Fragment of wall and lip of a pot, with sharp shoulder, flaring lip and small broad vertical handle.
Coarse red clay; heavy fabric. Outside, traces of light slip and dark bands on handle and hatchings ... 12-14 May 1937
Broken top and bottom. A small cylindrical stand flaring at top and bottom, with part of the finished surface (floor?) preserved at both ends. Pierced from top to bottom by a small hole tapering in diameter ... 12-14 May 1937
Front part of lip and neck missing. Flat-bottomed jug, the body irregularly bulging, the neck slightly drawn in. The lip a large trefoil. Handle round in section, from lip to shoulder.
Handmade. Coarse ... 4 June 1937
Fragment from mouth and shoulder of a wide-mouthed pot, with a low vertical neck ending in a plain lip, and a round body. Fragment preserves one handle, a lug in shape of inverted U with two vertical piercings ... 2 June 1937
Fragment of shoulder and neck of a pot similar to P 10640 (ΟΑ 185). No handle is preserved.
Coarse brown clay; highly polished red slip outside and on inside of neck.
Red Burnished Ware.
ADDENDA P ... 4 June 1937
Fragment of wall and lip of an open bowl with plain lip slightly out-turned. On outside of rim are traces of three horizontal bands, painted; wall was covered with narrow vertical stripes. Impossible at ... 4 June 1937
Lip considerably chipped; small hole in shoulder. Round-bodied jug on flattened bottom; neck narrowing slightly to plain lip, out-turned in front, cut away behind. Rising handle, round in section, from ... 7 June 1937
About half preserved. Flat bottom; deep rounded body; wide mouth with low, splaying lip. One high-swung handle, lip to mid-body.
Coarse clay, mostly brown to black. Outside smoothed, fired with a mottled ... 12 June 1937
About one-third preserved in one fragment, and a non-joining fragment from upper wall. Small flat bottom; plain lip. Walls seems to have a definite shoulder, but upper wall is sharply bent in. Probably ... 12 June 1937
Fragment from rim and wall of a large open bowl with sharply upturned rim with a flat top. Decorated in matte black; close set lines across top of rim, in panels; bands with vertical lines on wall below ... 12 June 1937
Fragment from wall of a good sized closed pot. Part of a lug handle, pierced, is preserved. Outside, lustrous glaze fired in patches of red, yellowish-brown and black.
Coarse clay, brownish with red ... 12 june 1937
Complete except for small chips. Open pot with flat bottom; wide mouth with low thickened nearly vertical lip. Two small broad band handles lip to shoulder.
Coarse clay, full of white bits and pebbles, ... 14 June 1937
Complete except for small chips. A neat pot with a good small foot ring, squat body with marked shoulder, and small mouth with low vertical rim and plain lip. Two small lug handles with double vertical ... 16 June 1937
Complete. Small sub-Neolithic jar with high foot, deeply concave below. Round body; wide mouth with more or less vertical rim and plain lip. Two small horizontally pierced lugs high on shoulder.
Brownish ... 17 June 1937
About half preserved; wall fragments and most of base missing. Flat or slightly concave base, slightly profiled. Step sides, curving in from well-defined shoulder to plain lip.
Gritty red clay. Surface ... 3 June 1937
Wall fragment. Elaborately decorated with a scheme of "wheels", bars, cross-hatched lozenges or triangles, and star-like rosettes.
Handmade of coarse buff to pinkish clay, with many white particles; ... 3 June 1937
Less than half preserved. Flat base; very shallow sides; sharp shoulder, and splaying lip. At one side, part of handle attachment. Well Q. Middle Helladic. Leica ... 3 June 1937
Fragment of angular rim and start of high-swung handle of a goblet of Minyan shape.
Fine buff clay, rather soft, with slipped or polished surface. Yellow Minyan or an imitation of it. Well Q. Middle ... 3 June 1937
Part of the neck, rim, and shoulder, with the spout, preserved. Basket handle must have been parallel to spout. Rounded shoulder, the spout set at an angle; high round neck-mouth, the lip out-turned. ... 14 April 1938
Body mended from many pieces; preserved to curve of shoulder; several wall fragments do not join, and one shoulder fragment preserves part of the short plain nearly vertical lip. Small flattened bottom; ... 23 May 1938
Three fragments.
a) Part of the rounded wall and start of the flattened bottom; at upper edge, two lugs, pierced vertically.
b) Small piece from the wall.
c) Part of the plain vertical rim.
