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Torso of draped woman nursing child which she holds on left knee.
Back broken away.
Traces of white slip.
Brick red clay.
Late Roman. Disturbed fill by pithos. Found with T 1002. 821, 822 Leica ... 28 February 1936 ... Disturbed fill by pithos. Found with T 1002. |
| Lid fragment with relief decoration. First interpretation: plaque with relief decoration.
One small piece does not join.
On the surface of the plaque are curving ridges bounding plane bands, carrying, ... 28 May 1932 |
Broken at neck and behind.
Coarse work. In pithos, black fill. Leica ... 1 March 1934 |
Possibly intended as the face of a baby: no hair.
Very large ear.
Crude work. Pinkish buff clay. In pithos, black fill. Leica ... 1 March 1934 |
Broken off at the neck.
Hair done low in the neck, in a large net: temp. Julia Domna.
Buff to light red clay.
Late Roman. In pithos, black fill. Leica ... 1 March 1934 |
Large eyed animal.
Broken all around.
Brown clay, traces of red and white paint.
ADDENDA Perhaps for a rabbit; cf. T 232, from the same mould. Roman fill beside Byzantine pithos. 4877 Leica ... 20 April 1954 ... ADDENDA Perhaps for a rabbit; cf. T 232, from the same mould ... Roman fill beside Byzantine pithos. |
Large head, broken at base of neck. Top of forelock missing.
Mane and forelock painted yellow, bridge and eyes red.
Buff clay covered with white slip. Beside pithos.
Early fill, disturbed. Leica, 84-59 ... 6 May 1937 |
| Small seven-petalled palmette with drooping petals.
No break.
Nearly covered with white paint, with considerable traces of pink. White very friable. On unpainted lower edge, fingerprints.
Attic clay. Pithos ... 22 April 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
Pithos with handles.
a) Broad band handle with two finger grooves.
b) Parts of broad flat rim.
Many other non-joining fragments of body and rim.
Fabric coarse with impurities. Well, bottom. Container ... July 1955 ... Pithos with handles.
a) Broad band handle with two finger grooves.
b) Parts of broad flat rim.
... Container T 19. |
Large lid. Two fragments preserve the profile from the edge to near the center where it rises sharply; on the underside, two concentric rows of large teeth. A fragment of a heavy strap handle may belong ... Context ca. 525-500 B.C. |
Fragmentary upper part.
One-piece jar; flat-topped rim slightly undercut. Cooking ware. A series of very small holes was punched through the rim before firing. The graffito on the neck, five straight ... Context ca. 500 B.C. |
From the shoulder of a pithos. Three stamped palmettes from the zone decorating the shoulder at the point of junction with the neck.
Reddish-buff coarse clay with bits. Catalogued May 1960. North of ... 24 June 1959 |
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 |
Rim fragment from large open jar or pithos. Diagonal grooves on plain rim; two horizontal grooves just below rim.
Clay dark gray at core, light brown at surface. Traces of red on outside. Well 20. 2445 ... 14 April 1939 |
Rim fragment. Slight flaring rim with two vertically set relief bands decorated with small thumb impressions.
Gritty grayish-buff clay, smoothed inside and outside. Well 21. Leica, 83-503 ... 1961 |
Seven joining pieces of rim and handle. Rim flat on top, two angular ridges around its side. Horizontal loop handle on bulging side wall. Incised wavy lines below rim.
Coarse red clay; gray at core ... 27 April 1937 |
From rim of large open pot or pithos. On outside, rope-like ridges, both vertical and horizontal.
Coarse gritty brown clay. Well 21. 2453 Leica, 83-503 ... 18 April 1939 |
From the wall of a large vessel, perhaps a pithos. Fire-(?) blackened inside. Decoration of broad rounded grooves and ridges.
Gritty brown clay; no slip. Well U, upper fill. Leica, 83-509 ... 16-17 June 1937 |
From the wall of a large vessel, perhaps a pithos. Around body a broad raised band with incised pattern of opposed diagonal lines.
