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| Original edge preserved at top.
Left side of a cow head. Delicate modeling of mouth, eye area, and muscles around jawline.
Perhaps a Rhyton? N.W. of building D 1; layer a; early Roman fill. 1145 Leica ... 19 March 1948 |
| The ring foot and center of the floor preserved. In the medallion, framed by two raised rings, a male head, left; the hair cropped short, the ears prominent.
Light brown to pinkish-buff clay; rather ... 22 October 1947 |
| Shoulder fragment from sizable cup or bowl, with inset neck. Two nicked bands at shoulder; below, on side wall, ends of deeply incised lines.
Thin fine fabric, red-brown at surface, gray at core; unglazed ... 5 July 1947 |
| Single fragment of body and neck, broken all around. Shallow rounded bowl, concave vertical neck above an angle, trace of a projecting rim. Remains of attachment of a transverse (?) handle at body-angle ... 5-9 July 1947 |
| Broken at top and back. Palmette with volutes and tendrils.
Gritty red clay; traces of white stucco. Signature along lower edge in raised letters: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Cf. A 1347 (ΟΟ 469). In late wall over D 1 ... 18 March 1948 |
| Inscribed.
Rectangular weight : half amphora.
Coin no. 77 for May 24 was firmly stuck to back, apparently with circle of iron outside of coin. Accidental ?
At each corner a letter : Δ, Η, Μ, Ο. ΚΒ-ΚΓ/Great ... 24 May 1947 |
| Obverse : head of Athena right.
Reverse : X, with kernos below.
Cf. Svoronos (1923), class VII or VIII (?). Originally entered as a coin no. 2. Sand fill in Great Drain at south edge of section.
Hellenistic ... 8 March 1947 |
| Fragment from the center of floor of a Sigillata bowl or plate.
Signature in planta pedis.
Light brown clay; sealing wax red glaze. Early Roman fill. Box 161. 1054 Leica PD 1172-7 ... 28 June 1947 |
| Two joining fragments from flat floor of a Sigillata bowl or plate. Within, incised circle and end of a stamp in planta pedis; the toes alone preserved.
Red-brown clay; sealing wax red glaze inside and ... 20 March 1948 |
| Part of foot and floor of a Sigillata bowl. Flaring ring foot, neatly profiled on underside. Rounded wall. In the center of the floor a small oval stamp with a raised line down its center and traces of ... 1947 |
| Base of black glazed kantharos. Moulded ring foot, broad beneath. Scraped groove around outer face.
Three letters crudely scratched on bottom:
Black glaze inside and out.
Cf. P 416. 1172 Leica PD ... 24 March 1948 |
| Disk with solid central hub; irregularly made.
On the upper surface a small circular stamp with some representation. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 26 May 1947 |
| Rectangular with turtle. At the Cycladic Museum Oct. 2017 to May 2018. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 23 May 1947 |
| A rectangular one with half of turtle (?). Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 23 May 1947 |
| Rectangular.
Dolphin in incuse square.
A mina weights 436.6 grams. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947 |
| Small rectangular. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 26 May 1947 |
| Rectangular plaque with sunken panel on top surface.
A mina weights 436.6 grams. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947 |
| Obverse: owl facing (?). Letters Θ Α.
Reverse: the letters Θ Α. Great Drain, bottom fill (fill 4). Leica ... 20 May 1947 |
| Small piece, broken all around, from flat tile.
Coarse red clay with bits in it; dirty buff on under surface; red on upper. Stamp incomplete at both ends: Η Θ Υ. Byzantine Kalikia fill, east of Great Drain; ... 20 March 1948 |
| Single base fragment; center missing. Low foot near edge of bottom. Flat floor, stump of an oblique rim/wall, slight offset on bottom. No decoration visible.
Light yellow clay; red slip, glossy in parts ... 5-9 July 1947 |
| Small piece from the curving wall of a vase.
Part of a wing (?) and the end of a straight band, added in a second layer of glass. Small dots on the wing.