Coarse red ... 26 May 1938
Many fragments missing; restored in plaster. A squat pitcher on a slightly defined base. Cylindrical neck with plain slightly thickened lip. Round handle, lip to shoulder.
Pale buff clay containing much ... 4 April 1938
Fragment from rim and wall of a large open vessel with mouth curving slightly in. Flat slightly projecting lip.
Gritty buff or pinkish-buff clay; buff slip with horizontal bands and cross-hatchings in ... 23 May-3 June 1938
Fragment from the rim and wall of a small round-bodied bowl with plain rim, drawing in toward top.
Brown clay fired gray almost throughout; burnished technical slip, largely fired black. Well P. Leica, ... 3-4 June 1938
From a large dish or plate, with thickened rim pinched up into a low horn. Pierced below horn at junction of wall and rim.
Gritty clay, brown to gray; highly burnished slip, black to gray. Απότμημα χείλους ... 3-4 June 1938
A handle from a large closed pot, probably a biconical jar. A short wide vertical ribbon handle, developed from a lug.
Gritty brown clay, gray at core; red technical slip outside, largely worn away ... 3-4 June 1938
From the wall of a vase(?). The fragment has a very slight curve. Decorated outside with diagonal lines carefully incised.
Clay brown to buff at surface, partly fired gray at core. Traces of red slip ... 3-4 June 1938
From the wall of a large heavy vase. Relief decoration outside in linear pattern.
Coarse clay, pinkish to gray, unglazed. Well P. Leica, 83-504 ... 3-4 June 1938
Small fragment from plain lip and wall. Inside, well below rim, a good sized hole has been partially bored through the wall.
Brown clay, gray at core; dull, pale reddish slip, burnished. Well P. Leica, ... 3-4 June 1938
Three fragments, mended from many. The shape is probably biconical.
a) Most of the base and lower wall.
b) Part of the upper wall with one handle.
c) Part of the wall.
Other non-joining fragments, perhaps ... 10-15 June 1937
Apparently from the wall of a round-bodied bowl.
Gritty brown clay, largely fired gray; burnished slip, eggplant purple outside with striped decoration; black and inferior inside. Απότμημα Νεολιθικού ... 10-15 June 1937
The wall, so far as preserved, nearly straight, plain lip slightly flattened on top. On outside, a high ridge, nearly vertical and ending in a slight bump at rim, appears to be part of an inverted tailed ... 10-15 June 1937
From the wall of a large open vessel. The careful rectangular shape and the wear on the edges show that the fragment has been deliberately cut down and used, perhaps as a burnisher.
Gritty brownish-buff ... 10-15 June 1937
A curious fragment perhaps from rim of a large pot with flange for a lid.
Gritty coarse pink clay, gray at core; white slip inside and out, with horizontal bands of reddish paint outside, and traces ... 10-15 June 1937
From the wall of a large open(?) vase. Outside, parallel ridges with thumb impressions.
Gritty clay, dark brown to gray; unglazed. Well V, green fill below brown and above -4.00m. Leica, 83-495 ... 10-15 June 1937
Fragment preserves full width of a broad arched handle, decorated with high rounded ribs, lengthwise, separated by narrow grooves.
Coarse gritty clay, dark brown; gray at core. Well V, green fill below ... 10-15 June 1937
Handle and fragment of wall from a closed pot. Small handle, nearly round in cross-section with straight legs and crossbar, projecting at an angle from the wall. The curve and thickening of the wall suggest ... 10-15 June 1937
Handle with part of rim and wall from a large open pot. The vertical strap handle is attached at top to the slightly flaring rim, and ends below its lower attachment in a tongue-like horn, projecting slightly ... 10-15 June 1937
From rim and upper wall of a shallow bowl with a low, nearly vertical rim.
Gritty clay, brown to gray. Well V, green fill below brown and above -4.00m. Leica, 83-499 PD 1200-20 ... 10-15 June 1937
From the rim of a very shallow plate with plain rim. Near the rim as preserved two (and part of a third) string holes. That the inside is smoothed and not the outside suggests that this is part of a dish ... 10-15 June 1937
Apparently from near the base of a large open(?) pot, with a short heavy projecting knob, conceivably a leg.
