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Low stemmed goblet. Base and bottom of bowl alone remains.
Buff clay. Thinned orange-red paint, inside and out.
Late Helladic III. Footing trench of Stoa Pier 15; evidently from a Mycenaean tomb in that ... 10 September 1953 |
Solid; burnished red outside; inside unglazed. Possibly reused after breaking as a grinder? Pocket in bedrock south of Church of Holy Apostles. 274 Leica ... 30 June 1954 |
Broken at bottom.
Conical shape, bored longitudinally.
Gritty gray brown clay, hard surface mottled in firing.
Late Neolithic. Well 17. Leica, 83-505 ... 1961 |
Bowl with matte painted decoration. Rim fragment. Large bowl with inturned rim.
Gritty clay, gray to reddish-brown at core. Light gray on surface. Decorated with wide bands of dark brown to black paint ... 1953 |
Fragment preserves about one-half of rim and one horizontal lug handle, pierced twice vertically. Ridges extend downward vertically from lug making inverted U attachment.
Gritty gray clay; good bright ... 1961 |
a) Rim and upper wall fragment.
b) Rim fragment.
c) Wall fragment.
From a globular or biconical closed pot with low flaring rim; a small pierced hole below rim at right of fragment a). Burnished surface ... 1961 |
Wall fragment from a thick-walled open bowl (fruitstand?). Interior and exterior painted with purplish-red paint. On exterior reserved parallel lines run obliquely across fragment; traces of perpendiculars ... 1961 |
Two non-joining fragments of a closed pot. Light fluting runs almost vertically on a), more obliquely on b). Traces of burnishing on exterior.
Gritty reddish clay with gray core, fired gray inside and ... 1961 |
Broken at both ends. Light diagonal incision.
Gritty gray clay, traces of red slip. Well 17. Leica, 83-515 ... 1961 |
Rim fragment. Broad diagonal lines from rim.
Buff clay; traces of red slip. Well 17. Leica, 83-515 ... 1961 |
Fragment preserves floor and part of wall of small bowl with traces underneath where foot (as from a fruitstand) has broken off. Conical foot. Row of sharp diagonal incisions around base ring.
Thin gritty ... 1961 |
Horned Strap Handle. Fragment preserves whole of broad vertical ribbon handle. Top is rolled inward to rim with flaring, hornlike excrescence in middle.
Coarse gritty pinkish-buff clay. Well 17. Leica, ... 1961 |
Lug handle from wall of coarse pot. Pithos? Flat horizontal lug with vertical ridges making inverted U attachment.
Sandy soft reddish-buff clay with gray core. Well 17. Leica, 83-514 ... 1961 |
Horizontal lug handle from coarse pithos, with semicircular indentation in center.
Coarse gritty micaceous pinkish-buff clay. Well 17. Leica, 83-514 ... 1961 |
Lug handle with thumb-hole.
Coarse gritty gray clay; traces of pinkish slip. Well 17. Leica, 83-514 ... 1961 |
Vertical ribbed handle. Attachment at rim complete; broken at bottom.
Coarse gritty brown clay traces of red slip. Well 17. Leica, 83-506 ... 1961 |
From rim of large coarse pot. Small vertical lug pierced horizontally set below rim of almost straight-walled fragment. Diagonal incisions below rim and below handle. Traces of pierced hole at lower left ... 1961 |
From rim of large coarse pot. Broad incisions: two rows of oblique dashes below rim; opposed diagonal lines below.
Thick gritty brownish clay with gray core; buff slip on exterior. Well 17. Leica, 83-504 ... 1961 |
From rim and upper wall. Slightly curving upper wall. On rim low relief band with row of small thumb impressions. At base of fragment horizontal row of neat triangular gouges.
Gritty brownish clay with ... 1961 |
Rim fragment; almost straight walled and very little curvature at rim. Remains of three perforations below rim; almost evenly spaced.
Coarse gritty clay with large grits, brown to gray. Well 17. Leica, ... 1961 |
Fragment from rim. Slightly rolled rim; diagonal relief band with short incised parallel strokes.
Hard brownish clay with grits, gray core. Well 17. Leica, 83-503 ... 1961 |
Fragment from rim and upper wall. At least two horizontal rows of relief knobs formed by punching wet clay from back. In two cases has pierced through forming holes.
