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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. |
"Not much earlier than middle fill" Coins:
12 February 1937 #5-#7 ... Fourth quarter of 2nd c. B.C. |
| Black Glaze Jug Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| 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. |
| P 28601, P 18573, P 12989, P 621, P 623 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Handle, most of rim, one-third of body, and half of foot missing.
Ring foot; rounded resting surface, pointed underside. Two grooves at shoulder; slight groove at base of neck. Shiny black glaze ... Ca. 135 |
Half of upper body and neck.
Two ridges on shoulder. Shiny black glaze ... Ca. 135 |
| About half of side wall and neck preserved; base and lip missing; vertical strap handle broken away. Wide neck sharply inset from almost straight wall; two sharp ridges on the shoulder so created. The ... 12 February 1937 |
| Mended from several fragments; handle and part of body and base missing. Wide, flaring ring foot; short wide neck; out-turned rim.
Attic clay. Fair black glaze. Pithos. Leica, 4-327, 97-7-4(5,6) PD 1091-117 ... 22 April 1932 |
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