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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. |
| Ribbed outside, and with a groove below the rim inside. Assigned to E 14:1 by GRE. Cistern filling on south slope of Kolonos, apparently intruded from filling immediately above. Lower fill.
50-25 B.C ... 30 May 1935 |
| From an open bowl with flaring rim.
Below rim outside, shallow parallel grooves; ribs in relief on body.
Brownish amber, somewhat iridescent. Cistern filling on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lower Hellenistic ... Card: 1st c. A.D. |
Bottom and lower body preserved. Notched ring foot, wall flaring slightly toward bottom.
Attic clay; splotched and worn black glaze. Cistern, lower, Hellenistic fill. Leica ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Nine joining fragments preserve most of upper body, some of upper part of lower body, and one handle. Deep kantharos with concave upper body. Glazed groove above point of greatest diameter, just below ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Three joining fragments a), and two non-joining fragments. Ring foot with resting surface slightly bevelled to inside. Nippled underside. Foot moulded on outside, with scraped groove, offset on lower body ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Single fragment broken all around. From lower body of bowl kantharos, with scaped groove with miltos near bottom edge. Delicate pattern of hoops alternating with sprouts on wall, in white and tan. Dot ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Two non-joining rim fragments. Broad rim, convex on top, with two ridges at outer edge. Rim set off from floor by deep groove and pronounced ridge. On rim, ivy garland with thick stem, highlighted in white ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Two non-joining fragments.
a) From shoulder and lower wall, with scar, probably for joining of spout, at right.
b) Shoulder, with groove at top, part of ring handle. Rouletting on shoulder.
Shiny, ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Fragment of neck and rim. Out-turned rim with scraped groove below on outside. Double cornucopia with white body, fillets hanging from either side, and three sprouts above. To right, trace of bunch of ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
The hub solid. Cistern, lower earth in north passage.
Fill 3rd c. B.C. Leica ... 22 May 1935 |
Rather flattish handle.
Stamped near the base where it joins the shoulder.
Cf. lagynos handle P 6327. Par: lagynos hdl cf P 06327* Cistern; lower Hellenistic fill. ΗΡΑ (Η,Ρ,Α monogram) Leica ... 30 May 1935 |
| Curve fragment.
Dolphin.
ADDENDA: Handle fragment with upper attachment preserving one corner of the stamp was found in Study Collections-Case 85-10 labelled "Thasian Uncatalogued". Now mended to SS 4293 ... 31 May 1935 |
| Curve fragment. Finished Earth from Cistern; lower Hellenistic fill. Δ̣ει̣ν̣ώ̣π̣α̣ς̣
ladle
[Θ]α̣σ̣ί̣ω̣ν̣ Leica ... 7 June 1935 |
Many joining fragments preserve lip to shoulder with part of handle near upper attachment. Around upper shoulder two wheel run grooves beneath glaze. Rope handle with a breast-shaped protruberance on either ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
Preserved from upper neck to shoulder. Wheel-run groove through glaze at upper break and another at lower. In applied clay, a suspended necklace, its ends indenting portion of handle. Above necklace a ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
Base fragment; profile preserved from bottom edge to lower stem. A groove at base of stem and around upper edge of base. Glazed outside only.
Dull black glaze, worn; pink clay. Catalogued 1960. Cistern, ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Bearded man with bushy hair and open mouth; a tragic actor in a mask.
Broken off below waist; the top of the head and the right arm also missing. Part
of a square opening in the back remains.
Traces of ... 21 May 1935 |
| Broken off at the chest; the stump arms are preserved.
Bearded male head, filleted.
White slip with traces of red over the white. Cistern. Hellenistic fill.
3rd-2nd c. B.C. Leica, 5-240, 77-7-21(22), 80-87-21 ... 28 May 1935 |
| Winged Eros, standing.
Most of the wings, the left arm, the right forearm, and the lower left leg missing.
A twist of drapery around his waist.
Considerably remains of red color.
ADDENDA: Coarse retouching ... 30 May 1935 |
| Running figure.
Right arm, left leg, left forearm, and wings missing.
Drapery from left shoulder, fluttering behind. Small hole in back.
Traces of white paint, with pink and yellow over it. Red paint on ... 30 May 1935 |
Large flat fragments of a mold for a relief.
