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Homer A. Thompson ... A report on the 1951 excavations presented at the Open Meeting of the ASCSA, March 20, 1952.
Field work was concentrated in the market place proper, and large areas in the west, north central and southeastern ... 9 Apr-31 Aug 1951 |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean graves were excavated in section Ε.
Section Ν was disturbed by late pits, bothroi and walls. Excavation was carried out through Roman levels. The area seemed to have been leveled out and raised ... 4 Mar-31 May 1952 |
| R. C. Wood ... There had been four major Byzantine dwelling units in the northern part of section Ε. Two of them had been removed during earlier campaigns. Excavations manage to establish the outline of the four houses, ... 9 Apr-7 Jul 1951 |
Fragment a), a big block, preserves part of the dressed face, the top and one end; fragment b), a chip, preserves part of the face and end. On both, on the end 0.037m. from edge, a channel, parallel with ... 11 April 1951 |
Fragment of an unfluted column with a simple torus molding at the bottom. Part of dowel hole at center of bottom preserved. Broken above and at both sides, but nearly the full diameter of the shaft is ... 14 April 1951 |
| Small piece from top of top drum.
Relieving surface. Flutes beginning to curve slightly outward at top. Two flutes and one arris preserved.
Temple of Ares series.
Pentelic marble. In demolition of north ... 16 April 1951 |
Small fragment preserving a little of face and of joint surface. Channel for lead in joint, 0.038m. in from outer face.
Temple of Ares series.
Pentelic marble. Recovered from stones used to fill up foundations ... 20 April 1951 |
Broken at bottom and back, on left, and at tip. At right projection, ca. 0.035m. beyond palmette, ending in finished surface. Roman cement clinging to surface shows double reuse. Palmette antefix carved ... 23 April 1951 |
| A little of under surface, and some of face preserved, with a trace of the start of the molding above.
From the Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. epikranitis of the Temple of Hephaistos, H. 0.207m ... 3 May 1951 |
| Six fragments, non joining, but believed to come from the same block.
a) Fragment of right end, broken along left side and back. Hawk's beak on front projects 0.028m. In the higher back part is a clamp ... 9 May 1951 |
Three joining fragments preserved about half the lower face of the block, with fillet, and of the coffer and coffer molding.
On one outer edge, the finished surface of a cutting.
Pentelic marble.
ADDENDA ... 8 May 1951 |
Broken at back and left end. Top much worn, as block was used as a door sill (see post and pivot holes at right end).
Parts of mason's marks preserved - seem to be Γ Γ. These are ca. 0.41m. apart on centers ... 9 May 1951 |
| Broken on both sides and bottom.
On top mason's marks, the letters Γ Δ, facing inside.
From the Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble. Byzantine walls along road between Gymnasium and Byzantine Houses to west ... 9 May 1951 |
| There still remains a little of the bronze terme, and of the lead in which it was set. Shape of the base roughly triangular, with corners shorn off, and slightly concave sides.
Limestone.
Cf. A 1821 (Ζ ... 25 May 1951 |
Broken top, left and right. Face polished, back rough-picked, bottom surface treated for joining.
From the Temple of Ares.
White marble. Marble dump by N.E. corner of Metroon. Leica ... 30 May 1951 |
Surface preserved on two sides.
Channel for lead 0.045m. in from edge.
From Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble. Marble pile S.W. of Temple of Ares. Leica ... 5 July 1951 |
Broken all around, only some mane and a bit of ear and part of piercing for spout remain.
From Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble. Marble pile S.W. of Temple of Ares. Leica ... 5 July 1951 |
| Upper part of L-shaped corner post, broken above, below and on right.
Protuberance at center of back.
From the balustrade of the Eponymous Heroes; incorporated in the restored balustrade.
Poros. Found ... 5 July 1951 |
| Broken above, in back, and at sides. Lion's head mostly missing. Anathyrosis on under side.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Parian (?) marble.
Same as: A 1570, A 1778, A 1899, A 1903, A 1967, A ... July 1951 |
| Broken at left, and in back below. Joint preserved at right end. Very badly weathered. Trace of astragal molding along top of face.
From the Temple of Hephaistos (?).
Island marble.
ADDENDA Weathering ... July 1951 |
| Broken above and to left. Preserves right end of block with anathyrosis band.
