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| Modern well in foreground. a = north wall of House D. b = Road Strosis 2. Looking west ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Level 2 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Looking southwest. a = martyra of Level 5. b = foundation of latrine ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| General view, looking west ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Road = x. Looking southwest. u = Fill 3 removed ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Building C. Crosswall in Room 5 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Looking south. Fill 3 removed ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| x = fallen stones on line of east wall of House D ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| General view of the West House. Cf. nb. pp. 189, 761 ... Cf. plan of the house in pocket of notebook VIII. Greek House D in nb. (SD) east 1392 ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| West side of the West House, Rooms 1, 2, and 6 ... Greek House D in notebooks (SD). southwest 1391 ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| Looking along line of ancient street ... AMS northeast 1390 ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| Southeast corner at end of season showing kiln, conglomerate wall and Late Roman walls ... Being in southeast corner the Late Roman walls must be of the Omega House. southeast 1393 ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| Late Roman Water Channel: Vaulted chamber and well at head of water channel. Cf. plan in nb. pp. 1357-1359. Well N 19:2 ... AMS 1394 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| General view of the West House. Cf. nb. pp. 189, 761 ... Cf. plan of the house in pocket of notebook VIII. Greek House D in nb. (SD) east 1392 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| West side of the West House, Rooms 1, 2, and 6 ... Greek House D in notebooks (SD). southwest 1391 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| Looking along line of ancient street ... northeast 1390 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| Southeast corner at end of season showing kiln, conglomerate wall and Late Roman walls ... Being in southeast corner the Late Roman walls must be of the Omega House. southeast 1393 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| Late Roman Water Channel: Vaulted chamber and well at head of water channel. Cf. plan in nb. pp. 1357-1359. Well N 19:2 ... 1394 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| M. Crosby ... Section Ω lies in the east end of the north slope of the Areopagus, well to the southeast of the market square proper. Excavation showed, as expected, that the area was a residential district throughout ... 16 Jan-17 Jun 1938 |
Fragment of pan tile broken all around.
Buff clay; black glaze on concave side. On unglazed convex side, part of circular stamp: wheel (?) in relief. Late Roman fill. 1276 Leica, color slide ... 10 June 1938 |
| Fragment from side of vase.
Blue glass with a white stripe between two yellow stripes. House D, fill c. Container 112.
5th c. B.C. Leica ... 15 June 1938 |
| Almost flat shoulder; narrow neck flaring out to upright grooved rim; broad angular handle.
Pale greenish glass. Well. Container 35. Leica PD 505 ... 15 June 1938 |
Inscribed fragment.
Piece of slab with original top and back smoothly dressed, but cut down at top.
Part of an abecedarium which must have started on a slab placed above this, for the "Φ" is not finished ... 8 June 1938 |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face, smoothly dressed right side and bottom preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found at surface, south of the eastern part of the Market ... Ca. 100 B.C. |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face and rough picked top preserved.
The back shows traces of pick, but perhaps re-cut.
Dedication to Zeus Boulaios.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble ... 53/2 B.C. |
| Obverse: kneeling Eros, right, feeding a cock, also facing right.
Above, in the field, a star.
Reverse: two rearing snakes, with star between. Well; container 35. Leica ... 15 June 1938 |
Chipped around filling hole, and on handle.
Small plain discus; broad rim, with indistinguishable pattern. Solid handle, grooved above only (?). Reverse plain.
Unglazed.
Soft light buff to red clay.
Type ... 1 April 1938 |
Lamp with broad top and wide rays on rim; small volutes at start of nozzle; pierced lug (chip missing) on left side.
The lamp rests crookedly in a plain iron holder, flat-bottomed, and with flaring sides ... 17 May 1938 |
End of nozzle and piece of top missing.
Low raised base, almost straight sides, depressed top on which there are rosettes in relief. Shallow groove around filling hole. Pierced side knob.
Metallic black ... 25 May 1938 |
Intact.
Low concave base; rounded body; ridge around filling hole; unpierced knob on side.
Unglazed outside and possibly inside. Mold made.
Yellow-buff clay.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 42A ... 6 June 1938 |
Tip of nozzle, handle, side knob missing.
Concave bottom, marked off by a groove; shallow nearly straight sides, broad flat rim with groove at outer edge. Vertical strap handle, pierced side knob. Long ... 6 June 1938 |
Intact.
Concave base, pierced knob, no handle.
Low rounded body with groove around filling hole. Nozzle flattened on top.
Imitation blister ware fabric (?).
Buff clay with light gray wash; pared surfaces ... 6 June 1938 |
Intact.
Similar to L 3524 (Ω 816), but the walls higher and straighter, and the groove at the outer edge of rim, not around filling hole.
Thin gray wash.
Buff clay.
Type IX (blister ware) of Corinth collection, ... 6 June 1938 |
Nozzle broken away.
