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| Homer A. Thompson ... An overview of the work carried out in the area of the Tholos in 1937. The 6th century B.C. accumulation was stripped away revealing a complex of foundation walls, of limestone polygonal construction, ... 5 Apr 1937-21 Jul 1947 |
Fragment of rain tile; broken all around.
Coarse clay, buff inside, yellow on surface.
Mother of the Gods series; the stamp is faint.
South of Building C; disturbed earth round late Roman terracotta ... 14 May 1938 |
Broken all around.
Fragment from a large probably concave rain tile covered on top with thin brown glaze.
Deeply stamped in its upper surface.
Middle Drain to north of Building C, loose gravely filling ... 25 May 1938 |
Fragment from upper right corner of a large flat rain tile with high, curved lateral flange and a low half-round flange across the top.
Buff clay tempered with coarse brown and white grit, yellow on surface ... 23 May 1938 |
| A small fragment from a volute, preserving part of the resting surface.
The face of the volute is plain, finished with a tooth chisel.
Pentelic marble. Finished Tholos Trench F, Kitchen Dump. 1863 Leica, ... 7 June 1937 |
| Preserved are part of face, outer edge and back of volute.
Decoration on face was painted. Pattern remains, but no color. At center a rosette; halfway between this and edge, a narrow reserved line.
Cf ... 1934 or 1935 |
| Broken, but nearly complete. One long and one short joint tongue; rectangular clean-out hole.
Pale yellow clay with coarse grit; thin brown glaze on inside only. Finished From the drain of the kitchen ... 550-525 B.C. |
| Broken but practically complete. One long joint tongue only. Oval clean-out hole.
Buff clay, unglazed inside, four brown rings outside.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 88, 90, n. 66, fig. 67. Finished ... 470 B.C. |
| Broken, but complete.
One long and one short joint tongue. Oval clean-out hole.
Buff clay; thin glaze on inside only. Finished From a drain to the S.E. of the Bouleuterion Propylon, perhaps with earliest ... 470 B.C. |
| 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 |
| Part of one face of volute only preserved.
Traces of painted decoration: a rosette and part of a curved line.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. A 991 (Β 2084). North end of section in late or late Roman fill. Leica ... 1933 |
Part of one lateral edge remains and part of the joint channel on the underside of a large pan tile. Brown clay with white and brown gravel as grog. Stamp in the middle of upper side: ΑΜΗΝΙ].
The archon ... 25 April 1950 |
| Slightly flattened top and bottom, and pierced (askew) with a small hole.
Inscribed on one side : N
On the other (more lightly), uncertain traces, possibly letters. Tholos Trench H, north of Building C, ... 22 February 1938 |
Slightly larger than B 539 (Z 1396), and not pierced.
Rather irregularly made. Tholos Trench H, north of Building C, pocket in bedrock floor of Middle Drain; with coins for the day nos. 2-37.
3rd-2nd c ... 22 February 1938 |
Not pierced, similar to B 540 (Z 1397), but slightly more irregular. Tholos Trench H, north of Building C, pocket in bedrock floor of Middle Drain; with coins for the day nos. 2-37.
3rd-2nd c. B.C. 2082 ... 22 February 1938 |
| A roughly shaped sphere with incised character : XX. Middle Drain, to north of Building C, lowest loose gravel.
Late Hellenistic. 2565 Leica ... 25 May 1938 |
A roughly shaped sphere with no trace of marking. Middle Drain, to north of Building C, lowest loose gravel.
Late Hellenistic. 2565 Leica ... 25 May 1938 |
Inscribed.
Intact.
A small square plaque with carefully incised letters on one side. Burnt level.
6th c. A.D. 156, 1278 Leica ... 1 March 1933 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Upper right part of a pedimental stele, its lettered face crowned by an ovolo and a cavetto moulding.
The broken top of another pedimental stele lay nearby.
These pieces are of interest ... Middle of 3rd. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around and behind.
Six lines of the inscription preserved, in two columns; stoichedon.
Hymettian marble. Finished Found in south end of Doric Propylon, in southwest corner ... 16 May 1938 |
| Obverse: a lidded Panathenaic amphora.
A few letters around edge.
Reverse: plain.
Strosis 1, black earth.
Turkish. Leica ... 16 March 1937 |
| Obverse: a lidded biconical vase (kernos ?) with a vertical branch on either side, through the handles.
