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Well 19: Latest Mycenaean. Near Klepsydra. Diameter mouth 1.25-1.35m., narrowing about a third of the way down and becoming rectangular, 0.90-1.0 to a side. Muddy at m; water collecting rapidly at 8.m ... Late Mycenaean |
Well at 30/ΛΣΤ Coins (none useful)
25 May 1938 #3-#6
26 May 1938 #3-#4 ... Early 3rd cent and of 4th-6th cent. A.D. |
A late curbed well. The filling consisted of clay and small stones. The sherds were uniform from top to bottom and appear to be late Byzantine. From measurements in notebooks (pp. 340, 729), S 2855 is ... Late Byzantine |
Antefix in the form of a gorgoneion. About two-thirds of the antefix proper preserved. Fragment from the forelocks and the lower right part of the gorgoneion missing, minor chips.
A red and black painted ... May 1953 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Painted ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) ... 1983 |
Lower jaw and much of lower part of face missing. Red in eyes and on part of mane. Loose fill in Late Roman Fortification Wall. Leica ... 24 April 1959 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts |
| Oval with a thick top and long ridge, partly broken. Around sides, a zone of large pierced holes. Bottom edge flat. Red clay with coarse bits.
A lantern (?). Cf. A 3671 and MC 1346 (?). Herulian destruction ... 18 March 1958 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous |
Two joining fragments preserve a large lion's head spout which has the lower jaw, right ear and much of the nose missing. Traces of color in the eyes; a red pupil, surrounded by yellow; inside of the eyelids ... 4 August 1966 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts |
Lower jaw and right side of face preserved in two joining fragments.
Outline of molars scratched into the clay, the canines are inset. Quite a long snout and large chin. Traces of yellow paint high up ... 16 August 1966 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts |
| Full height and width preserved, full length undeterminable. The lion lacks most of its lower jaw and the right ear. A painted face of acanthus alternating with palmettes; below, a border of maeander ... 7 July 1967 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts |
Broken at both ends and at back; finished lower edge. Chipped.
Part of a large muzzle and eye (?).
Good roof tile fabric with smooth buff slip.
ADDENDA A spout of an eaves tile? Published as an archetype ... 1933 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous |
| Broken both ends and behind.
Plain vertical fascia.
Gritty buff clay, covered with thin yellow wash. Scratched in the dry clay on its inner surface: Α Cave; from layer of burnt material on cistern floor ... 31 May 1934 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts |
Broken at sides and back. Front part of head with nose and upper joint preserved. Light buff to pinkish buff clay, with small bits in it.
Cf. A 662, lion's head spout from ΠΘ, similar clay and size. Late ... 4 April 1952 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts |
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 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous |
| One end preserved; also complete height.
A design of cable pattern and spirals recalling the simas of the Middle Stoa. Finished Piers 10-11, West. Stoa fill West of Tower. Leica ... 29 November 1949 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous |
Preserved in three joining fragments is the upper right hand corner, except the top, the face entire and the whole lower part.
The head, with hair parted and waved, crowned with a diadem and bunches of ... May-June 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Brackets |
Fragment of lower right corner of a bracket like A 678 ( Ι 907), from the same mold. Clay is the same, but fired pinker. Great Drain. Leica ... May-June 1936 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Brackets |
| Part of an edge preserved, otherwise broken.
Some of the petals of the palmette of an antefix.
Coarse pink to buff clay. Finished Late Roman Fill in S.W. corner of section. Leica ... 20 April 1938 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Miscellaneous |
| Layer of crushed bedrock with ostraka, behind Classical Building ... 17 June-17 July 1996
28 July 1997 |
| Terracotta helmet ... Helen Besi ... 1 copy (hard paper) in Princeton (AE, 2024). Fragile Torn Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1968 |
Terracotta helmet ... Helen Besi ... 1968 |
| Chimney Vessel ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Chimney Vessel ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Sima Fragment: Inscribed ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Sima Fragment: Inscribed ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Stoker's helmet ... AMS 4291 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1968 |
| Stoker's helmet ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Sima section with lion's head spout ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Sima section with lion's head spout ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Antefix mold fragment ... Reworked Leica photograph. Horizontal (normal) |
| Mold for sima ... Reworked Leica photograph. Horizontal (normal) |
| Antefix mold fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Jun 2025 |
| Antefix mold fragment ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Mold for sima ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Jun 2025 |
| Mold for sima ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Sima section with lion's head spout ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Jun 2025 |
| Sima section with lion's head spout ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Sima section with lion's head spout ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Sima section with lion's head spout ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Top: section of terracotta roof tiles (A 1911, A 1913 and A 1914). Center: terracotta well-head (A 1916), section and elevation. Bottom: shallow dish on stand (P 21957), section and elevation. From Well ... M.R.H ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 677 Misc Horizontal (normal) ... 1952 |
| Profile drawings of terracotta rooftiles, well-head and basin on stand ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 667 AMS Horizontal (normal) |
West Chamber of Cistern System #2. This chamber filled earlier than the East Chamber. No stratification but at 3.80m. considerable pottery of the late 5th c. B.C., as in 60/ΛΗ cistern, presumably a portion ... First half of 3rd c. A.D. |
