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| From rim and wall of a fairly large bowl, moulded.
Bowl with plain slightly out-turned rim. Two grooves around the rim. On the wall a scale pattern formed of oval depressions.
Colorless glass. Agora sample ... 9 July 1947 |
| Two joining fragments give part of bottom and start of wall.
Group of shallow grooves at outer edge of bottom.
Pale greenish glass with dark blue laminations, appearing as dark blue blobs, inside and out ... 15 July 1947 |
| Handle and immediately adjacent part of wall only preserved.
Projecting thumb-rest and two spurs on handle.
Pale green glass. ΛΖ-ΜΣΤ* Great Drain, gravel. Early Roman. 1067 Leica ... 15 July 1947 |
| Some of neck and mouth missing.
Tall cylindrical neck; the glass doubled over to form a narrow projecting lip. Hemispherical body; flat bottom.
Opaque greenish blue glass. level of Late Roman house, or ... 14 July 1947 |
| Mended from four pieces; profile preserved to inside foot ring.
Ring foot; nearly flat bottom, upturned to form a very low wall; broad flat insloping rim, lightly grooved near inner and outer edges.
Nearly ... July 1947 |
| Small piece from the curving wall of a vase.
Part of a wing (?) and the end of a straight band, added in a second layer of glass. Small dots on the wing.
Thin colorless glass. On pebble mosaic floor. Container ... 11 July 1947 |
| Fragment a): from vertical rim with ridges inside and out.
Fragment b): from flat bottom curving without break into side wall.
Pontil. Bubbles and spirals. Rim polished after folding.
Light blue glass; ... 30 June 1947 |
| Two joining fragments of base and lower wall; no finished edge.
Wheelmade, translucent, dark yellowish -brown. Thin-walled shallow bowl with narrow ribs and slightly concave base. Two narrow horizontal ... 14 July 1947 |
| Single piece of base and lower wall; no finished edge.
Wheelmade; colorless, with pale green tinge. Thin-walled shallow bowl with narrow ribs, flat base.
Context early 1st century AD. Added 9 July 2001 ... 14 July 1947 |
| Single piece of rim and upper wall. (Dropped and broken by Records office in August 2003. Now mended from several fragments.)
Blown glass, translucent yellowish-brown. Slightly everted rim, ground. Vertical ... 14 July 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 |
Obverse : head of Athena right.
Reverse : X, with kernos below.
Cf. Svoronos (1923), class VII or VIII (?). Originally entered as a coin no. 2. Sand fill in Great Drain at south edge of section.
Hellenistic ... 8 March 1947 |
| Broken all around. Fragment from a pan tile.
Dull red glaze on concave side. On the corner side (unglazed) part of a circular stamp, with a horse in relief: head and one foreleg preserved.
Light brown ... 30 July 1947 |
Broken at top and back. Palmette with volutes and tendrils.
Gritty red clay; traces of white stucco. Signature along lower edge in raised letters: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Cf. A 1347 (ΟΟ 469). In late wall over D 1 ... 18 March 1948 |
Small piece, broken all around, from flat tile.
Coarse red clay with bits in it; dirty buff on under surface; red on upper. Stamp incomplete at both ends: Η Θ Υ. Byzantine Kalikia fill, east of Great Drain; ... 20 March 1948 |
Late Roman Red Ware plate rim and wall with part of floor preserved. Flat floor, low ring foot, low wall and flat everted lip.
Rather coarse, reddish clay; dull red glaze, wash inside.
ADDENDA Added ... 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 |
| Fragment from a thin flat circular plaque; preserved is the upper part of a lotus flower ornament in low relief, within a raised band. Above (around) the band, a series of triangular projections.
Apparently ... 8 July 1947 |
| The hair is drawn up into a bow-knot on the top of the head (or is this actually a bow?), and is gathered at the back in a plain projecting .
Earrings. Hair indicated by straight and crosswise grooves ... 15 July 1947 |
A figure with arms folded across the stomach.
The lower part preserved; finished off below the waist.
A hole pierced through on each side above finished lower edge.
White slip, decorated with red lines ... 15 July 1947 |
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