Reverse: plain.
Cf. Money of Eleusis issued in name of Athens, cf. Svoronos (1923), pl. 104, no ... 22 February 1938 |
| Obverse: an amphora (?) within a wreath : the letters Δ Η in lower field.
Reverse: plain.
Tholos Trench H, north of Building C, pocket in bedrock floor of Middle Drain. With coins for the day, nos. 2-37 ... 22 February 1938 |
| Obverse: a six-petalled rosette; stamped with a defective die.
Reverse: plain. Tholos Trench H, north of Building C, pocket in bedrock floor of Middle Drain. With coins for the day, nos. 2-37. 2082 Leica ... 22 February 1938 |
| An irregular disk.
Flat on one side; on the other, a flame palmette. Tholos Trench H, north of Building C, pocket in bedrock floor of Middle Drain, with coins nos. 2-37. 2082 Leica ... 22 February 1938 |
Obverse: a tall amphora within an ivy wreath. In the lower field letters: Δ Η.
Reverse: plain.
Cf. IL 647 (Z 1400).
Middle Drain, to north of Building C, lowest loose gravel. 2565 Leica ... 25 May 1938 |
| Edge chipped.
Obverse: the front part of a ship, left, with high curving figure-head; the oars indicated.
Reverse: plain. Upper part of layer I of Martyr II (i.e. drain). Leica ... 7 June 1939 |
| Oval token.
Obverse: in relief a thorax.
Reverse: plain.
Cf. IL 903. 71-76/* Great Drain south, Hellenistic sand fill. 5544 Leica ... 22 July 1947 |
| Roughly circular.
Obverse: thorax.
Reverse: plain. Great Drain, sand.
Late Hellenistic. 5832 Leica ... 30 July 1947 |
A: thorax.
B: very bumpy, but no clear trace of impression.
Cf. IL 888, 903. Not fill inside drain. Middle drain to north of Building C; firm gravel over bedrock, with coins. 2568 Leica ... 26 May 1938 |
| A: prow of ship, with tall curving figurehead, left.
B: plain.
Cf. IL 822, same subject but not same stamp. Not fill inside drain. Middle drain to north of Building C; firm gravel over bedrock, with coins ... 26 May 1938 |
A: a large letter kappa (K).
B: plain. Entered as coin no. 6, for the day. Roman level.
With coins nos. 2-7. Leica ... 28 March 1933 |
| A: actor 's mask, facing.
Small circular countermark upper right.
B: dulled impression of earlier stamp. Entered as coin no. 1, for the day. With coins nos. 1-8. Leica ... 9 June 1933 |
| A large chip, about one-third of whole, missing.
A: centaur galloping right with upraised right arm.
B: uncertain representation, not same as side A. A seated figure (?) Entered as coin no. 28, for the ... 7 March 1933 |
| A: amphora with quiver or branches to left.
B: plain. Entered as coin no. 17, for the day. Great Drain, gravel.
With coins nos. 13-27. Leica ... 5 July 1933 |
| A: poppy head between two ears of wheat.
B: plain. Entered as coin no. 28, for the day. Gravelly pocket beside Great Drain.
With coins, nos. 26-34. Leica ... 11 May 1933 |
| A: cicada.
B: plain. Entered as coin no. 14, for the day. Tholos Trench F.
With coins nos. 9-21. Leica ... 15 June 1937 |
| A: amphora, with traces of two letters to left.
B: rough surface, probably never stamped.
Cf. IL 540, similar, not same, stamp. Entered as coin no. 2, for the day. Tholos Trench N, disturbed surface ... 18 February 1938 |
On rim, single groove.
On discus, rosette.
Solid handle, triple grooved above, double below.
On the reverse, two small concentric circles.
Unglazed.
Pink to buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... 16 March 1933 |
On rim, double groove.
On discus, rosette.
Solid handle, triple grooved above and below.
On the reverse, two almond-shaped grooves, enclosing a small circle.
Unglazed.
Light red clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth ... 16 March 1933 |
On rim, wavy lines.
Plain discus.
Solid handle, triple grooved above and below.
On the reverse, a double circular groove enclosing the signature "ΘΕΟΔΟΥ".
Purplish-red glaze wash.
Pinkish clay.
Type XXVIII ... 16 March 1933 |
On rim, herringbone.
