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| Water channel bordering the west side of the Panathenaic Way at a point near the northeast corner of the Late Roman Complex ... AMS south 952 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1967 |
| View of channel, leading west ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Cistern at 70/ΝΗ, showing entrance to channel leading east ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Water channel bordering the west side of the Panathenaic Way at a point near the northeast corner of the Late Roman Complex ... south 952 ... August 1967 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Intact.
Mushroom shaped.
The domed knob depressed at the center, the long stopper tapering towards the bottom.
Thick pale green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Leica PD 2023-7 ... February-April 1937 |
| Wall fragment from a steep-walled cup or beaker.
Horizontal thin ridges at intervals of 0.01m.; decoration in white along and between three of the ribs at one side.
Thin yellow glass.
Cf. P 7643. Cistern ... 6 February 1937 |
| Two non-joining fragments (a, b) preserving rim and wall of an open bowl.
On interior of both fragments two horizontal grooves at intervals of 0.015m.
Molded glass, nearly colorless. Agora sample no. 304 ... 4 February 1937 |
A. thorax.
B. plain. Around catch basin. Leica ... 25 February 1937 |
Conical.
Pierced at top. Incuse rectangle on bottom. Cistern. Leica ... 27 March 1937 |
Straight sides bent; flat bottom.
A lid ? Cistern, dirt pile. Leica ... 9 April 1937 |
Fragment from bottom and back. A bit of the wall preserved to the edge of the rim.
Below, traces of the start of a grooved handle; a single circular groove enclosing the signature: "K Y".
Purplish wash ... 24, 25 April 1933 |
| Handle and back of lamp missing.
Part of a large lamp with triangular nozzle and slightly indicated ring foot; heart-shaped leaves on rim, discus plain.
Gray (terra nigra) clay covered with a badly flaked ... 6 February 1937 |
| Handle missing.
Triangular nozzle, sunken base, and knob on right side. Ribs on the rim; low raised band about the small discus.
Metallic brown to black glaze.
Brownish-red clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth ... 6 February 1937 |
Handle missing.
Triangular nozzle; sunken base. On rim, wreath of triple leaves and buds.
Red glaze.
Orange clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54A of Agora collection.
ADDENDA A picture of ... 6 February 1937 |
End of nozzle missing.
Vertical strap handle and low ring base. On rim boukrania between festoons of bead and reel garlands; roses above the garlands.
Sunken discus with two ridges around it.
Inside foot ... 6 February 1937 |
Handle and nozzle missing.
Plain rim separated from flat disk by raised band. Raised base.
Thin red glaze.
Brownish-red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 44A of Agora collection ... 9 February 1937 |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Rays on top; raised edge around upper part.
Poor black glaze on sides and bottom; red on top.
Red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora ... 12 February 1937 |
Partially pierced grooved handle, dots on rim, leaf rosette on discus.
Three concentric grooves on the reverse; herringbone at base of handle.
Red to brown paint, worn.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... 17 February 1937 |
Top only preserved; vertical handle missing.
Round nozzle, pierced knob on side; sunken top with a groove around its edge.
Badly flaked black glaze. Mold made.
Reddish-buff clay.
Type XII (early spreading ... 17 February 1937 |
Fragment of top only, with small side lug and attachment for vertical strap handle preserved.
Raised band on outer edge; small swimming fishes in relief on discus.
Thin red glaze.
Buff clay. Rectangular ... 22 February 1937 |
End of nozzle, handle, and part of collar about filling hole missing.
Raised base, flat beneath; top set off from side wall by shallow groove, high collar around filling hole. Flat-topped nozzle. Breaks ... 10 March 1937 |
Part of bottom and of handle preserved.
Inside two grooves, with the signature.
Purplish-red glaze wash.
Red clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection.
Destruction fill. Leica ... 19 March 1937 |
End of nozzle missing.
Raised base, concave beneath. No handle, cornucopia knob on side. Rays on top, separated from narrow rim by two grooves.
From a very crisp mould.
Unglazed (?).
Buff clay.
Type XVIII ... 23 March 1937 |
Part of top.
Heavy looped garlands on rim.
Part of side knob preserved.
Black glaze on outside.
Gray clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 50D of Agora collection. Cistern. Leica, LXIX-37, LIX-15 ... 31 March 1937 |
Slightly concave bottom; snub-nosed nozzle; large filling hole with depressed rim.
Bottom surface and band around bottom and a second band, only visible at base of nozzle, are smoothly finished on the ... 2 April 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 |
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 |
Bottom set off by groove; in center of bottom leaf in relief partly preserved, beside it a single letter, scratched in the unbaked clay.