Mutule broken away. On face and above via, red paint.
From the Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble. Found at J/10-7/18 (Fall 2016) ... 19 April 1951 |
| Seems quite complete.
Made in one piece with circular base.
Face plump, beardless; hair short.
Cf. B 132 Χάλκινη μικροσκοπική Ερμαϊκή στήλη. Σχεδόν ακέραια. Just north of vanished north wall of Byzantine ... 24 April 1951 |
Broken off near tip.
Pierced with eye.
(Two fragments April 1998, July 2000) Mycenaean grave B. 1387 Leica ... 24 April 1951 |
| Obverse : Athena Head right, with close fitting crested helmet.
Reverse : Λ with kalathos to left.
Cf. Svoronos (1923), class VIII, pl. 102, no. 26, 40. Originally entered as coin no. 24. North of the ... 17 July 1931 |
Obverse : illegible.
Reverse : Bakkhos ring
Cf. Svoronos (1923), class VIII, pl. 102, no. 30. Originally entered as coin no. 1. Footing trench of Hellenistic Metroon. Leica ... 4 April 1935 |
Inscribed fragment.
Parts of crowning member of naiskos; face and rabetted bottom surface preserved; broken above towards front, at back and at sides.
Inscription on a plain band below mouldings now broken ... 20 April 1951 |
Inscribed fragment.
Back surface not preserved, but some of the right side remains on both pieces.
Mended from two pieces; split lengthwise.
A little of the right side remains; other faces broken.
Space ... 23 April 1951 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken at back and both sides.
Bottom surface chisel-dressed, with anathyrosis band; top surface dressed smooth with trace of something broken off along the back.
Parts of three lines ... 8 May 1951 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken at top, back, left side and bottom.
Right face dressed with chisel.
"POLETAI" record.
Parts of twenty lines of the inscription preserved; roughly stoichedon.
Margin to the right ... Second half of 4th. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around.
At top, beginning of moulding preserved.
Seventeen lines of the inscription preserved.
Space between lines: ca. 0.003m.
Pentelic marble.
ADDENDA Joins I 656. Finished ... 175/4 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Thin sliver, broken all around.
Fragments of four lines of the inscription preserved; apparently stoichedon.
Space between lines: ca. 0.003m.
Bluish-white marble. Found in mid. Roman ... 14 May 1951 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Front half of body of vase-shaped monument preserved, much battered and weathered.
A seated woman, facing left, extends her right hand to a woman standing in front of her. Behind the ... 18 May 1951 |
Inscribed fragment.
Broken on three sides; right edge remains in part.
Ruled lines enclose letters.
Honoring Antioches IV Epiphanes.
Parts of seventeen lines of the inscription preserved.
Space between ... 175-163 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of top of stele.
Pedimental top almost intact.
Shaft broken clean below; back worn smooth by traffic.
Archonship of Lysitheides; stoichedon.
White marble with bluish veins. Found in ... 246/5 B.C. |
| Large bow-fibula with rather narrow flat catch-plate.
Other end of bow twisted in a circle to form a spiral spring.
Much rusted and stuck by corrosion to IL 496 (I 1723). Grave 6: found in burial amphora ... 12 June 1936 |
| Seven fragments of a pin with a spherical ball on shaft.
ADDENDA, May 2002: Six pieces found; smallest piece missing. Agora sample no. 643. Protogeometric grave. nestled in Ethafoam pad, 20% RH
with gloves ... 4 May 1951 |
Shaft broken in many places.
Sphere on top of shaft which is probably complete. A small bit of unidentifiable bronze, which disappeared in cleaning, perhaps was part of a disk-head.
The sphere in its present ... 22 May 1952 |
Preserved in three pieces.
Catch-plate very well preserved. Two corroded lumps from bow, now almost amorphous.
Cf. IL 495. Catalogued 1958. Protogeometric Grave.
Found adhering to jaw of skeleton (AA ... 4 May 1951 |
Complete; slightly squashed.
Elliptical seed-like head, pierced lengthwise. Lengthwise ridges. Mycenaean Grave C. 1388-1399 Leica PD 1200-24 ... 31 March 1952 |
Broken at both ends.
Preserves simple curved rod, which originally thought to be a fragment from a silver pin. Mycenaean Grave C. 1388-1399 Leica ... 31 March 1952 |
Fragment of top.
