Few missing fragments restored in plaster. Shape similar to P 11853 (Χ 877), but on a much smaller scale.
Stamped rosette at center of floor, surrounded by a band of palmettes between two double-grooved ... February-April 1937
Part of floor with broad low base ring and rim preserved. Similar in shape to P 11852 (Χ 878), except for ridge where floor and rim join. Rouletting on floor.
Glaze somewhat blackened.
Pergamene. Cistern ... February-April 1937
Gently flaring rim turns out sharply to meet vertical lip. Moulding at base of rim where it joins the curve of floor.
Pergamene. Cistern. Leica PD 1171-151 ... February-April 1937
About one-third preserved. Restored in plaster. Cylindrical sides, curving out gently from flat bottom; plain rim.
Thin micaceous red clay. Upper half outside covered with thin matte brown paint. Lower ... February-April 1937
Full profile preserved; missing fragments restored in plaster. Shape and fabric similar to P 11855 (Χ 881), but somewhat more slender. Groove around middle of wall.
Fired red-brown all over. Possibly ... February-April 1937
Fragments of rim and a bit of floor missing. Wide low ring foot and convex side wall with plain rim.
Soft buff clay; dull red glaze, badly peeled; heavy fabric.
Samian A. Cistern, Roman, 3rd. c. Leica ... 6-12 June 1936
Fragmentary; in part restored with plaster; height not certain. Flat-bottomed cylindrical body, with inward sloping rim and grooved lip around the round mouth at the top. A shallow rectangular basin on ... 6-12 June 1936
Fragment from rectangular plaque or from a plate with polygonal rim. One straight edge preserved, thickened and rounded on the top. Underside flat. In low relief, a nude female figure (head and left arm ... 28 January 1938
Fragments of rim, walls and base preserved. Small bowl on low ring foot; rounded sides; broad horizontal rim, the edge scalloped. Wheel run groove and ridges on inner edge of rim; outside, decoration incised ... 1 February 1938
A single fragment preserving nearly half of rim and part of walls, nothing of base. A small deep bowl with curved sides, and broad horizontal rim, slightly overhanging. On rim are stamped rosettes; slightly ... 10 February 1938
From the center of the floor of a large Western Sigillata plate. Wheel grooves at the edge of the fragment.
A round stamp at the center of the floor:
Underside unglazed. Red fill in Roman building ... 24 February 1938
Fragment from rim of small round-bodied jug.
Gritty red clay; rough, brown, vitreous-looking glaze outside.
ADDENDA Vitrified rim fragment of a thin-walled mug of (Italian?) collarino type, ca. 2nd ... Ca. 2nd. c. A.D.
Small fragment of foot, floor and lower wall and part of rim missing. Low foot ring; concave walls; low keeled rim, rouletted along its edges. Oval stamp, worn.
Micaceous flaky brown clay, orange-red ... 24 February 1938
Piece of lower part of almost straight side wall; outer edge of flat bottom preserved. On main zone, two riders facing each other; of left figure, horse's legs and tail, leg and bit of tunic of rider preserved; ... 24 February 1938
Piece from lower side wall with part of bottom preserved. Straight side wall with illegible relief decoration. Flat bottom separated from side wall by narrow surface which slopes sharply; traces of relief ... 25 February 1938
Fragmentary; the rim missing; the bottom and nearly half of the walls preserved. Low flat base and rounded lower body separated from the straight upper body by grooves. Raised vertical darts on upper body ... 23 February 1938
Fragment from rim, wall and bottom of shallow dish, with narrow low base ring, and wide flaring rim. On the rim a boukranion in low relief.
Fine orange-red clay; good orange-red glaze.
The dish was either ... 22-23 February 1938
Fragment giving nearly complete profile; center of base missing. Small deep bowl on low ring foot. Curving sides; horizontal, projecting rim. Edge of rim finished with inverted scallops; on top of rim ... 17 February 1938
Fragment from the floor of a plate. Between two pairs of concentric grooves, and ridges, a circular band of ornament, composed of alternating double diamonds and two superimposed squares forming eight-pointed ... 23 February 1938
A single fragment preserves part of the floor of a plate or bowl of Late Roman B ware. On floor, the back part of a large profile head and part of another stamp. On exterior, remains of the ring foot, ... 2 March 1938
A single fragment preserves the entire ring foot and the immediately adjacent parts of the body. At center of floor, a stamped Christian monogram; tail of Rho to right; circles beneath the arms.
