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| Plain rectangular block, with a letter and two dots on one side.
Island marble.
Red fill; late Roman. 99 Leica ... 22 April 1947 |
| A small nude figure, being held by another figure, probably seated. Of the latter only the left hand and a bit of drapery below the hand of the child remain.
Broken all around.
No traces of color.
Pinkish-buff ... 18 April 1947 |
| One edge of mold preserved.
Upper part of female figure (?). Sandy late Roman fill. 109 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
| Part of top and of side edges preserved.
Perhaps from mold for situla bracket with wreathed head, rather than from curved relief (?).
Uncertain representation. Part of fish and shell(?).
Light buff clay ... 24 April 1947 |
| Chin elaborated modelled; locks on neck; cornucopia shows relief of draped male looking left, draped female looking right between mouldings.
Head mostly missing. Cornucopia broken all around.
Traces of ... 8-9 April 1947 |
| Mold for bearded head (Pan?)with shaggy hair.
Chip missing at right.
Green-buff clay.
Cf. Fuchs (1963), Mahdia, pl. 53. ΜΣΤ-ΜΖ*
C 17 Great Drain; gravel below elliptical drain tiles. 411 Leica ... 8 May 1947 |
| Plain rim fragment of shallow bowl.
Two shallow grooves on outside of rim; cluster of dots in relief on side.
Mold made (?) Light green glaze; dots blue (?) Dirt fill.
Late Roman. Leica, XXXIII-24 PD 505 ... 2 May 1947 |
| Broken all around.
Piece from side of relatively large dish, perhaps shallow bowl.
Interlocking four-petaled rosettes in relief; raised dots in field between.
Light green glass. Fill under lime pit no ... 9 May 1947 |
| Rim fragment from rather small deep bowl.
Plain rim; thick vertical ridges in relief on outside. Inside, a single shallow groove just below lip, and a pair of grooves about half way down preserved piece ... 16 May 1947 |
| High base and part of side preserved.
No pontil but roughish on bottom. Walls thin rapidly to top.
Dark green glass. Bubbles and spirals. Slight iridescent; no other weathering. Fill of 5th or 6th c. A.D ... 23 April 1947 |
| Broken at back; top of palmette chipped off at front. Below, letters in relief:
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Red clay with white bits; light buff slip. Roman destruction debris. 101 Leica ... 21 April 1947 |
| A leaf-shaped object with bottom turned in, giving a flat resting surface.
Similar to MC 690, but slightly smaller. Early Byzantine fill. Leica, 90-10-6, 90-10-9 ... 8 April 1947 |
| Small fragment from bottom of lamp with part of signatures in raised letters.
Black glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Cf. L 2055.
In ... 27 April 1947 |
| An oval tube with bit of original flat surface-perhaps joint surface with separate base piece (?)-preserved at bottom. Broken at top, where bit of lower part of irregularly shaped lamp or dish preserved ... 28 April 1947 |
| Most of top preserved and part of back; end of nozzle and upper half of handle missing.
Spirals on rim; relief on discus: Poseidon, right, trident in right hand, dolphin perched on left hand; cloak wrapped ... 6 May 1947 |
| Fragment with handle and part of rim and discus preserved. Ovules on rim.
On discus, head to right, and upper part of trident preserved.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Late ... 14 May 1947 |
| Handle missing and small piece of top.
Pear-shaped lamp with angular profile, the top rising to a raised ring around the filling hole. Rays on the top.
Reverse, low false base ring; within which palm branch, ... 14 May 1947 |
| Flat-bottomed round-bodied jug with flaring lip. Μολύβδινο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Cf. A-B 19-20:1 Sand in bottom of Great Drain, of Hellenistic fill further to south. Stoa gallery case Leica, XXIX-39 ... 8 May 1947 |
| A: caduceus and ear of wheat crossed.
B: plain. Entered as coin, no. 69, for the day. Bottom of Great Drain.
With coins nos. 67-78. Leica ... 26 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face and original top preserved.
Parts of three lines of the inscription preserved.
Whitish limestone. Found in Byzantine context east of the Great Drain, in the industrial ... 16 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken at right and back.
