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Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D. |
May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use.
For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff.
Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D. |
| The lower half of a closed pot preserved in a single fragment. Ring foot, formed by continuation of wall.
Buff clay. Pale buff slip. The inside of the pot is covered with a well preserved coat of mastic, ... 7 April 1937 |
| Intact save for hole in shoulder. Small low ring foot; narrow neck and mouth; the neck drawn in sharply just below small projecting lip; thick band handles, from neck below lip to top of shoulder.
Light ... 8 April 1937 |
| Five joining fragments from shoulder of large pot [Max. Dim. 0.205].
Painted in dull red:
Highly micaceous light brown clay. Unglazed.
ADDENDA Whole pot, from shoulder down. Fragments found in containers ... 8 April 1937 |
| Mended from many pieces; small fragment of rim missing; minor fractures at edge of breaks. Flat bottom; curving sides; flat-topped rim, slightly sloping inward. Interior: good dull red glaze. Exterior ... 8 April 1937 |
Fragment of shoulder missing; otherwise intact. Simulated ring foot; narrow neck bulging in the middle, finished with a small vertical-faced lip; ridged handles.
Reddish clay and slip. Well, container ... 8 April 1937 |
| Mouth, neck and shoulder, and one handle only preserved. A narrow-necked amphora with plain straight lip, very slightly thickened.
On shoulder, dipinto in dull black:
Under one handle, dipinto in light ... 14 April 1937 |
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