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| Section ΠΠ - plan and two sections of Bronze Casting Pit ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... From ΠΠ notebooks. 87-429 87-429 Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1973 |
| Section ΠΠ - plan and two sections of Bronze Casting Pit ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... From ΠΠ notebooks. 87-429 87-429 ... 1973 |
| Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC.
The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
| Hole (Well) and adjoining water channel with 4th c. pottery, probably a dumped fill.
At a depth of about -5.70m we started yielding some very crude potsherds, clearly not made on the wheel (maybe Prehistoric) ... Prehistoric-Roman |
| General view of the area cleared to ancient levels. At center, casting pit (Deposit A 16:1); at right, well at 4/ΜΗ; in background, rooms of the South House ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) east 2283 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); in foreground (right of center) well at 3/ΜΒ (Deposit A 16:3) ... east 2285 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); at upper left, well at 4/ΜΗ ... west 2286 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Bronze casting pit, 4th c. B.C. Deposit A 16:1. Cf. Hesperia 26 (1957), pl. 28, b ... east 2290 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 May 1956 |
| View of the casting pit showing the cutting in bedrock floor. Deposit A 16:1 ... east 2291 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 May 1956 |
| Plan and sections of a casting pit at 6-11/ΜΑ-ΜΒ. Deposit A 16:1, dated to the 3rd quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 2224 Horizontal (normal) ... 1973 |
| General view of the area cleared to ancient levels. At center, casting pit (Deposit A 16:1); at right, well at 4/ΜΗ; in background, rooms of the South House ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) east 2283 ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); in foreground (right of center) well at 3/ΜΒ (Deposit A 16:3) ... AMS east 2285 ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); at upper left, well at 4/ΜΗ ... AMS west 2286 ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Bronze casting pit, 4th c. B.C. Deposit A 16:1. Cf. Hesperia 26 (1957), pl. 28, b ... AMS east 2290 ... 2 May 1956 |
| View of the casting pit showing the cutting in bedrock floor. Deposit A 16:1 ... AMS east 2291 ... 24 May 1956 |
| Plan and sections of a casting pit at 6-11/ΜΑ-ΜΒ. Deposit A 16:1, dated to the 3rd quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 2224 AMS ... 1973 |
Black glazed only ... 4th B.C. |
Semi-glazed ware; bits of bronze; bone; pumice stone; pottery slag; bronze square ... 4th B.C. |
Miscellaneous coarse ... 4th B.C. |
Coarse ware (ca. Augustan) and plaster ... Roman |
4th c. and earlier pottery; glazed; coarse; plaster ... 4th B.C. |
Undisturbed, perhaps prehistoric coarse ware ... Prehistoric |
| Bowl Fragment with Rouletting. Mold Fragment. Dish. Storage Amphora: Knidian ... ΠΠ-13 2469, 2470 P 25748 B 1199 ΠΠ 1026 B 1189 P 25749 P 25750 P 25748 B 1199 P 25749 P 25750 ... 31 October 1956 |
