TRAGIC (2) MASK, FEMALE
HEN OR QUAIL (?)
854 P1. 21. H. 6 cm. Head and right shoulder;
reddish clay, head painted red, wing white, circled with yellow.
Probably a rattle. No comb, but wattles below eyes.
Wing feathers indicated by short grooves.
4th century.
From the same mould: 855, Deposit L-M 11-12:1, late 3rd to early 4th century.
Similar: 856.
DOLPHIN
857 Pl. 21. L. 5.4 cm. Chipped; reddish clay; one side flatter than the other, may have been attached to some object.
859 P1. 21 (cast only). L. 12 cm. Approximately half of mould; dull pinkish clay with coarse grit, purplish red glaze inside and out.
Coarse mould; scales indicated by stippling; finished on outside with oval ring foot, can be set on flat sur- face like a dish. Perhaps a food mould.
4th century.
Of the same type:
860 P1. 21. L. 11.4 cm. About half of mould; drab pinkish buff clay, partly burned gray.
Large coarse mould, preserving part behind head surface reddish and flaked on one side.
Crustacean claw finished, pierced at one end.
Perhaps for articulated toy.
3rd century.
CRUSTACEAN MOULD
863 P1. 21 (cast). Max. dim. 9.6 cm. About half of one mould; fine hard pinkish buff clay.
Well made, smooth on outside, with handling knob.
About half of thorax of crustacean with part of two thin hairy legs and most of heavy curving seg- mented tail ending in flipper-like appendages.
3rd century before A.D. 267.
Similar, perhaps companion mould:
864 P1. 21 (cast). H. 8.6 cm. Lower right corner of mould; pinkish buff clay.
Well made, smooth on outside, with handling knob. Head, part of thorax and three legs of crus- tacean. Perhaps from other side of 863.
3rd century before A.D. 267.
uneven hard pinkish buff clay, redder inside.
Large heavy mould, roughly smoothed outside.
Perhaps for a relief.
3rd century.
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867 P1. 22. H. 2.5 cm. Chipped; reddish clay.
Miniature, solid. Four ribs, dried bloom between them.
1st to 2nd century.
CORNUCOPIA WITH GRAPES
868 P1. 22. H. 7.4 cm. Fragment; reddish buff clay, partly burned, traces of white slip.
Bunches of grapes and vine leaves protrude at top. Probably for a Dionysiac figurine.
3rd century.
PALM
869 P1. 22. Max. dim. 6.9 cm. Finished edge preserved along two sides; reddish buff clay, buff surface, red glaze. Perhaps from a plaque.
1st century B.C. to 1st century after Christ.
INANIMATE OBJECTS
CORNUCOPIA
870 P1. 22. Deposit D 12:1. H. 10 cm. Intact;
pinkish buff clay; long and thin; groove circles top, fruit overflows.
1st century B.C. to 1st century after Christ.
HERM
871 P1. 22. Deposit H-I 12:1. H. 7.3 cm. Shoulders to mid pillar; restored; reddish buff clay, red to brown glaze.
Two curls over shoulder; perhaps from utensil or support for statuette.
3rd century before A.D. 267.
SMALL DIONYSIAC THYMIATERION
872 P1. 22. H. 8 cm. Broken top and bottom, partly restored; dark pinkish buff clay.
Small square thymiaterion flaring top and bottom to horns. At narrowest point raised ovolo band;
ridge below rim. Between ridge and ovolo, a small mask, perhaps Dionysos, applied to each of four sides. Below ovolo, masks of Pan (one preserved) were applied, superimposed over still faintly visible garland.
3rd century.
COUCH
873 P1. 22. H. 6.2 cm. Reddish buff clay.
One corner with lion paw leg.
3rd century.
CAPITAL
874 Pl. 22. H. 4.5 cm. Chipped; reddish buff clay partly burned gray, white slip, traces of red in places
Corinthian. Finished edge at top and bottom, hollow as if for socket below, closed except for small round hole at top.
1st century.
ALTAR
875 P1. 22. H. 4.2 cm. Upper corner; clay discolored grayish buff, white slip, traces of red.
Small, rectangular, with moulding around top and along vertical line of corner; garlands in relief hang in panels defined by mouldings. Red on garlands, on vertical moulding, and in pattern of dots on top.
Hollow, slip washed over inside.
4th century.
Of the same type, base or altar: 876, Deposit D 11:1, roughly rectangular object; late 1st century B.C. to 1st century after Christ. 877, Deposit P 8:1, stepped base or altar, Agora, V, H 24, p. 49, pl. 73; second half of 2nd century. 878, fragment, perhaps from throne, inscribed:
Po [---]. 879, Deposit F 17:1, plug for bottom of a base, 3rd to 4th century.
MOULD FOR ROD
880 Pl. 22. L. 14.3 cm. Intact; reddish clay.
3rd to 4th century.
