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A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. Curbed with rough stones.
Filling of a small shallow well which contained nothing from the POU and since no water was ... Ca. 350-320 B.C. |
| Types of drinking cups found in Agora pyres.
1: P 2290; 2: P 19049; 3: P 29200; 4: P 16138; 5: P 28744; 6: P 6373; 7: P 17694; 8: P 13530; 9: P 20141; 10: P 18571; 11: P 16732; 12: P 18542; 13: P 18539; ... Anne Hooton Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Black glazed kantharoi ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
A well on Kolonos Agoraios. The upper dumped filling, a heavy deposit of pottery, was separated from the lower filling of similar character by several meters of plain mud. No use filling. Coins:
8 April ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with disturbance of 250-225 B.C. |
Scanty remains of use fill in lowest 0.30m. with Byzantine dump above ... 400-350 B.C. |
| Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8).
Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C. |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C. |
Associated with the Tholos.
Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern.
The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C. |
Small amount of fill accumulated at bottom of well during use sealed by deposit of some 7.00m. of dug bedrock, thrown in to fill well to level of bottom of new cistern. Pottery closely similar to that ... 335-294 B.C. |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C. |
Including the passage between the south and north chambers ... Ca. 325-270 B.C. |
Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
| Black glaze vessels ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pyre. Deposit B 19:5.
From left to right: stack of plate and saucers: P 18547, P 18546, P 18545, P 18544; P 18548, P 18542, P 18549, P 18539, P 18543, ST 418, P 18540, P 18541, and stack of saucers: P ... Angelique Sideris ... More images, and raw and bw files in: Unworked / Projects / 2013.09. Pyres (for S. Rotroff) Horizontal (normal) ... 10 May 2011 |
| Pottery from deposit H 7:3 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black glazed kantharoi and skyphoi ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Vases and other objects from grave in house N, room 2, section ΝΝ ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Fragments of several black glazed oinochoai; fragments of red figure oinochoai; semi-glazed casseroles; coarse jug; coarse amphora fragments ... First half of 4th B.C. |
| Kantharos with painted wreath (water color) ... Piet de Jong ... Missing.??
Note an earlier version with high handles, in Pr., Ptg. 9.
Exhibited at the Benaki Museum, 15 November 2006 to 7 January 2007. XXXV-51 XXXV-51 |
Profiles of decoration for G.R. Edwards Hellenistic kantharoi article (Agora XII) ... Nina Travlou ... Redrawn in digital format (ca. 2007-2008) by Anne Hooton and Kathleen Lynch for forthcoming addition/supplement to Agora XII. V-39 V-39 Dirty Diazotype Printing Ink ... 1960 |
Profiles of decoration for G.R. Edwards Hellenistic kantharoi article (Agora XII) ... Nina Travlou ... Cf. Agora XII, fig. 7. V-61 V-61 Dirty Faded Diazotype Printing Ink ... 1960 |
Profiles of decoration for G.R. Edwards Hellenistic kantharoi article (Agora XII) ... Nina Travlou ... V-40 V-40 Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1960 |
Profile drawings of black glazed kantharoi, etc ... R.H ... Cf. PD 2610-3 (redrawn version). LIII-33 LIII-33 Stained Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1952 |
Profile drawings of black glazed kantharoi, etc ... R.H ... LIII-33 LIII-33 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1952 |
Black glazed kantharos ... Piet de Jong ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink |
| Fifth century painted kantharos with high handles decorated with white garlands ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 501, fig. 19.
Photo 2008.03.0384. Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor
Pencil ... Fifth Century |
Square Peristyle (Square Building) Constructions fill + other (square peristyle area); fragmentary and with some earlier material but in the main, where undisturbed, a homogenous deposit. Coins:
26 May ... Βefore 300 B.C. |
With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage.
18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C. |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C. |
A fair-sized pit in bedrock in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 18, which contained a good deal of pottery mostly coarse. A little additional material as late as second quarter 4th. c. B.C ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
| Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1.
Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora well-deposits both for the high quality and the good conditions of pottery of all sorts.
It represents the stock of a ... Ca. 520-490 B.C. |
Cistern at 21/ΙΗ
Period of use fill dated to ca. 375-350 B.C., Upper fill dated to mostly first half of 6th c. B.C. in Agora XXX ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
Well to N of Nymphaeum at 115/ΙΣΤ. A good water supply but no evidence for a period of use.
Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. |
Well at 21/Ε (beneath Library of Pantainos).
The clearing of the well was abandoned because of a cave-in of the rock walls. Heavy dumped filling, the proportion of fine black table ware high ... Ca. 440-425 B.C. |
Flask-shaped cistern (1959) (Cistern under Room 4 in NE corner of Section). Upper filling soft silt with a little pottery. Lower filling hard silt, almost no pottery.
1.35m in diameter at the floor with ... End of the 4th c. B.C. |
Cutting in bedrock (Panathenaic Way Cut II, Cutting C1); loose gravelly filling over bedrock including a number of terracotta figurines. Lot ΠΑ 61? P 26458 is probably a slip. One fragment noted as from ... 4th c. B.C. |
Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C. |
| Hole in bedrock; dumped filling used in leveling.
Probably a natural water line, tending to wash out, has been cut back for various purposes, and finally all filled in to make level bedding for 4th c., ... Ca. 350-270 B.C. |
| Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C. |
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