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Base and lower body all restored.
Shiny brown glaze, peeled.
Cf. Brann L 26 (LG IIA); Brann 131 (LG IIB) ... LG II ... H 289 ... H 289 |
Dull red glaze.
Like Brann O 19 ... LG IIA ... Dull red glaze.
Like Brann O 19. |
Nothing of base.
Black glaze.
Like Brann I 35 ... MG II ... H 284 ... H 284 |
Low ring foot; rolled handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann 49 ... Transition to LG II ... H 354 ... H 354 |
All of one side missing. Plain bottom.
Shiny black glaze.
For other bird skyphoi, cf. E. Brann, Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 405, no. 4. Brann would attribute all such skyphoi to one shop ... LG I ... H 291 ... H 291 |
NM 16094
Very slightly convex lid, almost flat; plain rim, slightly thickened below; large inverted conical handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann I 59 ... MG II-LG I ... H 80 ... H 80 |
Slightly convex side wall.
Shiny black to reddish brown glaze.
Cf. Brann 190 ... LG IIB ... H 317 ... H 317 |
Red glaze.
Cf. Brann 159; Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 132, neg. no. 5541 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.097; Diam. (rim) 0.111 |
A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... H 12:11 ... H 12:11 |
Flat bottom. Ladder pattern and blob stars on handles.
Dull black glaze, brownish where thin.
Cf. Brann 169 ... MG II ... H 430 ... H 430 |
Entirely glazed inside and out except for the reserved handle zone outside.
Streaky black glaze.
Cf. Brann 139 ... 700-650 B.C ... H. 0.060; Diam. (rim) 0.107 |
NM 16179
Low disk foot. Ladder pattern on handle.
Dull black glaze, fired red in places.
Cf. Brann 76 ... LG I ... H 9 ... H 9 |
Entirely glazed inside and out except for a reserved band on either side of rim; the band inside decorated with a stroke series.
Dull glaze, black to dark brown and somewhat peeled.
Cf. Brann 137 ... Late 8th c. B.C ... H 440 ... H 440 |
Unpainted two handled cups are discussed under Brann. Ours is closer to Agora examples which were found in Middle Geometric contexts ... MG II ... H 307 ... H 307 |
Flat bottom and round mouth. Irregular latticing on shoulder, probably first of triangles, then spaces between.
Dull red glaze.
Cf. Brann 65 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H 342 ... H 342 |
Handle and most of trefoil mouth restored.
Disk foot, sharply offset from body.
Streaky brown glaze, much worn and peeled.
Cf. Brann 58 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H 120 ... H 120 |
Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C.
Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C ... with G-I 11-12 and the other |
Flat bottom. Glazed inside except for a reserved band at rim.
Dull red to brown glaze outside, thick brown glaze inside.
Like Brann 177 ... Transition to LG ... Brann 177. |
Base completely restored.
Dull black glaze.
Young XX 1-3 and Brann 261 are similarly decorated but deeper and less rounded so probably later than ours ... MG II ... H 286 ... H 286 |
Reserved dot at center of floor inside, band at rim.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann I 32; also J.N. Coldstream, Arch. Anz. 78, 1963, col. 203 ... MG II ... H. 0.06; Diam. (rim) 0.09 |
Flat bottom, Ladder pattern on handle.
Black glaze.
For imitation of the Corinthian Light-on-Dark technique in which white paint was used cf. Brann N 8 ... LG II ... H 456 ... H 456 |
Nothing of mouth or handle. Low ring foot; conical body.
Shiny black glaze, brown where thin.
For other Late Geometric oinochoai with conical bodies, cf. Brann F 13 ... LG II ... H 396 ... H 396 |
Black glaze fired red in places.
A close parallel to Brann 153, the earliest Corinthiasizing kotyle found in the Agora; for its profile, see Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 408, fig. 4 ... LG IIA ... H 433 ... H 433 |
Disk foot; slightly convex side wall; plain rim, thickened inward and flat at top.
Stroke series on top of rim; all glazed inside.
Dull glaze, black to brown.
Cf. Brann F 29 ... 650-625 B.C ... H. 004; Diam. (rim) 0.17 |
Flat bottom; rising band handle decorated on its outer face with an elongated St. Andrew's cross.
Black glaze, fired red in places.
For system of complete banding which is Corinthian, cf. Brann 55 ... LG II ... H 349 ... H 349 |
NM 16057
High disk foot. Inside all glazed except for a reserved band at rim filled with a series of short vertical strokes.
Black glaze, brown where thin.
See Brann I 27 for other oversized skyphoi ... LG I ... H 82 ... H 82 |
NM 16053
Ring foot and double rolled handle. Two narrow glaze lines interrupted in front by a zigzag column. Double glaze band down outer face of each handle section.
