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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 |
Broken off at the top and behind.
Relief palmette pattern. Coarse red clay, slipped.
Across the bottom: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ. Modern fill at surface. Leica ... 6-11 February 1939 |
Tip and lower right corner missing.
In high relief on face a head of Athena in Corinthian helmet, flanked by acanthus sprays and supporting a large palmette with a small palmette at its heart and rosettes ... 20 February 1939 |
Chip missing from lower right corner; trace of a five-pointed cover tile behind.
On the face, a flame palmette centered by a satyr head in relief. Traces of a signature in raised letters on band across ... 12 April 1939 |
Part of lower edge preserved; broken at top, back and sides. Spring of cover tile remains.
At center, bearded head; raised letters on band at bottom: Α Ι Γ Ι Π Υ [ Ρ Ο Υ.
Coarse red clay, buff slip.
Cf ... 7 June 1939 |
Lower left corner is chipped away. Spring of the cover-tile only.
Palmette and tendrils in high relief. Raised letters across the bottom.
Red clay with coarse brown tempering, yellow in the surface.
Cf ... 10 June 1939 |
Broken away above and at lower right.
From the same series as A 1086 (ΩΔ 47), but a different mold.
In raised letters: Π Ρ Ο]
Coarse red clay; white paint between. Odeion Trench E, west part, Layer IX, ... 10 June 1939 |
Mended from two pieces, back of cover tile missing.
Semicircular convex tile, its top surface smoothed into four angular faces; palmette antefix. At base of antefix, the molded signature: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ ... 17 May 1940 |
| Broken in two and abraded.
Flame palmette rising from acanthus in high relief.
Coarse purple clay; yellow on surface.
From Odeion. Odeion Trench E, VII Layer, burnt debris of Odeion. Leica, XXVI-85 ... 16 June 1938 |
Fragment from lower left part; bottom and side preserved; broken elsewhere.
Relief decoration on front much worn, but enough of tendrial and three letters in relief below remain to assign the fragment ... 3 April 1947 |
Broken at back; top of palmette chipped off at front. Below, letters in relief:
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Red clay with white bits; light buff slip. Roman destruction debris. 101 Leica ... 21 April 1947 |
The cover tile mended from several pieces; small fragments missing; the full dimensions preserved.
Elaborate relief decoration on the antefix: palmette, Medusa mask, and scrolls.
Coarse gritty red clay; ... 23 June 1947 |
The upper part, and the cover tile, broken away.
Athena head, surrounded by scrolls in relief. Below, in raised letters, the signature: Μ Ι Κ Ι Ω Ν.
Red to buff tile fabric with buff slip and a few traces ... 4 August 1947 |
Part of the cover tile preserved; the antefix complete except for chips.
Plastic decoration like that of A 1289 (ΠΠ 249) but the whole very slightly larger, and the fabric different: red tile fabric, with ... 4 August 1947 |
Mended from two pieces; one corner of end of cover tile missing, and chips.
Nine-petalled palmette rising from diamond heart; scrolls and tendrils below. Coarse red clay, buff slip.
Along the lower edge, ... 4 August 1947 |
Mended from four pieces. Broken at the back, and most of the palmette missing.
Diamond-shaped heart, with scrolls below. Along the bottom in relief the signature: Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε Ι Δ Ο[Υ.
Coarse red clay; ... 13 August 1947 |
Broken at back and top and along left side.
Same series A 1299 (ΠΠ 309), but the signature, Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε Ι Δ Ο Υ, fully preserved and the buff slip in good condition. N.-S. Trench VIII, on floor of impluvium ... 13 August 1947 |
The antefix is complete save minor chips; two joining fragments give part of the cover tile.
Relief palmette with diamond heart; volutes below. The signature in relief letters along the bottom of the face: ... 8 October 1947 |
Two joining fragments preserve most of the antefix and the start of the cover tile. Concave-petalled palmette, with a small palmette heart; beneath, head of Athena Parthenos; volutes to either side.
Coarse ... 8 October 1947 |
Broken above and at the left, and the face chipped at the left, but nearly the full width preserved, with the start of the cover tile.
Volute and tendrils relief decoration.
Along the lower edge of the ... 10 October 1947 |
Broken at top and back. Palmette with volutes and tendrils.
Gritty red clay; traces of white stucco. Signature along lower edge in raised letters: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Cf. A 1347 (ΟΟ 469). In late wall over D 1 ... 18 March 1948 |
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