|
|
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. |
| Mixed ... Margaret Crosby ... 1001 1197 ... 1938, 1946, 1947 |
a) Top fill selected; piece of water pipe [as late as early 3rd c. A.D. Herulian destruction ?]
b) Middle fill
c) Coarse selected Resorted 1997, by SIR. |
| Few missing pieces restored in plaster, including much of flange of both pyxis and lid.
a) Ring foot; straight sides with broad keel at bottom, inset lip and top.
b) High convex lid with large pomegranate ... 9-12 February 1937 |
Flat slightly projecting bottom, roughly finished, and lower part of straight sides preserved. Shallow wheel ridges around side.
Buff clay. Splash of brown wash on outside. Cistern, middle fill. Leica, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Several pieces, including chunks from sides and rim, missing. Flat bottom; straight sides; flat-topped projecting rim.
Orange-buff clay. Light slip. Surface much worn.
On side wall, just below rim, a ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 |
|
|
