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| 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 |
Back part with most of handle preserved.
Leaf pattern in relief on upper body.
Underneath, in raised letters, part of a signature: "Δ" (for "ΔΙΟΝΥCΙΟΥ" ?).
Glaze red to black, worn.
Pinkish-buff clay ... 14 May 1935 |
Vertical strap handle and end of nozzle broken off.
Upper body ribbed, Suggestion of a lug on the side.
Yellow-buff clay; thin black glaze.
Type 52E of Agora collection, type XVIII of Corinth collection ... 30 May 1935 |
Vertical strap handle and end of nozzle broken off.
Moulded wreath on upper body.
Red to black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54A of Agora collection. Cistern. Leica ... 27 February 1936 |
Part of the flat raised bottom preserved
Letters in relief.
Black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52G of Agora collection.
ADDENDA More found in going through sherds gives most of the lower ... 10 March 1936 |
Handle missing.
Shallow angular body, the upper part petal-ribbed.
Poor brownish glaze, much peeled.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52F of Agora collection. Well. Leica, 7-44 ... 3 April 1936 |
Handle missing, and part of bottom.
Small lamp; ivy relief on upper body.
Poor brown glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54C of Agora collection. Well. Leica, 7-44 ... 6 April 1936 |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
On upper body, wreath, with leaves and berries. Underneath, small stamped circles.
Glaze red to black; much peeled.
Type 54A of Agora collection. Well. Leica, 7-44 ... 9 April 1936 |
Triangular nozzle, small slightly concave base without foot ring.
High vertical strap handle. A wreath in relief around the top.
Brownish-black glaze, mostly peeled.
Brown clay.
Type 54A of Agora collection ... 21 April 1936 |
Handle missing.
Triangular nozzle; sunken base. On rim, wreath of triple leaves and buds.
Red glaze.
Orange clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54A of Agora collection.
ADDENDA A picture of ... 6 February 1937 |
Bit of top missing.
Ribs on top; underneath in relief the signature.
Worn black glaze.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora collection.
this depth gives layer I. Cistern chamber. Layer ... 16 April 1937 |
Part of handle and bits of body missing.
Ribs on the top; underneath, incised in the unbaked clay, "alpha".
Red to black glaze, worn.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora collection. This ... 16 April 1937 |
Intact.
Ribbed upper body, without lug. Grooves on upper surface of nozzle, and a stamped palmette at its base.
Black glaze, uneven.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora collection. Well ... 15 June 1937 |
Nozzle and handle missing.
Garland of leaves and berries on rim. Raised base; very small top.
Remains of a signature in raised letters on the reverse.
Scanty remains of flaky red glaze.
Clay light brown ... 5 May 1939 |
Intact.
Wreath of leaves and berries on rim. The bottom flat.
Flaky brownish glaze.
Buff clay.
Type XVIII of Corinth collection, type 54A of Agora collection.
1st. half of 1st. century A.D. Well; container ... 7 June 1939 |
Intact.
Triangular nozzle, raised petals on shoulder, small filling hole, vertical band handle. The top has not come out clean from the mould. False ring foot, very rough.
Red glaze, thin and dull, irregularly ... 30-31 October 1949 |
Handle and part of nozzle missing.
Olive branches on rim. Bottom slightly concave with signature in raised letters: "ΑΙΝΕΙΟΥ".
Dull red glaze outside; inside unglazed.
Type 54Α of Agora collection. Post-Sullan ... 11 May 1950 |
Handle missing; somewhat chipped, otherwise intact. The nozzle very blackened from use.
Olive brances on rim. Bottom slightly concave, with signature incised before firing.
Dull red glaze; inside unglazed ... 11 May 1950 |
Four non-joining fragments of a large black glazed lamp.
Plain discus; tongues on rim; ring base; band handle slightly concave above. On the bottom signature in relief letters.
Fragmentary.
Glazed all ... 8 May 1950 |
| 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. |
Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C. |
Well-shaft abandoned before use because of crumbling of rock.
From top to 15.00m. a dumped fill predominantly early Roman but containing material of late 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D. A rock filled shaft ... 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D. |
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 |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C. |
Cistern-shaft 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 ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment |
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date. |
Two periods of use.
Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D. Coins:
26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.]
9 June 1937 #2-#4 ... 10 -11 June 1935
20 May-20 June 1937 |
Dump, 4th c. Cut through a cistern which was probably constructed in the 4th c. B.C, near the southwest corner of the market square. Coins:
25 May 1935 #1 (with L 1809) (disintegrated) Subdivisions:
.1=Upper ... Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c. |
| Cistern at 75/ΜΓ connected with cistern N 18:3 by tunnel.
Only coin is Bioiotian dating between 220 and 197. Only indications of date are 1st c. lamps, two long-petal bowls, and fragments of early Roman ... 1st. c. B.C. |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Use filling of first half of 1st c.; dumped filling of late 1st c.(?). This well, near its mouth, cuts off the end of the upper passage of the cistern at 53/Ε. Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped filling
.2=POU ... First half of 1st c. A.D. POU |
Cistern (and passage) on the north slope of the Areopagus. Fill badly disturbed in modern and Turkish times. The few ancient sherds seem to be chiefly early Roman-1st c. B.C. (p. 256).
Some finds labeled ... 1st c. B.C. |
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. |
Well East of Stoa Shop 14. Coins:
31 October 1949 #1-#2 ... 1st c. A.D. |
Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins:
4 May 1950 #1-#3
15 May 1950 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C.
Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D. |
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