Wall fragment with vegetable decoration of tall lotus petals(?) combined with acanthus leaves on which birds may perch.
Firm black glaze. Cistern. Leica PD 316 ... 1932
A bit of upper wall with the start of the flaring rim. The lower part, shaped in a mould, is covered on the outside with nodules. The rim was shaped on the wheel. The junction of side wall and rim is marked ... 1932
Fragment gives complete profile. Low ring foot, plain rim. A heavy horizontal handle pressed close to the rim.
Unglazed. Cistern. Leica PD 350 ... 1932
Lip fragment with a single shallow groove on the rim.
Coarse clay with bits; gray-green as if from burning. Traces of a cream slip. Cistern. Leica PD 350 ... 1932
Lip fragment shows two straight grooves on the top. A wreath of leaves in black glaze encircles the outside.
Cf. P 29865. Cistern. Leica PD 350 ... 1932
The bottom broken away but was undoubtedly round. Low concave neck with simple lip. Single strap handle.
Gritty red clay darkened by fire. Cistern. Leica, 4-326 PD 1091-42 ... 1932
Flat bottom, a well-curved side wall, and a steep rim with a very slight ledge to receive the lid.
Gritty red clay blackened by fire on the outside. Cistern. Leica, 4-326 PD 349 ... 1932
Rim fragment of part of one handle set close to the outside of the rim.
Gritty red clay blackened by fire on the outside. Cistern. Leica PD 349 ... 1932
Part of the floor and side wall remain. Flat bottom; gently curving side wall.
Fine hard clay, ash-gray in color but fired to full red on the inner surface. Cistern. Leica, 4-326 PD 317 ... 1932
Fragment of shoulder which is bordered by two wheel-run grooves. Within the grooves are oblique lines of punctured dots produced by pressing into the soft clay the teeth of a short length of comb. Another ... 1932
About one-third preserved. High base ring; flaring side wall tending to become more angular as the type advances. On the floor is a rouletted circle enclosing stamped palmettes of which only one remains ... 1933
Fragment from the base of a saucer similar to P 2857. Outcurved lip.
On the floor is a circle of rouletting enclosing a number of free standing stamped palmettes of which two remain.
The black glaze ... 1933
A garland of pointed pendents rendered in thinned clay suspended between the handles. On the neck, above, a horizontal line in white paint. Several more small fragments of this ware, two of them showing ... 1933
Lip fragment. Above the upper zone is a row of tiny sprays.
The glaze dull, but firm; scratched away along a line beneath the lip. Well. Leica, 4-312 ... 1933
Fragment from near the base preserving several scale-like leaves.
Glaze dull but firm.
Possibly from the same bowl as P 4053. Well. Leica, 4-312 ... 1933
About one-quarter of the vessel is preserved giving the complete profile. Heavy foot ring; nearly straight sides; broad flat rim.
Gritty buff clay covered on the inside with red paint, daubs of which ... 1933
One handle and part of rim preserved. Rim almost flat on top. Heavy loop handle projecting well beyond the edge of the rim.
Buff clay covered with flaky brown glaze on the inside and on the top of the ... 1933
Broken all around. Fragment of the steep wall, its inner surface corrugated with a comb-like instrument up and down and in bands horizontally.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1853. Well. Leica ... 1933
Chips missing from the lip. High base ring; shallow bowl with slightly incurved lip.
On the floor, four palmettes stamped within a circle of rouletting.
Glaze mottled black and brown; scratched away ... 1932
Fragment from the lip. Thin wall, gently concave.
Around the neck, a garland of ivy, its leaves and stems rendered in thinned clay, its berries in white paint.
Metallic black glaze.
ADDENDA Same hand ... 1932
Fragment from mouth. The upper wall was straight.
Between the handles hung grape garlands; leaves, stems and fruit rendered in thinned clay. In field above, an inscription in the same medium: ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ... 1932
Fragment from mouth. The upper wall is gently concave.
Handles joined by a garland of olive from which ribbons are draped. The whole rendered in thin clay.
Firm black glaze. Cistern. North chamber. Leica, ... 1932
Only a piece of the side wall remains, retaining a trace of a handle. Steep wall; plain lip.
On the side wall, a garland of which the ribbon is rendered by incision, the pendents by thinned clay.
Firm ... 1932
Only a fragment from the lower edge remains. Fitted with broad flange to rest on the rim of a bowl. The upper part is of openwork.
Fine, buff clay, retaining traces of white paint. Cistern. North chamber ... 1932
Fragment from mouth. Sharply profiled lip; low concave neck; moulded handle, flat on top.
