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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 |
| Reconstructed cornice block.
Included in the block are the fragments originally numbered A 238 a, A 239 a and b, and A 602.
a) (former A 238 a) Broken away in back and on both sides; part of a small hawk's ... 30 June 1933, June 1935 |
Part of front, top, and right surface preserved. Top front edge broken away.
On right side a rough-picked cutting. Fascia above triglyph.
On top surface, mason's mark: Θ.
Series A 238. Assigned to the ... 14 May 1937 |
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 |
| Part of front, top and smooth finished left side preserved. Hawk's beak molding, top and bottom edges of moldings broken away.
Probably from Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble. Marble pile north of Temple ... 25 June 1951 |
| Stone broken at bottom, right, back and top. Smooth finished left edge with beginning of curved molding near top. Incised lined divide a half circle into twelve units. Lightly scratched letters near center ... 25 June 1951 |
Rough-picked bottom, right side and front preserved. Part of concave surface with arcs marked off by incised lines. Recessed surface outside the concave surface of dial.
Uncertain if conical or spherical ... 2 July 1951 |
| Broken behind; edges somewhat battered. Angular cover tile. Inside rough-picked; water stop band.
From the Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble. Marble pile north of Temple of Ares. Leica, 81-82 PD 960 ... 2 July 1951 |
Broken all around, only front and back surfaces preserved. On back, mason's mark: Α. Face much weathered.
From the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Island (?) marble.
Seems to belong to same series as A ... 31 August 1951 |
Fragment from left end; top and end surfaces partially preserved, showing part of T-clamp cutting, beginning of raised portion at front of step, and the letter Δ.
Considerably worn.
From the Temple of ... October 1952 |
Lower part broken away; top very much worn; raised portion at front almost gone. At right the letter Δ (delta), at left Ι (iota).
Pry, dowel and T-clamp cuttings. The T-clamp cuttings have been recut ... October 1952 |
| Fragment of arris and beginning of flute on each side. From bottom of bottom drum. Final surface of flute originally cut on first 0.034m. from bottom.
From Temple of Ares.
Marble.
See A 238 (Η 441). Brought ... 1953 |
| Front face polished. Broken at both ends, behind and below.
On top, overlapping smooth border, the mason's letters: Η Α Ρ.
From the Temple of Ares.
Pentelic marble.
See A 238 (Η 441).
Exact provenience ... 1953 |
Two fair sized rim fragments and many similar pieces.
Rim has turned back edge, ca. 0.02 wide, and is decorated witih guilloche pattern.
Possibly a pattern on turned backed edge.
Similar to shield fragments, ... 31 July, 1, 3 August 1946 |
a) Preserves the lip, body, and left barb complete;
b) Is lacking the tip and parts of both barbs.
Both are narrow, eongated, and flat, with pronounced and tapering barbs; no median rib.
a) is in good ... 9 May 1951 |
Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
Edges battered, but part of smooth finished surface at top and bottom
Circular cutting off center, in top.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian ... 5 July 1951 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around.
Preserves a bit of face, and a bit of left side.
Nearly illegible.
Pentelic marble. Found in wall of the Roman Building, south of the peribolos of the Twelve Gods ... 22 May 1952 |
Complete.
Round discus with six-pointed star. Rim down sloping, decorated with raised concentric circles. Plain knob handle; underside slightly concave.
No glaze; much worn.
Orange-red clay.
Type XXVIII ... 8 May 1952 |
Nozzle broken, otherwise intact.
Concentric circles on discus; nodules on rim; band of petals above nozzle. Small solid handle. Low raised base.
No glaze.
Pinkish clay.
Type XXVIII (late variety) of Corinth ... 8 May 1952 |
Small cockle-shell lid with a handle pierced to serve as a hinge.
Red glaze, worn.
Orange micaceous clay. Outside N.W. corner of Roman Building, layer I. 1894 Leica ... 17 May 1952 |
| About half of bowl broken, and a large chip missing from stem socket. Blackened and encrusted by use on inside.