Part of small rectangular base with rectangular cutting, rough picked in top. Left side smooth finished; bottom deeply picked. Shallow groove as frame for ... 24 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
The left part of a crowning member for a monument with recessed niche, and with horizontal cornice, not pediment.
Broken at right; top roughly picked with front sloping down and small ... 30 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment of a plaque.
Preserves part of inscribed face, right side and rough picked back.
Part of one line of the inscription preserved, within a wreath.
White crystalline marble. Found in late ... 3 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
Broken top and bottom.
Four lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in modern cellar wall outside the Market Square, on the southeast ... 7 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Parts of five lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Finished Found in early Byzantine context, east of the Great Drain, in the industrial ... 13 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
Upper left half of stele with pediment top; broken at bottom and right, and acroterion at left broken off. Rough picked back.
Two lines of the inscription preserved ... 15 May 1947 |
| A: standing draped male figure (Asklepios ?), facing, head turned to left.
Serpent staff in field at left.
B: illegible. Fill a. 111 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
| A: female bust, facing.
B: plain.
Cf. IL 1025. Entered as coin, no. 25, for the day. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 17 May 1947 |
| A: owl standing, right.
B: plain. Entered as coin, no. 26, for the day. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 17 May 1947 |
| A: a twisting snake (?)
Letters in field giota (Γ) and alpha (Α) at top, sigma (Σ) to right.
B: plain. Entered as coin, no. 8, for the day. Red fill (1).
With coin no. 9. Leica ... 14 May 1947 |
| A: seated figure left, with branch in left arm, right outstretched.
Snake or tree (?) in front. Crescent in field upper left. All in border of dots.
Possibly Demeter left, in serpent car.
B: bumpy, no ... 16 May 1947 |
| A: seated figure left, with branch in left arm, right outstretched.
Snake or tree (?) in front. Crescent in field upper left. All in border of dots.
Possibly Demeter left, in serpent car.
B: bumpy, no ... 16 May 1947 |
| Fragment from the floor of a Late Roman C plate; only part of stamp preserved: head of horse. 125 Leica ... 26 April 1947 |
| Broken into many pieces, mended to make five non-joining fragments; restored in plaster. Low false ring foot; keeled rim with rouletting around the outside. On the floor, from outside in: two bands of ... 26 April 1947 |
| Full profile preserved; about two-thirds of sides missing. Very low ring foot; slightly flaring concave sides; vertical rim with ridges, rouletted at top and bottom, the outer face concave.
At the center ... 26 April 1947 |
| Mended from several pieces; about two-thirds preserved with the full profile. Flat bottom, low flaring wall, keeled rim. On the floor, two groups of concentric grooves around an illegible stamp.
Light ... 28 April 1947 |
| Part of angular shoulder and side wall of a bowl or cup. In relief on the wall, the top of a large-veined pointed leaf; at either side small blobs, grooved, suggesting flowers.
Light buff fabric; glaze ... 1 May 1947 |
| Small fragment perhaps from the lid of a casserole.
Gritty red-brown cooking ware fabric; band of maeander in relief.
Hellenistic?
Cf. P 5797. Late Roman fill. 132 Leica, 95-73-32 ... 2 May 1947 |
| Rim fragment. Straight wall; plain lip slightly out-turned; two grooves just below it outside, and a third slightly lower, bordering the figured scene. Uncertain representation: perhaps a large tree at ... 3 May 1947 |
| About two-thirds of rim and part of side missing. Low ring foot; flaring wall; vertical rim, slightly concave on outside. Samian. West (east?) wall of elliptical drain. 404 Leica ... 7 May 1947 |
| Rim fragment from black glazed lidded bowl.
Scratched through the glaze on the outside just below the flange: Late fill on Roman floor. Leica PD 1133-22(F 172) ... 9 May 1947 |
| From mold for bottom of large bowl. Central medallion, head with elaborate headdress, surrounded by band of short petals bordered by lines of sharp dots. Similar line of dots, and the start of some other ... 12 May 1947 |
| Part of flat floor and high ring foot preserved.
Foot-shaped stamp on center of floor:
Graffito on bottom: Α Between elliptical drain and west drain wall. 410 Leica, 93-41-33, 93-41-34 PD 1172-8 ... 8 May 1947 |
| Short-necked amphora with arched handles round in section.
