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[Agora Publication] Greek Lamps and Their Survivals

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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[Agora Deposit] N 19:2: Roman Well at 52/I

Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c. Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman

[Agora Deposit] N 20:1: Well

Use filling of first half of 1st c.; dumped filling of late 1st c.(?). This well, near its mouth, cuts off the end of the upper passage of the cistern at 53/Ε. Subdivisions: .1=Dumped filling .2=POU ... First half of 1st c. A.D. POU

[Agora Deposit] N 20:4: Mask Cistern

Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C. Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:5: Roman Well at 74/I

Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D. Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins 9 April 1938 #2 9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:6: Cistern at 60/ΙΕ

Cistern at 60/ΙΕ; bell-shaped cistern with a channel 1.65m high and 4.60m long, leading to a dead end against bedrock. This channel runs north with a slight curve to the east and looks as though it was ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd 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 21:3: Cistern

Cistern (and passage) on the north slope of the Areopagus. Fill badly disturbed in modern and Turkish times. The few ancient sherds seem to be chiefly early Roman-1st c. B.C. (p. 256). Some finds labeled ... 1st c. B.C.