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| Margaret Crosby, Eugene Vanderpool ... Excavations in Section ΟΟ were taken place in four parts: the modern and Turkish road levels were removed; a part of the Great Drain, and drains connected with it, were examined; high Roman levels of Building ... 17 Mar-14 Aug 1947 |
Fragment from lower left part; bottom and side preserved; broken elsewhere.
Relief decoration on front much worn, but enough of tendrial and three letters in relief below remain to assign the fragment ... 3 April 1947 |
Broken at back; top of palmette chipped off at front. Below, letters in relief:
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Red clay with white bits; light buff slip. Roman destruction debris. 101 Leica ... 21 April 1947 |
Inscribed.
Rectangular weight : half amphora.
Coin no. 77 for May 24 was firmly stuck to back, apparently with circle of iron outside of coin. Accidental ?
At each corner a letter : Δ, Η, Μ, Ο. ΚΒ-ΚΓ/Great ... 24 May 1947 |
| Plain rim fragment of shallow bowl.
Two shallow grooves on outside of rim; cluster of dots in relief on side.
Mold made (?) Light green glaze; dots blue (?) Dirt fill.
Late Roman. Leica, XXXIII-24 PD 505 ... 2 May 1947 |
| Broken all around.
Piece from side of relatively large dish, perhaps shallow bowl.
Interlocking four-petaled rosettes in relief; raised dots in field between.
Light green glass. Fill under lime pit no ... 9 May 1947 |
| Rim fragment from rather small deep bowl.
Plain rim; thick vertical ridges in relief on outside. Inside, a single shallow groove just below lip, and a pair of grooves about half way down preserved piece ... 16 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragments.
Broken all round; back roughly picked
Fragment Θ 1753, the left side and part of the rough picked back preserved.
This piece, (thirty-two lines), forms a direct join with I 64 and ... 177-180 A.D. |
| Two fragments from an inscribed stele.
Fragment Ζ 571 a), the back, rough picked, is preserved; otherwise broken.
Nineteen lines of the inscription preserved.
Fragment Ζ 575 b), is broken all round ... 177-180 A.D. |
| Top of inscribed stele.
Original top, left, and right, and back surfaces preserved; broken at bottom.
A head, faced by a large bearded serpent, in relief is preserved below the two lines of the inscription ... Ca. 330 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of plaque.
Broken at right and bottom.
In sunken panel, of which bottom edge is preserved, an eye carved in relief.
Inscribed along the top on the raised frame of the panel.
Almost certainly ... 221/0 B.C. |
Inscribed fragment.
Rough edges all around, but right side and back may represent original surface of stone as used.
Letters roughly cut on poor surface.
Blue limestone. Found in Byzantine context east ... 4 April 1947 |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face and original top preserved.
Parts of three lines of the inscription preserved.
Whitish limestone. Found in Byzantine context east of the Great Drain, in the industrial ... 16 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken at right and back.
Part of small rectangular base with rectangular cutting, rough picked in top. Left side smooth finished; bottom deeply picked. Shallow groove as frame for ... 24 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
The left part of a crowning member for a monument with recessed niche, and with horizontal cornice, not pediment.
Broken at right; top roughly picked with front sloping down and small ... 30 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment of a plaque.
Preserves part of inscribed face, right side and rough picked back.
Part of one line of the inscription preserved, within a wreath.
White crystalline marble. Found in late ... 3 May 1947 |
Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
Broken top and bottom.
Four lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in modern cellar wall outside the Market Square, on the southeast ... 7 May 1947 |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Parts of five lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Finished Found in early Byzantine context, east of the Great Drain, in the industrial ... 13 May 1947 |
Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
Upper left half of stele with pediment top; broken at bottom and right, and acroterion at left broken off. Rough picked back.
Two lines of the inscription preserved ... 15 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Rough picked back preserved; broken on all sides.
Part of an imperial letter from Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.
Thirty-two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble.
ADDENDA ... 178 A.D. |
| Flat-bottomed round-bodied jug with flaring lip. Μολύβδινο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Cf. A-B 19-20:1 Sand in bottom of Great Drain, of Hellenistic fill further to south. Stoa gallery case Leica, XXIX-39 ... 8 May 1947 |
| Obverse: calyx of rose.
Reverse: plain. Great Drain, bottom fill (fill 4). Leica ... 20 May 1947 |
Obverse: owl facing (?). Letters Θ Α.
