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Banquet frieze, left section. Photograhps . 19720429

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1. ABI , p. 35 no. 1, T19 G30

2. ENII , p. 57 no. 17, T17 H6

3. ENII , p. 57 no. 20, T17 J5-6

4. ENII , p. 59 no. 3, T17 J6

5. ENII , p. 65 no. 15, T17 J6

6. ENII , p. 47 no. 12, T17 H5

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Two men, one of them Angelo, continued clearing down through layer of tile fall in grids 30-32 E-G; stone concentration north of cut noted earlier because more scattered, tiles frags, frags of red vase (find no. 12, p. 45 ABI) found among stones.  Frags of large pithos continued to come out, including almost complete bottom.  Also strawberry box (2) of bucchero frags 31 G, F and more frags of banquet frieze.

1.  Upper left corner--frieze plaque fragment.  30 G lower tile fall.  Max. L 9.1 cm.  Max. H 4.7 cm.  (See ENII , p. 57 no. 20 for major pieces). Drawing . Photograph . 19720429

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2.  Architectural fragment of gorgon antefix attachment.  31 G just above tile fall.  H 9.5 cm.  L 8 cm. Drawing .

3.  Fragment of banquet frieze.  31 H tile fall.  W. ca 18 cm.  H ca. 14.5 cm.  About 30 cm below topsoil surface.  Joins finds no. 12, p. 27 ABI ; no. 13, p. 29 ABI ; no. 17, p. 33 ABI ; no. 14, p. 29 ABI . Drawing . 19720236

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4.  Corner tile fragment with letter theta.  31 H ca. 25-30 cm below topsoil surface.  Max L ca. 25.5 cm. Drawing . Photograph . 19720054

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5.  Fragment of banquet frieze.  31 G ca. 20 cm below topsoil surface.  Lower right corner: bench, serving woman with jug in left hand, to right.   Max H 16 cm.  Joins find no.18, p. 33 ABI upper right corner. Drawing . 19720236

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6.  Gorgon fragment.  31 G ca. 20-25 cm below surfac of topsoil.  ca. 7.5 m from north wall of building.  Traces of red pigment.  4 long and 4 short teeth.  Missing fragment found p.46 ABI no. 13.  Attacment frag found p. 41 ABI no. 8. Drawing . Photograph . 19720090

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7. Fragment for attatchment of antefix, may go with find no. 6.

8.  Fragment of antefix attatchment.  31 G ca. 30-35 cm below topsoil surface for attatchment at back of proper left side of gorgon.  Max L 13.5 cm.  Joins find no. 6 above. 19720090

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9.  Iron Nail.  30 H ca. 38 cm below topsoil surface.  6.5 cm L. Drawing .

10.  Pan tile fragment with spiral design.  31 H max pres. H. ca 13 cm. Drawing . Photograph . 19720051

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11.  Fragment of a rosette.  30 I ca. 25 cm down from topsoil surface.  Max W 6.5 cm.  Max H 6 cm. Drawing .

12.  Fragments of red painted vase: 31 G-H 32.  ca. 50 cm down from topsoil suface.  Italo Corinthian.

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N.B. from same level as red vase fragment.  Frag of iron with carbon on it.  Some evidence of burning on tiles removed, but not mjch.  3 tiles with finger print noted and discarded.

13.  Fragment of gorgon antefix, hair from lower left side.  Equal piece missing from find no. 6, p. 41 ABI , and found about a meter away from it.  31 F ca. 40-45 cm below surface of topsoil.  Max W 8 cm.  Max H 6.5 cm.  Joins find no. 6, p. 41 ABI . Drawing . 197200090 .

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Photographs .  *Problem in obtaining a profile as the  gorgons (finds no. 9, p. 69 ABI and no. 10, p. 71 ABI ) were found half in the wall of what was to have been the dike originally which necessitated their removal and the taking of the profile further east.

