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| Macedonian League ... Cop 1372, 1373 AλEχANδPOY Head of Alexander wearing lion's skin r. KOINON MAKEδONωN B NEω Horseman r. 85-24-32 ... 3rd century after Christ |
Early Roman, late 1st c. A.D. with some later fragments. Coins:
31 May 1938 #1-#12
1 June 1938 #1-#5
2 June 1938 #1-#2 ... Late 1st c. B.C. |
Dealer's Dump at 10/Θ.
Debris filling beneath a modern house floor, apparently from the shop of an antiquities' dealer; otherwise unrelated to the Agora area. Compare similar dumps, K 14:1 and N 10:1 ... Modern context |
The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU |
A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. Curbed with rough stones.
Filling of a small shallow well which contained nothing from the POU and since no water was ... Ca. 350-320 B.C. |
Coins:
19 May 1938 #1 (illegible)
20 May 1938 #3-#5, #12-#20 (Dump) ... 4th-6th c. A.D. |
| Roman Pithos at 38/ΛΔ. Cf. also Ψ734 (P 14037) from late pit at 41/ΛΓ ... Early to Middle Roman |
It may perhaps be assumed that in the 5th c. the Romans cleaned the well to 25.30m., thus removing 2nd c. and subsequent fill, and then began to reuse the shaft. Coins
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
25 ... POU 1st c. and 5th-6th c. A.D. |
Containers 1-52. Top to 20.00m. = modern fill.
Note a strong presence of W. Asia Minor (non-export-type) closed vessels here - did owner perhaps come from there? [JWH] Coins:
25 May 1938 #1-#2 ... Late Roman 5th-7th c. A.D. |
Containers 53 (transitional)-69. Coins:
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
26 May 1938 #1-#2 ... Early Roman 1st c. A.D. |
Well at 30/ΛΣΤ Coins (none useful)
25 May 1938 #3-#6
26 May 1938 #3-#4 ... Early 3rd cent and of 4th-6th cent. A.D. |
Well at 19/ΝΒ, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus ... 550-525 B.C. |
| The well (at 52/Ι in Section Ω) that supplied the Late Roman Water Channel. The area in front of the chamber was used by those coming to the well ... southeast 992 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 May 1957 |
| The well (at 52/Ι in Section Ω) that supplied the Late Roman Water Channel. The area in front of the chamber was used by those coming to the well ... AMS southeast 992 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 May 1957 |
| Mouth with pine cone stopper.
The mouth, narrow neck, and most of the handle are preserved.
Handle two-ribbed.
Stuck in the mouth, point downward is a small pine cone, obviously used as a stopper. The ... 20 May 1938 |
| Most of mouth, neck and handle preserved.
Broad flat handle. Well. Lower fill. Container 38. Leica ... 23 May 1938 |
| A single fragment preserves part of the bottom and part of one side of a square-bodied bottle.
On bottom a geometric design in low relief.
Green glass. Agora sample no. 294. Disturbed fill in N.W. part ... June 1938 |
| Mended from several fragments; mouth and some of body missing.
Vertical ribbing on body. Small, high foot. Surface decorated with yellow lines.
Glass dark blue. Soft fill beside late Roman wall, outside ... 14 June 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 |
| From a raking cornice; the full width preserved at the front, and the full height of the sima; much of the tile remains behind, with part of the right edge, but not the full depth.
Broad red band on soffit ... 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 |
A single fragment preserves a corner and parts of six holes.
Small impressed circles along edge on one side.
Coarse buff to reddish clay; unglazed. Well, Container 12. 524 Leica ... 18 May 1938 |
| Broken all around.
A tile with large openings made with arch-shaped strips of clay.
Coarse reddish clay. Well, Container 32. 525 Leica, 82-65-27 ... 21 May 1938 |
Sample of clay: a little of this taken by M F (?) for chemical analysis, July 1939, p. 874 ... Middle of 6th B.C. |
Fragmentary black glazed pots; figurine fragments; lamp fragments; loom weights ... Mid 4th B.C. |
Glazed fragments ... Mid 4th B.C. |
Fragmentary pots; coarse and fine ... Mid 4th B.C. |
Coarse fragments; transport amphoras ... Mid 4th B.C. |
Coarse fragments; transport amphoras ... Mid 4th B.C. |
Coarse fragments; transport amphoras; mortars; heavy basins; roof-tiles ... Mid 4th B.C. |
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