Round bowl with no offset from rim; thickened lip; stem socket flattens into reinforcement ... 29 April 1933 |
| The base, most of one wall, and parts of rim and handles restored in plaster. Swelling body; small, nearly straight rim: the shape as P 6417 (Η 610) but much larger. Combination vertical and horizontal ... 13 June 1935 |
Much rotted and broken. Decorated with palmettes, in bands, thus: stripe, maeander, stripe, red stripe, five-deep checker pattern, stripe, three horizontal palmettes, seven-deep checker pattern, stripe, ... 21 March 1936 |
| A handle, one end broken off. Flat rather narrow handle wider at its corners than at the attachment to the bowl. Within a raised frame, smudged relief decoration: rosettes and tendrils. On the frame, white ... 12 July 1947 |
| Medallion: ivy-wreathed bust in high relief. Dull modelling.
Black glaze inside and out.
Cf. P 21625. Pit to east of N.E. corner of Stoa of Attalos; packing of TC drain at foot of north wall of Square ... 6 June 1950 |
| Intact, except for chips. Flat-bottomed pot wth flaring concave sides resembling a kalathos. Plain rim, flat on top. Two short horizontal handles attached below rim.
Decoration: outside, a broad band ... 26 April 1951 |
| Intact. One-handled miniature jug with fairly wide mouth, sharply bulging body, narrow foot. Decoration in bands around rim, neck-shoulder join, point of greatest diameter and foot; wavy zigzag pattern ... 7 May 1951 |
| Intact but for one missing handle and chips. Deeper in proportion to diameter than a normal alabastron and with a marked shoulder angle. Lower walls taper to flat bottom. Out-turned rim. The neck glazed, ... LH III B |
| Mended from seven pieces; complete except for one handle. Narrow lip out-turned and offset; bowl rounded, relatively deep; band handles scarcely rising above rim; tall slender stem; broad foot with circular ... LH III A 1 |
| Intact except chips from lip. One-handled alabastron type. Wide mouth, thin lip flat on top and projecting. Body globular to region of greatest diameter, then tapering to small flattened bottom. Vertical ... LH II A |
| Intact save for chips from rim; the surface worn and powdery. Plump ovoid body; the bottom slightly flattened. Short neck with plain lip and round mouth, slightly flaring. Rolled handle sloping from below ... LH III A-B |
| Jug with Beaked Spout. Fragments of wall and spout missing; mended from many pieces. Broad ovoid body; low raised base. Narrow neck concave in profile, set off from the shoulder by a pronounced ridge ... LH II-III A |
| Jug with Cutaway Mouth. Fragments of handle, neck and walls missing; restored in plaster. Broad almost top-shaped body; low raised base, concave beneath. Ridge around shoulder at base of neck. Band handle ... 9 May 1951 |
| Mended; complete save minor chips. Wide mouth, flat projecting rim, broad neck, vertical band handles on shoulder; broad body tapering to narrow flat base, flaring and slightly concave beneath. The mouth ... LH III A (?) |
| Complete save chip from rim; mended from twelve pieces. Narrow lip out-turned and offset; relatively deep tapering bowl; one high-swung ribbon handle, from rim. Slender stem concave in profile, spreading ... LH III A |
| Intact except for one handle missing, and chips from rim. Fairly high angular profile; flat rim; rounded bottom. Irregular outlines; handsome. Rim, neck and handles glazed; on the shoulder, wave pattern, ... 9 May 1951 |
| Intact except for one handle missing. Squat body, projecting rim rounded on top; bottom flat. Lip and handles glazed; a broad band on the neck above a narrow band on the shoulder; then wave pattern with ... LH III A |
| Complete except for fragments of underside. Squat body, flat bottom. Neck and handles glazed; around top of shoulder three narrow bands; then ivy pattern: a leaf with curving double stem in each panel ... 9 May 1951 |
| Complete except for part of lip and chips; mended from many fragments. Flat spreading body, wide flat rim, set low, the handles rising slightly above it; bottom slightly concave. Rim and handles glazed, ... LH II 8 - (? III A) |