Thin colorless glass. On pebble mosaic floor. Container ... 11 July 1947 |
| A: seated figure left, with branch in left arm, right outstretched.
Snake or tree (?) in front. Crescent in field upper left. All in border of dots.
Possibly Demeter left, in serpent car.
B: bumpy, no ... 16 May 1947 |
| A: seated figure left, with branch in left arm, right outstretched.
Snake or tree (?) in front. Crescent in field upper left. All in border of dots.
Possibly Demeter left, in serpent car.
B: bumpy, no ... 16 May 1947 |
| Broken all around. Fragment from a pan tile.
Dull red glaze on concave side. On the corner side (unglazed) part of a circular stamp, with a horse in relief: head and one foreleg preserved.
Light brown ... 30 July 1947 |
| Some of neck and mouth missing.
Tall cylindrical neck; the glass doubled over to form a narrow projecting lip. Hemispherical body; flat bottom.
Opaque greenish blue glass. level of Late Roman house, or ... 14 July 1947 |
| From a one-handled water jar.
Graffito (number?) incomplete at left:
Unglazed red-brown micaceous clay.
Cf. P 17591, P 17749, P 17885, P 18244, P 18432. Trench along East side of court in House D ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
| A single fragment preserves the center of the floor and the high plain ring foot of a small bowl, with the start of the walls.
At the center of the floor a Y-shaped stamp.
Fine red-brown clay; firm ... 30 June 1947 |
| Fragment from rim and wall of a semi-glazed krater. Thin black glaze inside and on rim; a thin red band outside above the handle attachment.
Inscribed on the wall inside, in two lines, the first erased: ... 9 August 1947 |
| From shoulder of a small unglazed pot, perhaps a plain lagynos. Double conical shape, with sharp shoulder angle; two light grooves around middle of shoulder.
Incised on shoulder below grooves:
Coarse ... 4 October 1947 |
| Relief decoration in a rather thin fabric; no clear evidence of attachment.
A face (mask) with gouged eyes and upstanding hair, surmounted by a many-petalled palmette with a hole pierced through its center ... 10 July 1947 |
| Obverse: calyx of rose.
Reverse: plain. Great Drain, bottom fill (fill 4). Leica ... 20 May 1947 |
| Most of bottom and of nozzle, and part of rim missing.
Scroll on rim; on discus, Eros before an altar.
Part of one letter of signature on bottom, "gamma" or "pi".
Grooved pierced handle.
Yellow-buff clay ... 15 May 1947 |
| Three non-joining pieces, worn and flaking.
a) from rim to base.
b) and c) from base/floor.
Low sloping wall, small everted lip with groove on top. Flat floor, broad foot with slanting underside. Remains ... 5-9 July 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken at bottom and back. Front and sides smooth-finished.
Top smooth-finished only along front; picked behind.
Four lines of the inscription preserved; complete.
Hymettian marble ... 2 April 1948 |
| Intact.
Rim, panels and raised dots (worn); discus, boukranion. Handle, solid, grooved.
Dull light red wash.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Well. Leica ... 17 July 1947 |
| A single fragment, broken all around, probably from the shoulder of a large amphora.
Dipinto in black:
Dark red clay. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block VIII (Late 1st.-2nd. c. A.D.). Well, ... July 1947 |
| Five joining fragments preserve part of rim and body. Shallow open bowl with bulging lower wall, and vertical rim, offset, slightly rounded outside, and decorated above and below with a single groove ... 1 October 1947 |
| Fragment of ring foot and lower wall of a closed pot. Of relief decoration only lower ends of roughly vertical lines in applied clay preserved.
Pinkish-buff clay with traces of red wash on sides. Under ... 5 July 1947 |
| Rather thick slightly angular piece.
Obverse: a stamp in an incuse circle, a large E, and a star to right.
Reverse: plain. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947 |
| Obverse: owl, with a round ball. Letters: Α [Θ].
Reverse: a round ball. Letters: Α [Θ]. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 26 May 1947 |
| Small bearded male head, broken off below; chipped and stained.
