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Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
| Profiles of Hellenistic Pottery for Roger Edwards.
1958-1959. Series [see also PD #901] ... Hero Athanassiades ... 82-573 82-573 ... 1958
1959 |
Profiles of Hellenistic Pottery for Roger Edwards.
1958-1959. Series [see also PD #901] ... Hero Athanassiades ... 82-574 82-574 ... 1958
1959 |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
| Lagynos Fragments ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Lagynos Fragments ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C. |
Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment |
Sullan debris to last quarter of 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. |
| Drawings of Hellenistic pottery ... PD 1091-122 PD 1091-118 AMS Horizontal (normal) |
P 10900 a
Neck and about half of shoulder preserved; partiallyrestored.
Convex shoulder with smooth transition to long, cylindrical neck.
Torus rim. Decoration in brown glaze: band on rim and at base ... 1st-century context |
Wall Fragment.
P 10900 b
Two fragments preserve part of shoulder.
Very convex, therefore probably part of round-bodied lagynos.
Decoration in brown glaze: syrinx, with trace of wreath tied with square ... 1st-century context |
| a) Long straight neck, with rounded lip, and part of the shoulder preserved at one point to its edge. Bands of black glaze around lip and base of neck; on shoulder, hanging from the band, bows and wreaths; ... 25-29 February 1936 |
| Lagynos ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 404, fig. 92. Exhibited at the Benaki Museum, 15 November 2006 to 7 January 2007. |
Hero Athanassiades ... 1958 |
Hero Athanassiades ... 1958 |
Hero Athanassiades ... 1958 |
| Profiles of Hellenistic Pottery for Roger Edwards.
1958-1959. Series [see also PD #901] ... Hero Athanassiades ... 1958
1959 |
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