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| Mended from two fragments; most of sides and rim missing.
Shallow open bowl with bottom convex inside, concave outside; fairly steep curved sides; narrow applied band at outside of rim.
Clear glass with ... 21 May 1965 |
| Mended from three pieces. About one-third of rim and body missing.
Heavy straight walled. Side has from top: wavy white line; straight white line; band of painted floral design in white, yellow, brown, ... 29 June 1971 |
Broken all around.
Fragment from side with guilloche pattern in relief.
Thick fabric, red at core, light brown and highly micaceous on surface. Sherds from same fill in B 654. Poros Building floor, second ... 11 June 1949 |
| Perhaps from upper shoulder of a large pithos, just below the neck. Below the neck, a raised moulding with a band of guilloche in relief below.
Gritty micaceous pink clay; slipped outside. B' building ... 9 April 1935 |
| The lower part missing; also many large fragments of the upper part. One horizontal lug handle preserved, pierced by a round hole through the middle. Flaring rim, convex on its upper face, with an inner ... 24 February 1939 |
| Large flat-bottomed handleless pithos, with swelling rounded body, concave neck and plain lip.
Handmade of coarse reddish brown clay with small red bits; the outside carefully polished, the inside left ... 13 March 1935 |
| Wall fragment from a large handmade pot. On the outside, a small raised knob from which springs a decoration (or symbol?) incised in the unbaked clay.
Coarse greenish-buff clay with many black bits; slipped ... 17-26 March 1937 |
About three-quarters of the rim and some of the neck preserved; filled out in plaster. The surface is unglazed but nicely finished.
Clay with considerable foreign matter is reddish at the core and buff ... September 1932 |
| Upper body, fairly neatly chipped off below shoulder; bits are missing from walls, neck and rim; restored in plaster. Sloping shoulder, wide high slightly concave neck, flat projecting rim. Outer edge ... 22-26 February 1937 |
Wall fragment. Raised band with four vertical incisions to make panels. In panels, stamped circles, incised diagonals.
Heavy micaceous clay. Tholos trench G, layer IV, bedrock to east. Context 7th.-6th ... 7 June 1937 |
A handle and small bit of the side are preserved. The handle is the shape of approximately half an oval and is horizontal with a hole pierced vertically through it. The wall is heavy. Transverse bars painted ... 1932 |
| A number of joining fragments preserve part of the body of a large pithos around which run two slightly raised bands averaging about 0.04m. wide. The bands are decorated with a geometric pattern of impressed ... September 1932 |
Single fragment preserves lower part of a handle and the immediately adjacent part of the body of a large coarse pot. In a rectangular stamp at the base of the handle are two spirals.
Micaceous clay with ... September 1932 |
Base fragment.
From bottom of fenestrated stand. Impressed tongues on vertical face and on finished surface at left; running spiral on the sloping upper part. Red pithos fabric, brown at surfaces.
Also ... Context ca. 600-575 B.C ... Impressed tongues on vertical face and on finished surface at left; running spiral on the sloping upper part. Red pithos fabric, brown at surfaces.
Also probably from a stand, P 16837 G 15:1-U Hesperia, XV, 1946, pl. 24, 5. |
| Mended from two fragments, one preserving a large part of the medallion, the other a small piece of the side and offset lip. The join between the two strengthened with plaster. The foot missing, the stem ... August-September 1932 |
From shoulder of large pithos. At top of fragment, a raised ridge, below which lotus pattern in relief.
Clay, various shades of brown; micaceous.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1515. Well, main fill. 750 Leica, ... June-July 1932 |
Shoulder fragment.
Below the ridge, a band of reversing lotuses, a bud at the base of each flower. The stamp was too wide for the band so that the downwards flower was sheared off at the calyx.
From ... Context ca. 520-480 B.C. |
Broken all around. A tongue pattern in low relief.
Clay pink at core, buff at surface.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1854. Well, main fill. 750 Leica, XXVI-53 ... June-July 1932 |
Two joining pieces preserve part of rim and immediately adjacent portions of body or neck. Rim flat on top, projects slightly and has groove on outer edge. Incised in unbaked clay, on top surface of rim, ... 7-13 April 1932 |
| Three-quarters of the rim missing; a large part of the cup and one handle and a third of the base restored in plaster. The preserved parts mended from many pieces.
