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[Image]  1997.15.0147

Actual state plan of the general area of the City of Eleusinion. Cf. PD 1128 (1959 version) ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1980

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[Image]  1997.15.0148

Actual state plan of the south part of the Eleusinion ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1980

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[Object]  A 774: Altar

Badly chipped and part of volutes missing. Poros. ADDENDA Note traces of white wash or stucco on molding at one of narrow ends. Finished Built into Wall F (Byzantine); fragments of volutes found built ... 29 May 1937

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[Object]  A 775: Altar

Volutes missing and a large part of one of the upper ends; much battered. Poros. Finished Built into north wall of Building A (Byzantine). Leica PD 2348 ... May 29 1937

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[Object]  A 2827: Altar

One corner missing; projecting molding mostly broken off. Poros. Finished Lying as left after earlier excavations east of Hypapanti Church. 251 Leica ... April 1959

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[Object]  A 2828: Altar

One corner broken; moldings and one bolster damaged. Trimmed off diagonally at one end for some later reuse. Full length seems preserved. Bolster at this end missing. Traces of thin whitewash on sides ... 11 June 1959

[Object]  I 6909: Altar Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken below and behind. Rather more than half the incense bowl at the top is preserved. Decoration at top corners missing. At left edge of die, part of a garland in relief. An iron ... 27 May 1959

[Object]  A 2829: Altar Fragments

a) Fragment from lower corner of altar similar to A 2827 an A 2828. b) Fragment from lower corner. c) Fragment of molding. Moldings well preserved. Traces of thin white stucco or wash. Poros. Area of Circular ... 11 June 1959

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[Object]  P 3469: Amphora

Most of the rim missing; otherwise complete. Heavy rim, rounded on the outside, rather small, slightly flaring ring foot. Pinkish-buff clay with red bits; pinkish-buff slip. Unglazed save for bands, ... 30 March 1934

[Object]  P 4599: Amphora

Most of one side and one handle missing (doubtless taken out when bothros, which cut through area of burials, was dug). Flaring ring foot with slightly convex profile; egg-shaped body, concave neck, ... Early 6th c. B.C.

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[Object]  P 5423: Amphora

Intact. Similar in shape to P 5422 (Β' 704) but somewhat larger and a little plumper. No lid. Body, from bottom to point of greatest circumference, covered with glazed bands, one wide and three narrow, ... 13 April 1935

[Object]  P 10619: Amphora

Rim and neck of large amphora. Bulging convex rim separated from rather short neck by ridge. Edge of handle attachment preserved just below rim. Neck decorated with alternating patterns of two concentric ... 13 May 1937

[Object]  P 10620: Amphora

Neck of amphora. No rim piece preserved. Edge of shoulder preserved. Neck decorated with interlocking rays, horizontal bands above and below, panels below handles plain, defined by three vertical lines ... 13 May 1937

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[Object]  P 11481: Amphora

Bottom missing and fragments from walls. Elongated body, rounding toward bottom; shoulder rounded; short narrow neck with funnel mouth; small handles, below mouth to shoulder. Clay pink to buff. Cistern, ... 13 April 1937

[Object]  P 11603: Amphora

Fragments of body missing; restored in plaster. Bulging lip, ridged; two small vertical handles; ribbed body. Buff clay. Unglazed. Well, containers 67-77, middle to second half 3rd. c. A.D. Leica, LXIII-81 ... 7 April 1937

[Object]  P 11877: Amphora

A few fragments of shoulder and lip restored in plaster. High base ring; plump body with broad sloping shoulder; rolled rim flattened on top; handles from below lip to shoulder. Red-buff clay, polished ... February-April 1937

[Object]  P 12105: Amphora

Fragments of the lip missing; restored in plaster. Vertical ring foot and plump ovoid body; wide neck, slightly concave, flaring to a rounded lip. Band handles, shoulder to halfway up neck. The body glazed ... 15 March 1938

[Object]  P 12177: Amphora

Fragments of the rim missing. Shape like that of P 12176 (ΑΑ 202); flaring lip and rolled handles, shoulder to neck below the lip. Handmade of micaceous red-brown clay with gray core. ADDENDA P 12176: ... 26 March 1938

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[Object]  P 12445: Amphora

Much of mouth and some of body missing. Restored in plaster. Shape and decoration as P 12444 (Φ 642), but the band handles shorter, from below lip to shoulder. Black glaze bands fairly well preserved, ... 24-25 May 1937

