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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

[Agora Object] P 741: Jug

Mended from three pieces; two chips missing from rim. Small jug; round bottom; short wide neck. Pinkish-buff clay. Lower part of body pared. Blackened on one side. Smears of thin brownish glaze at handle ... 22 April 1932

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[Agora Object] P 8412: Chytra

Pyre type chytra. About one-third of body missing. Squat rounded body with flaring rim and round bottom; vertical band handle, broken. Fine pinkish-buff clay, unglazed. ADDENDA Remarkably long neck ... 24-27 March 1936

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[Agora Object] P 9687: Pot

Intact. Plump pot with slightly angular body; flat bottom, small out-turned lip; band handle, lip to shoulder. Buff clay, unglazed. Grave V, in room 18, 4th c. B.C. context. Leica, 7-212, 82-496 ... 5 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9688: Pot

Lip chipped; otherwise intact. Plump pot with slightly angular body; flat bottom, small out-turned lip; band handle, lip to shoulder. Buff clay, unglazed. Grave V, in room 18, 4th c. B.C. context. Leica, ... 5 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 9728: Pot

Fragments missing from body. Round bodied pot with single band handle; bottom flat. Similar to P 9687 (ΛΛ 608). Buff clay, unglazed. ADDENDA P 9687: Plump pot with slightly angular body; flat bottom, ... 6 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 9729: Pot

Fragments missing from body and rim. Similar to P 9728 (ΛΛ 686), but the bottom rounded. Buff clay, unglazed. ADDENDA P 9728: Round bodied pot with single band handle; bottom flat. Grave V. 703 Leica ... 6 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 16663: Casserole with Lid

Both broken; lid complete, small piece missing from bottom of casserole. Small round-bottomed casserole with vertical lip and interior flange to support lid; single vertical loop handle, on rim. Plain ... 13 May 1940

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[Agora Object] P 16742: One-Handled Casserole

Intact. Round bottom and shallow body with flaring rim flanged inside to receive lid. Rising vertical band handle. Household ware fabric. Μόνωτο τηγανοειδές αγγείο. Σχεδόν ακέραιο. Middle Terrace, burned ... 22 May 1940

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[Agora Object] P 16743: Lid

Small chips at rim missing. Shallow convex lid with knob handle. Household ware fabric. Appears to be sightly too small for P 16742 (ΝΝ 1856). Μόνωτο τηγανοειδές αγγείο. Λείπουν θραύσματα από το χείλος ... 22 May 1940

[Agora Object] P 18469: Pot

Mended from many pieces; chip from rim and small fragments of body missing. Round-bodied pot with wide mouth and plain slightly out-turned rim. Band handle, rising, from rim to shoulder. Cooking pot shape ... 1 August 1947

[Agora Object] P 18582: Miniature Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware

Mended from many pieces; a few fragments restored. Squat round body with convex bottom, flattened at the center. Round mouth with slightly flared rim. One vertical handle, attached at rim and rising slightly ... 29 September 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18583: Miniature Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware

Mended from many pieces; a few fragments restored. Similar to P 18582 (ΝΝ 3743) but the bottom rounded, not flattened at the center. ADDENDA P 18582: Squat round body with convex bottom, flattened at ... 29 September 1947

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[Agora Object] P 18584: Miniature Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware

Mended from many pieces; a few restored. Similar to P 18582 (ΝΝ 3743). ADDENDA P 18582: Squat round body with convex bottom, flattened at the center. Round mouth with slightly flared rim. One vertical ... 29 September 1947

[Agora Object] P 18585: Miniature Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware

Mended from many pieces; much of shoulder and rim restored. Similar to P 18582 (ΝΝ 3743), the bottom flattened. ADDENDA P 18582: Squat round body with convex bottom, flattened at the center. Round mouth ... 29 September 1947

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[Agora Object] P 19055: Bowl with Lid

Mended from many pieces; small pieces of the lid and most of the floor of the bowl missing. Shallow bowl, the bottom flattened; the slightly flaring rim ridged inside to hold the lid. Shallow domed lid ... 16 March 1948

[Agora Object] P 19056: One-Handled Bowl with Lid

The lid mended from several pieces; small fragments missing. Of the bowl only a small part of the rim and wall remains, with the handle. Similar in shape and fabric to P 19055 (ΝΝ 4164). ADDENDA P 19055: ... 16 March 1948