Between the handles, on either side, a garland of ivy leaves; around the handle attachment, an olive wreath, all ... 1932
Lip fragment; one handle remains. Narrow rim gently convex on top; heavy horizontal handle, pressed close to rim.
Gritty, greenish-yellow clay. Unglazed.
This is a Fehlbrand, resulting from some accident ... 1932
Lip fragment. Rim flat on top and bounded inside and out by a shallow groove.
Coarse, red clay, containing large white particles. Unglazed. Cistern. Draw shaft. Leica PD 350 ... 1932
Fragment from the mouth of a large pithos. The rim is flat and broad on top and finished on the outside with a cavetto between two ovolos.
The lower ovolo is decorated with a herringbone pattern between ... 1932
Well or cistern curb? Fragment from mouth. The lip is finished with an ovolo, below which is a cavetto.
Gritty yellow clay. Unglazed, save for the cavetto which is painted red.
This and the preceding ... 1932
Only the mouth and the upper part of the body remain. Globular body; contracted neck; bell-shaped mouth. On top of the shoulder, a wheel-run groove.
Ash-gray clay, covered with flaky black glaze. Pithos ... 1932
Wall fragment.
Above an incised groove, which divided upper and lower wall, there is a band of wave pattern in white paint outlined with incision and with an incised zigzag line below.
Metallic black ... 1932
Fragment from the lower part of the neck.
Buff clay, covered with a thin white wash. Around the root of the neck, a band of brown paint. Pithos. Leica, 4-328 PD 1091-122 ... 1932
Only small fragments are preserved from the rim of bowl and lid. Identity of fabric and diameter make their association very probable. The bowl had an almost vertical lip with a ledge inside to receive ... 1932
Fragment from broadly flaring lip with profiled rim.
Deep red clay, covered inside and out with a thick white paint. Pithos (group D). Leica, 4-328 ... 1932
Only the lower part remains.
The medallion is centered with a small, eight-petalled rosette and surrounded by big and little fronds. The upper part of the field is occupied by a line of double spirals ... 1932
Rim fragment. The lip of this imported Megarian bowl is incurved.
On the outer wall there remain parts of three zones divided by raised lines; the uppermost is occupied by a band of egg-and-dart; the ... 1932
The handle and a little of the mouth only remain. Globular body; low neck with flaring lip; short strap handle.
Gritty, buff clay, fired yellow on the outside. Pithos. Leica ... 1932
Rim fragment. Rim flat on top but bent sharply down toward the outside.
Gritty, buff clay covered on the inside with thin brown glaze and spattered on the outside with the same. Pithos. Leica PD 350 ... 1932
One handle, and part of wall and rim preserved. Lip slightly offset; rim sharply profiled; heavy horizontal handle set close to rim.
Gritty buff clay, covered with red glaze on the inside only. Pithos ... 1932
Only the upper part with the two handles preserved. Plump body; low, vertical neck with thickened lip; strap handles.
Decorated on the outside with rude stripes of red paint.
Gritty, flaky clay, buff-yellow ... 1932
One fragment from base and one from side remain.
Covered on the outside with white paint on which floral(?) designs were painted in red.
Gritty red clay. Pithos. Leica, 4-333 ... 1932
The lip flares and was fitted with a ledge to receive a lid.
Decorated on the outside with horizontal rows of dots applied "en barbotine".
Coarse clay fired gray and red. Very thin fabric. Pithos. Leica, ... 1932
Mouth and much of side wall restored in plaster. Very plump.
One band of white paint on the shoulder.
Hard red clay, fired gray on the surface. Thin-walled and carefully made.
Cf. Agora V, under no ... 1932
Part of the upper wall and one handle remain. Partially restored in plaster. The upper wall gently concave; the handle a broad strap, from whose top a thumb-rest has been broken away.
The handles are ... 1932
A fragment from the lip only remains. A shallow bowl with broad horizontal flange above which the vertical rim is broken away. At the break there remains a trace of a small hole pierced through the flange ... 1932
One handle and much of the side wall restored in plaster. Moulded base ring; open mouth; strap handles spurred with plastic ivy leaves.
