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| Arthur W. Parsons Margaret Crosby ... The early part of the excavation season in Section ΠΠ was concerned almost exclusively with the removal of the Asteroskopiou Street, a road going back to the 1st or 2nd century A.D.
The work of the remainder ... 28 Apr-11 Aug 1947 |
The cover tile mended from several pieces; small fragments missing; the full dimensions preserved.
Elaborate relief decoration on the antefix: palmette, Medusa mask, and scrolls.
Coarse gritty red clay; ... 23 June 1947 |
| Fragment from near lower part of wall.
Incised decoration of rather large pentagons and hexagons, each with a double outline.
Silvery iridescent glass. Mud brick layer south of Roman house B, room 1.
6th ... 25 June 1947 |
| Mended from two pieces. About half the body and base preserved; the rim broken away, also the lower edge of the foot.
Small high flaring base, reverse-curved, set off from wall by a moulded ring. Deep ... 24 June 1947 |
| Piece from rim and wall of a very heavy-walled moulded bowl.
Plain rim slightly out-turned; below, the start of a broad rib or petal.
Deep amber glass, heavily oxidized. N.S. Trench II, inside elliptical ... 7 July 1947 |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face, left edge and back preserved.
Nine lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. I 10 and related. Found in late Roman context in a well southwest of the ... 22 July 1947 |
| A: standing draped figure.
Bearded head turned to left, large shield in left hand. Illegible symbol to left of figure.
B: plain. Entered as coin no. 6, for the day. North-South Trench II, middle, south ... 25 June 1947 |
A: caduceus and ear of wheat crossed.
B: plain.
Cf. IL 1200 (OO 1607). Entered as coin no. 19, for the day. North-South Trench II. With coins nos. 13-19. Leica ... 17 June 1947 |
Intact except for small holes in bottom and on side.
Discus, plain, concave; rim, herringbone, volutes; handle, unpierced, double-grooved.
Reverse, almond-shaped, double-grooved, with impressed circles ... 30 May 1947 |
The discus preserved, with more than half the rim and part of the handle.
Discus, Poseidon, striding right; a trident in his outstretched right hand; a dolphin in his left hand; his cloak falls over his ... 19 June 1947 |
Intact except for chip at filling hole.
Typical globules on body and top; typical "alpha", incised on reverse.
Dark red wash.
Red clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Between Roman House B, Room 1, and ... 21 June 1947 |
Mended from several pieces; the front part and much of the bottom missing.
Plain discus; on the rim, uncertain pattern: globules, and small shields (?).
From a very worn mould. Grooved pierced handle ... 21 June 1947 |
Intact except for small chip from wick-hole.
Late variety, with nearly vertical walls. Rim, herringbone; discus, jewelled cross; handle, solid, double-grooved. Reverse, large, almond-shape, double-grooved, ... 24 June 1947 |
Handle and part of nozzle missing.
Typical raised dots on body and top, with volutes at nozzle.
Reverse, within a double raised ring, the typical "alpha", in relief.
Dark red to brown glaze wash, somewhat ... 25 June 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; front part preserved, fragmentary.
Rim, plain, panelled; discus, row of impressed ovules around outer edge; trace of some relief decoration next break. Reverse within a single ... 2 July 1947 |
Discus broken around filling hole; otherwise intact.
Rim, vine pattern; discus, rays; handle, solid, grooved. Reverse, with a double circular groove, the signature incised.
Red to brown glaze wash.
Coarse ... 5 July 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; largely complete.
Rim, herringbone panels with impressed circles; discus, crescent. Handle, double-grooved above, with horizontal grooves along the central ridge; triple grooved ... 5 July 1947 |
Complete; the surface much worn and flaked.
Rim, vine pattern; discus, plain; handle, grooved, semi-pierced; reverse,almond-shaped with two grooves.
Red clay, with remains of buff surfacing.
Type XXVIII ... 22 July 1947 |
Intact.
Plain rim with herringbone panels; two grooves around the discus. Discus, crescent; solid grooved handle; reverse, concentric grooves and ridges.
Red glaze wash almost entirely worn off.