Hard gritty gray-brown clay, fired ... 1961 |
Rim fragment. Incurved wall and rolled rim.
Coarse gritty micaceous clay, gray to brown. Well 17. Leica, 83-504 ... 1961 |
Top of fragment with scalloped edge and vertical midrib preserved intact: broken at bottom, at left and possibly at right. Horizontal lug with double scalloped edge?
Fine buff clay with gray core. Well ... 1961 |
Fragment from wall. Two relief bands cross to form X with neatly bored hole almost at crossing.
Hard gritty gray-brown clay, smoothed surface on exterior. Well 17. Leica, 83-504 ... 1961 |
a) Base fragment with irregular impressions on bottom as if from grass.
b) Similar impressions but on exterior or interior? Not made from woven mat.
Gritty buff clay, soft with gray core.
May not come ... 1961 |
Fragment of base and wall. Flaring conical base and flaring wall of rather coarse thick-walled open bowl(?).
Gritty gray clay with traces of poor red burnished slip on outside and apparently on inside ... 1961 |
Numerous fragments of globular pot join to make up three pieces preserving base and wall.
a) Ca. one-half of flat base and spring of side wall.
b) Globular wall fragment.
c) Wall fragment.
No trace ... 1961 |
Fragment preserves end of bowl of scoop of Thessalian type with the lower attachment of a broad ribbon handle. Two rough incised lines at base of handle and lower part of diamond cut-out at top where handle ... 1964 |
Broken at both ends and chipped along one side. Neat incised decoration of oblique lines and squares on exterior only.
Gritty buff clay, gray at core; abundant traces of red slip. Four additional fragments ... 1964 |
Broken at all sides with exception of small part of rim. From upper part of bowl of scoop. Attachment for one of handle struts broken away. Deep grooved incision at rim and diagonal lines at base of strut ... 1964 |
Broken at both ends; lower end roughly circular, upper end curved and branching. Broad vertical incisions, branching at top.
Gritty gray clay, pinkish-buff slip. Well 17. Leica, 83-515 PD 1200-19 ... 1961 |
Handle complete with both attachments to wall. Vertical loop handle, slightly ribbed with projecting knob at top.
Coarse reddish clay, fired gray inside; traces of cream slip. Well 17. Leica, 83-506 ... 1961 |
From rim and upper wall. Straight-sided pot with slight lateral curvature. Perhaps double-scalloped horizontal lug below rim is on inside of pot, flange for cover? If on outside, pot is badly warped. Below ... 1961 |
Part of circular counter-sunk area at bottom of fragment. Base of flaring dish or plate?
Gritty gray clay; red burnished slip on inside and outside. Well 17. Leica, 83-491 PD 1200-16 ... 1961 |
Single fragment preserving straight rim, curving wall and one vertical strap handle set below rim. A plastic band with small thumb impressions runs obliquely downward from handle.
Gritty red-buff clay ... 1961 |
Fragment preserves part of rim and handle. Vertical loop handle, hardly more than a lug pierced horizontally. Three vertical ridges and probably a fourth give a ribbed effect.
Gritty gray-brown clay, ... 1961 |
Rim fragment. Thin-walled bowl with slightly flaring rim.
Gritty buff clay, brown burnished slip on interior and exterior, slightly red on interior. Several other fragments with brown burnished surface ... 1961 |
Two non-joining fragments possibly not from same pot.
Thick, rather gritty, pinkish-buff clay, gray core; red burnished slip on exterior with traces of horizontal lines of paint(?). Well 20. Leica ... 1961 |
Knob preserved complete and part of surrounding wall. Inside of fragment smoothed and therefore probably lid fragment.
Gritty gray-buff clay. Traces of red slip on exterior. Well 18. Leica, 83-502 ... 1961 |
Wall fragment with no edge preserved. One horizontal ridge, also five vertical ones preserved.
Coarse gritty buff clay. Well 18. Leica, 83-504 ... 1961 |
Broken at both ends. Leg of pot? Almost circular in section. Two blunt diagonal incisions.