Shiny brown glaze, in places shading ... LG I ... H. 0.216; Diam. 0.151 |
Flat bottom; wide, shallow body; offset rim, tilted outward. Body banded to handle zone; in handle zone, a zigzag; parallel verticals on either side of rim; banded inside.
Black glaze outside, mostly ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H 439 ... H 439 |
| Brann O 26. Brann H 5. Hesperia, XXIX. Brann O 27. Brann H 42. Burial. Brann O 23. Brann H 46. Brann O 24. Brann H 44. Brann O 17. Brann H 10. Brann O 19. Brann H 2. Brann O 20. Brann H 16. Brann O 22 ... Agora 8 120 P 15122 P 17175 P 17354 P 15123 P 17176 P 17355 P 17177 P 17356 P 15124 P 17178 P 17357 P 17179 P 17358 P 17180 P 17359 P 15125 P 17181 P 17360 P 17182 P 17361 P 15126 P 17183 P 17362 P 15127 ... Brann H 11 ... Brann H 5 ... Brann H 42 |
A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) ... H 11:2 ... H 11:2 |
Dug as Tholos Trench V, Room E, burnt filling of plundered wall trench of S wall of court. See also lot Ζ 484 ... Late 6th c. B.C ... G-H 11-12 |
A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump. Coins:
19 May 1933 #14
20 May 1933 #3
22 May 1933 #1-#2
23 May 1933 #2
24 May 1933 #1
30 May 1933 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill ... 19 May-7 June 1933 ... H 11:1 ... H 11:1 |
NM 16070
Disk foot and oval mouth. All glazed inside.
Thick black glaze inside, thin and brown outside.
Brann lists other clay-ground kantharoi under I 49 and suggests that the idea may have been inspired ... LG I ...
Brann lists other clay-ground |
NM 16095
Disk foot; fairly pointed body. All glazed inside except for two reserved bands below lip, the upper decorated with groups of short strokes.
Black to brown glaze.
For the Corinthian model of ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H 87 ... H 87 |
Nothing of handle or mouth.
Flat bottom; squat, convex lower body; high, upward-tapering upper wall. Legs and round shield of a man walking right and carrying two spears (head missing); behind, tree (?) ... Early Protoattic ... H 390 ... H 390 |
Intact.
Flat bottom and slightly convex lower body. Inside all glazed except for a reserved dot at center of floor and three bands below lip.
Black to brown glaze.
Cf. Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 98, inv ... LG I ... H. 0.058; Diam. (rim) 0.074 |
G-H 11-12 was probably extended to G-I and is hereafter G-I 11-12. Asterisk: G-H 11-12* ... G-H 11-12 was probably extended to G-I and is hereafter G-I 11-12 ... Asterisk: G-H 11-12* |
Lower fill:
See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed.
Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds.
Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507.
Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... H 10-11:1 ... H 10-11:1 |
Nothing of neck, mouth, or handle. Squat body with flat bottom. At either side, a set of three concentric circles around a dotted quatrefoil; front and back, same scheme: wavy vertical lines to point ... LG II ... H 364 ... H 364 |
7th c. A.D ... H 11:1.2 ... H 11:1.2 |
Ca. 410-390 B.C ... H 12:11.2 ... H 12:11.2 |
Coins:
19 May 1933 #14
20 May 1933 #3
22 May 1933 #1-#2
23 May 1933 #2
24 May 1933 #1
30 May 1933 #1 ... 10th c. A.D ... H 11:1.1 ... H 11:1.1 |
The absence of certain shapes (no kantharoi or cup-kantharoi) may be due to the nature of the establishment from which the material came. Also, absence of rouletting save for one example. The lack of these ... Ca. 390-375 B.C ... H 12:11.1 ... H 12:11.1 |
Flat bottom; flaring rim pinched to trefoil mouth. Elongated sigmas on outside; row of dots on outer face of lip. Lip reserved inside and decorated with elongated dots linked by tangents; otherwise glazed ... LG IIB ... H 422 ... H 422 |
Bottom wholly restored.
Incised wavy lines at level of both handle attachments and down outer face of handle.
Unglazed and handmade.
For ware, Hesperia 30 (1961), pp. 316-317.
For incised decoration ... 7th c. B.C ... on cooking ware, Brann |
Lined with small stones.
Difference noted between the pottery from the top and that from the bottom. Coins:
11 April 1933 #13 (disintegrated)
12 April 1933 #1-#6 (disintegrated) (Coin no. 1. N 18194 found ... Turkish ... Coins:
11 April 1933 #13 (disintegrated)
12 April 1933 #1-#6 (disintegrated) (Coin no. 1. N 18194 |
Joins with H 406.
Mended from three pieces.
Left to right in two lines.
Line 1:-ΛΟΤΕ.-
Line 2:-ΟΗΑΟ.- Votive dump ... Joins with H 406.
