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| M. Crosby ... Section Ω lies in the east end of the north slope of the Areopagus, well to the southeast of the market square proper. Excavation showed, as expected, that the area was a residential district throughout ... 16 Jan-17 Jun 1938 |
Piece of rim missing. Low base ring; angular shoulder; neck comes out slightly to gently flaring rim. Irregular shallow wheel grooves on sides and neck.
Dipinto on shoulder in red:
Light brown micaceous ... 2 April 1938 |
| Whole of base preserved in a single piece. Rounded bowl, foot of medium height with pronounced base moulding and slightly concave resting surface. No decoration.
Light yellow clay. Dark red slip, rather ... 1938 |
| Finds/Pottery ... M. Crosby ... 1401 1606 ... 1938 |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) |
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. |
a) Fill I; containers 1-5, 16 March 1938 and 21-24 March 1938 to depth of -9.30m. Selected. Late Roman; Dark age.
b) Fill II; containers 6-8. -9.30 to -11.00m Same fill ?
c) Fill III; containers 9-13 ... 7th A.D.
1st half of 3rd A.D.
1st A.D. |
Fill IV. Coarse selected. Bases of basket-handle water jars or pitchers like Ω 337, several fragments of amphora like Ω 343, several like Ω 338. Micaceous water pitchers etc. 3rd c. A.D. ? ... 3rd A.D. |
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