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Head with projecting ears and pierced eyes.
Dull purple red wash.
Perhaps from a plastic lamp. Cistern. Basket 4.
Late Roman fill. Leica, LXIX-23 ... 23 April 1937 |
Broken away at neck.
Head of child with curly hair and a braid from front to back across the top of the head. A finished hole at the back of the neck.
Dull red glaze, inside and out.
Most probably from ... 22 April 1937 |
Feet and right side of figurine missing.
A figure in pointed cap, draped in a short straight garment and carrying an amphora set inside a pail (?). On the smooth back an inscription, done before firing, ... 11 May 1937 |
The head of a rabbit/hare with long ears.
One ear pierced.
Decorated in front with herringbone, in back with small gouges.
Pinkish buff clay. Well. Basket 3. Leica ... 20 May 1937 |
Complete, but breaks suggest possible attachment.
Red clay.
Late Roman (?) Strosis 3.
Turkish. Leica ... 27 May 1937 |
Broken off below and behind.
Caricature face like comic mask. Eyes pierced.
Red clay. mouth fill to 6.60m. Well. Mouth fill to 6.60m.
Roman fill. Leica, LXIX-22 ... 25 May 1937 |
Flat behind and broken off.
The head and upper body of a figure being strangled by an arm (or snake) passing around its neck.
Traces of white slip and red over.
Orange red clay.
Cf. T 552. Well, earth ... 4 June 1937 |
First interpretation: wing.
Flat palm, plain behind.
Leaves moulded and incised. Dull red glaze or paint. Cistern, upper fill. Leica ... 29 February-6 March 1936 |
Base, and body and head fragments missing.
Traces of white slip.
Red clay.
ADDENDA: Same mold as T 252. Well.
4th c. A.D. Leica ... 16-21 May 1937 |
One side of head only preserved.
Eye slightly raised.
Traces of red and white color. Well. Container 17. Leica ... 3 April 1937 |
Preserved is the edge of the garment, and the bare feet of a figure standing on a low oval base, with plain mouldings above and below.
Traces of color (?)
Pale buff clay. Second and third layers, possibly ... 23 February 1938 |
Buttocks, back of left thigh, and left half of back preserved.
Weight on both legs, and left arm raised (?).
Small vent hole. Coating of red paint.
Red clay.
ADDENDA: C. Grandjouan: probably from lamp ... 4 April 1938 |
Broken all around.
The crossed legs of a figure, wearing shoes (?). The edge of a short garment preserved above the knees.
Clay covered with thick red paint which has peeled. Red paint also inside.
Red ... 4 April 1938 |
Face only preserved.
A thin faced fellow.
Remains of dark red wash.
Light red clay.
Probably a plastic lamp.
Cf. other lamps from this well. Well, bottom, dump. Lower fill. Leica, LXIX-22 ... 23 May 1938 |
| A large dove on a high circular base.
Tail and some of back missing.
Gouged details. Ample traces of white on surface, and faint traces of other colors.
Red clay. Well. Container 110. 617 Leica, color ... 28 May 1938 |
A large dove.
Head and part of right wing preserved.
Gouged details. Remains of added red and yellow.
Red clay. Red fill over Building C.
Late Roman (6th. c. A.D.) destruction debris. Leica ... 10 June 1938 |
Broken off at neck, hips and behind.
Woman wearing a chiron with long overfold and a shawl drawn around her shoulders and knotted in front. Her hands are clasped on front of her and hold small uncertain ... 28 April 1939 |
Head broken off at neck.
Red comb, beak and wattles; white feathers.
ADDENDA: White slip feathers, yellow on head and neck, eye and eyebrow outlined in black. Byzantine House III, loose fill.
Late Roman ... 29 April 1939 |
Broken behind.
Face framed by heavily waved hair surmounted by a thick fillet or cap, a projection at the back above (for handle ?). Eyes pierced.