Dull black glaze scratched away in a line around the body and another ... 1933
A fragment from one side; restored in plaster. From the medallion springs a succession of lanceolate petals, tendrils and tall spikes. The petals are probably a stylized version of the nymphaea lotus, ... 1932
Rim fragment with part of upper wall. The side wall is filled with tall, sharp-pointed petals of the nymphaea coerulea alternating with tendrils. On one of the tendrils sits a bird. A simplified guilloche ... 1932
A fragment of the bottom and much of the side wall. From the medallion spring tall fronds. On the side wall a frieze depicting combat scenes between two hoplites armed with spears and beween a hoplite ... 1932
About one-third of the bowl remains. Two fragments of the lip, one mended from two pieces, do not join. Restored in plaster. In the medallion, a rosette(?) surrounded by a row of ribbed leaves. From a ... 1932
A fragment of the rim and side wall. The tips of lotus petals spring from the medallion. Pairs of satyrs dancing about kraters compose the frieze. From the feet of the kraters spring tall volutes. The ... 1932
Rim and most of the side wall missing. The medallion is centered with a 6-petalled rosette, around which are four overlapping rows of ribbed leaves. Goats rampant about kraters in the frieze. In the field ... 1932
Bottom and part of the side wall remain. In the medallion, an 8-petalled rosette, faint. About it are successive bands of nodules increasing in size toward the top.
Metallic black glaze fired reddish ... 1932
Most of the shoulder, with the opening for a small neck, and part of the side wall preserved; mended from many pieces. Five fragments do not join. Three rows of dents around the shoulder.
Light red clay ... 29 March 1934
Four fragments, making up to three.
a) From the rim and side, preserves the head and draped torso of a youth, right.
b) Part of another draped standing figure.
The glaze has fired red throughout. Partial ... 29 March 1934
From the rim of a cup. The head and part of the body of a draped human figure and part of a horse, right. Below classical floor. Leica ... 29 March 1934
Four fragments, mending to two. Relief contours.
Excellent glaze outside; inside, dull over a rough surface.
Joins P 27395. Below classical floor. 525, 542 Leica, 88-11-13 ... 29 March 1934
Flat rim, projecting on exterior and slightly on interior, stamped with a large guilloche-like pattern.
Moderately coarse pinkish-buff clay; traces of a light slip on the underside of the rim. Over water ... 10 May 1934
Mended from three pieces. Profile complete. A scroll applied on the rim. No stamp preserved.
Western Sigillata. Room with fresco. Mainly late Roman. Leica PD 1171-185 ... 5 April 1934
Late Roman B fragments:
a) Part of the ring foot.
b) From the floor with a representation incised beneath the glaze within a circle. Figure with the preserved right arm bent at the elbow and the right ... 11 April 1934
Seven fragments, decorated in white and buff on red glaze. For shape cf. P 4159 and P 529.
No two of the pieces come certainly from the same pot, though a) and b) probably belong together.
a) Wreath, ... 21 April 1934
Part of the rim and side of a large pot, the wall pierced by a row of elliptical holes ca. 0.10m. below the out-turned rim.
Dull buff clay, originally covered on the outside with a thin black wash, nearly ... 24 February 1934
Mended from six pieces; part of the out-turned lip preserved. Depicts two dancers between seated sphinxes. White for the beard and fillet of one dancer; red for the fillet of the other and on the sphinx's ... 2 March 1934
Mended from five pieces. Depicts satyr and maenad dancing left. Vine in field. Rudimentary incision; faint traces of red for the fillets. Edge of lip preserved inside.
Brown wash over the clay. Surface ... 2 March 1934
Mended from many pieces; restored in plaster. Very low ring foot.
Orange-red clay; red wash inside and out.
Late Roman C. In disturbed late Roman fill. Leica ... 10 April 1934
From near the center of a large Late Roman C plate with low ring foot. Stamped with the figure of a hare.
Light red clay; red glaze, thinner outside. Room with fresco. Late Roman context. Leica ... 12 April 1934
Mended from three pieces. From the base of a flat Late Roman B plate. Design of leaves and rosette stamps.
Red clay and glaze. See also box 57c. Context chiefly late Roman. Leica ... 2may 1934
From a large Late Roman B plate. False base ring, very low. Decorated with rosettes and circles, within wheel-run grooves.
Rather coarse red clay, good glaze inside; very thin wash outside. Context Late ... 4 May 1934
Mended from ten pieces; the profile complete. The rim decorated with a row of vertical grooves, the center, inside, with a stamped conventional motif.
Red clay and glaze, worn.
Late Roman C. Context ... 20 April 1934
Mended from eight pieces; restored in plaster. Profile complete.
Late Roman C. Context disturbed Late Roman. Leica, 85-508 PD 1171-77 ... 10 April 1934
From the center of a plate, decorated with a rosette and concentric grooves. No base, the resting surface set off by concentric rings and grooves.
Fine buff clay, slightly pinkish. Mottled red glaze ... 4 May 1934
