From large glaze-decorated pot with broad shoulder and short vertical rim: stamnos? Band of matte red paint around rim and top of shoulder.
Graffito, incomplete at both ends, along edge of glaze on shoulder: ... 17 May 1938
Mended from many pieces. Large pear-shaped body ending below in a spike; tapering neck, thickened projecting lip.
Dipinto in red, running down from neck:
Coarse heavy fabric of buff clay, unglazed ... 16 February 1938
One handle, fragment of mouth and all of bottom missing. Elongated body ribbed; narrow neck; handle round in section, from below lip.
Dipinti in red, on the body and on one side:
On the neck on the other ... May 1938
Fragment of large one-handled pot. Neck, shoulder and handle preserved.
On shoulder a black dipinto:
Pinkish-buff clay with grayish core.
ADDENDA Sparta series [JWH]. Well, container 3. Leica ... 18 May 1938
Preserved are part of neck, shoulder and upper body, with one handle and part of the other.
Black dipinto on shoulder:
Buff clay and slip. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block XI (late 5th ... 18 May 1938
Mouth, toe and much of wall missing. Elongated egg-shaped pot, with narrow neck and sloping band handles. Irregular grooves on body. Four bands of thin black wash, much chipped, around upper body; also ... 18 May 1938
Fragment from neck; half of rim and both handles missing. Short neck with thickened rim.
Complete dipinto in red on lower part of neck:
Gritty light gray clay. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, ... 18 May 1938
Floor and base ring only preserved. Reserved bands at top of base ring and on bottom.
Graffito complete:
Pinkish-buff clay. Good black glaze. Finished Well, dirt pile. Leica PD 1133-18(F 95) ... 27 May 1938
Broken all around. Part of the shoulder of a large plain pot.
Incised on shoulder:
Light greenish-buff clay, unglazed. Fill below late walls. Found with coins 3-10 for 30 May 1938. Leica PD 1133-30(F ... 30 May 1938
Two joining fragments preserve mouth and most of shoulder and handles. Short neck; flaring thickened lip; handles from neck to shoulder.
Painted in red on shoulder:
Red clay. Previously North Basement-Jar ... 26 May 1938
Cracked but complete. Small ring foot; egg-shaped body; narrow neck; rolled lip; sloping handles from neck.
A black dipinto on shoulder:
Rather coarse brownish clay; surface nicely finished. Well, container ... 26 May 1938
Intact save minor chips. Ring foot; broad egg-shaped body; projecting ridge below plain lip; rolled handles from neck to shoulder. Heavy horizontal ribbing on body.
On the shoulder on one side, a red ... 26 May 1938
Lower part of body missing. Sloping shoulder; short neck; wide mouth with rolled lip; small handles, from neck to shoulder. Horizontal ribbing in zone of lower handle attachment.
Red dipinti on one side: ... 26 May 1938
Fragment from shoulder of an amphora.
Black dipinto:
Red clay. Unglazed. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block XI (late 5th. and later Roman). Well, container 21. 617 Leica ... 26 May 1938
Lower part of body missing. Shape and fabric as P 13150 (Ψ 539). Band of grooves at lower handle attachment.
On neck, red dipinto:
On body (same side):
ADDENDA P 13150: Sloping shoulder; short neck; ... 26 May 1938
Fragment from shoulder.
Dipinto in black:
Reddish-buff clay. Dull reddish glaze. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block XI (late 5th. and later Roman). Well, container 34. 617 Leica ... 26 May 1938
Mouth and bottom missing. Heavy, almost cylindrical body tapering towards bottom; neck narrow toward lip; band handles from neck.
On shoulder, a black dipinto:
Red to brown clay. Well, container 37 ... 26 May 1938
Mouth, neck, handles and most of shoulder preserved. Thickened lip; sloping handles.
On shoulder, a black dipinto:
Buff clay. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block XI (late 5th. and later Roman) ... 26 May 1938
Air hole in shoulder; otherwise complete. Bottom rounded; body ribbed horizontally; flaring lip; widely projecting ridged handles.
On shoulder on one side, a dipinto in large red letters:
Roughly incised ... 26 May 1938
Part of neck and shoulder of a pot shaped like P 13172 (Ψ 563).
Black dipinto on shoulder:
Smears of red wash on wall.
ADDENDA P 13172: Body tapers to false ring foot; narrow neck; heavy rolled lip; ... 27 May 1938
Fragment from shoulder of a pot shaped like P 13172 (Ψ 563).