Unglazed.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection ... 22 February 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 |
Piece of one side missing.
Three shallow grooves around bottom. Unpierced handle, no decoration on discus or rim.
Orange-buff clay, covered with red paint (badly peeled).
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... February-March 1937 |
Bottom, nozzle, part of rim missing.
Unpierced, grooved handle; rim decorated with row of dots separated from discus by two grooves; rosette on discus.
No glaze.
Buff clay.
Type XXVIII of Corinth collection ... February-March 1937 |
Handle, end of nozzle, most of side missing.
Low base, high curved body, depression around filling hole, separated from shoulder by grooved ridge. Attachments for vertical strap handle.
Red glaze.
Red-buff ... February-April 1937 |
End of nozzle, handle and parts of sides missing; strengthened with plaster.
Rays on rim, two grooves on top of nozzle.
Poor red glaze.
Red-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora ... February-April 1937 |
End of large nozzle only preseved.
Rounded and enclosed by relief wreath.
Black glaze.
Gray clay.
Type XXI or XIX (?) of Corinth collection. Cistern. Leica ... February-April 1937 |
Very fragmentary; bottom entirely missing.
Very narrow rim with two grooves; concave discus with relief; volutes at side of nozzle; triangular end of nozzle with sharp angles.
Relief design is of standing ... February-April 1937 |
Three joining fragments from front of lamp.
Ovules on rim; rays on discus.
Unglazed.
Light buff clay.
Type XXVII of Corinth collection. Fill on steps leading out of cistern. 1073 Leica ... 30 May 1946 |
Small bowl on ring foot; wide flat flange projecting outward just below rim.
Micaceous red clay, slipped. Unglazed. "Can this not go with the pyxides even though unglazed?" Cistern, mixed fill, late Roman ... 10 May 1935 |
| A large unguentarium similar to the ordinary fusiform type, but with a high flaring ring foot instead of the stem. A slight ridge between neck and shoulder.
Gray clay. Cistern, upper fill. Leica, LIX-95 ... 2 February 1937 |
| Part of one side missing. Ring foot; round belly; rolled rim; double rolled handles.
Reddish glaze wash inside and out; black glaze inside the neck, on the rim and for two bands around the shoulder, below ... 2 February 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 |
| Part of lip missing. Small flat-bottomed jug with one handle; short neck and round mouth with flaring lip.
Thin fabric. Reddish-brown clay. Light slip. Unglazed. Cistern. Leica, LXI-54 ... 8 February 1937 |
| Large one-handled jug on very low ring foot; flaring lip set at a sharp angle to the neck; narrow neck tapering towards top; broad band handle, grooved, from below lip to middle of shoulder. Narrow band ... 9 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; a few small pieces missing from rim and floor; restored in plaster. Small ring foot; shallow bowl; slightly incurving vertical rim, set at a sharp angle to the floor; part of one ... 9 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved and most of the rim.
Rolled rim; ring foot roughly made.
Very gritty light brown clay. Unglazed.
Cf. Agora XXXIII, no. 316. Cistern. Leica PD 901-92, PD 1171-156 ... 9 February 1937 |
| Full profile and diameter preserved. Plate with ring foot and thickened rim.
Coarse reddish-brown clay. Covered with dull brownish-red paint on interior. Cistern. Leica, LXI-2 PD 901-93, DA 12957 ... 9 February 1937 |
| Fragments missing from rim and floor. Plate with ring foot and plain rim, slightly downturned. Irregular grooved circles around the center.
Coarse gray-yellow clay. Red to brown paint, badly worn, on ... 9 February 1937 |
Full profile and diameter preserved; fragments of rim and sides missing. Shallow bowl with outcurving rim and flat bottom, left rough.
Very gritty red-brown clay. Unglazed. Cistern. Leica PD 901-95, PD ... 9 February 1937 |
Fragment of side and rim missing; restored in plaster. Small bowl with ring foot and no change in curve of sides for rim.
Graffito on base:
Yellow clay, soft. Red glaze, badly worn.
Pergamene Ware ... 9 February 1937 |
| Complete. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58), but the foot more sharply profiled, and the glaze more worn and the clay pinker.
Pergamene Ware.
ADDENDA P 8909: Small bowl with ring foot and no change in curve of ... 9 February 1937 |
| Fragment of side missing; restored in plaster. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58), but the foot somewhat higher and more flaring, and the glaze better preserved. A rough cross scratched inside the foot, beneath ... 9 February 1937 |
| Small piece of rim missing; restored in plaster. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58); the foot profiled as P 8910 (Χ 59).
On wall a large graffito:
Glaze unevenly peeled.