Reverse: the letters Θ Α. Great Drain, bottom fill (fill 4). Leica ... 20 May 1947 |
Rectangular with turtle. At the Cycladic Museum Oct. 2017 to May 2018. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 23 May 1947 |
A rectangular one with half of turtle (?). Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 23 May 1947 |
Rectangular.
Dolphin in incuse square.
A mina weights 436.6 grams. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947 |
| Obverse: Hermes running left with caduceus above shoulder; something (money-bags ?) in extended right hand. Flying drapery behind figure.
Reverse: uncertain representation. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain ... 24 May 1947 |
| Rather thick slightly angular piece.
Obverse: a stamp in an incuse circle, a large E, and a star to right.
Reverse: plain. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947 |
| Obverse: Herm, left, with branch at lower right corner. Letters in the other corners: Δ, Η, Ξ.
Reverse: plain. Early Byzantine (?) fill. 520 Leica ... 24 May 1947 |
| Obverse: owl, with a round ball. Letters: Α [Θ].
Reverse: a round ball. Letters: Α [Θ]. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 26 May 1947 |
Small rectangular. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 26 May 1947 |
Rectangular plaque with sunken panel on top surface.
A mina weights 436.6 grams. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain.
Hellenistic. Leica ... 24 May 1947 |
Obverse: bow.
Reverse: plain. Old Grid: ca. ΚΒ-ΚΓ. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Obverse: bow.
Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
Obverse: bow.
Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Obverse: lyre (?)
Reverse: plain. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
| Obverse: uncertain representation.
Reverse: plain.
ADDENDA: Tragic mask (Gkikaki July 2020). Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
Obverse: Triptolemos in serpent car.
Reverse: plain. Old Grid: ca. ΚΒ-ΚΓ. Gravel at bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
Disk with solid central hub; irregularly made.
On the upper surface a small circular stamp with some representation. Gravel in bottom of Great Drain. Leica ... 26 May 1947 |
A: bust of Athena, right, wearing helmet ?
B: head of Serapis, right with countermark of palmette upper left.
Cf. IL 417, for same type but with addition of countermark. House IV, room 10, west. Leica ... 5 June 1947 |
Two joining fragments give the mold for most of the lower half of the lamp, with the start of a wide nozzle.
No decoration; groove for ring foot.
Red clay with white bits.
Type 31 (?) of Agora collection ... 1 April 1947 |
Intact save for chips from one side and from discus.
Imitation of type XX: globules on body; volutes beside nozzle.
Grooved pirced hand.
Light buff clay.
Type XXVII Variant of Corinth collection. Red ... 2 April 1947 |
Handle missing; single row of dots on narrow rim; crescent on discus. Concentric grooves and ridges on bottom.
Light buff clay.
Type XXVII Variant of Corinth collection. Red fill in trench. Leica ... 2 April 1947 |
Fragment with two adjacent nozzles; traces of a third.
Straight wall (a square lamp?); slightly roughened surface at top and bottom indicate floor and disk made separately and stuck on.
Nozzles handmade ... 4 April 1947 |
Fragment from mold for upper half of a lamp, preserving the end for the nozzle and part of the herringbone pattern on the rim.
Gritty red-buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection, type 28 of Agora ... 8 April 1947 |
Part of one side and about half of bottom preserved.
Part of incised signature, within two groooves, on bottom.
Black gritty clay, gray to brown on surface.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Red fill, ... 15 April 1947 |
One nozzle, parts of two others, and bit of bottom preserved in four joining pieces.
Triangular-ended nozzle, with a small grooved circle on either side. Ring foot.
A groove preserved on the top suggests ... 21 April 1947 |
Intact save for chip from nozzle.
Reverse, leaf in relief; handle, grooved, partly pierced.
Rim, panelled, with single row of dots. Discus, man and bear.
Light greenish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth ... 22 April 1947 |
Small piece from base; letters incised within two grooves.
No glaze.
Light red clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection, type 28 of Agora collection.
Latest Roman fill. Leica PD 1020, 1471 ... 19 April 1947 |
Intact save for strap handle.
Flat bottom, straight sides with collar around edge of flat top; square ended nozzle. No glaze.
Gretty red-brown clay.
Type XVI of Corinth collection, type 35D of Agora collection ... 25 April 1947 |
Front half missing.
Unpierced handle; rosette on disk; herringbone on rim.
Signature incised on bottom.
Light brown clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Kalikia fill. Leica ... 1 May 1947 |
Mended from several pieces; top of nozzle missing.
Grapevine on rim; rays on discus; handle grooved, not pierced through.