Part of black dipinto preserved:
ADDENDA P 13172: Body tapers to false ring foot; narrow neck; heavy rolled lip; lightly ridged handle. Streaky ... 27 May 1938
Fragment from shoulder of a pot shaped like P 13172 (Ψ 563).
Black dipinto:
ADDENDA P 13172: Body tapers to false ring foot; narrow neck; heavy rolled lip; lightly ridged handle. Streaky red to black ... 27 May 1938
Cracked, but intact save minor chips. Small ring foot; egg-shaped body; collared lip; sloping handles, from neck.
Black dipinto on shoulder:
Rather gritty clay. Unglazed. Well, container 69. 617 Leica ... 27 May 1938
Everything from shoulder up missing. Probably a one-handled pot like P 13172 (Ψ 563). Elongated eggy body on small flat bottom.
On shoulder, part of a black dipinto preserved:
Cf. P 13188 (Ψ 579).
... 27 May 1938
Two joining fragments preserve part of shoulder of pot probably shaped like P 13172 (Ψ 563).
Black dipinto:
Cf. P 13182 (Ψ 573). Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block XI (Late 5th. and later ... 27 May 1938
Fragment preserving ring foot and part of floor of a small stemless cup or bowl.
Scratched at center of floor:
Black glaze except on resting surface. Stoa Trench E, Layer V. 1772 Leica PD 1133-33(Fa ... 20 May 1938
Fragment from wall of a small closed vase; thin black glaze on outside.
Scratched through the glaze: Tholos trench W, inside small stone drain, early 5th. c. B.C. 2469 Leica PD 1133-1(A 4) ... 27 April 1938
Fragments missing from rim. A deep plate on high ring foot; rim thickened toward the inside, set off from floor by a groove.
Thin black glaze; red in middle of floor.
Scratched on underside: Middle ... 25 May 1938
Wall fragment from a small closed vase with flaky black glaze on outside.
Incised on outside: Tholos trench AA, layer b, early 6th. c. 2615 Leica PD 1133-15(C 2) ... 30 May 1938
Fragment from neck of a coarse water jar.
Incised on outside:
Gritty clay, black at core, brown on surface. Metroon pit (γ), layer II. 446 Leica PD 1133-4(D 9) ... 8 April 1938
Part of the trefoil mouth missing. Coarse horizontal grooving; shape as P 13364 (ΑΑ 450), but more squat; ridged band handle from just below lip.
Incised on shoulder:
Red clay with white grits; slightly ... 6 June 1938
From the shoulder of a wine amphora; fabric very similar to SS 8177 (ΟΑ 467).
On shoulder in black paint: Klepsydra antechamber, lower loose fill over strosis, 1st. c. B.C. Leica PD 1133-25(F 241) ... 8 June 1938
Lower part missing; upper part broken into several pieces after photographing and mended. Short neck with high flaring rim, handles from neck to shoulder [P.H. 0.267; Diam. (lip) 0.082].
Dipinto in black ... 6 June 1938
Part of bottom and lower walls only preserved. Flat projecting base; slightly concave side wall.
Graffito on bottom, broken at left, where there would appear to be space for one more letter:
Reddish-buff ... 9 June 1938
Fragment from neck and shoulder, probably of amphora [P.H. 0.11].
Large dipinto in red scrawled on shoulder, broken at left:
On opposite side at base of neck, a single small letter:
Light gray to pinkish ... 10 June 1938
Body of an amphora or jug only preserved. Body tapers down to small rounded bottom with knob at center.
At high preserved point, where side starts curving into shoulder, the right edge of a dipinto in ... 10 June 1938
Rounded shoulder, short handle, collar rim; a one-handled pointed pot as P 13444 (Ω 836) [P.H. 0.225].
A two-line dipinto in black at base of neck. First line practically illegible(?); second line:
... 11 June 1938
Two pieces from side and shoulder of large amphora. [P.H. ca. a) 0.30, b) 0.195] On a) lower end of handle preserved. Heavy wheel ridges around shoulder.
a) Parts of two graffiti:
b) Graffito:
Red-brown ... 11 June 1938
Rim missing; air hole in side. Body tapers to very small concave bottom with knob in center.
Dipinto in black beside handle:
Orange-buff clay. Outside smeared with red paint.
