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[Agora Publication] Hellenistic Pottery Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material

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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[Agora Object] P 571: Lid

[Originally identified as low dish.] Straight sides sloping slightly toward top. Attic clay. Outside, cloudy black glaze; inside, unglazed, perhaps slipped. In south chamber of cistern. Leica, 4-317 ... 20 April 1932

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[Agora Object] P 4364: Bowl

Deep bowl with flaring sides with projection for a lid(?); high ring base. Restored in plaster. Covered inside and out with poor black glaze. Cistern, depth unknown. Leica, 92-1-17 PD 901-13 ... 1934

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[Agora Object] P 7349: Black Glaze Lekanis

Handleless lekanis. Lip chipped slightly. Plain bowl with rim profiled to receive lid. Flaky black glaze over all, save for a scratched groove at junction of foot and body, a lightly scratched line around ... 6 April 1936

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[Agora Object] P 7741: Black Glaze Lekanis

Fragments missing from side wall. Deep bowl. Massive base ring. Rim fitted with an outside ledge to receive lid. Thin glaze, mottled red and black. 4.60m. to bottom. Cistern. Leica, 91-34-19 PD 901-80 ... 7-17 April 1936

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[Agora Object] P 8585: Pyxis with Lid: West Slope

a) A small deep bowl on a ring foot; the flanged inside to take a lid. About one-third of the wall missing. Thin black to brown glaze considerably worn. b) A small lid, with moulded knob handle and down-turned ... 8 June 1936

[Agora Object] P 8925: Black Glaze Bowl

Rim chipped; small hole in one side; otherwise complete. Ring foot; angular wall, upper part almost vertical; projecting rim flanged inside for lid. Brown-red clay. Poor black to brown glaze, chipped ... 10 February 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11832: Bowl

Full profile preserved. About two-thirds of sides and rim restored in plaster. Ring foot; rounding walls; rim flanged inside to receive cover. Glaze red to black. Deposit list says level .1 but depth ... February-April 1937

[Agora Object] P 14411: Black Glaze Bowl

About one-quarter of side missing. Restored in plaster. Base ring; rounded wall with slightly projecting rim; vertical flange inside for lid. Fair black glaze overall. Cistern, middle fill. Leica ... 9-12 February 1937

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[Agora Object] P 20510: Black Glaze Pyxis

Part of rim and about one-fourth of wall missing; restored in plaster. Flat bottom, its edge extending a little beyond wall; tall, cylindrical body; rim flanged for cover. Attic. Worn black glaze. Cf ... 6 March 1937

[Agora Object] P 20522: Black Glaze Bowl Fragment

Three joining rim fragments. Large shallow bowl, the rim set in and incurved to receive cover. Good metallic black glaze. Attic. Cf. P 11832 and P 21736. Cistern, bottom fill, baskets 27 and 28. Leica ... 15 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 21736: Lekanis Fragment

Fragmentary; profile complete. Ring foot; convex wall; low offset concave lip as flange for a lid. Reddish-buff clay, coarse and rather soft. Dull red glaze overall. Finished Well east of Stoa room 11, ... May 1950

[Agora Deposit] E 3:1: Cistern at 44/Η

Cistern with considerable dumped fill at the north foot of Kolonos Agoraios. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C. Multiple vessels share same stamps, and painted ... Ca. 325-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:2: West Chamber

Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2: Well

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.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] M 20:1: Cistern

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.

[Agora Deposit] M 23:1: Cistern in NW Corner of Byzantine Building

Chamber of water system with one blind tunnel and two cisterns connected by tunnel. Pottery consistent throughout, late Hellenistic. Late 2nd c. B.C. Ten stamped amphora handles. Most of bowls long-petal ... 100-75 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] N 19:1: Cistern

Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:4: Mask Cistern

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.

[Agora Deposit] R 10:1: Well East of Stoa Room 11

Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins: 4 May 1950 #1-#3 15 May 1950 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.