Small raised dots on rim and discus, petals on neck. Small handle, unpierced; triple grooved above; below swallow-tails, extending to low base ring.
Unglazed.
Reddish-brown clay.
Type ... 6 June 1938 |
| Intact.
Herringbone on rim; jewelled cross on discus. On front of solid handle, small impressed concentric circles; single groove behind. Large almond-shaped reverse, with four impressed dots; veined leaf ... 7 June 1938 |
Chips missing, and knob at side broken.
Low base, deep rounded body set off from convex rim by groove at outer edge. Pierced side knob; short small nozzle.
Unglazed, except for three bands of black around ... 7 June 1938 |
Intact but chipped.
Flat raised base, flat-topped, square-ended nozzle, horizontal strap handle; narrow flat rim.
Poor black glaze partly peeled.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type IV (Poor Relations Group, late ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact.
Small lamp with no knob; raised base; sides rather straight.
Scraped groove around rim.
Glaze red to brown.
Type VIIA of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora collection.
ADDENDA E.M.: Found ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact.
Small lamp with pierced knob. Raised base. Raised edge around filling hole, then a broad and a narrow groove.
Unglazed outside; reddish-brown glaze inside.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIB of Corinth ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact except for chips.
Broad rim slopes up from angular junction with nearly straight side; broad concave depression around filling hole. Pierced knob at side. Flat raised base.
Unglazed outside. Reddish-brown ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact.
Similar to L 3534 (Ω 853), but the rim slopes upward less steeply and the depression around the filling hole is somewhat less marked. Groove scraped around outer edge of rim. Broad ring foot.
Outside ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact.
Flat bottom; nearly vertical sides; broad rim, slightly down sloping. Pierced knob at side.
Red glaze inside only.
Soft pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIII (conventional type) of Corinth collection, ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact except for chip from lip.
Similar to L 3536 (Ω 855) but with neatly made base, concave below and with a groove at the outer edge of the rim.
Outside slipped; inside dull black glaze.
Buff clay ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact.
Watch-shaped body, groove around filling hole; pierced knob at side. Raised base.
Red to black glaze, much peeled.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type IX (clamshell, wheel made) of Corinth collection, type ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact except for chips.
Rounded body; raised base; pierced knob at side.
Glaze scratched from groove at edge of rim.
Fairly good red to black glaze, somewhat chipped.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIa of ... 8 June 1938 |
Right edge preserved; broken at top, bottom, left and back.
At right edge a lamp on stand in relief, against a pilaster. Beside it at left, head of a figure only preserved; bald-headed, broad-nosed man ... 8 June 1938 |
| Intact except for chips.
Boat-shaped lamp; wavy line on rim; plain discus with broad channel to nozzle. Solid handle, double grooved in front, plain behind. Oval reverse outlined by double grooves.
Unglazed ... 8 June 1938 |
Piece from center of discus missing.
Small boat-shaped lamp irregularly made. Raised dotted circles on rim; representation on discus uncertain. Plain solid handle, with swallow-tails behind leading to ... 8 June 1938 |
Front part and nozzle missing.
Raised dashes on rim; rayed head of Helios on discus. Solid handle, unglazed. Almond-shaped reverse roughly outlined by a single groove.
Dirty brown to red clay.
Type XXVIII ... 10 June 1938 |
Intact except for chips and hole in bottom.
On rim, triangles, leaves and dot clusters. On discus, Christian monogram with tail of "rho" to right. Solid handle, ungrooved above; on back of lamp below handle, ... 10 June 1938 |
Half of edge around top broken away.
Plain rim and plain top surrounded by a ridge; whole lamp surrounded by high flaring edge. Vertical handle; triangular nozzle; simulated ring foot.
Mottled red to brown ... 14 June 1938 |
Piece of rim.
Covered with good black glaze; thin wash on sides.
Graffito scratched through glaze on top of rim.
Clay burned gray.
Type II of Corinth collection, type 16B of Agora collection. Beside modern ... 15 June 1938 |
Complete except for small hole on discus, and chips.
Very low base ring, broken into three arcs; narrow rim with two grooves; large, deeply depressed plain discus; ribbon lugs on sides with subsidiary ... 16 June 1938 |
Aphrodite seated left, seen from the back, wearing a brassiere, three bracelets, and drapery over her legs. Stretched out on her knees is a small winged Eros whom she is lashing with a whip held in her ... 15 June 1938 |
Nozzle, top of handle, half of discus and rim missing.
Raised leaf on bottom, within single groove; leaves and grapes on rim, plain discus. Handle was pierced.
Unglazed.
Light buff clay.
Type XXVIII of ... 15 June 1938 |
About half of rim and top missing; nozzle chipped.
Watch-shaped body on low concave base; side knob, single groove around filling hole. Long nozzle.
