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[Agora Publication] Pottery of the Roman Period: Chronology

Robinson, H. S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... A group of closed deposits, ranging in date from the 1st century B.C. to the early 7th century A.D., provide evidence for the relative and absolute chronology of pottery used during many centuries of Roman ... 1959

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[Agora Object] P 8654: Bowl

Side missing. Mended and restored in plaster. Inturned sides. Ring base. Groove on belly. Covered inside and partially outside with thin black paint, running to red on outside. Tan clay, hard fired. ... 2 May 1936

[Agora Object] P 9649: Bowl

Intact save minor fractures. Small open bowl, handleless, with heavy ring foot. Grooves on projecting rim. Brownish clay. Thin glaze inside and on part of outside. Well. Containers 2-4. 6th c. A.D. Leica ... 1 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 9651: Jug with Gouged Decoration

Intact. Ring foot; round mouth; single vertical handle, roughly made, and attached. Light horizontal ribbing on body. On upper half of body, gouging, vertical to diagonal. Unglazed. Eight others, whole ... 1 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9652: Oinochoe with Gouged Decoration

Intact. Differs from P 9651 (Φ 197) only in that the mouth has been pulled slightly out opposite the handle, making it "trefoil". Brownish-red clay. Very thin red wash on upper part. Another similar, ... 1 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9653: Jug with Paint Decoration

Intact. Low ring foot; smooth body; round mouth; single vertical handle. Design of large overlapping semicircles painted on body in dull brown wash. Buff clay. Two others, without painted design, from ... 1 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 9658: Bowl Fragment: Stamped

Single fragment preserves complete profile of open bowl with low ring foot and low keeled rim. Stamped on floor: parts of two crosses. Dull red glaze inside and out. Late Roman C Bowl. Well. Containers ... 1 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 9659: Bowl Fragment

Single fragment preserves complete profile of a small deep plate with rounded rim and rather high ring foot. On the floor five closely spaced concentric grooves. Dull red glaze, much flaked. Well. Containers ... 1 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 9665: Jug with Gouged Decoration

About half mouth and some of upper part of body missing. Ring foot; pear-shaped body; round mouth; ridged handle. On body, gougings in form of branches. Red wash, not reaching to bottom. Πρόχους με αυλακωτό ... 1 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11547: Bowl Fragment

Single fragment preserves part of rim of open bowl. Three shallow grooves around body at bottom of vertical part of wall. Clay grayish-brown, flaky; soapy and micaceous. Rather thin dull red glaze, inside ... 1 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11548: Vessel Fragment

Single fragment preserves base and lower part of body. Ring foot, only slightly defined on exterior. Rather soapy buff clay. Slip on exterior, interior rougher. A few splashes of thin red on one side ... 1 April 1937

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[Agora Object] P 11549: Bowl

Fragments of rim, body and base missing; complete profile preserved. Open bowl on small flat bottom; shallow concavity below plain vertical lip. Pinkish-buff clay. Traces of light buff slip. Well, container ... 1 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 11551: Jug with Gouged Decoration

Most of mouth missing, otherwise intact. Ovoid body on thick ring foot. Slight ribbing on body; two grooves on neck. Gouged decoration on upper part of body: at center, a sort of pyramid; on either side, ... 1 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 22019: Jug with Gouged Decoration

Intact. Ring foot; plump body with angle in profile just below point of maximum diameter; short neck with rolled lip and round mouth; single vertical ridged handle. Single groove around neck. Oblique gouging ... 1937

[Agora Deposit] D 6:1: East Chamber

East Chamber of Cistern System #2. The fill in layers, but probably a destruction fill with layering not significant. Coins: 4 May 1936 #1-#6 5 May 1936 #1-#7 6 May 1936 #2-#6 LRD pottery and gouged ware ... Late 5th-early 6th c. A.D.