Soft clay, brownish-buff at surfaces, gray at core; unglazed. Well U, ... 16-17 June 1937 |
| Two fragments, one from the wall, the other from the rim. Nearly vertical wall; broad horizontal projecting rim, set just below plain lip, and pierced with two large holes. Decoration: on the rim, a band ... 17-26 March 1937 |
| 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 |
Two joining fragments of rim. Plain rim with long lug just below it. To right of lug, four deliberately scratched verticals, number or tally:
Light brown gritty clay with white bits, light gray at core ... 18 April 1939 |
Mended into two large fragments; rim and neck do not join. Much of the upper part; nothing of the bottom. Plain-edged rim; ridge at base of neck. Below the ridge a band of stamped spirals, crosses in the ... (1961) |
Upper part only.
Below the shoulder-ridge a band of running spirals; on the wall two zones of noughts and crosses.
For the shape see the Kerameikos and North Slope pithoi, p. 193, note 4 and 1507. For ... Context to ca. 500 B.C. |
Shoulder fragment.
From a closed pot of moderate size. At the base of the neck, hanging palmettes stamped one by one. Corinthian tile fabric; smooth creamy slip.
For palmettes on Corinthian relief ware ... Context ca. 600-550 B.C. |
Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face, left side and back, much worn, preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in the wall of late pithos, north of the Klepsydra. Leica ... 13 April 1939 |
Horizontal lug handle from coarse pithos, with semicircular indentation in center.
Coarse gritty micaceous pinkish-buff clay. Well 17. Leica, 83-514 ... 1961 |
Inscribed fragments.
Two joining fragments from the upper part of a tall grave stele.
Broken all around. Back worn smooth.
Moulding at top of stele preserved, but palmette above it missing. Two disk rosettes ... 19 August 1959 |
Lug handle from wall of coarse pot. Pithos? Flat horizontal lug with vertical ridges making inverted U attachment.
Sandy soft reddish-buff clay with gray core. Well 17. Leica, 83-514 ... 1961 |
| Rim fragment preserved. Simple maeander on outer rim face. On neck, part of figured scene: oinochoe hanging on wall; below it, part of head of youth, right. Over youth's head, a letter in added white: ... 7 July 1959 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around, battered and worn but surface generally quite fresh.
Parts of fifteen lines of the inscription preserved and one column of the lists of cities and payments.
Pentelic ... 8 June 1972 |
Piece from large closed pot, buff clay, inside unglazed, outside covered with thin striped black glaze.
ADDENDA Ostrakon? Too early? Sherds Protoattic-VI c. Cf. T 1486 (ΘΘ 183). Beside pithos; early ... 6 May 1937 ... Cf. T 1486 (ΘΘ 183) ... Beside pithos; early fill, disturbed. |
Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around, except full thickness, and top worked reasonably smooth, tough probably not original.
Fragment from near top of a decree, perhaps honorary.
Parts of two columns ... 6 July 1972 |
| Broken all around.
Left side of large-scale cuirass decorated with Athena and two Nikai.
Athena stands front in center with aegis and a shield in her left hand. To her left a winged victory helps to support ... 6 July 1972 |
| Fragments of inscription.
Inventory of temple property.
Fragment a), back, bottom and sides broken; possibly also top, although no trace of letters above first long line.
Fragment ΟΑ 238 b), inscribed ... 10 August 1931 - 19 June 1937 ... a) 10 August 1931
b) (OA 238) 19 June 1937
a) Α:35/ΚΒ
b) (ΟΑ 238) T 23 ... a) found in the Stoa Annex, at a late Roman level; burnt stratum north of the well.
b) (ΟΑ 238), found on North trench, stony fill south of Wall D, below big pithos; on north slope of Areopagus on the west side of the fortification. |
| 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 |
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