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Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
| Situla Fragment: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic.
No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Containers 6-12 ... Latest Hellenistic |
| Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE).
Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C. |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz. |
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. |
Coins:
16 April 1932 #1 ... First quarter 4th. c.-2nd c. B.C. |
Foot and rim chipped.
Very low ring foot; flat resting surface; pointed underside. Rim flat on top. Two scraped grooves below rim, another further down wall.
Double handle. On upper wall: leaves alternate ... 250-225 |
Foot and rim chipped.
Disk base, concave underneath. Thickened rim with flat top sloping down to outside. Two grooves below rim, with trace of pseudo bead and reel between them; horizontal lines orange, ... 120-100 |
Part of upper body restored; handle missing.
Flaring ring foot; flat resting surface; nippled underside. Two grooves below rim run partway around vessel. Rim slightly outwardly thickened. Below rim, pairs ... 120-100 |
Chips missing.
Small, weakly molded foot; flat resting surface; slightly nippled underside. Body constricted below rim, with two grooves. Projecting rim, flat on top. Bead and reel below rim and on handle: ... 120-86 |
Intact.
Disk base with molded profile, deeply concave underneath. Two scraped grooves below rim. Rim flat on top. Below rim, bead and reel, with white reel. Alternating orange and white stripes on top ... 120-86 |
Handle restored.
Disk base, concave with nipple underneath. Body slightly contracted at top. Rim outwardly thickened, flat on top. On upper wall, large dots with sagging line below, probably all in white ... 120-86 |
Half of handle, one-third of body, and center of floor restored.
Ring foot; irregular resting surface with slight groove at inner edge.
Body constricted below rim. Two to three grooves at top of wall ... 100-86 |
Handle and lower body missing.
Baggy body, slightly molded rim with scraped groove below. Basket handle attached at rim. Pseudo bead and reel on shoulder, the horizontal elements white. Slightly metallic ... 160-150 |
Intact.
Slightly concave underside. Squat body. Vertical rim with ridge at half height. On upper body, horizontal painted lozenges. On handle, horizontal single lines alternate with double vertical white ... 150-100 |
| Handle and lower body missing. Situla with eggy body; slightly moulded rim; basket handle attached at rim. Scraped groove below rim. Pseudo bead-and-reel on shoulder, the horizontal elements in white ... 8-10 April 1953 |
Half of handle, part of rim and about half of body missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep body, rounded below; upper wall almost straight; flat-topped projecting rim; band handle attached to top ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Around the cylindrical neck a thickened band as though to fasten the handle ends.
Dull black glaze over all; decorated with irregular dots and dashes in thin white and heavy clay-colored paint around ... 16 April 1932 |
Narrow flat rim with sharp projecting edge. Body tapering to low foot. Two grooves around upper part of body. Decoration in thin paint, much worn: stripes across handle, on rim, and between the two grooves ... 16 April 1932 |
Intact except for chip. Narrow ring base, gently flaring body, flat rim, basket handle grooved in middle. Two scraped grooves just below lip; another much lower with west slope decoration over it: incised ... 22 May 1957 |
The basket handle is broken away; edges of spring preserved on breaks at rim. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep rounded body; slightly projecting rim, flat on top. Decorated in white: looped ribbons ... 18 July 1946 |
Fragment of rim and body missing; restored in plaster. A deep cup with straight sides which taper below to a small heavy ring foot. Rim slightly out-turned, flat on top; no trace of handle.
Glaze dull ... 16 April 1932 |
Intact, save minor chips. Deep pot on high heavy moulded ring foot. Rim flat on top and projecting; grooves around wall below rim. Basket handle. Around the upper wall and on the handle, a row of blobs ... 4 October 1947 |
Intact. Similar to P 19180 (ΟΟ 499), but much more neatly made; the body ovoid; the foot flaring, the rim not projecting; the basket handle low. Decoration in thinned clay and white: alternating cross-stripes ... 4 October 1947 |
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