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No. 31. Nb. No. 5. Trench D. [ΕΠΙ ΔΑΜΟΚΡΙΤΟΥ] ΓΟΡΓΙΑ ΚΝ[ΙΔΙΑ] 1072 ... Mid to Late 2nd century BC ... Trench D. |
| Obverse: owl facing, between two olive branches.
Letters visible.
Reverse: plain.
Tholos Trench D, layer III. 1727 Leica ... 22 May 1937 ... Tholos Trench D, layer III. |
Fragment of wall.
Leg and tip of tail of satyr, left (?).
No relief contour. Trench D, Inside Inner Wall. 320, 321 ... 26 January 1931 ... Trench D, Inside Inner Wall. |
| Unknown origin.
Micaceous russet clay, red stain. Nb. No. 2. Trench D, cleaning below. Assembly Place; filling of Period III. 306 ... 23 Jan 1931 ... Trench D, cleaning below. |
The weight, or sinker, made in a double mold, is uneven on the bottom, and has a knob on top. Wall Trench D. 1017 ... 15 June 1936 ... Wall Trench D. |
Wall fragment from small closed pot, preserving lower left corner of border of panel, with egg pattern.
Relief contour at left. Trench D, Within Inner Wall. 340 ... 29 January 1931 ... Trench D, Within Inner Wall. |
Intact except for small chips. Low ring foot with broad resting surface. Thickened rim incurved.
Pinkish-buff clay; red glaze fired over all except reserved resting surface and broad band at junction ... 7 April 1948 ... E-W Trench D; catch basin. |
Wall fragment only preserved. Scylla with bird and dolphins in the field; a band of eggs above and traces of a second higher band. Odeion trench D, layer III. 309 Leica ... 9 June 1939 ... Odeion trench D, layer III. |
Wall fragment probably from the reserve of a bell krater.
Part of a cloaked figure (?), left, holding a staff in his right hand.
No relief contour. Trench D, Within Stairs. 328 ... 27 January 1931 ... Trench D, Within Stairs. |
Wall fragment.
Part of a standing figure in front, wearing an elaborately embroidered garment and himation around the lower pair.
No relief contours, some brown. Trench D, Inside Inner Wall. 320, 321 ... 26 January 1931 ... Trench D, Inside Inner Wall. |
Fragment from lower wall of bell krater, preserving on end of the lower border, a St. Andrew's cross, dotted, freely drawn in brown.
No relief contours. Trench D, Inside Inner Wall. 320, 321 ... 26 January 1931 ... Trench D, Inside Inner Wall. |
From the shoulder, with a bit of dotted egg above.
Upper part of head of female figure, right; curly brown hair; fillet in added clay. No relief contour. Neck glazed inside. Trench D, Within Inner Wall ... 29 January 1931 ... Trench D, Within Inner Wall. |
| Obverse: an eagle standing left, head turned back to right.
In the field to right, a standing draped female figure (Demeter or Artemis ?) with a long torch in either hand. In the field to left an inscription ... 22 May 1937 ... Tholos trench D, 1st layer.
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| Two joining fragments from top of stand. A girl's head, kerchief-bound, to right; uncertain object in the field behind; egg and dot above.
Thinned glaze for hair; no relief contours. Odeion trench D, ... 9 June 1939 ... Odeion trench D, layer III. |
Soft, buff clay. Traces of red on hair. Softly modeled features, a stephane or fillet ran around the hair.
Rough worn shards, [???] dates the from destruction of white poros wall, probably in medieval ... Early fourth century B.C ... Wall Trench D. |
| A. group of symbols: dolphin, ear of wheat, kantharos with bird (?), star.
B. eagle (cock ?), head right, wings spread, and around the seal below a snake (?).
Possible traces of letters around (?)
Uncertain ... 18 May 1937 ... Tholos Trench D, late Roman disturbance. |
Bezel intact except for some chips. Two thirds of ring band missing.
Bezel shows profile bust of female, left, in relief.
Hair falling in three strands gathered above nape with double band. Heavy features ... 4 July 1968 ... Trench D in ΣΤ backfill. |
Broken but almost complete. Long petals with jewelled lines between; two bands above, one of circles and one of eggs. Plain medallion.
Metallic glaze, black and red; somewhat worn at top.
Cf. Agora XXXII, ... 10 June 1939 ... Odeion trench D, layer IV. |
Wall fragment, thin fabric; probably part of the handle ornament of a cup.
Right half of an upright large palmette in the middle; then the right side volute tendril ending to a smaller palmette (example) ... 29 January 1931 ... Trench D, Within Inner Wall. |
Intact.
Herringbone pattern on rim, plain discus. Solid handle doubly grooved in front, and behind. Circular reverse, enclosed by a circular groove; stamped palm branch in center.
Darker red glaze.
Light ... 7 June 1938 ... Trench D, above first strosis, with coin no. 6. |
| Fragment from rim of the bowl on which a bird sits, its tail inward to support the plate. The tops of openings are preserved in the wall below the bird. On the wall below the rim are incised running spiral ... 9 June 1939 ... Odeion trench D, from plundered trench of pre-Odeion wall B. |
Complete except for end of nozzle.
Round-bodied lamp on raised base with groove setting it off from body, deep groove around rim.