Gritty brownish clay, gray at core; the outside with a suggestion of slip, mottled red to ... 10-15 June 1937
About one-half of rim and body preserved with one handle but none of the base. Squat sharp-shouldered body; plain low vertical rim; short vertical ribbon handle, lip to just below rim.
Gritty brown clay, ... 16-17 June 1937
About one-third of body preserved, without base and only the start of rim. Inverted U-lug, doubly pierced.
Gritty brown clay, largely fired gray; red burnished slip outside, much worn and partly fired ... 16-17 June 1937
Base, about half of rim, both handles and much of upper wall preserved, in four non-joining fragments. Restored in plaster. Slightly raised base, concave below; low horizontally pierced lugs, one above ... 16-17 June 1937
Fragment preserving rim, wall to shoulder, and horizontally pierced lug just below rim.
Gritty clay fired gray almost throughout; burnished slip, pale gray doubtless through firing.
ADDENDA Fehlbrand ... 16-17 June 1937
Rim fragment from small vessel with wide mouth and low rounded rim, nearly vertical.
Gritty brown clay, gray core; much flaked burnished red slip. Well U, upper fill. Leica, 83-528 ... 16-17 June 1937
Rim fragment, probably from a biconical jar. The plain vertical rim decorated with incised chevrons and horizontal lines.
Gritty brown clay, gray core; traces of red slip (originally burnished?). Well ... 16-17 June 1937
Fragment from rim and shoulder. Low slightly flaring rim, well marked off from shoulder; horizontally pierced lug at shoulder.
Gritty brown clay; red slip inside and out, probably originally burnished ... 16-17 June 1937
Fragment of plain lip and straight wall.
Gritty brown clay largely fired gray; burnished slip, dull red to black with a pattern of vertical and horizontal stripes outside. Well U, upper fill. Leica, ... 16-17 June 1937
From a high-shouldered jar with a high collar-like rim. On the body neat diagonal ribs suggestive of metalwork.
Gritty gray clay; gray burnished slip (the color is certainly intentional). Απότμημα νεολιθικού ... 16-17 June 1937
Two joining fragments from shoulder, preserving start of neck.
Gritty clay, brownish to gray; burnished gray slip.
Cf. P 13907 and P 13942, with somewhat similar decoration. Well U, upper fill. Leica, ... 16-17 June 1937
Broken at both sides (or top and bottom). A very wide thin object beginning to curve sharply at one end. The stump of a small strut on underside. Probably a handle but perhaps a tripod support.
Gritty ... 16-17 June 1937
Broken below. Vertical ribbon handle widening toward the top, where the shallow central groove which widens with the handle is broken by a small bump. The wall is nearly straight in profile so far as preserved ... 16-17 June 1937
Small arc of base and the start of the wall of a closed pot. The base is raised high, with flaring profile, and was apparently concave below. A string hole pierced through one edge.
Gritty brown clay; ... 16-17 June 1937
One-third to one-quarter of foot ring and bottom of a closed pot. The foot ring, high and thin, is nearly straight in profile.
Gritty brown clay, grayish at core; burnished red slip, outside and below ... 16-17 June 1937
Fragment apparently preserves the full height of a high foot ring or stand. Two horizontal grooves around outside.
Gritty brown clay, gray at core; burnished red slip outside. Well U, upper fill. Leica, ... 16-17 June 1937
Fragment apparently from a small fairly high flaring foot, preserving lower edge.
Orange-brown clay, fairly fine with little grit; traces of lustrous creamy slip or glaze above and below. Outside decorated ... 16-17 June 1937
From wall of a large closed(?) pot, preserving all but the extremities of the ledge handle, doubly pierced.
Gritty brownish clay, graying toward core and outer surface; traces of reddish slip outside ... 16-17 June 1937
Narrow ribbon handle, low arched. Wall of vase as preserved has no visible curve either horizontal or vertical; at top where handle joins, it begins to curve sharply toward the inside.
Dark brown gritty ... 16-17 June 1937
From rim and upper wall of a large open vessel with plain rim. Close beneath rim a lug in form of inverted U, its legs decorated with thumb impressions.
