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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. |
| Tiled Well at S edge of E-W Road, 73/ΜΗ. Contemporary upper and lower fills separated by layer of sterile mud.
Latest coin dates ca. 200. Koan amphora handle with stamped handle dates slightly after 200 ... 210-160 |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C. |
| Black Glaze Pitcher Fragment with Strainer ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pitcher Fragment with Strainer ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Cistern system West of Bouleuterion: (see also B: cistern system to West of Tholos). First Chamber from North.
Part of three-chamber cistern system, including also G 11:1, with Byzantine and modern disturbance ... 150-ca. 75 B.C., with Byz. disturbance. |
Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. B.C. to Sullan destruction. Coins:
26 July 1946 #1-#2
30 July ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D. |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C. |
Sigillata; rilled-rim fragments; early Roman lamp fragments XXV; brown stucco; red and white ... 4th - 1st B.C. |
Part of mouth, strainer, and shoulder.
Broad mouth with low, incurved rim. Wide convex strainer with many holes. Trace of spout attached below bulge of rim. Dull black glaze, shiny inside ... Mid-3rd century? |
Over half of wall and most of mouth restored, including all of rim; end of spout missing.
Low, flaring foot; slightly beveled resting surface; convex underside.
Incurved rim. Convex strainer with eight ... 250-200 |
P 25440 a, b
Most of mouth and upper body, with spout and handle (a); nonjoining fragment of foot (b).
Two shallow glazed grooves on upper shoulder. Incurved rim; strainer with five holes around outside ... 200-175 |
Handle, rim, and end of spout missing.
Rounded resting surface, worn; convex underside. Two grooves on upper shoulder. Strainer with four holes around edge and one in center.
Shiny black glaze.
Body ... 200-175 |
Rim, end of spout, and chips of handle missing.
Rounded resting surface; pointed underside. Groove on shoulder.
Strainer with five holes around sides and one in center. Strap handle concave to outside ... 200-175? |
Spout, strainer, and part of mouth.
Two grooves on neck and two below lip. Sharply incurved rim, flat on top. Strainer with five holes around edge and one in center. Metallic black glaze.
Pattern of ... 175-150 |
Half of mouth, end of spout, and handle missing.
Heavy, widely flaring foot; curved resting surface; pointed underside.
Two grooves on upper body. Incurved rim nearly flat on top, with groove at edge ... 150-100 |
Lower body and strainer missing; one-third of upper body, part of rim, and spout restored.
Two grooves on shoulder. Flaring, straight-walled mouth with groove below lip on inside. Double-grooved strap ... 100-86 |
Non-joining fragment of foot preserved.
Ring foot; deep pear-shaped body; broad flaring bell mouth with inturned rim; strainer in throat; long tubular spout attached at top of wall; band handle on upper ... June 1955 |
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