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| Lid and about a quarter to a third of stand preserved; restored in plaster.
This curious object consists of an umbrella-like cover, with a wide vertical rim which overhangs the bluntly conical stand attached ... 28 May-16 June 1938 |
A single fragment preserves a corner and parts of six holes.
Small impressed circles along edge on one side.
Coarse buff to reddish clay; unglazed. Well, Container 12. 524 Leica ... 18 May 1938 |
| Broken all around.
A tile with large openings made with arch-shaped strips of clay.
Coarse reddish clay. Well, Container 32. 525 Leica, 82-65-27 ... 21 May 1938 |
Broken off at the top and behind.
Relief palmette pattern. Coarse red clay, slipped.
Across the bottom: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ. Modern fill at surface. Leica ... 6-11 February 1939 |
From a flat roof tile.
Part of a swastika-like stamp preserved on the unglazed under surface. Black glaze on the upper surface.
Coarse red clay. Cistern, top fill. Leica, color slide ... 6-9 February 1937 |
Tip and lower right corner missing.
In high relief on face a head of Athena in Corinthian helmet, flanked by acanthus sprays and supporting a large palmette with a small palmette at its heart and rosettes ... 20 February 1939 |
A fragment from the lower end of the tile, preserving the full width; convex tile of the Laconian type.
Pale yellow clay; fugitive brown glaze on outside.
From the same series as A 428 (B 966), A 429 (B ... 23 March 1939 |
Chip missing from lower right corner; trace of a five-pointed cover tile behind.
On the face, a flame palmette centered by a satyr head in relief. Traces of a signature in raised letters on band across ... 12 April 1939 |
| Broken, but nearly complete. One long and one short joint tongue; rectangular clean-out hole.
Pale yellow clay with coarse grit; thin brown glaze on inside only. Finished From the drain of the kitchen ... 550-525 B.C. |
| Broken but practically complete. One long joint tongue only. Oval clean-out hole.
Buff clay, unglazed inside, four brown rings outside.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 88, 90, n. 66, fig. 67. Finished ... 470 B.C. |
| Broken, but complete.
One long and one short joint tongue. Oval clean-out hole.
Buff clay; thin glaze on inside only. Finished From a drain to the S.E. of the Bouleuterion Propylon, perhaps with earliest ... 470 B.C. |
| A rectangular half-housing joint at either end; closed with fine hard white lime cement. Buff clay; unglazed. Lime deposit on inside Not found during June 2001 flood, must have been left in situ.
Not found, ... 15 May 1939 |
| Broken all sides, edge of inset on bottom for overlap.
Coarse red clay, traces of buff slip. Left end of stamp preserved, with neat letters, Α μ, in low relief.
Same series as A 451.
Well, Container 2 ... 25 May 1939 |
Part of lower edge preserved; broken at top, back and sides. Spring of cover tile remains.
At center, bearded head; raised letters on band at bottom: Α Ι Γ Ι Π Υ [ Ρ Ο Υ.
Coarse red clay, buff slip.
Cf ... 7 June 1939 |
Lower left corner is chipped away. Spring of the cover-tile only.
Palmette and tendrils in high relief. Raised letters across the bottom.
Red clay with coarse brown tempering, yellow in the surface.
Cf ... 10 June 1939 |
Broken away above and at lower right.
From the same series as A 1086 (ΩΔ 47), but a different mold.
In raised letters: Π Ρ Ο]
Coarse red clay; white paint between. Odeion Trench E, west part, Layer IX, ... 10 June 1939 |
| About a quarter of the circumference preserved at the top; the profile complete.
Part of a large cylindrical object finished at the top with a broad flat projecting rim; the bottom edges slightly thickened ... May, June 1939 |
Mended from two pieces, back of cover tile missing.
Semicircular convex tile, its top surface smoothed into four angular faces; palmette antefix. At base of antefix, the molded signature: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ... 17 May 1940 |
| Five joining pieces preserve most of circumference of lower part. Top entirely missing.
Noticeable taper toward top. Glazed slightly raised band at bottom. Above and on interior, reserved. Orange red clay ... 3 June 1932 |
| Mended from many fragments and restored in plaster.
Projecting rim turned down on one side of wellhead, flat on other. Two circular hand-holes below rim, then three ridges. Glazed, slightly raised band ... July 1932 |
| A small fragment, broken all around, of a cover tile with dull black glaze on its outer surface.
