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| Construction filling of well N 20:3 which was dug through this cistern; a few later sherds at upper levels may result from late repairs to well tiling. Coins:
6 April 1938 #14-#15
8 April 1938 #4 Some ... Second half 1st c. A.D. |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) |
| Mixed ... M. Crosby ... 601 791 ... 1938 |
Much selected. Lamp type 20-24. Possible disturbance. All scraps Roman finer wares saved.
Fragments of water pipe ... Early Roman |
Lamp fragments in envelope, types 22 and 25 ... Early Roman |
Fragment from torso of figure, left shoulder and most of front missing.
Right arm held down against body turns out sharply at edge of bottom break.
Traces of red paint.
Buff clay. Cistern. Filling contemporary ... 6 April 1938 |
| From wall of a closed pot, an oinochoe (or possibly an askos?). Part of arm and right hand holding a large barrel-shaped object.
On inside thin glaze wash on lower part of fragment only. Cistern, early ... 6 April 1938 |
From wall of a heavy open pot, probably a krater. Panel of lattice-work with dotted rhonibus in each opening; hooks below; a little of a hatched panel at right.
Attic clay. Firm black to brown glaze for ... 7 April 1938 |
| Five joining fragments preserve about one-third of rim and bit of bottom. Flat-bottomed shallow bowl with flaring side and plain rim. Incised circle on floor.
Cinnamon-brown micaceous clay. Orange-red ... 9 April 1938 |
| Intact except for small hole in one side and horned tips of handles. Elongated double convex body; the bottom finished with a pointed toe; the upper part inset slightly from the lower, tapers above to ... 8 April 1938 |
A cylindrical piece flaring at neck, with flat pierced top. Traces of handle attachment at base of both sides. Gouged diagonal lines on end, stamped ovules below.
Light brown clay. Thin red-brown to black ... 8 April 1938 |
| Intact. Tall slender cylindrical body, tapering below to long heavy flat-bottomed toe. Upper wall forms angle with shoulder; straight neck, echinus lip; double handles, below lip to edge of shoulder.
... 9 April 1938 |
Small fragments missing. Restored in plaster. Cylindrical body; concave shoulder offset from high straight rim; rolled lip; double handles; pointed toe. Red line at shoulder, at bottom of rim.
Traces ... 11 April 1938 |
| Same shape as P 12468 (Ω 451); pointed angular tops of handles with thumb prints on outside.
Dipinto in red, on shoulder between red bands: omicron on one side, delta on the other; on body, below handle, ... 11 April 1938 |
Mended from many pieces; a few fragments missing from wall, neck and lip. Shape as P 12468 (Ω 451) and P 12469 (Ω 452). Remains of red bands on shoulder.
Dipinto: below one handle, scroll; below the other, ... 11 April 1938 |
| Part of unguentarium or miniature jug preserved.
Buff clay; unglazed.
Oval stamp on side; a wreath at left; uncertain object at right; four lines of inscription between. Cistern (filling contemporary ... 11 April 1938 |
| M. Crosby ... Section Ω lies in the east end of the north slope of the Areopagus, well to the southeast of the market square proper. Excavation showed, as expected, that the area was a residential district throughout ... 16 Jan-17 Jun 1938 |
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