[Agora Object] P 19058: Pot

Mended from many pieces; the body and rim missing at the front. Similar in shape and fabric to P 19057 (ΝΝ 4166), but more squat and the mouth wider. ADDENDA P 19057: Squat round-bottomed pot with thickened ... 16 March 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19333: Lopas

Fragments of body and rim missing; and about half of the lid. Coarse handmade bowl with round bottom and one vertical handle; rim flanged inside to receive lid. Convex lid with knob handle. Cooking ware ... 26 April 1948

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[Agora Object] P 19865: Casserole with Lid

Complete except for small body fragments. Shallow bowl, round bottom and flaring rim grooved on the inside to receive lid. One small vertical handle attached to rim. Convex lid with knob handle. Brown ... 13 April 1949

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[Agora Object] P 19886: Amphora Fragment: West Slope

Preserved from lip to shoulder; much of lip missing. Decoration in applied yellow: two-strand garland on each side of neck, with dots. Alternating checkerboard and diminishing rectangles around shoulder ... 9 April 1949

[Agora Object] P 28235: Miniature Casserole with Lid

a) Casserole complete in four joining fragments, except for fragment of floor and rim section with handle. b) Lid, about three-fourths complete in four joining fragments, knob missing. Shallow, round-bottomed ... 25 July 1969

[Agora Object] P 28508: Lopadion with Lid

a) Lopadion. Mended from many pieces; complete. Round bottom; flange inside for lid; one vertical strap handle. b) Lid. Mended from five pieces; complete. Convex lid with knob handle. Reddish-orange clay ... 17 May 1971

[Agora Object] P 28560: Lopadion with Lid

a) Mended from twelve pieces. Complete. Lopadion with rounded bottom, small loop handle. b) Mended from seven pieces. Complete except for two chips. Domed lid with flat knob handle. Buff clay. Pyre ... 10 June 1971

[Agora Object] P 28563: Chytridion

Mended from 24 pieces. Complete except for chips. Discolored in areas by fire. Small flattened area on bottom. Flaring rim, rising handle from belly to lip. Some glaze near handle. Pinkish-buff clay, ... 10 June 1971

[Agora Object] P 28564: Chytridion

Mended from 24 pieces. Complete except for chips. Discolored by fire in some areas. Round bottom, flaring rim. Rising handle from belly to rim. Iron residue in one spot below handle on exterior. Gray ... 10 June 1971

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:9: Sacrificial Pyre over Drain A1

Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c.

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:4: Pyre in Room 1

Pyre in Room 1, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 11). Early in the third quarter of the 4th. c. B.C. In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in irregular pit in floor sequence. The pit had been dug into ... 350-330 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:1: Pyre

Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Notebook refers to House N. Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:3: Pyre

Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. 4th. c. BC. Concentration of artifacts, burnt bone, and charcoal in floor makeup consisting ... 375-350 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:6: Pyre in House N, Room 4

Pyre in House N, room 4 (RSY=Pyre 7), in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Pottery, mall pieces of calcined bone, log, wood cinders, and charcoal in diamond-shaped pit in floor sequence. The pyre ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 22:3: Burned Deposit

Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery. RSY: Pyre 10. Pottery, burnt bone, charred logs, and heavy burning, recovered by tunneling under the cement floor of a Late Hellenistic workshop, ... Ca. 325-300 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] C 17:2: Pyre North of House G

North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13). Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:2: Drawshaft

Drawshaft of a complex cistern system with two chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D 12:2), and two blind tunnels, all of which were filled later than D 11;2. Coins: 26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] F 5:2: Sacrificial Pyre under Room 18 in House 3

Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos: In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 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.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:4: Pyre

Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ. Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w). The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] P 20:3: Pyre

Pyre in north central room of house, measuring 0.50m east-west by 0.35m north-south. Pottery, bone, and burnt material in pit dug into layer IIb (crushed bedrock floor: lot Ω 464, 4th c.) and covered by ... 350-325 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 20:4: Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H

Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H. Concentration of artifacts, bone, and flecks of carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the pyre lay within a red fill apparently contemporary with it, but with some later ... 300-290 B.C.