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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. |
| More than half the rim and part of floor and foot restored in plaster. High base ring; slightly downcurved rim; shallow groove around central depression and inner edge of rim.
Orange-buff clay. Outside ... February-April 1937 ... ADDENDA Asia Minor fabric (Samos?), perhaps later 2nd c. |
Half of mouth, half of vertical section of handle, part of shoulder, most of lower body, and center of floor restored.
Low, flaring foot; flat resting surface; nearly flat underside. Lower body nearly ... Context of 150-110 ... For the swags see 1511, 1520, 1535; Alt-Ägina II, i, nos. 667, 669, p. 84, pl. 51 (from a grave of the third quarter of the 2nd century); Samos XIV, p. 156, fig. 251:B; Δελτ 28, 1973, B1 1 [1977], p. 527, pl. 497:β (Samos, in context of late 2nd--early 1st century); PF II, F 13, F 14, p. 114, pl. 43 (Pergamon); AvP I, ii, p. 277, Beiblatt 46:6 (Pergamon).
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Banded Fish-plate.
Over half of rim, part of floor and foot restored.
High foot; beveled resting surface. Floor concave with shallow groove around outer edge and around depression. Rim nearly horizontal, ... Context of 110 to early 1st century after Christ ... The banded fish-plate was common on the coast of Turkey; many fragments may be observed on the beach at Kyme, and they are reported from Pergamon, Ephesos, Samos, and Lesbos (e.g. AvP XI, i, nos. 147, 152, 237, pp. 123--124, pls. 43, 48, 65; AvP XI, ii, nos. 244, 247, 248, 262, 264, 269, pp. 87--88, pl. 51:2; Mitsopoulou-Leon 1972--1975, col. 498; Samos XIV, p. 158, fig. 258 A, B [gray ware]; Archontidou-Argyri 1990, pl. 63), as well as on Delos and at Apollonia (Délos XXVII, D 68, p. 249, pl. 43; Apollonia, no. 625a, p. 232, pl. 122). |
Fish-plate.
Part of foot and over half of rim and wall missing.
High, flaring ring foot; rounded resting surface, reserved; pointed underside. Deep scraped groove around depression and around edge of ... Context of before ca. 150, with disturbance ... For other fish-plates in gray ware see Délos XXVII, D 54, p. 248, pl. 43; Samos XIV, p. 121, fig. 200A, Z133:B; Anderson 1954, nos. 151, 199, pp. 148, 150, fig. 17 (Chios); Phrygie III, p. 134, pl. 27:e. |
Medicine Bottle.
Half of rim missing; foot chipped.
Flat underside, pierced underneath. Irregular, angular profile with high shoulder. Vertical rim with groove at junction with body.
Micaceous, pink ... Late Hellenistic and Roman context ... For medicine bottles with angular profiles similar to this and 1770, many from early-1st-century contexts, see Δελτ 29, 1973--74, B1 1 [1979], p. 149, pl. 110:γ (Peiraieus); Délos XXVII, D 233, p. 261, pl. 49; Marcadé 1953, B 7369, p. 605, fig. 104:a (Delos); Zapheiropoulou and Hatzidakis 1994, pp. 245--246, pls. 196, 201:β (Delos); Technau 1929, p. 47, fig. 36:5 (Samos); Tarsus I, no. 93, p. 217, fig. 123; Priene, no. 87, p. 425, fig. 528:3; Hershkovitz 1986, no. 3, p. 48, fig. 2:3, pl. 9:G (Masada); Smith 1992 (Palestine). |
Platter With Upturned Rim.
About one-fourth of rim and part of floor preserved.
Low ring foot; flat resting surface. Ridge outside foot, possibly originally part of foot. Horizontal floor. Thick, upturned ... 1st-century context ... Technau 1929, p. 48, Beilage XXVIII:1 (Samos). |
A few fragments missing; partially restored.
Broad ring foot, convex to outside; beveled resting surface; pointed underside. Convex-concave wall with two grooves at half height.
Warped. Wide, flat rim ... 225-200 ... The distinctive garland of the rim, with its strong diagonal emphasis, is similar to that on the following: Samos IV, no. 277, p. 116, fig. 9, pl. 57 (also on the rim of a plate); Vogeikoff 1994, p. 42, pl. 14:α (plate); H. |
Bowl With Moldmade Feet.
One foot and about half of body restored.
Large, moldmade shell feet with edges scored at attachment to body; deeply pierced on one side. Three groups of two concentric circles ... Context of 115-90 ... For hole pierced in side of shell foot see Samos XIV, p. 157, fig. 256:F. |
Vertical section of handle and over half of body, foot, and underside restored.
Low, flaring foot; flat resting surface; well-formed, slightly convex underside. Lower body very high and nearly straight ... Context of 150-110 ... For wreath with square bow see Leroux 1913, no. 17, pp. 21--22 (Eretria), no. 27, pp. 24--25 (Myrina), no. 33, pp. 26--27 (Olbia), nos. 66, 70, pp. 37--38, 40--41 (Cyrenaica); BCH 78, 1954, p. 221, fig. 5 (Delos, in context of mid-2nd century and slightly later); Tsakos 1994, p. 161, fig. 7 (Samos); PF II, F 11, p. 114, pl. 45 (Pergamon); AvP I, ii, p. 277, fig. a (Pergamon); AvP XI, ii, no. 101, p. 72, pl. 43:3 (Pergamon, in context dating after middle of 2nd century); Belin de Ballu 1972, p. 115, pl. |
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