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Base and lower body all restored.
Shiny brown glaze, peeled.
Cf. Brann L 26 (LG IIA); Brann 131 (LG IIB) ... LG II ... peeled.
Cf. Brann L 26 (LG IIA); Brann 131 (LG IIB) |
Dull red glaze.
Like Brann O 19 ... LG IIA ... H 296 ... H 296 |
Nothing of base.
Black glaze.
Like Brann I 35 ... MG II ... H. 0.067; Diam. (rim) 0.123 |
Low ring foot; rolled handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann 49 ... Transition to LG II ... Low ring foot; rolled handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann 49. |
All of one side missing. Plain bottom.
Shiny black glaze.
For other bird skyphoi, cf. E. Brann, Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 405, no. 4. Brann would attribute all such skyphoi to one shop ... LG I ... H 291 ... H 291 |
Slightly convex side wall.
Shiny black to reddish brown glaze.
Cf. Brann 190 ... LG IIB ... Slightly convex side wall.
Shiny black to reddish brown glaze.
Cf. Brann 190. |
Red glaze.
Cf. Brann 159; Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 132, neg. no. 5541 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Red glaze.
Cf. Brann 159; Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 132, neg. no. 5541. |
Flat bottom. Ladder pattern and blob stars on handles.
Dull black glaze, brownish where thin.
Cf. Brann 169 ... MG II ... H. 0.064; Diam. (rim) 0.09 |
Entirely glazed inside and out except for the reserved handle zone outside.
Streaky black glaze.
Cf. Brann 139 ... 700-650 B.C ...
Streaky black glaze.
Cf. Brann |
NM 16179
Low disk foot. Ladder pattern on handle.
Dull black glaze, fired red in places.
Cf. Brann 76 ... LG I ... in places.
Cf. Brann 76. |
Unpainted two handled cups are discussed under Brann. Ours is closer to Agora examples which were found in Middle Geometric contexts ... MG II ... H. 0.073; Diam. 0.094 |
Flat bottom and round mouth. Irregular latticing on shoulder, probably first of triangles, then spaces between.
Dull red glaze.
Cf. Brann 65 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.087; Max. Dim. (rim) 0.082 |
NM 16094
Very slightly convex lid, almost flat; plain rim, slightly thickened below; large inverted conical handle.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann I 59 ... MG II-LG I ... Brann I 59. |
Handle and most of trefoil mouth restored.
Disk foot, sharply offset from body.
Streaky brown glaze, much worn and peeled.
Cf. Brann 58 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Brann 58. |
Flat bottom. Glazed inside except for a reserved band at rim.
Dull red to brown glaze outside, thick brown glaze inside.
Like Brann 177 ... Transition to LG ... H. 0.06; Diam. (rim) 0.094 |
Base completely restored.
Dull black glaze.
Young XX 1-3 and Brann 261 are similarly decorated but deeper and less rounded so probably later than ours ... MG II ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 214, p. 58, pl. 18. |
Reserved dot at center of floor inside, band at rim.
Black glaze.
Cf. Brann I 32; also J.N. Coldstream, Arch. Anz. 78, 1963, col. 203 ... MG II ... Brann I 32; also J.N. |
Flat bottom, Ladder pattern on handle.
Black glaze.
For imitation of the Corinthian Light-on-Dark technique in which white paint was used cf. Brann N 8 ... LG II ... used cf. Brann N 8 |
Nothing of mouth or handle. Low ring foot; conical body.
Shiny black glaze, brown where thin.
For other Late Geometric oinochoai with conical bodies, cf. Brann F 13 ... LG II ... Brann F 13. |
Black glaze fired red in places.
A close parallel to Brann 153, the earliest Corinthiasizing kotyle found in the Agora; for its profile, see Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 408, fig. 4 ... LG IIA ... Black glaze fired red in places.
A close parallel to Brann 153, the earliest |
Disk foot; slightly convex side wall; plain rim, thickened inward and flat at top.
Stroke series on top of rim; all glazed inside.
Dull glaze, black to brown.
