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Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C. |
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. |
A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. Curbed with rough stones.
Filling of a small shallow well which contained nothing from the POU and since no water was ... Ca. 350-320 B.C. |
Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ (Coroplasts' Dump) outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way.
Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to ... To ca. 330-320 B.C. |
A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous ... 350-325 B.C. |
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 |
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date. |
Rectangular shaft at northwest foot of Areopagus; dumped filling of second half of 4th c. B.C. Pit at 16/Δ-Ε recorded one time as an extension of shaft 17/Δ-Ε (see L 506 and nb.p. 395), but items from ... Ca. 325-275 B.C. |
| Rubbish Pit . Pit cut through a house floor. In courtyard, beside door to room 3. Artifacts, bone and scattering of large cinders in roughly rectangular pit dug through floor bedding and covered by red, ... 325-300 B.C. |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C. |
| An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C. |
Partly restored. Fragments of rim and stand missing. A shallow bowl on a tall cylindrical stand hollow underneath.
Buff clay. Unglazed. Probably once had white paint. See Pollitt 1979, p. 220, deposit ... 10 June 1959 |
| Base and lower part of stem missing. Plain open bowl with nearly vertical rim, on a stem ringed near its top.
Buff clay. Unglazed.
Cf. P 13555 (Ψ 673). Well. 449 Leica, 92-3-3 ... 11-17 May 1938 |
| About half of base and most of bowl missing. Base, stem and lower part of bowl preserved. Broad flat base; stem with projection around middle.
Buff clay. Unglazed.
Cf. P 13554 (Ψ 672).
ADDENDA Possibly ... 11-17 May 1938 |
Broken into two pieces; fragment of bowl missing. A roughly cylindrical object with a small bowl at the top. The walls of the bowl flare slightly to a plain thickened lip. The present lower edge of the ... June 1938 |
| The top of the bowl broken off. Round-bodied bowl on a head stand; horizontal loop handles applied to side. Four holes in the floor, which shows signs of burning.
Fine buff clay; a few drippings of thin ... 16 May 1935 |
| Most of rim and all of edge of base broken away. Ring around stem below bowl.
Soft, pinkish buff clay; white paint; on the inside traces of red over the white. Cistern. Leica, 92-7-18 PD 2610-21 ... 21 June 1935 |
| Only a fragment from the lower edge remains. Fitted with broad flange to rest on the rim of a bowl. The upper part is of openwork.
Fine, buff clay, retaining traces of white paint. Cistern. North chamber ... 1932 |
| Complete save minor chips. A shallow open dish with plain rim on a high thick hollow stand, flaring slightly toward bottom. Bottom edge roughly finished; perhaps once attached to something.
Fine buff ... 12 May 1939 |
| Small thymiaterion?
Chips missing. Hollow tubular stand with projecting base; flaring top, a shallow bowl set down inside it.
Soft pinkish-buff clay, buff surface. Traces of white. Catalogued 1959. Shaft ... April 1932 |
| Flat bottom, widely projecting beyond straight side wall, and moulded on upper face. Upper wall finished with raised ring below plain slightly flaring rim. Two non-joining fragments. Dome-shaped lid, with ... 26 April 1947 |
| Much of rim missing. A small open shallow dish on a high concial stand. Abundant traces of burning on floor of dish. At center of floor, a small irregular hole opens into inside of stand, an air-hole ... 18 April 1932 |
| Tall base with three disk flanges. Top missing.
Soft buff fabric, like kernoi. Cistern; coroplasts' dump. Context ca. 350-320 B.C. Leica, XXXIV-81, 92-9-12 ... April 1938 |
| 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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