ADDENDA Sparta series ... 4 June 1938
Two shoulder fragments, apparently from a storage amphora [Max. Dim. a) 0.255, b) 0.21].
On a) dipinto in black:
On b) large scrawl in red, broken at top:
Reddish-buff clay. Light slip.
ADDENDA Made ... 6 June 1938
Chips from lip and pieces from lower part missing. Restored in plaster. Slender body, broader below than above; rounded bottom with button; short slightly bulging neck with flaring rim; short band handles, ... 6-7 June 1938
Fragment from side and shoulder [Max. Dim. 0.225]. Shallow wheel grooves.
Dipinto in black, broken at top and left:
Red-brown clay.
ADDENDA Made up into [nearly] whole pot. P.H. 0.42; Diam. 0.275 ... 11 June 1938
Rim, one handle and some pieces missing. Concave bottom; tall lumpy body; sloping handles, round in section. Shallow wheel grooves about shoulder.
Neat dipinto in black beside handle:
Gritty pinkish ... 11 June 1938
Piece from shoulder of amphora or pointed one-handled jug [Max. Dim. 0.15].
One line of dipinto complete:
Red-brown clay. Streaks of brown paint on outside.
ADDENDA Made up into whole pot: P.H. ca ... 8 June 1938
Fragment from shoulder of jug or amphora [Max. Dim. 0.115].
Dipinto in black, broken at left:
Brown clay.
ADDENDA Made up into whole pot: amphora. P.H. ca. 0.525; Diam. ca. 0.235. Rim and handles, ... 11 June 1938
A single fragment preserves rim, neck and part of shoulder; handle missing. Tall narrow neck, contracting slightly below flaring rim, flat on top.
At start of shoulder, dipinto in black, broken at left: ... 14 June 1938
Neck, handles and much of wall missing. Body tapers from rounded shoulder to small concave bottom. Three grooves above lower handle attachment.
Faint large red letters on shoulder:
Gritty pink clay ... 13 June 1938
Fragment from pot with almost flat shoulder, small neck and a horizontal handle of which one attachment is preserved.
Graffito broken at left:
Pinkish-gray clay. Light slip.
ADDENDA Added from sherds: ... 13 June 1938
A single fragment preserves rim and neck, part of shoulder, one handle and upper attachment of the other handle [P.H. 0.13]. Thick rounded lip; narrow neck; sloping shoulder, with wheel grooves; thick ... 14 June 1938
Rim and chips from foot missing. Rather slender ovoid body with wheel grooves; base ring; neck, only slightly set off from shoulder, tapers towards rim.
Dipinto in black on shoulder:
Pink clay. Light ... 15 June 1938
Light collar rim; straight neck set into shoulder; double handles [P.H. 0.195; Diam. 0.076].
Dipinto in red:
Yellow-buff clay with small bits in it.
ADDENDA New pieces added. Neck with rim, one handle ... 17 June 1938
About one-quarter of a small disc, thicker in the center where it is pierced.
Graffito on reverse:
Inscribed on obverse in dull black glaze:
Fine pinkish clay.
Cf. P 9634. Well I, middle fill. Leica ... 19-27 May 1937
Neck, handles and some of upper part of body preserved. Narrow neck, flaring towards lip; rising band handles. Horizontal ribbing on body.
Graffito on shoulder:
Brownish-pink clay. Unglazed. Well, container ... 26 April 1937
Mouth, neck and handles, and fragments of body, missing. The body restored in plaster. Egg-shaped body tapering down to small foot.
Black dipinto on shoulder, near one handle:
Clay red to brownish ... 26-27 April 1937
Mouth, much of neck and handles, and fragments of body missing; restored in plaster. Shape similar to P 14023 (Φ 657), but more elongated. Pair of grooves around shoulder, and at base of neck.
Scratched ... 10 May 1937
One handle and fragments of mouth and body missing; restored in plaster. Rounded body with small knob; rounded lip; roughly ridged handle. Irregular horizontal ribbing on body.
Large red dipinti on shoulder, ... 9, 11 April 1938
Small fragments of body missing; restored in plaster. Body widens toward rounded bottom with knob; narrow neck; small single-grooved handles, from middle of neck to top of wall. Air hole in shoulder. Light ... 9 April 1938
Single fragment preserves one handle, half of mouth and some of shoulder. From a small, broad-shouldered amphora with plain thickened lip and short neck.
