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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. |
Cumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. |
| Types of drinking cups found in Agora pyres.
1: P 2290; 2: P 19049; 3: P 29200; 4: P 16138; 5: P 28744; 6: P 6373; 7: P 17694; 8: P 13530; 9: P 20141; 10: P 18571; 11: P 16732; 12: P 18542; 13: P 18539; ... Anne Hooton Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Located at the bifurcation of the Panathenaic Way and West Road.Byzantine fill (9th-10th century) in upper 5.70m. with a series of Classical to Hellenistic accumulations below. Coins:
10 July 1971 #861 ... 14 June-27 July 1971 |
Represents excavated levels V-IX. Coins:
5 July 1971 #857 ... Late 5th c.-300 B.C. |
Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ.
The presence of a number of fairly well preserved vases of good quality suggested to the excavator the possibility that the cutting might once have contained a burial. No skeletal ... 325-300 B.C. |
| Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.
Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century 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. |
| Small pit (in Layer I) = Grave ("Pyre") Identified as pyre by SIR.
Pottery and burning ("pit filled with black") in pit slightly west of Panathenaic Road, dug into layer I (lot AA 180, much earlier 6th ... 275-250 B.C. |
| Black Glaze Skyphos Fragment: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Cup: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Skyphos Fragment: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| P 31796 b, c ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Kantharos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Skyphos: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Stemmed Skyphos Fragments ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C. |
| Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins:
5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973)
6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C. |
Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. Coins:
10 August 1961 #5 ... 325-275 B.C. |
| Black glaze kantharoi ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black glazed kantharoi and skyphoi ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| West slope cup (left) and kantharos (right) ... P 13372 to the left. Horizontal (normal) |
| West Slope cup ... Horizontal (normal) |
| Pyre. Deposit R 18:1.
saucer, P 13371; cup: West Slope, P 13372; lamp, L 3502 ... Craig Mauzy ... S. Rotroff. Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
a) Lamp fragments; loom weights; West Slope; unguentaria; intrusions.
b) Glazed pieces.
c) Coarse selected ... Early Hellenistic |
| Chips missing from rim and base. Similar to P 29738.
Metallic black glaze, chipped. Orange clay.
ADDENDA P 28738: Ring foot with resting surface reserved. Underside reserved with black ring at center ... 24 July 1971 |
| a) Three joining fragments, foot and most of wall.
b) Non-joining rim fragment.
Turned foot with scraped groove on resting surface and below mouldings of foot. Miltos. Body has added clay decoration ... 10 June 1936 |
| 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 |
Fragment of rim and chip of foot missing.
Underside reserved with two glazed circles at center; resting surface reserved. Junction of foot and body reserved. Shiny black glaze with red spot; miltos ... 350-325 |
Handles and parts of wall and foot restored.
Underside and resting surface as 150. Shiny black glaze.
Cf. P 26109 (Agora XII, no. 352, p. 260, fig. 4, pl. 17 [F 17:3, lower fill]) ... Ca. 325 |
One handle, part of the other, and one-fourth of rim and upper wall restored.
Underside and resting surface as 150. Shiny, dark brown glaze.
Similar, from same deposit: P 28071, P 29289.
Cf. P 318 (D ... 300-275 |
One handle, half of the other, and part of rim restored.
Underside glazed; resting surface reserved. Narrow lower body widens quickly to convex upper body. Slightly outturned rim. Shiny black glaze inside ... 300-275 |
Small parts of rim and body and most of one handle restored.
Underside and resting surface as 150. Scraped groove at junction of foot and body. Upper body convex. Rim not outturned.
Dull black glaze ... 300-275 |
Half of rim, bases of handles, and a few fragments of lower body preserved; heavily restored.
Stubs of horizontal handles, round in section, joining just below rim and rising slightly. Two pairs of opposing ... 325-300? |
About half of rim and one handle preserved; partially restored.
