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Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D. |
May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use.
For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff.
Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D. |
| The lower half of a closed pot preserved in a single fragment. Ring foot, formed by continuation of wall.
Buff clay. Pale buff slip. The inside of the pot is covered with a well preserved coat of mastic, ... 7 April 1937 |
| Intact save for hole in shoulder. Small low ring foot; narrow neck and mouth; the neck drawn in sharply just below small projecting lip; thick band handles, from neck below lip to top of shoulder.
Light ... 8 April 1937 |
| Five joining fragments from shoulder of large pot [Max. Dim. 0.205].
Painted in dull red:
Highly micaceous light brown clay. Unglazed.
ADDENDA Whole pot, from shoulder down. Fragments found in containers ... 8 April 1937 |
| Mended from many pieces; small fragment of rim missing; minor fractures at edge of breaks. Flat bottom; curving sides; flat-topped rim, slightly sloping inward. Interior: good dull red glaze. Exterior ... 8 April 1937 |
Fragment of shoulder missing; otherwise intact. Simulated ring foot; narrow neck bulging in the middle, finished with a small vertical-faced lip; ridged handles.
Reddish clay and slip. Well, container ... 8 April 1937 |
| Mouth, neck and shoulder, and one handle only preserved. A narrow-necked amphora with plain straight lip, very slightly thickened.
On shoulder, dipinto in dull black:
Under one handle, dipinto in light ... 14 April 1937 |
| Many fragments missing. Plump body sharply contracted above and below. False base-ring; trefoil mouth; strap handle, rim to shoulder.
Gritty brown clay; corrugated lightly on lower wall. Well in cistern ... 9 June 1937 |
One handle and some of body missing. Ring foot; egg-shaped body; narrow neck with flaring mouth.
Pinkish-buff clay. Light buff slip.
ADDENDA Broken again - some pieces missing. Well, container 89. Leica, ... 8 April 1937 |
Fragment of lip and some of body missing. Flat, inset bottom, with no base ring visible on exterior; pear-shaped body; narrow neck; ridged band handles.
Pinkish-buff clay. Pale buff slip. Well, containers ... 8 April 1937 |
Fragments of mouth, neck and body missing; also part of one handle. Restored in plaster. Bottom rounded, with knob; elongated body; heavy rounded rim.
Orange-brown clay with particles; sometimes gray ... 8-14 April 1937 |
Neck, one handle, much of shoulder and fragments of body missing. Restored in plaster. A non-joining fragment of mouth probably belongs. The body tapers down to a rather small heavy foot; narrow mouth; ... 14 April 1937 |
Fragments of upper wall and part of one handle missing. Wide bottom with projecting ring foot; slender, almost cylindrical body, narrow shoulder, rather high wide neck; very thin collar rim.
Coarse orange-buff ... March-April 1937 |
| 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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