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MC 704: Kiln Support

Triangular leaf-shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side. Similar to MC 702 and 703, but more rounded at the end, and less carefully shaped, the projecting ... 3 June 1947

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MC 702: Kiln Support

Pointed leaf shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side. Firm red clay with a few white bits. Thirty eight other kiln supports were found at the same time in ... 3 June 1947

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MC 703: Kiln Support

Triangular leaf-shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side. Red clay, buff surface; grayish (from ash ?) on one side, and burned along one edge. Similar to MC ... 3 June 1947

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L 4230: Lamp

Intact except for chips from around filling hole and flakes from surface. Herringbone on rim; solid handle grooved on top; plain rim; reverse apparently plain. Reddish-brown clay. Type XXIX of Corinth ... 11 June 1947

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L 4239: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

Front half broken away. Rim, concentric circles, dots and crosses; discus, uncertain design, with cross at top. Reverse, false ring foot, with rib to knob handle. Inside foot, trace of design; outside, ... 20 June 1947

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L 4240: Lamp Fragment

Small piece from back part. Grooved unpierced handle; rim, narrow band decorated with small curved gouges. Reverse, concentric grooves. The clay burned black and the rim twisted out of shape. Waster (?) ... 20 June 1947

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L 4273: Lamp Fragment

Back half of upper part of lamp preserved. Thin knob handle. Discus, maltese cross with small stamped concentric circles in the arms. On down-sloping rim, wavy line with groups of dots. Burned brown to ... 20 June 1947

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IL 854: Miniature Lead Jug

Flat-bottomed round-bodied jug with flaring lip. Μολύβδινο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Cf. A-B 19-20:1 Sand in bottom of Great Drain, of Hellenistic fill further to south. Stoa gallery case Leica, XXIX-39 ... 8 May 1947

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IL 859: Lead Token

Obverse: calyx of rose. Reverse: plain. Great Drain, bottom fill (fill 4). Leica ... 20 May 1947

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IL 861: Lead Token

Obverse: owl facing (?). Letters Θ Α. Reverse: the letters Θ Α. Great Drain, bottom fill (fill 4). Leica ... 20 May 1947

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IL 1196: Lead Token

A: dolphin swimming, right. Helmet in field above. B: plain. Entered as coin, no. 3, for the day. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 23 May 1947

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IL 1197: Lead Token

A: a large leaf of grape vine (?). B: plain. Cf. IL 671 (now disintegrated). Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 26 May 1947

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IL 1198: Lead Token

A: greave (?) B: plain. Entered as coin, no. 7, for the day. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. With coins nos. 3-7. Leica ... 28 May 1947

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IL 1191: Lead Token

A: bust of Athena, right, wearing helmet ? B: head of Serapis, right with countermark of palmette upper left. Cf. IL 417, for same type but with addition of countermark. House IV, room 10, west. Leica ... 5 June 1947

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IL 1193: Lead Token

A: female bust, facing. B: plain. Cf. IL 1025. Entered as coin, no. 25, for the day. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 17 May 1947

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IL 1194: Lead Token

A: owl standing, right. B: plain. Entered as coin, no. 26, for the day. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 17 May 1947

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IL 1201: Lead Sealing

Three disks of which the top and bottom one form a single unit, with their connecting stem set through a hole in the middle disk. Monogram stamped on top disk. Cf. IL 1097; a similar sealing with an upper ... 5 June 1947

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IL 1036: Lead Token

Obverse: Helios in spread quadriga, within a circle of dots. Reverse: plain. Late Roman fill above Great Drain. Leica ... 23 May 1947

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P 18255: Amphora Fragment with Dipinto

Two joining fragments from the shoulder of a plain amphora, broken off at the junction with the neck. Painted in large red letters: Coarse dark pinkish-buff clay; the surface wheelridged. House C, ... 20 June 1947

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P 18257: Bowl Fragment with Rouletting

Fragment from the rim of a Late Roman B bowl with steep wall. Broad projecting rim, nearly flat on top, the surface covered with wavy rouletting. Hard dark red clay; firm red glaze. Building A, room ... 20 June 1947

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P 19168: Bowl Fragment with Relief Decoration

Rim fragment from small straight-sided bowl; thickened rim, roughly rounded outside; a ridge beneath it. Part of a seated and a standing figure; uncertain representation. Orange-buff clay; matte orange-red ... 27 June 1947