| Eaves tiles and antefix from the Tholos roof. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Craig Mauzy ... Ptg. 333 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
| 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 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Plastic ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Roof Tiles | Cover Tiles |
| Terracotta pan tile (A 938) to fit tile standard, and matching cover tile (A 1322) ... Misc Horizontal (normal) |
| Terracotta plastic antefixes from Roman Groups K and M, also examples of similar types from other contexts ... Misc Horizontal (normal) |
Tile well at 52/ΛΣΤ, in the northern late Roman building in the room with the apse. The top was covered by a large stone, and the well had never been filled after the last period of use. water stood to ... Late 1st (?) cent.-early 3rd to 6th cent. |
| Terracotta antefixes ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Antefix and cover tile: plastic ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Jun 2025 |
| Antefix and cover tile: plastic ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Antefix and cover tile: plastic ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Antefix and cover tile: plastic ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
| Antefix and cover tile: plastic ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... June 2025 |
Tholos tiles ... Late 5th B.C. |
Roman Dump/Cesspool ... Second half 1st c.-1st half 2nd c. A.D. |
| Eaves tiles and antefix from the roof of the Tholos ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... Jun 2025 |
| Eaves tiles and antefix from the roof of the Tholos ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... Jun 2025 |
| Eaves tiles and antefix from the roof of the Tholos ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... Jun 2025 |
| Fragment of Laconian stamped cover tile (left, A 1412); fragments of Laconian stamped pan tiles (right, top to bottom, A 2677, A 1538 and A 1413) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). Coins
8 June 1933 #4
9 June 1933 #5-#6
10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16
13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29
14 June 1933 #3-#4
15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8
17 June ... Mid 3rd century |
| Left to right, Laconian cover tiles (A 1113, A 1319) and pan tile A 2009) with stamped palmettes ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Corner lion's head sima (A 2284). Plan, elevation, section ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... 1 copy in Princeton (AE, 2024). Fragile Torn Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1968 |
1 of Late 5th c ... Second Quarter of 5th B.C. |
Coins:
26 April 1932 #1
27 April 1932 #1-#2
Only the pottery from last 1.00m of fill retained. Finds recorded in both Δ and Δ'. See Δ nbp. 114 for division of Δ into two parts, northern (Δ) and southern ... 4th c. A.D. |
Coins:
27 April 1937 #6-#12
28 April 1937 #2
29 April 1937 #2
8 May 1937 #1-#2 15.40-19.50m. produced nothing ... 4th. c. A.D. |
| Fill in stone-curbed well P 35772 possibly belongs to this deposit, Lot 899 ... 3rd. c. A.D. |
| Inscribed terracotta roof tile ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 8 (1939) p. 214, fig. 12. VII-10 VII-10 Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... 1938 |
Missing about a third, including all of one end. One long joint tongue. Light brown clay and wash; two bands in reddish brown glaze, much faded: one beneath collar at base of joint tongue, the other near ... May-June 1951 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes |
Broken all around, only part of stamp preserved.
Fragment of a pan tile with dull red glaze on upper surface. The stamp, a palmette, is on the under side.
Cf. A 1319, from ostrakon deposit in Section ... 20 April 1951 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Stamped |
| Left side and top preserved. On sima, traces of a painted design in red and white: anthemion and leaf (?). Horos Terrace Trench, Middle: Herulian destruction level. Leica, 80-83-12 ... 20 March 1953 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Simas and Lion Spouts | Painted |
A thin sliver broken from surface. Rope pattern at edge. Chevrons within.
Greenish buff clay. Well AB; box 2. 331 Leica ... 7 July 1959 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Miscellaneous |
| Mended from many fragments, few chips missing. Standard archaic water pipe with short tongue and flat-topped flange at upper end, long tongue and open flange at lower end. Carefully cut oval setting hole ... March 1956 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes |
Dipinti; graffiti on flanges. Archaic.
Same series as A 2600 (Τ 3586).
For discussion of dipinti and graffiti see notebook p. 6157.
Finished Found in position in the archaic pipe line that fed the Southeast ... March 1956 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes |
| Complete. Ribbed outside. Orange clay. Smaller round pipeline along the Panathenaic Way (along O-Z boundary line). 935 Leica, 85-537 ... July 1956 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes |
Dipinti; graffiti on flanges. Archaic.
Same series as A 2600 (Τ 3586).
Cf. picture, notebook p. 5454 (M.C. notes however that she never could see a trace of the upper half of the pipe itself.)
For discussion ... March 1956 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Drains, Water Channels, Pipes |
Broken at top, bottom and back; petals chipped.
Alternating red and black (?) petals above a double spiral; ground cream. Clay yellowish buff with red bits. Exhibited in Stoa Shop XXI. Reported missing, ... 26 may 1954 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Antefixes | Painted |
| An architect's or mason's drawing, on black on half a brick, of a Cufic design, evidently for use in the masonry of the church. In wall of the Church of the Holy Apostles. Leica, LXX-100 ... 31 December 1954 ... Architecture | Terracottas | Tiles and Bricks | Bricks |
| Watercolor by Piet de Jong of a painted terracotta sima ... Craig Mauzy ... PD 242 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
| Watercolor by Piet de Jong of a section and elevation of painted palmette terracotta antefix ... Amber Laughy ... Ptg. 203 Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Nov 2007 |
| Watercolor by Piet de Jong of decorative details from terracotta sima roof tile from temple of Hephaistos ... Amber Laughy ... Ptg. 214 Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Nov 2007 |
| Drawing of a tholos antefix. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Craig Mauzy ... Ptg. 217 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
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