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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. |
| White Ground Lagynos Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| White Ground Lagynos Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| White Ground Lagynos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Lagynos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
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. |
| Drawings of Hellenistic pottery ... PD 1091-126 PD 1091-124 AMS Horizontal (normal) |
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) |
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