Head with full beard and mustache; the hair bound by a fillet. About a quarter life-size.
Pentelic marble. Byzantine sand fill east of Great ... 31 March 1948 |
| Mold for bearded head (Pan?)with shaggy hair.
Chip missing at right.
Green-buff clay.
Cf. Fuchs (1963), Mahdia, pl. 53. ΜΣΤ-ΜΖ*
C 17 Great Drain; gravel below elliptical drain tiles. 411 Leica ... 8 May 1947 |
| Mold for the left side of a mask, apparently a female face; hair rolled back from face, eyebrows exaggerated.
Two finished edges preserved.
ADDENDA Cf. T 2439; close type. Well; near bottom, container ... 4 Oct 1947 |
| Single piece of base and lower wall; no finished edge.
Wheelmade; colorless, with pale green tinge. Thin-walled shallow bowl with narrow ribs, flat base.
Context early 1st century AD. Added 9 July 2001 ... 14 July 1947 |
| A square, flat weight, with a piece of iron stuck to its top.
In relief upper half of late Panathenaic type amphora and letters: above T A P; below M E T P O. Well, near bottom. Leica ... 4 October 1947 |
| Discus, cow, left; rim, panels and reversing spirals.
Reverse, single groove.
Dull reddish glaze.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Well. Leica ... 14 July 1947 |
| Complete except for chips. Ring foot with broad flat resting surface; rather low plain rim, slightly insloping, above keel.
Brownish-pink clay; good red glaze inside and out, very much pitted. Well, ... 28 July 1947 |
| A single large fragment preserves the neck and shoulder, with one handle and the stubs of the other. Tall lightly wheel-ridged neck; rolled rim; sloping shoulder. Handles from well below rim to top of ... July 1947 |
| Obverse: Hermes running left with caduceus above shoulder; something (money-bags ?) in extended right hand. Flying drapery behind figure.
Reverse: uncertain representation. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain ... 24 May 1947 |
| Obverse: bow.
Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Obverse: Triptolemos in serpent car.
Reverse: plain. Old Grid: ca. ΚΒ-ΚΓ. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Intact.
On the discus, Christian monogram. Rim, impressed circles; reverse, three concentric grooves.
Unglazed
Reddish-brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Pillaged wall trench of west wall ... 22 September 1947 |
| End of nozzle and handle missing, and chips.
Angular watch-shaped body; high edge around top.
Relief decoration on upper body: verticals, twisted.
Three small holes around filling hole.
Dull black glaze ... 19 March 1948 |
| Seven pieces make up into two non-joining fragments both of which preserve part of rim and upper wall of hemispherical basin. Thickened lip, two ridges in relief on upper wall mark handle zone of which ... 30 July 1947 |
| Seven pieces mended into three non-joining fragments; small unglazed jug. Plump body, probably rounded bottom (not preserved) with trefoil(?) lip, and vertical strap handle.
Very thin clay, gray at core, ... 30 July 1947 |
| Two joining fragments of base and lower wall; no finished edge.
Wheelmade, translucent, dark yellowish -brown. Thin-walled shallow bowl with narrow ribs and slightly concave base. Two narrow horizontal ... 14 July 1947 |
| End of nozzle broken.
Discus, rosette; rim, dots and pannels; reserve, two grooves.
Unglazed
Hard dark buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Late Roman fill. 1108 Leica PD 975 ... 17 September 1947 |
| Two fragments from round-bottomed bowl with almost vertical upper part. Flat-topped rim with projecting band outside.
a) Part of rim and upper part of wall.
b) Lower half of wall and of bottom.
Small ... 30 July 1947 |
| Single fragment preserves mouth, handle and part of upper body.
Graffito at base of handle:
Micaceous gray-black clay. Well, container 18. 1080 Leica DA 15174 ... July 1947 |
| The mouth missing. The foot in a single degree; on the shoulder, tongues and blobs; on the body, three palmettes, separated by long petals. No clear remains of added color. Bothros of Agonippos. 1100 Leica, ... 13 August 1947 |
| Obverse: bow.
Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Obverse: lyre (?)
Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Obverse: uncertain representation.
Reverse: plain.
ADDENDA: Tragic mask (Gkikaki July 2020). Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Mended from three pieces; complete except for chips.
Rosette on rim; herringbone on discus; grooved semi-pierced handle.
Almond-shaped reverse, outlined by double groove; within it the signature.
No glaze ... 10 July 1947 |
| The handle and a fragment from the back of the body missing.
On the underside, instead of the usual "alpha" is the raised letter "epsilon".
Red to black glaze.
Red clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection ... 31 July 1947 |
| About one half of back of lamp preserved.
Raised ridge at inner edge of rim; very low raised base; handle, of which breaks for attachment preserved, missing.
Black glaze on ridge, band at shoulder, and ... 13 August 1947 |
| Parts of sides and most of inner edge of rim missing.
Flat rim with small raised ridge at inner edge. No handle.
All of exterior glazed, black to brown. Floor inside glazed.
Type III of Corinth collection, ... 13 August 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Parts of eight lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in Byzantine kalikia fill in the industrial area, east of the Great Drain ... 20 March 1948 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Fragment of a roof-tile (cover tile) reused for the purpose of the inscription.
Part of one end of the tile is preserved.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found ... 5th. century B.C. |
| Late Roman Red Ware plate rim and wall with part of floor preserved. Flat floor, low ring foot, low wall and flat everted lip.
Rather coarse, reddish clay; dull red glaze, wash inside.
ADDENDA Added ... 1947 |
| Two joining body sherds. Near-vertical side of a semi-closed form, with a pair of grooves above. On main wall-zone, a large applied semi-circular hanging loop, perhaps imitating a swinging handle (W. ca ... 14 July 1947 |
| Part of rim and discus.
Stamped ovules on rim; amphora on discus.
Orange-brown glaze over white.
Brown clay.
Type XXIV of Corinth collection. ΜΒ-ΜΣΤ* On elliptical tile drain in Great Drain.
Deposit C ... 14 July 1947 |
| Joining fragments preserve most of neck and lip and upper part of handle. Wide cut-away mouth; flanged handle, the flanges bridged by a reel at point of attachment to lip.
Brown clay with many white ... 4 October 1947 |
| The mouth and handle missing, and minor chips; the upper body mended from several pieces. Similar to P 18502 (ΟΟ 365), but somewhat smaller and the incision somewhat more careful. The figure in front of ... 13 August 1947 |
| Four joining fragments preserve the profile complete, with about half the rim and all of the foot. Restored in plaster. Open bowl with ring foot, sloping floor and plain rim, nearly vertical. Two horizontal ... July 1947 |
| Obverse: bow.
Reverse: plain. Old Grid: ca. ΚΒ-ΚΓ. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Fragment preserved part of left eye and of forehead above with large wreath of grape-leaves and clusters in relief.
Broken all around.
Light red clay; white on the wreath, with traces of red; traces of ... 27 March 1948 |
| Six joining pieces from side of plump closed pot, oinochoe?
Panel decoration: two hind equine legs at the extreme left; a dog to right (muzzle, hindquarters and tail missing); part of opaque rosette ... 30 July 1947 |
| Rim fragment. Band of glaze, with pair of incised lines, around edge as border. Part of standing female figure to right. Incised hatched bands for belt and hem. Added red on upper half of dress and in ... 30 July 1947 |
| Chip of rim missing; otherwise unbroken. Small ring foot; plain vertical rim. Light brownish-buff clay; very thin dull red glaze wash, on inside and upper part of outside, running down onto lower part ... 28 July 1947 |
| From rim and wall of a fairly large bowl, moulded.
Bowl with plain slightly out-turned rim. Two grooves around the rim. On the wall a scale pattern formed of oval depressions.
Colorless glass. Agora sample ... 9 July 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
The upper part of a grave stele with rounded top.