Pergamene Ware. Cistern. Leica, LXI-12 ... 9 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; two small pieces of sides and rim missing; restored in plaster. Similar to P 8909 (Χ 58), but shallower; foot neatly profiled. Series of incised lines on interior of side wall ... 9 February 1937 |
Three fragments of rim and part of side missing; restored in plaster. Small bowl with ring foot; steep sides; flaring lip; sharp angle in side wall just above foot; flat floor. Very thin incised lines ... 9 February 1937 |
Two pieces from side of a jug with bands of relief dots. Restored in plaster.
Thin gray clay. Matte black paint on exterior.
ADDENDA c) Three joining fragments including rim frag. added to b) from sherds ... 9 February 1937 |
| Fragments from sides missing. Spreading foot; sloping shoulder; plain spreading mouth. Foot and lower body black; figured zone above: three draped standing figures, those on the sides facing in, the one ... 9 February 1937 |
| A deep two-handled cup with flaring foot.
Eyes beside the handles; in the center of each side, a cock, right. Reserved band inside lip.
White for the centers of the eyes and for the birds. Grave 3. Leica ... 9 February 1937 |
| Small handleless bowl with flat, slightly projecting, bottom.
Interior glazed dull black; exterior unglazed. Grave 3. Leica, 82-528, 82-535, 83-340 ... 9 February 1937 |
| Low ring foot; offset outcurving rim. A reserved band at angle of rim and floor on interior. On exterior, alternating bands, glazed and reserved. Rim pierced with two holes for suspension. Grave 3. Leica ... 9 February 1937 |
| One side, with all of base and part of wall and rim, missing; restored in plaster. Eggy body; short neck; heavy projecting rim, flat on top and with vertical face. Around the body three groups of two heavy ... 9 February 1937 |
A circular plain plaque, with grooves on top surface: two near the edge; a small one at the center.
Red-brown clay; top surface and edges polished; bottom left rough.
Pot stand? Cistern. Leica PD 1091-52 ... 10 February 1937 |
| Rim missing; many small fragments do not join. Part of flat-bottomed beaker with steep sides; no trace of handle. Close to the preserved upper part, a ridge projects; above it, the wall slopes slightly ... 11 February 1937 |
| Two joining fragmens preserve part of rim and side wall. Wide vertical lip jogged in from curving side wall; the lip plain, with a groove beneath the outer edge. Wall decorated with almost contiguous bands ... 11 February 1937 |
Pieces from pot similar to P 8935 (Χ 118). Fragment a) shows the beginning of a vertical lip set in from side wall. Fragment b) preserves the base, similar to that of P 8934 (Χ 117), but with the foot ... 11 February 1937 |
| Three fragments, a) from the shoulder, with rim or neck broken off above; b) and c) from the walls.
On a) a garland of wedge-shaped projections; on b) and c) staggered rows of similar projections, set ... 11 February 1937 |
| Large vat.
b) Fragment of lower wall.
c) Fragment of support for shelf.
d) Fragment of support for shelf, corner piece.
About one-quarter of rim, over half of floor, considerable part of wall and half(?) ... 11 February 1937 |
Part of lip missing; restored in plaster. Miniature one-handled jug with pear-shaped body on high base, left rough; flaring lip; handles, from lip to shoulder.
Light red clay. Deposit list says level ... 12 February 1937 |
| Vertical handle missing. Miniature round-bodied flat-bottomed pot with flaring lip and one handle, from lip to shoulder. Bottom left rough.
Buff clay. Unglazed. Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates ... 12 February 1937 |
Flat floor; steep sides; flaring lip.
Heavy fabric. Coarse clay, burned red to black.
ADDENDA Wheelmade. Exterior slightly smoothed. Calcite temper. Eg. Epirus?/W. Greece? (JWH). Deposit list says level ... 12 February 1937 |
Chips from rim missing; restored in plaster. Ring foot; flaring walls; slightly outcurving lip.
Graffito on bottom: ME
Pale yellow clay. Red glaze, somewhat worn.
Shape similar to P 8914 (Χ 63), but ... 12 February 1937 |
Full profile except lip preserved; much missing from body [P.H. 0.132]; restored in plaster. Ring foot; broad shoulder; short neck; mouth probably round; strap handle. Two deep grooves at top of shoulder ... 12 February 1937 |
| Upper part of amphora only preserved; about half of the rim missing, much of the shoulder and both handles. Shoulder decorated with alternate diminishing squares and checkerboards, all deeply incised ... 12 February 1937 |
Neck missing. A cylindrical amphora with short vertical handles attached to the straight side walls; a thin tapering foot ending in an inset knob.
Gritty red clay. Light slip except on foot. Cistern, ... 13 February 1937 |
Piece from lower part of dish or box. A distinct bulge between the vertical side walls and the flat very low base.
