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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. |
| Profiles of Hellenistic Pottery for Roger Edwards.
1958-1959. Series [see also PD #901] ... Hero Athanassiades ... 82-573 82-573 ... 1958
1959 |
| Profiles of Hellenistic Pottery for Roger Edwards.
1958-1959. Series [see also PD #901] ... Hero Athanassiades ... 1958
1959 |
Hellenistic pottery drawn for Susan Rotroff ... Elizabeth R. Safran ... 1983 |
Hellenistic pottery drawn for Susan Rotroff ... Elizabeth R. Safran ... 1983 |
Profiles of Hellenistic Pottery for Roger Edwards.
1958-1959. Series [see also PD #901] ... Hero Athanassiades ... 82-574 82-574 ... 1958
1959 |
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. |
Selected: fine fabric.
a) Lamp; terra-cotta fragments.
b) Megarian bowls.
c) West Slope; white paint.
d) Brittle ware; Pergamene.
e) Miscellaneous black glazed ... 4-17 March 1938 |
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. |
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. |
Late 4th to early 3rd c. B.C. |
| White Ground Lagynos Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| White Ground Lagynos Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| White Ground Lagynos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Lagynos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Drawings of Hellenistic pottery ... PD 1091-126 PD 1091-124 AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Handle and part of neck preserved. Rope handle runs from shoulder to neck. Thin neck.
Hard, very micaceous, light reddish-brown clay (5YR 6/3) with small red, white and black inclusions. Hard, matte ... 1938 |
| Handle, part of shoulder and minor part of lower body missing. Very broad, shallow body, double convex. Trace of white slip and of red-orange bands of decoration around shoulder and lower body. Twisted ... 9-15 May 1935 |
| Much restored in plaster: rim and most of upper body. Ring foot and squat body, upper and lower convex sections meeting at an angle. Long narrow neck; rising twisted handle, from below lip.
Sandy buff ... 23 May-5 June 1936 |
Made up from many pieces; restored in plaster. Low ring foot; broad angular shoulder; flaring rounded lip; grooved, slightly twisted handle. Broad bands of red around foot and shoulder, and on lip.
Buff ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Mended from many pieces; part of shoulder, including most of angular edge, missing. Restored in plaster. Shape and decoration as P 14426 (Χ 983), except that ring foot has almost flattened out and that ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Intact. Low ring foot; sharply angular shoulder; twisted handle.
Buff clay. White slip. A broad and two narrow red bands above the shoulder angle. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 1091-125 ... 11 February 1937 |
Lip, handle and many pieces missing; one non-joining piece of bottom; restored in plaster [P.H. 0.20]. Base ring; side wall and inside shoulder meet at sharp angle.
Creamy slip, worn. Band of matte red ... 18 February 1937 |
Handle.
Handle and part of neck.
Rope handle runs from shoulder to neck. Thin neck. Hard, very micaceous, light reddish brown fabric (5YR 6/3) with small black, red, and white inclusions; hard, matte ... Context of 110-75 |
Parts of bottom, body, and neck restored; a few pieces missing.
Low foot with torus profile; flat resting surface; nearly flat underside. Slightly convex lower body, convex shoulder. Smooth transition ... Context of 115-86 |
Rim and three-fourths of body restored.
Low foot; curved resting surface; nearly flat underside with spiral marks. Upper and lower body of equal height, both slightly curved.
Smooth transition to neck ... Late 2nd to early 1st century? (3rd-century context,disturbed) |
Large parts of body restored.
Low foot; flat resting surface; flat underside. Straight lower wall, convex, sloping upper wall. Smooth transition to neck, which flares at top to slightly rolled rim. Slightly ... Context of 115-86 |
Center of floor, part of rim, and large parts of body restored.
Low, angular foot; curved resting surface; nearly flat underside.
Lower body nearly straight, shoulder slightly convex. Smooth transition ... Context of 115-86 |
Part of lower body missing; half of shoulder and most of handle restored.
Low, angular foot; flat resting surface; flat underside. Slightly convex lower body, convex shoulder. Slight offset at base of ... Context of 115-50 |
Rim and foot chipped.
Low foot; flat resting surface; convex underside. Straight lower body, convex shoulder. Slight sinking at base of neck. Low neck with concave walls; cup mouth. Rope handle. In red ... Context of 115-86 |
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