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[Agora Report] 1937 Φ: Section Φ Season of 1937

Eugene Vanderpool ... In antiquity the area included in Section Φ lay outside the Agora proper and were apparently occupied only by houses and small buildings. The earliest period of which any considerable remains were found ... 25 Jan-17 Jun 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9325: Vessel Fragment

Mended from a number of pieces. Lower half of pot (amphora or hydria) only preserved. No trace of handle attachments. Flaring ring foot. Foot and lower body glazed black to red; then reserved, with two ... 8 March 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9326: Black Figure Krater Fragment

Broken all around. Fragment of a large open pot (interior dull black glaze). Above, tongues alternately red and black. Below, parts of the heads of two horses. Mane of left horse red; of right, white ... 9 March 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9327: Black Figure Cup Fragment

Broken all around. Black glaze inside; lid(?). Part of the head of a youth right, arms outstretched. White fillet with red leaves. Big well, to bottom of wall; dump. Leica ... 9 March 1937

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[Agora Notebook] Φ-2

Finds/Coins ... 201 393 ... 1937

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:2: Damaged urn cremation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVI: PG). Bones discarded. Only the lower portion of the urn-hole was preserved in bedrock, roughly oval in outline, with a maximum preserved width at the top of 0.70m narrowing ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I

[Agora Deposit] M 17:4: Well

Big well at 61/ΙΖ. A well on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter 2m ... Ca. 520-475 and shortly after

[Agora Deposit] M 18:2: Fill

Hellenistic Fill at 70/ΛΣΤ. Fill in irregular hollow. Pottery resembles Sullan debris, but lack of late duoviri handles suggests deposit slightly predates the sack. Coins 6 March 1937 #1-#4 ... Late 2nd c. B.C.