APC Image: AK 1138: Two bowls of Turkish times. Two flat bowls decorated with designs in the same technique, were found in the fill close to the church of the Savior. The bowl on the left is a chafing dish with broad flat rim, projecting on the outside, and below it a slight flange. Although the shape seems to call for a lid, it is unlikely that one was used, since there are no signs of wear along the edge where the lid would fit into the flange. On the reverse are three broad base-rings, separated by sunk bands of the same width as the rings. The clay is light brown, of good quality. The outside is unglazed, but the inside is covered with a thick coat of dark green glaze. Marks of the tripod used for stacking the vases in the furnace are clearly visible on the inside. The decorations, executed in sgraffito technique, stand out in black lines against the green background. On the rim is a wavy line, and on the side below the flange is a series of cross-hatched triangles above a broad border divided by straight and wavy lines into units of about equal width. In the centre of each unit is a pendent triangle, from the lower corner of which a straight line extends to the bottom of the border. The triangles are filled with carelessly drawn patterns of no special character. The design of the whole border gives the effect of an archade, and it is not unlikely that it originated from some architectural motif. In the central panel a man to left is forcing open the jaws of a gigantic dragon. The upper part of the figure is lost. He wears knee breeches and a jacket, held at the waist with a girdle. The effect of the struggle is shown by two coils on the long, snake-like body of the dragon. On the left is the figure of a palm tree. The decoration is unusual for the late period to which the plate obviously belongs, ca. fifteenth century A.D. The bowl on the right, found with the preceding, is decorated with simple designs in the same technique. The clay is reddish-buff, and the glaze, covering the inside, is green of a somewhat lighter shade than that of the preceding. The rim is flat and projects toward the outside, and at one point it is pierced with two small holes for suspension. The central medallion is divided by a cross into four equal parts, each of which is occupied by a segment filled with cross-hatching. On the border is a row of loose spirals.