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| Rodney S. Young ... The objective of this year's excavation was to clear the southern part of the section to bedrock. Features earlier investigated (the 6th century cemetery, the Hellenistic-Early Roman terrace and one large ... 31 May-14 Aug 1946 |
Complete.
Low base; no handle; groove outside slightly raised rim.
Outside unglazed; wash of brownish-red glaze inside.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VII of Corinth collection, type 25A' of Agora collection ... 18 June 1946 |
| Complete and intact save for small hole in one side. Ring foot; ovoid body; straight neck; rounded lip with a raised ring just below it; vertical band handle, triangular in section. Very light raised band ... 18 June 1946 |
Nearly half the rim preserved and part of the body to above the foot. Restored in plaster. On the lower body above the base, long petals alternating with rose tendrils. Above, a narrow band with figures ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| Fragmentary; put together with plaster; the profile complete only to the turn of the wall towards the bottom. On the lower wall, a broad figured zone with hunting scenes, the hunters mounted and afoot; ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
Ten pieces, non-joining; put together with plaster. The profile complete from near the center of the bottom. On the bottom, rosette; above, the walls entirely covered up to the narrow rim, with overlapping ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
Part of the upper wall and flaring rim. The rim very narrow and bordered below by a scraped groove. On the body, rows of overlapping petals; the lower series plain pieces, the upper series plain ones alternating ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| A four-footed object - one of the feet broken off and missing - made by turning the ends of a four-pointed star-shaped piece of clay downward. A round hole at the center.
Coarse buff clay, somewhat micaceous; ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| Profile complete; high ring foot and shallow body; flaring rim, its edge turned down. Stamped at the center of the floor, a rosette and three palmettes. Rouletting around. Traces of stacking on the floor ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
| Two fragments of a large pyxis with a broad horizontal flange. The outer edge of the flange reserved and set off by a groove, and decorated with an egg pattern made by incising in the unbaked clay. The ... 28 May-10 June 1946 |
Fragment from the lower part, put together from several pieces and restored in plaster. On the bottom a large rosette; above, two series of petals, the spaces between the long upper ones filled with small ... July 1946 |
| Broken off below hips and behind head at top.
A nude winged Eros, standing against a post, which is broken off at top and bottom; a pinhole preserved on surface of break at top.
Eros has long hair, worn ... 30 May 1946 |
| Curve fragment.
Rectangular stamp; three lines; retrograde. Finished Pit; greenish-brown gravelly fill. Κρέοντος
Ἀγριανί (Γ retr)
ου 3432 Leica |
| Part of rim preserved.
Rectangular stamp, broken at left and below. Finished Pit; greenish-brown gravelly fill 2. [Δει]νώ̣πας
hand?
[Θασίων] Leica ... 30 May 1946 |
Rectangular stamp with three lines.
Cf. SS 9654. Par: see SS 09654; prob not from same jar(VG)* Finished Well; fill with burned tiles; fill 2. Ἐπ' Ἰερέως
Ξενοφάν
του 3459 Leica ... 1 June 1946 |
| Curve fragment.
Leaf-shaped stamp, broken off at top. Finished Well; fill 2. Ἐπὶ Ξενο(
Ἐπίγο(νος)
(in leaf) 3462 Leica ... 3 June 1946 |
| Rectangular stamp with rounded corners; very faint; symbol at centre; letters above and below.
Early Thasian. Msc: type of Bon 1240, but not cited(VG)* Finished Well; greenish-brown fill. Ν̣ι̣[κ]ίας
... 17 June 1946 |
| First interpretation: small plaque, perhaps altar.
Intact except for corner acroterion at left.
A small altar, with four columns across front carrying an entablature and acroteria at each side. On left ... 29 May 1946 |
Head of woman wearing wreath across front of hair.
Broken off at neck.
Right eye and cheek badly gouged. Traces of white sizing, and of red on hair.
ADDENDA: Head wearing curls down hair of neck.
Clay ... 29 May 1946 |
| Head and right arm below elbow missing.
Figure draped from hips down. The left hand holds and is covered by heavy drapery; the right arm is extended.
Traces of sizing on drapery. Triangular vent hole at ... 29 May 1946 |
| Mended from three fragments; badly cracked and broken off below.
Head with roll of drapery (or crown ?) over front part of head; long curls hanging down on either side of neck.
Traces of white sizing ... 29 May 1946 |
| Head of comic bearded actor figurine.
Broken off at neck.
Crowned with wreath. Face turned upward.
No trace of white.
ADDENDA: Head of slave figurine. Solid. Buff clay. Well in the industrial area west ... Publication: early 3rd c. B.C. |
| Broken off at neck; face somewhat chipped.
Head of woman (?), straight front, wearing a wreath.
Traces of white and of red on hair. Well. Brown gravelly fill. 3436 Leica, 80-37-19 ... 30 May 1946 |
| Head of girl, tuyrned slightly to left, crowned with a wreath.
Broken off at neck.
Hair arranged in a high knot, behind the wreath, and long curls at sides.
No traces of paint or sizing.
Cf. T 2279, T ... 30 May 1946 |
Head of woman, turned toward left.
Broken off at neck and behind; nose chipped.
A few traces of white on neck.
Joining fragment giving upper part of body to waist.
ADDENDA: Traces of black glaze behind ... 30 May 1946 |
| Intact mold for front part of head and neck of a figurine.
ADDENDA: Mold for female head. Back is dented. Buff clay, worn. Well. Brown gravelly fill. Fill 2.
275-250 B.C. Leica, 80-48 ... 30 May 1946 |
| Head of a bald bearded satyr.
Broken off at neck. Left ear broken off.
Very big ears. traces of wreath in front of head, which was turned up (or satyr was squatting and looking forward).
Traces of white ... Publication: ca. 300 B.C. |
| Head of woman with draped roll.
Broken off at neck. Roll broken at right, across front part of head.
No sizing. Well. Brown gravelly fill.
250-225 B.C. Leica, 81-34-18, 90-1-15, 90-1-16 ... 30 May 1946 |
| Running Eros with spread wings and right arm extended forward and upward.
Head, wings except stumps, left arm, part of right, and legs from above knees broken off.
Flattened surface at back on right side ... 30 May 1946 |
| Small chest on four short legs with double sloped (i. e. pedimented) roof.
Three legs and relief decoration on front broken off. Relief decoration on front chipped away and unrecognizable.
In places, ... 31 May 1946 |
| Fragment of lower front part of a figure.
Broken at top and upper sides.
Figure wears a crinkly inner garment and heavier outer one, the latter probably draped over one shoulder.
Traces of powder blue ... 31 May 1946 |
Fragment preserving chest, shoulders, part of right arm and hand of a female figure.
Broken all around except at edges of shoulders.
Flat back surface. Breast bare; right arm bent holding unidentified ... 31 May 1946 |
Fragment from lower corner of a large altar, with base mouldings, parts of two sides, and plain inside surfaces.
Base mouldings: cyma, with leaf pattern in relief. Traces of relief decoration preserved ... 31 May 1946 |
| Notebook ... R. S. Young ... 3800 3994 ... 1946, 1947 |
Early Roman well with four fills.
fill 1: well sealed 1st. c. A.D.
fill 2: more bones than pots.
fill 3: nothing later than 1st. c. B.C.=POU
fill 4: similar to fill 3, a little earlier? Coins:
7 May 1940 ... Early Roman |
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