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14.  Fragment with handle and rim: frag of large basin (cf. Eva Rystedt) E 35 ca. 22 cm below topsoil surface. Drawing . Photograph . 19720346

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Afternoon.  Continued to explore the layer of tile fall down to a level of ca. 50 cm below topsoil surface in 31-32 F-H; while three men continued removing hard stoney topsoil in 33-35 D-H.  Large quantity of tile frags removed in 31-32 F-H, along with some rock.  Dike to be left of 35 cm in 31 A-I to obtain a profile.  (Profile GHI actually obtained in 31-32 GHI p. 81 ABI ).  4 wheelbarrows of tile fragments discarded.  1 box of impasto pot sherds; 2 strawberry boxes of red and bucchero finer pottery.

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15.  Pan tile fragment with letter "A" (alpha).  32 H ca. 45 cm below topsoil surface.  Max H 21.5 cm.  Max L 27.5 cm. Drawing . Photograph . 19720053

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16.  Pan tile fragment with very faint digamma.  32 I ca. 32 cm down from topsoil surface.  Max H ca. 9 cm.  L ca. 17.5 cm. Drawing . Photograph . 19720052

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17.  Bent bronze pin from a fibula?  33 E topsoil ca. 22 cm below topsoil surface.  Broken at both ends, encrusted, bent?, tapers at one end.  3.7m H. Drawing . Photograph . 19720048

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18.  Left side of banquet frieze plaque.  Frag with dog under table.  G 32.  ca. 50 cm below topsoil surface. H ca. 7.5 cm.  W ca. 6 cm.  Joins find no. 11, p.71 ABI at right edge.  See p. 120 ABI for other joins. Drawing . 19720237

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19.  Banquet frieze frag with bench (G32) and table ca. 30 cm down from topsoil surface.  Max H ca. 14.8 cm.  Max W ca. 10.1 cm.  Joins finds no. 3, p. 37 ABI ; no. 14, p. 29 ABI ; no, 17, p. 33 ABI ; no. 8, p. 23 ABI . Drawing . 19720236

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20.  Banquet fireze fragment ca. 50-60 cm down.  G32.  Dog under table.  Joins find no. 19 at left edge.  Max H 5.3 cm.  Max W 5.7 cm. Drawing . 19720236

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23. Bucchero fragment.  H32 ca. 40 cm below topsoil surface.  Frag of rim of bucchero vessel preserving a round knob; the picuted projection has broken off the top. Photograph . 19720057

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21.  Fragment of gorgon antefix, right half.  Ca. 50-60 cm down from topsoil surface.  G32.  Max H ca. 15.2 cm.  W. ca. 11 cm. Drawing . Photograph . 19720091

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22.  Three joining tile frags with vertical incised lines.  G32 ca. 35-45 cm down from topsoil surface?  Found while sorting tile sherds.  Max W a. 22 cm.  Max H ca. 21.4 cm.  N.B. p. 77 ABI four more tile frags of varying thickness also with vertical incised lines found while sorting, from G31-32. Drawing .

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Banquet frieze fragments

32 G -- 3

31 G -- 3

31 H -- 4

30 G -- 2

30 I -- 2

Gorgon antefixes:

30 G --1

31 G -- 1

31 H -- 4

32 G -- 1

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Sketch plan: T19 D-I 30-32. Drawing .  [North wall of building.  Cut made through stone concentration.  Apparently only dumped fill from debris of destroyed north wall, intermixed with some tile and coarse impasto fragments.  Area in which 77 gorgon antifixes found ca. 7 m from north wall, at depths from ca. 25-55 cm below topsoil surface (5 in grid 31).  Banquet frieze frags, 12 of which join to nearly complete one plaque.  Forest-slope.  Downhill toward the north.  Tile frags intermixed with impasto, bucchero, and buccheroid pottery sherds.   Heavy tile fall ca. 25-55 cm below topsoil surface.)