On discus, rosette.
Solid handle, double grooved above and below.
The handle set askew, and the bottom of the lamp dented in making.
On the reverse, two circular grooves.
Dark purplish-brown ... 16 March 1933 |
On rim, single groove, ending in impressed circles at handle and nozzle.
On discus, rosette.
Handle, triple grooved above, single below.
On the reverse, two concentric grooves.
Unglazed.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 16 March 1933 |
On rim, wavy lines.
On discus, whirling rosette.
Solid handle, double grooved above and below.
On the reverse, a palm branch and impressed circles inside an almond-shaped groove.
Unglazed.
Pinkish-buff ... 16 March 1933 |
On rim, wavy lines, very faint, as if smeared after moulding.
Plain discus.
Solid handle, double grooved above and below.
On the reverse, two almond-shaped grooves.
Possibly once covered with thin purplish ... 16 March 1933 |
On rim, herringbone.
On discus, rosette, only the outer tips of the petals appearing. Both patterns faint, as if from much worn mould.
Handle, double grooved above and below.
On the reverse, a single circular ... 16 March 1933 |
| Tip of nozzle missing.
Unpierced lug on shoulder. Angular wall; depressed top. Shoulder covered by transverse raised bars. Mold made.
Thin brown glaze.
Type XII (?) of Corinth collection, type 51A of ... 14 June 1937 |
Nozzle missing and much of wall.
Slightly defined base; central tube.
Thin black glaze on floor and in two broad bands on rim.
Pale buff clay.
Corinthian (?).
Type IV (early 5th. century group) of Corinth ... 27 April 1938 |
Fragmentary.
Convex underside; large central tube; angular shoulder; flat rim, not projecting on outside.
Thin black glaze on inside and on top of rim.
Buff clay.
Type 19A of Agora collection. Tholos ... 8 March 1939 |
| End of nozzle and much of upper part of body missing.
Wheel made. Reserved groove around filling hole.
Good black glaze except under foot.
Type IX of Corinth collection, type 29A of Agora collection ... 15 May 1933 |
Mended from several pieces. Nozzle and most of top missing.
Discus plain; rim, uncertain. Handle, unpierced, two grooves above and below.
Reverse: within double groove, the incised signature: "ΕΥΚΑΡΠΟΥ" ... 16 March 1933 |
Only lower part preserved including a small bit of glazed floor of oil reservoir.
Below the reservoir a small hollow chamber with two holes in its bottom, pierced in soft clay.
Since the lamp is large, ... Season 1933 |
Discus and some of rim preserved.
On discus a bird, right. Herringbone on rim.
Unglazed.
Brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Mixed fill. Leica ... 1933 |
Top only preserved.
Discus with wheel like device; rim with herringbone.
Unglazed.
Brown clay.
Type XXXI of Corinth collection. Mixed fill. Leica ... 1933 |
| Part of the floor, with tube, and most of one side with half of one nozzle, preserved.
Slightly raised base. Black glaze somewhat grayed. The base and a broad band around the inner edge of the rim reserved ... 26 May 1937 |
| Mended from two pieces, one small fragment does not join. Lower part of large pot. Flat bottom, slightly projecting. Immediately above it is a small clay spout corresponding to an opening pierced through ... 29 May 1933 |
| Very fragmentary but only the lip entirely missing. Restored in plaster. Double-round handle, lip to shoulder. Low ring foot.
Above the foot, broad rays. On the body, two sphinxes facing each other. The ... 7 February 1935, 28 May 1938 |
| a) Part of a very large shallow conical lid, decorated outside with rays around handle-base, then bands and step-pattern. Interlacing incised palmettes, and dots between lines around outer edge.
Attic ... 11 March 1935, 28 May 1938 |
| Lip, most of neck, handle, foot and large portions of body missing; restored in plaster. On neck, horizontal stripes; above base, spiral hooks. Broad figured zone with triple ground-line: two lions walking ... 11, 16 March 1935, 28 May 1938 |
| Rim fragments from a large lekanis lid; inside glazed black with narrow purple bands.