Mended from three pieces.
Left to right in two lines. |
Also called Turkish well. Coins:
19 April 1933 #1-#4 ... 19 April-4 May 1933 ... Hesperia 11 (1942), pp. 20-21. |
Retrograde. -ΝΠΑ- Votive dump. -ΝΠΑ- ... H 193 ... H 193 |
Retrograde. -.ΔΕΕ.- Votive dump. -.ΔΕΕ.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 110, p. 32, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Left to right. -ΣΑ- Votive dump. -ΣΑ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 120, p. 34, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Left to right. -ΧΓΕΣΙ- Votive dump. -ΧΓΕΣΙ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 74, p. 28, fig. 11, pl. 8. |
Left to right. -ΕΝΟ- Altar area. -ΕΝΟ- ... H 524 ... H 524 |
Retrograde. -ΟΝΥ ... Ε.- Votive dump. -ΟΝΥ ... Ε.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 68, p. 27, fig. 11, pl. 8. |
Left to right. -ΕΝΑΙΛ- Votive dump. -ΕΝΑΙΛ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 70, p. 27, fig. 11, pl. 8. |
Left to right. -ΗΕ- Votive dump. -ΗΕ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 114, p. 32, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Probably left to right. -ΜΦΙΣ- Votive dump. -ΜΦΙΣ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 112, p. 32, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Left to right. -ΓΕ.- Altar area. -ΓΕ- ... H 512 ... H 512 |
Left to right. -ΠΑ.- Altar area. -ΠΑ.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 121, p. 34, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Left to right. -ΛΕΣΜ.-
Grayish buff clay. Votive dump. -ΛΕΣΜ.- ... H 185 ... H 185 |
Mended from two pieces.
Retrograde. [--αν]έθεκε Votive dump. [--αν]έθεκε ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 11, p. 15, fig. 7, pl. 3. |
Letters incised left to right with a blunt point.
-.ΟΠΟΣ Votive dump. -.ΟΠΟΣ ... H 164 ... H 164 |
Greenish buff clay with brown grit.
Retrograde. ΧΑ- Altar area. ΧΑ- ... H 508 ... H 508 |
Letters incised with a blunt point, retrograde. -ΟΥΔ- Altar area. -ΟΥΔ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 117, p. 34, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Two lines left to right.
Line 1:-ΓΑΛΙ-
Line 2:-ΕΚΚ- Votive dump ... H 176 ... H 176 |
Resting surface and lower body reserved; gray clay.
Left to right. -ΕΝΓΝΟ.- Votive dump. -ΕΝΓΝΟ.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 67, p. 27, fig. 11, pl. 7. |
Left to right. -hΟΕΦ.-
Part of a personal name such as ho Εφ[ίππου]. Altar area. -hΟΕΦ.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 48, p. 23, fig. 11, pl. 6. |
Mended from two pieces.
Letters incised retrograde with a blunt point. ΑΝΙΙΣΟ- Altar area. ΑΝΙΙΣΟ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 65, p. 27, fig. 11, pl. 7. |
Gray clay, burned.
Letters incised left to right with a blunt point. ΑΠ- Altar area. ΑΠ- ... H 553 ... H 553 |
Letters incised with a blunt point, retrograde and sideways to the vessel, from bottom to top. -ΔΑΠ- Altar area. -ΔΑΠ- ... H 541 ... H 541 |
Mended from two pieces.
Left to right. ΡΟ-
A slip of the writing implement is responsible for the long vertical of the rho. Votive dump. ΡΟ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 107, p. 32, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Two lines, the upper left to right, the lower probably the same; both lies upside down to vessel. The lower line preserves only traces; in the upper line - ... EY.-
Grayish buff clay. Altar area ... H 145 ... H 145 |
Glaze bands outside on rim; below, apparently a dot row.
Letters incised left to right just below the rim. -ΟΝΙ- Votive dump. -ΟΝΙ- ... Late Geometric II or Subgeometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 118, p. 34, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Very likely from the same vessel as H 199, H 198.
Retrograde? -ΙΓΑ- Altar area. -ΙΓΑ- ... Very likely from the same vessel as H 199, H 198.
Retrograde? -ΙΓΑ- |
Very likely from the same vessel as H 199, H 197.
Retrograde. -.ΧΡΕ- Altar area. -.ΧΡΕ- ... H 198 ... H 198 |
Very likely from the same vessel as H 198, H 197.
Retrograde. -ΜΕΝΟ- Altar area. -ΜΕΝΟ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 63a, p. 27, fig. 11, pl. 8. |
Joins with H 142. Very likely from the same vessel as H 141.
Two lines, the lower retrograde, the upper probably so.
