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Broken away below.
Bearded head. A rough knob (polos ?) on top of head.
Face red; eyes white, traces of grayish-blue on the polos.
ADDENDA: Same mold as T 482. Well. West end of section, late Roman hole ... 15 May 1939 |
Broken away behind and at neck.
Head of a child with hair curly at the side, braided at the top, forming a central ridge with herringbone. Eyes drilled.
No remains of color or glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 15 May 1939 |
First interpretation: female head.
Broken behind and at neck.
Head with lightly gouged pompadour. Faint traces of white.
Dark red clay. Near drain. Leica ... 15 May 1939 |
Broken on all sides; back rough.
Head and upper body of a woman, facing, who clutches with both hands at the huge snake which coils about her.
Remains of white for background, red spots on body of snake; ... 16 May 1939 |
First interpretation: child 's face.
Fat woman 's face, broken off at neck and behind.
Traces of red glaze and of white in eyes.
Red clay. Brown fill and sand over red.
Hellenistic and late Roman. 1680 ... 15 May 1939 |
| Figure wearing chiton and himation and holding child in her arms.
Head missing, and chip from lower part behind, and left foot.
Open beneath; the back only rouhgly blocked out.
No color.
Pinkish-buff ... 16 May 1939 |
| Neck complete with beginning of handles.
Early Roman amphora.
Two stamps on rim, upside down to each other. Class: ERom amph* Finished Brown fill in drain A. a) MANTA[---]
b) FAB 1077 Leica ... 16 May 1939 |
| Rectangular stamp well down on curve; two lines; symbol (thyrsos?) across centre. Finished Late brownish-red fill. Θασί[ων]
thyrsos l.
Ἡροφάντου̣ 1467 Leica ... 16 May 1939 |
Cylindrical grinder; sides slightly concave; ends convex and somewhat polished from grinding.
White marble veined with purple.
Early Helladic (?).
Cf. ST 309 (NN 752), and ST 662. Excavation day is questionable ... 15 May 1939 |
| Plain double-conical.
Pierced through center; hole much larger and slightly off-center at one side. The edges of the hole at its larger opening, show signs of wear.
Greenish-blue glass. Geometric grave ... 16 May 1939 |
| Inscribed fragments.
Fragment Π 151 a), inscribed face only preserved; left side may represent original.
Fragment ΖΖ 57 b), inscribed face only preserved.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic ... Ca. 400-390 B.C. |
| Fragmentary wall block of Tholos. One end only remains.
Traces of stucco over inner face; outer face dressed fairly smooth, with a drafted band along the top. Deep anathyrosis band on end. Cutting for ... 15 May 1939 |
| A rectangular half-housing joint at either end; closed with fine hard white lime cement. Buff clay; unglazed. Lime deposit on inside Not found during June 2001 flood, must have been left in situ.
Not found, ... 15 May 1939 |
Squat truncated pyramid.
The stub of a projecting pin (for handle or attachment ?) on the bottom. M. Farnsworth reports that although the material is bronze, it appears to contain more lead than is usual ... 15 May 1939 |
| Inscribed fragments.
"POLETAI" record.
Confiscated property of those who profaned the Mysteries.
Fragment ΙΙ 2 a), inscribed face only preserved.
Thirteen lines of the inscription preserved.
Belongs to ... 414 B.C. |
Inscribed fragment.
Part of left edge and rough picked back preserved.
Nine lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon.
Space between lines, five including: 0.051m.
Space between lines, five including: ... 16 May 1939 |
From a closed pot; part of flat base with straight side and of widely flaring wall preserved.
Pinkish clay, buff at core and on outer surface; a band of dark brown paint around base.
Middle Helladic ... 15 May 1939 |
Fragment from wall, with short vertical handle round in section. Beginning of spring for rim preserved at edge of break above handle.
Rather thin clean fabric, yellow brown at core, light buff on surface ... 15 May 1939 |
Six joining fragments from rim and floor of a Western Sigillata bowl. Flat bottom; straight side wall, outward tilted, with slightly projecting thickened rim.
Orange-red clay; red glaze. Late Hellenistic ... 15-16 May 1939 |
A single fragment preserves part of plain slightly thickened rim and vertical side. In low relief on exterior, some figures in violent action.
Dull brownish glaze of various shades.
ADDENDA At the ... 15 May 1939 |
A single fragment preserves some of lower part of wall close to bottom. Exterior reserved; at bottom, a raised band with grooves spaced to form ridges alternately broad and narrow.
