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Byzantine ... Broken Pithos at 23/ΙΓ |
| Jar with concave profile, in so far as preserved, with thickening of wall towards interior at bottom (or top). White ground, decoration painted in black: broad band of Kufic, framed by circumference stripe ... Context mid 13th c ... Forum southwest, Pithos 1 |
| Mask or plaque of grotesque face with heavily wrinkled nose, drooping mustache, and sneering mouth. Nostrils unpierced, mouth closed. Grayish-white slip Soft yellowish-pink clay with frequent small oblong ... Determined by deposit index based on coins and lamps ... Fragment. Single frgt., preserving nose and half of mouth; broken on all sides. Hole worn |
Constantinople ... Romanus I ... AE +ROMAN/BAS ILEUS ROM Bust of Romanus I facing bearded, wearing chlamys with tablion and heavy crown with cross in r. hand scep[tre, in l., gr-cr. +RVMA N]ENUEVbA SILEYSRV MA]IVN four line inscription ... AD 931 - AD 944 ... cf. DOC III.2 p563 (as broken BAS ILEUS) |
25 May 1957 ... Broken Pithos; South Courtyard #2 |
12 A.D ... Broken Pithos at 30/Κ |
Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around.
Only smooth front and rough picked back preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in wall of Byzantine pithos. Leica ... 3 June 1970 ... Found in wall of Byzantine pithos ... Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around.
Only smooth front and rough picked back |
| Broken Pithos after removal. [After basket 50] ... Marcie Handler ... northwest ... 2 Jul 2001 ... Broken Pithos after removal. [After basket 50] |
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