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A 2296: Antefix Fragment: Plastic and Painted

Antefix in the form of a gorgoneion. About two-thirds of the antefix proper preserved. Fragment from the forelocks and the lower right part of the gorgoneion missing, minor chips. A red and black painted ... May 1953 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Painted ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic

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A 1843: Animal's Head Fragment

Broken at both ends and at back; finished lower edge. Chipped. Part of a large muzzle and eye (?). Good roof tile fabric with smooth buff slip. ADDENDA A spout of an eaves tile? Published as an archetype ... 1933 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous

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A 1497: Mold for Sima

One end preserved; also complete height. A design of cable pattern and spirals recalling the simas of the Middle Stoa. Finished Piers 10-11, West. Stoa fill West of Tower. Leica ... 29 November 1949 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous

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A 678: Bracket Fragment

Preserved in three joining fragments is the upper right hand corner, except the top, the face entire and the whole lower part. The head, with hair parted and waved, crowned with a diadem and bunches of ... May-June 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Brackets

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A 679: Bracket Fragment

Fragment of lower right corner of a bracket like A 678 ( Ι 907), from the same mold. Clay is the same, but fired pinker. Great Drain. Leica ... May-June 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Brackets

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A 877: Antefix Mold Fragment

Part of an edge preserved, otherwise broken. Some of the petals of the palmette of an antefix. Coarse pink to buff clay. Finished Late Roman Fill in S.W. corner of section. Leica ... 20 April 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous

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A 1204: Relief Fragment: Gorgon

Part of a large flat round (?) clay plaque, with a gorgoneion in relief on one side. Nose and mouth and part of one cheek preserved. Scale somewhat over life-size. Tile fabric: coarse gravely pink clay; ... 17 April 1947 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous

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A 419: Sima Fragment: Inscribed

Broken both ends and behind. Plain vertical fascia. Gritty buff clay, covered with thin yellow wash. Scratched in the dry clay on its inner surface: Α Cave; from layer of burnt material on cistern floor ... 31 May 1934 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts

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A 2715: Chimney Vessel

Oval with a thick top and long ridge, partly broken. Around sides, a zone of large pierced holes. Bottom edge flat. Red clay with coarse bits. A lantern (?). Cf. A 3671 and MC 1346 (?). Herulian destruction ... 18 March 1958 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous

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A 2800: Lion's Head Spout

Lower jaw and much of lower part of face missing. Red in eyes and on part of mane. Loose fill in Late Roman Fortification Wall. Leica ... 24 April 1959 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts

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A 3592: Lion's Head Spout Fragment

Two joining fragments preserve a large lion's head spout which has the lower jaw, right ear and much of the nose missing. Traces of color in the eyes; a red pupil, surrounded by yellow; inside of the eyelids ... 4 August 1966 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts

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A 3593: Lion's Head Spout

Lower jaw and right side of face preserved in two joining fragments. Outline of molars scratched into the clay, the canines are inset. Quite a long snout and large chin. Traces of yellow paint high up ... 16 August 1966 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts

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A 3621: Sima Section with Lion's Head Spout

Full height and width preserved, full length undeterminable. The lion lacks most of its lower jaw and the right ear. A painted face of acanthus alternating with palmettes; below, a border of maeander ... 7 July 1967 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts

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A 2110: Lion's Head Spout Fragment

Broken at sides and back. Front part of head with nose and upper joint preserved. Light buff to pinkish buff clay, with small bits in it. Cf. A 662, lion's head spout from ΠΘ, similar clay and size. Late ... 4 April 1952 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts

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A 1238: Antefix and Cover Tile: Plastic

The cover tile mended from several pieces; small fragments missing; the full dimensions preserved. Elaborate relief decoration on the antefix: palmette, Medusa mask, and scrolls. Coarse gritty red clay; ... 23 June 1947 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Roof Tiles | Cover Tiles

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A 1686: Water Pipe Fragments

Three fragments, not from the same piece of pipe. a) Mended from several pieces preserving a considerable part of one section; inset flange on the preserved end. b) Fragment from another similar, also ... July 1950 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes

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A 1836: Tile Fragment: Stamped

Small piece, broken all around. Two lines in stamp. Metroon series. Martyra on north side of northernmost east-west wall; black earth. Leica ... 24 May 1951 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Stamped

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A 1915: Water Pipe Fragment

Missing about a third, including all of one end. One long joint tongue. Light brown clay and wash; two bands in reddish brown glaze, much faded: one beneath collar at base of joint tongue, the other near ... May-June 1951 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes

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A 1370: Well Tile

Small pieces missing. Rim slightly thickened above and below. Large square lifting hole set near one edge. Well, Fill 4, late 5th century B.C. (earliest tiled well in the Agora). 6999 Leica ... 18 October 1947 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Well Tiles

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A 1415: Tile Fragment: Stamped