Unglazed; traces of buff slip.
Orange clay.
Type IX ... 25 May-9 June 1938 |
Part of rim with handle and small part of discus only.
As far as preserved, rim plain except for a trace of relief decoration near break. Ridge around discus; plain moulded ring-handle.
Thin reddish-brown ... 13 June 1938 |
| Squat truncated pyramid, stamped.
Oval stamp on top with uncertain representation. No glaze.
Buff clay, light slip. House D, fill on east wall. Leica ... 14 June 1938 |
| Neck of large unguentarium missing. Plump body tapering to flat disk foot. Red line above shoulder.
Brown clay. Light gray-brown slip. Cistern. Leica, 96-1-20 ... 5 May 1938 |
From the wall of a large open vase. Outside, elaborate painted decoration: an ivy garland (white); hanging from it, two broad dark red streamers and a white leaf; over painting in thinned glaze on the ... 11 May 1938 |
Full profile preserved; about three-fourths of rim missing. High base ring; inturned rim.
Pinkish-buff clay. Covered with dull black glaze. Well, upper fill. Leica ... 25 May 1938 |
| Full profile preserved; slightly less than half of floor and rim missing. High base ring; thickened rolled lip. Four small irregularly placed palmettes on floor, within a band of rouletting. Outside, a ... 1 June 1938 |
| Intact. Small high moulded foot; rather deep lower body; walls steep below, then rounding to join nearly vertical upper wall with plain lip; band handles, from below lip to shoulder.
Thin red to brownish-black ... 6 June 1938 |
| Much of one side of body, with fragments of rim and base, and part of one handle missing. Restored in plaster. Broad-shouldered amphora with moulded foot and rather wide neck with out-turned lip. A scraped ... 4 June 1938 |
Lower part missing; upper part broken into several pieces after photographing and mended. Short neck with high flaring rim, handles from neck to shoulder [P.H. 0.267; Diam. (lip) 0.082].
Dipinto in black ... 6 June 1938 |
One handle and end of spout missing. Flat bottom, out-turned rim, to which are attached the two vertical handles; large tubular spout just below rim and rising above it. Shallow wheel grooves on lower ... 7 June 1938 |
Walls fragmentary; part of one side and most of the other, with part of one handle, missing. Restored in plaster. Red figure decoration:
A) Two figures, standing facing, but looking towards each other ... 7 June 1938 |
| Most of one handle and fragments or rim and wall missing. Broad open type; eggy lower body on low moulded foot; concave-sided upper body with plain lip; band handles with leaf thumb rests. Miltos groove ... 6 June 1938 |
| Part of side and rim, with one handle and most of the other, missing. Restored in plaster. Elongated type on low moulded foot; steep-walled lower body set off by scraped groove from concave upper wall; ... 6 June 1938 |
| Half of one handle and small chips missing. Moulded base; high stem; rounded lower body; high concave-sided upper body; plain lip; high cup handles, twisted back on themselves and rising slightly higher ... 7 June 1938 |
Chip missing from rim. Flat-topped spurred handles; moulded conical foot, moderately high, the glaze scratched from a broad goove around it; rounded lower body; vertical upper wall with out-turned lip ... 8 June 1938 |
Handle and lip missing. Low base ring; trefoil lip. Ivy leaves and vine in brown to black paint around neck.
Gray-buff clay. Well, lower fill, level II, second half of 4th into beginning of 3rd c. B.C., ... 7 June 1938 |
Fragment from floor of stemless cup? Two lightly incised concentric circles at center, then five squares of maeander with a palmette outside each one; then two more concentric circles with a row of palmettes ... 8 June 1938 |
Fragment from near top of side. Parts of two figures preserved: at left, looking left, a bearded man, wearing a wreath and cloak; at right, part of another draped figure. Two narrow black bands above ... 8 June 1938 |
Part of bottom and lower walls only preserved. Flat projecting base; slightly concave side wall.
Graffito on bottom, broken at left, where there would appear to be space for one more letter:
Reddish-buff ... 9 June 1938 |
Fragment from neck and shoulder, probably of amphora [P.H. 0.11].
Large dipinto in red scrawled on shoulder, broken at left:
On opposite side at base of neck, a single small letter:
Light gray to pinkish ... 10 June 1938 |
Body of an amphora or jug only preserved. Body tapers down to small rounded bottom with knob at center.
At high preserved point, where side starts curving into shoulder, the right edge of a dipinto in ... 10 June 1938 |
Two pieces from side and shoulder of large amphora. [P.H. ca. a) 0.30, b) 0.195] On a) lower end of handle preserved. Heavy wheel ridges around shoulder.
a) Parts of two graffiti:
b) Graffito:
Red-brown ... 11 June 1938 |
Rim missing; air hole in side. Body tapers to very small concave bottom with knob in center.
