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Cistern on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios; dumped filling, second half of first century after Christ. Coins:
9 June 1937 #3
11 June 1937 #1-#8 ... 50-100 A.D. |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
Well in the bottom of chamber cistern at 106/ΛΓ, stratified. A soft spot in the bedrock at the west side of the well caved in and was packed with typical coarse Roman first century amphoras; the well was ... A.D. 200-150 |
No handle. The nozzle is unpierced; the filling hole very small.
Rosettes and knucklebones in relief on upper body. Small raised motif on the bottom.
Thin pale buff slip. Probably a trial piece.
Red clay ... 3 June 1937 |
Handle, most of nozzle and a little of top missing.
Shallow, watch-shaped, with raised dots all over rim.
Poor glaze, red and black to gray, peeled and worn.
Light buff clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) ... 23 March 1935 |
Handle missing; otherwise intact.
Roughly watch-shaped body; thickened rim around filling hole. On upper body, three relief-rosettes at each side, one on nozzle. Signed on bottom, "alpha", the letter in ... 7 June 1939 |
| 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 |
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