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Tholos roof tiles ... Early - Late 5th B.C. |
1 of Late 5th c ... Second Quarter of 5th B.C. |
| Fragment missing from top. Most of cover tile behind broken away. Otherwise intact.
The palmette and the design beneath it in low relief. Rather coarse red clay. Debris of burnt building. Leica, XXVI-85, ... 2 March 1935 |
| Three joining fragments preserve a complete antefix and cover tile. Lower face of antefix damaged. Minor fractures.
Traces of thick white paint. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica, XXVI-85, HAT 49-233 ... 7 May 1935 |
| Broken behind; chips missing from face.
Stamped in relief, beneath the palmette.
ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ series. In red filling. Leica, LIX-64 ... 4 March 1936 |
Broken away above (slightly) and below.
An antefix (?) in the form of a human mask, broken away below the eyes, with two long rows of curls across the forehead; eyes and eyebrows exaggeratedly large.
Rather ... 16 March 1936 |
| All the upper projecting part of the palmette is missing, and only a small bit of the cover tile remains.
Across the face, below the palmette, in relief: ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ
Coarse orange clay, full of impurities ... May-June 1936 |
Broken above and behind. Chipped.
Palmette and volutes in low relief; signature, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ, in raised letters across bottom.
Coarse red clay; remains of buff slip. Demolition fill in modern cellar. Leica ... 24 March 1937 |
Broken off above and behind.
Spring of palmette preserved, above volutes.
Across bottom: Α Θ Η Ν Α Ι Ο [Σ] In late Roman fill. Leica ... 2 April 1937 |
Broken off behind. Conventional palmette. Red gritty clay; traces of slip.
Letters across bottom: Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε Ι Δ Ο Υ.
Two more antefixes from the same series added under this number: b) and c). Basket ... 15 May 1937 |
| Simple relief palmette. Bottom broken away.
Coarse red clay, buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 |
| Dull impression of preceding type, A 803 (ΛΛ 1176).
Full height probably preserved; scrolls below palmette. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 |
Lower part only, showing carefully stamped volutes, and start of palmette with diamond center.
Part of signature preserved: Α Π [Ο Λ Λ Ω Ν Ι ] Ο Υ
Red clay, pale buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III ... 9 April 1937 |
Broken behind and at one side and slightly above and below.
Relief palmette above scrolls.
At bottom, part of the makers' name is preserved:
[Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε] Ι Δ Ο [Υ] (?). Well, container 45. Leica, LIX-64 ... 5 April 1937 |
| Lower part of Tholos antefix and much of the carrying tile remain; the whole restored in plaster on the model of A 865 (Ζ 1541).
The tile is large and flat, expanding rapidly toward the back , channeled ... 22 April 1938 |
| A finished edge at left.
Right eye, forehead, and part of beard (?) preserved; also, a little above forehead, over which something was perhaps applied.
Traces of red on "beard". Yellowish buff rather brittle ... 20 May 1938 |
Top of palmette antefix missing. Minor fractures. Cover tile completely broken off.
Coarse red clay with bits; coating of white on surface. Well, container 31. Leica ... 20 May 1938 |
The palmette antefix intact save minor fractures; cover-tile broken behind.
In raised letters across bottom: Μ Α Ξ Ι Μ Ο Υ
Coarse reddish clay; abundant traces of thick white.
Well, container 33. Leica ... 21 May 1938 |
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