Considerable remains of white over, on headdress and neck ... 2 May 1939 |
Almost half of a bird; lengthwise.
The tail and legs missing; beak chipped.
White over clay; red around wing.
Red clay. Built channel. Box 9. 1298, 1700, 3821 Leica ... 13 May 1939 |
Broken away behind and at neck.
Head of a child with hair curly at the side, braided at the top, forming a central ridge with herringbone. Eyes drilled.
No remains of color or glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 15 May 1939 |
Broken on all sides; back rough.
Head and upper body of a woman, facing, who clutches with both hands at the huge snake which coils about her.
Remains of white for background, red spots on body of snake; ... 16 May 1939 |
Right side of head and neck preserved.
Details elaborately gouged. Considerable added white with traces of red on comb.
Orange-red clay. Early Byzantine gravel beneath floor of modern cellar. Leica ... 24 May 1939 |
Chips missing; something broken from the top; bottom edge worn, perhaps original.
Two zones of stubby grooved leaves at the bottom, volutes beneath the abacus at the corners, and a rosette on a twisted ... 25 May 1939 |
The head and the upper part of the neck of the left vertical half of a figurine (or plastic lamp ?).
Broken at neck.
Moulded, hollow behind, but joint surface where it joined the right vertical half is ... 23 May-10 June 1939 |
Single fragment preserves the hind-quarters and tail of a dog or a goat(?).
Feet missing.
Traces of white and red paint on flank.
Clay pink with light buff surface. House G, room I, destruction (?) fill ... 24 April 1940 |
A deeply concave mold for making the face and the side of the head (including ears) of a bearded male, about life size.
Right half broken away; original surface preserved at top, left edge and back.
The ... 25 April 1940 |
| Two joining fragments preserve right arm, part of right wing and much of body and legs.
Nude except for drapery across thighs.
Dull brownish to reddish glaze.
Buff clay. Finished Red earth on floor of ... 2 April 1937 |
Only front half of head remains.
Negroid features; pierced eyes.
No traces of paint.
Brick red clay. From wall trench of Late Roman Building, east side. 374 Leica, LXIX-22 ... 31 May 1946 |
Head of a negro or athlete with short-cropped hair, thick lips and chin whiskers. Irises of eyes pierced.
Back part of head broken away, as well as neck below chin.
From a plastic lamp.
Dull red glaze ... 3 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 |
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 |
Fingers indicated simply by grooves; in the palm of the hand a small cup or bowl ?
Elaborate gouged decoration suggests a long fitting sleeve (caestus), cf. Gardiner (1930), Athletics of the Ancient World, ... 5 June 1947 |
The figure wears a tight-fitting garment with vertical folds; the garment appears to pass under the left arm and to be held up by straps over the shoulder.
Upper left part of body and bent left arm, to ... 20 June 1947 |
Mold for relief of crouching boar, seen from the side; the hind quarters only missing. Broken at left; otherwise intact.
Carefully made of fairly fine buff clay; on the outside, one projection and parts ... 8 July 1947 |
At the lower edge of the mould, the head of an animal in low relief (horse? boar?).
In front of it, undetermined representation.
On the back of the mold a small knob, hollowed out. Burnt layer in front ... 8 July 1947 |
Several joining fragments preserve much of the upper part, and part of the flaring base on one side; nothing of the lower edge.
Rectangular object, the walls flaring to a plain rim flat on top. Highest ... 11 July 1947 |
Standing bird with upspread wings: siren?
Broken off at the neck; the head missing; the claws chiped, and the sides of the wings. The back irregularly flattened; perhaps was attached to something.
Remains ... 15 July 1947 |
Ρight arm of boxer with late Roman Caestus; mold made in two pieces, bent at the elbow. Along tight sleeve with bands and dotted ornament reaches to the wrist. The hand, only roughly indicated, appears ... 29 July 1947 |
In rather high relief, the head, facing, and the arms of a person defending himself from a snake which has wound itself about the person's body and neck. His hands are raised to his neck to pull the snake's ... 2 October 1947 |
An oval shield-like object with flat rim and convex center; concave underside.
