Chalkis ... Picard, Chalcis, no. 53 Bust of Hera facing, wearing diadem with five disks, resting on Ionic capital. XAλ Eagle holding snake; at r., symbol; φIλIς-AAθ ... 245--196 B.C.
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D.
Wall fragment from a steep-walled cup or beaker.
Horizontal thin ridges at intervals of 0.01m.; decoration in white along and between three of the ribs at one side.
Thin yellow glass.
Cf. P 7643. Cistern ... 6 February 1937