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| Rodney S. Young ... Excavation continued in section ΝΝ with the aim of clearing the area for the new museum. Because of the unforeseen depth of filling, the area remained unfinished.
Several features were dug and examined ... 10 Mar-3 Nov 1947 |
| Wheel ballot with pierced hub.
Inscribed around edge. On the opposite face, a small roughly rectangular stamp, containing a letter in relief ? Λ or N ? 76-79/Great Drain.
In loan to Barcelona (Museum Caixa ... 9 May 1947 |
Small rectangular block of bronze, almost square.
Inscribed on the upper face with the symbols of three drachmas (?)
(After cleanning this would seem to be four drachmas). 76-79/Great Drain Great Drain, ... 9 May 1947 |
| From the wall of a moulded bowl, ribbed outside.
Blue and white striations. Brown fill. Early Roman level over Roman drain in area west of Areopagus. 4555 Leica ... 16 May 1947 |
| Rim and upper body fragment.
Bowl with shallow bottom and vertical rim; ribbed below rim.
Mold made of bluish glass. Cistern in the area west of the Areopagus, upper early Roman fill.
1st c. A.D. Leica, ... 25-26 April 1947 |
| Apparently complete.
Along bottom of front face a rough slightly projecting surface at level for setting into ground.
Limestone or hard gray poros. Brought in 1947; length and thickness cannot be measured ... 27 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in Byzantine context in the industrial area, east of the Great Drain. 4888 Leica, 89-28-20, ... 3 June 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of wall and rim preserved.
Plain rim, flat on top.
Inscribed on upper face of rim.
Island (?) marble. Found clearing modern surface in Roman House A, southwest of the Market Square ... 14 June 1947 |
Complete.
Late variety: grooved pierced handle like that of type XXVIII.
Stubby nozzle with flattened heart-shaped top. Small globules on body and top. Low ring foot; inside it, three spokes of globules, ... 9 May 1947 |
Globules on lower body and rim, with pseudo-volutes near base of nozzle.
Grooved handle, pierced.
On the bottom, three raised grooved dots, and two smaller dots forming a kind of clover-leaf, all within ... 28 May 1947 |
Intact.
On the discus, a stylized boukranion beside a small altar. Traces of a signature, now illegible, on the bottom.
On the rim panels, and a double circle of dots. Handle grooved and pierced.
Unglazed ... 29 May 1947 |
Mended from several pieces; fragments of rim and discus missing.
Rim, plain, with a single circle of depressed dots at the inner edge, and concentric grooves to discus. Small sharply sunken discus with ... 29 May 1947 |
| Intact except for horizontal strap handle at back missing.
Raised base, slightly concave beneath. Scraped groove around narrow rim.
Inscribed on one side and on the other, upside down to the lamp, and ... 29 May 1947 |
Complete except for vertical handle.
Small squat lamp, the plain rim separated from the plain concave discus by three ridges. Two raised dots at throat of nozzle; end of nozzle raised: slightly higher ... 30 May 1947 |
Intact.
Typical globules on top and lower body; typical volutes at nozzle; high ridged handle.
On the reverse, the typical "alpha" in relief.
Red clay with red to black wash over all.
Type XX of Corinth ... 30 May 1947 |
Complete except for chip from nozzle.
No handle. Plain rim; plain slightly concave discus; short nozzle, its upper surface raised slightly above rim.
Reverse, low base ring simulated by grooves.
Unglazed ... 30 May 1947 |
Body fragments, end of nozzle, and ornamental end of handle missing.
Low ring foot and deep body; voluted nozzle with relief rosette on upper face. Flat discus surrounded by ring of dots, and grooves ... 5 June 1947 |
The front part, with the unbridged nozzle. Narrow flat rim.
Black glaze inside and on rim, with a reserved band around outer edge of rim.
Type 6A of Agora collection. Group E.
ADDENDA Restored since ... 7 June 1947 |
Horizontal band handle at back, and end of nozzle missing.
Ring foot; two ridges on the down-sloping top.
Black glaze inside only.
Type V (third Variety) of Corinth collection, type 24A' of Agora collection ... 10 June 1947 |
Small fragments missing.
Collar through center; no handle. Low base; five neat grooves and ridges around edge of rim. The base and the grooved rim reddened with miltos; otherwise good black glaze, worn, ... 12 June 1947 |
| Roughly circular.