On shoulder, a black dipinto: Previously North ... 21 May 1938
Entire mouth and neck, handles, except for one stub, and fragments of body missing; body strengthened with plaster. Rounded bottom; fat body; rounded shoulder.
On shoulder, a rather large blurred black ... May 1938
Fragments of body missing; restored in plaster. Rounded bottom; more or less cylindrical body with irregular horizontal ribbing; rolled lip; roughly ridged handles from below lip.
On shoulder, three red ... May 1938
Mouth and much of body missing; body restored in plaster. Small concave foot with knob; egg-shaped body; ridged sloping handles.
Incised on shoulder:
Dark buff clay. Unglazed. Well, container 40. 447 ... 16 May 1938
Mouth and fragments of body missing; body restored in plaster. Small flat bottom; egg-shaped body; sloping ridged handles from neck.
Incised on shoulder:
Gritty buff clay. Light buff slip. Well, containers ... 16-17 May 1938
Toe, one handle, most of the other, fragment of mouth and considerable portions of body missing; restored in plaster, except toe. Relatively small body tapering sharply to pointed toe; wide cylindrical ... 31 May 1938
A single fragment preserves part of the bottom and base of a large semi-glazed krater. Interior: black glaze, rather worn. On outer edge of flaring ring foot, thin reddish glaze.
Part of incised inscription ... August 1938
Broken all around. Fragment from wall of pot.
Incised inscription on exterior:
Reddish-brown glaze on interior; exterior unglazed. Surface of ancient fill in modern cellar, near its east wall. Leica ... August 1938
From the rim of a Megarian bowl. On the rim, garlanded boukrania; below, goats and an urn. Incised on the rim outside, a human head, left. Mixed fill, Late Roman and Hellenistic. Leica PD 1133-13(M 17) ... 25-26 February 1938
Part of a large Hellenistic plate with ring foot.
Incised on floor:
Glaze red to brown. House A, room 7, mixed fill. Leica PD 1133-24(F 221) ... 23 March 1939
Fragment of base of black glazed skyphos of Attic type.
Incised on underside: N-S cut on 50m. line, area of Stoa, layer XII(b), possibly intrusive; mid-4th c. B.C. 1156 Leica PD 1133-7(E 11) ... 20 March 1939
Fragment from base of neck of a plain amphora.
Inscribed in black ink:
Fairly micaceous red clay; light slip. Area of road, 1st. c. A.D. 1092 Leica PD 1133-26(F 263) ... 11 March 1939
The handle preserved with part of the neck and shoulder and most of the base. No join between upper and lower part; conjecturally restored in plaster. Ring foot, rounded body, trefoil lip, handle with ... 10 March 1939
Two small fragments of rim and wall missing; restored in plaster. Ring foot, roughly rounded wall, lip flat on top; handle spreading from attachments, and tilted well above lip.
Inscribed beneath, within ... 10 March 1939
About half the base with the start of the wall, preserved. A heavy-type skyphos, the wall drawn in above the ring foot.
Dull black glaze; the resting surface reserved, and the space inside the ring foot, ... 10 March 1939
Wall fragment, mended from three pieces; two small fragments do not join. Around the wall a broad band of decoration, set off by shallow grooves: the band paneled by groups of four verticals; in the panels, ... March 1939
A single fragment preserves part of the flat top and plain downturned rim; knob handle broken off. Unglazed beneath. Around base of handle, tongue and dot pattern; around outer edge of top, egg pattern ... 30 March 1939
Many fragments preserve part of the lip, one handle and most of the other, and parts of the neck and shoulder of a large glaze-banded amphora; restored in plaster to shoulder. Deep torus lip forming a ... 13 April 1939
Battered fragment from black glazed kylix base.
Incised on bottom:
And top: House A, room 6, fill in drain west of court. Leica PD 1133-53(L 9) ... 13 April 1939
About half remains. From a small black glazed kylix base.
Incised on top:
and on underside:
Black glaze much flaked. Clearing boundary stone, layer 5. Very firm packed road gravel. Pottery of late ... 1 April 1939
Fragment of a coarse pot.
Letters incised outside:
Light red clay, buff surface. Early Roman fill over floor west of terrace. Leica PD 1133-55(L 40) ... 11 April 1939
Mended from a number of fragments; complete save minor bits. Ring foot; roundish body with horizontal ribbing on upper half, a deep groove at base of neck and a lighter groove around middle of neck; high ... 18 April 1939
Fragment of kylix foot.