Interior, lustrous ... 15 May 1939 |
| Mended from many pieces; some of center of floor and chips from rim missing. Restored in plaster. Rounded rim; ring foot; on floor, stamped palmettes surrounded by several circles of rouletting.
Glaze ... 240-215 |
| Three joining fragments preserve part of a hollow stand, probably from a shape such as P 15163 (ΕΕ 196). In relief on wall, lower part of seated figure, right, then a nude figure, left, and a heavy-armed ... 15 May 1939 |
One handle missing and minor chips. Restored in plaster. Slightly in-turned rim. Heavy flaring foot with flat bottom. The whole rather coarsely made, and the handles, square-ended, flaring sharply from ... 15 May 1939 |
| Two fragments from the neck of a large vase: high slightly concave side and flaring rim; neck glazed inside, and around upper part of outside, with two miltos grooves. Glaze band at junction of neck and ... 15 May 1939 |
Pear-shaped object, apparently complete, but perhaps chipped at top. Hollow and with a small hole in the top; bottom rounded.
Fine fabric of pinkish-brown clay; smoothly surfaced, perhaps with thin laquer(?); ... 15 May 1939 |
| Base of bowl with flaring ring foot, grooved beneath.
Two grooves around stamp at center of floor. Square stamp: Kalikia fill with coarse Byz. 1694 Leica, 93-30-11 PD 1172-5 ... 16 May 1939 |
| One handle and chips missing. Squat type with spurred vertical handles and small doubled rim. Moulded base with miltos groove around outer face and beneath. Rouletting and four stamped palmettes at center ... 16 May 1939 |
A single fragment preserves part of flat bottom to rim, including part of one side of nozzle.
Angular wall, narrow lip flat on top and slightly projecting. On inside of lip a projecting knob partly closes ... 15 May 1939 |
Mended from several pieces; end of nozzle and fragments of body missing.
Broad rim, with groove around inner and outer edge, sloping gently into central filling hole. On either side, a lug, the left-hand ... 15 May 1939 |
Intact except for chip from discus.
Double grooved handle, semi-pierced. Wavy pattern on rim; winged Eros, right, before altar on discus. Palm leaf inside double almond-shaped grooves on bottom.
Unglazed ... 15 May 1939 |
Complete, except for hole in side.
Double grooved handle, pierced. Egg pattern on rim, ribs on discus. Reverse outlined by double concentric groove.
Unglazed. From a very worn mould.
Thin fabric; buff ... 16 May 1939 |
Complete except for chips.
Fairly deep body, the upper and lower halves meeting at an angle; ring foot; slightly sunken top, marked off by a scraped line. Five nozzles, slightly fluked.
Black glaze, very ... 16 May 1939 |
Complete save for chip from top surface.
Rows of raised globules on body and rim; plain sunken discus set off by grooves; pierced handle, triple grooved above and below; volutes either side of nozzle ... 16 May 1939 |
| Complete loose base (a) in one fragment and one handle (b) appears to belong. Loose: two body fragments with belly-groove (c, d) and two scraps (bagged).
Thin-walled beaker, two-handled. Cylindrical, ... 15 May 1939 |
| Rim sherd of a plate, with a scrap of hanging flange.
On outside of flange, stamped ovolo pattern (units: egg with spathate dart on right, with fine notching at lip; flat top of rim plain apart from a ... 15 May 1939 |
| Rim fragment of jar/beaker.
Rounded body; high, slightly tilted rim. Grooves at lip, at junction of rim and body, and above belly. No handle(s) visible.
Fine micaceous clay. Drab brown, fired reddish ... 15 May 1939 |
| Belly fragment of shallow cup.
Horizontal "thorn" motif on belly, ribbing below.
Light brown ware with grayish tint; clean breaks. Possibly from Rome region.
Date of context: ca. 50-20 B.C. Found with ... 15 May 1939 |
| Fragment of wall and rim (two joining sherds).
Near-cylindrical, curving slightly to a plain rim. Undecorated.
Light gray to brownish exterior, interior fairly light brown, clear fabric (virtually no ... 15-16 May 1939 |
| Almost half, lacking base: six joining pieces of rim and wall (a), two-joining wall sherds (b) and two loose fragments (c-d).
Elongated ovoid form, incurved at top; plain rim. A deep groove below mid-height; ... 15-16 May 1939 |
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