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| Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946.
Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946 |
| Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 |
| Narrow neck and widely flaring lip only preserved; one piece of lip missing.
Plain round mouth; lip slightly thickened. Channel in a cistern system.
2nd c. A.D. Leica ... 8 April 1937 |
| Broad flat bottom; lower part of straight narrow neck preserved.
Greenish glass. Well on lower north slope of Aroepagus.
2nd c. A.D. Leica ... 22 April 1937 |
| Non-joining top and bottom.
Fat jug with small straight neck, wide flat lip, wide band handle, ridged and bent.
Bottom depressed at center.
Blue green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus ... 12 April 1937 |
| Wide mouth; slightly flaring rim with thickened lip.
Beginning of irregular bulge on lowest preserved point.
Pale green-blue glass; very thin. According to EM. Stern this drawing (PD 505) is incorrect ... 12 April 1937 |
| Low base ring.
Sides at line of break beginning to curve in for indentation on each of four sides.
Floor rises in a cone. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Dumped filling.
Late 1st-early 2nd c ... 12 April 1937 |
Five non-joining pieces from base and rim of wide bowl.
Low base ring, depression in bottom giving a bump on floor. Horizontal rim with thickened lip.
Very thin light bluish green glass. Cistern on lower ... 12 April 1937 |
| Narrow neck with broad over-hanging lip.
Heavy green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Dumped filling.
Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. Leica ... 12 April 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face and left edge only preserved.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Finished Found in a Byzantine well, at the north foot of the Areopagus. Leica, ... 5 March 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment of columnar monument, the inside hollowed out to form a basin.
Inscription written on rough picked erased surface.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in ... 18 March 1937 |
Straight sides bent; flat bottom.
A lid ? Cistern, dirt pile. Leica ... 9 April 1937 |
| A. a large stamped epsilon.
B. plain. Cistern. Leica ... 22 February 1937 |
Handle and piece of rim missing.
Low flat base; open type, with sharply inturned rim.
Good black glaze except for reserved bottom.
Type IV of Corinth collection, type 21B of Agora collection. Well. Leica, ... 15 March 1937 |
Signature (raised).
Poor black glaze on inside and out.
Buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Well; construction fill. Leica ... 23 March 1937 |
One nozzle missing.
Large lamp with two nozzles set opposite each other.
Base ring, separated by groove from wall; flat insloping rim. Central tube.
Black glaze except for reserved tops of nozzles, bottom ... 23 March 1937 |
Handle missing.
Usual "alpha" on bottom, and nodules on body and rim.
Traces of darker wash.
Dull brown clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Channel. Leica ... 8 April 1937 |
Discus and nozzle missing.
Shallow groove about outer edge of flat bottom incised "epsilon" in center.
White slip and orange-red glaze, both badly flaked.
Red-brown clay.
Type XXV of Corinth collection ... 9 April 1937 |
Handle, and much of top, with end of nozzle missing. Discus fragment does not join.
Plain sloping rim; on the discus, a large head, facing; on the reverse, a single short stroke.
Shiny red glaze over white ... 10 April 1937 |
Small piece of panelled rim, and discus.
Head in high relief, left, on discus, close to rim.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Cistern. Leica ... 10 April 1937 |
Handle missing.
Typical globules on rim and body; "alpha" beneath.
Brown to black paint.
Brown clay.
Type XX of Corinth collection. Well. Leica ... 17 April 1937 |
Intact.
Ovules on rim, rays on disc.
Signature in relief on bottom; one line, traces only illegible.
Unglazed; surface much worn.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Well. Dirt pile ... 18 May 1937 |
Top preserved, with handle; part of nozzle missing.
Panelled rim, with widely spaced ovules, set off from center by ridge and groove. Small rosette around filling hole. Pierced handle, not grooved.
All ... March-April 1937 |
Chip missing from top and side. Glaze worn at edges.
Conical convex type. Well. Leica, Various vii-84 ... March 1937 |
| Worn from use.
Conical convex.
Black glazed. Well, dump. Leica ... March 1937 |
| One handle, part of lip and small fragments from wall missing. A round-bottomed pot with sharp angle at shoulder and high flaring lip, flanged inside; two horizontal loop handles, rising vertically from ... 2 February 1937 |
Piece from floor of stemless cup; trace of ring foot. Underside moulded, glazed and reserved bands alternating; small reserved center, decorated with circle and dot. On floor, incised decoration; eight-pointed ... 9 February 1937 |
From a small stemless cup(?) on moulded ring foot. Two small circles grooved at center; then five linked palmettes; a band of half-ovules; linked palmettes; another band of half-ovules. Underside not moulded ... 10 February 1937 |
| Piece from side of small pot. Thighs and left knee of nude male figure, moving right.
No relief contours. Well. Leica ... 10 February 1937 |
Lower part and much of lip missing. Round body; squat neck; flaring lip with ledge on inside; ridge on each handle. Wide wheel grooves around body and neck.
Buff clay. Light slip. Previously North Basement-Jar ... 3 March 1937 |
Handle and chips from wall and rim missing. Small one-handled bowl on low flat base.
Attic clay. Good black glaze overall. Inside, on wall, a single large petal in thinned clay(?). Well. Leica, 81-267 ... 10 March 1937 |
Ring foot moulded above; inside reserved, with black band. Of the medallion is preserved the head of a youth, left, within a double reserved band. No relief contour. Well. Leica ... 10 March 1937 |
| From near center of medallion, trace of start of stem preserved.
Youth seated on a couch, left, partly draped in an himation which hangs down over the edge of the couch. He leans against a patterned cushion ... 11 March 1937 |
| Preserved is the torso of a warrior facing right, holding a spear in his right hand.
Purple paint on body; outline in brown; incision used for belt, spear, forearm and hand. Interior unglazed. Well. Leica ... 11 March 1937 |
| Handle and chips from lip missing. Base ring; lip set in to receive cover; one horizontal strap handle.
Black glaze, chipped, inside and out, except for base ring, bottom and scratched line at base of ... 15 March 1937 |
| Two fragments, a) mended from three, b) from five, preserve part of the open end of one side, with the start of the curve at the closed end.
Around the open end, rays; then a laurel band. Around the closed ... 15 March 1937 |
| Complete except for chips. Squat jug with broad convex shoulder meeting lower body at a sharp angle. Ring foot; short neck; round mouth with projecting collar rim.
Reddish-buff clay. Thin glaze wash, ... 16 March 1937 |
Shoulder piece of amphora.
Dipinto in red, broken at right and bottom:
Highly micaceous buff clay.
ADDENDA Made up, on going through sherds, into fragmentary upper half of amphora, with parts of both ... 22 March 1937 |
Piece from shoulder of amphora.
Dipinto in red:
Light brown micaceous clay.
ADDENDA Made up into upper part of amphora , with P 9513. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block VIII. Well. Leica ... 24 March 1937 |
Top of short-necked amphora with plain rim.
Dipinto in black on shoulder above line of handle attachment:
Red micaceous clay. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block VIII (Late 1st & 2nd ... 30 March 1937 |
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