| Complete save minor chips; mended from many fragments. Fairly high curving profile; flat rim and bottom; handles rising just above rim. Rim and handles glazed; band at top of shoulder, then double-line ... LH II A-B |
| Complete except for part of rim and handle, and chips; mended from many pieces. Squat body, slightly curved rim; wide flat bottom. Rim and handles glazed; at top of shoulder four concentric bands. In main ... 9 May 1951 |
| Intact except for small chips. Rim, neck and handles glazed. At top of shoulder, a glazed band; below it, triple-stemmed ivy pattern, with the tip of the leaf touching the neck band. Below, diminutive ... LH III A |
| Complete except one handle and chips; mended from many pieces. Tall slender body tapering to flaring foot, concave beneath; broad mouth with flat slightly sloping rim; a light ridge at the junction of ... LH III A (?) |
| Intact save for missing chip from foot, and piece of rim; mended. Broad body with sharp taper to rather broad offset foot, concave beneath. Wide mouth, flat straight-edged rim, short neck forming continuous ... LH III A (?) |
| Wall fragments and chips of rim missing; mended from many pieces. Short thick body, relatively thick foot flat beneath but showing wheel marks. Broad mouth, flat lip, vertical ribbon handles, double-grooved ... LH III A (early) |
| Jug with Cut-Away Neck. Intact except rim chip and handle, broken but complete. Plump almost double conical body on rather high base, flat beneath. Profile irregular; handmade. Short straight neck, cut ... LH III A (early) |
| Mended from many pieces; complete except for small wall fragments, but the body badly warped so that the fragments at mid-body do not join properly. Body rounded above, then tapering to raised base, slightly ... LH III A 1 |
| Complete except for chip from foot and lip. Mended from three pieces. Narrow offset out-turned lip; two high-swung ribbon handles; very deep tapering bowl. Short stem, double-concave in profile; thin sloping ... LH II |
| Complete but for wall chip; mended from many fragments. Wide mouth, flaring lip; broad body forming double curve to narrow base depressed beneath.
Pinkish-buff clay and slip; undecorated. Finished Mycenaean ... LH III C 1 |
| Small chip missing from foot; otherwise intact. Plump ovoid body; flaring ring foot and flaring rim; narrow neck; band handle. Decoration: lip glazed inside and out; four bands around the neck; horizontal ... 15 May 1951 |
| Front of lip missing, otherwise intact. Plump ovoid body; flaring ring foot and flaring rim; band handle from below rim. Decoration: lip glazed inside; horizontal stripes on handle. Three bands around ... 15 May 1951 |
| Complete but for mouth and foot; mended from several pieces. On shoulder: bars and rays. Body: running maeander right, between dilute glaze stripes. Nike flying right, holding a taenia in outstretched ... Ca. 470 B.C. |
| Complete except mouth and a few wall fragments; mended from several pieces. Thickish cylinder, very slightly concave below shoulder, thick disk foot, slightly tapering. Nothing at the junction of the foot ... Ca. 470 B.C. |
Foot, mouth, and handle missing; mended from several pieces. Narrow body, slightly concave profile below shoulder. On shoulder, bars and rays. Just below shoulder, running maeander right; the rest all ... 9 May 1951 |
Mouth and foot and some wall fragments missing; mended from several pieces. Concave shoulder-flare.
White ground. Decoration: shoulder, bars and rays. Body: running maeander to right; then six large palmettes ... 9 May 1951 |
Foot and mouth missing, mended from several pieces. Slight shoulder flare.
White ground. Shoulder: two circles of rays. Body: above, running maeander to right, band of three-deep check pattern, three ... 9 May 1951 |
Foot, handle, and wall fragments missing; mended from several pieces. Narrow tapering cylinder, definite shoulder flare.
White ground. On shoulder, bars and rays. Body decoration almost entirely disappeared; ... 9 May 1951 |
Shoulder and neck, with handle. Slight groove at join of neck-shoulder.