Wave pattern on rim; on discus, shaggy bearded and horned head: Pan or satyr.
Solid handle, triple grooved above.
Unglazed.
Red clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection. Αrea East of Great ... 5 May 1951 |
Broken above and on left side and at back.
Apparently part of the roughly oblong oil-container at the bottom of the lamp. Flat beneath.
Plastic face at end of plain wall of clay.
Chin on level of bottom ... 11 May 1951 |
Chip out of discus and out of bottom; otherwise intact.
Plain discus, short round nozzle, nodules on rim.
Red glaze over white underpaint.
Brown micaceous clay.
Type XXV of Corinth collection. Area East ... 7 May 1951 |
Mended from several pieces; two chips missing from body.
Rosette on discus, concentric circles on rim. Unpierced handle. On bottom, within two concentric circles, a branch.
Dark purplish-brown glaze.
Brown ... 5 May 1951 |
| Spherical bead, slightly flattened at top and bottom, pierced vertically.
Slightly diagonal incisions at top and bottom; around middle, seven groups of two concentric circles, and one small single circle ... 4 May 1951 |
Intact.
Pyramidal, with graffito.
Plain at bottom with four flat sides tapering to slightly rounded top. Longer sides pierced with hole at top.
Marked with an incised letter X on one side.
Orange buff ... 1 July 1967 |
| Fragmentary; restored in plaster. No direct join between the base fragments and the more complete upper part. Restored in plaster. A small bit only of the lip reserved. The inside glazed to ca. 0.055m ... 21 March 1934 |
Mended from five pieces. Profile complete. (One frag. from 23/Ζ.) Leica PD 3083-185, DA 10003 ... 12 April 1934 |
Many fragments missing; three rim pieces do not join. Heavy base ring; deeply concave floor; rim finished with a roundel above.
Rather coarse brown clay covered all over with a red wash which is thicker ... 16 April 1936 |
Two joining pieces preserve full profile. Ring foot; thickened lip, overhanging. On inside, very shallow broad groove separates floor from side; in center of floor within a circle a stamped bird.
Thick ... 1947 |
| Mended from many pieces; about half missing, with one handle. Plump alabastron with high neck and narrow out-turned rim. Rim, neck and handles glazed. Below the neck, two narrow glazed lines, then a broad ... 24 April 1951 |
| Very badly broken; many small scraps do not join. Most of body and all of neck, mouth and handles missing. A small non-joining fragment of rim remains. Wave pattern on body; concentric circles on bottom ... 24 April 1951 |
Very badly broken. Neck, mouth and shoulder missing. Several small fragments do not join. Partly restored in plaster. Flat bottom; plump rounded body; vertical handle from shoulder. Undecorated.
Covered ... 24 April 1951 |
Much broken and much missing. Lip and top of handle, fragments of shoulder and scraps of the rest of the vase are preserved. Round-mouthed, wide-bodied jug; broad band handle from rim. Handle lightly double-grooved ... 24 April 1951 |
Rim fragment of a large amphora.
Incribed inside.
Good black glaze inside and out; upper face of rim reserved. Byz. wall, house C, room 1. 1119 Leica ... 19 April 1951 |
| Handle, neck, trefoil mouth , and part of body preserved in two large pieces; three scraps do not join. Restored in plaster. Trefoil-mouthed oinochoe with ovoid body and a band handle from lip. Lip glazed ... 4 May 1951 |
| Mouth, handle, complete profile of body, and foot preserved; many pieces missing from body, and all of center of foot. Plump ovoid jug on flaring ring foot; short neck continuous with plain slightly flaring ... 4 May 1951 |
| Most of wall and lip missing; conical foot missing. One fragment of lip does not join. Restored in plaster. Rounded wall drawn in slightly below faintly flaring lip. Strap handle from rim. Solid black ... 4 May 1951 |
| Two major fragments and five small non-joining pieces; nothing of the foot. Restored in plaster. Black glaze inside; reserved lip. Outside, the lip glazed. Handle zone bordered above by a single glazed ... 4 May 1951 |
Fragment of neck, broken above and below and chipped; roots of handles preserved. Minor part of the beginning of the mouth preserved. Between handles, on back and front, painted standing draped female ... 7 June 1951 |
Fragment of ring foot of skyphos(?); black glaze on floor and wall; foot reserved.