| Stamped Amphora Handle: Pamphylian. Stamped Amphora Handle: Unidentified. Stamped Amphora Handle: Imperial. Stamped Amphora Handle: Koan (double handle). Black Glaze Bowl: Stamped ... ΠΠ-13 2489, 2490 SS 14225 SS 14226 SS 14227 SS 14302 P 26305 SS 14225 SS 14226 SS 14227 SS 14302 P 26305 ... 1947 |
| Panathenaic Amphora Fragments. Stamped Amphora Handle: Knidian. Pumice ... ΠΠ-13 2517, 2518 P 28253 ΠΠ 1201 P 28250 SS 14750 SS 14751 ST 813 Lot ΠΠ 322 P 28253 SS 14750 SS 14751 ST 813 ... 1947 |
| Pumice. Slag. Drip. Bone Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2519, 2520 ST 814 B 1443 B 1444 B 1445 BI 910 Lot ΠΠ 322 ST 814 B 1443 B 1444 B 1445 ... April-May 1956 |
| Horn Fragment. Funnel for Mold. Funnel for Casting ... ΠΠ-13 2521, 2522 BI 911 B 1446 B 1189 B 1447 Lot ΠΠ 322 Lot ΠΠ 383 Lot ΠΠ 388 BI 910 BI 911 B 1446 B 1447 ... April-May 1956 |
| Gate for Casting. Gates for Casting. Fragment of Gate and Mold for Casting. Part of Two Adjacent Funnels and Gates ... ΠΠ-13 2523, 2524 B 1448 B 1449 B 1450 B 1451 Lot ΠΠ 383 B 1448 B 1449 B 1450 ... April-May 1956 |
| Fragment of Gate and Mold. Fragment of Air Vent ... ΠΠ-13 2525, 2526 B 1452 B 1453 Lot ΠΠ 383 B 1451 B 1452 B 1453 ... April-May 1956 |
| Fragment of Funnel with "y" Gate. Gate Fragment. Funnel Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2527, 2528 B 1189 B 1454 ΠΠ 1223 B 1455 ΠΠ 1222 B 1456 Lot ΠΠ 383 Lot ΠΠ 388 B 1454 B 1455 B 1456 ... April-May 1956 |
| Mold Support. Mold Support Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2529, 2530 ΠΠ 1214 B 1446 B 1457 B 1458 B 1459 B 1460 B 1461 Lot ΠΠ 384 Lot ΠΠ 388 B 1457 B 1458 B 1459 B 1460 ... April-May 1956 |
| Fragment of Funnel and Gate. Mold Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2531, 2532 B 1462 B 1463 B 1464 B 1465 Lot ΠΠ 388 Lot ΠΠ 383 Lot ΠΠ 386 Lot ΠΠ 384 B 1461 B 1462 B 1463 B 1464 B 1465 ... April-May 1956 |
| Mold Fragment. Mold Fragment with Iron ... ΠΠ-13 2533, 2534 B 1466 B 1467 B 1468 Lot ΠΠ 386 Lot ΠΠ 383 Lot ΠΠ 385 Lot ΠΠ 384 B 1466 B 1467 B 1468 ... April-May 1956 |
| Mold Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2535, 2536 B 1189 B 1469 B 1470 B 1471 Lot ΠΠ 385 Lot ΠΠ 386 Lot ΠΠ 384 B 1469 B 1470 B 1471 ... April-May 1956 |
| Mold Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2537, 2538 B 1472 B 1473 B 1474 B 1475 Lot ΠΠ 386 Lot ΠΠ 384 B 1472 B 1473 B 1474 B 1475 ... April-May 1956 |
| Mold Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2539, 2540 B 1476 B 1477 B 1478 B 1479 Lot ΠΠ 384 Lot ΠΠ 387 B 1476 B 1477 B 1478 B 1479 ... April-May 1956 |
| Mold Fragment ... ΠΠ-13 2541, 2542 B 1480 B 1481 B 1482 B 1483 Lot ΠΠ 387 Lot ΠΠ 384 Lot ΠΠ 385 B 1480 B 1481 B 1482 B 1483 ... April-May 1956 |
| Mold Fragment. Head of Male Figure ... ΠΠ-13 2543, 2544 B 1484 B 1189 S 2548 Lot ΠΠ 387 B 1484 S 2548 ... April-May 1956 |
| South House Room 20 ... ΠΠ-12 2275, 2276 Section ΠΠ 525 Section ΠΠ 528 |
| South House Roof Tiles. Cut West of South House Room 23 and 24 ... ΠΠ-12 2277, 2278 ... Jun 13 1956 |
| South House Room 26. ΜΗ-ΜΒ Cut ... ΠΠ-12 2281, 2282 Lot ΠΠ 342 Lot ΠΠ 356 Lot ΠΠ 355 Lot ΠΠ 378 ... Jun 20 1956 |
| Western Cut ... ΠΠ-12 2283, 2284 Lot ΠΠ 326 Lot ΠΠ 327 80-127 ... Apr 19 1956 |
