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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 |
Complete when found, but broken in lifting. Conventional palmette; coarse reddish clay. In relief below: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ. Cleaning bedrock, north of Central House, Room XII, among stones. Leica ... 10 May 1958 |
| Three joining fragments preserve a complete antefix and cover tile. Lower face of antefix damaged. Minor fractures.
Traces of thick white paint. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica, XXVI-85, HAT 49-233 ... 7 May 1935 |
| Broken behind; chips missing from face.
Stamped in relief, beneath the palmette.
ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ series. In red filling. Leica, LIX-64 ... 4 March 1936 |
Broken away above (slightly) and below.
An antefix (?) in the form of a human mask, broken away below the eyes, with two long rows of curls across the forehead; eyes and eyebrows exaggeratedly large.
Rather ... 16 March 1936 |
| All the upper projecting part of the palmette is missing, and only a small bit of the cover tile remains.
Across the face, below the palmette, in relief: ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ
Coarse orange clay, full of impurities ... May-June 1936 |
Broken above and behind. Chipped.
Palmette and volutes in low relief; signature, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ, in raised letters across bottom.
Coarse red clay; remains of buff slip. Demolition fill in modern cellar. Leica ... 24 March 1937 |
Broken off above and behind.
Spring of palmette preserved, above volutes.
Across bottom: Α Θ Η Ν Α Ι Ο [Σ] In late Roman fill. Leica ... 2 April 1937 |
Broken off behind. Conventional palmette. Red gritty clay; traces of slip.
Letters across bottom: Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε Ι Δ Ο Υ.
Two more antefixes from the same series added under this number: b) and c). Basket ... 15 May 1937 |
| Simple relief palmette. Bottom broken away.
Coarse red clay, buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 |
| Dull impression of preceding type, A 803 (ΛΛ 1176).
Full height probably preserved; scrolls below palmette. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III in Agora V), 1st-2nd century A.D. Leica, LIX-65 ... 8 April 1937 |
Lower part only, showing carefully stamped volutes, and start of palmette with diamond center.
Part of signature preserved: Α Π [Ο Λ Λ Ω Ν Ι ] Ο Υ
Red clay, pale buff slip. Cistern, Layer I (Layer III ... 9 April 1937 |
Broken behind and at one side and slightly above and below.
Relief palmette above scrolls.
At bottom, part of the makers' name is preserved:
[Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε] Ι Δ Ο [Υ] (?). Well, container 45. Leica, LIX-64 ... 5 April 1937 |
| Lower part of Tholos antefix and much of the carrying tile remain; the whole restored in plaster on the model of A 865 (Ζ 1541).
The tile is large and flat, expanding rapidly toward the back , channeled ... 22 April 1938 |
| A finished edge at left.
Right eye, forehead, and part of beard (?) preserved; also, a little above forehead, over which something was perhaps applied.
Traces of red on "beard". Yellowish buff rather brittle ... 20 May 1938 |
Top of palmette antefix missing. Minor fractures. Cover tile completely broken off.
Coarse red clay with bits; coating of white on surface. Well, container 31. Leica ... 20 May 1938 |
The palmette antefix intact save minor fractures; cover-tile broken behind.
In raised letters across bottom: Μ Α Ξ Ι Μ Ο Υ
Coarse reddish clay; abundant traces of thick white.
Well, container 33. Leica ... 21 May 1938 |
Fragment from lower part.
Plastic volutes. Signed in raised letters across lower edge of face: ΑΘΗΝ]ΑΙΟΥ
Pale yellow clay, much grit; traces of white engobe. Leica ... 12 June 1931 |
Broken at back, lower right corner and part of palmette missing.
Relief palmette above spirals, letter in relief below: ΑΘΗ[ΝΑΙΟΥ.
Coarse red clay; light slip. Cistern, Strosis IV. 1422, 1803 Leica ... 16-17 June 1938 |
Broken at back, and top chipped.
Relief palmettes above grooved volutes, letter in relief below, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Coarse red clay; light slip. Cistern, Strosis IV. 1422, 1803 Leica ... 16-17 June 1938 |
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