Outside, animal bands, a boar walking left, and above parts of two sirens left. Incised rosettes. Purple red added ... 16 March 1935, 1 June 1938 |
From the shoulder of a round-bodied pot. Mended from two pieces. Part of a panel, bordered below and to the left by three lines. Horse left. In field, guilloche, zigzag and lozenges. Below, vertical wavy ... 16 March 1935, 30 May 1938 |
| Parts of the neck and shoulder preserved, the large neck fragment strengthened with plaster. Several fragments do not join.
Double round handles with wide spiral bands. Band inside rim. Outer face of ... 11 March 1935, 28 May 1938 |
On the outer face of the handle of a coarse amphora:
Micaceous red clay. Gravelly filling beneath floor of earlier drain, just south of building C. 2229 Leica PD 1864 ... 22 April 1937 |
| Rim fragment from an amphora.
Black glazed inside and out, reserved on top.
Writing on inside: Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Αριστείδου Δικαίου. Προέρχεται από το χείλος αμφορέα. Finished Gravelly filling beneath ... 24 April 1937 |
Rim fragment from a large krater glazed on inside and in bands on outside. Ostrakon(?)
Incised on inside: Tholos Trench E, middle drain, gravel in bottom. 1814 Leica PD 1133-6(D 34) ... 2 June 1937 |
Intact. Three white bands. Coarsely made.
Clay brown inside; gray outside. Tholos Trench F, east end, extension at south, loose gravel in bottom of middle drain. 1880 Leica, IX-77 ... 13 June 1937 |
Base of cup. Reserved around concave edge of foot, resting surface, and in a scraped line on top of foot.
Good black glaze.
Incised on underside: Tholos Trench F, middle drain, firm gravel in bottom ... 8 June 1937 |
Fragment from floor of a large plate.
Stamped on the floor:
Fine micaceous brown clay; reserved on underside; covered above with dull black glaze. Tholos Trench F, east end, south extension, loose ... 14 June 1937 |
Rim fragment.
Incised on top: Η Ν
Gritty brown clay.
ADDENDA Quite probably from a bowl such as P 3186 (GRE). Tholos Trench F, east end, south extension, loose gravel in middle drain. 1880 Leica PD ... 12 June 1937 |
Small flattened circle on base. Around mid-wall, a pair of grooves. On the floor inside, a grooved circle and another just below the rim with the glaze scratched from its bottom.
Dull black glaze inside ... 12 June 1937 |
Rim fragment including about one-third of the wall, but none of the base. Long petal decoration with a nicked band around the top.
P 13316 belongs but does not join. Corresponds in dimensions, design ... 12 June 1937 |
Chips missing from mouth and wall. Ovoid body; high base ring; two-lobed mouth; lip to shoulder handle, two wheel-run grooves around shoulder.
Thin glaze mottled black and brown. Tholos Trench F, east ... 12 June 1937 |
| Fragment of rim and floor remains. A big open plate with rim rolled inward.
Granular pale yellow biscuit covered with thin blue glaze. Tholos trench H, filling of Middle Drain. 2082 Leica, 92-9-8 PD ... 22 February 1938 |
Fragment from wall of a small closed vase; thin black glaze on outside.
Scratched through the glaze: Tholos trench W, inside small stone drain, early 5th. c. B.C. 2469 Leica PD 1133-1(A 4) ... 27 April 1938 |
| Fragment from neck only with start of flaring lip. A sphinx seated to left; behind her a floral ornament; above, bands. Incision; applied purple on neck.
Flaky black glaze. Tholos trench W, layer d. 2470 ... 30 April 1938 |
| Fragment from the rim and upper wall. The preserved part of the wall is almost vertical with a plain, slightly thickened, lip. A band of men to left, separated from one another by schematic trees; circles, ... 3 May 1938 |
A large fragment from side wall; base and rim completely lacking. In a shoulder zone, a deer grazing to left. In the field are chevrons, zigzags, a crossed diamond. The panel is bordered laterally by groups ... 3 May 1938 |
Fragments from wall and rim remain; strengthened with plaster. In a shoulder zone, band of horses grazing to right; in the field are zigzags, schematic trees, crossed diamonds. The wall below is covered ... 3 May 1938 |
| Two large compound fragments from wall preserve a part of the lip. Steep wall, slightly out-turned rim. The wall is decorated inside and out with broad bands of brown glaze. Between the uppermost bands ... 3 May 1938 |
Most of handles and parts of wall are missing; restored in plaster. Shallow bowl with very low foot, flat on underside, with horizontal spurred handles at rim. The wall inside and out, and the underside ... 3 May 1938 |
Handles and much of wall are missing; restored in plaster. Open bowl with slightly defined base, flat on underside. On the underside, in each quarter, a cross with dot, bordered by rings. On the outer ... 3 May 1938 |
| One horizontal handle and many fragments of wall are missing; restored in plaster. Squat hydria on low base ring; sharply profiled rim.