Reverse, two circular grooves, enclosing the signature, incised: "E Y".
Unglazed ... 6 May 1947 |
Most of bottom and of nozzle, and part of rim missing.
Scroll on rim; on discus, Eros before an altar.
Part of one letter of signature on bottom, "gamma" or "pi".
Grooved pierced handle.
Yellow-buff clay ... 15 May 1947 |
Fragment with handle and part of rim and discus preserved. Ovules on rim.
On discus, head to right, and upper part of trident preserved.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Late ... 14 May 1947 |
One nozzle missing.
Pierced vertical handle in center of discus.
Grooves around rim; raised disk either side of nozzles; raised triangle on top of nozzles.
Reverse, low base ring.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay ... 19 May 1947 |
Intact save for small hole in bottom.
Rays on discus; leaves and clusters of grapes on rim. Leaf in relief on bottom within single incised groove.
Unglazed.
Pale buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 20 May 1947 |
Handle missing and small piece of top.
Pear-shaped lamp with angular profile, the top rising to a raised ring around the filling hole. Rays on the top.
Reverse, low false base ring; within which palm branch, ... 14 May 1947 |
A leaf-shaped object with bottom turned in, giving a flat resting surface. Byzantine fill. Leica, 90-10-6, 90-10-9 ... 4 April 1947 |
A leaf-shaped object with bottom turned in, giving a flat resting surface.
Similar to MC 690, but slightly smaller. Early Byzantine fill. Leica, 90-10-6, 90-10-9 ... 8 April 1947 |
Pointed leaf shaped object turned up at the broad end to make a flat bottom, projecting at one side.
Firm red clay with a few white bits. Thirty eight other kiln supports were found at the same time in ... 3 June 1947 |
| Small piece from the side of a Western Sigillata bowl. Preserved are the head and arms of a bearded man, reclining right, his arms crossed in front of him on a cushion. Further right, another cushion? ... 28 March 1947 |
Handle and part of wall of a micaceous one-handled jug.
Scratched just below the handle:
Brown fabric black on the surface. Late Roman-early Byz. fill over house C. Leica ... 26 March 1947 |
Broken at upper end. Slender pot, the walls tapering to small flat base which is pierced through the middle.
Hard red clay; red glaze. Late Roman red.
ADDENDA Neck of jug (JWH). Early Byz. fill (disturbance ... 3rd. c. A.D. |
| From the wall of a small bell krater. Head and shoulder of a boy facing right; an arm and hand of another figure behind.
In added white, just below the rim: Late Roman fill. Leica ... 10 April 1947 |
| From the lower side wall, with variegated ornament: kantharos, mask, tendril, and tip of pointed leaves below. Roman fill on bedrock; 6th.-7th. c. A.D. Leica, 99-22-10(11), 99-22-12 ... 18 April 1947 |
Fragment from the floor of a Late Roman C plate; only part of stamp preserved: head of horse. 125 Leica ... 26 April 1947 |
Broken into many pieces, mended to make five non-joining fragments; restored in plaster. Low false ring foot; keeled rim with rouletting around the outside. On the floor, from outside in: two bands of ... 26 April 1947 |
| Full profile preserved; about two-thirds of sides missing. Very low ring foot; slightly flaring concave sides; vertical rim with ridges, rouletted at top and bottom, the outer face concave.
At the center ... 26 April 1947 |
| Mended from several pieces; about two-thirds preserved with the full profile. Flat bottom, low flaring wall, keeled rim. On the floor, two groups of concentric grooves around an illegible stamp.
Light ... 28 April 1947 |
| Part of angular shoulder and side wall of a bowl or cup. In relief on the wall, the top of a large-veined pointed leaf; at either side small blobs, grooved, suggesting flowers.
Light buff fabric; glaze ... 1 May 1947 |
| Small fragment perhaps from the lid of a casserole.
Gritty red-brown cooking ware fabric; band of maeander in relief.
Hellenistic?
Cf. P 5797. Late Roman fill. 132 Leica, 95-73-32 ... 2 May 1947 |
| Rim fragment. Straight wall; plain lip slightly out-turned; two grooves just below it outside, and a third slightly lower, bordering the figured scene. Uncertain representation: perhaps a large tree at ... 3 May 1947 |
| About two-thirds of rim and part of side missing. Low ring foot; flaring wall; vertical rim, slightly concave on outside. Samian. West (east?) wall of elliptical drain. 404 Leica ... 7 May 1947 |
Rim fragment from black glazed lidded bowl.
