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[Object]  P 688: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Central part of Late Roman C plate. Stamped with small birds or chickens. Two birds and part of a third. Light red clay; dull red wash. From sherds, B 142. Leica, 2-314 ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 689: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Fragment from center of Late Roman C plate. Stamped with cross monogram with eyelets in lower angles; open rho to right. Red clay; dull red wash. From sherds, B 147. Leica, 2-291 ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 690: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Fragment from bottom of Late Roman C plate. Low ring foot; sides of plate begin to curve up at outer edge of fragment. Stamped with six-pointed stars formed by interlacing triangles. Two stars preserved, ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 691: Plate Fragment

Pergamene ware plate fragment, flat so far as preserved. Heavy ring base. Mended from several pieces. Heavy fabric; fine yellow-buff clay; good red glaze, very much chipped. From sherds, B 151. Leica ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 693: Bowl Fragment: Stamped

Bowl fragment stamped with large palm leaf inside. Applied frog motif. Thin fabric; poor matte brownish paint on inside only. Light red clay. Joins with P 330. ADDENDA Knidian Gray Ware. From sherds, ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 700: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Late Roman C plate fragment. Plate rises slightly in center. Stamped with running animals radiating from center. One animal and parts of two others preserved. Orange-red clay with red wash. From sherds, ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 701: Plate Fragment with Rouletting: Stamped

Fragment from bottom of Late Roman C plate. Ring base. Stamped with lions walking right. One lion and parts of two others preserved, between rouletted outer and grooved inner bands. Light red clay; red ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 702: Plate Fragment with Rouletting: Stamped

Fragments from bottom of Late Roman C plate. Stamped motif between multiple rouletted circles. a) Ring foot. Light orange clay with red wash. b) Another fragment added August 1964 from same place. Part ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 718: Bowl

A small horizontal rim projects below a high vertical band. High ring foot. Pinkish-buff clay, with red to purplish wash over all, but much worn on inside of bowl. ADDENDA Probably Roman period. Corinthian ... 5 May 1932

[Object]  P 736: Dish Fragment: Stamped

Stamped, on rising center, with animal running right; ears and hind part of animal broken away. Red clay and glaze. Late Roman C Dish. Well. Leica ... 6 May 1932

[Object]  P 746: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Fragment from center of plate. Stamped with cross; part of one arm of cross broken away. Red clay. Thin red wash inside. Late Roman C Plate. Above mosaic floor. Leica, 2-291 ... 7 May 1932

[Object]  P 759: Vessel Fragment with Relief Decoration

Broken all around. Relief decoration: water bird flying right; feet, tips of tail, wings and beak missing. The bird appears to be carrying something in its beak. Rather dark red clay, with darker red ... 11 May 1932

[Object]  P 762: Vessel Fragment: Thorn Ware

Bit of base(?) preserved. Sides neatly stippled. Unusually fine fabric; light red clay, very micaceous. Traces of clay wash(?). Cf. Agora V, part I, p. 85, pl. 63, no. M 4. In hard earth overlying bedrock, ... 11 May 1932

[Object]  P 793: Plate Fragment with Rouletting: Stamped

Mended from three pieces; about two-thirds of the rim missing. Heavy ring foot; flat plate surrounded by erect rim, incurving very slightly at top. Five neat nine-petalled palmettes, the tips of the lower ... 2nd c. B.C.

[Object]  P 817: Plate Fragment with Rouletting: Stamped

Late Roman C plate fragment mended from four pieces; none of rim or center of plate preserved, and about one-third of the decorated band lacking. Low ring foot. Gritty light red clay, gray at core; covered ... 28 April 1932

[Object]  P 823: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Mended from two pieces. From near center of a large heavy plate. Low ring base. Inside, two shallow concentric grooves, and between them, a stamp: Yellow clay. Flaky red glaze inside and out. From bedrock, ... 28 May 1932

[Object]  P 878: Dish Fragment

Base fragment; about one-quarter of the base preserved. Large flat dish with low ring base. Grooved in the middle of the resting surface. Good red glaze inside and out, fired a lighter red in a broad ... 7 March 1932

[Object]  P 886: Dish Fragment with Rouletting: Stamped

Fragment from bottom of flat dish. Over half the broad ring base preserved. Stamped on center with heart pattern between double rouletted circles. Four out of probable five of the heart-shaped stamps ... 18 March 1932

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[Object]  P 910: Plate with Incised Decoration

Mended from many fragments and largely restored in plaster. Large flat plate; bottom rises slightly in center; curving rim, narrow flat lip. Circles incised around center inside, in five groups of two ... 22 April 1932

[Object]  P 914: Plate Fragment

Mended from two fragments; about one-eighth of rim diameter preserved. Large flat plate; low curving sides; flat outsloping rim. Fine buff clay. Heavy lustrous red glaze, inside and out; much worn and ... 1932

[Object]  P 1011: Plastic Attachment: Face

Plastic handle, from large krater; fragmentary. One end of a vertical loop handle remains on the top of the lug, which is formed by a widening of the rim. Hair and upper part of face beneath large flat ... June 1932

