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| From the outer border of the floor. Geometric design outlined in black and white against a red background, the individual motives worked in blue, red, green and yellow tesserae.
Cf. A 2104 and A 2105 ... November 1952 ... Mosaic Floor Section |
| From the inner border, surrounding the central (no longer preserved) decoration.
Guilloche bordered by maeander. Black and white for the maeander; the guilloche outlined in black and filled in with red, ... November 1952 ... Mosaic Floor Section |
Hat-shaped ornamental nail head (?), possible cymbal.
Center concave -convex, with everted rim. South house, room 12, N.W. quadrant, strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. Leica ... 9 May 1956 ... South house, room 12, N.W. quadrant, strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
Face and some of chest preserved. Broken behind.
Modelling rough. Some color preserved; white slip, black around eyes, yellow on chest.
Red clay.
Late Roman. On patch of mosaic floor. Leica ... 10 May 1937 ... On patch of mosaic floor. |
Fragment from center of plate. Stamped with cross; part of one arm of cross broken away.
Red clay. Thin red wash inside.
Late Roman C Plate. Above mosaic floor. Leica, 2-291 ... 7 May 1932 ... Above mosaic floor. |
Fragment of the rim and upper body. Palmettes above and below broad ridge on rim. Winged figures on body. Roman Bath; late Roman destruction fill in room with mosaic floor. 6067 Leica ... 18 September 1947 ... Roman Bath; late Roman destruction fill in room with mosaic floor. |
A single fragment preserves part of underside with start of handle.
Reverse, within a single groove, the signature "ΠΡΕΙΜΟΥ", incised.
Unglazed.
Pale pinkish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 23 June 1947 ... Building E, above mosaic floor. |
| Part of the flaring rim of a large pot with downward-slanting lip, stamped with egg pattern on its outer face.
Gray clay, black glaze. Over mosaic floor, east building. Classical to late Hellenistic ... 3-5 April 1934 ... Over mosaic floor, east building. |
| Obverse: an eagle left, head turned back, standing.
In field, right, woman holding two torches, Demeter or Artemis. In field left, an inscription.
Reverse: plain.
Thin black wash.
Red fill under late ... 27 February 1935 ... Red fill under late Roman mosaic floor.
Hellenistic with Late Roman disturbance. |
| Part of top, right edge and back preserved.
Forepart of prancing horse, with right leg of nude rider preserved.
In front of the horse, a hole pierced through the plaque, for attachment?
Pentelic marble ... 16 May 1939 ... Modern fill over mosaic floor. |
Ovoid wheel ridged amphora mended from many fragments. Missing parts of wall, neck, and part of one handle. Short conical neck, deep everted rim.
Clay buff with white particles. South House, room 12, ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
| 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 ... On pebble mosaic floor. Container 76.
3rd c. |
Mended from fragments. Missing toe, part of neck. Globular amphora with conical neck, everted rim, and pointed foot. Grooves around body.
Thin brownish glaze, dull. Clay hard, orange, often gray at surface ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
| A square bottle with narrow neck, flared rim and broad flat handle.
Broken into many fragments, but apparently complete as it lay.
Glass light green to clear. For context see Hesp. 26 (1957), p. 101. South ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
| Broken on both sides and at bottom.
The preserved top edge shows one antefix of an architectural (roof) molding for the relief, similar to the "hero" reliefs.
Preserved is a bearded head, facing, with ... 16 May 1939 ... Modern fill over mosaic floor. |
The nozzle missing.
Pierced handle, double grooved above; raised nodules around the narrow rim, then ridges. A head to the left in relief in the discus. Grooves and ridges on the reverse; cross grooves ... 11 February 1938 ... In late Roman fill over mosaic floor. |
Typical shape; curves rather close to neck.
Coarse, greyish-red clay; yellowish near surface; thick slip.
Impression sharp, but incomplete from shallow setting; apparently doubled. Msc: prob from jar ... 6 May 1932 ... Just above mosaic floor. |
Small token stamped on one side only.
A: Herm on base; the letter gamma (Γ) in field at right, uncertain letter or object at left.
B: plain.
Cf. IL 1026. Similar but not same die.
ADDENDA: according ... 27 February 1935 ... Red fill under Late Roman mosaic floor. |
Mended from many fragments and partially restored in plaster. Many fragments missing. Globular wheel-ridged amphora ending abruptly in narrow toe. Short straight neck with rolled lip.