Inscribed on underside:
Good black glaze; torus edge reserved. Modern and Turkish fill in road. Leica PD 1133-20(F 119) ... 2 May 1939
Two joining pieces of a torus kylix foot grooved around upper edge; edge reserved.
Incised on underside of foot:
Good glaze somewhat chipped. Finished Area of small early house walls, section VI, gravelly ... 3 May 1939
Black glazed fragment broken all around; from floor of bowl or lamp?
Inscribed on one side: Green sand fill in rock-cut pit V, layer VI. 853 Leica PD 1133-23(F 186) ... 3 May 1939
Amphora neck and part of shoulder; handles broken off. Narrow neck with deep thickened lip; buff clay with lighter buff surface.
Black dipinto on shoulder at base of neck: Previously North Basement-Jar ... 5-6 May 1939
Neck and one handle preserved. Thick neck, rather short, flaring at shoulder, bulbous at top; plain rolled rim. Mouth oval, the sides pressed in by the attachment of the handles.
Incised on one side ... 15 May 1939
Fragment from flat bottom of heavy coarse pot.
Graffito on bottom, incomplete(?) at right:
Gritty clay, gray at core, brown at surface. Upper red fill. Leica PD 1133-54(L 21) ... 24 May 1939
Fragment of wall of a coarse pot, broken all around.
Scratched on the outside, vertically to the pot:
Pink to buff clay. Ενεπίγραφο όστρακο. Προέρχεται από το σώμα μεγάλου αγγείου. Φέρει αποκρούσεις ... 6 May 1939
Fragment of wall of a coarse pot, similar to P 15208 (ΓΓ 369), but the clay somewhat darker, broken all around.
Inscribed on outside, a column of seven names, horizontally to the pot wall: Well, container ... 6 May 1939
A single fragment preserves the ring foot, floor and part of the wall of a bowl of rather heavy fabric. Plain heavy ring foot, rather high.
Inscribed within foot ring:
Black glaze, somewhat worn, all ... 23 May 1939
Small kylix foot; the outer face bevelled.
Incised in the band:
Excellent black glaze on top and for a band around underside. Well, container 14. Leica PD 1133-17(F 66) ... 8 May 1939
Fragment of flat-topped rim, with one handle, from a black glazed cup; one-handler?
Incised on wall, between handle attachments:
Brownish-buff clay; indifferent metallic glaze, worn.
ADDENDA Became ... 9 May 1939
Fragment probably from a Laconian rain-tile; broken all around.
Incised through the glaze:
Coarse red clay, black glaze on top surface.
ADDENDA Three joining pieces and one non-joining piece added ... 9 May 1939
Handle missing; otherwise complete save minor fragments. Rather small ring foot; round body; tall cylindrical neck; slightly flaring profiled lip.
Graffito in large letters all the way around shoulder, ... 29 April 1939
Cracked, but intact, save minor chips. Ring foot; plump ovoid body; tall cylindrical neck; round profiled mouth; twisted handle with shouldering.
Incised on shoulder in large letters:
For the name, here ... 2 May 1939
Mended from several pieces; fragments of lip and body missing. Shape similar to P 15302 (Ψ 966).
Incised on shoulder:
Brownish-red clay. Remains of light buff slip.
ADDENDA P 15302: Ring foot; plump ... 2 May 1939
Mended from many pieces; part of wall at back and a little of base missing. Shape similar to P 15302 (Ψ 966): round body, twisted handle, profiled lip.
Incised in smallish letters on lower part of body: ... 2 May 1939
Lip badly chipped; otherwise intact. Shape and fabric like P 15302 (Ψ 966), except handle ridged, not twisted.
Incised in large letters around shoulder, starting and ending at handle:
Light red clay ... 2 May 1939
Mended from many fragments; much of wall missing. Shape and fabric as P 15304 (Ψ 969), twisted handle, profiled lip.
Incised on shoulder: Well, containers 18-20. 1117 Leica PD 1133-27(F 275) ... 2 May 1939
Small fragment from wall of a large plain pot; on outside, a crudely scratched face in profile to the left.
Brownish buff clay; no trace of glaze. Late Roman fill. Leica PD 1133-14(M 23) ... 29 May 1939
Fragment from wall of large coarse amphora, broken all around.
Incised vertically on outside:
Additional graffiti on shoulder: on P 15345 (other shoulder).
Reddish very micaceous clay.
ADDENDA Became ... 11 May 1939