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[Object]  P 18316: Vessel Fragment with Relief Decoration

A handle, one end broken off. Flat rather narrow handle wider at its corners than at the attachment to the bowl. Within a raised frame, smudged relief decoration: rosettes and tendrils. On the frame, white ... 12 July 1947

[Object]  P 32001: Vessel Fragment with Relief Decoration

Rim sherd of a cylindrical(?) vessel. Squarish rim, with groove on inside. Moulded relief band below: 5(?)-petalled rosette (one of a row?). Brick-red clay, red gloss. Pergamon series? Italian? Below ... 18-24 April 1934

[Object]  P 32145: Vessel Fragment with Relief Decoration

Wall fragment. Flaring open form. On outside, applied relief: knotted ribbon, florals. Brownish-red clay (straw-tempered in reliefs); red gloss, burnished on inside. Ephesian? Catalogued October 1992 ... 11 May 1934

[Object]  P 27038: Vessel Fragment with Rouletting and ...

Fragment from wall and floor of a bowl(?). Vertical wall and floor meeting at an angle, the wall defined by grooves at top and bottom, in which rouletting is present. Between these a pattern of criss-cross ... August 1961

[Object]  P 8472: Vessel Fragment: Barbotine

Fragment from rim and wall of a straight-sided small vase. Straight rim slightly thickened at top; part of a horizontal handle. Shape is preserved. Just below rim two narrow grooves below which body is ... April-June 1936

[Object]  P 15715: Vessel Fragment: Barbotine Brittle Ware

Base and lower wall of small closed pot. Neat base ring, set off by broad groove; petals applied on walls. Fine hard micaceous clay; gray to brownish; thin fabric. Stoa, room 3, pit beneath east wall ... 14 June 1939

[Object]  P 8464: Vessel Fragment: Brittle Ware

Part of base and side wall only. The base is slightly concave, without foot ring. Above it are two grooves, giving the appearance of a moulded foot. The wall above is covered by bands of small leaves in ... April-June 1936

[Object]  P 2982: Vessel Fragment: Bucchero

The shoulder of a gray polished ware, like Minyan, with incised herringbone pattern on the shoulder and deeply incised concentric circles on the side. ADDENDA Late Roman, from S. Gaul (JWH). Destruction ... 15-16 May 1933

[Object]  P 4311: Vessel Fragment: Gray Ware

Hollow conical spout-like object, one end finished, the other turning over. Part of an "inkwell" or "collar' from a lamp? Gray clay, black glaze outside. Hellenistic fill beside well B. Leica ... 28 February 1934

[Object]  P 26714: Vessel Fragment: Head

Fragment broken all around. Part of forehead with taenia and fruits. Pinkish-buff clay. Red glaze, worn. ADDENDA "Knidian" fabric (JWH). West gully. 368 Leica ... 26-27 March 1959

[Object]  P 27174: Vessel Fragment: Knidian

Part of handle and back preserved. Vase probably in the form of a ram, with handle as the back. Mould-made. Fleece indicated by light incisions. Slashes along sides of handle. Brown clay, gray on inside; ... 1964

[Object]  P 18309: Vessel Fragment: Ram's Head

Broken all around. One curling horn, with the ear and a little of the fleece preserved. Very hard dark gray clay with lustrous orange surface. Cf. P 25609. ADDENDA Roman Knidian [JWH]. Well, box 2 ... 2 July 1947

[Object]  P 176: Vessel Fragment: Stamped

Twice stamped with motif consisting of a figure-eight between two maeander squares. Light red clay; red wash. Late Roman B. Leica, 2-185 ... 1931

[Object]  P 4476: Vessel Fragment: Stamped

About half of base with very low ring foot, and some of the walls preserved. The rounded end of a stamp preserved at center of interior, possibly with a faint trace of one letter: The breaks jagged ... 21 March 1934

[Object]  P 4482: Vessel Fragment: Stamped

Broken on all sides. Part of flat bottom alone preserved. No trace of base ring; a single palmette stamped at center. "Cinnamon" clay, micaceous. Red glaze, much flaked within. Samian A Ware. to11.30m ... 20 March 1934

[Object]  P 4486: Vessel Fragment: Stamped

A single fragment preserves part of the flat bottom of a vase with a palmette (half preserved) stamped within. Cinnamon clay, micaceous. Dull red glaze, much worn. Samian A Ware. Well. Leica, 93-27-4 ... 19 March 1934