Medallion depicts youth crouching right ... August-September 1932 |
Handle fragment.
At the base of the handle a stamped rectangle enclosing a pair of spirals. Thin pithos fabric; from an amphora? ... Context ca. 575-535 B.C. |
Neck and wall fragment.
From a one-piece pithos. A nought-and-cross band below the shoulder-ridge, a second further down the wall; no impressed patterns ... Context ca. 575-535 B.C. |
Wall fragment, mended from three pieces; two small fragments do not join. Around the wall a broad band of decoration, set off by shallow grooves: the band paneled by groups of four verticals; in the panels, ... March 1939 |
Plain round ring, round in section. Grave 13. Found loose in the earth inside the pithos P 4960 (B 1290). Leica, 7-423 ... 13 March 1935 |
| Mended from three pieces; the medallion complete save for chips to the frame; the stem preserved, but not the foot; none of the rim. Scene depicts youth wearing Persian cap, reclining.
For the scheme ... August-September 1932 |
A squat knob with a cup-like hollow in it projects from the wall(?) of a vessel which, so far as preserved, is quite flat. The back is very worn and rough.
Gritty brownish-buff clay; unglazed.
Perhaps ... 12-14 May 1937 |
| Five joining fragments preserve one handle and part of rim and body. In central medallion, crouching youth with tiara (head and part of body preserved) and large black drinking horn. Rectangular rockcut ... 22-24 August 1932 |
Flat-bottomed conical oinochoe with slightly convex side walls and trefoil mouth. Body and handles covered with thick dull red glaze. Grave 13. Inside pithos P 4960 (Β 1290). Leica, 5-172 ... 13 March 1935 |
| Mended from nine pieces. Most of rim, foot and one handle missing. Helmeted warrior with shield to left, kneeling on right knee. Device, two concentric circles. Nonsense inscription in red. Inside handle ... 21 April 1953 |
| Nose and lower legs broken off. Trace of rider or girth on back.
Fragmentary.
Buff clay with black glaze remaining over much of body.
Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 617-620. Just outside break in north wall ... 2 August 1967 |
| Flat-bottomed pitcher with convex-concave side wall and plain round lip; one handle, of the vertical strap variety, from lip to shoulder.
Red micaceous clay, unglazed. Grave 13. By slab over mouth of ... 13 March 1935 |
Flat-bottomed round-bodied oinochoe with very wide low trefoil mouth, one high vertical strap handle. Body covered with metallic black glaze; on handle, horizontal and vertical bands. Grave 13. Inside ... 13 March 1935 |
| Mended from many fragments; one small piece, and chips, missing from rim. Very small flattened base, set off from body by unglazed groove; hemispherical body. Just below the rim, around the outside, a ... 22 April 1932 ... Pithos ... PD 319, PD 1133-35(G 19) |
Shallow bowl-like flat-bottomed body, with convex side walls. Vertical, widely projecting ear-like strap handles. On body, series of short vertical strokes.
Slipped; black glaze badly peeled. Grave 13 ... 13 March 1935 |
Floor fragment with start of handle on outside. Max. dim. 0.055; est. diam. of tondo 0.010.
I, heel and buttocks of a figure crouching to right. Behind him:
Reserved line for tondo border. Preliminary ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... Probably by the Pithos Painter. Cf. these kneeling or crouching figures: Louvre G 91 (ARV2 139, 1); London, B.M. |
Body quite rounded; lip fairly high and almost straight. Narrow strap handle. Whole lower body glazed; on shoulder, linked lozenge-shaped dots; on lip, bands. Whole interior glazed.
Slipped; dull black ... 13 March 1935 |
Flat bottom; convex-concave body. Around base, band of glaze, narrow band around middle of body. Bands and St. Andrew's crosses on handle. Reserved lip-band and floor dot in glazed interior.
Slipped; ... 13 March 1935 |
Inner surface completely broken off. Large horizontal bands with small horizontal lines in reserved area between.
Buff clay; red-brown painted glaze design. d0.83-1.10m. below highest point of north ... 2 August 1967 |
Similar to P 4963 (Β 1293) in shape, but smaller; the band around the body straight and the handle undecorated.
