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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] L 270: Lamp Fragment

Lip of nozzle and lower part of infudibulum missing. The top of the rim is depressed and a broad rim slopes in a concave curve to a large filling hole. Shoulder sharp and wall fairly straight, on left ... 20 July 1931

[Agora Object] L 849: Lamp

Handle, nozzle and part of side and bottom broken away; one side of filling hole chipped. Mold made. Pierced lug on one side of rim. Instead of the usual filling hole, a strainer. Raised ridge about outer ... 31 March 1933

[Agora Object] L 1115: Lamp

Mended from seven pieces; partly strengthened in plaster. The lower part of the nozzle, and fragments of sides and bottom missing. Watch-shaped body; the side wall continues upward to form a ridge around ... 17 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 1811: Lamp

Vertical strap handle missing; also small pieces from side and nozzle. Trefoil ended nozzle; plain top with sunken center. Poor red to black glaze. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, ... 20 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 1852: Lamp

The end of the nozzle broken off. Concave rim; plain mold made. Pierced lug at one side. A long slit on the upper surface of the nozzle. Glaze black to red. Type XVI (glazed variety) of Corinth collection, ... 29 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 1994: Lamp Fragment

Large plain lamp, about half preserved. Ring foot. Loop handle on left, lug (?) on right. Top sunken. Mould-made. Pinkich-buff clay, black glaze, much peeled. Type 43E of Agora collection, type XII of ... Late 3rd c. to early 1st century B.C.

[Agora Object] L 2500: Lamp

End of nozzle missing. Low base; slightly depressed top; angular body. Vertical band handles. Type XII (early spreading variety) of Corinth collection, type 43D of Agora collection. Cistern. Leica, LIII-17 ... 2 June 1936

[Agora Object] L 2543: Lamp

Nozzle, tip and band handle missing. Plain lamp with angular body, the upper half higher than the lower, a bump-like lug on the left side at the junction of the two parts. Faintly simulated ring foot ... 11 June 1936

[Agora Object] L 2734: Lamp

Top only preserved; vertical handle missing. Round nozzle, pierced knob on side; sunken top with a groove around its edge. Badly flaked black glaze. Mold made. Reddish-buff clay. Type XII (early spreading ... 17 February 1937

[Agora Object] L 3024: Lamp: Maker's Mark

The lower part of a lamp, with its base raised. Plain rim and discus, the discus surrounded by a grooved ridge. Letters on bottom, scratched before glazing. Reddish-brown glaze. Type 44A of Agora collection, ... 6 May 1937

[Agora Object] L 3293: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

Flat bottom, false base ring. Three letters scratched through glaze. Black glaze inside and out. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, type 43C of Agora collection. Cistern. Leica ... 2 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3755: Mold Fragment for Lamp

A single fragment preserves front of lower half, with nozzle and part of body and base. Deep string groove at end of nozzle. Pink to buff clay. For lamp of type XVIII of Corinth collection, of type 43D ... 8 May 1939

[Agora Object] L 4550: Lamp

Most of wall and rim missing. A groove around the edge of the slightly depressed top. Low base, concave beneath. Grayish-buff clay. Worn black glaze. Type XII (wheelmade, early spreading) of Corinth ... June 1933

[Agora Object] L 4568: Lamp

Parts of handle, nozzle and fragments of body and base missing. Early spreading variety, wheelmade. Black glaze, worn. Pinkish-buff clay. Type XII of Corinth collection, type 43D of Agora collection ... 9 April 1949

[Agora Object] L 5672: Lamp

Complete except for handle and end of nozzle. Slightly raised concave base with inner raised circle. Angular side walls, bottom half slightly convex. Plain concave top. Partially pierced lug for wick pin ... 7 May 1971

[Agora Object] L 5676: Lamp

Complete except for end of noozle. Raised concave base with raised inner circle. Angular side walls, bottom half slightly convex. Sunken rim around filling hole. One unpierced lug. No handle. Peeling black ... 7 May 1971

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:2: Cistern in ΠΘ

Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666]. Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian

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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 13:1: Chamber Cistern

Part of cistern system 76/ΝΖ-76/ΝΘ-81/ΝΘ on Kolonos Agoraios with lower dumped filling of 3rd. c. B.C. and upper dumped filling of first half of 1st. c. A.D. Coins: 4 June 1936 #5 5 June 1936 #3 6 June ... 3rd. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] B 20:7: Well

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.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:5: Cistern

Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it. Part of same system as ... 225-100 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] E 14:1: Cistern

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.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:3: Drawshaft, "Kybele Cistern"

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

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[Agora Deposit] E 18:7: Well

Large tile-lined well in SW Bath, Room A4. The top had been sealed with ca. 1.30m of concrete, and the floor to carry the hypocaust columns of the room in Phase C had been carried over it. The well was ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 5:1: Cistern

Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned. Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 13:3: Well 9

Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling. Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C. Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly ... 10 April-31 May 1935

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:4: Cistern

Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:9: Cave Cistern

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.

[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] N 20:7: Cistern at 67/ΙΗ

At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4: Satyr Cistern

Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 21:4: Cistern at 53/NE

Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron). Lower diameter 2.73m. Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C.