Broken all around. Surface beginning to rise at breaks on each side. Flat tile, gritty red clay. Circular stamp of eight-spoked wheel in relief. Mixed fill. Leica ... 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Stamped

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A 1416: Tile Fragment: Stamped

Broken all around. Flat tile with surface beginning to rise in slightly curved line along one break. Soft pinkish gray to buff clay. Five circular stamps with eight-spoked wheel in relief on top surface ... 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Stamped

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A 642: Antefix Fragment: Plastic

Broken away above (slightly) and below. An antefix (?) in the form of a human mask, broken away below the eyes, with two long rows of curls across the forehead; eyes and eyebrows exaggeratedly large. Rather ... 16 March 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic

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A 652: Hypocaust Tile

Thick circular tile with a hole through the center and four, shallow, round indentations on the upper face. Cement in the central hole. Cf. A 807. Well. Leica, LIX-85 ... 27 April 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Hypocaust Tiles

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A 668: Window Frame Fragments

Fragments of bottom (?) preserved, elsewhere broken. Part of a terracotta balustrade or window grill, composed of superimposed arches of terracotta, made of strips of the material. Coarse red clay, buff ... 9 June 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Window Tiles

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A 681: Water Pipe Section

Appears to have fallen into the drain from above, after the drain was filled up. Hence need not to be contemporary. Most of lip gone at one end. Simple tongue joint; broad shallow corrugation, more marked ... May-June 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes

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A 887: Antefix Fragment: Plastic

A finished edge at left. Right eye, forehead, and part of beard (?) preserved; also, a little above forehead, over which something was perhaps applied. Traces of red on "beard". Yellowish buff rather brittle ... 20 May 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic

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A 890: Antefix: Plastic

Top of palmette antefix missing. Minor fractures. Cover tile completely broken off. Coarse red clay with bits; coating of white on surface. Well, container 31. Leica ... 20 May 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic

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A 891: Sima Fragment with Painted Inscription

From a raking cornice; the full width preserved at the front, and the full height of the sima; much of the tile remains behind, with part of the right edge, but not the full depth. Broad red band on soffit ... 20 May 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts | Painted

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A 966: Window Tile Fragment

A single fragment preserves a corner and parts of six holes. Small impressed circles along edge on one side. Coarse buff to reddish clay; unglazed. Well, Container 12. 524 Leica ... 18 May 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Window Tiles

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A 967: Window Tile Fragment

Broken all around. A tile with large openings made with arch-shaped strips of clay. Coarse reddish clay. Well, Container 32. 525 Leica, 82-65-27, 82-65-28 ... 21 May 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Window Tiles

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A 1017: Antefix: Plastic

Chip missing from lower right corner; trace of a five-pointed cover tile behind. On the face, a flame palmette centered by a satyr head in relief. Traces of a signature in raised letters on band across ... 12 April 1939 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic

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A 708: Water Pipe Fragment

Only a fragment from one end. Heavy collar. Thin brown glaze on inside and in bands on outside. Storage uncertain. Perhaps Block 26/6. Marble Chips Pit. 117, 1616 ff. Leica, XX-86 ... 13 March 1937 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes

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A 717: Window Tile Fragment

Broken at bottom and both ends. Flat top and arched opening, made in one piece. Tile pierced at either side of top of arch. Coarse red clay. A similar piece, 0.066m. thick, but of different series, found ... 27 March 1937 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Window Tiles

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A 741: Tile Fragment: Stamped

Small fragment of thin flat tile, stamped on upper surface [ΟΙ]. Tholos Trench B, from a late pit, completely disturbed. Leica ... 14 May 1937 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Stamped

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A 803: Antefix: Plastic

Simple relief palmette. Bottom broken away. Coarse red clay, buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic

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A 804: Antefix: Plastic

Dull impression of preceding type, A 803 (ΛΛ 1176). Full height probably preserved; scrolls below palmette. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic

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A 807: Column Tile Fragment

Part of circular tile for a column. Coarse buff clay, traces of cement. Finger prints. Cf. A 652. ADDENDA Hypocaust pillar tile. Cistern, Layer II. Leica, LIX-85 ... 16 April 1937 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Hypocaust Tiles

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A 1104: Well Head Fragment

About a quarter of the circumference preserved at the top; the profile complete. Part of a large cylindrical object finished at the top with a broad flat projecting rim; the bottom edges slightly thickened ... May, June 1939 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Well Tiles

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A 1136: Roof Tile

Complete; cracked but glued together. Plain curved roof tile. Brick red clay with white grits; pale buff on surface. Grave, which it covered, set in Roman fill, but burial probably dates from latest Roman ... 20 July 1946 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Roof Tiles

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A 814: Sima Fragment: Painted

Left side preserved. Flat fillet across the top decorated with key-pattern; the squares between the keys painted purple. Below, decorating the curved molding and the flat band, large lotus and palmette ... 25 February 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts | Painted