Thin soft gritty clay, gray at core. Pinkish slip on exterior; yellow-gray on interior ... 13 February 1937 |
| Fragment from center of heavy plate; ring foot preserved, nothing of rim [Max. Dim. 0.18]. Two broad shallow concentric grooves at center and another, marked by sharp narrow grooves, further out. Traces ... 17 February 1937 |
| Base ring and more than half of the wall preserved; full profile preserved; restored in plaster.
Graffito on bottom:
Glaze badly flaked.
Pergamene Ware. Cistern. Leica, LXI-12, 94-43-21a PD 1171-173 ... 17 February 1937 |
One handle and much of lip missing. Flat raised base with a groove at its center; offset lip.
Lip, exterior of handle, band around lower edge of foot and circle and dot decoration on reserved underside, ... 18 February 1937 |
Restored in plaster. Flaring lip with wide flat top surface, lip lightly offset on the outside. Circular opening in bottom, with raised band on underside, like a small ring foot.
Pinkish-buff clay. Unglazed ... 18 February 1937 |
| About one-third of bottom, two-thirds of lip missing. Bottom broad, flat, unglazed; straight sides, curving in slightly at top. Pit. Leica, 82-492 PD 1190-14j ... 18 February 1937 |
| From the wall of a closed pot. Nude leg of figure walking left; uncertain object at left, above. Lower border: maeander and cross squares.
Bit of contour at back of knee, only. Inner drawing in brown ... 18 February 1937 |
| Fragment preserving part of wall, with flat floor and low raised base set off by grooves.
On wall, conventionalized relief pattern of grape clusters and vine (no leaves). End of handle attachment covering ... 22 February 1937 |
| High base ring and steep flaring sides; inturned lip, making an angle with the sides.
Decoration in thinned clay and white paint: a cross on the underside of the foot; band of bead and reel just above ... 22 February 1937 |
| Bulbous shaped. Neck missing.
Red clay. Cistern. Leica, LIX-95 ... 25 February 1937 |
| Fragments missing from rim and wall. Heavy base ring; lip flanged for lid; one handle.
Lip, inside of handle, and space around it, and bottom reserved. Circle and dot at center of bottom. Strip of early ... 27 February 1937 |
| Floor, most of handle and many pieces missing. Base ring; globular body; widely flaring lip with flat surface on top; double-grooved strap handle.
Thin pinkish-buff clay. Light yellow slip, very smooth ... 4 February 1937 |
From bottom of plate or bowl on ring foot.
Graffito on bottom; scratched through glaze:
Pergamene Ware. Late Roman fill. Leica ... 18 March 1937 |
Eight fragments, preserving much of the medallion and parts of the walls and rim. Restored in plaster.
Rosette of grooved leaves on the medallion; above, two rows of such leaves, then a band of draped ... 22 March 1937 |
| Full height preserved; walls fragmentary. Restored in plaster. High plain base ring, separated from vertical sides by projecting flange.
Decoration in brown: on flange, crosshatching; above this, garlands ... 22 March 1937 |
Fusiform body, broken at bottom. Round mouth; one broad handle, ridged.
Pinkish-buff clay. Unglazed. Handmade. Cistern. Leica DA 12957 ... 23 March 1937 |
Small flaring base ring and lower part of sides only preserved. About floor a band of fine nicked rouletting.
Light red clay. Thin black glaze on outside, red on outside. Deposit list says level .1 but ... 26 March 1937 |
| Base ring; incurved lip. Groove scratched through glaze at top of base ring.
On floor, palmette stamps inside two lines of rouletting.
Light warm buff clay. Slightly mottled brown-red to red glaze.
Pergamene ... 29 March 1937 |
| Shoulder piece with part of lower wall at sharp angle to shoulder and bit of flaring neck. On shoulder, a lion's head spout, crudely made, and a vertical round handle, fully pierced, triply grooved on ... 29 March 1937 |
| Shoulder piece from storage amphora [Max.Dim. 0.127].
Dipinto in small cursive letters in black:
Pinkish-brown clay with white bits.
ADDENDA Many fragments found in mending; amphora made up in plaster, ... 29 March 1937 |
Fragment from floor. Heavy base ring with groove at upper edge.
Stamped decoration: lozenge-shaped stamps on low bases between two bands of rouletting, each band bordered by double grooves.
Dark brown ... 31 March 1937 |
| Chip missing. Small, slightly convex lid with high central knob. Decorated with bands of white and black paint.
Gritty pinkish-buff clay. Deposit list says level .2 but depth indicates .3 Cistern, abandoned ... 3 April 1937 |
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