Purplish ... 7 March 1938
From floor of Late Roman B plate. Stamp: large cross in center, partly preserved; below it, a dove, left.
Gritty red clay. Red glaze on inside. 347 Leica ... 8 March 1938
Full profile of Pergamene bowl preserved; about five-sixths of rim and two-thirds of foot missing. Restored in plaster. Hemispherical bowl on high moulded base ring; plain lip.
Yellow clay. Dark red glaze, ... 10 March 1938
The center of the floor and the broad low flaring, carefully moulded, base ring of a plate base preserved.
Inside the foot, carefully scratched after firing:
Fine light red clay. Good red glaze, over ... 11 March 1938
Piece of flat circular disk with part of projecting volute on one side. Perhaps handle of plate or bowl(?). Ridge at edge. Relief decoration: nude bearded male figure facing right; legs and feet missing; ... 16 March 1938
Mended from several pieces; small chips missing from the rim. Hemispherical bowl on small high moulded foot; plain rim.
Red glaze, somewhat worn.
Pergamene. Cistern. Leica, 94-44-11 PD 1171-151 ... 1937
a) About one-quarter of a plate preserved in three joining fragments, the profile nearly complete.
b) (Added Mar. 1998). Two joining rim sherds of the same.
Very low ring foot, shallow Late Roman B bowl, ... 24 March 1938
Fragment from rim of a situla with handle attachment and applied mask of Dionysos below.
Coarse reddish clay; the outside slipped.
Joins P 9393. Brick drain, lower layer, west of preserved vault. Brick ... 24 March 1938
About one-quarter preserved, but rim broken away. Foot sunken below; walls very shallow so far as preserved. Inside, in center, a band of palm branches surrounding a central medallion with discs with geometric ... 24 march 1938
Fragment from center of plate, broken all around. In center a cross with three-lobed extremities, surrounded by two concentric grooves. Then alternating motifs: square waffles (with lines running diagonally) ... 15 March 1938
Lower part only preserved with most of the face of a grotesque bearded figure. Bottom plain, flat.
Fine hard brown clay, gray at core; brownish glaze.
Cf. P 8036. Brick drain, south branch, lower layers, ... 8 April 1938
Rather less than one-quarter preserved. Flat bottom, slightly concave, low wall; rim offset and in-sloping. At least two groups of concentric rings around center.
Fine brown micaceous clay, flaky; good ... 1-2 April 1938
From a large shallow plate; rim piece with low base ring. Broad flaring rim with thickened lip. On rim, a row of punched holes between two bands of vertical incised lines; on outer half of lip diagonal ... 4 April 1938
Rim piece. Angular shoulder separated by deep groove from short straight lip. Horizontal handle on lip connected to side wall with vertical loop. Ovules and rosettes in relief on side.
Dark gray clay ... 8 April 1938
A cylindrical piece flaring at neck, with flat pierced top. Traces of handle attachment at base of both sides. Gouged diagonal lines on end, stamped ovules below.
Light brown clay. Thin red-brown to black ... 8 April 1938
About two-thirds of center of a plate or dish with medium high foot; flat bottom, up-curved sides offset slightly on inside.
In center, in planta pedis:
Fine hard dark pinkish clay, good red glaze ... 15 April 1938
About half missing, with most of the foot; full profile preserved. High base ring; keeled rim with out-turned lip. A small rectangular illegible stamp within a circle on floor.
Light brown clay with white ... 9 May 1938
Fragment from wall and rim. From a dish or plate with a shallow bowl and a wide profiled rim.
Fine gray highly micaceous clay, black glaze inside only.
Cf. P 13430. (Possible error in location.) Well ... 16 May 1938
Chips of lip missing; otherwise intact. Flat bottom; squat body; neck and body merge; round mouth with thickened lip. Two horizontal and six vertical lines in dull red glaze.