Yellow ... 22 July 1947 |
Part of one side and end of nozzle missing.
Rim, panelled, with spirals; discus, ram, standing left; handle, grooved, semi-pierced. Reverse, single circular groove.
Very thin red glaze.
Red clay.
Type ... 22 July 1947 |
Left side missing; base crumpled in, nozzle bent.
On the discus, crescent within concentric grooves. Single row of raised dots on the rim. Handle solid, triple grooved above, double below. Base, five concentric ... 22 July 1947 |
Most of top preserved.
Unpierced handle with two grooves. Five holes in plain discus and one between discus and nozzle.
Traces of herringbone pattern on rim.
Unglazed.
Coarse light red clay.
Type XXVIII ... 22 July 1947 |
| Joins P 9346. Two joining fragments give part of wall and rim. Dionysos(?) right, looking back left; carrying a white thyrsos in his left hand. Near his head, a white hand; at right of fragment, part of ... 4 June 1947 |
The moulded ring foot and the start of the wall of a small black glazed kantharos or cup-kantharos. On the floor, a close spiral of very fine rouletted bands around three neat palmettes.
Best black glaze; ... 5 June 1947 |
Mended from many pieces; wall fragments missing; nothing of the lip preserved. Small deep cup on very low base grooved near outer edge. Walls rounding below, nearly vertical above.
Fine red clay; very ... 13 June 1947 |
Small piece from rim and wall. From a mold for a bowl with long petals, one jewelled to either side of three plain. Simple cable pattern below rim. N-S Trench II, south end, layer B. 193 Leica ... 1 July 1947 |
Mended from several pieces; complete except for a few fragments. Body tapers sharply to a small high collar-like foot set around the pointed end of the jar. Neck broad below, narrowing above, to small ... 24 June 1947 |
| Lower part of figure, on small base, preserved; roughly blocked out; the back left rough.
Draped standing figure, the left foot slightly advanced. To his right, the end of a staff encircled by a serpent; ... 6 June 1947 |
A right foot in a soft low boot which ends in a roll at the ankle; toes not indicated.
Broken off at the ankle.
Pink clay with buff surface; hollow. Central Area, Layer III, Late Roman broken tile level ... 2 June 1947 |
Fingers indicated simply by grooves; in the palm of the hand a small cup or bowl ?
Elaborate gouged decoration suggests a long fitting sleeve (caestus), cf. Gardiner (1930), Athletics of the Ancient World, ... 5 June 1947 |
Helmeted. The right side of the face and neck, the edge of the neck piece of the helmet, and the hair around the forehead preserved.
Hard light red clay with buff surface. Central Area, N.S. Trench I; ... 9 June 1947 |
Fragment preserving nose, mouth, most of right eye and right cheek of a rather large gouged style head.
Traces of white and of red on the mouth.
Buff clay. Central Area, N.S. Trench I, Layer I. Leica ... 9 June 1947 |
The hair is dressed in curls around the brows, with a long curl hanging down at the side of the neck, and is surmounted by a helmet. White for the visor of the helmet, light blue for the upper part with ... 19 June 1947 |
The figure wears a tight-fitting garment with vertical folds; the garment appears to pass under the left arm and to be held up by straps over the shoulder.
Upper left part of body and bent left arm, to ... 20 June 1947 |
Most of the face preserved and the front of the head with a fringe of hair across the forehead under a tight-fitting cap; at the top, part of a small pierced handle, with herringbone on its front.
White ... 24 June 1947 |
From a head about half life size. Preserved from bridge to upper lip.
Carefully modelled.
Smooth light buff clay. Roman House B, small drain from Room 2 to Great Drain. 150 Leica ... 27 June 1947 |
About half preserved, to below the collar; broken approximately along the line of the mould.
Gouged style; no trace of glaze or color.
Pale buff clay.
Cf. T 1980. North-South Trench II, south end, Layer ... 27 June 1947 |
Several joining fragments preserve the lower part of a figurine showing a draped figure seated in a large chair or throne. The left hand rests on the arm of the throne; the drapery falls straight to the ... 11 July 1947 |
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