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L 4188: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

Most of bottom and of nozzle, and part of rim missing. Scroll on rim; on discus, Eros before an altar. Part of one letter of signature on bottom, "gamma" or "pi". Grooved pierced handle. Yellow-buff clay ... 15 May 1947

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G 266: Dish Fragment

Broken all around. Piece from side of relatively large dish, perhaps shallow bowl. Interlocking four-petaled rosettes in relief; raised dots in field between. Light green glass. Fill under lime pit no ... 9 May 1947

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P 32195: Skyphos Fragments with Paint Decoration

Three wall sherds (2 joining). Two pieces of a high vertical wall, with carination preserved at bottom of a. Pairs of grooves near top and bottom of wall. Traces of added white paint on piece a: horizontal ... June-July 1947

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S 1238: Votive Plaque with Relief

Broken at bottom; surface chipped; back used as door sill at some time, but is probably close to original surface. Preserved is a bearded snake in relief. Pentelic marble. Dedication to Zeus Meilichios; ... 7 May 1947

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G 261: Bowl Fragment

Plain rim fragment of shallow bowl. Two shallow grooves on outside of rim; cluster of dots in relief on side. Mold made (?) Light green glaze; dots blue (?) Dirt fill. Late Roman. Leica, XXXIII-24 PD 505 ... 2 May 1947

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G 267: Bowl Fragment

Rim fragment from rather small deep bowl. Plain rim; thick vertical ridges in relief on outside. Inside, a single shallow groove just below lip, and a pair of grooves about half way down preserved piece ... 16 May 1947

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G 274: Bowl Fragment

Fragment preserving part of a broad projecting rim with down-turned outer edge. A groove at inner and outer edge of rim. Opaque bluish white glass. Late Roman fill. 868 Leica, XXXIII-26 PD 505, PD 2023-14 ... 18 June 1947

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G 336: Bowl Fragments

Fragment a): from vertical rim with ridges inside and out. Fragment b): from flat bottom curving without break into side wall. Pontil. Bubbles and spirals. Rim polished after folding. Light blue glass; ... 30 June 1947

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B 786: Weight

Inscribed. Rectangular weight : half amphora. Coin no. 77 for May 24 was firmly stuck to back, apparently with circle of iron outside of coin. Accidental ? At each corner a letter : Δ, Η, Μ, Ο. ΚΒ-ΚΓ/Great ... 24 May 1947

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I 5975: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment. The left part of a crowning member for a monument with recessed niche, and with horizontal cornice, not pediment. Broken at right; top roughly picked with front sloping down and small ... 30 April 1947

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I 5978: Dedicatory Monument

Inscribed fragment of a plaque. Preserves part of inscribed face, right side and rough picked back. Part of one line of the inscription preserved, within a wreath. White crystalline marble. Found in late ... 3 May 1947

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I 5979: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument. Broken top and bottom. Four lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Found in modern cellar wall outside the Market Square, on the southeast ... 7 May 1947

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I 5980: Account Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. Parts of five lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian marble. Finished Found in early Byzantine context, east of the Great Drain, in the industrial ... 13 May 1947

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I 5981: Grave Monument Fragment

Inscribed fragment of grave stele. Upper left half of stele with pediment top; broken at bottom and right, and acroterion at left broken off. Rough picked back. Two lines of the inscription preserved ... 15 May 1947

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I 5984: Imperial Letter Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Rough picked back preserved; broken on all sides. Part of an imperial letter from Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Thirty-two lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. ADDENDA ... 178 A.D.

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I 6010: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment of Herm of Zeno. Fragment from the sloping upper part of a portrait herm; left side and inscribed face only preserved. Herm of Zeno, son of Mnaseas, the Stoic philosopher. One line of ... 2nd. century A.D.

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I 6011: Grave Stone Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Letters inscribed on a partially smoothed down broken surface; back worn smooth; worn breaks at sides and top, in crude pediment form, may be contemporary with inscription; broken at ... 1st. century B.C.