| Water Proof Cement Stairs. Floor with Well 4/ΜΗ. Plan at Floor Level. A Mixed, Roman Fill, Containing at this Level Some Lamps and Sherds as Late as the 4th Century A.D. Bedrock. Some Mold Fragments Found ... ΠΠ-12 2287, 2288 ... Apr 21 1956 |
| Cistern Passage Just West of Bronze Casting Pit. Drain Shaft. Passage Toward Northwest. Bronze Casting Pit ... ΠΠ-12 2289, 2290 G 543 P 25611 P 25746 P 25747 L 5280 Lot ΠΠ 324 80-160 ... May 2 1956 |
| Bronze Casting Pit. Pit ... ΠΠ-12 2293, 2294 A 16:1 ... Jun 1 1956 |
| Well at 4/ΜΗ. A Patch of Dining Room Floor ... ΠΠ-12 2335, 2336 ΠΠ 997 T 3478 Lot ΠΠ 345 Lot ΠΠ 346 Lot ΠΠ 347 ... May 16 1956 |
| Well 3/ΜΒ. Passage. Well ... ΠΠ-12 2367, 2368 Lot ΠΠ 328 Lot ΠΠ 325 Lot ΠΠ 329 ... May 31 1956 |
| Well at 3/ΜΒ ... ΠΠ-12 2393, 2394 ΠΠ 995 P 25610 ΠΠ 961 T 3476 ΠΠ 1112 B 1199 |
| Well at 4/ΜΗ ... ΠΠ-12 ΠΠ:1956.0428:4 ΠΠ:1956.0428:5 ΠΠ:1956.0428:6 ΠΠ:1956.0428:7 ΠΠ:1956.0428:8 ΠΠ:1956.0428:9 ΠΠ:1956.0428:10 ΠΠ:1956.0429:1 N 53109 ΠΠ:1956.0429:2 N 53110 ΠΠ:1956.0429:3 N 53111 ΠΠ:1956.0429:4 N 53112 ... 229-30 B.C. |
| Removal of Fill; Western Section. Byzantine Pits. Turkish. ΜΗ-ΜΒ Cut (Area South of Andron). West of South House Rooms 23 and 24. Bronze Casting Pit; Cistern. Andron. 4th B.C. Building. Hellenistic Building ... ΠΠ-12 |
| Moldmade Vessel Fragment with Gouged Decoration. Anta Capital Fragment. Red Figure Lekythos Fragment. Plaster Fragments ... ΠΠ-13 2409, 2410 P 25609 A 2611 P 25610 A 2612 P 25609 A 2611 P 25610 A 2612 ... 27 April 1956 |
| Pit at 3/ΞΑ. Bronze Casting Pit. Deep Channel Leading North-West from Rectangular Draw Shaft. Plaster from Water Channel Touching Well at 3/ΜΒ. Rectangular Draw Shaft. From Rectangular Draw Shaft. From ... ΠΠ-6 1074, 1075 Lot ΠΠ 316 Lot ΠΠ 317 Lot ΠΠ 318 Lot ΠΠ 319 Lot ΠΠ 320 Lot ΠΠ 321 Lot ΠΠ 322 Lot ΠΠ 323 Lot ΠΠ 324 Lot ΠΠ 325 Lot ΠΠ 326 Lot ΠΠ 327 Lot ΠΠ 328 Lot ΠΠ 329 Lot ΠΠ 330 ... Early Roman |
| Turkish Gate; At Level of Lowest Foundation Blocks. Turkish Gate; Ash Fill. Turkish Gate; Immediately South of Foundations. West of West Wall of South Kitchen and South House Room 23. Cutting in East of ... ΠΠ-6 1082, 1083 Lot ΠΠ 375 Lot ΠΠ 376 Lot ΠΠ 377 Lot ΠΠ 378 Lot ΠΠ 379 Lot ΠΠ 369 Lot ΠΠ 380 Lot ΠΠ 381 Lot ΠΠ 359 Lot ΠΠ 382 Lot ΠΠ 383 Lot ΠΠ 384 Lot ΠΠ 385 Lot ΠΠ 386 Lot ΠΠ 387 Lot ΠΠ 388 A 16:1 ... 4th B.C. |
| Bird. Statuette of Mother of the Gods. Mold Fragments for Architectural Relief: Dancing Maenad ... ΠΠ-9 1790, 1791 S 1936 S 1937 T 3476 S 1936 S 1937 T 3476 ... 16 April 1956 |
| Stamped Amphora Handle: Rhodian. Stamped Amphora Handle: Knidian. Torso of Draped Female Figure. Plaster Wall Fragments with Graffito Ships ... ΠΠ-9 1792, 1793 SS 14097 SS 14098 S 1938 A 2608 SS 14097 SS 14098 S 1938 A 2608 ... 16 April 1956 |
| Byzantine Plateia ... ΠΠ-12 2261, 2262 Lot ΠΠ 372 ... Apr 7 1956 |
| ΜΗ-ΜΒ Cut ... ΠΠ-12 2265, 2266 ... Apr 13 1956 |
| ΜΗ-ΜΒ Cut ... ΠΠ-12 2269, 2270 ΠΠ:1956.0414:1 ΠΠ:1956.0414:2 Section ΠΠ 495 Section ΠΠ 496 Section ΠΠ 516 ... Athenian Imperial |
| ΜΗ-ΜΒ Cut ... ΠΠ-12 2271, 2272 Section ΠΠ 527 |
| ΓΓ: Letters = North - South. Numbers = East - West. Apollodorus Street. Ancient Street. Upper levels excavated as ΝΝ, roughly ΝΝ:1-40/Ι-Π. Including ΝΝ Byzantine Houses 1, 2, 3, and Roman Houses B, D ... ΟΟ-1 5, 6 ... Mar 17 1947 |
| Preserved to just below neck.