[Object]  P 20801: Amphora

Mended from many fragments; several pieces missing, restored in plaster. Small amphora with angular profile, the shoulder slightly rounded on top, the walls tapering sharply to a small high flaring ring ... January-February 1950

[Object]  P 21433: Amphora

About half of mouth and fragments of wall missing; restored in plaster. Ring foot; flaring rim; band handles set low on neck. Finger impression at lower attachment of handle. Very gritty coarse dark red ... 26 April 1951

[Object]  P 23888: Amphora

One handle, rim missing. Ring foot, double rolled handles. Body banded solid at base and shoulder. On neck concentric triangles with double wavy lines and hourglass motifs to either side. Pinkish-buff ... 26 June-3 July 1954

[Object]  P 21430: Amphora Fragment

Neck preserved without handles. Thickened rim; lower part of mouth concave, ridge at beginning of neck. Vertical wavy lines flank a thick dotted circle. Rim black; black band at lower part of neck. Attic ... 23 April 1951

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[Object]  P 26530: Amphora Fragment

Fragment from upper part of figured panel. Athena right, springs from head of Zeus. Behind her, large cithara. Red for hair of Zeus, stripes on Athena's dress and on frame of cithara. White for Athena's ... 24 June 1959

[Object]  P 26808: Amphora Fragment

Mouth and part of neck and handles preserved in three joining fragments. From a large, heavy amphora. No stamps. Pinkish-buff clay. Yellowish-buff slip. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block ... 3 May 1960

[Object]  P 12296: Amphora Fragment with Graffiti

Part of shoulder and neck. Graffiti on shoulder: Fairly fine buff clay, unglazed. Trial south of wall I, layer 4 (as late as first c. A.D.). Leica ... 24 March 1938

[Object]  P 26444: Amphora Fragment: Chian

Toe of amphora with very deep cup-like depression beneath. Micaceous pinkish fabric slightly gray at core. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block I (Pre-Persian). Catalogued 1959. Well. Leica ... 1936

[Object]  P 666: Amphora Fragments with Glaze Decoration

Fragments from two large vases with decoration on neck in thin brownish-red glaze. a) Mended from two pieces; lip and bit of shoulder covered with streaked glaze. Between, on neck, reserved, large irregular ... 14 March 1932

[Object]  P 13658: Amphora Fragments with Incised Decoration

Non-contiguous shoulder and neck fragments. Around the neck, double dotted line; below, a dotted zigzag; under it a crosshatched zone and below that, again dotted zigzags. b) Belongs below fragment a) ... 10-13 May 1937

[Object]  P 12174: Amphora with Incised Decoration

Intact, save for small chip from lip. Ring foot and tall body forming a continuous reverse curve with the neck and flaring at the lip. Band handles, rim to shoulder. A shallow pouring channel or spout ... 26 March 1938

[Object]  P 5422: Amphora with Lid

The body mended from several pieces, complete; the lid intact. a) Amphora with long ovoid body on ring foot, high concave neck flaring into rounded lip; two vertical strap handles, shoulder to middle of ... 13 April 1935

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[Object]  P 26242: Amphora: Banded

Mended from many fragments; parts of body, neck, lip and base missing. Wide mouth, thickened rim, short wide handles, ring foot. Sets of three horizontal bands each at base of neck, just below lower handle ... December 1953

[Object]  A 296: Antefix

Broken at the back and chipped at the sides. The edges are scalloped; the front plain, as if prepared for color, of which however no trace remains. Parian marble. ADDENDA Central lines of metals and traces ... 30 March 1934

[Object]  A 2758: Antefix Fragment

Upper part only preserved. The petals are modeled only at the edges; on the face they must have been painted. Island marble. Same as A 296, A 897, A 898. Found among marbles in N.W. corner of Eleusinion ... 29 April 1959

[Object]  A 898: Antefix Fragment with Cover Tile

Lower part of palmette only preserved; cover tile broken off just behind. Small chips missing. Similar in style and size to A 897 (ΘΘ 299). Also same series as A 296 and 2758. Island marble. Valerian Wall ... 19-20 May 1938

[Object]  A 897: Antefix with Cover Tile

Cover tile broken at back and antefix chipped slightly underneath at left. Pattern of palmette indicated by very faint incision. Similar in style and size to A 898 (ΘΘ 300). Also same series as A 296 and ... 19-20 May 1938

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[Image]  1997.15.0104

Archaic Temple, detail. Addition to the east foundations of the temple ... southwest 525 Horizontal (normal) ... 28/8/1959