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| Margaret Crosby ... This report is a summary of the excavations taken place in 1937 as well as in 1946.
Some pottery indicate habitation in the area from the Geometric period. Two shallow graves of the 6th and 5th centuries ... 27 May-21 Jun 1946 |
| Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 |
Rectangular.
On the top a raised letter gamma (Γ), and a small oval impression, uncertain. The bottom plain; slightly depressed. Cistern.
3rd c. B.C. Leica ... 22 February 1937 |
| A. a large stamped epsilon.
B. plain. Cistern. Leica ... 22 February 1937 |
Front part only, with rounded nozzle and plain lug.
Flat bottom, slightly depressed; rounded body; gently sloping rim.
Black glaze badly flaked. Wheel made.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XII (early spreading ... 22 February 1937 |
| Fusiform; plump body; well modelled lip and foot. Two white bands on body, one on neck.
Red clay; dull reddish-brown surface. Cistern. Leica, 99-23-15 ... 23 February 1937 |
| High base ring; incurving lip.
Glaze somewhat peeled.
Cf. P 8409, P 18716. Cistern. Leica, 91-18-10 ... 23 February 1937 |
The base, one handle and fragments from the wall missing; restored in plaster. Narrow shoulder; short neck with a projecting ridge at the line of handle attachment, below the lip.
Applied leaf on high ... 23 February 1937 |
Neck, lip and handle missing. Flat bottom; plump body; very small neck.
Metallic purplish glaze. Cistern. Leica PD 1091-9 ... 23 February 1937 |
| Small piece of rilled rim missing.
Inside only, covered with thin brown glaze. Cistern. Leica, 91-19-10, 91-20-3 ... 24 February 1937 |
Much of top and sides missing. Shallow conical lid, with downturned lip. High knob handle spreading at the top and decorated with two deep grooves. Bands of dull red glaze, one at angle of top and lip, ... 24 February 1937 |
| Fragments missing from shoulder and wall. Large lagynos with base ring; side wall and shoulder meet in sharp angle; thick rolled lip.
Light brown to buff clay. Red wash inside only. Cistern. Leica, 96-2-1 ... 24 February 1937 |
From side wall. Above a band of wide petals and small fern-like leaves, two riding figures, separated by a large mask. Guilloche and spirals above.
Good glaze, peeled towards the top. Cistern. Leica ... 26 February 1937 |
| Heavy moulded rim fragment.
Stamped pattern on floor (or perhaps side wall): border of half circles; modified egg and dart and group of small circles further in.
Pink clay with large red bits. Light ... 1 March 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; about two-thirds of rim missing. High base ring; angular wall; flaring rim. Stamped decoration: on floor, band of rouletting with four irregularly placed palmettes encroaching upon ... February 1937 |
| Walls and rim fragmentary, one handle missing. Restored in plaster. Moulded base ring; flaring lower wall and straight upper wall sloping in slightly at top; strap handles with mask thumb-rests. Deep scraped ... February 1937 |
| Neck and rim restored in plaster. Ring foot; angular body; broad convex shoulder; band handle.
Pinkish-brown clay. No slip. Cistern. Leica PD 2551-16 ... February 1937 |
| Body fragmentary. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom, slightly projecting; plump eggy body; no neck; short flaring rim; vertical strap handle to lip.
Light gray clay with bits. Cistern. Leica, 95-72-22 ... February 1937 |
| Part of rim preserved; arched handle.
Rose.
Cf. amphora with graffito P 9076. Date: N 18 : 3 now (16.ix.61) called by VG 4/4 3c BC
see Analysis); lamps T XII, XVIII(VG)*
Par: see P 09076 amph w/ grf* ... 3rd century B.C. |
| Fragment a) Head.
Nose broken; head otherwise complete.
The head, tipped slightly to its right, of an elderly man with heavy brows and a dignified, Jovian expression.
The wreath of large leaves which encircles ... 22 February 1937 |
| Heavily draped figure with feet crossed.
Preserved from hip line down, with a bit of the plain back above. Back of chair legs missing. Left forearm under drapery preserved. Hand, which was separate piece, ... 23 February 1937 |
| Mixed ... Margaret Crosby ... 201 393 ... 1937 |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. |
Athens ... Sv. 81.9--16; Kleiner 1976, pl. 1:2, 3.
[overstruck on ? (N 18:3)] Coin no. 3. Cistern at 77/Μ. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Α/Ε-Θ
Zeus, nude, standing r., holding thunderbolt in lowered ... ca. 196--190 B.C. |
Boiotian League ... BMC 81--89.
[damaged (N 18:3)] Coin no. 4. Cistern at 77/Μ. Head of Demeter or Kore, three-quarters facing l., wearing wheat wreath. BOIωTωN behind Poseidon stg. l., with trident, resting r. foot on rock ... Later 3rd (or early 2nd?) c. B.C. |
Myrina (Lemnos) ... Cop 988, 990.
[(N 18:3)]
Myrina, Lemnos.
Obv. Head of Athena right, in crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev. ΜΥΡΙ to right inward. Owl facing. Weight: very worn
Coin no. 9. Cistern at 77/Μ. Head of Athena r., ... 386--276/261 B.C. |
Chios ... Mavrogordato 1916, no. 62β; BMC 82--83.
[(N 18:3)]
Obv. Effaced.
Rev. Μ]ΕΝΕΣ
ΧΙ]ΟΣ; above and below amphora.
Badly corroded but little actual wear. Coin no. 15. Cistern at 77/Μ. [Sphinx seated ... 3rd--2nd century B.C. |
| Athens ... Thompson 1942, p. 222, pl. I:5. Casts.
Coin no. 17. Cistern at 77/Μ. Α?ΘE? (above). Piglet stg. r. on ground line. ΕΛΕ (downwards at r.)-ΥΣΙ (upwards at l.) on either side of thick, upright mystic staff ... 261--229 B.C. |
a) Terra-cotas, loom weights.
b) West Slope; Megarian bowls; lamps.
c) Glazed pieces, selected.
d) Coarse selected. |
Coarse; tiles; mortar; lead. |
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