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[Agora Publication] Pottery of the Roman Period: Chronology

Robinson, H. S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... A group of closed deposits, ranging in date from the 1st century B.C. to the early 7th century A.D., provide evidence for the relative and absolute chronology of pottery used during many centuries of Roman ... 1959

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[Agora Object] B 716: Pail

Most of handle missing; fragment broken from rim. Round-bottomed pail with rolled rim. Broad leaf-shaped handle-attachments of iron; part of the iron handle, still fixed in one of the attachments, lies ... 9 June 1939

[Agora Object] B 724: Handle Attachment

Blade-shaped attachment for swinging handle of bucket. Rounded projection at base of blade (top of attachment) pierced for insertion of handle. At widest part of attachment, two more holes pierced for ... 9 June 1939

[Agora Object] B 742: Mirror

Plain flat disk, complete but badly corroded. On one side traces of a vertical rim at right angles to disk (?); on edge of disk immediately below this rim, the corroded bronze seems to show some indications ... 10 May 1939

[Agora Object] P 6451: Plate Fragment with Paint Decoration

Rather less than half preserved. Broad flat bottom, flaring walls, small horizontal rim. Decoration in white paint on floor and rim. In the center of the floor an elaborate palmette surrounded by five ... 31 May 1935

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[Agora Object] P 10005: Decanter with Paint Decoration

Ring foot; eggy body; narrow neck and grooved band handle. Flat disk around neck at point of upper handle attachment; from there, a spout tapering upward, with spiral grooving. Glaze band on shoulder, ... 21 April 1937

[Agora Object] P 15400: Jug

Intact, except for chip from lip. Plump ovoid jug on small ring foot; shoulder narrow, mouth broad with slight flare to plain lip. Vertical strap handle from lip to shoulder. Body from shoulder to near ... 7 June 1939

[Agora Object] P 16337: Bowl

Fragments missing from rim. Shallow bowl with broad flaring wall on low, small ring foot. Vertical rim, grooved at top on exterior, set off from wall by projecting moulding or keel. Orange-buff clay ... 23 May-10 June 1939

[Agora Object] P 16338: Decanter with Paint Decoration

Neck, handles, shoulder and fragments of body missing. Plump body, narrowing to a wide low ring foot. Shoulder forms continuous curve with body. Soft orange-buff clay with white bits. At widest part ... 23 May-10 June 1939

[Agora Object] P 16339: Decanter with Paint Decoration

Neck, handles, shoulder, foot and fragments of body missing. Same shape as P 16338 (ΓΓ 772). Soft orange-buff slightly micaceous clay. At widest part of body a broad band of dull red glaze-paint with ... 23 May-10 June 1939

[Agora Object] P 16342: High-necked Jug

Fragments from neck and lip. Rather plump body narrowing at bottom to plain low ring foot. Shoulder and body form continuous curve. High broad neck flaring outwards toward the exterior. Broad strap handle ... 23 May-10 June 1939

[Agora Object] SS 9399: Stamped Amphora Handle: Knidian

Rectangular stamp; three lines; trident at lower right. Well, to bottom; container 63. Ἰάσονος Κνι( Ἐπὶ Ἀριστάρ χου trident r. (Σ lunate, Α broken-barred) Leica ... 3rd-4th centuries A.D.

[Agora Object] ST 320: Implement

Complete; chipped on striking surface all around. Small thick disk of grayish-blue micaceous stone. Well; container 60; layer IV; third quarter of 3rd. century A.D. Leica, 81-640 ... 9 June 1939

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:1: Early Roman Well

Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson). "Not a useful well" HSR. Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR) Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C. Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D. Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine.