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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

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[Agora Object] L 361: Lamp Fragment

End of nozzle broken away. Double convex, shallow body, the lower part rather deeper than the upper; join between lower part and moulded upper part clearly seen. On rim, plain round filling hole; set off ... 19 February 1932

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[Agora Object] L 402: Lamp

Body, flat, angular, double convex. On top, moulded band around filling hole, like slightly raised rim. Long nozzle, pointed, with wick hole damaged from use. Knob on left side, perforated near front ... 1 March 1932

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[Agora Object] L 772: Lamp

Mended from four pieces; the end of the nozzle and a fragment from the right side of the body missing. On the rim, a vine pattern, very indistinct. No trace of handle; on the left side a small solid knob ... 17 March 1933

[Agora Object] L 1114: Lamp Fragment

Mended from three pieces; lug and part of rim and sides, with central filling hole, preserved. Convex rim and sides; rim decorated with wavy tendril and flower pattern in relief; medium sized filling hole ... 17 March 1932

[Agora Object] L 1849: Lamp

The end of the nozzle missing. No handle. Low base. On upper body, a vegetable wreath with its base to the back, a rosette between its ends at the base of the nozzle. Unpierced lug on one side. Two raised ... 28 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 1855: Lamp

The handle is missing. Ribbed upper body with pierced lug. A high ring around the filling hole. Red to black glaze, much peeled. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 46A of Agora collection. ADDENDA ... 29 May 1935

[Agora Object] L 1924: Lamp

Body fragment and end of nozzle missing. No handle. Radiating leaf pattern in relief on upper body. Pierced lug on one side. Rather metallic black glaze. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 46A of ... 22 May-6 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 1925: Lamp

Very similar to L 1924; simpler leaf pattern, not as sharply moulded. End of nozzle missing. Black glaze. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 46Β of Agora collection. Cistern; lower Hellenistic fill ... 22 May-6 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 1931: Lamp

The vertical strap handle and end of nozzle missing. Raised band around rim. Ribbing on upper body; palmette on base of nozzle. Pierced lug on one side. Metallic black glaze. Type XVIII of Corinth collection, ... 22 May-6 June 1935

[Agora Object] L 3183: Lamp Fragment

The back and most of one side, broken away. Pierced base; rim set off from body by a groove. Pierced lug on one side; relief rosettes, one between lug and nozzle and one on top of nozzle, separated from ... 19-20 May 1937

[Agora Object] L 3431: Lamp in Iron Holder

Lamp with broad top and wide rays on rim; small volutes at start of nozzle; pierced lug (chip missing) on left side. The lamp rests crookedly in a plain iron holder, flat-bottomed, and with flaring sides ... 17 May 1938

[Agora Object] L 3469: Lamp

End of nozzle and piece of top missing. Low raised base, almost straight sides, depressed top on which there are rosettes in relief. Shallow groove around filling hole. Pierced side knob. Metallic black ... 25 May 1938

[Agora Object] L 3778: Lamp

Vertical band handle and end of nozzle missing. Plump body; raised ring around filling hole; slightly raised base, concave beneath. Pierced knob on left. Flaky black to brownish glaze. Type IX or XVIII ... 12 May 1939

[Agora Object] L 4633: Molded Lamp

Nozzle and part of rim and body preserved. On bridge of nozzle is a double palmette in relief. On rim are saryr masks in relief, with long square beards: Megarian bowl motif. Metallic black glaze, largely ... 14 July 1949

[Agora Object] L 4672: Lamp Fragment

Nozzle and front part of top preserved. Mold made. Obscure design: dolphins (?) on rim. Small filling hole encircled by raised ring. Dull black glaze. Soft buff clay. Type XVIII (?) of Corinth collection, ... 23 July-2 August 1947

[Agora Object] L 5714: Lamp

Complete except for chips off at end of nozzle. Raised disk base, slightly concave. No handle, pierced lug on left side. Broad raised band around filling hole, rim has moulded broad leaves with diamond ... 1 July 1971

[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 18:7: Well

Fillings in a stone-curbed well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Diameter (shaft)1.45m. Water level -5.20m. Drain at mouth 0.58m., increasing to a regular 74m. Coin: 24 July 1947 #5 Subdivisions: ... 350-325 B.C./3rd c. 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.

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:4: Cistern

Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

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.

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[Agora Deposit] K 18:2: Cistern on Lower North Slope of Areopagus

Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M-N 15:1: South Stoa II: Building Fill

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.

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[Agora Deposit] N 18:3: Cistern at 77/M

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.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:6: Cistern at 60/ΙΕ

Cistern at 60/ΙΕ; bell-shaped cistern with a channel 1.65m high and 4.60m long, leading to a dead end against bedrock. This channel runs north with a slight curve to the east and looks as though it was ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:7: Cistern at 67/ΙΗ

At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4: Satyr Cistern

Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 20:2: Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ

Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ in the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Part of system with two chambers and well. Homogeneous fill. 13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. N 72206 (Ω-344), picked up near ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 20:3: Well at 67/ΛΓ

Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2. Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin 28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:6: Pyre

Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall. Coin 1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 21:4: Cistern at 53/NE

Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron). Lower diameter 2.73m. Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C.