Slightly micaceous light red clay. Destruction debris and upper furnace dump at north end of bath. 1855 Leica ... 29 April 1948 |
The head preserved practically intact.
Red for comb, white elsewhere.
ADDENDA The same mold as T 1982. Mixed fill in martyr. Leica ... April 1949 |
Broken all around.
Two horns springing from forehead.
Probably from a plastic lamp.
Dull red clay covered with deep red glaze. Clearing around northwest corner of Civic Offices, lowest layer above classical ... 16 May 1950 |
Arm with late Roman Cestus.
Red-brown clay; matte red glaze (not all over) white paint. Byzantine fill. 145 Leica, LXIX-17 ... 28 February 1933 |
Fragment preserves hollow cast mold of nose and left side of face.
Half of lower lip and chin missing.
Broad nose and high cheek bone, possibly Negroid.
Broken all around.
Remains of dark red glaze wash ... 17 May 1950 |
Hooded head of a child, perhaps from a lamp.
Red clay. From one of the A.W. Parson's sections; provenience otherwise unknown. Leica, LXIV-78 ... 1950 |
Back of head and part of shoulder preserved.
The eye, the horn, and the fleece are gouged in.
Broken at bottom and along joint between two halves of mould. Muzzle missing.
Traces of red and white paint ... 19 May 1951 |
Corner of stepped base only preserved; inside bevelled below.
Groove at outer edge of steps.
Traces of solid dark red glaze preserved.
Pink clay with dark buff core; remains of light buff surfacing. Northeast ... 29 May 1951 |
Broken below; the head missing and one of the arms.
Square pillar; a long curl hangs down at either side of both faces.
Red clay, thin red to brown glaze (?). Northeast corner of Middle Stoa. Burnt debris ... 7 June 1951 |
Tail and nose chipped.
Probably a dolphin (?).
Roughly modelled in micaceous red clay.
Head turned sharply to side.
Traces of white paint (?). Late fill over wall A. 2219 Leica ... 15 June 1951 |
Upper right half of "rattle"(?); much of head of cock and part of wing preserved.
Broken all around.
Clay burned dark gray at core; grayish at surface. Brick Shaft and Drain; Vaulted Chamber, layer 2, ... 5 May 1938 |
Fragment of small clay mask; mouth, nose and left cheek preserved.
Mask with mouth opened in a circle, forming wick-hole; broad nose with nostrils pierced completely through to back.
Traces of burning ... May 1936 |
Two joined and one non-joining fragment preserve the head, part of torso and tip of right wing.
Eros with wings curled up at top, long locks, eyes pierced, holding Pan's pipes in right hand.
White paint, ... April-May 1937 |
Nude standing male figure, with arms pressed close to sides.
Broken away below, and the head missing.
A few small traces of white.
Hard red to brown clay. By modern walls on Areopagus Street. Leica ... 10 April 1952 |
Four joining fragments; broken top and bottom.
A very knotty tree trunk or club with lead glaze (?).
Vitreous yellow glaze much peeled on both inside and outside.
Gray clay. 3rd. A.D. fill. 2151 Leica ... 25 April 1952 |
Large female head, broken off across neck.
Hair parted at center and carried down over ears. At back of head the hair upswept in a fan-like projection, pierced for suspension.
Earrings.
Ample remains of ... 2 May 1952 |
Part of lower edge preserved, and a small foot, or tying knob, on the back.
Part of an animal with heavy fur, seated.
Pinkish-buff clay.
ADDENDA Cf. T 2401. North of Circular Building, context of II-III ... July 1951 |
Apparently for a medallion or plaque with a flat surface.
Part of face and upper body of draped female figure, facing; her rair elaborately dressed in locks which fall to her shoulder. In the field behind ... 5 June 1952 |
Circular hollow moulded base with feet of figure preserved on top.