Dipinto in black beside handle:
Orange-buff clay. Outside smeared with red paint.
ADDENDA Sparta series ... 4 June 1938 |
Two shoulder fragments, apparently from a storage amphora [Max. Dim. a) 0.255, b) 0.21].
On a) dipinto in black:
On b) large scrawl in red, broken at top:
Reddish-buff clay. Light slip.
ADDENDA Made ... 6 June 1938 |
Chips from lip and pieces from lower part missing. Restored in plaster. Slender body, broader below than above; rounded bottom with button; short slightly bulging neck with flaring rim; short band handles, ... 6-7 June 1938 |
Fragment from side and shoulder [Max. Dim. 0.225]. Shallow wheel grooves.
Dipinto in black, broken at top and left:
Red-brown clay.
ADDENDA Made up into [nearly] whole pot. P.H. 0.42; Diam. 0.275 ... 11 June 1938 |
Rim, one handle and some pieces missing. Concave bottom; tall lumpy body; sloping handles, round in section. Shallow wheel grooves about shoulder.
Neat dipinto in black beside handle:
Gritty pinkish ... 11 June 1938 |
Piece from shoulder of amphora or pointed one-handled jug [Max. Dim. 0.15].
One line of dipinto complete:
Red-brown clay. Streaks of brown paint on outside.
ADDENDA Made up into whole pot: P.H. ca ... 8 June 1938 |
Fragment from shoulder of jug or amphora [Max. Dim. 0.115].
Dipinto in black, broken at left:
Brown clay.
ADDENDA Made up into whole pot: amphora. P.H. ca. 0.525; Diam. ca. 0.235. Rim and handles, ... 11 June 1938 |
Piece of lip and of thumb rest missing. Base ring; plump body; high neck with flaring lip; two lugs projecting on lip on either side of handle; handle, rising above lip, is finished on top with a disk ... 13 June 1938 |
A single fragment preserves rim, neck and part of shoulder; handle missing. Tall narrow neck, contracting slightly below flaring rim, flat on top.
At start of shoulder, dipinto in black, broken at left: ... 14 June 1938 |
| Fragment from medallion. Preserved are: part of maeander border, left, and part of left foot and drapery of a standing female figure wearing chiton and himation.
Pinkish-buff clay. Excellent black glaze ... 13 June 1938 |
Neck, handles and much of wall missing. Body tapers from rounded shoulder to small concave bottom. Three grooves above lower handle attachment.
Faint large red letters on shoulder:
Gritty pink clay ... 13 June 1938 |
Fragment from pot with almost flat shoulder, small neck and a horizontal handle of which one attachment is preserved.
Graffito broken at left:
Pinkish-gray clay. Light slip.
ADDENDA Added from sherds: ... 13 June 1938 |
A single fragment preserves rim and neck, part of shoulder, one handle and upper attachment of the other handle [P.H. 0.13]. Thick rounded lip; narrow neck; sloping shoulder, with wheel grooves; thick ... 14 June 1938 |
| Broad flat bottom; high sides with slight convex-concave curve; flat projecting rim, grooved on top; three short vertical grooved handles, from just below rim to middle of wall; to each of them is attached ... 14 June 1938 |
Rim and chips from foot missing. Rather slender ovoid body with wheel grooves; base ring; neck, only slightly set off from shoulder, tapers towards rim.
Dipinto in black on shoulder:
Pink clay. Light ... 15 June 1938 |
Light collar rim; straight neck set into shoulder; double handles [P.H. 0.195; Diam. 0.076].
Dipinto in red:
Yellow-buff clay with small bits in it.
ADDENDA New pieces added. Neck with rim, one handle ... 17 June 1938 |
| Fragment from rim of bell krater. Reserved line just below lip inside; laurel wreath on rim. Below, the upper part of the head of a woman, right, wearing a spiked diadem with jewels between the points; ... 1, 18-28 April 1938 |
Part of bottom medallion with palmettes and lower side wall with imbricated leaf pattern preserved. A raised ring around the medallion and a line of beading at the base of the leaf pattern.
Pinkish-buff ... 25 May-9 June 1938 |
| Both handles and some pieces of side missing. Ovoid body; ridge between neck and plain thickened lip; plain base ring.
Rather poor black glaze. Well, container 11, transitional fill. Leica, 89-25-17 ... 25 May-9 June 1938 |
| About half of rim and bit of shoulder with part of one handle preserved. Partly restored in plaster. Wide mouth; short neck with ridge around center; wide strap handles, with spurs (broken away) at top ... 25 May-9 June 1938 |
| Restored in plaster. Plump body; round bottom; short neck; flaring rim with groove on top to receive lid; double handle with rotelle.
Carefully made of gritty red clay. Well, container 12, transitional ... 25 May-9 June 1938 |
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