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| Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain.
Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock.
2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
(Late Archaic/ Early Classical) |
| Broken into five pieces and very fragmentary.
Inscribed. From the "dump". Store in ziplock polyethylene bag and in area with 40% r.h. or lower.
Wear cotton or latex gloves when handling. Do not bang around ... 25 October 1947 |
Many bronze fragments mended (stored in separate box B 489) ... Late 6th-Early 5th B.C. |
Fragments of bronze-casting molds only ... 1 July 1949 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of the top preserved, and perhaps part of the right side.
Four lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon.
Space between lines, two including: 0.027m.
Space between letters, ... 6-11 February 1939 |
| ΟΟ-2 341, 342 ΟΟ:1947.0624:1 N 47073 ΟΟ:1947.0624:2 N 47074 ΟΟ:1947.0624:3 ΟΟ:1947.0624:4 N 47075 ΟΟ:1947.0624:5 ΟΟ:1947.0624:6 ΟΟ:1947.0624:7 ΟΟ:1947.0624:8 N 47076 ΟΟ:1947.0624:9 ΟΟ:1947.0624:10 ΟΟ:1947.0624:11 ... 450-457 A.D. |
| ΓΓ: Letters = North - South. Numbers = East - West. Apollodorus Street. Ancient Street. Upper levels excavated as ΝΝ, roughly ΝΝ:1-40/Ι-Π. Including ΝΝ Byzantine Houses 1, 2, 3, and Roman Houses B, D ... ΟΟ-1 5, 6 ... Mar 17 1947 |
| Asteroskopeion Street. North Side Asteroskopeion ... ΟΟ-5 910, 911 ΟΟ:1947.0624:14 N 47079 Section ΟΟ 159 Section ΟΟ 158 ... 24 Jun 1947 |
| Inscription Fragment. Bone bead. Stamped Amphora Handle. Ceramic Mould. Pit ... ΟΟ-26 5068, 5069 I 7659 BI 1413 SS 15157 MC 1879 D 16:11 I 7659 BI 1413 SS 15157 MC 1879 ... 29 June 2017 |
| Mould base. Columnar Base Fragment. Perirrhanterion Fragment. Mudbrick Lining. Pit ... ΟΟ-26 5072, 5073 MC 1880 A 5251 A 5252 MC 1881 Lot ΟΟ 1004 D 16:11 MC 1880 A 5251 A 5252 MC 1881 ... 4 August 2017 |
| Grave Area; Fill South and East of Wall D. Grave Area; Fill Over Wall Perpendicular to Wall D. Agora 012, no. 437. Grave Area; East of Wall A. Agora 012, no. 442. Grave Area; West of Wall A; Foundry Pit ... ΟΟ-17 3372, 3373 ΟΟ 2217 T 4978 Lot ΟΟ 969 Lot ΟΟ 970 Lot ΟΟ 971 Lot ΟΟ 972 Lot ΟΟ 973 D 16:11 ... Classical-Roman |
| Baulk East of House E; Eastern Extension; Pit West of New Conglomerate Block. Baulk East of House E; Eastern Extension; Fill North of New Conglomerate Block; Layer 1. Baulk East of House E; Eastern Extension; ... ΟΟ-17 3382, 3383 ΟΟ-2021 N 79360 Lot ΟΟ 996 Lot ΟΟ 997 Lot ΟΟ 998 Lot ΟΟ 999 Lot ΟΟ 1000 Lot ΟΟ 1001 ... Late Roman |
| Pit. Grave Area; Foundry Pit D 16:11; Upper Fills. Grave Area; Foundry Pit D 16:11; Fills at North Staircase. Grave Area; Foundry Pit D 16:11; Fills Over Moulds. Grave Area; Foundry Pit D 16:11; Mould ... ΟΟ-17 3384, 3385 ΟΟ 2231 MC 1880 ΟΟ 2227 MC 1879 ΟΟ 2234 MC 1881 Lot ΟΟ 1002 Lot ΟΟ 1003 Lot ΟΟ 1004 Lot ΟΟ 1005 Lot ΟΟ 1006 Lot ΟΟ 1007 D 16:11 ... Early Classical |
| Small fragment from shoulder.
