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| 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 |
| Part of side wall and base broken away. Restored in plaster. High base ring; deep body; the rim flares and is flattened on top.
Coarse red clay, thin red glaze. Cistern. Group E. Leica, 80-83-4, 91-19-16, ... 3-12 March 1934 |
| About one quarter preserved.
Very low rim which practically merges into the body; flat on top. Two grooves on exterior. Ring base.
Metallic glaze, red to black. Well, chamber group. Leica, 90-31-8, 91-19-11 ... April 1934 |
Large shallow bowl with ring foot and rolled rim. Glazed black to red; the center of the floor red from stacking in the kiln. An unusually large example of a common type. Cistern. Leica ... 30 May 1935 |
| Similar to P 5989 (Γ 1590) in shape and fabric. Groove around inner edge of rolled rim. Traces of stacking. Outside glazed to foot which is reserved.
Dull black glaze.
ADDENDA P 5989: Similar in shape ... 9-15 May 1935 |
Full profile preserved, more than three-quarters of rim missing. Base ring, flaring wall, out-turned rim thickened on top.
Yellow-buff clay. Black badly worn glaze on inside, except for red stacking circle ... 12 March 1938 |
Full profile preserved; much of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Rather deep plate on ring foot; thickened lip, offset inside.
Inferior glaze, mostly brown; exterior only partly glazed. Cistern, middle ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; much of sides missing. Restored in plaster. Thickened lip, slightly undercut at inner edge; ring foot.
Metallic red glaze, black on center of floor from stacking; outside unglazed ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; most of side missing. As P 14405 (Χ 962) in shape.
Poor black glaze, red on center of floor.
Fragments of many similar plates stored with pottery. Cistern, middle fill. Leica ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; about half of floor and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Downturned rim, grooved around inner edge; ring foot.
Poor black glaze. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 901-192 ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| About half of plate and foot missing; restored in plaster. Narrow ring foot, flaring straight wall with plain horizontal lip set off from wall on interior by a slight groove.
Reddish-brown clay; dull ... 28 April-2 May 1939 |
About one-quarter of plate preserved giving profile except for center. Ring foot; rolled rim.
Black glaze fired red underneath and around center of interior. Well, box 78. 1101 Leica, LIII-34 PD 641 ... 1934 |
| Cistern in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Simple, flask-shaped chamber withdraw-shaft; no tunnels. Mouth cut away in Byzantine times. Lower filling, 3rd c. B.C. Coins:
25 ... 25-30 April 1947 |
Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2.
The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment |
Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C. |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C. |
Associated with the Tholos.
Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern.
The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C. |
A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493).
Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
| Unfinished well-shaft with debris filling (apparently of the Sullan sack), on the lower NW slopes off the Areopagus. Abandoned due to poor quality of bedrock.
Three closely contemporary fills, considered ... End 2nd c. B.C.-second quarter 1st c. B.C. |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C. |
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. |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
A well outside the market square to the southeast, 20m west of the Panathenaic Way; Modern fill in upper 1.65m. with Early Roman dumped fillings below. Coins:
9 May 1939 #37 (dirt pile)
10 May 1939 #53 ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
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