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First interpretation mask of animal or human (?)
Top edge preserved.
Band of hair at top, inner corners of eyes and part of nose with hole pierced through it preserved.
Buff slip, traces of red paint ... 24 May 1939 |
Faces and part of conical headdress preserved.
Much white remains and a few traces of yellow over.
Dark red to buff clay. South of north wall V A, layer 11.
Early Byzantine. Leica ... 20 May 1939 |
Front of head only preserved.
Hair parted in middle and covering ears.
Red wash, purplish on the hair; added white for eyes.
Orange clay. South of north wall V A, layer 11.
Early Byzantine. Leica ... 20 May 1939 |
Right side of head and neck preserved.
Details elaborately gouged. Considerable added white with traces of red on comb.
Orange-red clay. Early Byzantine gravel beneath floor of modern cellar. Leica ... 24 May 1939 |
Fragment preserving the lower left side of face and beard of small grotesque mask.
Rather carefully made. Traces of red color on his face and lips.
Buff clay. Library of Pantainos, stoa colonnade opposite ... 24 May 1939 |
First interpretation: upper part of torso of grotesque female. Consider also other way up: seated figure with knees drawn up (?)
Her right hand on her bell, pendent breasts exposed above her dress.
Pinkish ... 24 May 1939 |
Preserved is the right side of upper body of a woman holding in her right arm a child whom she feeds at the right breast.
Traces of red, pink, blue (?) and white color.
Buff clay. In or immediately under ... 25 May 1939 |
Preserved is one pendent breast and fat belly.
Traces of yellow over white.
Pinkish-buff clay. Debris layer over rooms 6 and 7. Leica ... 23-24 May 1939 |
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