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I 6012: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face and part of right side preserved; also sloping top with cutting at edge of break. Probably a Herm. Seven lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. Finished ... 13 June 1947

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I 6013: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. A hunk of stone with letters on a very rough surface. Edges and back very rough, but may be contemporary with inscription. Conglomerate; mortgage Horos. Five lines of the inscription ... 13 June 1947

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IL 1195: Lead Token

A: a twisting snake (?) Letters in field giota (Γ) and alpha (Α) at top, sigma (Σ) to right. B: plain. Entered as coin, no. 8, for the day. Red fill (1). With coin no. 9. Leica ... 14 May 1947

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IL 1454: Lead Token

A: seated figure left, with branch in left arm, right outstretched. Snake or tree (?) in front. Crescent in field upper left. All in border of dots. Possibly Demeter left, in serpent car. B: bumpy, no ... 16 May 1947

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IL 1455: Lead Token

A: seated figure left, with branch in left arm, right outstretched. Snake or tree (?) in front. Crescent in field upper left. All in border of dots. Possibly Demeter left, in serpent car. B: bumpy, no ... 16 May 1947

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IL 1456: Lead Token

A: deep incuse stamp of boukranion. B: plain. Picked up on roman house wall, house C, room 3. Leica ... 1 July 1947

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A 1226: Roof Tile

Cover tile, broken at one end. Preserved end cut back on inside for a width of 0.09m., to overlap next tile. Inside rough-picked. Pentelic marble. Cf. A 1227 ( ΟΟ 174). Byzantine fill. Leica PD 2279 ... 1 June 1947

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P 32814: Dish Fragment

Three joining fragments, rim to floor: center lost. Flat floor with slight ledge under edge, rounded wall, plain tapered rim. Pair of fine incisions near edge of floor, single incision around central area ... July 1947

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L 4218: Lamp

Intact save for small hole in bottom. Rays on discus; leaves and clusters of grapes on rim. Leaf in relief on bottom within single incised groove. Unglazed. Pale buff clay. Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 20 May 1947

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L 4402: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

Single piece preserving about one third of bottom and part of signature. Signed within two concentric grooves. No glaze. Gray-buff clay. Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Late Roman. 946 Leica ... 30 June 1947

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L 4403: Lamp

Most of top preserved and part of back; end of nozzle and upper half of handle missing. Spirals on rim; relief on discus: Poseidon, right, trident in right hand, dolphin perched on left hand; cloak wrapped ... 6 May 1947

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L 4184: Lamp Fragment: Maker's Mark

Front half missing. Unpierced handle; rosette on disk; herringbone on rim. Signature incised on bottom. Light brown clay. Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Kalikia fill. Leica ... 1 May 1947

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P 17744: Faience Bowl or Cup Fragment with Relief Decoration

Part of angular shoulder and side wall of a bowl or cup. In relief on the wall, the top of a large-veined pointed leaf; at either side small blobs, grooved, suggesting flowers. Light buff fabric; glaze ... 1 May 1947

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P 17745: Lid Fragment with Relief Decoration

Small fragment perhaps from the lid of a casserole. Gritty red-brown cooking ware fabric; band of maeander in relief. Hellenistic? Cf. P 5797. Late Roman fill. 132 Leica, 95-73-32 ... 2 May 1947

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P 17746: Bowl Fragment with Relief Decoration

Rim fragment. Straight wall; plain lip slightly out-turned; two grooves just below it outside, and a third slightly lower, bordering the figured scene. Uncertain representation: perhaps a large tree at ... 3 May 1947

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P 17793: Bowl

About two-thirds of rim and part of side missing. Low ring foot; flaring wall; vertical rim, slightly concave on outside. Samian. West (east?) wall of elliptical drain. 404 Leica ... 7 May 1947

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P 17794: Black Glaze Bowl Fragment with Graffito

Rim fragment from black glazed lidded bowl. Scratched through the glaze on the outside just below the flange: Late fill on Roman floor. Leica PD 1133-22(F 172) ... 9 May 1947

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P 17798: Plate Fragment with Maker's Stamp and Graffito

Part of flat floor and high ring foot preserved. Foot-shaped stamp on center of floor: Graffito on bottom: Α Between elliptical drain and west drain wall. 410 Leica, 93-41-33, 93-41-34 PD 1172-8 ... 8 May 1947

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P 17799: Amphora Fragment with Dipinto

Short-necked amphora with arched handles round in section. Dipinto in black on shoulder between two handles: Very light buff clay, almost white on surface. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, ... 13 May 1947

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P 19425: Bowl or Plate Fragment with Maker's Mark

