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[Agora Deposit] Q 12:3: Stoa Gutter Well

Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1. Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora well-deposits both for the high quality and the good conditions of pottery of all sorts. It represents the stock of a ... Ca. 520-490 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:3: Well

Well (stone-curbed shaft) near middle of Tholos which served the prior building. Period of Use dated to ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper fill dated to ca. 480-470 B.C. or soon after in Agora XXX (a gradual ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 13:5: Well Below Stoa Terrace Fountain

Well below Stoa Terrace Fountain. Heavy dumped filling, including a great variety of figured and plain wares. Never completed in antiquity because of hard bedrock. Estimated Grid ... 575-550 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 15:2: Well to the North of Nymphaeum

Well to N of Nymphaeum at 115/ΙΣΤ. A good water supply but no evidence for a period of use. Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects ... Ca. 420-400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 13:4: Well

Well at 21/Ε (beneath Library of Pantainos). The clearing of the well was abandoned because of a cave-in of the rock walls. Heavy dumped filling, the proportion of fine black table ware high ... Ca. 440-425 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 18:2: Hedgehog Well

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.

[Agora Deposit] A 20:9: Fillings

"South Triangle" abandonment filling over Brown House (House A) in the industrial area. Layers 1-3 and layer 4, to floor of second period. As late as the 3rd. c. B.C. but composed largely of earlier material ... 3rd c. B.C. and earlier

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[Agora Drawing] PD 1153-9c (DA 7643)

Black glaze profiles for Brian A. Sparkes ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) 82-588 82-588 ... 2008 1961

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[Agora Drawing] PD 1153-9d (DA 7644)

Black glaze profiles for Brian A. Sparkes ... Nina Travlou ... Redrawn in digital format (ca. 2007-2008) by Anne Hooton and Kathleen Lynch for forthcoming addition/supplement to Agora XII. 82-588 82-588

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[Agora Image] 2000.02.0313 (Slide Sheet: 19:05 Slide Set: 02:14)

Black glaze olpes (left to right: P 23847, P 23846, P 23908, P 23909) ... 1 Jun 2000

[Agora Deposit] C 19:5: House R Fillings

House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and C 19:17. a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c. b) Used ... Ca. 5th and 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:1: Well

Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman

[Agora Deposit] F 19:5: Unfinished Well Shaft

A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging ... Ca. 520-480 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 6:3.2: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft Lower fill

Containers Lot Α 306-Lot Α 340. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 575-535 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2: Well

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.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2.2: Middle fill

Coins: 16 April 1932 #1 ... First quarter 4th. c.-2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G-I 11-12: Investigations in the area of the Tholos

Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits. This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates

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[Agora Deposit] I 17:2: Square Well

At the northwest foot of Areopagus. Square stone-curbed well with no clear evidence for a period of use; appears to be a single dump ... Ca. 500 B.C.

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[Agora Image] 2012.54.1448 (LXXVIII-62)

Olpe, oinochoe and two plates ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

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[Agora Image] 2012.26.0315 (8-36)

Pottery from rectangular rock-cut shaft ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

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[Agora Image] 2012.51.1099 (XXVI-34)

Small black glaze vases ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

[Agora Lot] ΞΞ 108: South Triangle; Over Brown House; Layer IV to Floor of House L and V

Red figure; black glaze etc.; 3 or 4 fragments (3rd c. B.C); 1 bowl (early) ... 5th-4th B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 262

Bottom concave beneath, with slightly projecting edge; low strap handle. Added red: a pair of lines around the body below the handle, and a single line further down ... 575-550 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 263

Part of handle restored. Flat bottom; strap handle. Traces of an added red line at level of handle. Close, from the Acropolis North Slope, Athens, Agora Museum, A-P 2207: Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 250, ... 550-525 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 264

Flat bottom; low strap handle, its inner face reserved. Added red: two lines at level of handle-root, one lower down ... Ca. 500 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 265

Flat bottom; low strap handle. Added red: a line at level of handle-root, one on the rim, and on the top of the handle ... Ca. 500 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 266

