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| Pithos at 24/Α from southwest. A ΠΘ pithos at left. Uncovered to level of mosaic. Building E ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Pithos at 24/Α from southwest. A ΠΘ pithos at left. |
Well 2: archaic. Diameter, top ca. 1.00; bottom ca. 0.90m.
Water level:ca -7.00m In the use filling, along with the plain water pots was a black-figured neck amphora assigned to the Edinburgh painter ... Last quarter of the 6th c. B.C. |
| Asteroskopiou Street. Area west of street of Hieroglyphs. Building A. Building C. South House. House B. Mosaic. Top levels of /-/ Byzantine omitted. Pithos at 24/A. Trenches. North-South II. North-South ... ΠΠ-1 184, 185 ... Building A ... Pithos at 24/A |
| Walls and surface at ca. 54.30m. X = Pithos A. -> = Pithos B. From south ... AMS north 24 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jun 1989 |
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 |
Fragment preserving part of neck and shoulder of large pithos. Raised band at junction of neck and shoulder. Below this, a band of rosettes in relief. Then a smaller raised band.
Clay dark buff at surface, ... 1932 |
| Two non-joining fragments preserve profile from edge to close to center, where it rises sharply toward knob; restored in plaster. On underside two widely separated concentric rows of widely spaced "teeth" ... 17-27 February 1937, 1938 |
| Medallion with plain reserved border. None of the stem remains, but a bit of the reserved handle space outside. Inside, the face of a youth, right, the edge of his right shoulder covering the lower part ... 4 April 1935 |
Fragment preserves about one-quarter of shoulder, neck and rim. Flat out-turned rim, with a series of small holes punched through it, in two groups. On the neck, five vertical strokes, possibly a graffito ... 28 May-16 June 1938 |
| South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25 ... AMS north 1764 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Aug 2006 ... South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25. |
| South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25 ... AMS
Cf. 2006-23-10 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 ... South end of Room H, looking north, Pithos A at left, with hemispherical construction, Wall 24 and Wall 25. |
About one-third of mouth and neck preserved. Neck almost straight, flat out-turned lip. On shoulder, just below neck, a raised horizontal rib.
Gritty micaceous red clay, gray at core. Well E. Leica PD ... 17-26 March 1937 |
| Parts of rim and nearly a quarter of wall missing; restored in plaster.
A cylindrical drum, tapering around top. Heavy rim, flat on top and sharply profiled; lower wall thickened to form heavy collar ... 28 May-16 June 1938 |
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 |
| Bothros area (A) north of Wall H (B). Tile floor of Cistern J 2:20 (C). Pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D), Room 3 (E), Wall E (F), Wall F (G) and Wall G (H). North-South Road (I) at top. Plaster-lined ... Craig Mauzy ... southeast 5702 Horizontal (normal) ... 7 Aug 2002 |
| ΒΖ South Area. End of season photo from above. (A) Bothros area north of Wall H (B). Tile floor of cistern J 2:20 (C). Pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D), Room 3 (E), Wall E (F), Wall F (G) and Wall ... Craig Mauzy ... AMS southeast 5702 Horizontal (normal) ... August 2002 |
| ΒΖ South Area. End of season photo from above. (A) Bothros area north of Wall H (B). Tile floor of cistern J 2:20 (C). Pit formed by removal of Pithos F (D), Room 3 (E), Wall E (F), Wall F (G) and Wall ... Craig Mauzy ... AMS southeast Horizontal (normal) ... August 2002 |
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. |
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. |
| Fragments were found a little above and below this depth, but most came from it. Solid foot.
Few bands of decoration; one lotus at neck, two incised lines and stamped decoration on body.
Clay reddish ... 13 May 1938 |
| Portions of the upper part only preserved, with about one-third of the rim and parts of both figured panels. Severely burnt, one side more than the other. Glazed inside except under shoulder; rim glazed ... 19-23 March 1936 ... Parts of three figures preserved, around a large pithos, the central figure holding up a basket of purple grapes. ... B) Komasts: at the right, the purple-wreathed head of a youth, left, and a hand; at the left, part of another head and hand.
Fragments:
a) From neck.
b) Wall fragment depicts two silens at pithos.
c) Silen, left.
d) Pithos and legs(?).
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Most of mouth and neck of a pithos with high concave neck, flaring widely to broad rim, flattened above. Strengthened with plaster. Outer edge of rim roughly finished with a broad shallow groove.
Reddish-brown ... 12-21 May 1938 |
Part of the discus broken away at the right.
On the down sloping rim, a pattern of small ridges, much worn.
On the discus, small dots, ridges and circles.
On the reverse, a single concentric groove, within ... 20 March 1933 |
The figure wears a tight-fitting garment with vertical folds; the garment appears to pass under the left arm and to be held up by straps over the shoulder.
Upper left part of body and bent left arm, to ... 20 June 1947 |
| Much weathered. Rough-picked beneath, with surface cut off by drill holes. Broken at back.
A female right foot, with drapery hanging down beside it.
Possibly a pedimental piece from the Temple of Hephaistos ... 28 April 1936 |
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 |
Bowl fragment with part of handle reserve on outside.
Max. dim. 0.083; est. diam. of tondo 0.10.
I, youth (face, part of head and shoulder) to right, a kidaris on his head. In the lower right at the ... Ca. 510-500 B.C ... I, youth (face, part of head and shoulder) to right, a kidaris on his head. In the lower right at the break is part of an object that looks like the rim of a drinking horn. ... For the composition, cf. 1559 or 1585.
The Pithos Painter (ARV2 one 117, 24; ARV2 141, 58). |
| Broken, full width and thickness preserved.
Setting tongue at bottom. Back appears to have been rough picked; worn smooth from later use. Sides smooth.
Eleven rows of slots. At the left side traces of ... 1935 |
| Byzantine Building 3 at 80-93/ΛΒ-ΜΑ; Tumble or Cobbling Over Road. Byzantine Building 3 at 80-81/ΜΓ; Cobbling. Byzantine Building 4; Room 16 at 91-94/ΚΖ-Λ; Strosis 1. Byzantine Building 4; Room 15 at 91-94/ΚΘ-ΛΓ; ... ΛΛ-9 1624, 1625 Lot ΛΛ 118 Lot ΛΛ 119 Lot ΛΛ 120 Lot ΛΛ 121 Lot ΛΛ 122 Lot ΛΛ 123 Lot ΛΛ 124 Lot ΛΛ 125 Lot ΛΛ 126 Lot ΛΛ 127 Lot ΛΛ 128 Lot ΛΛ 129 ... 13th A.D ... Byzantine Building 3 at 80-93/ΛΒ-ΜΑ; Tumble or Cobbling Over Road ... Byzantine Building 4; Room 15; Pithos A Contents ... Byzantine Building 5; Room 24 at 98-102/ΜΕ-Ν; Loose Filling by Walls J-F |
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