Side A: in relief an impression of a standing semi-draped figure, left, mantle or scarf blown above head. At right end of mantle a round disk, at left a star (?).
Side B: plain. Red Hellenistic ... 9 May 1947 |
| Side A: the letter alpha (A) enclosed in a circle.
Side B: standing draped figure, left, holding uncertain object (spindle or thyrsos ?) in raised right hand. East of Roman bath, east of wall and floor ... 6 June 1947 |
From a black glazed one-handler rim. The stump of a handle preserved; the rim flat on top, slightly projecting. Good red glaze inside; streaky red to black outside; the upper face of the lip, the inside ... 24-25 April 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised outside: Water-washed sand. 4449 Leica ... 6 May 1947 |
The vertical handle at the side and part of the body and rim missing. Heavy base, rising to form a low wide stem. Plain round mouth and feeding nozzle. The top reserved and decorated with petals around ... 7 May 1947 |
Neck and rim of a calyx cup. No trace of handle preserved. Short neck, set off from the shoulder by a groove; plain out-turned lip. Around the neck, in terracotta paint and white, checkerboards and diminishing ... 8 May 1947 |
From the wall of a plain amphora; mended from two pieces.
Incised outside:
Joins P 18492. Ostrakon fill: sand or red(?) Leica ... 29-30 April 1947 |
From the wall of a plain pot.
Incised outside: red clay, creamy surface. Ostrakon fill: sand or red(?) Leica ... 29-30 April 1947 |
| Rim fragment. The edge of the lip reserved. Head of a female (n.b. lock of hair over left ear), left, playing the double flutes. Traces of a fillet or wreath with three leaves at the front, in added red ... 10 May 1947 |
| Fragmentary; the profile complete. Restored in plaster. Deep bowl on high ring foot; steep sides; nearly vertical rim; foot grooved underneath. Decoration in terracotta paint and white, with incision ... 30 April 1947 |
| Part of the floor of a small Western Sigillata bowl with ring foot.
Stamp at center of floor:
Firm dark red glaze. Brown fill, early Roman. 4514 Leica, 93-41-8 PD 1172-7 ... 13 May 1947 |
Fragment from a black figure skyphos. Outside, black glaze below, then reserved, with a glaze band.
Incised inside:
Good black glaze inside.
ADDENDA: according to Agora XXV, possibly Themistokles. Roman ... 13 May 1947 |
Intact. Motto mug-type; high flat base; wide mouth, round body and straight rim.
Dull red glaze over all; somewhat peeled. Well, boxes 4-5. 4542 Leica, LXIII-65 ... 28 May 1947 |
| Intact. Flat bottom and straight side wall; upward sloping shoulder, ribbed; narrow neck with plain slightly flaring lip; ridged vertical handle, base of neck to edge of shoulder. Mould-made in two pieces, ... 30 May 1947 |
Complete. Long pointed body ending in a flat toe; narrow neck with thickened rim. Handles, shoulder to middle of neck.
Pinkish-buff clay; unglazed. Hellenistic fill with kouklas; koukla factory fill ... 31 May 1947 |
Fragment of the foot of a black glazed kylix.
Incised on the upper surface: Between Mycenaean grave and drain A; early fill at road surface. 4874 Leica ... 2 June 1947 |
Front part of neck and trefoil mouth missing. Ring foot and shallow grooved body; deep grooves on handle.
Incised on shoulder at front:
Pinkish clay, unglazed. Well, box 7. 4545 Leica PD 1133-43(Hd ... 2 June 1947 |
Fragment from the rim of an amphora; the edge of the lip reserved.
Incised outside:
Black glaze. Mixed to Hellenistic fill east of retaining wall. 4880 Leica ... 3 June 1947 |
Complete except for round holes in shoulder front and back. Typical shape and ribbing.
Incised under the handle:
Micaceous red clay. Well, box 15. 4546 Leica, LXIX-54 ... 3 June 1947 |
Joins P 17971. Rim fragment of a black glazed mug(?).
Incised outside:
Good glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 195, p. 250. Clearing over ostrakon fill. 4940 Leica PD 1133-18(F 78) ... 5 June 1947 |
Small piece from the base of a black glazed kylix; torus edge reserved.
