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L 5298: Lamp with Graffiti

Intact except for chips. Inscribed on rim and top of nozzle with a list of names, written retrograde. Type 25A of Agora collection. Below Hellenistic floor, at north end of rubble wall 3. Leica, 80-538 ... 27 April 1957

MC 216: Weight

Beehive shaped object with graffito. Flat bottomed and with straight colar like neck on top. Groove around bottom of body. Pierced vertically. Black glaze; outside and inside for about 3/4 the depth of ... 4 February 1936

MC 224: Object

Bottom and central collar preserved. Concave object with graffito. Round bottom; concave top, central collar around vertical hole. Incised on top the letters: K A M I. Red glaze. Theseion Cistern A. Leica ... 4 February 1936

MC 483: Spindle Whorl

Intact save minor fractures. Around the upper part an inscription, roughly incised. Black glaze all over, except where worn off at edges. Greyish earth near poros block. Leica, 8-185 PD 1133-12 ... 10 May 1938

MC 907: Loom Weight

Truncated pyramidal, inscribed and incised. Oblong in section. Inscribed (abecedarium, retrograde) on one broad face, apparently after firing. On the bottom is scratched in outline the figure of a horse ... 2 July 1952

MC 961: Plate Fragment

Fragment from the rim of a banded plate (?), with a trace of the attachment of the handle at the rim. Plain rim, inscribed on under side, glazed on top, and with a little glaze on underside around handle; ... 9 May 1953

MC 1011: Plaque

Tapers slightly toward top, which is broken off. Two under edges are bevelled. There is a graffito: Ι Ν Ι Κ Ι. Irregular daub of clay impressed by fingers (whose prints can still be seen) on to the preserved ... 30 March 1956

P 8: Black Glaze Vessel Fragment with Graffito

Base fragment, black glazed on interior and exterior. Base unglazed, inscribed: Attic clay. 257 Leica, 1-82 PD 1133-10(F 43) ... 15 June 1931

P 13: Vessel Fragment with Paint Decoration ...

Pinkish-buff clay with yellowish-buff slip with light brown linear decoration. Graffito: Central cut, N.W. corner, from under clay stratum. 268 Leica, 1-82 PD 1133-4(D 16) ... 16 June 1931

P 83: Black Glaze Vessel Fragment with Graffito

Mended from two fragments. On a black circle are incised four concentric lines and the letters: Attic clay; fine black glaze inside. Below top of marble step. 442 Leica, 1-83 PD 1133-20(F126) ... 17 July 1931

P 103: Black Glaze Salt Cellar with Graffito

About half of the circumference and all of the upper part missing. The sides slant very slightly toward the top from the flat undersurface; bowl-like interior. The undersurface covered with a slip of ... 4 July 1931

P 119: Black Glaze Bowl Fragment with Graffito

Base of an open bowl. Letters scratched in dry clay: Flaky brownish-black glaze. 1.50m. below lintel. Nb. p. 636, #15. Cave, south chamber, upper fill. 636 Leica, 79-1-12 PD 1133-23(F190) ... 20 July 1931

P 124: Pitcher Fragment with Dipinto

Neck and shoulder of small coarse pitcher; body corrugated; handle preserved. On body, dipinti written in black ink: Pinkish buff coarse clay; unglazed. Nb. p. 637, #20. Previously North Basement-Jar ... 30 July 1931

P 133: Black Glaze Plate Fragment with Graffito ...

On upper surface, a quadruple band of hatching, lightly impressed. On under surface, letters carefully incised through glaze and dry clay: Attic clay; good black glaze. Nb. p. 640, #29. Provenience ... 1931

P 136: Black Glaze Bowl Fragment with Graffito

Base only preserved, probably from an open bowl. Scratched in dry clay of underside: Attic clay; dark brown glaze. Nb. p. 642, #32. 642 Leica PD #1133-23(F 189) ... 1931

P 137: Black Glaze Lekythos Fragment with Graffito

Upper surface of foot is glazed; on the unglazed under-surface, letters carefully scratched in dry clay: Attic clay; brownish-black glaze. Nb. p. 642, #33. 642 Leica PD #1133-10(F 44) ... 1931

P 195: Black Figure Amphora Fragment with Graffito

On one side, section of a broad curving band in black glaze. Separated from this by a double line of thin brown glaze, part of a broader, vertical band of black on which is scratched in dry clay: Leica ... 1 February 1932

P 199: Black Glaze Skyphos Fragment with Graffito

Base of small skyphos. Glazed outside and on small preserved inside surface and in bands on undersurface. On undersurface, graffito inscribed on dry clay: Leica PD 1133-22(F 168) ... 3 February 1932

P 226: Black Glaze Skyphos Fragment with Graffito

Mended from two fragments. From bottom of cup with flaring sides. Part of glazed inside preserved and a little of outside, with ray pattern degenerated into thin lines. Spreading base; ring glazed top ... 15 February 1932

P 266: Black Glaze Plate Fragment with Graffito: ...

The center of the plate ornamented with a wide hatched band enclosing stamped palmettes of which two and part of a third are preserved. On the underside, within the high ring base and scratched in the ... 24 February 1932