Head of Athena to right; tongues. Landscaping operations in the excavations; exact provenience unknown. Leica ... January 1955 |
| Broken all around. Unidentified representation from reverse of Panathenaic amphora. Agora excavations. Leica ... 5 February 1962 |
| From the floor of a heavy plate. Head and shoulders of draped figure right. Very poor condition; added white practically disappeared from face and part of clothes. Agora area, context unknown. Leica ... (February 1957) |
| Fragment from the wall of a bell krater, preserving part of a draped figure and part of a staff. The drawing glaze has fired black; the background glaze, and the glaze on the interior, red. Late Roman ... October 1947 |
| From a large bowl? On outside, band of bead and reel and egg pattern in relief.
Gray clay; gray to black glaze; much flaked on inside. Heavy fabric. Provenience unknown. Leica ... August 1947 |
| Much chipped around the edges. Walls concave, spreading above and below to form broad flat projecting rim and ring foot, respectively. Groove around inner edge of rim, separating it from top, which curves ... 22 April 1948 |
| Mended from three pieces. Wall fragment of a biconical pot, a projecting keel at the middle, and the upper (or lower) part with a double wall. The edge of a handle (or spout) broken off near one extremity ... 1948 |
| Wall fragment; a horizontal groove, unglazed, inside. In relief, a male figure (bearded?), nude except for a cloak over his shoulder, riding right on a quadruped. Herakles? Below the figure, the tip of ... 1947 |
| Many fragments mending to two large fragments, non-joining, but position certain; profile can be restored complete. Oinochoe, shape III; mouth missing, but trefoil shape certain from form of handle, lip ... 24 June 1949 |
| Fragment of pyxis lid(?); domed top decorated with a rinceau in thin clay paint. The edge of the broad projecting flange reserved and stamped with an egg pattern.
Good black glaze inside and out; brownish ... 14 March 1939 |
| Shoulders and chest of nude(?) male figure; arms and neck broken off. Black glazed lekythos neck sprouts from back; white on the figure; black glaze on the neck. North of Roman bath, brown fill with Byz ... 7 June 1939 |
| A single fragment preserves part of the rim and upper wall with both attachments of a horizontal handle. Broad flaring rim separated from nearly vertical wall by a groove and a ridge outside. On the upper ... 1947 |
| Both pieces broken on all sides. They do not adjoin as folds at waist and Isis knot are missing. Very weathered and pitted.
Two fragments of same grave relief, same frontal Isis lady in characteristic ... 23 August 1977 |
| From the reverse of a fairly late Panathenaic amphora. Two naked youths running to the left, one behind the other -- foot race.
Pinkish buff clay. Glaze much peeled. Provenience uncertain. Leica ... 1934 |
| From the side of a closed pot; unglazed inside. Part of a nude male figure facing right, right arm swinging downward behind.
Somewhat micaceous buff clay. Provenience uncertain. Leica ... 1934 |
| Fragment from rim of a coarse-ware brazier, consisting of one of the three upward projecting lugs decorated in relief on the inner side with a bearded male head; the beard projects inward toward the center ... 1934 |
| Similar to P 4191 in shape and purpose. The head in relief wears a tall pointed cap and is somewhat gnome-like in appearance.
Coarse, gritty gray clay; unglazed.
ADDENDA P 4191: ... decorated in relief ... 1934 |
| From the shoulder of a lagynos. The shoulder is covered with a white slip, serving as a ground for decoration in reddish brown paint. The decoration consists of looped festoons of ribbon, with hanging ... 1934 |
| Part of the shoulder and neck of a pitcher broken off above and below.
The neck is divided from the interior of the pitcher by a partition pierced by five holes, to serve as a strainer. Two moulded rings ... 1934 |
| From the lower attachment of one end of the handle of a large Gray Ware vase.
