exterior of a cup, probably but not certainly the same as a) and b).
c) Rim fragment. ... From the left, the hand of another figure, holding out a kotyle towards him.
d) Rim fragment. ... Tholos Trench F, rubbish dump. |
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