Horizontal handles, round in section, join just below rim; triangular from above. Ivy garland running right. Ivy leaves on stems alternate ... 325-275 |
A few areas of rim, upper body, and foot restored.
Turned foot with scraped groove in vertical side; slightly beveled resting surface with scraped groove; underside nippled. Vertical strap handles with ... 325-275 |
P 31724 a, b
Part of foot and most of lower wall (a); fragment of rim (b).
Turned foot with scraped groove on side; beveled resting surface with scraped groove; conical underside. Offset at base of body ... 325-300 |
Two joining rim fragments.
Myrtle garland with letters ⟧Α̣Σ above: [φιλί⟧α̣ς? Shiny black glaze ... 325-300 |
One handle, half of body, three-fourths of rim, and part of foot restored.
Weak version of turned foot: edge sloping rather than vertical, groove in side and resting surface glazed, square offset at top ... 315-300 |
P 31796 a, b, c
Three nonjoining sections preserving foot, full profile, part of rim and one handle, and base of the other handle; restored.
Molded ring foot with scraped grooves between moldings; slightly ... 275-260 |
About half of body restored; full profile preserved.
Shape as 161. Scraped groove below handle attachments and glazed groove below rim delineate decorative zone. A: central cornucopia, with bunch of grapes ... 275-260 |
Half of rim and part of body restored.
Fairly high ring foot; flat resting surface; nippled underside.
Thick strap handles with knobs, perhaps debased masks, as thumb rests.
Shiny black glaze, peeling ... 225-175 |
Mended from numerous fragments; partly restored in plaster. Half egg shape on high ring foot. Spurred handles. Garland on wall.
Black glaze, mottled and worn. Pink clay. Silt in northward continuation ... 10 August 1961 |
| Much missing; restored in plaster. Moulded base and deep egg-shaped body with plain rim. Band handles with leaf thumb-rests. A scraped groove below the handle zone and one around the foot; a plain groove ... 9 June 1938 |
Two joining fragments which preserve part of the plain in-turned rim of a cup or skyphos. Below the rim a garland. Between rim and garland in added yellow: Α Σ
Black glazed inside and out. Left fragment ... 13 April 1934 |
| The principal fragment preserves part of upper wall with slightly incurving lip and the stubs of a horizontal handle set just below lip. The stub of the other handle and bits of rim and wall also preserved ... 11 March 1937 |
About half of drawn-in rim with one horizontal loop handle preserved. Restored in plaster. Double ivy tendril with leaves and berries in thin clay paint below rim.
Good black glaze. Cistern. Lower, Hellenistic ... 22 May-6 June 1935 |
One handle and parts of body restored in plaster. Four joining fragments. Low foot ring, bulging shoulder, plain, straight lip. Resting surface reserved, and space inside ring foot, with two glazed circles ... 5-9 August 1968 |
Missing are one handle with its rim section and part of the other handle. Restored in plaster. Ring foot, bulging shoulder, slightly out-turned lip. Completely glazed.
Pinkish-buff clay; glaze dull black ... 5-9 August 1968 |
Missing is part of wall and rim, one handle and ca. one-third of the other handle. Completely restored in plaster. Similar in shape to P 27969, though upper wall wider and lip out-turned.
Pinkish-buff ... 5-9 August 1968 |
| Mended from three pieces; part of wall and about half of rim missing and part of one handle. Restored in plaster. Small deep cup on ring foot; walls drawn in slightly to plain rim. Handles below rim with ... May 1947 |
Both handles missing, with parts of rim, wall and foot. Inner half of the resting surface reserved. Underneath reserved, with two concentric glazed circles.
Dull glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 352. Well ... May 1938 |
Under half preserved. One handle, much of body and part of base missing. Egg-shaped body, strap handle with ivy leaf thumb grip; moulded foot.
Pinkish buff clay, glaze shading black to brown. .top to ... 1934 |
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