Hard slightly gritty buff clay; traces of red slip. Well 22. Leica, 83-515 ... 1961 |
Wall fragment; no edge preserved. Pattern of opposed diagonal ridges.
Coarse gritty buff clay. Well 22. Leica, 83-504 ... 1961 |
Fragment presumably from floor. Flat with one side smoothed, other with irregular impressions, apparently with a somewhat concentric arrangement as if pot were turned on a circular braided mat.
Gritty ... 1961 |
Small wall fragment; no exterior edge preserved.
Orange-buff coarse clay; broad shallow incised line and three rows of triangular impressions, staggered. Well 21. Leica, 83-504 ... 1961 |
a) Fragment of base and start of side wall.
b) Part of broad strap handle.
Diagonal incisions apparently filled with white on wall of pot and on handle.
Gritty orange-red clay. Possibly not from same ... 1961 |
Fragment preserves upper wall of open bowl. Slightly carinated rim (now missing) and broad vertical loop handle.
Gritty red clay; black surfacing on interior, glossy black burnish on exterior. Well Q ... 1961 |
Rim and one handle of small round-bodied pot, with two vertical loop handles set on shoulder just below vertical rim.
Thin grayish-buff fabric. Bands of matte dark brown glaze on side, lip and top of ... 27 March 1955 |
Plain rim and rounded shoulder.
At rim, three lines, then hanging loops, two lines, upright lines.
Yellowish-green clay. Dull black glaze.
Middle Helladic. Fill over graves 5 and 6, 4th. c. B.C. Leica, ... (August 1955) |
Wall fragment from a large pot.
Linear decoration in brown matte paint. Gritty light buff clay.
ADDENDA Middle Helladic? Hellenistic fill south of Middle Stoa. Leica ... 30 March-3 April 1954 |
Some very poorly preserved fragments of a three-handled jar, the fabric so flaky that it cannot be separated from the clay found in it.
Remains of red glaze. Grave inside N.W. corner of North Extension ... 23 July 1954 |
Apparently complete.
Turned head. Shaft tapers to sharp point.
Late Helladic III. Mycenaean Chamber Tomb opposite Stoa of Attalos pier 15. In modern drainage ditch; earth near skeleton 1. 5231 Leica PD ... 7 January 1954 |
From an inlay. Chamber Tomb; below Middle Stoa Terrace.
Found in cleaning wood from left side of burial Δ. Leica ... 9 August 1965 |
In five fragments; about one-seventh missing.
Blunt conical, splayed base.
Rough gritty red clay, dark brown exterior. Shows signs of burning. Mycenaean chamber tomb at north side of Temple of Ares. 1459 ... 9 May 1951 |
| Sixty-six beads.
Two paste beads, depressed spherical in shape and laterally banded, similar to G 415 but smaller (H 692). Ten spherical paste beads with melon ribbing. Three plain spherical beads pinkish ... 9 May 1951 |
False neck fragment. Irregularly flat disk on top with rough projections on both sides; cylindrical stand below. A hole made before firing is pierced through the better preserved projection.
Heavy fabric ... June 1951 |
Fragments only from wall preserved. Plain rim; no trace of base.
Coarse pinkish-buff clay. Covered with slip of same color on inside; worn. Mycenaean Tomb to N.E. of Stoa Pier 19 (ΣΑ 1). 2676 Leica ... 8 August 1953 |
Part of flat bottom and straight side of closed pot.
Decoration in matte light and dark brown glaze. A single zigzag line between two verticals. To left, part of a broad curved line.
Buff clay with polished ... 6 May 1953 |
Mended from many fragments; preserves ca. one-half the base and part of flaring wall of large open bowl. Flattened base.
Thick gritty buff clay with good red burnished slip inside and outside, mottled ... 1961 |
Rim fragment. Slight flaring rim with two vertically set relief bands decorated with small thumb impressions.
Gritty grayish-buff clay, smoothed inside and outside. Well 21. Leica, 83-503 ... 1961 |
Wall fragment of large coarse pot. Two rows of thumbnail impressions.
Coarse clay, tan to gray. Well 21. Leica, 83-504 PD 1200-9 ... 1961 |
| Four non-joining fragments preserve base and parts of wall. Decoration consisted of wide and narrow encirling ines. Shoulder (d) apparently undecorated.