Flat bottom; low strap handle. Added red: band at level of handle-root. Finger marks, from dipping, prominent at the bottom ... 500-480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 267

Flat bottom; low strap handle. Small. Added red: band around body below handle-attachment, another on lip and on upper handle-attachment ... Ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 268

Flat bottom, low strap handle; wall dented on one side. Added red: a line at level of handle-root ... Ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 269

Flat bottom, low strap handle. Added red: two bands at level of handle-root. Glazed to near bottom ... Ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 270

Flat bottom; low strap handle grooved down one side. Added red: two lines below handle-attachment and traces of another around lip and across top of handle. Glazed to near bottom; dipped. Cracked in firing ... Ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 271

Flat bottom; low strap handle. Two published pieces which belong to the middle years of the century are P 10819 G 12:22 Hesperia, Suppl. IV, 1940, p. 126, fig. 94 c and P 21872 N 7:3 Hesperia, XXII, 1953, ... Ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 272

Flat bottom; rising strap handle. Dipped; the glaze fired red ... 425-400 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 273

Flat bottom, slightly projecting; rising strap handle. Dipped ... Ca. 400 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 274

Flat bottom, the wall flaring slightly at the bottom; rising strap handle. Dipped ... 375-350 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 275

Flat bottom, the wall flaring sharply at the bottom; rising strap handle. Dipped ... 350-325 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 276

Low disc foot, slightly projecting; strap handle ... 500-480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 277

Disc foot; low strap handle; lip inset inside. Tall. Dipped ... 500-480 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 278

Disc foot, concave beneath; low strap handle. Dipped. From the same deposit, P 2335 R 13:4 Hesperia, IV, 1935, p. 476, fig. 1, 59 ... Ca. 430 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 279

Disc foot, slightly projecting; rising strap handle. Dipped ... Ca. 420 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 280

Rising strap handle; coarsely made, the bottom left rough from the wheel. Unglazed ... 425-400 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 281

Disc foot, slightly projecting; concave beneath. Rising strap handle. Dipped; the glaze unevenly fired and somewhat peeled; the wall cracked in firing ... 420-400 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 282

Disc foot; rising strap handle ... Ca. 375 B.C.

[Agora Object] Agora XII, no. 283

Disc foot, slightly projecting; rising strap handle. Dipped; the glaze mottled and peeled. A fragment, P 7428 E 3:1, from a context of the late 4th century, may be later than 283 ... 350-325 B.C.

[Agora Object] P 12377: Black Glaze Olpe

Much shattered but nearly complete. About half the lip missing. Piriform, flat bottom. Band handle from plain lip. Black glaze somewhat worn, extending to just above bottom. Two purple bands around shoulder ... 14 March 1938

[Agora Object] P 12542: Black Glaze Olpe

Intact except for chips. Flat base, slightly projecting. Band handle from thickened lip. Fair black glaze, somewhat grayed. Well, near middle of Tholos, POU. Leica ... 3 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12572: Black Glaze Olpe

Intact. Flat bottom; round mouth; two purple lines below handle attachment and traces of another around the lip. Bottom reserved. Well, near middle of Tholos, POU. Leica ... 6 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 12692: Black Glaze Olpe

Small fragments missing. Tall slender body; round mouth; flat high-arching handle; the wall flares slightly at the bottom to meet the flat resting surface. Black glaze all over exterior, inside mouth ... 12 May 1938

[Agora Object] P 15928: Black Glaze Olpe

Fragments missing from body and lip. Flat bottom, rather slender body, flaring lip. Band handle, rising from lip. Fair black glaze, worn, over all on exterior, and inside of lip; base unglazed. Two narrow ... 4 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 15929: Black Glaze Olpe

Part of body and neck missing. Flat bottom, rather plump body; lip flaring hardly at all. Fair black glaze inside and out; base not glazed. Band of purple around body below handle attachment, another ... 4 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 16135: Black Glaze Olpe

