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Messene ... BMC 4, 5.
[Kleiner 1976, p. 19, no. 162.(A--B 19--20:1)] Weight: Broken
Coin no. 14. Great Drain overflow to east and west. Hellenistic sand. Head of Demeter l., wearing wheat wreath. M-E Tripod. 1508, ... 370--280 B.C. |
Dimensions 2.86x1.50x0.70m in depth; stratified fill in rockcut pit (three rockcut steps leading down at one end) which apparently served as a rubbish dump (pottery fragments with carbon and ash). Coins: ... Ca. 410-250 B.C. |
| Mended from several pieces; mouth and part of neck missing, and small pieces from wall.
Pear-shaped bottle. Flat bottom; straight narrow neck.
Light greenish-blue glass. West road and drain; sand fill ... 24 May 1939 |
First interpretation mask of animal or human (?)
Top edge preserved.
Band of hair at top, inner corners of eyes and part of nose with hole pierced through it preserved.
Buff slip, traces of red paint ... 24 May 1939 |
Body of four-legged animal (horse ?).
Head, neck, legs and tail broken away.
Traces of something attached on the back.
No color.
Pinkish clay. Well. Container 5. Leica ... 24 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 |
Fragment preserving the lower left side of face and beard of small grotesque mask.
Rather carefully made. Traces of red color on his face and lips.
Buff clay. Library of Pantainos, stoa colonnade opposite ... 24 May 1939 |
First interpretation: upper part of torso of grotesque female. Consider also other way up: seated figure with knees drawn up (?)
Her right hand on her bell, pendent breasts exposed above her dress.
Pinkish ... 24 May 1939 |
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