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Crete ... Roman Province of Cyrenaica and Crete ... Coin no. 11. Cistern. Head of Roma r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Bee in dotted circle. 291, 737, 743 ... Ca. 67 B.C. |
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated.
Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C. |
Half of one end of a mold for a rounded undecorated object.
Tab and string grooves at end outside.
Light greenish-buff clay.
Possibly the back of head (?)
ADDENDA: Lamp nozzle (?) Cistern, mouth and upper ... 8 May 1939 |
Nozzle and handle missing.
Garland of leaves and berries on rim. Raised base; very small top.
Remains of a signature in raised letters on the reverse.
Scanty remains of flaky red glaze.
Clay light brown ... 5 May 1939 |
A small fragment preserves part of the raised base, with the letters in relief beneath.
Dull black glaze.
Gray clay.
Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Cistern, ... 8 May 1939 |
Nozzle and part of body preserved.
Flat bottom; nearly vertical wall; edge of ridge around depressed top preserved. Rectangular nozzle, roughly fluked.
Dull black wash.
Thin fabric of hard gray clay.
... 8 May 1939 |
A single fragment preserves front of lower half, with nozzle and part of body and base.
Deep string groove at end of nozzle.
Pink to buff clay.
For lamp of type XVIII of Corinth collection, of type 43D ... 8 May 1939 |
| Two joining fragments preserve part of the spreading foot, a good deal of the body and some of the flaring rim of a Samian B bowl. Restored in plaster. Rather deep bowl with S-profile; lip has vertical ... 5 May 1939 |
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