Large red dipinti ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
| The stem and center of the floor of a cup. Two scraped grooves around the stem. Part of a seated draped woman, right, a wool-basket in front of her. She wears a thin sleeved chiton with an himation around ... 6 June 1938 ... The stem and center of the floor of a cup. Two scraped grooves around the stem. ... Room with mosaic floor, north side, layer 2. |
| Broken all around.
Veiled woman seated sideways on horse or donkey. She is clothed in chiton and himation, the himation pulled up behind and over the head.
Incised into the background between the legs ... 16 May 1939 ... Modern fill over mosaic floor. |
| Chips missing from edge, restored in plaster. Two joining fragments. Domed shape, knob flat on top; traces of glaze.
Pale clay. House of the Greek Mosaic, room s, below floor level, above bedrock. Cont ... July 1964 ... House of the Greek Mosaic, room s, below floor level, above bedrock. |
| Inscribed slab.
Fragment preserves upper right corner of slab of altar (?) or perhaps, less likely, an horos stone.
Broken on bottom and left side; face smoothed with toothed chisel; right edge top and ... August 1968 ... Found in Roman Bath A 2 built into late wall, at northeast corner of exedra with mosaic floor. |
Broken in many fragments; half the nozzle and fragments of top and bottom missing.
On discus, head of Helios; two filling holes. Rim, plain, out-curved. Handle unpierced and ungrooved. Reverse plain.
From ... 4 April 1939 ... East trench, north half, plundered footing trench of wall to east of marble-chip mosaic floor. |
| Five fragments make up to three and give some of upper wall. Battle scene?
a) Falling figure with shield(?) at left, a tree, and rider at right, facing left.
b) Two riders, birds in field.
c) Tree, drapery(?) ... 9 May 1956 ... d) Flat floor and base of a bowl (raised, flat underneath). ... Severe spalling on underside, flaking on floor. Light orange clay; red slip, fired purplish-red to one side (from double dipping?) ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
Wall fragment from an irregulary shaped mould-made object; possibly a lamp rather than a pot? Preserved is a standing female figure from neck to thighs, facing. She wears a chiton with ruffled over-fold ... 4 April 1939 ... East trench, north half, kalikia above marble-chip mosaic floor. |
| Two joining fragments of bowl, each with part of wall and cut design.
Floral design with stem and leaf ornaments. Two posts at right angles.
Wall of clear glass, now decayed with thick silvery weathering ... 14 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, dirt floor over pebble mosaic floor. |
| Bearded head wearing wreath.
Complete except for chips from nose, wreath and beard.
Two holes in forehead, and one in beard for attachment of head to a box or piece of furniture. Face is cut at edge to ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, N.W. quadrant, on strosis with burning above pebble mosaic floor. |
| Several fragments of lower part of square bottle mended; 15 other fragments not mended.
Sides slightly indented. Out-turned wide rim. On bottom, molded pattern of a swastika enclosed within a triangle, ... 14 May 1956 ... South House, room 12, dirt floor over pebble mosaic floor. |
| Wall fragment depicting one leg with red greave; hand and arm hanging down behind leg - warrior being carried off battlefield? Fine style.
Interior red glaze. Ground line stripes also in brownish glaze ... July 1964 ... 1.00m. below floor level ... Pit dug to bedrock west of outside wall of andron a, in House of the Greek Mosaic. Cont. S 12. |
| Wall fragment from bell krater. Part of the wheel and floor of a chariot to the right, with the feet and the bottom of the drapery of the occupant. Part of a shield(?) in the chariot, and of a wing(?) ... 7 June 1938 ... Part of the wheel and floor of a chariot to the right, with the feet and the bottom of the drapery of the occupant. ... Room east of mosaic room, layer II. |
Emblem Bowl.
Floor, most of foot, and part of lower wall preserved.
Cup rests on low ridge with raised disk within it; concave underneath.
On floor, two concentric raised disks with grasshopper facing ... Context mostly of 200-150 ... Emblem Bowl.
Floor, most of foot, and part of lower wall preserved.
Cup rests on low ridge with raised disk within it; concave underneath.
On floor, two concentric raised disks with grasshopper facing right in relief. ... The motif also appears in a mosaic in the palace of Eumenes II at Pergamon (AvP V, i, p. 64, pls. |
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