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| Howland, R. H ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The author has used the trustworthy chronological data supplied by the scientific excavation of “closed deposits” at the Athenian Agora to build a continuous series of lamp types from the 7th century B.C ... 1958 |
The front half with nozzle and handle missing.
Miniature lamp. Ribbed upper body.
In raised letters, on the bottom, a signature.
Red glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E ... 27 May 1935 |
Handle and part of wall missing.
Pointed triangular nozzle; two small holes at sides of neck. Rays on discus.
High edge around top. Suggestion of a foot without ring.
Dull glaze, black to red.
Fine buff ... April-June 1936 |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Rays on top; raised edge around upper part.
Poor black glaze on sides and bottom; red on top.
Red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora ... 12 February 1937 |
Bit of top missing.
Ribs on top; underneath in relief the signature.
Worn black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora collection.
this depth gives layer I. Cistern chamber. Layer ... 16 April 1937 |
Intact.
Ribbed upper body, without lug. Grooves on upper surface of nozzle, and a stamped palmette at its base.
Black glaze, uneven.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora collection. Well ... 15 June 1937 |
Upper part of nozzle and part of ribbed upper body missing.
Small discus; ribs on broad top. Raised letters on bottom.
Thin brownish glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora collection ... 20 February 1939 |
The handle broken off; chips missing from collar.
Collar around body and nozzle; the upper body ribbed.
Red glaze, much peeled. Signed on the bottom, the letters in relief.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 12 April 1939 |
A single fragment preserves the nozzle and some of the adjacent part of the body.
Ribs on top.
Dull red glaze, rather flaked; inside and out.
On reverse, part of a signature.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 3 May 1939 |
Handle missing.
Ribbed upper body; small plain top with raised ring around; bottom concave. On bottom, in raised letters: "E I".
Poor brown glaze, much worn.
Brownish-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth ... 29 May 1939 |
The band handle missing, and small chips.
Mold made, watch-shaped with ribbed upper body and triangular nozzle.
Signature in relief letters on slightly concave bottom.
Thin red glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 7 May 1949 |
Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C. |
| Unfinished well-shaft with debris filling (apparently of the Sullan sack), on the lower NW slopes off the Areopagus. Abandoned due to poor quality of bedrock.
Three closely contemporary fills, considered ... End 2nd c. B.C.-second quarter 1st c. 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. |
Dumped fill in a shaft which served as means of access leading to a water channel south of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins:
29 June 1933 #1 (disintegrated)
29 April 1936 #1-#3
4 May 1936 #1 ... Early 1st c. A.D. |
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