Dipinto in black on shoulder between two handles:
Very light buff clay, almost white on surface. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, ... 13 May 1947 |
| Neck, upper part of handles, and lip (except for chips) preserved. Large heavy amphora with rather short neck and very heavy arched handles, round in section. Projecting lip, flat on top, set off below ... 13 May 1947 |
| From the wall of a small bell krater. Head and shoulder of a boy facing right; an arm and hand of another figure behind.
In added white, just below the rim: Late Roman fill. Leica ... 10 April 1947 |
| From the lower side wall, with variegated ornament: kantharos, mask, tendril, and tip of pointed leaves below. Roman fill on bedrock; 6th.-7th. c. A.D. Leica, 99-22-10(11), 99-22-12 ... 18 April 1947 |
| Rim fragment from a very large brazier; edge at top broken away; face missing. Lug with bearded head. A thick curl on either side of the head; finer lines above for hair. Large egg and dart moulding on ... 8 April 1947 |
| Fragment from rim and wall of bell krater. Below rim, egg pattern, set off by a groove at top and bottom. On inside two reserved lines.
Inscribed in white, near upper edge of wall: Ν Ι Κ Ι Α Σ
Firm ... 19 April 1947 |
| Fragment from shoulder of oinochoe. Bit of ribbing preserved at right. Part of a branch, with a disk on a handle to right of branch and a bit of undetermined object to left.
Glaze fired chocolate brown; ... 22 April 1947 |
| Fragment from mold for upper half of a lamp, preserving the end for the nozzle and part of the herringbone pattern on the rim.
Gritty red-buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection, type 28 of Agora ... 8 April 1947 |
| Part of one side and about half of bottom preserved.
Part of incised signature, within two groooves, on bottom.
Black gritty clay, gray to brown on surface.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Red fill, ... 15 April 1947 |
| One nozzle, parts of two others, and bit of bottom preserved in four joining pieces.
Triangular-ended nozzle, with a small grooved circle on either side. Ring foot.
A groove preserved on the top suggests ... 21 April 1947 |
| Intact save for chip from nozzle.
Reverse, leaf in relief; handle, grooved, partly pierced.
Rim, panelled, with single row of dots. Discus, man and bear.
Light greenish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth ... 22 April 1947 |
| Small piece from base; letters incised within two grooves.
No glaze.
Light red clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection, type 28 of Agora collection.
Latest Roman fill. Leica PD 1020, 1471 ... 19 April 1947 |
| Intact save for strap handle.
Flat bottom, straight sides with collar around edge of flat top; square ended nozzle. No glaze.
Gretty red-brown clay.
Type XVI of Corinth collection, type 35D of Agora collection ... 25 April 1947 |
| Front half missing.
Unpierced handle; rosette on disk; herringbone on rim.
Signature incised on bottom.
Light brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Kalikia fill. Leica ... 1 May 1947 |
| Mended from several pieces; top of nozzle missing.
Grapevine on rim; rays on discus; handle grooved, not pierced through.
Reverse, two circular grooves, enclosing the signature, incised: "E Y".
Unglazed ... 6 May 1947 |
| Most of bottom and of nozzle, and part of rim missing.
Scroll on rim; on discus, Eros before an altar.
Part of one letter of signature on bottom, "gamma" or "pi".
Grooved pierced handle.
Yellow-buff clay ... 15 May 1947 |
| About two-thirds of body preserved; broken at bottom, and both arms missing. The right arm broken off just below the shoulder, the left ends in a smooth-cut surface just above the elbow, with a hole for ... 28 April 1947 |
| Broken at bottom; surface chipped; back used as door sill at some time, but is probably close to original surface.
Preserved is a bearded snake in relief.
Pentelic marble.
Dedication to Zeus Meilichios; ... 7 May 1947 |
| Part of relief face, rough-picked back and outer edge of rough-picked bottom preserved. Broken at both sides and at top.
Part of a banquet relief: preserved are the legs and one hand of a draped figure ... 8 April 1947 |
| About half of neck reserved. Break for lower handle attachment at lower left. Part of helmet and high white crest right, preserved. At left, just to right of black panel under handle and just above break, ... 7 May 1947 |
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