Clay brownish. Pale slip ... May 1938
Intact save minor fractures and hole in shoulder. High flaring foot; egg-shaped body; very narrow mouth and neck; short rolled handles, from middle of neck to shoulder. On upper part of body, on either ... May 1938
One handle and foot missing; hole in shoulder; surface badly worn. Shape, decoration and fabric as P 12930 (Ψ 432), but with the handles more rising and a few grooves around the shoulder.
ADDENDA P 12930: ... May 1938
Intact, save minor fractures; foot chipped. Low ring foot; body cylindrical, wall at bottom concave; small neck and mouth. Two ridges around neck, the lower at the handle attachment. Fabric and decoration ... May 1938
Intact, save minor fractures. Small concave bottom; egg-shaped body; tall narrow neck; projecting overhanging lip; no handle. Two ridges on neck and one on upper shoulder. Painted decoration on shoulder: ... May 1938
[Originally mouth, handle and most of neck missing; now added.]
Half of rim missing; restored in plaster. Broad flat bottom; cylindrical body; sloping shoulder; narrow neck. Decorated with grooves: at ... May 1938
Neither rim nor bottom preserved; walls fragmentary. As preserved, the jug gives an hourglass appearance, with narrow neck and rim flaring at same angle as lower walls, which continue to form a deep pear-shaped ... 21 May 1938
Mouth missing; otherwise intact. Small flat bottom; bottle-shaped.
Surface blackened on upper part. Well, container 59, early Roman fill. Leica ... May 1938
Five joining fragments preserve nearly the complete profile of a deep bowl. Restored in plaster. Broad ring foot; steep sides; plain rim.
Glaze thinner and more irregular outside than inside.
Pergamene ... May 1938
Broken all around. A single fragment preserves part of the ring foot and the floor.
A groove around the outside of the foot; the flat floor offset.
Rather gritty buff clay. Unglazed. Polished buff surface ... May 1938
Two joining fragments preserve flat bottom and part of cylindrical body. Painted on exterior in dull red, parts of two horizontal lines with pendent semicircles.
Rather gritty reddish clay, dark buff ... May 1938
About one-third of rim and floor preserved. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom; flaring wall; narrow keeled rim. Palmette stamped on center of floor, inside of double circle.
Pinkish-buff clay. Covered ... 20 May 1938
Small piece from side, no original edges. Acanthus leaf and rosettes in relief on outside.
Buff clay. Dark green vitreous glaze on outside, lighter gray-green glaze on inside. Very late Roman fill over ... 21 May 1938
Full profile of Late Roman C bowl preserved; about two-thirds missing. Low base ring; narrow keeled rim. Small circular stamp in center of floor.
Gritty red clay. Matte red paint. Red fill over Building ... 23 May 1938
About one-quarter preserved. Low base ring; thickened inturned rim. Outside pared with knife into series of plain surfaces. Two bands of vertical notches below rim.
Red-brown clay. Thin purple-brown glaze ... 23 May 1938
Broken all around. Fragment from floor of plate with cross stamped at center.
Dull red glaze on interior; exterior unglazed.
Late Roman C Plate. Well, container 18. 617 Leica ... 26 May 1938
Fragments of mouth missing. Flat offset bottom; tall slender body; raised ring at junction of neck and body; round bell mouth; thickened band handle, from lip.
Brownish clay with black particles. Dull ... 26 May 1938
Handle and large portions of body missing; mouth does not join directly. Shape, fabric and technique as P 13162 (Ψ 553), but glaze light yellowish-brown to red.
ADDENDA South Italian or Sicilian, as P ... 26 May 1938
From the center of a large plate with low ring foot. Within two concentric circles, a female head, left, wearing a diadem and a necklace; at the right, the start of a cross(?).
African Red Slip Ware ... 10 June 1938
Broken all around. Fragment of flat floor of plate or bowl.
In a foot-stamp (toes missing):
Good red glaze inside and out.
Cf. Iliffe II (1939), p. 50.
Western Sigillata Plate or Bowl Fragment. Early ... 27 May 1938
A single fragment preserves part of the bowl and stem of a vase with greenish vitreous glaze, somewhat discolored.
Lead glazed ware.