Inscribed on floor. Area east of Great Drain, south section, layer I, just to west of Great Altar. 1429 Leica ... 12 May 1951 |
Three joining fragments preserve small segment of rim, wall and floor of a Samian A bowl. Center of floor missing. Small, flat-floored bowl on false ring foot; oblique wall; overhanging rim, rounded on ... 10 March 1952 |
| Wall fragment from bell krater. Broken all around. Part of two heads, both in profile to right. On the left, face of woman. On the right, head, complete to just above chin, of boy wearing a wreath. Relief ... 1 April 1952 |
Mended from many joining fragments. About half of mouth, base and part of lower body, and one handle missing. Neck and shoulder covered with red to brown glaze, glaze circle around base of neck. On body, ... 31 March 1952 |
| Mended from many fragments. Preserves about one-third of body and greater part of foot. Fragments missing. Slightly offset rim, sturdy stem, spreading foot, hollow at center underneath. Two vertical strap ... 3 April 1952 |
Six joining fragments preserve body of small shallow saucer. Foot missing; chips gone from rim. Rim flat above, slightly offset.
Pink clay; polished creamy slip(?). Grave F, Mycenaean. 1466 Leica, 83-568 ... 3 April 1952 |
Three joining fragments; complete. Very slightly concave base. Band handle. Rim, handle, and concentric circles around foot in darker glaze than the thinned orange on body.
Pinkish clay, covered with ... 3 April 1952 |
Many small fragments preserve handle, part of neck and body of a squat jug. Greatest diameter of body clearly articulated. Vertical strap handle to flaring rim.
Gritty brown clay. Streaky brown glaze ... 3 April 1952 |
Many joining fragments preserve most of a deep bowl with straight rim and small ring foot. Two concentric circles incised on bottom under foot. Horizontal rolled handle. Orange glaze on rim, and on body ... 3 April 1952 |
| Many joining fragments preserve neck and part of body of squat lekythos; strengthened with plaster. Two women, one standing on left, facing one seated on right. Between them above, mirror, and below, bird ... 1 April 1952 |
Single floor fragment; no trace of foot. On floor, two pairs of concentric grooves separating a circular band of concentric circle stamps from a central pattern of radiating palm leaf(?) stamp.
Granular ... (1931) |
Single fragment of center of floor; no trace of foot. On floor, four concentric grooves, within, stamped design: eight-spoked wheel enclosed within square; the pattern impressed once at center and probably ... (1931) |
Fragment of wall and rim. Small Samian cup (originally with flat floor and raised base); oblique wall; everted, rounded lip, deeply grooved at outer edge; rouletting on vertical face of lip. For shape ... 1932 |
| Fragments missing from lower wall; restored in plaster. Squat ovoid body; low foot, slightly hollowed beneath; flaring lip, lightly thickened and rounded on outer face. Handle from lip. Shoulder glazed ... 22 May 1952 |
| Profile complete; most of sides of trefoil mouth missing and gaps in neck and body; restored in plaster. Ovoid body, flaring foot, deeply hollowed beneath. Decoration as P 22259 (Ε 698), except three narrow ... 22 May 1952 |
Single fragment of foot and floor. From a platter with large, high ring foot. Exterior of foot marked with two broad bands of rouletting and horizontal grooves.
Granular reddish clay; reddish glaze on ... 1932 |
Small fragment of wall and rim. From a bowl with rounded wall and everted horizontal rim, convex on top. Inside, the wall continues up above the rim as a vertical flange.
Granular reddish clay; good ... 25 July 1931 |
Small fragment of wall and rim. From a large plate with floor sloping upward and thickened rim.
Granular reddish clay with a few white bits; good orange-red glaze inside and on exterior of rim.
Cf ... 1931 |
Small fragment of rim and floor. From a large plate with floor sloping slightly upward to a thickened horizontal rim which is convex on top.
Granular orange-red clay with bits; good reddish glaze inside ... 1931 |
About one-third of floor and foot preserved. From a bowl with rounded wall and low ring foot. A ridge on the floor just outside the position of the foot. At center of floor a stamp, partly preserved: cross ... 1931 |
Wall fragment, broken all around, preserving beginning and end of inscription and seal of Athena head.