Broken at ankles.
Traces of red (perhaps from fill?).
Buff to gray-brown clay, burnt. Upper sand fill north of Base A. 3060 ff. Leica, ... 12 April 1952 |
Mold for shaggy animal, perhaps a boar (or lobster?), such as T 2401.
Two original edges preserved, broken elsewhere.
Note circular break in surface, apparently made before baking. The freshness of the ... 27 February 1953 |
Part of a nude man wrapped in coils of snake at left, a lion, one paw of the man's leg; at right part of three animals.
Broken all around.
White slip, red paint.
Cf. T 552. Exact provenience unknown ... 28 February 1953 (recorded) |
Fragment preserving nose and chin, and most of right side of face.
Grotesque: Fellah or Punchinello.
Eyes pierced.
Probably from a plastic lamp.
Dull purplish-red glaze inside and out, blackened from burning ... 14 April 1953 |
Fragment of mold for part of boar's head.
Original edge preserved on two sides, tapering towards one end.
Heavy fabric.
Buff light pink clay. Dark layer. 2082 Leica ... 22 April 1953 |
Uncertain representation: food or fish (?).
Broken all around.
Red clay, no paint or glaze. Catalogued 1953. No context. Leica ... 1932 |
The front part of the right side of a bird.
Broken all around.
White slip and red paint traces.
Coarse hard reddish clay.
Cf. T 3092. Catalogued 1953. In fill with circular cornice; IV century A. D. 497 ... 12 March 1936 |
Part of original bottom preserved, broken at top.
Small circular base with feet of standing bird, probably cock, in relief.
White slip, traces of red paint.
Brownish-buff clay. On floor of South Stoa ... 29 May 1953 |
Extended right hand, wth heavy cestus (?).
Matte red paint.
Brownish-buff clay. Late Roman fill on drain cover slabs. Leica, LXIX-17 ... 2 April 1954 |
Large eyed animal.
Broken all around.
Brown clay, traces of red and white paint.
ADDENDA Perhaps for a rabbit; cf. T 232, from the same mould. Roman fill beside Byzantine pithos. 4877 Leica ... 20 April 1954 |
Fragment from goat, preserving muzzle and part of beard.
Broken all around.
Red-buff clay.
ADDENDA Sherds from same fill in box 296. Third century A.D. fill. 4807 Leica ... 18 June 1954 |
A hard baked, Roman-looking mold for half of a rounded tall object like a column (?).
Mold for Rod (?). Found in marble pile to east of Civic Offices. Leica ... August 1954 |
Head and some of back of body preserved.
Vent hole at back. Well; container 115. 5789 Leica ... July 1955 |
Head, legs and tail missing.
Left side has very little modelling and may have been attached to something. A heavy roll of clay passes from the right chest across the back.
The right hand horse of a pair ... 29 June 1935 |
Upper (?) part of corner preserved.
On adjacent faces parts of garlands; one half preserved on each side.
Thick white paint decorated with red. Late Roman House, northeast corner, black earth. 328 Leica ... 16 July 1956 |
One leg of object: couch, throne or stand?
Preserved to finished top of seat; projecting sides broken off.
Lion-paw leg with horizontal grooves extending also along cross bar at top. Back of object incised ... 1956 |
Within a herringbone border, Orpheus and the beasts. Preserved are Orpheus' head, hand and some birds.
Very poor impression, back finished.
Hard, dark pinkish-buff clay. Catalogued April 1957. Well O 16:3 ... 9 June 1955 |
Part of head, and body below waist missing.
Dwarf with pierced eyes; he carries something on his left shoulder and looks sharply up to his right.
Red glaze over pink clay.
Plastic lamp (?).
Cf. T 3647 ... 17 March 1958 |
A bent male right arm, broken at both ends and battered.
Dark red-brown glaze paint.
Buff clay, grayish at core. Well B. 905 Leica ... 25 April 1958 |
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