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| Fragmentary inscribed stele.
Part of text and two wreaths preserved on each side; left side preserved.
Opisthographic.
Decrees passed by cleruchies in Samos and Lemnos.
Pentelic marble. Found in original ... 12 February 1938 ... Decrees passed by cleruchies in Samos and Lemnos.
Pentelic marble. |
| Neck, handles, and most of shoulder mended from five pieces (lower breaks suggest more pieces found).
Broad cylindrical neck with slight cavity at bottom, rounded rim-molding; broad-bellied, with sloping ... 21-25 May 1937 ... Asia Minor/Samos? A forerunner of the L. Roman 'Samos' series?
Context: ca. 100-150+ A.D. |
Foot and two-thirds of bowl missing.
Solid stem spreading at bottom, with ridge near top. Broad bowl with deep depression at center. Fine, hard, micaceous, light red fabric (2.5YR 6/6); white paint, overpainted ... 350-300 ... Similar to thymiaterion pictured on a Totenmahl relief from Samos (Dentzer 1982, R 315, p. 605, pl. 93, fig. 564). |
Lid?
Single fragment, broken all around.
Fragment from near edge of fairly large, nearly flat shape. Beginning of curve, probably to rim, preserved at edge. Stamped near edge with row of circles above ... Technau (1929, p. 48) mentions gray-ware lids on Samos. |
Fusiform body on flaring base slightly concave beneath. Thickened lip with rounded outer profile; heavy strap handle. Highly micaceous reddish fabric, very thick and heavy; unglazed. East Greek.
Young ... Context ca. 550-525 B.C ... Young (Hesperia, XX, 1951, p. 92) compared similar lekythoi from Sardis and from Samos; others come from graves in Rhodes. |
Handle.
Lower part of handle.
Vertical, double-grooved strap handle. Trace of orange glaze on wall below handle. Soft, somewhat coarse, very micaceous, reddish yellow fabric (5YR 6/6) with red and white ... Context of 250-175 ... Leroux 1913, no. 66, pp. 37--38 (Cyrenaica); Δελτ 21, 1966, B1 2 [1968], p. 336, pl. 358:η (Thessaloniki); Δελτ 28, 1973, B1 2 [1977], p. 526, pl. 497:β (Samos); AvP I, ii, p. 277; PF II, fig. 7:1 (Pergamon). |
Pointed body. Alternate black and added red bands on the wall; lines of added red on the flat projecting rim have faded. Glazed inside.
Another, finer but more fragmentary, P 17834 J 18:4-L. There is ... Ca. 550 B.C ... One of the same date in Samos, not certainly Attic. |
Two-handled Cup.
Handles and about half of body restored.
Pointed underside. Three large palmettes within coarse rouletting on floor. Light brown fabric (7.5YR 6/4); dull gray glaze inside, orange on ... Context of 110-75 ... For others stamped with palmettes see Samos XIV, p. 162, fig. 172; Antioch IV, i, p. 29, fig. 8:31, 32; Wright 1980, no. 95, p. 158, pl. 32. |
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