Incised underneath: Clearing over ostrakon fill. 4940 Leica ... 5 June 1947 |
From the mid-part of a stand for a large lebes gamikos. Parts of the figures of four women preserved. One nude (white) has bracelets and a girdle in added clay; she seems to be holding some drapery which ... 5 June 1947 |
From the bottom of a bowl with ring foot.
Incised inside the foot:
Good black glaze inside and out. Loose brown Hellenistic fill. 4802 Leica PD 1133-22(F 173) ... 28 May 1947 |
| The handle missing at one side, and the end of the spouted mouth; also many small body fragments and chips; the pot warped and the fabric flaky. Low ring foot. Groups of bands around foot; around widest ... 5 June 1947 |
Complete except for chip from spout and one body fragment. Squat body, shallow convex on bottom, slightly pointed toward top. Diagonally upwards pointed spout; strap handle. On the lower part the thin ... 5 June 1947 |
One handle and small body fragments missing. Low ring foot. Solid glaze, and bands, above foot; bands around shoulder, at neck and below handles; on shoulder, groups of vertical strokes between the handles ... 5 June 1947 |
Body fragments, most of the rim, and one handle missing. Plain rim; small flattened bottom. Band handles, shoulder to rim.
Coarse purplish-gray clay with large black and white grits; unglazed. No. 4 ... 5 June 1947 |
High, almost conical foot plain rim and one band handle.
Warm brownish clay with grits; reddish slip or glaze much peeled.
Handmade? No. 5. Mycenaean tomb. 4908 Leica, XXVII-75 ... 5 June 1947 |
Complete except for minor chips from mouth and neck. Convex bottom and rounded body; plain flaring rim and round mouth; two vertical band handles, shoulder to rim.
Buff clay, rather coarse and slightly ... 5 June 1947 |
Three non-joining fragments of a goblet(?) with out-turned rim; nothing of the base preserved. Vertical handle, set below rim.
Thin fabric of buff clay; badly peeled red glaze inside and out. No. 7 ... 5 June 1947 |
Two non-joining fragments, one from the upper body and rim, the other (much mended) from lower body. Outward turned rim.
Buff clay with grits; unglazed. No. 8. Mycenaean tomb. 4911 Leica ... 5 June 1947 |
| Lower part of a small Sigillata bowl with plain ring foot and flaring wall.
Stamped at the center of the floor:
Brownish clay; rather dull red glaze.
Cf. Iliffe I (1936), p. 28. Early Roman sand ... 6 June 1947 |
About one-quarter of the lid of a water pipe cleaning hole. Thin glaze wash inside.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4949 Leica, XXXIII-52 PD 636-17 ... 6 June 1947 |
Fragment from lower attachment of a vertical handle from a large pot glazed inside (amphora?). The handle unglazed; a glaze band at the attachment.
Incised up outer face of handle: Red gravelly fill ... 6 June 1947 |
From the wall of an amphora covered with streaky glaze wash and horizontal bands.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4949 Leica ... 6 June 1947 |
| From the base of a krater with double torus moulding. Black glaze.
Incised on upper face:
Joins P 19209 (joined) and P 22992 (two ostraka from the same pot). Fragment ΝΝ 2899: Red gravelly fill with ... 6 June 1947 |
| Fragment from a neck amphora? Glazed inside to base of neck. Head of a bearded man left; fillet in added purple; above, at junction with neck, band of tongues. Relief contour for nape, neck and shoulder ... 6 June 1947 |
| From the wall of a closed pot. On the outside, part of a siren, right, with purple additions and incised detail. Incised rosette.
Attic clay. Reddish brown earth over west part of Mycenaean tomb. 4934 ... 7 June 1947 |
| From the upper wall and rim of a large heavy semi-glazed krater; black glaze inside and on rim.
Incised inside, twice over: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4955 Leica, 84-8-36 PD 1104-1a ... 7 June 1947 |
Fragment from a tile. Poor peeled brown glaze on one side.
Incised on the glazed side: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4955 Leica ... 7 June 1947 |
| Rim and upper wall fragment from a krater of semi-glazed type, but apparently never glazed.
Incised inside: Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Καλλιξένου Αριστονύμου. Προέρχεται από το χείλος και το σώμα κρατήρος ... 7 June 1947 |
| Part of the base of a small semi-glazed krater; base slightly concave beneath. Firm red glaze inside and on outer face of base.
Incised on underside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4955 Leica PD 1104-5b ... 7 June 1947 |
Part of the floor and stem of a black glazed kylix.
