Eugene Vanderpool ... In antiquity the area included in Section Φ lay outside the Agora proper and were apparently occupied only by houses and small buildings. The earliest period of which any considerable remains were found ... 25 Jan-17 Jun 1937
All the staves found, considerable portions of the iron bands.
Made of sixteen staves, bound by three horizontal bands, at top, bottom and middle; these connected on either side by a vertical band, for ... 5 April 1937