Characteristic clay and glaze. East of Great Drain, about 3.0m., opposite N.E. corner of Metroon, ... 28 May 1953 |
| Broken all around. On exterior, head and body of a nude bearded man, right arm akimbo, left outstretched: dancing(?). No relief contour. From tray of miscellaneous sherds. Leica ... 1931 |
Broken all around. From wall of an amphora(?); good glaze inside. The graffito is in the spaces between the decorations.
From tray of miscellaneous sherds. Leica, 82-573 PD 1091-121, PD 1133-24(F 225) ... 1931 |
| Broken all around. Sphinx facing left; head, legs, hind part missing. Part of a glazed band preserved inside.
Buff-pink clay with impurities and air bubbles. Opening a hole for a tree near Great Drain ... 14 February 1955 |
Wall fragment from a large pot. At left, part of a large dotted rosette. Hind leg of an animal to right, with incision. Three lines and hanging hooks below.
Dull black glaze. Stoa pit G, layer 4, box ... March 1934 |
Rim fragment. Flat projecting rim with thickened edge. On rim, fat birds to left; compact rosettes. On edge, blobs. Mended in antiquity.
For the shape cf. P 3434, for the style the Polos P. and his companions ... June 1931 |
| Part of center of floor and beginning of stem showing reserved bands and moulding. Left hand and knee of a warrior holding a shield, seen in three-quarter view; decorated on the inside with a wreath and ... 18 July 1931 |
a) Flaring neck thickend outside, with step-maeander. Glaze, then bands. On neck, tops of maeander, incised. Red glaze.
b) Three joining fragments. Step-maeander between bands. Stoa pit B, layer V. Level ... (September 1958) |
Broken all around. From neck of a black glazed mug. Graffito on outside. Surface in front of N.E. corner of Hellenistic Metroon. Leica PD 1133-35(G 12) ... 1962 |
Fragment of "Late Roman Red" dish. About one-third preserved; mended into two pieces. Late Roman dish fragments. a) Rim to wall preserved in three joining fragments; base missing. Chipped around the rim ... June 1962 |
Fragments of "Late Roman Red" bowl. Rim fragments. Heavy flat-topped rolled rim. No decoration.
Late Roman. Late Roman filled gully. Leica PD 3083-142, DA 10001 ... June 1962 |
| Late Roman C fragment from rim and wall. Steeply rising wall, semi-flanged rim, with small beading at its inner edge. Undecorated. Finished Late Roman filled gully. Leica PD 3083-356, DA 10007 ... June 1962 |
Floor fragment of dish. Low foot, groove on underside of base. On floor, edge of a central stamped motif preserved, surrounded by two grooves.
Late Roman Red Ware. Selected sherds, 1932. Leica PD 3083-129, ... 1964 |
Fragment of foot of a large plate. High and vertical, with two grooves on the outer face. Fine ware with smooth surfaces; orange-red slip on floor.
Late Roman Red Ware. Leica PD 3083-136, DA 10001 ... 1964 |
Fragment of floor of dish. Flaring foot, fairly high. Two grooves on floor; recessed band around edge of floor. Bright orange-red slip on inside only.
Late Roman Red Ware. Selected sherds, 1932. Leica ... 1964 |
From rim and wall of bowl. Rolled rim, flattened on top. Damaged orange-red slip.
Late Roman Red Ware. Waage's sherds. Leica PD 3083-182, DA 10003 ... 1964 |
Floor fragment of dish. Thin, fairly high foot. Several grooves on floor, surrounding a band of almond-shaped stamped motifs.
Late Roman Red Ware. Leica PD 3083-126, DA 10001 ... 1964 |
Floor fragment of dish(?). Narrow band of stamped palm branches, enclosed by grooves.
Fine orange-red clay with pinkish tinge; thin smooth slip.
Late Roman Red Ware. Selected sherds, 1932. Leica ... 1964 |
| Over half preserved in many fragments. Short incurving rim. Three poorly stamped S-shaped motifs on floor, surrounded by a groove.
Over-fired; deep purplish-red slip, tending to flake off.
Late Roman ... 1964 |
Over half of rim and wall preserved with a small piece of base attached; strengthened with plaster. Faint rouletting on rim. No stamped decoration preserved.
Late Roman C. Cf. H-I 7-8:1. Burnt layer ... 1964 |
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