[Object]  P 7951: Vessel Fragment: Stamped

Fragment of flat floor with start of flaring wall. Deep groove around central floor. Stamped at center: amphora and caduceus(?). Pinkish-buff clay, firm red glaze inside and out. Italian Sigillata ... 16-27 April 1936

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[Object]  P 33757: Vessel Fragment: Stamped

Five joining sherds preserve greater part of base and floor. Upper surface crazed in places. Floor scratched from use. Shallow floor on low ledge-like foot. A circular band of stamped "lotus" motifs on ... 6 June 1933

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[Object]  P 35033: Vessel Fragment: Thin-walled Ware

Part of a rim and wall (three joining fragments=a), and part of wall (b). Slender cylindrical form with plain lip. Two grooves and a carination at bottom (base missing). Drab brown to light gray ware, ... 15-16 May 1939

[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 17413: Vessel Fragment: Thorn Ware

Fragment from body. The lower part rough, with upward-pointed overlapping petal-like ridges; smooth above, with attachments for horizontal handles. Wheelmade of gray clay; thin fabric, unglazed. Cistern, ... 14-21 May 1940

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[Object]  P 19073: Vessel Fragment: Thorn Ware

Fragment of ring foot and lower wall of a closed pot. Of relief decoration only lower ends of roughly vertical lines in applied clay preserved. Pinkish-buff clay with traces of red wash on sides. Under ... 5 July 1947

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[Object]  P 34973: Vessel Fragment: Çandarli Ware

Rim sherd of closed vessel (or cup?). Flanged rim. Pinkish-red ware; deep red gloss (late series), lustrous on interior. Context and date of object: early 2nd c. A.D.? Inventoried 30 January 2006. Finished ... 19 March 1934

[Object]  P 14824: Vessel Fragments

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

[Object]  P 19666: Vessel Fragments

Two fragments possibly not from the same pot. Both covered inside and out with vitreous green glaze. a) Ring foot and bottom of floor. b) Wall fragment with lower stump of handle and uncertain representations ... 23-24 June 1947

[Object]  P 25228: Vessel Fragments

Lower part of pot preserved, in a single piece (fr. a, container 128); also loose fragment (two joining sherds) of upper body of same(?) (fr. b, container 150) and single sherd of belly (fr. c, container ... July 1955

[Object]  P 27499: Vessel Fragments

Three joining fragments preserve base and lower part of body of a semiclosed vessel. Low foot; steep curving wall. Inside bears wheel marks; probably from a semiclosed form. Italian Sigillata. Glazed ... August 1965

[Object]  P 19857: Vessel Fragments with Incised Decoration

Two fragments preserving part of lower wall and base of a small pot apparently closed: the inside rough. Flat bottom, vertical wall. A light groove around the bottom of the wall; above, groups of broad ... 14 April, 2 May 1949

[Object]  P 16851: Vessel Fragments with Paint Decoration

Numerous pieces of body of closed pot preserved. No trace of rim, base or handles. Floral designs painted in dull black and white on an orange ground. Pale pinkish buff clay with particles. ADDENDA ... 20 April 1933

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[Object]  P 18268: Vessel Fragments with Relief and Paint ...

a) Neck, one handle with relief leaf at base, stub of second handle, and some of body with lines and circles in relief. b) Part of the "tail". c) Three joining fragments of body with lines and circles ... 8 July 1947

[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

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[Object]  P 8937: Vessel Fragments: Thorn Ware

Three fragments, a) from the shoulder, with rim or neck broken off above; b) and c) from the walls. On a) a garland of wedge-shaped projections; on b) and c) staggered rows of similar projections, set ... 11 February 1937

[Object]  P 19854: Vessel Fragments: White Ware

Two fragments from base and wall of a small bowl or beaker(?). Very low rounded ring foot; the wall decorated with neat sharp horizontal ridges. Very fine white fabric; outside with lustrous finish, ... 12 April 1949

[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 2251: Woman's Head

Mended from two pieces. The forepart of the vase is preserved, showing the face of a woman crowned by a wide spout. The hair of the woman is drawn down over the ears in regular waves. Her features are ... 15 June 1933

[Coin]  N 21210

Coin no. 14 ... Uncertain Emperor ... Late 4th-5th c. A.D.

[Coin]  N 24311

Coin no. 21. Railway, from depression in floor of Byzantine building ... Manuel I ... 1143-1180 A.D.