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Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C. |
Nbp. 661: Dug in 1st c. Cleaned out almost to bottom shortly after the middle of the 3rd c. and used for a few years. During Herulian invasion of 267, Laughing Faun broken up and thrown in. Thereafter ... 1st-5th c. A.D., 2nd c. A.D.=POU |
Coins:
4 May 1932 #1-#8 (#8 from dump) ... 4th c. A.D. |
| Typical shape; somewhat descending.
Coarse red clay; yellow at surface; light slip.
Small impression, nearly square; letters shallow. Well. Δ(ρ)άκο(ντος)
Νικα(
Κνι(
(retr) Leica ... 26 April 1932 |
| Typical shape, broken at curve.
Typical clay; slip well preserved.
Impression slightly imcomplete at lower right; large neat letters, slightly doubled. Stp: sl doubled* Found in pile of coarse sherds ... 26 April 1932 |
| Piece shows considerable curvature. Part of male figure seated left. Head, shoulders and legs of figure missing; also most of right arm which is bent at elbow and raised. Relief lines.
Attic clay, unglazed ... 3 May 1932 |
| From rim of a large open pot. Exterior: part of a winged beast, left, and filling ornament. Interior: band of glaze at rim , 0.025m. wide, then reserved. Among loose stones, mixed fill. Leica, 81-536, ... 25 April 1932 |
| Short legged, short tailed animal sitting on its haunches.
Ridiculously large, broad head, suggesting a very morose spaniel. Right leg smaller than left leg, owing to the fact that the two halves of the ... 4 May 1932 |
| Cock with head turned left.
Feet (?) broken away.
Broad, crudely joined; feathers rendered by herringbone incision.
Mould-made. Painted white with red stripes.
Dark pink clay. Well. Leica, 2-233 ... 4 May 1932 |
| Cock figurine with head turned slightly left.
Feet (?) broken away.
Broad, crudely joined; feathers rendered by herringbone incision.
Mould-made. Painted in red stripes outlined with black and with traces ... 4 May 1932 |
| Head of horse figurine.
Mended from four fragments; broken at top of neck.
Ears, mane and forelock incised; elaborate brindle straps studded. Muzzle pierced crosswise.
Mould-made. Remains of red paint ... 4 May 1932 |
| Front part of head with high headdress and part of neck.
Left side of headdress broken away; top and right edges present smooth surfaces.
Large eyes; features set high in fat face. Hair a grooved roll ... Publication: 300-350 A.D. |
| Face and part of neck.
Mould-made, hollow. Besides the thick white paint on the eyes, remains of red on flesh, and of dark bluish hair or garment at sides of neck.
Hard pinkish-buff clay. Well.
Late 3rd ... 4 May 1932 |
| Head with flowing wavy hair and high headdress.
Broken off under double chin. Part of back missing.
Full but narrow face, thick lips. Herringbone pattern on long veil falling from high projection suggesting ... 4 May 1932 |
| Top part and right side of a lamp preserved. End of nozzle, and most of left side of lamp broken away.
On rim, ring of small dots between ridges.
Discus, sharply sunken round central filling hole; radiating ... 3 May 1932 |
| Fragment of top of multiple nozzled lamp with central handle.
Only the triple grooved, pierced handle is preserved, with a small bit of the top, with parts of two oil holes.
Unglazed.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 3 May 1932 |
| Ridged and grooved rim, the outer ridge panelled by three cross strokes on either side.
On discus, rosette with pointed petals; ridged rings round filling hole.
Top of nozzle flattened; set off from rim ... 4 May 1932 |
| Rim plain.
Discus, plain, concave, set off from rim by two circular ridges.
Nozzle, well differentiated from body of lamp, and set off by two grooves and two impressed circles.
Handle semi-pierced; double ... 4 May 1932 |
| Rim narrow, with ring of small globules.
On discus, crescent below central filling hole; round outer edge, successive grooves and ridges.
Nozzle, sharply differentiated from body of lamp, as in type XXVII ... 4 May 1932 |
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