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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 |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C. |
| Less than half preserved; mended from four pieces; full profile preserved. Ring foot; shallow bowl; sharply downturned rim. Recessed area in middle of floor, two scraped grooves with miltos near rim.
... 7 May 1971 |
| About half the floor and rim missing; restored in plaster. Sharply down-turned rim; deep central depression; a scraped groove just inside the rim, and another, broader, around the depression.
Glaze somewhat ... 13-27 February 1937 |
Ring foot and down-turned rim. Scraped grooves around edge of rim and central depression.
Glaze black to red; traces of stacking in kiln on floor, and inside foot. Cistern system shaft. Leica ... 24-27 March 1936 |
High ring foot. Downward-turned rim, none of which is preserved; groove around edge of rim and around shallow depression at center, the glaze scraped away in both. Restored in plaster.
Rather metallic ... 9-15 May 1935 |
Similar to P 6239 but smaller. Most of the rim broken away.
Incised on the floor:
Highly metallic black glaze fired brownish-purplish inside stacking ring.
ADDENDA P 6239: Large shallow fish plate ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
Profile preserved, but much of floor and rim missing. Curving downturned rim; scraped groove at edge of central depression and at outer edge of floor. High ring foot.
Graffito inside ring foot:
Black ... 1957 |
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