Incised on the floor: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4955 Leica ... 7 June 1947 |
From the wall of a semi-glazed krater.
Incised outside:
Chipped red glaze inside. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4955 Leica ... 7 June 1947 |
Two non-joining fragments from the bottom of a black glazed skyphos, put together with plaster. A third fragment added later.
Incised inside. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4955 Leica ... 7 June 1947 |
Wall fragment of an amphora with streaky glaze wash and horizontal bands.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4955 Leica ... 7 June 1947 |
From the wall of a banded amphora?
Incised outside:
Buff surface; thin brown glaze, or deposit, inside. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
From the wall of a thick coarse amphora.
Incised outside:
Red clay; dark red surface, perhaps a wash? Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
From the wall of a pot with good black glaze outside, thin streaky brownish glaze inside.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
From the wall of an amphora; black glaze, and the edge of a purple band outside.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised outside:
Micaceous buff clay. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
Fragment of a kylix foot.
Inscribed underneath.
Joins P 17642. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica, 84-7-20 ... 9 June 1947 |
From the rim and upper wall of a krater(?) with out-turned rim. Firm dull black glaze inside and out, and a purple band. Upper face of rim unglazed.
Incised inside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 ... 9 June 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse amphora.
Incised outside:
Micaceous light buff clay. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
Part of a kylix foot; the glaze black above, red below; the torus foot reserved.
Incised underneath: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4965 Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
From the rim of a semi-glazed krater.
Inscribed inside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
Fragment from a tile, with part of the edge preserved. Faint traces of glaze on one side.
Incised on the glazed side: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
| Rim fragment of a small shallow bowl, probably on a stem. Rounded rim.
Incised outside:
Good black glaze, worn. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica PD 1153-21c ... 10 June 1947 |
From the lower wall of a semi-glazed krater; thin black to brown glaze inside.
Incised inside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised outside:
Micaceous pink clay with grits; brownish surface. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed pot.
Incised outside, around the edge of the fragment: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised outside:
Yellow-brown clay; very micaceous. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed amphora.
Incised outside:
Buff clay. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a coarse unglazed pot: amphora?
Incised inside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
Complete except for chips from rim. Squat jug with broad flat bottom, short neck and flaring round mouth; one handle from below mouth. Body grooved and ribbed vertically.
Clay gray at the surface and ... 10 June 1947 |
| Part of the body and shoulder preserved with one rising horizontal handle. Restored in plaster. On the shoulder, tongue pattern; below, a draped woman right, holding an alabastron in one hand, facing a ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a plain unglazed amphora.
Incised outside, reading from the bottom up: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of an amphora with streaky glaze wash, and bands; much worn.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a closed pot; thin streaky red glaze outside.
Incised inside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
From the wall of a large plain amphora?
Incised outside:
Pale greenish buff clay.
Joins P 20412. Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
Rim fragment of a cooking ware pitcher.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
| Rim fragment of a small black glazed amphora(?). Rounded rim; good black glaze outside; banded inside.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 4976 Leica PD 1153-21e ... 10 June 1947 |
| From the ring foot of a semi-glazed krater.
Incised on inner face of foot, retrograde: Sand fill under red gravelly. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
Wall fragment of a coarse micaceous ware pot.
Incised outside: Sand fill under red gravelly. 4976 Leica ... 10 June 1947 |
The bottom of a skyphos with flaring ring foot.
Incised on the glazed inner face of the foot: Sand fill under red gravelly. 4976 Leica PD 1153-22 ... 10 June 1947 |
From a closed pot, probably an amphora, unglazed but banded.
Incised outside: Water-washed sand, under sand. 4991 Leica ... 11 June 1947 |
Small fragment of a semi-glazed krater; black glaze inside; band outside.
Incised inside: Water-washed sand, under sand. 4991 Leica ... 11 June 1947 |
Rim fragment of a coarse cooking ware pitcher.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 5007 Leica ... 12 June 1947 |
Small piece from the wall of a semi-glazed krater; brown glaze inside.
Incised outside: Red gravelly fill with kalikia. 5007 Leica ... 12 June 1947 |
| Parts of the band handle of a semi-glazed oinochoe. Black glaze on the outer edges of the handle; the name carefully painted down the middle of the handle in the same black glaze: a) Red gravely fill ... 12 June 1947 |
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