Fine pale buff clay, lustrous brownish-black paint ... 1961 |
Two joining fragments preserve ca. one-fourth of base and wall approximately up to handles. Wheel pattern on base framed by two concentric circles. Above pointed wave bordered by dots.
Fine buff clay ... 1961 |
From shoulder of curving closed shape (cf. P 17905). Nothing of handles or rim preserved but probably small three-handled jar with vertical handles. Fine net pattern on shoulder; encircling bands below: ... (1961) |
Long closed spout, end chipped off and broken away from pot.
Clay gritty red to gray at core with small white bits; gray surface finish on which matte white paint is added.
Sherds in Box 165. Old Grid: ... 12 March 1955 |
| Six fragments of a large hairpin (?).
a) part of curve at top preserved; broken smoothly on shank.
Rounded ends circular in section, thickest at curve.
b) curved section, split and worn.
c) shank section ... 11 May 1951 |
Small cockle shell, small conch shell, and others, mostly fragmentary.
"1 Cypraea shell, almost complete, no sign of being worked; shell associated with women.
2 Murex trunculus shells, large, very fragmentary ... 21 May 1951 |
Most of the teeth lost; fragments of four do not join.
Straight above; flat broad top, both faces lightly moulded, with a rounded band between light ridges. Surface badly corroded and darkened.
Late Helladic ... 21 May 1951 |
Four rosettes and a leaf surrounding outside another rosette (?). Also four small fragments.
Ivory inlays, probably from the table near which they were found.
Neatly worked. Back plain. Mycenaean chamber ... 25 August 1947 |
Small narrow blade.
Sides turned up along most of its length, forming a rectangular channel. April 1998: 3 fragments Mycenean chamber tomb oppposite Stoa of Attalos, pier 15, modern drainage ditch, earth ... 7 January 1954 |
| A chip missing from one side.
Roughly conical.
Vertically pierced.
Coarse reddish clay, gray at core. Well Q, cleaning earth. Leica, 83-524 PD 1200-24 ... 3-7 June 1937 |
Handle broken off and mended; complete except for chips. Deep round-bottomed pot with wide mouth and plain slightly flaring rim. Heavy, roughly rolled vertical handle, rising slightly from rim.
Pinkish-buff ... 30 December 1953 |
Stem fragments of 6 goblets. Bases and bowls broken off. Unglazed. Geometric well. Leica ... March 1938 |
Fragment preserves rim and part of shoulder. Slightly rolled rim; row of oblique incised dashes below rim.
Gritty gray clay with mica. Well 22. Leica, 83-504 PD 1200-19 ... 1961 |
Rim fragment. Keeled rim and flaring lip. Grooves on outside of rim.
Sherds in Box 166.
Gray Minyan. Old Grid: ca. 9/ΛΓ. On bedrock. 5368 Leica, 83-532 PD 1200-2 ... 12 March 1955 |
Pot fragment with matte painted decoration. From large closed pot. Light colored surface finish, decorated with diagonals bounded by broad horizontal lines.
Matte, dark brown glaze. Thick fabric, brownish-gray ... 15 March 1955 |
Two joining fragments from shoulder with one horizontal loop handle. Three circles around base of neck; group of vertical lines under the handle and near attachments.
Inside, glaze only on neck, the rest ... 15 March 1955 |
Bowl with matte-painted decoration. Three joining fragments from out-turned rim.
Outside decorated in matte brown with horizontal bands and a rosette of four ovals with dot in center of each; on inside, ... 19 March 1955 |
Pot fragment with matte-painted decoration. Light surface outside with broad horizontal band and narrow diagonals in dark gray-brown.
Clay gray at core, yellow-buff on inside surface.
J.L. Caskey says ... 18 March 1955 |
| Five joining fragments. Bowl with vertical rim.
Gritty orange-brown clay, somewhat darker at core; scattered white bits in it. Polished surface on outside. Handmade.
CWB: perhaps Cycladic or early Helladic ... 21 March 1955 |
A small object almost cylindrical at smaller broken end (waist of figure?). Surface at broad thin end uncertain, may be original at edges. Chip at least missing in center. Oblong bump in relief on front ... 18 April 1939 |
Half of bowl and handle preserved. Small footless bowl, with large, high-swung handle.