PLAQUES
CIRCULAR PLAQUE, MOULD
881 P1. 23. Max. dim. 9.3 cm. About one-quarter of mould including rim; reddish buff clay.
Athena standing left, holding shield with enormous Gorgoneion. Appears to be looking at man, facing, above whom is tabellum with three circles.
4th century.
CIRCULAR PLAQUE: MAN AND OBJECT
882 P1.23 (cast). Max. dim. 9 cm. Fragment near rim;
dark pinkish buff clay.
Nude short-haired man reclining on left side, right arm across legs, leaning on object with crisscross lines, perhaps cushion or thyrsos.
4th century.
CIRCULAR PLAQUE: DIOSKOUROS, MOULD
883 P1. 23 (cast). Max. dim. 7.4 cm. Fragment near rim; reddish buff clay.
Semi-draped standing man wearing sandals, facing front; behind him to left the hindquarters of a horse.
4th century.
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CIRCULAR PLAQUE: BANQUET PREPARATION, MOULD
884 P1. 23. Max. dim. 10.2 cm. About half of mould;
dark pinkish buff clay, buff surface.
Within a border of leaves, a man (legs preserved) surrounded with the makings of a banquet: on left, two ducks or chickens, plucked and trussed, and a wine amphora; below, a calf's head; at right, a large animal (sucking pig or lamb) in a dish.
3rd century.
CIRCULAR PLAQUE: SELENE OR MEN IN CHARIOT, MOULD
885 P1. 23. Max. dim. 10.8 cm. Fragment; reddish buff clay.
Draped person, facing, with moon crescent and rays behind. Below, top of the head of a horse; there probably were two horses, turning heads left and right.
Late 3rd or 4th century.
CIRCULAR PLAQUE: ORPHEUS
886 P1. 23. Max. dim. 5.1 cm. Small fragment from upper part; reddish buff clay.
Within a wreath border Orpheus, seated, plays lyre.
Indistinct representation (animals, plants, rocky background?) in field.
Late 3rd century.
MOULD FOR RELIEF: STILL LIFE
887 Pl. 23 (cast). Max. dim. 12.5 cm. Fragment near base. Pale buff to pinkish buff clay.
Ostia type mould, with part of fish and shell (?).
3rd century.
MOULD FOR RELIEF: ANIMALS
888 P1.28 (cast). Deposit H-I 12:1. Max. dim. 7cm.
Fragment near edge; hard dull pinkish buff clay.
For plaque or conical object with relief. Ostia type mould, boar, bird, snake and unidentified object within zigzag border.
3rd century.
PLAQUE: PERSONS STRANGLED BY SNAKES, ANIMALS IN FIELD
889 P1. 23 (cast). H. 6.5 cm. Head and torso of one person, part of snake and of background preserved;
dark pinkish buff clay.
This plaque and the six following represent a scene that can be reconstructed (P1. 23) by taking together pieces from the Agora and the Kerameikos. On a plaque with raised border in the shape of a rectangle topped by an arch, two nude figures, apparently male and female, stand side by side. Around each coils a large strangling snake, its head curving above the head of the person. All around in the field, animals (dogs, lions, bears, eagles, marsh birds) attack them.
Late 3rd to 4th century.
Similar: 890.
891 Pl. 23. Deposit Q-R 14:1. Woman to waist, snake to mid body. White on background and over eyes, red spots on snake.
Other side of representation like 889. The person here appears to be a woman.
Late 3rd to 4th century.
Similar: 892. perhaps second generation.
893 P1. 23. Max. dim. 6.3 cm. Man waist to feet, with part of snake and background; reddish clay, white slip on both sides, red on animals and red spots on snake.
Standing man, with snake coiled around him; lion attacks on right, dog or bear and two other animals on left.
Late 3rd to 4th century.
Similar:
894 P1. 23. H. 6.8 cm. Fragment with bear and eagle;
partly burned buff clay.
Late 3rd to 4th century.
Similar:
895 P1. 23. H. 8.8 cm. Fragment preserving part of border and bird in field; reddish buff clay.
Late 3rd to 4th century.
PLAQUE: PLANT, ANIMAL, PERSON (2)
896 P1. 23. H. 8.6 em. Lower corner; reddish buff clay, traces of red.
Side or bottom of plaque: part of foot (9), ear of grain, and a frog (2).
3rd century.
The following are objects of which the date is doubtful.
Some of them may be Hellenistic, some modern.
HORSE
897 P1. 22. H. 6 cm. Head, legs and tail missing;
extremely rough dark pinkish buff clay, pinkish slip, much grit.
Body of animal, a rein (2) over back, from right shoulder to left hind leg. Rough clay resembles that used for architectural terracottas, and there seem to be traces of a much finer layer of more carefully worked
fine clay, such as was also applied on architectural clay figures.
HEAD OF WOMAN
898 P1. 22. H. 8.1 cm. Gritty brick red clay, heavy white slip, traces of yellow.
Woman with thick straight hair parted in middle;
high comb or flat chignon rising in back, pierced through; earrings. Perhaps for plastic decoration.
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