Features blurred, but eyes and mustache still distinguishable. Lower part of beard broken off. Surface badly battered; fillet on head barely distinguishable.
Hermes Propylaios ... 24 April 1956 |
| Head of bearded man of which third of head at back, nose and parts of beard chipped off.
Archaistic curls at brow line.
Pentelic marble. Stony Byzantine fill. Leica ... Presumably Roman. |
| Part of medallion: upper part of body frontal, and head to right of youth; white wreath. Reserved band on underside. Partial relief contour. Ring foot broken off. Provenience unknown. Leica ... 1949 |
| From edge of one-half of a double disk or bobbin(?). Around outside, a branch with berries in added red. Within part of uncertain scene. Underside reserved, reddened. Relief contour. Either near Civic ... December 1953 |
| From the ribbon handle of a large lekanis. Concave surface, a ridge near one edge.
Above and below, bands of egg pattern, the centers in added clay. Along the middle, a band of black glaze over which ... 1953 |
| Fragment from floor, preserving a little of the stem. In the medallion, framed by two lines, a satyr, right, with a wineskin. A little incision. Outside, reserved band. Context unknown. Leica ... 1949 |
| Fragment from jug with collared strainer neck and vertical band handle. The neck filled with a strainer, pierced with a large central hole surrounded by smaller holes.
Unguentarium fabric, red at core, ... 1949 |
| Head and shoulders of woman, right; peplos, earring, necklace, knitted(?) sakkos. No relief contour. Added clay for ornaments; white for flesh; the dress once painted in an added color.
Pinkish-buff ... (1953) |
| Two joining fragments give half the circumference of the rim with part of the neck and the flat shoulder. Heavy rolled rim; a moulded ring about the middle of the neck. Lip, ridge and shoulder set off ... 1948 |
| Fragment of rim, with plain out-turned lip, and top part of wide band handle, attached just below rim. On the top of the handle, head in high relief, the features Negroid, the head turned to its left ... 1947 |
| Rim fragment from a large plate, neatly moulded. Part of ring foot with flat resting surface reserved. On rim, between reserved bands, ivy wreath, the leaves reserved, the stems and berries white. Late ... 1949 |
| Single fragment preserving part of foot and floor. Thick high moulded ring foot with broad flat resting surface; the foot glazed inside and out, the resting surface reserved. On the floor, towards the ... 1949 |
| Joins P 19126. Fragment of a red figure kylix mended from five pieces. Outside: Komos. Two youths to right; both have loose himatia, the left one a stick. Head, neck, shoulders, arms, feet of first youth ... 1949 |
| Broken all around; wall fragment from an amphora. Man riding a horse; the horse's mane between his hands; a rein in his right hand.
Dull glaze; buff clay.
Some resemblance to P 18567, but that is glazed ... 1951 |
| Fragment of pyxis lid(?); domed top decorated with a rinceau in thin clay paint. The edge of the broad projecting flange reserved and stamped with an egg pattern.
Good black glaze inside and out; brownish ... 14 March 1939 |
| Two joining fragments from upper wall of bell krater. Preserved: upper half of draped female figure, right, face missing; edge of egg band around handle attachment. Stray; picked up in section. Leica, ... 16 August 1941 |
| Small fragment from shoulder and neck of an oinochoe. Around neck, a wreath in thinned clay paint. Below, a head, to left, wearing a large flat hat and facing a torch. The torch and outline of hat in thinned ... About 400 B.C. |
| Shoulder fragment from a large vase, probably an amphora.Tongue pattern above. Below, part of a head left, garlanded with a wreath of added purple. Rectangular object in field to left. Little or no relief ... 1947 |
| Wall fragment; a horizontal groove, unglazed, inside. In relief, a male figure (bearded?), nude except for a cloak over his shoulder, riding right on a quadruped. Herakles? Below the figure, the tip of ... 1947 |
| The sunken top preserved, with a groove around the outer edge, and the round hole with collar below leading to the well.