ADDENDA P 4963: Flat-bottomed cup with slightly convex side wall, slightly flaring lip; ... 13 March 1935 |
| Flat-bottomed cup with slightly convex side wall, slightly flaring lip; one vertical strap handle from lip. Black band around base; wavy black line on body and handle. Interior glazed except for band inside ... 13 March 1935 |
Very squat round-bodied oinochoe, with short narrow neck and tiny trefoil mouth. Glazed to shoulder; then three narrow bands below a series of three double triangles, the inner ones cross-hatched, separated ... 13 March 1935 |
Flat-bottomed, convex body, and short straight lip. High looped vertical strap handles. One wide, two narrow, bands to lower handle attchements on shoulder. Linked lozenge-shaped dots with zigzags between, ... 13 March 1935 |
Very deep flat-bottomed basin. Rolled rim. Shallow vertical grooves from top to bottom around half the interior. Wheelmarks prominent outside. Gritty gray to brownish clay; pithos fabric.
On a fragment ... Context ca. 425-400 B.C ... Gritty gray to brownish clay; pithos fabric.
On a fragment of similar date, P 9235 R 13:1, the grooves are crisscrossed and the fabric is a very coarse household ware. Cf. also P 4062 G 13:4 Hesperia, III, 1934, p. 326, A 63, with combed grooves. |
Large mixing bowl: lekane or lebes. Projecting rim rilled on the vertical face and on the upper surface. Small ring foot; very small rolled handles on the shoulder. Substantial pithos fabric, smooth brown ... Context ca. 500 B.C. |
Similar to P 4963 (Β 1293) in shape and decoration; the body more rounded and the lip more flaring. Bands and St. Andrew's crosses on handles.
Buff slip; metallic black glaze.
ADDENDA P 4963: Flat-bottomed ... 13 March 1935 |
Similar to P 4969 (Β 1299) in shape, but larger, with somewhat smaller handle and pointed trefoil mouth. Body and handle covered with narrow black bands; mouth black outside.
Slipped; dull black glaze ... 13 March 1935 |
Fragment of lip, floor, and stem with fillet. Strengthened with plaster. Est. diam. at rim 0.15; max. dim. 0.133. E. Vanderpool, Hesperia 15, 1946, p. 281, cat. no. 39, pl. 31.
I, man kneeling to right, ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
Floor fragment with start of stem on underside. Incised groove above and below fillet. Glaze fired greenish in places; pitted on inside. P.H. 0.05; max. dim. 0.121; diam. of tondo 0.087. E. Vanderpool, ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
Fragment of lip, bowl, and handle. Lip offset on inside and outside. Glaze fired brownish in places on the inside. Est. diam. at rim 0.16; est. diam. of tondo 0.10.
I, youth (head with kidaris, part of ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
Similar in shape to P 4963 (Β 1293) and P 4965 (Β 1295). On body, three series of vertical zigzags; bands on handle. No reserved band inside lip. By accident half the reserved floor dot was filled with ... 13 March 1935 |
Flat-bottom, squat rounded body with long narrow concave neck, widening into fairly wide round mouth. One strap handle, lip to shoulder. Body covered with thick red glaze. Two reserved bands at base of ... 13 March 1935 |
Mended with the missing pieces restored in plaster and painted, notably part of the bowl and lip, all of one handle, and part of the foot. Two incised lines on stem. Glaze misfired reddish and greenish ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
| 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 |
Lip and bowl fragment with most of one handle. Est. diam. at rim 0.16; P.H. 0.054; diam. of tondo 0.094. E. Vanderpool, Hesperia 15, 1946, pp. 283--284, cat. no. 45, pl. 34.
I, warrior (nude but for a ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
Most of lip and bowl preserved. Glaze abraded in part on outside of rim. P.H. 0.044; diam. at rim 0.13; diam. of tondo 0.082. E. Vanderpool, Hesperia 15, 1946, p. 284, cat. no. 46, pl. 34.
I, warrior ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
Floor fragment. Max. dim. 0.069; est. diam. of tondo 0.08.
