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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. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
Cistern at 6/ΛΓ.
Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins
1 June 1938 #1-#8
2 June 1938 #1-#6
3 June 1938 #1-#3
4 June 1938 #1-#2
6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance |
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 |
Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. |
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. |
Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Ring foot, lower body convex, upper straight; a wide keel at the junction.
Pinkish buff clay; red glaze inside and out. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 901-20 ... 14 May 1935 |
| Part of the wall and rim missing. Ring foot and convex lower body; a projecting keel where the lower body and straight inward-tilted rim meet.
Poor black glaze, brownish inside, over upper part of outside ... 1-2 June 1938 |
| None of foot preserved; restored in plaster. Plain pyxis, flanged and with outward tilted rim.
Glaze black to red and much peeled.
ADDENDA (HAT suggests it is a base over which such a pyxis as P 6011 ... 9-15 May 1935 |
| Parts are missing from the side wall. Restored in plaster. Massive base ring; shallow lower bowl, divided by a broad projecting ledge from the upper wall.
Buff clay, slightly micaceous, covered inside ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Several pieces of side and small bits of flange missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep convex lower body; projecting keel where lower body and high straight inward-tilting rim meet. Rays in thinned ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Most of rim and part of body missing; restored in plaster. Heavy base ring rounded on exterior; steep flaring slightly convex wall separated from the straight inward-sloping rim by a horizontal flange ... 28 April-2 May 1939 |
Parts of lower body and flange and half of cylinder preserved.
Flat resting surface; slightly convex underside. Fairly shallow lower body. High, sharply inclined, wheel-ridged cylinder with slight offset ... 130-110 |
Piece of lower body and one-third of cylinder and rim missing.
Weakly molded foot; flat resting surface; convex underside. Deep lower body with slight offset at top. Groove in lower surface of flange ... 115-86 |
Underside, two-thirds of foot, parts of lower body, and most of cylinder and rim restored.
Flat resting surface. Deep lower body. Low cylinder with inclined wall. Metallic black glaze ... 115-86 |
Part of lower body, flange, and cylinder restored.
Flat resting surface; pointed underside. Deep lower body. Low, inclined cylinder slightly offset from flange. Alternating white and orange lines on top ... 115-86 |
Part of edge of foot and half of cylinder and rim restored.
Raised base, deeply concave underneath. Deep lower body. Groove in top surface of flange. Slightly inclined, concave cylinder with offset at ... 115-86 |
Foot, half of lower body, and over half of flange, cylinder, and rim restored.
Deep lower body with slight offset below flange. Tall cylinder with straight, inclined wall. Shiny red glaze, black on part ... 115-86 |
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