[Object]  P 1017: Water Jug Fragment with Gouged Decoration

Half of lower part only preserved; mended from two fragments; no remains of handle. Low ring base; globular body. Decorated with broad shallow, vertical, grooves, done in the soft clay, beginning about ... June 1932

[Object]  P 1100: Plate Fragment

Mended from two pieces; about half the base and bottom of the plate preserved, but only a small bit of the rim. The outside preserves the profile of a shallow bowl with slightly incurving rim; on the inside ... 1932

[Object]  P 1124: Vessel Fragments: Stamped

Larger fragment mended from two pieces. Preserves one dog save end of hind legs, also hind legs and tail of another (at right edge). At right edge of smaller fragment another pair of hind legs and tail ... 17 February 1932

[Object]  P 1128: Black Glaze Vessel Fragment with Maker's ...

Flaring profiled base, grooved on resting surface (chipped). Micaceous ash-gray clay; all over flaky black glaze. On center, within double-grooved circle, the stamp: Samian B Ware. Leica, 93-30-14 PD ... 29 February 1932

[Object]  P 1459: Vessel Fragment with Maker's Stamp

From the middle of a thin flat base piece. Signature in foot-shaped stamp: Fine dull red clay, covered above with good red glaze; splotched on the underside with thin glaze. Disturbed deposit. Leica, ... 1932

[Object]  P 1471: Moldmade Bowl Fragment

Broken all around; at the top of the fragment, on the inside, the curve outward toward the lip begins. On the outside, at the top, a moulded groove and ridge, and a row of small rosettes. Below these, ... 11 March 1933

[Object]  P 1485: Plate Fragment

From the rim of a large flat plate? The heavy rolled edge provides a rim above and a very low foot below. On underside, near outer edge, three inscribed concentric circles. Fine red clay covered above ... 6 March 1933

[Object]  P 1487: Cup Fragment with Maker's Stamp

Less than half the low ring base, and a small part of the slightly flaring wall preserved. Good fabric and glaze. The signature in a foot stamp: Western Sigillata Ware. Burnt layer. Leica, 93-31-7 ... 9 March 1933

[Object]  P 1512: Plate Fragment

Less than one-quarter preserved. Profile, with low ring base, complete. Characteristic pale buff clay; dark red glaze over all, fired black in parts, much mottled and worn. Joins P 1963; new measurements: ... 15 March 1933

[Object]  P 1514: Plate Fragment with Maker's Stamp

About half of the high ring base preserved, and rather more than half of the center of the flat plate above it. In the center, within a double and a single circular groove, a foot-shaped stamp with signature ... 16 March 1933

[Object]  P 1521: Plate Fragment with Rouletting

Mended from many pieces and restored in plaster. Heavy vertical rim with two grooves; below, on the outside, a broad band of rouletting. Inside, at least three groups of wheel-run circles. Fine red clay ... 17 March 1933

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[Object]  P 1540: Plate Fragment with Rouletting: Stamped

Late Roman C plate(?) fragment. None of the rim preserved but profile complete from base ring to center of plate. Base ring narrow and low, flat and rouletted on the bottom. A peacock neatly stamped into ... 13 March 1933

[Object]  P 1582: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Late Roman C plate fragment mended from two pieces. At the upper edge of the fragment is part of a wheel-run groove. In the center a stamped design of a human figure with a great deal of hair (or an aureole?) ... 18 March 1933

[Object]  P 1604: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Part of the center of a Late Roman C plate. Stamped decoration: an animal is running to the left; in body it resembles a hare. The head (the front end of which was never impressed) has a great round eye ... 30 March 1933

[Object]  P 1861: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Fragment depicts standing soldier holding a spear(?). The right side of the figure, who stands facing, is preserved from shoulder to knees. The figure stamped but details of drapery on the upper part of ... 20 April 1933

[Object]  P 1875: Bowl Fragment: Stamped

Late Roman B fragment. About a third of the bowl is preserved. On either side of a central medallion is a Christian monogram; the whole design surrounded by a circle of lozenges and a series of concentric ... card: ca. 440-500 A.D.

[Object]  P 1876: Plate Fragment: Stamped

Late Roman C plate fragment, broken all around. Low base with concave undersurface; shallow, flaring sides. In the center of the interior, an incised hare running left; curly tail, large head. Fine red ... card: 470-500 A.D.

[Object]  P 1903: Moldmade Cup Fragment

From the curving wall of a cup(?), glazed inside. Below, to the right, a long-tailed hunting dog, running; above him, the skirts of a female figure advancing left. Pinkish clay; seems to be Arretine, ... 25 April 1933

[Object]  P 1907: Cup Fragment with Maker's Stamp

About one-quarter of the small ring base, and a bit of the start of the wall of the cup preserved. Foot-shaped stamp on center, inside. Pink clay; hard red glaze over all. Western Sigillata Ware. Disturbed ... 26 April 1933