I, warrior kneeling to right, looking back. All that remains of him is his right leg except the heel of his foot, his left thigh, and a little ... Ca. 510-500 B.C. |
Fragment of krater or other large open basin. Incurving rim; part of crescent type handle. Horizontal line enclosing vertical zigzags on front of handle. On back of handles, oval with small circles in ... 2 August 1967 |
Floor fragment. Max. dim. 0.045; est. diam of tondo 0.11. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl. 68:1.
I, satyr (most of wreathed head with wrinkled brow) to right. Above:
Behind him, part of the reserved ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... Satyr holding a drinking cup and flute case: Louvre G 76 by Skythes (ARV2 84, 16; Addenda 170). ... Satyr pursuing a maenad: Louvre G 68 near the Thalia Painter (ARV2 113, ---). ... Satyr kneeling to right, reaching into a large pithos set into the ground: Louvre G 91 by the Pithos Painter (ARV2 139, 1). |
Floor fragment with start of stem. Incised line on stem. Part of the glaze misfired to a reddish brown. Max. dim. 0.075; est. diam. of tondo 0.09. E. Vanderpool, Hesperia 15, 1946, p. 284, cat. no. 49, ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... In Addenda and Corrigenda, p. 1952, to ARV2 one 116--117, Beazley says that 1587 "recalls the Pithos Painter and his Circle"; not in ARV2. Compare these three by the painter himself: Louvre G 91 (ARV2 139, 1); Louvre G 90 (ARV2 139, 4); and Vienna 3215 (ARV2 139, 5). |
| Flat-bottomed kantharos with convex body and plain lip; two high-looped vertical strap handles. From base to lower handle attachments, one wide and three narrow black bands. On body: handle zones set off ... 13 March 1935 |
Part of lip, bowl, all of one handle. Some of the glaze flaked on the inside of the rim. P.H. 0.055; est. diam. at rim 0.165; diam. of tondo 0.082. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 23, 1954, pl. 15:g.
I, warrior, ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... Thompson, Hesperia 23, 1954, pl. 15:g.
I, warrior, nude but for a Chalcidian helmet, kneeling to left, a round shield (device: two concentric circles) seen in three-quarter view on his left arm. ... Red: inscription.
The Pithos Painter (ARV2 139, 10). |
| a) Stand, mended from many fragments; complete height appears to be preserved in one place. Bottom concave, bordered by projecting ring from within which spring tapering sides pierced by a door, 0.086m ... 28 April 1932 ... Agora V, under G 123 ... Pithos. |
| d) base with concave underside.
e), f), m) handles and remaining wall fragments.
a)-d) made up of numerous joining fragments.
e)-n) single fragments.
A) Two youths clad in flowing chlamys and petasoi ... 2, 3 August 1967 |
Shape similar to P 4961 (Β 1291). Around bottom, wide band, then narrow one; handle zones set off by diagonally hatched bands between vertical lines. On body, each side, three metopes: a checkerboard pattern ... 13 March 1935 |
| Flat-bottomed oinochoe with rounded body, long narrow neck, trefoil lip and one vertical loop handle. Body decorated to shoulder with alternating glaze bands; one wide, two narrow. Shoulder black. Reserved ... 13 March 1935 |
| Inscribed fragments of dedicatory inscription of the Stoa of Attalos.
Fragment ΣΑ 317, (a), inscribed face only preserved.
Many additional fragments with parts of letters are preserved.
Fragment ΣΑ 794, ... a) (ΣΑ 317) March 1949
b) (ΣΑ 794) 4 October 1949
c) (ΣΑ 875) November 1949
d) (ΣΑ 876) November 1949
e) (Τ 3112) 31 March 1955 ... Fragment Υ 458, (g), an "alpha" preserved.
... Possibly part of post-excavation accumulation and hence from earlier Greek excavations, or perhaps from fallen wall of Byzantine pithos ar edge of trench.
b) (ΣΑ 794), found in debris of late Roman Fortification wall, just north of middle tower (Piers 12-13 E).
c) (ΣΑ 875), found in marble pile from demolition of Middle Tower.
d) (ΣΑ 876), found in marble pile from demolition of Middle Tower.
e) (Τ 3112), found in marble pile.
f) (Υ 454), found in the walls of old excavation houses.
g) (Υ 458), found in the walls of old excavation houses. |
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