Decoration on shoulder: five palmettes, three in the middle, one downward in the middle, from which tendrils ending in upright palmettes ... 9 May 1951 |
| Wall fragment from a large lekythos, mended from four pieces. Lower part of scene preserved; left leg of woman(?) standing frontal. Small portion of her himation, painted purple, preserved. Legs of another ... 12 May 1951 |
| Lower body, mended from several pieces; foot missing. Lower part of male figure preserved to thighs, facing right, leaning on staff. Stands on right foot, left foot drawn back, bent at knee. Wears himation, ... 440-430 B.C. |
| Part of rim, one handle, and most of wall profile preserved; mended from nine fragments; three small pieces do not join. Thin walls; slightly flaring lip, relatively deep rounded bowl; horizontal loop ... 28 April 1951 |
a) Half of mouth, small part of shoulder. Flattish projecting rim, thick short neck tapering slightly at base.
b) Wall fragment with attachment of handle at greatest circumference. Pronounced inward curve ... April 1951 |
Most of the upper part preserved and pieces of wall; much mended and very badly worn. Narrow neck, high rising rim; tall and fairly straight-sided body. Decoration visible only on a): lip glazed inside ... 9 May 1951 |
| Three pieces from a large open bowl, straight-sided and with vertical band handle from rim.
a) Part of the wall and out-turned rim, with the start of the broad flat handle.
b) Fragment from the handle ... LH III C |
Most of lip, wall, and foot missing; whole profile preserved. Very fragmentary. Restored in plaster. Out-turned lip, wide deep bowl with slight shoulder angle, thick ring foot. Solid glaze inside, haphazard ... 1st. c. B.C. |
Fragment from shoulder, preserved to slightly below curve and giving start of neck above. On shoulder, tongue pattern alternating red and black. On body, dot-rosettes unincised.
Typical clear buff clay, ... 21 May 1951 |
| Small part of reserved rim preserved. On floor, head, upper body and part of right foreleg of salamander. Row of central dots down head and back, spectacle eyes in thick black glaze around dots.
Surface ... 21 May 1951 |
Broken all around. From closed vessel. Head in high relief, turned slightly to left. Wings(?) on shoulders.
Buff clay; black glaze of which much has rubbed off.
Cf. P 20910: same representation but ... 13 June 1935 |
| Fragment of handle ornament from situla. Preserves face and left side of head of Dionysos, wreathed with vine leaves and clusters; broad fillet.
Pinkish clay with buff surface; no glaze. Roman Building, ... 15 May 1952 |
Intact except for small chip from wall. Ovoid jug on raised base; neck and shoulder form continuous curve; round mouth; rolled rim slightly projecting. Handle, circular in section, from rim to middle of ... LH III e |
Mended from several fragments. Much of foot, body and rim missing, with one handle. Sloping foot, concave beneath, and with a deep central depression. Short stem spreading towards bowl. Nearly vertical ... 27 May 1952 |
Broken all round. Small fragment from lower wall of bowl with start of flat bottom. Red burnished outside; inside red burnished and clay surfaces alternating in stripes, grouped horizontally and vertically ... 29 May 1952 |
Two joining fragments. Broken above; foot chipped. Preserves most of lower end of tapering rhyton with rather swelling and irregular wall. Decorated with horizontal bands of brown-orange paint. Not smoothed ... 27 May 1952 |
Rim fragment. Below lip, a scraped groove. Dolphin leaping over waves; dotted rosette. Below a band of dots.
Pinkish clay; decoration in added clay and white. Room I, layer III (packing of Monument Bases, ... 14 May 1952 |
| Fragment from upper wall of bell krater preserving part of rim (not its edge). Wreath on rim. On wall, capital of a Doric column with a section of cornice set upon it. Necking band, maeander pattern. Partial ... 28 May 1953 |
Base, much of wall and rim; non-joining fragments of rim. In medallion, rosette surrounded by fronds. On wall, kraters, birds' masks, topped by band of spirals and of interlace.
Firm black glaze. Plane-tree ... 28 May 1953 |
| Small wall fragment. Front part of chariot left, seen in perspective; pole and tiny part of tail of one of the drawing animals. Both hands of charioteer holding the reins (once painted). Relief contour ... 17 May 1933 |
| Probably from the body of a skyphos. Fragment preserves one of original edges of trial piece with glaze on the break and about one-third of the circumference of the hole, also glaze-filled.
Rather soft ... (July 1957) |
Floor fragment of plate. Low foot, with a line of rouletting on outside. Two lines of rouletting on floor.
Worn orange-red slip on inside, thin dull wash on outside.
Late Roman Red Ware. Leica PD 3083-196, ... 1964 |
Center of floor of a dish(?). At center, a poorly impressed cross monogram, richly decorated, surrounded by grooves. Underside discolored; brownish.