Fragment from the center of floor of a Sigillata bowl or plate. Signature in planta pedis. Light brown clay; sealing wax red glaze. Early Roman fill. Box 161. 1054 Leica PD 1172-7 ... 28 June 1947

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P 20058: Water Jug Fragment with Graffito

From shoulder and neck of one-handled jug. Wheel grooves on wall. Traces of two lines of a graffito under lower handle attachment: Reddish-brown micaceous clay. Well, lower fill. Leica ... 11 June 1947

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P 18244: Amphora Fragment with Graffito

Fragment of neck and shoulder, with short vertical strap handle. Graffito under handle: P I B Brown micaceous clay, black at the surface. 865 Leica ... 17 June 1947

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P 18247: Situla Fragment: Bearded Head

Part of the rim preserved, with the large projecting lug, and the start of one end of a basket handle. Supporting the lug, a large bearded head. Dull pink clay; light buff slip over all; somewhat worn ... 20 June 1947

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P 18248: Jug with Graffito

Part of the mouth and neck missing at the front; and a piece from the wall. Flat-bottomed jug with slightly concave neck and plain rim. Short heavy ridged handle from below lip to shoulder. Two wheel run ... 20 June 1947

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P 18252: Amphora Fragment with Graffito

Several joining fragments preserve the neck, much of both handles and part of the shoulder. Other fragments, stored in tin, give part of the wall, and the bottom with the toe (chipped). Large massive amphora ... 18 June 1947

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P 18301: Bowl Fragment with Maker's Stamp

Single fragment preserves part of center of floor and high moulded ring foot from a substantial Sigillata bowl; profile of foot not complete. Rectangular stamp in center of floor. Fine light red clay; ... 1 July 1947

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P 18302: Bowl Fragment with Maker's Stamp

A single fragment preserves the center of the floor and the high plain ring foot of a small bowl, with the start of the walls. At the center of the floor a Y-shaped stamp. Fine red-brown clay; firm ... 30 June 1947

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P 17880: Amphora Fragment with Graffito

Neck, upper part of handles, and lip (except for chips) preserved. Large heavy amphora with rather short neck and very heavy arched handles, round in section. Projecting lip, flat on top, set off below ... 13 May 1947

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P 17881: Plate with Maker's Mark

Ring foot, all of flat floor and about one-third of vertical rim preserved; small piece of scroll remains on rim at break. High ring foot; the outer part of the floor lightly offset and rising; the rim ... 21 May 1947

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P 17883: Amphora with Dipinto

Intact except for chip from lip. Ovoid body tapering to small concave bottom; small rolled out-turned lip; strap handles rising slightly, and roughly ridged. Dipinto in charcoal on shoulder: On the ... 28 May 1947

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P 17885: Jug Fragment with Graffito

From shoulder of micaceous one-handled gray to brown jug. Beginning of graffito, four letters: Roman fill. 537 Leica ... 27 May 1947

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P 17886: Vessel Fragment with Relief Decoration

Fragment from rim and wall. Plain rim with lip thickened on inside and set off by a light groove. In applied relief outside, below the rim, ivy leaf and cluster of berries. Pinkish-buff clay; firm red ... 27 May 1947

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P 18241: Bowl Fragment with Maker's Stamp

Fragment preserving neat low ring foot and part of floor of Samian bowl. Stamped at the center of the floor, within two concentric grooves: Κ Α Λ Α Fine red clay and firm glaze. Cf. Iliffe I (1936), ... 16 June 1947

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P 19078: Panathenaic Amphora Fragment

About half of neck reserved. Break for lower handle attachment at lower left. Part of helmet and high white crest right, preserved. At left, just to right of black panel under handle and just above break, ... 7 May 1947

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S 1246: Head of Female Figure

Broken at neck and at back of hair; most of forehead, nose, mouth and chin battered and missing. At the back, a bit of the original surface preserved at the top of the neck suggests a freestanding statue ... 20 May 1947

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S 1254: Plaque Fragment with Eyes

Broken at bottom and right; chip missing at upper left corner; rough-picked back. The slightly curved top and part of the straight left edge preserved. Rather deeply carved eyes, in an almost flat 'face'; ... 7 June 1947

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IL 971: Lead Dikast's Ballot

Disk with solid central hub; irregularly made. On the upper surface a small circular stamp with some representation. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 26 May 1947

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IL 862: Lead Weight : Half Mna

