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[Agora Publication] Hellenistic Pottery Athenian and Imported Wheelmade Table Ware and Related Material

Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and ... 1997

[Agora Object] L 599: Lamp

Large lamp with high vertical ridge round top. The end of nozzle and the back part of handle broken away. Wheel made D. Double convex body, the upper part much larger than the lower; on the left side, ... 5 May 1932

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[Agora Object] L 1300: Lamp

Vertical band handle, and end of long nozzle, broken away. Knob on left side. High rim around top. High base. Wheel made D. Fired part black, part red. Related to type XII of Corinth collection, type ... 3 March 1934

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[Agora Object] L 1385: Lamp

Much of the side wall is missing. Flat bottom; side wall bulges slightly toward bottom; filling hole surrounded by raised rim; nozzle has blunt, slightly flaring end. Red flaky glaze. Buff clay. Type ... 3-12 March 1934

[Agora Object] L 1784: Lamp

Low base, slightly convex inward tilted body, concave rim, vertical strap handle. Triangular ended nozzle. Black to red glaze. Wheel made B. Buff to grayish micaceous clay. Type XII (late straight variety) ... 15 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 1853: Lamp

Handle and end of nozzle broken off. Wheel made D. Pierced lug on one side. Raised edge around small flat top. Black glaze much chipped. Type XII of Corinth collection, type 37C of Agora collection. Cistern ... 29 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 1932: Lamp Fragment

About two-thirds of upper body with handle preserved. End of nozzle broken off. Raised rim around filling hole. Pierced lug on one side. Wheel made. Dull black glaze. Pink to grayish clay. Type XV of ... 22 May-6 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 3308: Lamp

Lower half, one side and most of handle missing. Fragmentary. Plump body with knob on left (only preserved) side. A high edge surrounds the flat top; groove scratched through glaze around filling hole ... 7 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3310: Lamp

Handle and end of spout missing. Low base ring, angular side with broadest diameter almost at bottom. High slightly flaring rim around top. Four small holes at outer edge of top, and a groove around the ... 8 March 1938

[Agora Object] L 3644: Lamp

About half, fragmentary, preserved; strengthened with plaster; nozzle broken off; knob chipped; handle, if any, missing. Broad, flat-bottomed base; deep body with broad rounded shoulder; small flat top ... 12 Febrtuary 1937

[Agora Object] L 3873: Lamp

End and lower part of nozzle missing, also handle and much of raised collar around top. Deep rounded body on high flaring base, concave beneath. Flat top with vertical collar around it; band handle; unpierced ... 9 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 3875: Lamp

Much of base and of top missing. The body crudely wheel made, the rough slightly fluked nozzle added askew. Deep rounded body on very high flaring ring foot; unpierced lug set well down. Top depressed; ... 10 June 1939

[Agora Object] L 4385: Lamp

Mended complete except for chips. Low base and rounded body; small filling hole with groove around. Short, rather blunt nozzle; unpierced lug on one side. Dull black glaze, much peeled, over all. Type ... 3-4 June 1947

[Agora Object] L 4548: Lamp Fragment

Nozzle, base and part of lower body preserved. High flaring base, sharply concave beneath. Rounded body resembling type VII, so far as preserved. Nozzle rounded on top. Traces of reddish glaze wash or ... 11-14 March 1936

[Agora Deposit] B 13:7: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins: 8 May 1937 #3 14 May 1937 #1 Coins from dump: 27 May 1937 #2-#9 28 May 1937 #3-#11 Subdivisions: .1=16.00-17.00m. .2=17.00-18.00m. .3=18.00-19.00m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] B 18:12: Well

Diameter 0.83m. Water level -4.20m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.60m. Heavy deposit of pottery throughout; stamped amphora handles, five Knidian; one Rhodian; one Parian. Semi-coarse stamnos; funnel-mouthed ... Ca. 120 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] C 20:2: Koukla Factory and Related Fills

In area West of the Areopagus. Fills with many figurines and molds, possibly from a terracotta factory. Twelve stamped amphora handles; no long-petal bowls; Type 54 A lamp Coins: 31 May 1939 #11 1 June ... Mostly 200-150 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers). Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 10:1: Manhole, Channel Mouth 4

Water channel in north part of Section: Channel Mouth 4. Coins: 22 February 1936 #16-#18 24 February 1936 #1-#2 Twenty stamped amphora handles; type 38 lamp; type 56 A lamp; over half of bowls long-petal ... 120-86 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

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.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:3: Cistern

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 ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 15:2: Cistern

A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493). Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I 17:5: Drawshaft, Cistern Shaft at 63/ΚΓ

Cistern shaft at 63/ΚΓ. Part of H-I 16-17 system. Contents of 3rd c. disturbed. Part of extensive cistern system, of which one chamber, three drawshafts, and two blind tunnels were excavated (H 16:2, ... 3rd c., disturbed

[Agora Deposit] M 20:1: Cistern

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.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:4: Mask Cistern

Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C. Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C.