Part of the bottom edge of the mold preserved on fragment b); otherwise broken all around. The mold was broken in antiquity, and mended with lead clamps, parts ... 31 May 1935 |
| First interpretation: woman 's figurine.
The head missing.
A boy completely muffled in a long himation, the right arm held across the chest under the garment. A round hole in the back.
Traces of white ... 31 May 1935 |
| Broken off below. Left arm missing.
Bearded male head.
White color, and traces of pale blue.
ADDENDA: Buff clay.
Noted: Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 171 n. 131. Μικροσκοπική Ερμαϊκή στήλη. Λείπει το αριστερό ... 6 June 1935 |
ADDENDA, 1956: Lower part of palmette added from undated box.
See MC 209, for terracotta palmettes made in some such mold as this. Earth from cistern. Lower Hellenistic fill.
Mid 3rd c. B.C. Leica ... 7 June 1935 |
The foot of figure standing on a round pedestal.
A small dog leaping up beside the foot.
Traces of white paint.
Cf. T 1634. Cistern, lower Hellenistic fill. Leica ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
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 |
The lamp part broken away around the bottom.
Through the middle a long vertical shaft, pierced near the top. Around the shaft above and below the hole, grooves. The start of the nozzle can be seen on ... 22 May 1935 |
| Ring foot, rising beneath. No handle.
Upper body ribbed, with palmette at base of nozzle.
Large double-scroll lugs on each side of body.
Black glaze much peeled.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth ... 28 May 1935 |
The nozzle is missing.
Low base, rising beneath. Semi-pierced lug on one side of body. No handle.
Outside unglazed, inside, brown glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIB (?) of Corinth collection, type 25B' ... 28 May 1935 |
The nozzle and most of the right side of the body missing.
Raised base, rising slightly beneath. Nearly straight side wall, curving into plain top; a depressed and a raised ring around the filling hole ... 28 May 1935 |
The end of the nozzle missing. No handle.
Low base. On upper body, a vegetable wreath with its base to the back, a rosette between its ends at the base of the nozzle.
Unpierced lug on one side. Two raised ... 28 May 1935 |
Nozzle missing. No handle.
Raised base, rising beneath. Upper body ribbed; two lugs, one shaped like a seashell, the other, pierced, like an astragal.
Black glaze.
Grayish clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth ... 29 May 1935 |
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 |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Partly pierced lug on one side. Simulated ring base, low.
Thick watch-shaped body, the top rising to a ring around the filling hole.
Dull black glaze.
Type XI of Corinth ... 29 May 1935 |
The handle is missing.
Ribbed upper body with pierced lug.
A high ring around the filling hole.
Red to black glaze, much peeled.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 46A of Agora collection.
ADDENDA ... 29 May 1935 |
Body fragment and end of nozzle missing. No handle.
Radiating leaf pattern in relief on upper body. Pierced lug on one side.
Rather metallic black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 46A of ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
Very similar to L 1924; simpler leaf pattern, not as sharply moulded.
End of nozzle missing.
Black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 46Β of Agora collection. Cistern; lower Hellenistic fill ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
| Most of body including vertical strap handle, and end of nozzle missing.
Upper body ribbed. Pierced cornucopia-shaped lug.
Red glaze much peeled.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 48Β of Agora collection ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
The bootom missing. No handle.
Red glaze inside only.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIB (?) of Corinth collection, type 25A' of Agora collection. Cistern; lower Hellenistic fill. Leica, L-81 PD 635-86 ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
High base. Back of body broken away.
Rounded body. Two grooves around central opening.
Red glaze inside only.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, type 25A' of Agora collection. Cistern; ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
No handle; low base. Groove around rim.
Unpierced lug on one side. Wheel made.
Glazed, metallic black to brownish.
Type IX of Corinth collection, type 31 of Agora collection. Cistern; lower Hellenistic ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
Low base. Wide flat rim sunk below top of side wall. No handle. Most of nozzle missing. Mold made.
Pierced lug set well back on one side.
Metallic black glaze. Grayish to buff clay.
Type XVI (glazed variety) ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
The vertical strap handle and end of nozzle missing.
Raised band around rim. Ribbing on upper body; palmette on base of nozzle. Pierced lug on one side.
