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| Broken behind; chips missing from face.
Stamped in relief, beneath the palmette.
ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ series. In red filling. Leica, LIX-64 ... 4 March 1936 |
| Thick circular tile with a hole through the center and four, shallow, round indentations on the upper face.
Cement in the central hole.
Cf. A 807. Well. Leica, LIX-85 ... 27 April 1936 |
Preserved in three joining fragments is the upper right hand corner, except the top, the face entire and the whole lower part.
The head, with hair parted and waved, crowned with a diadem and bunches of ... May-June 1936 |
Fragment of lower right corner of a bracket like A 678 ( Ι 907), from the same mold. Clay is the same, but fired pinker. Great Drain. Leica ... May-June 1936 |
| All the upper projecting part of the palmette is missing, and only a small bit of the cover tile remains.
Across the face, below the palmette, in relief: ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ
Coarse orange clay, full of impurities ... May-June 1936 |
Appears to have fallen into the drain from above, after the drain was filled up. Hence need not to be contemporary.
Most of lip gone at one end. Simple tongue joint; broad shallow corrugation, more marked ... May-June 1936 |
Broken off behind. Conventional palmette. Red gritty clay; traces of slip.
Letters across bottom: Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε Ι Δ Ο Υ.
Two more antefixes from the same series added under this number: b) and c). Basket ... 15 May 1937 |
| Simple relief palmette. Bottom broken away.
Coarse red clay, buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 |
| Dull impression of preceding type, A 803 (ΛΛ 1176).
Full height probably preserved; scrolls below palmette. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 |
Lower part only, showing carefully stamped volutes, and start of palmette with diamond center.
Part of signature preserved: Α Π [Ο Λ Λ Ω Ν Ι ] Ο Υ
Red clay, pale buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III ... 9 April 1937 |
| Fragment from a rectangular plaque; part of one edge preserved.
Both faces finished; on one the edge is raised, and set off by two grooves; on the other the plain edge rises by a shallow molding to a ... 16 April 1937 |
| Part of circular tile for a column.
Coarse buff clay, traces of cement.
Finger prints.
Cf. A 652.
ADDENDA Hypocaust pillar tile. Cistern, Layer II. Leica, LIX-85 ... 16 April 1937 |
Broken behind and at one side and slightly above and below.
Relief palmette above scrolls.
At bottom, part of the makers' name is preserved:
[Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε] Ι Δ Ο [Υ] (?). Well, container 45. Leica, LIX-64 ... 5 April 1937 |
The antefix is complete save minor chips; two joining fragments give part of the cover tile.
Relief palmette with diamond heart; volutes below. The signature in relief letters along the bottom of the face: ... 8 October 1947 |
| A bar of marble, intact, smoothed on all surfaces.
Top and one vertical edge slightly rounded and marked by a single deep groove; bottom contains hole in which lead is still preserved for holding a two-pronged ... 1937 |
| The 'stele' tapers sharply toward the bottom, where it is broken; otherwise complete; nose chipped.
The beardless head wears either a close fitting cap or a coiffure imitated from the archaic; round the ... 20 June 1933 |
| Handle pierced for suspension; partly broken off.
Heavily corroded; and in the inside a mass of corrosion from iron. Remains of an iron clapper on a bronze wire (?) Well. Leica, LIX-63 ... 25 April 1936 |
The foot is a paw (?) above it is a palmette.
Behind is a horizontal tongue to support the vase. Well.
Late 4th -5th c. A.D.
Well container 25. Leica, LIX-63 ... 3 April 1937 |
| Bottom broken out, but fragments preserve shape.
Sides inclined slightly inward from vertical.
Two handle attachments of heavy bronze with ring projecting above rim.
Iron rust suggest that handle may have ... 15 April 1937 |
A solid disk of lead, with thin coating of bronze.
On one side, a fairly broad raised rim, within which two concentric raised circles.
On the other side only a narrow raised rim appears.
Weight before ... 15 April 1937 |
Part of a toe of a bronze statue of heroic size.
Hollow. Well. Container 64.
End 3rd-late 4th c. A.D. Leica ... 6 April 1937 |
A plain circle with one end hooked through loop in other. Osteotheke.
7th c. A.D. Leica, LIX-63 ... 9 May 1938 |
Loop earring, apparently with three ornamental knobs.
No trace of any knobs can be seen after cleaning. Osteotheke.
7th (?) c. A.D. Leica ... 10 May 1938 |
Two loop earrings, neither complete.
Identical curves suggest that they are a pair. Osteotheke.
7th (?) c. A.D. Leica ... 10 May 1938 |
Smoothly broken at base, where it was attached.
Feathers incised on both sides. Rectangular drain.
Middle of 3rd c. A.D. Leica, LIX-63 ... 20 June 1933 |
Rectangular in section throughout.
Broken at pointed end. Bent and pitted. Rectangular drain.
Middle of 3rd c. A.D. Leica, LIX-63 ... 20 June 1933 |
Point and probably much of the shaft broken away.
The head is almost spherical, flattened where it is attached. The shaft rectangular.
A pin or a nail ? Rectangular drain.
Middle of 3rd c. A.D. Leica, ... 20 June 1933 |
| Most of handle missing; fragment broken from rim.
Round-bottomed pail with rolled rim.
Broad leaf-shaped handle-attachments of iron; part of the iron handle, still fixed in one of the attachments, lies ... 9 June 1939 |
Blade-shaped attachment for swinging handle of bucket.
Rounded projection at base of blade (top of attachment) pierced for insertion of handle.
At widest part of attachment, two more holes pierced for ... 9 June 1939 |
Three joining fragments preserve base and center of floor.
High straight ring foot, flat floor; side-walls apparently not raised very high.
The piece has the appearance of having been folded; the foot ... 21 June 1939 |
| Intact.
Usual type of ring key.
The rectangular piece that went into the lock is striated deeply on both sides and does not have the more ordinary teeth. Well, earth.
Layer IV, early 5th c. A.D. Leica, ... 21 June 1939 |
Plain flat disk, complete but badly corroded.
On one side traces of a vertical rim at right angles to disk (?); on edge of disk immediately below this rim, the corroded bronze seems to show some indications ... 10 May 1939 |
Point broken off.
Long eye; shaft tapers from flattened eye end. Well. Leica ... 24 April 1936 |
| The eye-end slightly flattened; the other end tapering to a point. Well. Leica, LIX-60 ... 25 April 1936 |
The eye-end slightly flattened; the other end tapering to a point.
Similar to BI 230 but larger, and with a small round hole below the eye. Well. Leica ... 25 April 1936 |
One end pointed; the other carved to represent an open right hand.
The first and fourth fingers broken.
Rings on the fingers; a rope-like bracelet is wound spirally up the arm from the wrist. Well. Leica, ... 27 April 1936 |
The handle broken off.
Long shallow bowl, pointed at the end. Well. Leica, LIX-60 ... March-April 1936 |
Carved in the shape of the fish holding in his mouth the iron shaft (of a knife ?). Cistern, layer III. Leica, LIX-60 ... 8 April 1937 |
A spoon handle.
Ridged decorations at top.
Point chipped. Cistern, layer III. Leica, LIX-60 ... 8 April 1937 |
Plain stilus (?), one end tapering to a point, the other cut off at an angle, reworked (?)
An unguent spoon (?)
Stained light green. Cistern, layer III. Leica ... 8 April 1937 |
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