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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] L 599: Lamp

Large lamp with high vertical ridge round top. The end of nozzle and the back part of handle broken away. Wheel made D. Double convex body, the upper part much larger than the lower; on the left side, ... 5 May 1932

[Agora Object] L 5065: Base of Lamp: Maker's Mark

Lower half of body with root of handle preserved. Relief signature. Dull red glaze, much flaked. Buff clay. Signed Bases type of Agora collection. ADDENDA Monogram of "ΑΚΡΑΤΟΣ" (?). Cf. L 2086, for clay, ... 25 April 1953

[Agora Object] SS 349: Stamped Amphora Handle: Knidian

Broad; broken before curve. Coarse red clay, rather micaceous; traces of light slip. Right end of the imprtession broken away; left end incomplete above and below; large letters. Cxt: Cistern system ... Late 3rd century B.C.-2nd century B.C.(?).

[Agora Deposit] H 16:2: Cistern Chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ)

Cistern chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ). Part of the H-I 16-17 system. Cf. S.E. Tunnel (container 147) and west and north passages (container 156). Upper fill: (packing for LR mosaic floor) Lower fill: Hellenistic ... Hellenistic-Late Roman

[Agora Deposit] H 18:1: Well

Well on the north slope of the Areopagus; depth at 9.65m; scanty dumped fillings. From about 3.20m to the bottom, little but tile fragments appeared; in the fillings above, the lower is characterized by ... Ca. 350-290 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 19:1: Rockcut Pit

Dimensions 2.86x1.50x0.70m in depth; stratified fill in rockcut pit (three rockcut steps leading down at one end) which apparently served as a rubbish dump (pottery fragments with carbon and ash). Coins: ... Ca. 410-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I 14:2: Pithos Settling Basin

Located in front of west end of Stepped Retaining Wall, Heliaia. Filled in and covered in last stages of grading of area after construction of Middle Stoa. Pottery from settling basin nondescript. Single ... 175-150 B.C.