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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. |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C. |
Cistern at 72/ΛΘ. Under NW corner of Roman House H. Stucco-lined, bottle-shaped cistern, poor condition. Diameter at bottom -2m.
Two tunnels, one leading east, one west, ca. 1.65m high and 0.80m across ... 150-110 B.C. with a few earlier pieces |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C. |
Well by Stoa Pier 3.
Mouth was discovered in 1950 (p. 2273). Between first and second POU; no joins between the groups, which were separated by nearly sterile fill. No apparent chronological difference ... Mid-2nd c. B.C. |
Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C. |
Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C. |
Cistern System #3: East Chamber at 69/Λ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/ΛΣΤ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos ... 175-125 B.C. |
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date. |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C. |
Mended from several pieces; several chips missing. Ring foot; bottom rises to nipple; large round body; moderately high vertical rim divided in two by horizontal ridge; strap handles with applied masks ... 29 April 1971 |
Mended from several pieces; handles and chips missing. Ring foot; round body; slightly offset vertical rim; trace of vertical strap handles, from belly to below rim.
Orange clay. Metallic black glaze, ... 7 May 1971 |
Mended from four pieces; over half preserved, including one handle. Ring foot; ovoid body; vertical rim; vertical strap handles from belly to below rim.
Orange clay. Thin brownish glaze. Cistern, box ... 3 May 1971 |
| Rather more than half of rim and wall, with one handle, restored in plaster. Ring foot and deep rounded body; vertical rim, with a raised ring along its lower edge. Rising vertical band handles; the upper ... 23 May-5 June 1936 |
Both handles, much of side wall and lip missing; strengthened with plaster. Heavy ring foot; ovoid body; short straight neck with inset lip.
Black glaze inside and out, much flaked.
Rim fragment of another ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Both handles and some pieces of side missing. Ovoid body; ridge between neck and plain thickened lip; plain base ring.
Rather poor black glaze. Well, container 11, transitional fill. Leica, 89-25-17 ... 25 May-9 June 1938 |
| Fragments of rim and wall missing, with one handle; restored in plaster. Heavy flaring ring foot; ovoid body; vertical rim, the upper part inset. Broad rising band handles without spur.
Black glaze with ... 3-10 June 1937 |
| About half the wall and more than half the rim, with the vertical band handle, missing. Round-bodied jug or mug on high ring foot; vertical lip; no neck. Possibly a kantharos.
Glaze red to black. Finished ... 13-27 February 1937 |
| Base and much of body and neck missing. Restored in plaster. Vertical ribbon handles (only one preserved). A groove encircles the body below the top and bottom of the handle and a ridge runs around the ... 9 June 1936 |
The base, one handle and fragments from the wall missing; restored in plaster. Narrow shoulder; short neck with a projecting ridge at the line of handle attachment, below the lip.
Applied leaf on high ... 23 February 1937 |
Rim fragment of a large amphora.
Incribed inside.
Good black glaze inside and out; upper face of rim reserved. Byz. wall, house C, room 1. 1119 Leica ... 19 April 1951 |
| Complete except for chips. Flaring ring foot, deep rounded body wall with groove at point of greatest diameter. High vertical rim, thickened at center. Band handles, rim to shoulder.
Glaze fired unevenly, ... 20 April 1949 |
| Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and ... 1997 |
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