Fine red clay. Early Roman fill. 643 Leica ... 27 May 1938
Much of rim, body and bottom missing; restored in plaster. An open bowl with plain vertical rim and very low ring foot. Grooves, one broad between two narrow, mark off rim from rounded lower wall.
Thin ... May 1938
Most of upper part missing, though there is a non-joining rim fragment; restored in plaster. A deep cup with plain rim and small flat bottom. Groove around middle of wall.
Thin fabric. Fine red micaceous ... May 1938
Fragments of one handle, lip and body missing; restored in plaster; minor chips. Ring foot; egg-shaped body; small out-turned lip; short band handles from a low handle ridge. Broad groove on shoulder ... 13 May 1938
A single fragment preserves rather less than half of the ring foot and some of the floor.
At center of floor, part of a circular groove and part of a foot stamp are preserved:
Good red glaze. Western ... 31 May 1938
A single fragment preserves complete profile. Flat bottom; low flaring wall; inturned rim with slight keel.
Brownish clay. Good red glaze inside and out.
Samian A. Cistern, container 5. 720, 968 Leica ... 1 June 1938
Five joining fragments preserve much of the bottom and lower part of the body and a bit of the rim. An open bowl with curving sides and plain slightly inturned rim; small counter-sunk bottom in two degrees; ... 31 May-1 June 1938
Broken all around. A single fragment preserves some of the body and the start of the keel-rim of a small kalathos-shaped Samian bowl.
Rather soft light brownish clay. Red glaze, somewhat flaked, inside ... 1 June 1938
A single fragment preserves part of rim and body of an open bowl. Flat-topped, slightly projecting rim; side straight as far as preserved.
Light brownish clay. Good red glaze inside and out.
Western Sigillata ... 1 June 1938
Two joining fragments preserve part of the lip and body of a cup. Straight sides; straight plain lip with three sharp grooves around outside.
Dark brown clay and glaze. Thin fabric.
Samian? Cistern, container ... 1 June 1938
Floor fragment, with part of base ring.
Stamp in planta pedis, incomplete at left:
[Sherds stored in T 56] Late Roman fill. 380 Leica PD 1172-7 ... 11 March 1938
The handle, part of the body and upper part of the conical mouth missing. Squat rounded body, flat on the bottom. Ridges at junction of neck and shoulder. Pairs of faint grooves on body and bottom. Remains ... 14-18 June 1938
Small fragment with part of rim and ring foot. Plain rim, bordered inside by double row of raised nodules. In relief inside, feet and legs of a dancer(?). On the bottom, a relief rosette with two moulded ... 16-21 January 1939
Small bowl on ring foot; flaring wall; keeled rim, the latter broken off. Foot neatly grooved and moulded beneath; grooves on underside of keel; edge rouletted.
Traces of stamp on the floor (?), within ... 19-22 May 1936
Rim and upper body fragment of a keeled-rim bowl. On the rim, a voluted string; ridges above and below.
Western Sigillata. Well H, upper fill, early Roman. Leica ... 19-22 May 1936
Fragment from the floor of a Late Roman C plate with a very low base ring. Stamped in the middle of the floor, a conventional floral design.
Dull red clay; thin glaze on inside only. Dump. Leica ... 1933
Rim fragment.
Moulded relief scene below: battle. A warrior holds a figure by the hair and is starting to stab it with a sword; behind him, part of another figure with flying drapery, mounted on a horse ... 7 March 1939
Long narrow fragment broken off at one end; possibly a handle ?
Red clay; thin green vitreous glaze.
Non-Attic. House A, room 2, destruction fill. Leica, 97-11-13 ... 9 March 1939
Much broken; nearly half of wall and more than half of rim missing. Squat jug; base slightly defined and flat below; low wide vertical neck, narrow out-turned lip; single strap handle, lip to upper wall ... 7 March 1939
Rim fragment of a large plate or bowl. Projecting rim stamped on upper face: leaf pattern on inner edge, raised ridge with beading; egg and tongue on outer edge.
Pergamene. Sand fill, mixed to Byz. Leica, ... 8 March 1939
Broken and pieces missing from rim and floor. Flat bottom; carinated rim; three concentric grooves on floor and a small central stamp (rosette?).
