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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 |
| The nozzle, and a bit of the rim and body wall preserved.
On the rim, which rises toward the filling hole, three circular grooves.
The outside unglazed, the inside covered with a flaky red glaze, of which ... 24 May 1932 |
End of nozzle missing.
Pierced lug; no handle.
A raised ring around the slightly sunken filling hole; on either side of the ring a groove.
Ring base, small but with broad ring.
Dull black glaze inside; ... 28 February 1933 |
The left side broken away.
Two grooves, one shallow and one deep, around the small, sharply sloping top.
Bulging body; raised base, rising sharply within, and with a small round disk in the center beneath ... 4 April 1933 |
| Complete.
No handle; pierced lug on left shoulder.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25B' of Agora collection.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 332.
Cf. L 428, L 2083, L 3023, L 7654. Cave, upper red layer. South ... 29 May 1934 |
Only a fragment from the top and side is preserved.
The side wall is almost vertical; the rim is broad and flat, rising slightly toward the middle. Around the filling hole it terminates in a depressed ... 1933 |
Fragments of body and nozzle missing.
Pierced knob at left.
Red glaze on interior which has run through the nozzle and streaked exterior at right.
Type 25C' of Agora collection, type VIII of Corinth collection ... April 1934 |
The nozzle is missing.
Low base, rising beneath. Semi-pierced lug on one side of body. No handle.
Outside unglazed, inside, brown glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIB (?) of Corinth collection, type 25B' ... 28 May 1935 |
Tip of nozzle and much of side wall missing.
Pierced knob on shoulder. One deep and two shallow grooves around filling hole.
Thin brown glaze on inside only.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25B' ... 7-17 April 1936 |
Part of top and side wall missing.
Broad shoulder, bounded by a groove inside and outside.
Thin brown glaze inside only.
Type VIII (domed variety) of Corinth collection, type 25C' of Agora collection ... 7-17 April 1936 |
End of nozzle, and most of lug broken off.
No handle; very long nozzle; raised base, concave beneath.
Unglazed outside.
Attic clay.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25B' of Agora collection. Cistern ... 15 March 1937 |
End of nozzle broken off, and top chipped.
Low base; pierced lug; groove around rim.
Glazed inside only.
Attic clay.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25B' of Agora collection. Well. Leica, 7-338, ... 16 May 1937 |
Most of nozzle broken off.
Miniature lamp; raised base; pierced lug at side; the top plain, in a continuous curve with the sides, no groove.
Black glaze inside only.
Type 25B' of Agora collection, type ... 19 May 1937 |
Intact.
High base, depressed beneath; body rounded, set off from narrow rim by two grooves; pierced lug, no handle.
Black glaze inside only.
Type 25B' of Agora collection, type VIIB of Corinth collection ... 19 May 1937 |
The lug at the side is broken off.
Small lamp on high base, somewhat depressed; body broken below, narrow to plain narrow inwards sloping rim.
Traces of red glaze inside only.
Type 25B' of Agora collection, ... 20 May 1937 |
Chips missing, and knob at side broken.
Low base, deep rounded body set off from convex rim by groove at outer edge. Pierced side knob; short small nozzle.
Unglazed, except for three bands of black around ... 7 June 1938 |
Intact.
Small lamp with pierced knob. Raised base. Raised edge around filling hole, then a broad and a narrow groove.
Unglazed outside; reddish-brown glaze inside.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIB of Corinth ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact except for chips.
Broad rim slopes up from angular junction with nearly straight side; broad concave depression around filling hole. Pierced knob at side. Flat raised base.
Unglazed outside. Reddish-brown ... 8 June 1938 |
Intact.
Similar to L 3534 (Ω 853), but the rim slopes upward less steeply and the depression around the filling hole is somewhat less marked. Groove scraped around outer edge of rim. Broad ring foot.
Outside ... 8 June 1938 |
| Small fragments of wall and most of lug restored.
Raised base, lug, ball-shaped body, grooves around rim, no handle.
The outside unglazed; grayed from burning; a tricle of the glaze from the inside runs ... 29 September 1947 |
Nozzle and part of rim preserved.
Deep groove around filling hole; two shallow grooves separating rim from side wall.
Unglazed outside save for splash on nozzle, and traces of black in grooves; dull red ... 3 May 1949 |
| Back part of infundibulum missing.
Small lamp on base, slightly concave beneath; high rounded body; concave rim. No handle or lug.
Covered inside and out with thin red wash.
Type 25B' of Agora collection ... 25 August 1953 |
Intact.
Raised base, concave underneath with raised disk at center. Round body, heavy interior, long flat nozzle with small wick hole. Pierced lug on left side.
Strip of brown glaze at nozzle, otherwise ... 5-9 August 1968 |
| 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 |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins:
8 May 1937 #3
14 May 1937 #1
Coins from dump:
27 May 1937 #2-#9
28 May 1937 #3-#11 Subdivisions:
.1=16.00-17.00m.
.2=17.00-18.00m.
.3=18.00-19.00m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D. |
A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX.
Diameter 1.10m, water level 6.90m.
Kernoi and many lead ... Ca. 325-260 B.C. |
| 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. |
Grid notation in error as 99/ΚΑ sometimes.
A well (diameter 1.20m; diameter inside tiles at bottom 0.85m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, at the bottom of the valley, about 10.00m. east of ... 3rd. c. B.C. |
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. |
Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C. |
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. |
Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR.
Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C. |
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. |
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 |
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date. |
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. |
| Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins:
5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973)
6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C. |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C. |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C. |
| 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. |
| Hole in bedrock; dumped filling used in leveling.
Probably a natural water line, tending to wash out, has been cut back for various purposes, and finally all filled in to make level bedding for 4th c., ... Ca. 350-270 B.C. |
| Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C. |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
| 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. |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C. |
Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ in the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Part of system with two chambers and well. Homogeneous fill.
13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. N 72206 (Ω-344), picked up near ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C. |
Layer 7 in South Peristyle of court of Roman House Ε. Irregular cutting in bedrock with sand, gravel, fallen bedrock. Some burning ... 275-250 B.C. |
Filling of S outer foundation of Square Building.
310-275 B.C., with substantial amount of residual early material. Coins:
25 August 1953 #1-#3 ... 325-300 B.C. (?) |
Bottle-shaped cistern at R/1-13/14,15, probably associated with the building which lies under the Northwest Stoa. Single dumped fill. Coins
11 June 1975 #822
11 July 1975 #864 July 1997 samples taken by ... 300-265 B.C. |
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