Very gritty brown clay; unglazed. Well U, upper ... 16-17 June 1937
Fragment from plain lip and wall of open bowl, the wall decorated with diagonal incisions fading out toward top.
Brown clay, largely fired gray; there is certainly brownish red slip inside, probably ... 16-17 June 1937
From the shoulder of a closed pot. On shoulder, two horizontal rows of very short vertical incised lines, scarcely more than dots.
Gritty clay, dark brown to gray; unglazed. Well U, upper fill. Leica, ... 16-17 June 1937
From the wall of a large vessel, perhaps a pithos. Around body a broad raised band with incised pattern of opposed diagonal lines.
Soft clay, brownish-buff at surfaces, gray at core; unglazed. Well U, ... 16-17 June 1937
From the wall of a large vessel, perhaps a pithos. Fire-(?) blackened inside. Decoration of broad rounded grooves and ridges.
Gritty brown clay; no slip. Well U, upper fill. Leica, 83-509 ... 16-17 June 1937
One projecting end preserved, the opposite end broken and the third projecting member broken at end and back. From a handle(?), stand(?), or figurine(?).
Gritty pinkish clay, gray at core; traces of ... 16-17 June 1937
Small plaque, broken at both ends; from one of the edges of the long sides, two attachments have been broken away. The back is quite rough; the face decorated with a pattern of incised lines.
Brown clay, ... 16-17 June 1937
At top(?) and at one side are preserved edges of openings communicating with the roughly finished interior.
Pink clay, gray at core; incised lines outside.
ADDENDA Almost certainly part of top of wide ... 16-17 June 1937
A long, nearly cone-shaped object, with a cup-like hollow in broad end, probably broken at small end. A thick coil of clay extends about two-thirds the way around the middle.
Gritty clay, dark brown to ... 16-17 June 1937
From rim and wall of open bowl; rim and one of broken edges are much worn.
Gritty reddish clay, gray at core; exceptionally lustrous burnished red slip, possibly a real glaze(?). Well K, upper filling ... 24-26 April 1937
From wall or floor of an open pot; outside are preserved the ends of two lug-like attachments set parallel and close together.
Gritty pinkish clay, gray at core; mottled burnished slip inside and out, ... 24-26 April 1937
A small crudely made open bowl with plain rim and hint of foot ring.
Gritty brown clay; ample traces of red slip inside and out. Well K, upper filling. Leica, 83-499 ... 24-26 April 1937
Perhaps the top of a ribbon handle rising to a sharp apex high above the rim of an (open?) pot, a large chip missing from the preserved fragment.
Gritty brown clay; good burnished red slip. Well K, upper ... 24-26 April 1937
A tiny chip from surface of plaque or flat-walled vessel.
Pinkish-brown clay. White slip with design in added red. Well K, upper filling. Leica, 83-520 ... 24-26 April 1937
From wall of a heavy vase, perhaps a pithos. Decorated with a horizontal ridge, and diagonal ridges in high relief.
Brownish clay, gray at core; orange-red slip outside. Well K, upper filling. Leica, ... 24-26 April 1937
Two joining fragments from a large open pot, probably a pithos, with small rolled rim. A not-quite horizontal ridge with thumb impressions, a little below the rim, ends in an unpierced horizontal lug ... 24-26 April 1937
From a large open vessel with splayed rim. From inner edge of rim, two lug-like tongues project inward. Part of a brazier(?) or are the tongues designed to support a lid?
Very gritty brown clay, gray ... 24-26 April 1937
Nearly half of wall of high slightly flaring foot or stand, and whole circle of bottom of pot preserved.
Gritty reddish-brown clay, gray core; surface mottled in firing. Well K, upper filling. Leica ... 24-26 April 1937
Stump of thick handle, and about one-third of shallow bowl preserved.
Brown clay, gray at core; fire-blackened below. Well K, upper filling. Leica, 83-494 ... 24-26 April 1937
Lower end of a broad ribbon handle; near root, the stump of a small horn or projection.
Gritty brown clay; thick dark gray core; red burnished slip, inside and out. Well 4. Leica, 83-526, 83-563 ... 13 May 1938
From plain lip and wall of an open bowl.
Hard gritty clay, light gray at core, pinkish at surface. Whitish or light buff slip; a band of black paint at lip, inside and out. Well 4. Leica, 83-520 ... 13 May 1938
From the plain rim of a thick-walled pot (probably the vertical collar of a biconical jar). Outside decoration of broad shallow grooves.