Line 1:-ΗΟ.-
Line 2:-ΠΝΚ- Heroon ... H 136 ... H 136 |
Probably from the same vessel as H 195.
Retrograde, -.ΣΟΙ Votive dump. -.ΣΟΙ ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 72a, p. 27, fig. 11, pl. 8. |
Probably from the same vessel as H 161.
Retrograde. -ΑΝΑ- Votive dump. -ΑΝΑ- ... H 195 ... H 195 |
Very likely from the same vessel as H 136.
Two lines, both probably retrograde.
Line 1:-ΣΑ-
Line 2:-.ΑΣ- Heroon ... Very likely from the same vessel as H 136.
Two lines, both probably |
Letters shallowly incised in two lines left to right.
Line 1: -ΕΔΗ
LINE 2:-ΚΕ.
The second letter of line 2 is an epsilon whose lower horizontal is broken away.
Micaceous brown clay, unglazed; surface ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 73, pp. 27-28, fig. 11, pl. 8. |
Good black glaze outside, unglazed inside; mended from two pieces.
Two lines of letters running left to right and sideways to the vessel, from top to bottom. The first line is illegible; in the second ... 7th c. B.C ? ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 115, pp. 32, 34, fig. 14, pl. 11. |
Part of rim, shoulder, and one handle preserved, but nothing of lower body or base.
Shoulder rounded directly into high, straight rim. Inside glazed as far as preserved except for a reserved band below ... LG I ... P.H. (b) 0.114; Est. Diam. (rim) 0.18 |
NM 16102
Left to right -ΟΣ Votive dump. -ΟΣ ... A.J.A. 38 (1934), p. 16, no. 11. |
Triple verticals divide the neck into five panels; on either side of handle, narrow panels of latticing; then, square panels with long-legged birds facing center, vertical dot rows and dot rosettes in ... LG IB-IIA ... H. 0.088 |
Mended from three pieces.
Retrograde. -.hοσπερ εγραφσεν-
The inscriber forgot to write both the final rho of οσπερ and the verb's augment. He later realized his mistake and added the missing letters ... A.J.A. 44 (1940), p. 8, no. 11. |
Large portion of the body at one side, handle, and most of neck and mouth missing. Ring foot; well-rounded body curving continuously into short, straight neck; flaring trefoil mouth (apparently) . Bands ... Ca. 700 B.C ... H 498 ... H 498 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G).
Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave).
Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... H 17:2 ... H 17:2 |
All of rim restored, probably incorrectly, as too flaring.
Body glazed on outside to just below handle level; lower body and foot unglazed. Inside and handles (apparently) glazed.
Brownish buff clay, ... 11th c. B.C ... H. 0.089 |
| Brann L 58. Hesperia, XXIX. Brann L 59. Brann I 75. Brann L 57. Burial. Brann I 74. Brann L 61. Brann L 64. Brann L 44. Brann L 62. Brann L 60. Brann L 63. Brann L 65. Brann H 68. Brann P 32. Brann H 67 ... Agora 8 124 MC 451 G 197 MC 452 ST 150 MC 453 ST 151 G 198 MC 454 ST 229 MC 455 ST 230 MC 462 ST 231 MC 463 ST 235 MC 681 ST 507 MC 682 ST 508 MC 683 ST 509 MC 684 ST 547 IL 745 MC 685 ST 553 MC 686 ST ... Brann H 68 ... Brann H 67 ... Brann H 69 |
Bottom completely restored.
Compass-drawn rings.
Dark brown glaze ... MG II ... H. 0.065; Diam. (rim) 0.11 ... 0.11 |
Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road).
Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... G-I 11-13 |
Part of rounded shoulder and high straight rim. On shoulder, two opposed horses, a stand or manger between them. Inside glazed as far as preserved except for a reserved band below lip.
Brown glaze, shading ... LG I ... 11; add Ath. Mitt. 88, |
Thin, rough slab of hard, gray limestone. Upper, lower, and left sides roughly smooth, right side broken away; inscribed face smooth, back face rough.
In center of slab, running left to right, the letters ... 7th c. B.C.? ... H 144 ... H 144 |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... H 12 |
Apparently complete in a single letter: A; np letters to either side. Upside down to vessel.
Single alphas are often found on objects dedicated to Athena, undoubtedly as abbreviations of the goddess' ... H 528 ... H 528 |
Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095).
Contemporary ... SubMycenaean ... H 12:10 ... H 12:10 |
| Pithos ay the bottom of the north slope of the Areopagus with single fill; Part of Hellenistic Group D.
One stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 146. Latest coin dates in first two decades of 2nd ... 160-130 B.C ... H 16:4 ... H 16:4 |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Subdivisions: (from the bottom, POU, as published)
.1=11.60-12.12m., POU
.2=7.30-11 |
Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766).
Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D ... H 12:4 ... H 12:4 |
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