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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 9789: Jug with Gouged Decoration

Intact. High small ring foot; plump body; high round mouth; slightly projecting lip; single ridged handle. Diagonal gouging on upper half of body. Pinkish-buff clay. Dull red to black wash on neck and ... 3 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9791: Storage Amphora

One handle missing; mouth chipped; hole in bottom; otherwise complete. Neck tapers slightly; broad groove below mouth. Heavy irregular wheel ridges on neck and upper body. Rather coarse dark red clay ... 3 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9792: Water Jar

Part of body and part of lip missing; otherwise complete. Fusiform shape; single handle. Ridge around toe and lip; body irregularly wheel-grooved. Dark red highly micaceous clay. A yellowish powdery substance ... 3 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 9793: Water Jar

Fragment of body and chip of lip missing; otherwise complete. Body tapering to toe ridged above point; single handle. Ribbing on upper part of body. Dark gray clay. Traces of yellowish powdery substance ... 3 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 9805: Amphora

Cracked, but intact save minor fractures. High false ring foot; small flaring lip grooved on outside; round handles. A few sharp wheel grooves on the shoulder. Red clay; yellow surface. Unglazed. Thick ... 5 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9806: Amphora with Graffiti

Broken in two pieces; fragments of lip missing. Heavy egg-shaped body; small depressed base; round handles. Incised on shoulder: On opposite shoulder, very faint: Coarse buff clay with many bits. Slipped ... 5 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11563: Jug

Small fragments of lip and body missing. Low ring foot; roughly fusiform body; round neck-mouth, concave; broad grooved handle. Pair of grooves at junction of neck and shoulder. Dull red glaze on upper ... 3 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11564: Jug with Gouged Decoration

Mouth and handle missing, otherwise intact. Ring foot; ovoid body; narrow high neck with ribbing on outside below; above plain, and widening towards lip. Slanting gouged lines on upper part of body. Reddish-brown ... 3 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11566: Jug

Lip, some pieces from neck and fragments of body missing. Small ring foot; plump body; sloping shoulder narrows to small neck; plain spreading mouth (?). Ribbing on upper part of body. Dull red glaze, ... 3 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11567: Amphora

Mouth, handles and fragments of body missing. Body broadest at the middle, rounding below, long sloping shoulder above; neat collared knob at base; concave neck; lower handle attachments just below neck ... 3 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11568: Amphora

Handle, mouth and chips of base missing; the rest preserved in a single piece. Broad neck, slight shoulder; body a cylinder tapering downward, ribbed toward bottom. Coarse red clay. Unglazed. Another ... 3 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 22010: Amphora

Resting surface of foot, top of lip and parts of both handles missing. Slender body tapering to a narrow toe; sloping shoulder set off from wall at a sharp angle; high tapering neck with horizontal flange ... 1937

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[Agora Object] P 22011: Mug with Gouged Decoration

Intact. Ring foot; globular body; high, slightly flaring neck with rolled lip; broad vertical grooved handle. Center of body wheel-ridged. Upper half of body marked with diagonal gouging which crosses ... 1937

[Agora Object] P 22012: Amphora

Base and parts of neck and body missing; restored in plaster on basis of P 13591. Slender ovoid body (on false ring foot); sloping shoulder; tall neck, flaring slightly at top and terminating in thin, ... 1937

[Agora Object] P 22013: Pitcher

Intact except for handle and part of lip. Restored in plaster on basis of P 10484. Pear-shaped body tapering below to ring foot; high, slightly flaring neck with plain lip; single vertical handle. Four ... 1937

[Agora Object] P 22015: Amphora

Neck and handles missing; otherwise intact. Slender, almost fusiform body tapering at bottom to a knob toe; two vertical handles. Body wheel-ridged. Hard reddish to brownish clay. Unglazed. Previously ... 1937

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[Agora Notebook] Φ-5

Finds/Coins ... 801 995 ... 1935

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:1: Well

Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D.