Metallic black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
About two-thirds of upper body with handle preserved. End of nozzle broken off.
Raised rim around filling hole. Pierced lug on one side. Wheel made.
Dull black glaze.
Pink to grayish clay.
Type XV of ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
The nozzle and very little of the adjoining body preserved.
Groove around rim. The nozzle shows traces of smoothing with a flat implement.
Red clay with pinkish-gray surface.
Type IX (Blister Ware) of ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
A square one.
Raised edge around upper side; in relief in middle a square with round depression in the middle. Cistern from the earth.
Lower Hellenistic fill, 300-250 B.C. Leica, 5-298 ... 3 June 1935 |
| Amphora neck with one handle and half of the other complete.
Cf. Hesperia 3 (1934), nos. 74-76, 83-84. Par: Grace 1934, pp234--5 nrs 74--76, p237 nrs 83--84*
Cxt: see cxt nts of 7.vii.75, made by S.Rotroff ... 20 May 1935 |
| Finished North cistern fill, over floor of passage; lower Hellenistic fill. Ἐπιγόνο(υ)
Δαλίου Leica ... 21 May 1935 |
| Part of rim preserved. Cxt: belongs to 88/=LD=, lower, Hell fill (GRE, 1950)* Finished Cistern passage between 95/ΚΔ-88/ΛΔ, lower fill over floor. Θασίω̣ν
ladle ΑΙ
Β̣ου̣λήκ̣ριτος Leica ... 20 May 1935 |
| Part of rim preserved.
Joins with SS 4268 by piece found in tin. Cf. context notes of 7/8/1975, made for S. Rotroff, in folder Agora Deposits.
Par: Grace 1934, p260 nr 168*
Cxt: see cxt nts of 7.vii.75, ... 27 May 1935 |
| Part of rim preserved.
Joins with SS 4266 (Γ 1336) by piece found in tin. Cf. context notes of 7/8/1975, made for S. Rotroff, in folder Agora Deposits.
Cxt: see cxt nts of 7.vii.75, made for S. Rotroff ... 27 May 1935 |
| part of rim pres Rdg: short curved stoke at eng of legend(VG)*
Dte: this seems as early as any in this Cistern, except prhps
SS 04291(VG)* Finished Cistern; lower Hellenistic fill. Ἐπὶ Ἀισχυ
λίνου stroke ... 29 May 1935 |
| Handle and neck missing. Flat circular base; vertical ring handle at base of neck. Raised ring, surrounded by incised groove filled with red, around neck. On upper body, wreath in thinned clay paint. ... 17 May 1935 |
| A few fragments missing from rim and walls. At bottom, rosette surrounded by incised ring; leaves around bottom. On body, goats rampant in pairs, facing each other over urns. Also erotes decorating altars ... 20 May 1935 |
| Ends of handles and chips from rim, missing. A broad flange projects below the lip on the outside. High foot; the lower body ribbed. On neck, front and back, conventionalized dolphins playing above waves ... 20 May 1935 |
| Lower body and handle missing. The handle was twisted; restored in plaster. On neck, ivy wreath in thinned clay paint. Around shoulder, garland of leaves and berries, interrupted in front by dolphins playing ... 20 May 1935 |
Neck missing. One vertical handle, rather large, roughly smeared on. Wheel-marks on resting surface.
Fine buff clay. Assigned to E 14:1 by GRE. Cistern, passage to north, 4.00m. Earth on floor. (Cistern ... 20 May 1935 |
Body of beehive shape, broken off above. Projecting ring foot. The body is covered with horizontal grooves. Half of a small hole through the side wall is preserved at the upper break.
Metallic black ... 20 May 1935 |
| Plump fusiform shape; about half of body and all of neck, missing. On shoulder, ivy garland with leaves and berries. Around point of greatest circumference, alternating checkerboard and concentric squares; ... 20 May 1935 |
Straight-sided circular cover to fit over the pyxis. The top domed and flanged at the edge, the flange to serve for lifting. At the center, raised shallow circle, surrounded by reserved groove; reserved ... 22 May 1935 |
| One handle missing. Ring foot. Laurel leaf thumb rest on top of handle. Around handle zone, wreath: stem and berries in white, leaves in thinned clay. Above and below, incised line filled with pink.
