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| Arthur W. Parsons Margaret Crosby ... The early part of the excavation season in Section ΠΠ was concerned almost exclusively with the removal of the Asteroskopiou Street, a road going back to the 1st or 2nd century A.D.
The work of the remainder ... 28 Apr-11 Aug 1947 |
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 |
The cover tile mended from several pieces; small fragments missing; the full dimensions preserved.
Elaborate relief decoration on the antefix: palmette, Medusa mask, and scrolls.
Coarse gritty red clay; ... 23 June 1947 |
| About half preserved, lengthwise; surface in good condition except for chips.
Small capital, coarsely made.
The marble either Hymettian or low-grade Pentelic. On floor strosis. 487 Leica, 94-55-4, 94-55-5, ... 14 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 |
Small rectangle of bronze, inscribed on both sides, obverse and reverse.
Asteroskopeion Street, modern fill. Leica ... 16 June 1947 |
| Fragment from near lower part of wall.
Incised decoration of rather large pentagons and hexagons, each with a double outline.
Silvery iridescent glass. Mud brick layer south of Roman house B, room 1.
6th ... 25 June 1947 |
| Mended from two pieces. About half the body and base preserved; the rim broken away, also the lower edge of the foot.
Small high flaring base, reverse-curved, set off from wall by a moulded ring. Deep ... 24 June 1947 |
| Piece from rim and wall of a very heavy-walled moulded bowl.
Plain rim slightly out-turned; below, the start of a broad rib or petal.
Deep amber glass, heavily oxidized. N.S. Trench II, inside elliptical ... 7 July 1947 |
| Neck, lip and part of shoulder preserved. Band handle, from below lip to shoulder, missing.
Round mouth with rounded flaring lip, set off by a ridge below. Narrow neck; short shoulder, rounding to nearly ... 15 July 1947 |
| Piece from the base of a small deep goblet (?)
Preserved is part of the steep wall, the moulded stem, and a little of a spreading foot.
Pale greenish glass, nearly colorless. North-South Trench VI, middle ... 28 July 1947 |
| Wall fragment, sharply curved.
On the exterior, a heavy raised V.
Colorless glass. Building G, room 2 (Roman House B, room 9). Container 32.
5th-6th c. A.D. 517 Leica ... 28 July 1947 |
| Rim fragment from a heavy bowl with plain vertical lip.
A groove below the lip inside.
Dark brown glass. Building H, above floor. Destruction debris.
5th-6th c. A.D. 527 Leica, XXXIII-23 PD 505 ... 30 July 1947 |
| Rim fragment with straight wall and slightly out-turned lip.
A groove below the lip outside, and several grooves further down on the wall.
Deep iridescent purplish-green glass. Building H, above floor ... 30 July 1947 |
The base with rounding walls preserved.
The ring foot formed by a series of small irregular projections.
Colorless glass.
Similar to G 300. Roman House B, room 6.
Destruction debris of 5th or 6th c. A.D ... 31 July 1947 |
| A nearly flat fragment, turning down along the curved (broken) edge.
Decorated by light incision: along the edge, alternating long and short lines; further in a branch of herringbone pattern.
Nearly colorless ... 31 July 1947 |
| The bottom of a small bowl with rounding walls preserved.
The ring foot formed by a series of small irregular projections.
Colorless glass.
Similat to G 297. Roman House B, room 8, at the floor.
Found ... 4 August 1947 |
| Piece of dark brown glass with creamy striations. North-South Trench VII, north-east corner of latrine.
4th c. B.C. fill. 562, 1042 Leica ... 4 August 1947 |
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