Late Roman Red Ware. Leica ... 1964 |
| About one-third of bowl preserved; mended into four non-joining fragments. Fragments a) and b) are from the rim; c) from the base; d) from the wall. On floor three (originally four?) crude stamped fishes ... 1964 |
| Two joining fragments preserving small portion of test piece, including portions of one edge and draw-hole. Piece cut from body of unidentified vessel.
Paint on interior and exterior fired black. Most ... 11 June 1935 |
| Intact. Piece cut from body of large wheelmade vessel.
Piece intentionally cut in triangular form. Possibly to serve as kiln wedge or support. For related, but not identical, kiln firing supports of later ... 11 June 1935 |
| Single fragment preserving greater part of handle, perhaps of skyphos.
Piece much distorted and heavily vitrified due to excessive heat.
AS 876. Finished Well. 1086 96-21-11, 94-51-16a, 94-51-17a ... 11 June 1935 |
| Two non-joining fragments perhaps cut from pot and re-formed to current shape. Clearly not a handle, the fragments resemble a rim, but of an unidentified form.
Clay body and reserved surfaces evenly fired ... 11 June 1935 |
| Single fragment preserving parts of at least four edges.
Clay not well-baked, fired closest to pink 7.5YR 8/4-7/4. The piece is conceivably a mold (?). For similar moulds of later date see Hesperia 46, ... 11 June 1935 |
| a) 6 joining fragments.
b) 5 joining fragments.
A total of 11 fragments preserving portion of body of large closed vessel, probably amphora. Fragments only slightly distorted, with the exterior surface ... 11 June 1935 |
| Eleven joining fragments preserving most of base and part of lower wall of amphora, distorted out of shape and slightly vitrified due to misfiring. Vessel in part damaged by contact with another vessel ... August 1965 |
| Fragment of medallion and lower wall, broken all around.
Medallion: six (?)-petaled rosette within two fine ridges with scraped groove between them. Calyx of widely spaced small pointed leaves, within ... June 13, 1935 |
| Front surface and rough-picked back only preserved.
Above a plain surface separated into right and left sides by a pilaster in relief, a small frieze with parts of two standing figures facing left, preserved; ... Hellenistic (?). |
| Broken at neck; end of beard gone; chipped above brow.
Head of herm with archaic hairstyle, long and bound with fillet; locks looped through fillet in front of ear at each temple.
Much worn.
Pentelic ... 19 May 1952 |
| Right leg, broken below knee and above ankle.
Slight vertical ridge on back above ankle and slight roughness on back of calf indicate proximity of something. Heavy weathering on front and proper left side, ... 12 June 1952 |
| Fragment of left wrist and hand pressed close against body.
Reminiscent, in scale and quality, of reliefs from around Altar of Ares, and perhaps from that monument.
Pentelic marble. Finished From marble ... 12 June 1952 |
| Right knee of a kouros of the Sounion type, about one and half life-size.
Broken above and below, the breaks slanting up to the back.
Island marble.
Part of the same statue are:
S 287 (Θ 146), S 530 ( ... Ca. 600-590 B.C. |
| Broken all around. Face much battered, whole surface weathered.
Left side of head of lion with ruff and mane in archaic stylization.
Asymmetry of eyes and mouth suggests relief.
Island marble. From big ... 3rd quarter of 6th c. B.C. |
| Broken off at instep. Big and little toes broken off.
Right foot on sandal sole. A bit of drapery hem preserved on left side. Underside of sole roughly finished. Much weathered.
Cf. Altar of Ares series ... November 1953 |
| Broken off just behind toes.
Part of left foot on thin sandal sole, which is finished on underside.
Cf. Altar of Ares Series.
Pentelic marble. Finished From circled marbles 1935. Leica, LXXV-47 ... November 1953 |
| Flake from shoulder with buttoned chiton sleeve.
Probably back of a left shoulder. The traces of the hand of another figure with fingers resting on the shoulder.
Cf. Altar of Ares series.
Pentelic marble ... November 1953 |
| Fragment preserving folds of a garment (himation?) falling over a rectangular object (post? corner of chair?). At upper right of fragment a corner of the garment, undercut with a small drill, overlaps ... March 1954 |
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