Gray clay, black glaze. Nondescript mixed fill. Leica, 92-10-19 ... 1934 |
| Bronze-casting pit D 16:11 in section ΟΟ ... Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Foundry pit after winter ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 15 Jun 2017 |
| Foundry pit after winter ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 15 Jun 2017 |
| Foundry pit, collapse of Wall A after winter ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 15 Jun 2017 |
| After cleaning north end of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 16 Jun 2017 |
| After cleaning deepest area of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 22 Jun 2017 |
| After cleaning collapse of Wall A from foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Horizontal (normal) ... 22 Jun 2017 |
| South end of foundry pit before cleaning ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 22 Jun 2017 |
| South end of foundry pit after plastic removal ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jun 2017 |
| After cleaning south end of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 27 Jun 2017 |
| After cleaning foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Northwest Rotate 180 ... 27 Jun 2017 |
| Before continuing excavation of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... West Rotate 180 ... 3 Jul 2017 |
| Before continuing excavation of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 270 CW ... 3 Jul 2017 |
| Before excavating south end of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 4 Jul 2017 |
| Interior of large fragment of ceramic mould, in situ ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 11 Jul 2017 |
| Iron slag or vitrified ceramic among stones of Wall A ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 11 Jul 2017 |
| Ceramic mould fragment with now-detached bronze debris ... Laura Gawlinski ... Rotate 180 ... 12 Jul 2017 |
| Apsidal ceramic structure in foundry pit with pile of moulds at north ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 12 Jul 2017 |
| Before scraping western scarp of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 12 Jul 2017 |
| Pile of moulds at north of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southwest Rotate 90 CW ... 12 Jul 2017 |
| Apsidal ceramic structure continuing beneath western scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 12 Jul 2017 |
| Pile of moulds at north of foundry pit, with possible continuation of ceramic structure in northwest corner ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 270 CW ... 12 Jul 2017 |
| Apsidal ceramic structure in foundry pit before scraping western scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 12 Jul 2017 |
| Pile of moulds at north of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 180 ... 13 Jul 2017 |
| Area east of Wall D, after pedestaling foundation trench of modern pipe ... Laura Gawlinski ... Northwest Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Area east of Wall D, with ancient surface and modern pipe ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Surface east of Wall D ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Wall A over foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Wall A over foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southwest Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Wall A over foundry pit, collapse ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| More ceramic feature exposed after cleaning up western scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southwest Rotate 90 CW ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Pile of moulds at north of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 90 CW ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| More ceramic feature exposed after cleaning up western scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| More ceramic feature exposed after cleaning up southeast corner of scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Wall A over foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southwest Rotate 90 CW ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Wall A preventing further excavation of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southwest Rotate 180 ... 14 Jul 2017 |
| Moulds and apsidal feature exposed, before excavation of hard fill west of moulds ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 28 Jul 2017 |
| Moulds and apsidal feature exposed, before excavation of hard fill west of moulds ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 28 Jul 2017 |
| Moulds and apsidal feature exposed, before excavation of hard fill west of moulds ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 28 Jul 2017 |
| Mould base ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 31 Jul 2017 |
| Mould base within tile lining ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southeast Rotate 180 ... 31 Jul 2017 |
| Mould base with sprue ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 31 Jul 2017 |
| After removing fill under crushed bedrock layer ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southwest Rotate 180 ... 1 Aug 2017 |
| Before removing pile of moulds at north end of foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 1 Aug 2017 |
| Group of joining mould fragments ... Laura Gawlinski ... Northeast Rotate 180 ... 1 Aug 2017 |
| Close up of mould base and mudbrick lining ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 180 ... 1 Aug 2017 |
| Close up of mould base and mudbrick lining; moulds with sprue in foreground ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 180 ... 1 Aug 2017 |
| Broken mudbricks in foundry pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... Southwest Rotate 180 ... 2 Aug 2017 |
| Material in scarp of foundry pit steps ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 2 Aug 2017 |
| Moulds from Basket 42 ... Laura Gawlinski ... Rotate 180 ... 2 Aug 2017 |
| Moulds from Basket 42 ... Laura Gawlinski ... Rotate 180 ... 2 Aug 2017 |
| After excavating north end of pit to bedrock ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 270 CW ... 3 Aug 2017 |
| After excavating north end of pit to bedrock, with cutting in step scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... West Rotate 180 ... 3 Aug 2017 |
| After excavating north end of pit to bedrock, with cutting in step scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... North Rotate 90 CW ... 3 Aug 2017 |
| Before expanding excavation of step scarp ... Laura Gawlinski ... North Rotate 270 CW ... 3 Aug 2017 |
| Before excavating fill around mould base; bedrock stairs at north ... Laura Gawlinski ... North Rotate 270 CW ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Bedrock stairs at north end of pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Before excavating fill around mould base ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 270 CW ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| After excavating north end of pit and stairs to bedrock ... Laura Gawlinski ... East Rotate 180 ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Before excavating fill around mould base; bedrock stairs at north ... Laura Gawlinski ... North Rotate 270 CW ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Mould base and pit lining before excavation of surrounding fill ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 180 ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Bedrock stairs at north end of pit ... Laura Gawlinski ... North Rotate 270 CW ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| After removal of mould base ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Casting pit down to bedrock ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| After excavation of three lining slabs ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 90 CW ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| After excavation of three lining slabs ... Laura Gawlinski ... South Rotate 180 ... 4 Aug 2017 |
| Pottery from Basket 49 ... Laura Gawlinski ... Rotate 90 CW ... 7 Aug 2017 |
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