Micaceous brown clay with tough red glaze inside and out ... 7 March 1939
The bottom preserved and much of the wall, with one non-joining rim fragment. Deep steep-walled cup on flat bottom. The lower edge of the wall plain, with light grooves and ridges; above, to the shoulder, ... 23 March 1939
Base and much of wall preserved; one rim fragment does not join. Similar in shape and decoration to P 14567 (ΓΓ 57); wall plain at lower edge, above covered with very small raised darts. Rim markedly convex, ... 23 March 1939
Fragment from the center of the floor of a bowl. Groove around floor.
At the middle, plantaform stamp: House A, room 3. Leica PD 1172-9 ... 29 march 1939
Part of the horizontal top and of the vertical side preserved. Wheel-run grooves and sharp ridges on the top; and two grooves at the upper edge of the wall.
Fine hard creamy clay; white surface, smooth ... 31 March 1939
Four fragments preserve parts of the wall and shoulder and the base of a round-bodied, narrow-necked jug with ring foot. No join between wall and base fragments. On b) the lower handle attachment. Decoration ... 29 March 1939
From the floor of a bowl; double groove around floor; stamp in center:
Graffito on bottom:
Western Sigillata. Brown gravelly fill. Leica PD 1172-7 ... 1 April 1939
Fragment from a bowl or open pot; broken all around; glazed inside. Outside, moulded decoration: large egg and dart band in relief; below it, a star on a pole, and an animal's tail(?).
Thick fabric of ... 1 April 1939
Fragment from a plate with flat floor and a high thin ring foot.
Plantaform stamp, broken:
Soft buff clay; dull red glaze badly peeled on outside, and nearly all gone from inside. Cut to west of N-W ... 29 March 1939
Fragment from wall of large moulded bowl, near top. Below a broad shallow groove, a band of egg and dart above a narrow cable. Below, the head and neck of an antlered stag(?), left; uncertain object behind ... 4 April 1939
Wall fragment from an irregulary shaped mould-made object; possibly a lamp rather than a pot? Preserved is a standing female figure from neck to thighs, facing. She wears a chiton with ruffled over-fold ... 4 April 1939
Wall fragment from cup(?). Preserved is part of an ivy garland encircling the wall.
Reddish brown clay. Metallic light brown glaze, thick on exterior, very thin on interior. East trench, south half, brown ... 4 April 1939
A single fragment preserves the lower part of the bowl and the stub of the stem. On the exterior, part of a zone of rosettes in relief is preserved. A small hole in the floor at one of the broken edges ... 6 April 1939
The bottom of a Samian B bowl with ring foot. A groove around the center of the floor.
Rectangular stamp illegible.
Glaze much pitted; light reddish-brown micaceous clay. Gravelly fill, early Roman ... 28 March 1939
From the flat floor of an imitation Pergamene plate. Stamped at the center, a rayed flower like a daisy; three rouletted grooves, then stamped palm leaves and two rouletted grooves.
Light red clay, firm ... 30 March 1939
From a large Western Sigillata bowl with high ring foot and upturned rim. Most of the floor and foot preserved; around the center, two grooves, then a rouletted band between two grooves.
Plantaform stamp ... 6 April 1939
From a Samian B bowl or plate with wide plain ring foot. Two grooves around center of floor.
Traces of rectangular stamp at center of floor: Brown gravelly early Roman fill over strosis. 432 Leica, ... 5 April 1939
Part of the floor and rim of a large flat-floored Western Sigillata bowl with vertical rim. In relief on the outer face of the rim, a leaf, and an ear of corn-like object. Rim thickened above and below ... 11 April 1939
Full profile preserved; part of floor and about two-thirds of rim missing. Low broad base ring. Band of rouletting on floor. Outside, wall forms continuous curve to plain rim; inside, wall is set off from ... 19 April 1939
Intact. Drop-shaped body, flattened at the bottom; tall neck with out-turned lip.
Pinkish-brown clay; lip and upper part of neck dipped in thin black glaze. Fill with tiles. Leica ... 17 April 1939
Part of the upper body and rim, with one grooved vertical handle, set on the wall and pinched up at the bend. Two small wall fragments do not join.
Broad projecting rim, grooved on top and around vertical ... 11 April 1939
