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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 420: Lamp

Flattened double convex body, sharp angle around center. On top, filling hole 0.016m. in diameter, surrounded by narrow rim, set off from body by groove of the same width. Nozzle slightly uptilted. Pared ... 2 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 1216: Lamp Fragment

A single fragment, preserving part of the filling hole and part of the nozzle. End of nozzle broken away. Black glaze, rather discolored, on top, inside and out. Groove about filling hole reserved. Wheel ... 21 March 1933

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[Agora Object] L 1727: Lamp

Ring base, convex upper and lower body, meeting at an acute angle. Fairly long nozzle. No handle; pierced lug on one side. Flat raised ring around filling hole, a groove around it. Rather high base, rising ... 300-250 B.C.

[Agora Object] L 1899: Lamp

Complete. Flat bottomed, and handleless. Black glaze, much pitted, all over. Type IV ("Poor relations" group) of Corinth collection, type 30B of Agora collection. Cistern. Leica, L-98 PD 635-107 ... 21 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 2187: Lamp with Graffito

Intact. Pierced knob on shoulder; ring foot reserved beneath. Wheel made Thin black glaze both inside and out, scratched from a groove around the filling hole. Charcoal clings to the wick hole. On the ... 4 April 1936

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[Agora Object] L 2224: Lamp

Pierced side knob; watch-shaped body. Raised base. Scraped groove around filling hole. Wheel made. Rich red glaze all over, except on underside of base. Type IX (clamshell variety) of Corinth collection, ... 6 April 1936

[Agora Object] L 2694: Lamp

Back part, and end of nozzle missing. High ring foot. Miltos groove around filling hole; semi-pierced lug on right side. Rather metallic black glaze. Wheel made. Type IX (clamshell variety) of Corinth ... 24-27 March 1936

[Agora Object] L 2890: Lamp

Slightly concave bottom; snub-nosed nozzle; large filling hole with depressed rim. Bottom surface and band around bottom and a second band, only visible at base of nozzle, are smoothly finished on the ... 2 April 1937

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[Agora Object] L 3041: Lamp

Very flat watch-shaped body; pierced lug; scraped groove around filling hole. Raised base. Black glaze, somewhat peeled. Type 29A of Agora collection, type IX of Corinth collection. Well. Leica, 7-338, ... 16 May 1937

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[Agora Object] L 3502: Lamp

Intact. Watch-shaped lamp on high base. Pierced lug at one side. Broad scraped groove around filling hole. Dull black glaze. Type IX (clamshell, wheel made) of Corinth collection, type 29A of Agora collection ... 9 June 1938

[Agora Object] L 3539: Lamp

Intact. Watch-shaped body, groove around filling hole; pierced knob at side. Raised base. Red to black glaze, much peeled. Pinkish-buff clay. Type IX (clamshell, wheel made) of Corinth collection, type ... 8 June 1938

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[Agora Object] L 4077: Lamp

End of nozzle and much of upper part of body missing. Wheel made. Reserved groove around filling hole. Good black glaze except under foot. Type IX of Corinth collection, type 29A of Agora collection ... 15 May 1933

[Agora Object] L 4195: Lamp

Intact. Watch-shaped body; bottom slightly concave; unpierced lug at side; groove around filling hole; rather long nozzle. Blister Ware. Rather roughly made. Gray clay on surfaces, shows red in chips ... 20 May 1947

[Agora Object] L 4299: Lamp with Collar

The handle missing, the edge of the collar, and chips. Typical clam-shell variety on raised base, but with a flaring funnel-like collar around the filling hole, and a band handle from this collar to the ... 22 July 1947

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[Agora Object] L 4399: Lamp

Intact except for pierced lug at left side. Clam shell variety, on high base moulded underneath. A broad groove around the filling hole. Large for this type. Badly burned. Glazed all over except on underside; ... 13 March 1948

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:1: Cistern Between Areopagus and Hill of the Nymphs

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

[Agora Deposit] A-B 19-20:1: Great Drain South

Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 12:2: Drawshaft

Cistern system on Kolonos Agoraios; shaft leading to chamber (76/ΝΘ) Coins: 4 June 1936 #1-#4 ... 3rd. c.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:3: Drawshaft

Cistern system on Kolonos Agoraios, shaft into south passage (81/ΝΘ). The fill again seemed to be a dumped fill; probably rather late 3rd. c. Coins: 8 June 1936 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd. c.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:8: Well South of Kolonos Agoraios

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.

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:2: Pyre in House C, Room 12

Pyre in House C, Room 12 (RSY=Pyre 9) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Notebook refers to House N. Beside west wall of room 12. Pottery, burnt bone, and cinders in a roughly round pit; disturbed ... Ca. 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.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:3: Cistern

A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous ... 350-325 B.C.

[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 5:2: Cistern in ΛΛ

Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:6: Well H

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.

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[Agora Deposit] F 13:1: Disturbed Sacrificial Pyre

"Perhaps a cremation burial ... " nbp. 811. "Sacrificial pyre, disturbed," GRE, deposit nb. In room on east side of building. Concentration of artifacts, fragments of bone, and abundant cinders in stratum, ... Early 3rd c. B.C.-Ca. 250 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:3: Well

Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE). Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 13:3: Pyre

In room A. Concentration of artifacts and burning in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre lay below a Late Hellenistic fill with a smooth earth surface. It is described as a black patch of earth with sherds, ... 350-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:4: Well

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.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30. Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D.

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:1: Komos Cistern

Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill. Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M-N 15:1: South Stoa II: Building Fill

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.

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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] O 20:3: Well at 67/ΛΓ

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.

[Agora Deposit] Q 6:5: Collapsed Cistern at Q/9-6/9.

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.