Rather coarse pale brown-buff clay; traces of red glaze outside; stained grayish ... 1947 |
| Wall fragment. Head and shoulders of a satyr; body in front view, head profile to right; left hand rests on the head. White fillet round the head. Other white fillets in the background. No relief outline ... October 1950 |
| Shoulders and chest of nude(?) male figure; arms and neck broken off. Black glazed lekythos neck sprouts from back; white on the figure; black glaze on the neck. North of Roman bath, brown fill with Byz ... 7 June 1939 |
| The lower attachment with a little of the wall inside preserved. Substantial band handle with convex outer face; a deep groove along the sides and around the lower end, reserved and reddened. Framed by ... 1947 |
| From the shoulder of a large closed pot: lebes gamikos. Dull glaze on interior. On the upper part of the shoulder, tongue pattern, the outlines reserved. Dots of added clay between the tips. Below, two ... 1947 |
| A single fragment preserves part of the rim and upper wall with both attachments of a horizontal handle. Broad flaring rim separated from nearly vertical wall by a groove and a ridge outside. On the upper ... 1947 |
| Wall fragment, broken all around. Preserved is a youthful male figure, riding on a shaggy animal (leopard?), right, and brandishing a branch as a club in his right hand. Near the upper right corner of ... 1947 |
| Mended from three pieces. Wall fragment of a biconical pot, a projecting keel at the middle, and the upper (or lower) part with a double wall. The edge of a handle (or spout) broken off near one extremity ... 1948 |
| Made up from: ΝΝ 3279, ΝΝ 4482, ΠΠ 754. From the wall of a calyx krater. Preserved is part of the interior of a shield, with a tassel from the cords, and part of the arm band, this decorated with pairs ... 1 July 1947 |
| Small light stone with many small flattened surfaces and one shallow channel. Casting pit. From box 322. 2287 Leica, 87-427, 79-4-8 PD 2249-4 ... April-May 1956 |
| Light weight stone with one smooth curved surface on which are darkened areas, perhaps from polishing burned surface (casting skin) of bronze. Bronze-casting pit. From box 322. 2287 Leica, 87-427, 79-4-8 ... April-May 1956 |
| Retrograde.
Early Thasian. Finished Bronze-casting workshop, red fill; 4th century B.C. Ἡρ[ακ | Ἀ]ρ̣ι̣σ̣[το] (retr)
vaseVI Leica ... 19 April 1956 |
| Retrograde.
Early Thasian. Finished Bronze-casting workshop, red fill; 4th century B.C. Ἡρακ̣[ | Ἀρ]ιστ̣ο̣[---] (retr)
vaseVI Leica ... 19 April 1956 |
| Flattened on several sides by wear.
Small stone, one of four or five similar ones found in the pit. Bronze casting pit. 2287 Leica ... 24 October 1956 |
| First interpretation: Mold signed fragment.
Broken at left and chipped along outer edge at top.
Preserved is a male figure, bearded and partly draped, reclining on a couch and playing the double flutes, ... 27 March 1939 |
| Enough preserved to recover profile. Restored in plaster. Connected palmettes radiating out from center; circled by broad band of rouletting and incised line.
Graffito in bottom of base:
Glaze in excellent ... 24 October 1956 |
| From the floor of a heavy plate. Head and shoulders of draped figure right. Very poor condition; added white practically disappeared from face and part of clothes. Agora area, context unknown. Leica ... (February 1957) |
| Most of foot and center of floor preserved, with start of walls. Moulded ring foot.
Interior, mantel figure, right. Other figures on sides A and B. No relief contour. Glazed and reserved circles on underside ... March 1957 |
| From the floor of a very large plate; two moulded rings beneath; fish plate? Parts of four figures: leg of small standing figure, white, Eros. Knees and legs of draped seated female figure; standing female ... March 1957 |
| Wall fragment. Male head, wreathed and bearded, left. Partial relief contour. Surface of Panathenaic Way; Agora excavations. Exact provenience unknown. Leica ... March 1957 |
| Three joining fragments make up section of upper part; stem flares to rounded rim, flat on top. Top and inside unglazed. Outside, on rim, parts of maeander alternating with saltire squares; reserved offset ... 1940 |
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