Rectangular with turtle. At the Cycladic Museum Oct. 2017 to May 2018. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Hellenistic. Leica ... 23 May 1947

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IL 863: Lead Weight

A rectangular one with half of turtle (?). Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Hellenistic. Leica ... 23 May 1947

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IL 865: Lead Weight - Mina

Rectangular. Dolphin in incuse square. A mina weights 436.6 grams. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947

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IL 866: Lead Token

Obverse: Hermes running left with caduceus above shoulder; something (money-bags ?) in extended right hand. Flying drapery behind figure. Reverse: uncertain representation. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain ... 24 May 1947

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IL 867: Lead Token

Rather thick slightly angular piece. Obverse: a stamp in an incuse circle, a large E, and a star to right. Reverse: plain. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947

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IL 868: Lead Token

Obverse: Herm, left, with branch at lower right corner. Letters in the other corners: Δ, Η, Ξ. Reverse: plain. Early Byzantine (?) fill. 520 Leica ... 24 May 1947

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IL 870: Lead Token

Obverse: owl, with a round ball. Letters: Α [Θ]. Reverse: a round ball. Letters: Α [Θ]. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Hellenistic. Leica ... 26 May 1947

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IL 871: Lead Weight

Small rectangular. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Hellenistic. Leica ... 26 May 1947

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IL 872: Lead Weight : Mina

Rectangular plaque with sunken panel on top surface. A mina weights 436.6 grams. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947

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IL 873: Lead Token

Obverse: bow. Reverse: plain. Old Grid: ca. ΚΒ-ΚΓ. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947

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IL 874: Lead Token

Obverse: bow. Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947

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IL 875: Lead Token

Obverse: bow. Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947

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IL 876: Lead Token

Obverse: lyre (?) Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947

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IL 877: Lead Token

Obverse: uncertain representation. Reverse: plain. ADDENDA: Tragic mask (Gkikaki July 2020). Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947

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IL 878: Lead Token

Obverse: Triptolemos in serpent car. Reverse: plain. Old Grid: ca. ΚΒ-ΚΓ. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947

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IL 882: Lead Token

Incuse square with dots in it. 951 Leica ... 1 July 1947

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IL 883: Lead Token

A: triskeles, left. B: uncertain emblem. Late Roman fill around broken altar. Leica ... 11 June 1947

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T 2361: Mold Fragment for Male Head

Mold for bearded head (Pan?)with shaggy hair. Chip missing at right. Green-buff clay. Cf. Fuchs (1963), Mahdia, pl. 53. ΜΣΤ-ΜΖ* C 17 Great Drain; gravel below elliptical drain tiles. 411 Leica ... 8 May 1947

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T 2395: Mold Fragment for Drapery

Drapery for one side of a small standing female figure, preserved about from shoulder to mid-calf (?). Part of one side preserved. Plain surface at the right. From a mold for a relief (?). Cf. T 3935 ... 23 June 1947

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SS 10051: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

Rectangular stamp broken at right. Finished Late Roman fill around well. Θασί̣[ων] vaseIII Σιμ[αλίωνος | Ἀθη] Leica ... 9 June 1947

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SS 10093: Stamped Amphora Fragment: Latin

Part of collared rim preserved. Light grey clay. Stamp on collar. Cf. SS 8605. Latest Roman fill. M·HEPICENIS (H,E lig) Leica ... 1 July 1947

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T 2414: Mask

Female head with very high headdress rendered in gouged style; the eyes pierced, and the headdress at the top, as if for suspension. Mended from several pieces; lower part of face; upper part of headdress ... 1 July 1947

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S 1256: Portrait Head of Male Figure

Broken at neck; nose and chin missing; surface battered. Male head with short cut hair, short beard, high domed head, wrinkles across the forehead. Traces of mortar attached to hair and in one ear suggest ... Last quarter of 3rd c. A.D.

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S 1268: Portrait Head of Female Figure

Broken off at neck, chipped at nose, mouth and chin, and considerably battered. Small female head, less than half life-size, her hair arranged in an elaborate Flavian style, made up of braids giving a ... Period of Trajan.

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L 4235: Part of Plastic Lamp: Head of Satyr

Broken below and at back, and chipped above right brow. Part of the original opening preserved at the back. Heavily bearded head with bald wreathed pate and exaggerated features. Pierced eyeballs. Light ... 16 June 1947