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The hand is clasped around a large ball; the fingers are incised.
On the sleeve, dots between bands.
b) Leg of a figure.
It belongs and is joined to T 762. (see T 762).
Dull black ... 16 March 1935 |
Part of a figurine with the right arm close against the side. The fingers are indicated by incision.
Brownish glaze band.
Gray clay.
ADDENDA: Mother and child group (?) According to R. Nicholls, 1959, ... 16 March 1935 |
| Fragment a) About half preserved, only one arm and one leg of throne complete, with the legs of the seated figure.
Along outer faces zigzags between bands. Underneath, a cross. The arm of the chair ends ... 16 March 1935 |
Bottom preserved. Broken away above, at left, and at right.
The part preserved is the mold for the tail and the two hind legs of an animal. Brown earth, in fill over Burnt Building. Chiefly Late Roman ... 16 March 1935 |
Head and part of back of rabbit figurine preserved.
Herring-bone pattern in ears. Many small gouges on back.
No trace of color. Light buff slip.
Micaceous buff clay.
Late Roman. In and below 1st Late ... 13 March 1935 |
| Torso, broken away at neck and above waist.
Stubs of extended arms preserved.
Thin brownish glaze.
Micaceous buff clay.
Late Roman. In and below 1st Late Roman strosis. Leica, LXVIII-90 ... 13 March 1935 |
Right side of head and shoulders of dog figurine.
Moulded solid. Flat behind. Traces of red paint on collar and white on shoulder.
Cf. T 2185. Late fill. Leica ... 14 March 1935 |
Only the front part of the head preserved; broken at vertical join of neck.
Details of features and high basket headdress rendered by linear incisions. Unglazed.
Orange clay, slightly micaceous.
ADDENDA: ... 12 March 1935 |
Preserves only part of the face and headdress of a female figurine.
Considerable traces of color: white on face, yellow on hair and headdress, a broad red band on neck. Moulded, crude flat work.
Coarse ... 13 March 1935 |
From a throned figure such as T 762.
Broken off below hips, and at left elbow.
The head is knoblike, crowned with crude plastic hair. Bands across body; zigzags across chest and back of arms.
Red glaze ... 16 March 1935 |
Fragment of a mask-like face. In a rounded projection above the forehead is preserved half of a large hole pierced through to the back.
Pierced eye and nostrils.
Dull red glaze which continues through ... 18 March 1935 |
Back and top broken off.
The hair waved beneath a high headdress.
Dull pink clay; purple wash (?) Sandy fill, late Roman sherds. Leica ... 21 March 1935 |
Broken off at the neck.
The hair hangs down in loose waves on each side of the face, but is braided into a high knot on the top of the head.
Red paint on the hair.
Buff clay.
Late Roman. Sandy fill, late ... 21 March 1935 |
Back of head missing.
The hair waved beneath a high headdress.
No trace of paint. Similar to T 779, but even cruder.
Coarse light red clay. Sandy fill, late Roman sherds. Leica ... Card: 350-400 A.D. |
Apparently a seated figure, of which only the left arm and hand is preserved, is holding a child in its lap.
The features on the face of the child are completely gone.
Traces of red paint.
Good pinkish ... Card: 300-350 A.D. |
Head of a woman with high headdress.
Broken away behind and at neck.
Traces of white paint.
Late Roman. In late Roman fill. Leica ... 18 March 1935 |
First interpretation: woman 's head in relief; of good period and style.
Top and back edge finished; broken below and to left.
There never was more than a head: the neck is not modelled.
Moulded. Unglazed ... 27 March 1935 |
That is part of a twin female head, which is preserved at the left edge.
Similar to T 785, in shape and treatment. But somewhat smaller and double. The neck is not modelled. Now joined to the right of ... 28 March 1935 |
Lower left corner preserved.
Projecting ledge along bottom. In relief, hind legs of animal, probably a goat, right. Traces of white paint on the relief face; of orange red (possibly dilute glaze ?) on ... 2 April 1935 |
Part of bust of figure.
Nipples indicated by grooved circles.
Crudely done. Unglazed.
Micaceous dull pink gritty clay.
Late Roman.
ADDENDA: Bust of nude Egyptian priest (?) figure. Circular depression ... 1 April 1935 |
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