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| Lang, M ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... “Return the stamnos to Philippa’s brother Philip,” “cheap wine,” “Alkaios seems beautiful to Melis,” “Of Tharrios I am the cup.” Like fragments of overheard conversations, the thousands of informal inscriptions ... 1974
1988 |
| From the shoulder of a large vase.
Dipinto in thinned black paint:
Pinkish buff clay; white slip outside. Disturbed black fill to west of 'Roman' floor. Leica PD 1133-55(L 35) ... 13 March 1934 |
Wall fragment, broken all around.
Scratched on outside, seven letters:
Micaceous brown clay with traces of a darker brown to red wash. Road filling. Leica PD 1133-55(L 36) ... 24 April 1936 |
From a stamnos? Full height of neck preserved with beginning of flaring shoulder and a horizontal rim with band of piecrust decoration on lower sides.
Inscription written while clay still soft, in two ... 20 May 1936 |
Elongated ovoid body with ring foot; narrow neck, slightly tapering and projecting rounded lip. Grooved band handles to below the lip.
On the shoulder, in black:
Highly micaceous buff clay, unglazed ... 17 February 1938 |
Piece of rim missing. Low base ring; angular shoulder; neck comes out slightly to gently flaring rim. Irregular shallow wheel grooves on sides and neck.
Dipinto on shoulder in red:
Light brown micaceous ... 2 April 1938 |
Single fragment preserves one handle, half of mouth and some of shoulder. From a small, broad-shouldered amphora with plain thickened lip and short neck.
On shoulder, a black dipinto: Previously North ... 21 May 1938 |
Fragment of a coarse pot.
Letters incised outside:
Light red clay, buff surface. Early Roman fill over floor west of terrace. Leica PD 1133-55(L 40) ... 11 April 1939 |
Toe and part of one handle missing. Tall cylindrical neck. Small spur on top of handle. Long oval body tapering to pointed toe. Thickened lip. Body roughly ridged.
Black dipinto on shoulder:
Pinkish-buff ... 7 May 1940 |
Intact except for chip from lip. Ovoid body tapering to small concave bottom; small rolled out-turned lip; strap handles rising slightly, and roughly ridged.
Dipinto in charcoal on shoulder:
On the ... 28 May 1947 |
Part of tall narrow neck with flaring rim and a heavy ridge below the rim. Traces of both handle attachments.
Inscribed in red, beginning below one handle attachment:
Pale buff clay with red bits ... 3 May 1952 |
Handles missing.
Red dipinto on shoulder:
Unglazed.
Body of another, container 129, discarded. Well, container 122. 5789 Leica PD 1133-55(L 31) ... July 1955 |
Intact but cracked. Ovoid body with wheel-run grooves; base concave with raised ring within.
Black dipinto on shoulder.
Very gritty greenish-buff clay. "Courtyard well", container 58. Leica PD 1133-55(L ... July 1957 |
| Transportation Unknown Packed Gravel Good ... 6th B.C. to 12th A.D. |
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