Metallic ... 27 May 1935 |
Ring foot. Spreading circular mouth, beaked opposite handle join.
Pinkish buff clay, glaze black to red and much peeled. Cistern, Hellenistic earth. Leica PD 1091-43, PD 2611-39 ... 27 May 1935 |
| Mended from many pieces; large portions still missing, including one handle. Ring foot; two horizontal loop handles; rim flanged for lid, with holes for tying. Upper body decorated with alternating black ... 27 May 1935 |
Part of the rim missing. Flat bottomed small bowl. Grooves outside around bottom and lip.
Gray to pinkish clay, black glaze.
ADDENDA Perhaps a one-handled cup. Cistern, Hellenistic fill. Leica PD 1091-48 ... 28 May 1935 |
| Nearly fusiform elongated oinochoe. Trefoil mouth, broken at the back. The pot wall flares slightly at the bottom to form a foot.
Pinkish buff clay; black glaze. Finished Cistern, Hellenistic fill. Leica ... 28 May 1935 |
Parts, including both handles, missing. Moulded ring foot. Handle zone bound by grooves filled with thinned clay paint. Between (from bottom), thinned clay line, row of white dots, thinned clay line, row ... 28 May 1935 |
One handle, part of neck and all of rim, missing. Pointed amphora, the pointed tip neatly profiled.
Incised on the shoulder:
Gritty buff clay unglazed. Cistern, Hellenistic fill. Leica PD 1133-41 (Hb ... 28 May 1935 |
| About half the body, with one handle and the leaf from the other, missing. In the handle zone, between white bands, a wavy one in thinned clay, with leaves above and below. At the ends, thinned clay lines ... 28 May 1935 |
Fragmentary. In handle zone, thinned clay masts at each end, a triple line strung between them: one white, two thinned clay ribbons. From the lower, thinned clay pendents with white tips.
Metallic black ... 28 May 1935 |
Small fusiform unguentarium. Narrow purple bands, one around point of greatest circumference, three around base of neck and two around middle of neck.
Pale gray clay. Cistern, Hellenistic fill. Leica ... 28 May 1935 |
| Small out-turned rim; lower body covered outside with horizontal ribs. Inside rim, groove filled with red; below, festoons of double buff lines with white between and buff pendents with white tops. At ... 28 May 1935 |
| Mended from three pieces. About a quarter of the flat floor of a pot, similar to that of the casseroles, preserved. At the outer edge, the fragment starts to turn upward slightly. Beneath, very much blackened; ... 28 May 1935 |
| Mended from many pieces. Part of one lip, all of the other and the topmost part of the pot missing. Double-bottomed pot with ring foot and two trefoil-ended spouts, one connected with the lower, the other ... 28 May 1935 |
| Small handleless flat-bottomed stamnos; wheelmarks on bottom.
Pinkish buff clay, thin black glaze. Μικροσκοπικό άωτο, φαρμακευτικό αγγείο. Σχεδόν ακέραιο. Cistern, lower Hellenistic fill. Leica, 92-24-18 ... 29 May 1935 |
| A large part of the lower body missing. The covered top is finished with a tall spiked lid-like knob. Vertical grooved ring handle. A moulded lion's head serves as a spout on one side, at right angles ... 29 May 1935 |
The handle is missing. Ring foot; exaggerated trefoil mouth. Around base of neck, ivy leaves and berries. The leaves in thinned clay; the berries in white.
Glaze black to red. Cistern, lower Hellenistic ... 29 May 1935 |
| Restored in plaster. Ring foot. Moulded rings around inner and outer edges of rim. The rim decorated with ivy pattern, stems and leaves in thinned clay, berries in white. Much worn.
Incised underneath: ... 29 May 1935 |
| From an amphora decorated on the shoulder with ivy tendrils, leaves and berries in brown paint.
Painted in brown on the neck:
Pink clay with white grits; greenish buff surface. Cistern, lower Hellenistic ... 30 May 1935 |
| The upper part of a very small plain amphora. Flaring lip; the handles start from a ridge below it.
Lightly incised on the shoulder: Κ Α
Gritty pink to buff clay, unglazed. Cistern, lower Hellenistic ... 30 May 1935 |
| Vertical strap handle missing. Ring foot; the neck flares slightly at the top where it is thickened to form a lip. Below this thickening, three wheel-run grooves.
