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Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
| 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. |
| Lagynos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Foot, lower body, half of rim, and fragments of wall missing.
Globular body. Offset at base of long, tubular neck. Torus rim.
Double-grooved strap handle. Decoration in orangish brown glaze: narrow band ... Context of 160-130 |
Neck, handle, and one-third of body missing.
Flaring foot; curved resting surface; slightly pointed underside.
Strap handle. Decoration in red to brown glaze: band on foot and at base of neck; one broad ... 2nd- to 1st-century context |
Part of lower body and shoulder.
Decoration in brown glaze: on belly, one broad band with two narrow ones above and below; traces of tendrils(?) on shoulder. Hard, fine, very micaceous, reddish yellow ... Context of 115-86 |
Over half of body restored; neck and handle missing.
Angular foot; flat resting surface; slightly convex underside. Body a flattened sphere, with nearly horizontal shoulder. Strap handle.
Decoration ... Mixed late Hellenistic to Byzantine context |
| Mended from several fragments; the upper part practically complete, but nothing remains of lower part of egg-shaped body.
Petals painted on shoulder.
Attic clay. White slip. Decoration in red to brown ... 22 April 1932 |
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