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Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D. |
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 6/ΛΓ.
Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins
1 June 1938 #1-#8
2 June 1938 #1-#6
3 June 1938 #1-#3
4 June 1938 #1-#2
6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance |
Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northwest room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C. |
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 ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D. |
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 |
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. |
Several pieces of side and small bits of flange missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep convex lower body; projecting keel where lower body and high straight inward-tilting rim meet. Rays in thinned ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Part of the wall and rim missing. Ring foot and convex lower body; a projecting keel where the lower body and straight inward-tilted rim meet.
Poor black glaze, brownish inside, over upper part of outside ... 1-2 June 1938 |
| Parts are missing from the side wall. Restored in plaster. Massive base ring; shallow lower bowl, divided by a broad projecting ledge from the upper wall.
Buff clay, slightly micaceous, covered inside ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Ring foot, lower body convex, upper straight; a wide keel at the junction.
Pinkish buff clay; red glaze inside and out. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 901-20 ... 14 May 1935 |
| None of foot preserved; restored in plaster. Plain pyxis, flanged and with outward tilted rim.
Glaze black to red and much peeled.
ADDENDA (HAT suggests it is a base over which such a pyxis as P 6011 ... 9-15 May 1935 |
| Flat bottom, straight sides; rim stepped in; to receive a lid?
Metallic black glaze inside and out; bottom reserved. Cistern. Lower, Hellenistic fill. Leica, 92-1-32 PD 901-58 ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
Intact. Flat-bottomed cylindrical pot with lip inset to receive lid. Sides slightly concave.
Bottom unglazed except for smears; pot inside and out covered with black glaze somewhat worn, especially inside ... 23 June 1950 |
| Footed pyxis. Fragment giving profile of wall; foot chipped, center of floor missing. Restored in plaster. Small deep pyxis, the lower body rounded, set off from the upper vertical wall by a broad keel ... 7 March 1933 |
A single fragment preserves part of the horizontal flange at the bottom of the pot and of the vertical wall, with one of the feet, a lion's claw.
Pinkish-buff clay; fairly firm metallic black glaze ... 12 July 1947 |
| Most of rim and part of body missing; restored in plaster. Heavy base ring rounded on exterior; steep flaring slightly convex wall separated from the straight inward-sloping rim by a horizontal flange ... 28 April-2 May 1939 |
Fragment of edge missing; otherwise intact. Small flat-topped lid with downturned edge.
Scratched on the top:
Black glaze on outside, inside reserved. Late Roman tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ. Found with T 1421 ... 10 April 1937 |
| 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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