|
|
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. |
| Mixed ... Margaret Crosby ... 1 193 ... 1936-1937 |
| Mixed ... Margaret Crosby ... 1001 1197 ... 1938, 1946, 1947 |
| Finds ... 1201 1400 ... 1937 |
a) Fragments of lamps, unguentaria, gray ware, blister ware.
b) West Slope, Pergamene.
c) Black glazed plates, rims, bases.
d) Black glazed jugs etc..
e) Loom weights, terra-cottas. Fragments of two unguentaria ... |
a) White ground lagynoi (middle and bottom fill).
b) Megarian bowls (middle and bottom fill).
c) Fragments of coarse painted ware (middle fill).
d) Fragments of bronze, lead etc. (middle and bottom fill) ... |
Almost complete pots:
a) Amphora rather like Χ 139,except for tapering body, no rim, no foot.
b) Black glazed oinochoe, like Χ 135 (P 8944); no lip.
c) Black glazed pyxis, like Χ 975.
d) West Slope neck ... |
Transport amphora fragments. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Transport amphora fragments, one with collar rim. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Transport amphora fragments, including large piece of cylindrical like Χ 140. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Selected coarse wares: water-jars, lagynoi, bases. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Selected coarse wares: lekanai, storage, kraters. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Fragments of braziers and cooking pots; cooking ware. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
| Fragment of medallion and adjoining lower wall. Dim rosette on medallion, which is encircled by two raised circles separated by grooves. On wall are parts of schematic large leaves, ornamented with jewelling ... 6-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; part of rim and wall missing.
In medallion, rosette; on the wall, elongated petals separated by jewelled lines; a central rib down the center of each petal; at base of rim, a band ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Fragments of wall, and much of neck with all of lip, missing; restored in plaster, but without lip. Large fusiform, with neat spreading foot. White bands on neck and body.
Gray gritty clay. Cistern, middle ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved, but only about one-quarter of rim. Restored in plaster. Broad flat rim offset from floor and thickened at edge; ring foot, grooved beneath. Band of poor rouletting on floor.
Metallic ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; missing pieces of rim and floor restored in plaster. High ring foot; flaring floor; low nearly vertical rim. Band of rouletting on floor.
Glaze fired irregularly red, black and ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; about half of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Low nearly vertical lip; ring foot. Shape similar to P 14402 (Χ 959), but much smaller.
Glaze dull black to brown.
ADDENDA P 14402: ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; much of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Rather deep plate on ring foot; thickened lip, offset inside.
Inferior glaze, mostly brown; exterior only partly glazed. Cistern, middle ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; much of sides missing. Restored in plaster. Thickened lip, slightly undercut at inner edge; ring foot.
Metallic red glaze, black on center of floor from stacking; outside unglazed ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; most of side missing. As P 14405 (Χ 962) in shape.
Poor black glaze, red on center of floor.
Fragments of many similar plates stored with pottery. Cistern, middle fill. Leica ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Full profile preserved; about half of floor and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Downturned rim, grooved around inner edge; ring foot.
Poor black glaze. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 901-192 ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved, about one-third of side missing. Restored in plaster. Downturned rim with groove near upper edge; small ring foot.
Glaze mostly red, much flaked.
Fragments of many similar plates ... 9-12 February 1937 |
About one-quarter of side missing. Restored in plaster. Base ring; rounded wall with slightly projecting rim; vertical flange inside for lid.
Fair black glaze overall. Cistern, middle fill. Leica ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Non-joining pieces of floor and wall joined with plaster. Small deep bowl on ring foot, grooved beneath; rounding wall inturned to form narrow lip.
Fair black glaze. Cistern, middle fill. Leica, 91-18-18, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Base ring and lower part of spherical wall preserved.
Firm black glaze on outside, matte black on inside. Gray clay.
Fragments of base, broad shoulder with high narrow neck and single twisted handle ... 9-12 February 1937 |
About half preserved; handle broken away. Flat bottom with a groove around its outer edge; deep plump body; low slightly flaring rim; attachments for vertical strap handle from rim to near middle of wall ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Both handles, much of side wall and lip missing; strengthened with plaster. Heavy ring foot; ovoid body; short straight neck with inset lip.
Black glaze inside and out, much flaked.
Rim fragment of another ... 9-12 February 1937 |
One handle and about half of side and lip missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; broad body with angular shoulder; high neck; flaring lip with vertical face; rolled handles, from below lip to shoulder ... 9-12 February 1937 |
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 |
Much of edge missing. Restored in plaster. Plain shallow conical lid with downturned edge and central knob, concave on top. Deep grooves at edge of top surface. Irregular rays in thinned clay on top; cross ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| About one-third preserved, from base of central knob to edge. Shape similar to P 14419 (Χ 976), but larger. Three grooves at outer edge of top surface, one at inner edge.
Black glaze mostly gone from ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Half of handle, part of rim and about half of body missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep body, rounded below; upper wall almost straight; flat-topped projecting rim; band handle attached to top ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Fragment from top part with narrow neck rising from almost flat shoulder; high straight-sided bell mouth pinched into a beak, and strap handle attached to neck and shoulder.
Slightly gritty thin reddish-buff ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Much of the upper part, except for chip of mouth, preserved; restored in plaster. Spherical body from which rises a high straight-sided flaring mouth. Breaks on inside show that originally there was a ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Fragments a) and c) preserve part of curved shoulder, suggesting a spherical body; fragment b) preserves part of narrow slightly concave neck.
Soft buff clay like that of the white ground lagynoi. Except ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| a) Bit of shoulder and concave rim with out-turned lip. Base of handle attachment on outside of rim suggests a horizontal strap handle.
Thin hard buff to brown clay. Black to gray wash on inside, splashes ... 9-12 February 1937 |
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 |
|
|