Red clay, clipped but unglazed. Slip ... 30 May 1935 |
| About half the body, one handle, and more than half the rim missing. Twisted handles with knobs on each side of their upper attachments. Ring foot, with a scraped groove above it. Below the lip, and at ... 30 May 1935 |
| Kantharos on high stem with high swung cup handles. Fragments from the lower body and parts of the handles missing. Restored in plaster. Front and back, to each side, a torch in thinned clay, with white ... 30 May 1935 |
| Ring foot. Rounded rim. Rouletting, triple band, around center of floor.
Incised inside: Ι Ν and Ι Φ
Joins P 5932. Cistern, lower Hellenistic fill. Leica, 81-1-9 ... 30 May 1935 |
| Outward turned lip. Rim set off by incised lines, one above, two below, with guilloche between. On rim, below an egg and dart, dolphins leaping above wave pattern. On body, between two alternating kinds ... 30 May 1935 |
| Mended from several pieces; fragments from rim and wall missing. Plain flaring sides; the bottom slightly depressed to form a small resting surface. Five neat wheel-run grooves around the upper part of ... 30 May 1935 |
| The bottom part missing, part of the rim, and part of one handle. Rim and bottom restored. Flat thumb rests on top of handles; projecting leaf below; a lug to each side of upper attachments, and a moulded ... 30 May 1935 |
| Fragments from the lower body and shoulder missing; most of one handle and part of the other. Restored in plaster. High moulded foot with a scraped groove around it. Two scraped grooves below the lip; ... 29-30 May 1935 |
Small; plump fusiform.
Dark gray clay, three white bands. Cistern, lower Hellenistic fill. Leica ... 31 May 1935 |
Flat handle from an unglazed pot, amphora or pitcher.
Incised on the outer face: Α Γ Α Θ
Joined to P 5925. Cistern, lower Hellenistic fill. Leica PD 1133-24(F 199) ... 31 May 1935 |
| Plain in-turned rim. One vertical loop handle. Flat bottom, left rough.
Buff clay, unglazed. Cistern, lower Hellenistic fill. Leica, 92-7-4 ... 31 May 1935 |
Only part of the rim and side preserved; none of the foot. Restored in plaster. Small neat horizontal grooves on the outside. Inside, two scraped grooves around the rim; traces of a white band around center ... 31 May 1935 |
| Plump shape; narrow neck. Bands on shoulder: one white between fine double purple.
Gray clay. Μικρή δακρυδόχος (Unguentarium). Cistern. Lower Hellenistic fill. Leica, color slide ... 1 June 1935 |
Very small plump fusiform. Decorated on shoulder with three white bands bordered by narrow purple. Cistern. Lower Hellenistic fill. Leica ... 1 June 1935 |
| Flat round lid, plain on one side. On the other, two grooves around the edge; on one side two holes, on the other three beside a long vertical lug.
Pinkish buff clay, slipped. Cistern. Lower Hellenistic ... 1 June 1935 |
| Part of one handle and part of the rim missing. On the upper body, dolphins playing over wave pattern. Decoration in thinned clay paint, the waves filled with white.
Good black glaze, somewhat peeled ... 31 May 1935 |
| Round flat lid, with knob handle, broken off, and pendent knob in center below. On reserved edge, egg and dot in black beyond a groove filled with red. The center part glazed black, with a ring of dots ... 1 June 1935 |
| Ring foot. Stamped inside, four palmettes inside a rouletted ring.
Very metallic chocolate brown glaze; traces of stacking on the floor. Cistern. Lower Hellenistic fill. Leica, 78-3-25, 78-3-26, 91-20-6 ... 29 May 1935 |
| The bottom part missing. Restored in plaster.
Fine pinkish buff clay, slipped. Unglazed. Cistern. Lower Hellenistic fill. Leica PD 2551-10 ... 29 May 1935 |
Ring foot; rim turned down. Groove around inner edge of rim and around depression in center.
Incised underneath:
Good black glaze. Cistern. Lower Hellenistic fill. Leica PD 1091-72, PD 1133-27(F 200) ... 1 June 1935 |
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