Scratched through the glaze on the outside just below the flange: Late fill on Roman floor. Leica PD 1133-22(F 172) ... 9 May 1947 |
From mold for bottom of large bowl. Central medallion, head with elaborate headdress, surrounded by band of short petals bordered by lines of sharp dots. Similar line of dots, and the start of some other ... 12 May 1947 |
| Part of flat floor and high ring foot preserved.
Foot-shaped stamp on center of floor:
Graffito on bottom: Α Between elliptical drain and west drain wall. 410 Leica, 93-41-33, 93-41-34 PD 1172-8 ... 8 May 1947 |
Short-necked amphora with arched handles round in section.
Dipinto in black on shoulder between two handles:
Very light buff clay, almost white on surface. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, ... 13 May 1947 |
Neck, upper part of handles, and lip (except for chips) preserved. Large heavy amphora with rather short neck and very heavy arched handles, round in section. Projecting lip, flat on top, set off below ... 13 May 1947 |
| Ring foot, all of flat floor and about one-third of vertical rim preserved; small piece of scroll remains on rim at break. High ring foot; the outer part of the floor lightly offset and rising; the rim ... 21 May 1947 |
| From a large open pot; good black glaze inside. Figure riding to right. A broad irregular wavy line suggests a contour stripe, with the background not filled in(?). Late fill on Asteroskopeion Street ... 1947 |
Intact except for chip from lip. Ovoid body tapering to small concave bottom; small rolled out-turned lip; strap handles rising slightly, and roughly ridged.
Dipinto in charcoal on shoulder:
On the ... 28 May 1947 |
From shoulder of micaceous one-handled gray to brown jug.
Beginning of graffito, four letters: Roman fill. 537 Leica ... 27 May 1947 |
Fragment from rim and wall. Plain rim with lip thickened on inside and set off by a light groove. In applied relief outside, below the rim, ivy leaf and cluster of berries.
Pinkish-buff clay; firm red ... 27 May 1947 |
| Part of relief face, rough-picked back and outer edge of rough-picked bottom preserved. Broken at both sides and at top.
Part of a banquet relief: preserved are the legs and one hand of a draped figure ... 8 April 1947 |
| About two-thirds of body preserved; broken at bottom, and both arms missing. The right arm broken off just below the shoulder, the left ends in a smooth-cut surface just above the elbow, with a hole for ... 28 April 1947 |
| Broken at bottom; surface chipped; back used as door sill at some time, but is probably close to original surface.
Preserved is a bearded snake in relief.
Pentelic marble.
Dedication to Zeus Meilichios; ... 7 May 1947 |
| Broken at neck and at back of hair; most of forehead, nose, mouth and chin battered and missing. At the back, a bit of the original surface preserved at the top of the neck suggests a freestanding statue ... 20 May 1947 |
| Broken at bottom and right; chip missing at upper left corner; rough-picked back. The slightly curved top and part of the straight left edge preserved.
Rather deeply carved eyes, in an almost flat 'face'; ... 7 June 1947 |
Plain rectangular block, with a letter and two dots on one side.
Island marble.
Red fill; late Roman. 99 Leica ... 22 April 1947 |
A roughly semi-circular object with a crescent at one side. The other finished with a hoof-shaped surface. Pierced cross-wise through the hoof.
Surface flaked on one side; smooth buff surface, somewhat ... 1 April 1947 |
A small nude figure, being held by another figure, probably seated. Of the latter only the left hand and a bit of drapery below the hand of the child remain.
Broken all around.
No traces of color.
Pinkish-buff ... 18 April 1947 |
One edge of mold preserved.
Upper part of female figure (?). Sandy late Roman fill. 109 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
Part of top and of side edges preserved.
Perhaps from mold for situla bracket with wreathed head, rather than from curved relief (?).
Uncertain representation. Part of fish and shell(?).
Light buff clay ... 24 April 1947 |
Mold for bearded head (Pan?)with shaggy hair.
Chip missing at right.
Green-buff clay.
Cf. Fuchs (1963), Mahdia, pl. 53. ΜΣΤ-ΜΖ*
C 17 Great Drain; gravel below elliptical drain tiles. 411 Leica ... 8 May 1947 |
| Coins. Finds ... ΟΟ-2 201, 202 ΟΟ 1 BI 562 ΟΟ 158 S 1254 ... 17 March 1947 |
| Coins. Bone Spoon. Lid with Relief Decoration ... ΟΟ-2 203, 204 BI 562 P 17525 BI 562 P 17525 ... 24 Apr 1947 |
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