Gritty clay, pinkish at surfaces, gray at core; traces of red (burnished) ... 23 May 1938
Probably part of nearly vertical rim, well set off from arched shoulder of an open pot. On shoulder, vertical widely spaced ribs with shallow grooves between.
Gritty dark gray clay; burnished slip, brownish ... 28 May 1938
Low base, concave below, probably from a closed pot.
Gritty pale buff clay, slightly micaceous; traces of lustrous red glaze outside and under foot. Well E. Leica ... 17-26 March 1937
About one-quarter preserved with full profile. Small deep cup, handmade, with thick flat bottom and plain lip slightly flattened.
Gritty micaceous clay, red to brown. Well E. Leica, 83-527 PD 1200-9 ... 17-26 March 1937
Fragment from a wide-mouthed jar or jug with wide splayed rim. Deeply incised vertical lines on wall ending a little below lip.
Reddish micaceous clay, gray at core; dull black slip(?). Well E. Leica, ... 17-26 March 1937
Two joining fragments preserving bit of rim and wall and part of spout. Large shallow bowl with rim turning sharply up to flattened slightly projecting lip. The spout seems to have been bridged.
Gritty ... 17-26 March 1937
About one-third of mouth and neck preserved. Neck almost straight, flat out-turned lip. On shoulder, just below neck, a raised horizontal rib.
Gritty micaceous red clay, gray at core. Well E. Leica PD ... 17-26 March 1937
About one-quarter preserved, but outer edge and lower edge of flange broken and chipped.
Fine clay, pinkish to gray, and buff at surface; much worn crackly black glaze or slip above. Handmade. Well M ... 12-14 May 1937
Fragment from the mouth of a small pithos with slightly bulging neck and a very wide splayed rim, slightly upcurved to an angular lip.
Gritty reddish to brown clay, gray at core. Outside and on rim, ... 12-14 May 1937
Over half of neck and lip, with one small joining fragment of shoulder preserved. High neck with concave profile, flaring to plain lip, flattened on top. Clamp holes in two wall fragments.
Pinkish-buff ... 12-14 May 1937
A squat knob with a cup-like hollow in it projects from the wall(?) of a vessel which, so far as preserved, is quite flat. The back is very worn and rough.
Gritty brownish-buff clay; unglazed.
Perhaps ... 12-14 May 1937
From an open bowl with plain lip.
Fine hard dark buff clay; lustrous glaze, somewhat peeled, creamy yellow inside, streaky and grayish outside. Well N. Leica, 83-521 PD 1200-3 ... 20-28 May 1937
Fragment from a long open spout (from an open bowl?).
Gritty reddish clay with mica; burnished reddish-brown slip outside. Well N. Leica, 83-521 PD 1200-26, PD 1200-31 ... 20-28 May 1937
Fragment from the shoulder of a closed pot, preserving start of neck.
Pinkish-buff clay with fine grit; dull thin brownish glaze or wash outside and on inside of neck; outside on neck, thin horizontal ... 20-28 May 1937
From the wall of a closed pot. Clearly same ware as P 13956 (ΟΑ 786) but clay and glaze darker. The glaze crackly, decorated with lozenges and cross-hatchings.
Cf. P 13963 (ΟΑ 793), same vase? Θραύσμα ... 20-28 May 1937
From the wall of a small closed pot. Deep incision in a pattern of hatched triangles.
Fine clay with grit, even pale gray throughout. Lustrous black glaze (or burnished slip?) outside. Όστρακο με εγχάρακτη ... 20-28 May 1937
Many fragments, including one horizontal handle missing; restored in plaster. Flat small bottom; ovoid body; concave profile for neck with plain splayed lip. Two large lug handles, pierced at midline; ... 20-28 May 1937
Many wall fragments missing; restored in plaster. Small flat bottom, squat rounded body; wide short neck with plain lip pressed into a spout at either side; two vertical handles, round in section, from ... 20-28 May 1937
Very fragmentary but profile complete. Flat bottom; ovoid body; wide neck with plain splayed lip. Restored in plaster. One arched handle is preserved, round in section, high on shoulder.
Gritty micaceous ... 20-28 May 1937