Most of lip missing, restored in plaster; chips elsewhere. Round flaring mouth; narrow neck. Flat high-swung handle. Projecting base, slightly concave beneath. Black glaze except bottom, which is reserved ... 18 April 1932

[Agora Object] P 11045: Black Glaze Olpe

Fragments missing from wall, rim, and bottom. Flat bottom and round mouth; vertical band handle. Dull black glaze slightly peeled; purple band around wall at lower handle attachment. Wells, bottom fill, ... June 1937

[Agora Object] P 1564: Black Glaze Olpe

About half of rim broken away. Glaze much worn on handle and two spots on side. Glaze on underside of vase very thin. Red used for horizontal stripe about body of vase at level of bottom of handle, on ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] P 2337: Black Glaze Olpe

Half of rim and part of one side missing. Mended from several pieces. Flat bottom, reserved. Glaze over part of it and on inside of lip; fair. Well; uniform Greek fill. Leica ... 4 April 1933

[Agora Object] P 2338: Black Glaze Olpe

Slightly spreading foot, rising beneath, and reserved on bottom. Rather poor glaze, much worn. Well; uniform Greek fill. Leica ... 4 April 1933

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[Agora Object] P 984: Black Glaze Olpe

No base, flat bottom; short neck, flaring at lip; handle from lip to shoulder. A purple stripe around the bottom of the body; two below the lower handle attachment; one around the lip. Fine buff clay ... 13 June 1932

[Agora Object] P 1259: Black Glaze Olpe

Mended from eight pieces. The handle fragment also joins at upper attachment, but needs plaster to remain. A small hole on either side. Thin glaze, unevenly fired and mostly peeled away. Underside unglazed, ... August-September 1932

[Agora Object] P 24635: Black Glaze Olpe

Considerable fragments from wall missing and chip from rim. Shape similar to the inscribed examples, but lop-sided. Rather dull black glaze overall, to inside of lip, except on bottom. Two others similar, ... May-June 1954

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[Agora Object] P 24989: Black Glaze Olpe

Fragment of lip missing, otherwise intact. Round mouth. No foot; concave bottom. A pair of red lines around body below handle and a single line further down. Handle and underside reserved. Dull black ... June 1955

[Agora Object] P 19383: Black Glaze Olpe

Mended from many pieces; fragments from wall, shoulder and neck missing. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom; slender ovoid body with well defined shoulder; round mouth with flaring angular-profiled rim ... 24 April 1948

[Agora Object] P 19562: Black Glaze Olpe

Some fragments of body, especially at shoulder, missing. Elongated body; flat bottom; round mouth; vertical handle rising above lip. Dullish black glaze over all. C 19:5(b) South of House R, under tile ... 24 October 1947

[Agora Object] P 23901: Olpe

Chips missing from base. Coarsely made; bottom left rough from the wheel. Buff clay, somewhat stained. Unglazed. Well to north of Nymphaeum, Box 133. Leica ... 28 April 1954

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[Agora Object] P 23909: Black Glaze Olpe

Intact. Base slightly concave beneath. Glaze fired unevenly red to black and somewhat peeled. Μελαμβαφής όλπη. Σχεδόν ακέραια. Well to north of Nymphaeum, Box 146. Leica, color slide ... 29 April 1954

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[Agora Object] P 24098: Black Glaze Olpe

Intact. Plump olpe; flat, slightly projecting bottom; band handle, rather short, rising slightly above rim. Glazed all over, except on bottom; the glaze fired a uniform red-brown. Well below Stoa gutter, ... 1 June 1954

[Agora Object] P 26030: Black Glaze Olpe

The vase was complete as it stood in the ground; its upper part was broken by the pick, small fragments now missing. Flat bottom; round mouth; high swung handle. Glaze mottled, brownish-red and peeled ... 27 July 1957

[Agora Object] P 10083: Black Glaze Olpe

Flat bottom, projecting base; band handle rising slightly, lip to shoulder. Dull black glaze, except on bottom. Well. Leica ... March 1937