Stamped on interior, a palmette only partially preserved. Green earth, 5th c. fill. 303 Leica, color slide ... 31 March 1932 |
Complete; cracked but glued together.
Plain curved roof tile. Brick red clay with white grits; pale buff on surface.
Grave, which it covered, set in Roman fill, but burial probably dates from latest Roman ... 20 July 1946 |
| From lower end of stroter, showing channel on underside, and high lateral flanges on top.
Brown clay; coarse brown grog. From pile of tiles removed from burnt layer of Odeion, S.E. corner of cryptoporticus ... August 1946 |
| From upper end of stroter, showing drip check and lateral flanges on upper surface. Flanges cut down at upper ends.
Buff clay; buff grog. From pile of tiles removed from burnt layer of Odeion, S.E. corner ... August 1946 |
Length from top edge of tile to edge of channel on underside is 0.58m. to which is to be added normal width of remaining part, viz. 0.10m., making a total length of 0.68m.
Normal drip check and lateral ... August 1946 |
Fragment from upper end of kalypter. Note that the upper 0.135m. are slightly reduced in size to permit snugger fit.
Buff clay, coarse grog. From pile of tiles removed from burnt layer of Odeion, S.E ... August 1946 |
| Broken in two and abraded.
Flame palmette rising from acanthus in high relief.
Coarse purple clay; yellow on surface.
From Odeion. Odeion Trench E, VII Layer, burnt debris of Odeion. Leica, XXVI-85 ... 16 June 1938 |
Part of a large flat round (?) clay plaque, with a gorgoneion in relief on one side. Nose and mouth and part of one cheek preserved. Scale somewhat over life-size.
Tile fabric: coarse gravely pink clay; ... 17 April 1947 |
Fragment from lower left part; bottom and side preserved; broken elsewhere.
Relief decoration on front much worn, but enough of tendrial and three letters in relief below remain to assign the fragment ... 3 April 1947 |
Broken at back; top of palmette chipped off at front. Below, letters in relief:
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Red clay with white bits; light buff slip. Roman destruction debris. 101 Leica ... 21 April 1947 |
Small piece broken all around.
Metroon Series. In fill on west side of Eponymon Street. Leica ... 24 July 1947 |
| Broken all around. Fragment from a pan tile.
Dull red glaze on concave side. On the corner side (unglazed) part of a circular stamp, with a horse in relief: head and one foreleg preserved.
Light brown ... 30 July 1947 |
The upper part, and the cover tile, broken away.
Athena head, surrounded by scrolls in relief. Below, in raised letters, the signature: Μ Ι Κ Ι Ω Ν.
Red to buff tile fabric with buff slip and a few traces ... 4 August 1947 |
Part of the cover tile preserved; the antefix complete except for chips.
Plastic decoration like that of A 1289 (ΠΠ 249) but the whole very slightly larger, and the fabric different: red tile fabric, with ... 4 August 1947 |
Mended from two pieces; one corner of end of cover tile missing, and chips.
Nine-petalled palmette rising from diamond heart; scrolls and tendrils below. Coarse red clay, buff slip.
Along the lower edge, ... 4 August 1947 |
Drum of well tiles, intact when removed; one tile broken and repaired.
Normal type with hand-holes and thickened upper rim. Red clay.
Scratched on the top of the rim of each tile: /Α. Well; the third drum ... 11 August 1947 |
Mended from four pieces. Broken at the back, and most of the palmette missing.
Diamond-shaped heart, with scrolls below. Along the bottom in relief the signature: Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε Ι Δ Ο[Υ.
Coarse red clay; ... 13 August 1947 |
Broken at back and top and along left side.
Same series A 1299 (ΠΠ 309), but the signature, Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε Ι Δ Ο Υ, fully preserved and the buff slip in good condition. N.-S. Trench VIII, on floor of impluvium ... 13 August 1947 |
| Fragment from the lower end of a large pan tile.
Buff clay, unsurfaced.
Stamped on top surface: Α Δ Ι Ο Ν Υ Σ Ι Ο Υ Ι.
From Odeion. From burnt debris in middle of south cryptoporticus. Leica, XXXIV-23, ... August 1947 |
The antefix is complete save minor chips; two joining fragments give part of the cover tile.
Relief palmette with diamond heart; volutes below. The signature in relief letters along the bottom of the face: ... 8 October 1947 |
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