On the stele proper, the head and shoulders of a draped man, left. Above him the inscription.
Part of one line of the ... 19 September 1947 |
| Intact.
Elongated oval object, hollow; one end pointed the other rounded; roughly flattened on top, and pierced by two large holes near the blunt end.
Unglazed.
Reddish clay. North Hypocaust Room. Furnace ... 27 March 1948 |
| Complete save minor chips. Body tapers to small foot. Neck bulges slightly below handle attachments. Small thickened lip set off by a broad deep groove. Ridged rising band handles.
Gritty red clay; unglazed ... 14 July 1947 |
| Intact except for chip from lip. Ovoid body tapering to small concave bottom; small rolled out-turned lip; strap handles rising slightly, and roughly ridged.
Dipinto in charcoal on shoulder:
On the ... 28 May 1947 |
| Fragment from the flat floor of a Sigillata plate.
Plantaform stamp at center of floor.
Pinkish clay; good red glaze on floor, dull on underside. ΛΖ-ΜΣΤ/* Great Drain, packing beside and under elliptical ... 15 July 1947 |
| Late Roman A plate. Mended from many pieces; about half preserved. Typical broad-floored plate. Beneath, a single very fine ring marks off the lower edge of the wall, which serves as resting surface, from ... July 1947 |
| Seven fragments make up to three. Restored in plaster. Shallow open bowl on very low ring foot; lower body bulges sharply; steep flaring rim, profile slightly convex. The wall decorated below with vertical ... 1 October 1947 |
| A figure with arms folded across the stomach.
The lower part preserved; finished off below the waist.
A hole pierced through on each side above finished lower edge.
White slip, decorated with red lines ... 15 July 1947 |
| Standing bird with upspread wings: siren?
Broken off at the neck; the head missing; the claws chiped, and the sides of the wings. The back irregularly flattened; perhaps was attached to something.
Remains ... 15 July 1947 |
| Vertical strap handle missing; otherwise intact.
Low ring base; large wick-hole; plain flat top sunken slightly below top of wall; lug to either side.
Black glaze, much worn.
Brownish-buff clay; may be ... 9 July 1947 |
| Handle missing; otherwise intact.
Rays on rim; rough dolphin knobs on both sides; angular nozzle; flat bottom.
Dull black to red-brown glaze, somewhat chipped.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52D ... 15 July 1947 |
| Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Wreath on rim.
Red to black glaze wash.
Reverse, incised signature.
Light brown clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54A of Agora collection.
ΛΖ-ΜΣΤ* Great ... 15 July 1947 |
| Broken all around; fragment from wall of bell krater. A woman left (chiton and cloak), holding out a sheathed sword and a shield, which rests on the ground, towards another figure with left hand holding ... 22 July 1947 |
| Intact save minor chips. Small ring foot; above keel nearly vertical rim with two grooves around the plain lip.
Light brownish-buff clay, apparently never glazed. Well, container 4. 1080 Leica, LXIII-72 ... 28 July 1947 |
| Pointed leaf shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side.
Firm red clay with a few white bits. Thirty eight other kiln supports were found at the same time in ... 3 June 1947 |
| Fragment from a thin flat circular plaque; preserved is the upper part of a lotus flower ornament in low relief, within a raised band. Above (around) the band, a series of triangular projections.
Apparently ... 8 July 1947 |
| Single piece: one side of base, with edge of emblema, mostly broken off. Shallow rounded bowl, foot ring with marked basal projection. On floor, rather off-centre, an applied roundel with raised edge bearing ... 14 July 1947 |
| Nozzle missing, and small chip from rim; otherwise intact.
Unpierced handle. Concentric circles and ridges on bottom. Plain rim. Crescent on discus, surrounded by ridges and grooves.
Dull brown clay.
... 27 March 1948 |
| Nozzle missing and part of wall.
Partially pierced handle; concentric grooves and ridges on bottom. Ring of globules on rim, surrounding concentric grooves and ridges; crescent on discus.
Unglazed. Transitional ... 27 March 1948 |
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