Brownish clay with buff surfacing and glazed inside only.
Type 24C of ... 7 April 1948 ... E.W. Trench D; fill down to 5th. |
Head and right arm of a woman; she probably moves right looking back; sphendrone, peplos with embroidered bodice, bracelet. At the left, the head of a youth to right; fillet, very little preserved. Egg ... 12 February 1931 ... Trench D, Cleaning Below. |
From the wall of a closed pot (amphora?). Head and neck of bearded man facing left; purple used for beard and collar. Part of leaf above the head. Wall trench, house D, late Roman disturbance. Leica ... 29 April 1938 ... Wall trench, house D, late Roman disturbance. |
Curved shoulder piece from a small hydria? Decoration in matte paint: horizontal bands of red, black and white and vertical pattern of groups of two and three leaves, in red.
Thin fabric with white bits; ... 7 April 1948 ... E-W Trench D; catch basin. |
Rim fragment of a black glazed cup with offset rim.
Scratched through the dry glaze outside:
Inside: Tholos Trench G, plundered trench of monument in fork of drain. (5th. to 4th c. B.C.) 1901 Leica ... 10 June 1937 ... Tholos Trench G, plundered trench of monument in fork of drain. (5th. to 4th c. ... PD 1133-6(D 37) |
Mended from several pieces; floor, with about half of wall and rim, and part of nozzle preserved.
Flat, slightly projecting rim; the center of the floor rises to a high point.
Very worn black glaze.
Corinthian ... 14 April 1948 ... E.W. Trench D; on bedrock N.E. of cistern. |
| Wall fragment, from near top.
Head and shoulders of youth, left; he wears a chlamys fastened on his right shoulder, and around his neck are tied the white strings of his hat.
Relief contour for profile, ... 29 January 1931 ... Trench D, Within Inner Wall. |
Two fragments from Trench A, joining another from Trench D.
Two wall fragments.
On a) Dionysos, seated left, looking right; he wears a fillet with dots above, and a bordered cloak thrown over his legs, ... 17 December 1930
12 February 1931 ... Two fragments from Trench A, joining another from Trench D.
... Assembly Place, Filling of Period III; Trench D, Cleaning Below. |
Much of one side missing. Small cylindrical, with double torus base and outside ledge of lid.
Deep black glaze inside and out, except on underside and for a line above the base. Packing below broad N-S ... 30 June 1954 |
Rim fragment from a large krater glazed on inside and in bands on outside. Ostrakon(?)
Incised on inside: Tholos Trench E, middle drain, gravel in bottom. 1814 Leica PD 1133-6(D 34) ... 2 June 1937 ... Tholos Trench E, middle drain, gravel in bottom ... PD 1133-6(D 34) |
Wall fragment from large vase.
Tail, right hand and part of left of a satyr moving to right. Two very little of reserved areas near the edges.
Careful relief contour for the satyr.
(To conform with ... 27 January 1931 ... Trench D, Within Stairs. |
Fragment of small chous, giving the upper left corner of the figured panel, with egg above and reserved line at left.
Suspended in the field, a wreathed oinochoe; below, to right, part of the body of ... 26 January 1931 ... Trench D, Inside Inner Wall. |
| Fragment from neck only with start of flaring lip. A sphinx seated to left; behind her a floral ornament; above, bands. Incision; applied purple on neck.
Flaky black glaze. Tholos trench W, layer d. 2470 ... 30 April 1938 ... Tholos trench W, layer d. |
A single fragment preserves about half the body, and part of the rim with parts of both handles joining. Base broken off. Deep body with rounded shoulder and walls tapering sharply to base. High flaring ... 7 April 1948 ... E-W Trench D; catch basin. |
| Handle broken at both ends.
gritty clay characteristic of Thasian amphoras.
Device. Finished Area IV, foundation trench of monument base; layer XVI-D. Θασ̣[ί]ων
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Γόργος 2105 82-5-13(15), 82-11-12 ... Probably late 3rd or early 2nd century B.C ... Area IV, foundation trench of monument base; layer XVI-D. |
| About one-quarter of lid preserved; from a pyxis of type D.
Lower half of an elaborate pot: ribbed kantharos or standed krater standing on a band of egg and dot. The ends of a taenia hang beside the pot ... 18 May 1953 ... About one-quarter of lid preserved; from a pyxis of type D.
Lower half of an elaborate pot: ribbed kantharos or standed krater standing on a band of egg and dot. ... Footing trench of South Stoa, Hellenistic fill. |
| Intact except for very minor chipping. Surfaces smoothed.
Roughly biconical with comparatively narrow hole pierced vertically. Removed from lot by JKP, September 1996. Tholos trench U, pit in alley, layer ... 5 June 1938 ... Tholos trench U, pit in alley, layer d. |
From a one-handled water jar.
Graffito (number?) incomplete at left:
Unglazed red-brown micaceous clay.
Cf. P 17591, P 17749, P 17885, P 18244, P 18432. Trench along East side of court in House D ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D ... Trench along East side of court in House D. |
| Broad band handle; one attachment preserved. Lower edge of handle rounded; the upper flattened, reserved and decorated with a large egg pattern in black, the hearts of the eggs in added clay with traces ... 7 April 1948 ... E-W Trench D, fill to 5th. c. |
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