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Obv. Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet.
Rev. Owl standing half left in olive wreath; inscription illegible. Coin no. 8. With ashes below disturbed pyre? 2146, 2321, 3286 ... 297-255 B.C. or 339-288 B.C. |
| Obverse: two squatting figures on an altar.
Rays behind the figure look like wings. Volutes on altar and wreath around it.
Reverse: plain. 4th c. B.C. 2927 Leica ... 3 June 1949 |
Athens ... Sv. 22.73, 74.
[found with coin OO-1142 (Sicily, Acragas; see Agora XXVI, p. 171, no. 421)] Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Θ/Α/Ε
Owl standing r., facing; in field r., cornucopia ... ca. 270--261 B.C. |
Three mended fragments preserve parts of rim and wall and most of one handle; several scraps do not join. Small kantharos with rounded lower wall and high upper wall, somewhat drawn in at top. Band handle ... 19 April 1949 |
| Akragas ... Calciati I, p. 177, no. 47.
[intentionally halved (found with coin ΟΟ-1141, a specimen of Athens variety 59, of the 260's B.C.)] [ΑΚΠΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΟΝ⟧ Eagle stg. l., wings spread. Crab; below, conch shell and ... late 5th century--406 B.C. |
| Handle missing, and most of nozzle.
Rather small mold made. Raised base, concave beneath, set off by groove; a groove also around the nearly flat top. Pierced lug at left.
Dull black glaze, much peeled ... 19 April 1949 |
Late Hellenistic
4th B.C. |
Mended complete except for small piece of floor, and chips. Ring foot very roughly and irregularly made; considerably higher on one side than on the other; the space inside it left rough from the wheel, ... 6 June 1949 |
Mended complete. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146) but the wall slightly concave outside, and the glaze covering more complete.
ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside ... 6 June 1949 |
Mended complete. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146); rather deep.
ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside. Bottom left rough from wheel. Finished Pyre in N.W. Room of Poros ... 6 June 1949 |
Mended complete except for small chips. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146) but the glaze is firm and fairly lustrous on the interior, though irregularly applied and worn on the outside and rim.
ADDENDA P 20067: ... 6 June 1949 |
Mended complete except for two small chips from wall. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146). The glaze has marked metallic splotches.
ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside ... 6 June 1949 |
Mended but with several small bits missing from floor, wall and rim. Similar to P 20067 (ΟΟ 1146).
The glaze somewhat peeled on the floor, the clay grayish-buff.
ADDENDA P 20067: Flat-bottomed saucer ... 6 June 1949 |
| Both lid and bowl broken, but complete save for a few chips. Plain handleless bowl, the rim inset to take the lid. High heavy ring foot, the resting surface broad, a small concavity at the center. Lid ... 6 June 1949 |
Plate with ribbon handles. Mended complete. Plain plate similar to P 20063 (ΟΟ 1142) but somewhat smaller and somewhat neater. The outer glaze band reaches to the rim. The glaze on the handles, applied ... 6 June 1949 |
Lid intact; few pieces missing from pot. Shallow round-bottomed pan with single vertical handle at rim; ridge on inside to receive lid. Plain lid, slightly domed, warped in making; rough picked-up knob ... 6 June 1949 |
Mended complete. Flat-bottomed saucer with rim slightly thickened on inside. Bottom left rough from wheel.
Matte black glaze unevenly applied. Finished Pyre in N.W. Room of Poros Building = Pyre 1. 2930-2931 ... 6 June 1949 |
Chip of rim missing. Plump, round-bottomed pot with one handle, from rim. Wide mouth, plain rim slightly out-turned.
Slightly gritty reddish-buff clay. Traces of heavy ash deposit on inside. Finished ... 6 June 1949 |
Plate with ribbon handles. Mended complete. Low flat base higher on one side than on the other. Small plain plate with a broad band handle smeared on to the rim at either side. Thin red to black glaze, ... 6 June 1949 |
| Disturbed Pyre at 59/ΚΗ (ΚΖ), in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus.
Against east wall of room 5 west. concentration of artifacts, ash, carbon and a few bones in stratum, no pit discerned ... 3rd c. B.C. |
| Few chips missing. High moulded ring foot grooved on resting surface; hemispherical body; plain slightly inturned lip; high-swung handles, squared off at the ends and slightly bent over.
Slightly metallic ... 6 June 1949 |
| Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1).
Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C. |
Mended complete.
Ring foot; narrow rim sloping slightly outwards. Two furrows on top of rim. Deep groove on outside, below rim; and groove on inside at outer edge of floor.
Originally glazed over all; ... 6 June 1949 |
| Section ΟΟ: Excavation Summary February, 1950
The Poros Building ... Margaret Crosby ... A report on the excavation of the Poros Building in Section ΟΟ. As a result of the investigation, the plan of the building, as suggested in 1948, was considerably modified. Revealed is a building with ... 21-26 Jun 1950 |
| Pottery ... Margaret Crosby ... 3201 3400 ... 1949, 1950, 1968, 1969, 1977, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
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