Gritty yellow clay; thin black glaze nearly all flaked away. Finished ... 17 May 1938 |
| The vertical handle and most of one horizontal handle and a few fragments of the wall are missing; restored in plaster. Tall ovoid body on high base ring; short neck, down-turned lip.
Gritty brown clay ... 17 May 1938 |
| Handles and fragments of wall and rim missing; restored in plaster. Low bowl on low base ring; base rays; broad band, then lines, around upper wall; black circle on underside.
Thin metallic black glaze ... 11 May 1938 |
A small segment remains preserving part of the rim. A band of grazing horses to right above a border pattern of hooked spirals and chevrons between bands. In the field, a length of cable pattern(?).
... 11 May 1938 |
| Fragment from the wall. On the outside are zigzag lines separated by straight lines; on the inside, part of a large bird to right with zigzag and chevron fillers.
Reddish glaze. Tholos trench Y, layer ... 12 May 1938 |
Fragment from rim with a trace of the attachment of the crossbar. Seven horizontal ridges around top of wall.
Black glaze on inside, on rim and on a narrow line around top of outer wall. Between Building ... 16 May 1938 |
Fragment from base. Low base ring; at least seven ridges around the lower wall.
Black glaze on inside only. Between Building C and Great Drain, footing trench of Building C. 2530 Leica PD 1132-1 ... 16 May 1938 |
Fragment from rim only. Around the upper wall at least four shallow grooves.
Black glazed on inside, on rim and on a narrow band around top of outer wall. Between Building C and Great Drain, footing ... 16 May 1938 |
| Fragment from wall of a large plain pithos.
Lightly incised on outside:
On the inside, a "false start": See p. 2537, this water-washed gravel is from the drain, the floor tiles of the drain are missing ... 26 May 1938 |
Fragment of mouth missing. Ovoid body on ring foot; very short neck; round flaring mouth; strap handle, from lip.
Micaceous brown clay, 2.5YR 5/8. Middle Drain to north of Building C, loose gravelly filling ... 25 May 1938 |
Fragments missing from rim. A deep plate on high ring foot; rim thickened toward the inside, set off from floor by a groove.
Thin black glaze; red in middle of floor.
Scratched on underside: Middle ... 25 May 1938 |
Segment from wall and base of a very small bowl. Restored in plaster. Rosette on bottom; overlapping fronds on wall; a band of small rosettes below a slightly offset plain rim.
Thin brown glaze. Middle ... 25 May 1938 |
Base and start of wall. On the bottom a four-petalled rosette with double spirals between petals. Around the base, traces of seven large amphoras(?) with rampant goats(?) flanking them.
Dull reddish-black ... 25 May 1938 |
Fragment from wall and rim. For long-petalled bowls with a beading above the tips of the petals.
ADDENDA Belongs to P 10835; does not join but corresponds in dimensions, design and wheel marks on exterior ... 25 May 1938 |
Wall fragment from a large coarse pot.
Incised on outside:
Ash-gray clay, much rubbed. Middle Drain to north of Building C, loose gravelly filling. 2565 Leica ... 25 May 1938 |
| Wall and rim fragment from a semi-glazed krater with a band of glaze low down on the outside; narrow rim, only slightly overhanging.
Incised on the inside: Middle Drain to north of Building C, loose ... 25 May 1938 |
Wall fragment from a large krater with black glaze inside and out.
Incised on outside: Possibly related to H 12:9, Lot Ζ 383. Tholos trench F, area of early road drain, clearing at level of poros curb ... 1 June 1938 |
Wall fragment from a small closed vase with flaky black glaze on outside.
Incised on outside: Tholos trench AA, layer b, early 6th. c. 2615 Leica PD 1133-15(C 2) ... 30 May 1938 |
| Fragment from neck, broken all around. Head and shoulders of a bearded figure to right. The head and face in outline, the cloaked shoulders in black; incision for beard and folds of cloak.
In the field ... 28 May 1938 |
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