Clay pinkish-buff, micaceous. Unglazed.
Addenda 2025: Fine reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) micaceous fabric with small ... 17 October 1956 |
Fragment from side of cup with angular shoulder; lip missing.
Typical gray clay and glaze. Axial Trench A, southern soft hollow; context mixed to 5th. c. B.C. 1144 Leica, 83-532 ... 24 May 1935 |
Three joining fragments preserve handle and some of rim and body. Wishbone handle. Deep cup with slightly everted rim; handle rises above rim. Rim glazed inside and out; handle glazed. In the handle zone, ... 14 December 1953 |
Slightly broken. Surface pitted.
Large hole through the center.
White paste.
Late Helladic III A-B. Mycenaean chamber tomb, main chamber, pocket in floor at west side. 4698 Leica ... 9 July 1951 |
Four joined fragments preserving part of the hilt and the stub of the blade.
The edges of the hilt and of the shoulders of the blade are turned over to grip the material (probably wood) of the handle plates ... 11 May 1935 |
| Piece from side, and chips around edges missing.
A shallow dome, flat below. Pierced lengthwise.
Gritty gray clay, the top surface smooth, gray to brown. Well 10.
Neolithic. Leica, 83-505 PD 1200-24 ... 7-10 March 1939 |
A large crumpled sheet of lead, apparently a cover of vessel (?). Agora sample no. 227. Well 15, about end of 5th meter. Leica ... 1 April 1939 |
Broken at both ends.
Preserves simple curved rod, which originally thought to be a fragment from a silver pin. Mycenaean Grave C. 1388-1399 Leica ... 31 March 1952 |
The lot consists of one spherical purple bead (amethyst ?), four small reddish ones of different sizes (agate or carnelian ?), and six larger white paste beads, globular but flattened top and bottom, along ... 8 July 1953 |
Small round bead.
Pierced for stringing on a necklace. Mycanaean chamber tomb. Among bones at S.E. corner.
Late Helladic III A-B. 4689 Leica, 6-158 ... 4 July 1951 |
Lower body and base, many wall fragments, part of the rim and two of the handles missing and restored. Flat rim; vertical band handles.
Two linked spirals between each pair of handles; two groups of bands ... 8 August 1953 |
Handle, most of mouth and part of upper wall remain; partly restored. Shape similar to P 23567, but the strap handles springing from the lip are thicker and slope downward less rapidly.
Coarse light brown ... 8 August 1953 |
Fragments missing from wall and rim; restored in plaster. Shallow bowl with small flat bottom; bridged trough spout; narrow out-turned rim.
Pale buff clay. Covered with chocolate glaze, dull and much ... 8 August 1953 |
Fragments of wall and base remain; no trace of handle; about half restored in plaster. Small deep cup with plain rim and gently outcurved wall, forming an angle with the lower part; low ring foot.
Pale ... 8 August 1953 |
All three handles and most of one side of the body missing; restored in plaster. Deep alabastron with rather tall neck spreading to narrow rim rounded on top.
Gray clay, very brittle and flaky. Remains ... 8 October 1953 |
| Mended from a few pieces; a small bit of shoulder and lip missing. Small wide-mouthed jar on disk foot; plain rim, slightly flaring; deep ovoid body. Small vertical handles, roughly rectangular in section ... 30 December 1953 |
Intact except for chips. Small plump jug on flat bottom. Wide neck, flaring slightly to plain rim. Band handle from rim.
Buff clay. Decoration in bands of glaze black to red-brown. The edge of the rim, ... 7 January 1954 |
Broken all around. Wall fragment of pot with angular body.
Stripes running from the ridge.
Gray clay.
Matte-Painted Decoration. South of western part of Southeast Fountain House. Sand in bedrock cuttting ... 30 July 1956 |
Most of foot, beginning of bowl preserved. Foot has small hollow beneath.
Clay pinkish-buff, micaceous. Dull red glaze.
Late Helladic I. South of western part of Southeast Fountain House. Sand in bedrock ... 30 July 1956 |
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