Cf. Brann F 29 ... 650-625 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 308, p. 69, pl. 25. |
Flat bottom; rising band handle decorated on its outer face with an elongated St. Andrew's cross.
Black glaze, fired red in places.
For system of complete banding which is Corinthian, cf. Brann 55 ... LG II ... Brann 55. |
Entirely glazed inside and out except for a reserved band on either side of rim; the band inside decorated with a stroke series.
Dull glaze, black to dark brown and somewhat peeled.
Cf. Brann 137 ... Late 8th c. B.C ...
Cf. Brann 137. |
NM 16057
High disk foot. Inside all glazed except for a reserved band at rim filled with a series of short vertical strokes.
Black glaze, brown where thin.
See Brann I 27 for other oversized skyphoi ... LG I ... thin.
See Brann I 27 for |
NM 16053
Ring foot and double rolled handle. Two narrow glaze lines interrupted in front by a zigzag column. Double glaze band down outer face of each handle section.
Shiny brown glaze, in places shading ... LG I ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 228, p. 59, pl. 19. |
Flat bottom; wide, shallow body; offset rim, tilted outward. Body banded to handle zone; in handle zone, a zigzag; parallel verticals on either side of rim; banded inside.
Black glaze outside, mostly ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.043; Diam. (rim) 0.10 |
Now Deposit H 12:9. Asterisk: H 12:16* ... Asterisk: H 12:16* ... Now Deposit H 12:9. |
NM 16070
Disk foot and oval mouth. All glazed inside.
Thick black glaze inside, thin and brown outside.
Brann lists other clay-ground kantharoi under I 49 and suggests that the idea may have been inspired ... LG I ... H. 0.065 |
NM 16095
Disk foot; fairly pointed body. All glazed inside except for two reserved bands below lip, the upper decorated with groups of short strokes.
Black to brown glaze.
For the Corinthian model of ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.116; Diam. (rim) 0.145 |
Nothing of handle or mouth.
Flat bottom; squat, convex lower body; high, upward-tapering upper wall. Legs and round shield of a man walking right and carrying two spears (head missing); behind, tree (?) ... Early Protoattic ... where thin.
Cf. Brann E1 for |
Intact.
Flat bottom and slightly convex lower body. Inside all glazed except for a reserved dot at center of floor and three bands below lip.
Black to brown glaze.
Cf. Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 98, inv ... LG I ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 240, p. 60, pl. 20. |
Nothing of neck, mouth, or handle. Squat body with flat bottom. At either side, a set of three concentric circles around a dotted quatrefoil; front and back, same scheme: wavy vertical lines to point ... LG II ... P.H. 0.062; Diam. 0.081 |
Flat bottom; flaring rim pinched to trefoil mouth. Elongated sigmas on outside; row of dots on outer face of lip. Lip reserved inside and decorated with elongated dots linked by tangents; otherwise glazed ... LG IIB ... trefoil cups. cf. Brann ) 32; |
Bottom wholly restored.
Incised wavy lines at level of both handle attachments and down outer face of handle.
Unglazed and handmade.
For ware, Hesperia 30 (1961), pp. 316-317.
For incised decoration ... 7th c. B.C ... H. 0.081; Diam. 0.091 |
Part of rim, shoulder, and one handle preserved, but nothing of lower body or base.
Shoulder rounded directly into high, straight rim. Inside glazed as far as preserved except for a reserved band below ... LG I ...
Close to Brann 92; See ... Oakshott, J. H. S. 86, 1966, pp ... H 579 a, b to check |
Triple verticals divide the neck into five panels; on either side of handle, narrow panels of latticing; then, square panels with long-legged birds facing center, vertical dot rows and dot rosettes in ... LG IB-IIA ... H 434 ... H 434 |
Large portion of the body at one side, handle, and most of neck and mouth missing. Ring foot; well-rounded body curving continuously into short, straight neck; flaring trefoil mouth (apparently) . Bands ... Ca. 700 B.C ... his fingers: cf. Brann 309. |
| Brann O 26. Brann H 5. Hesperia, XXIX. Brann O 27. Brann H 42. Burial. Brann O 23. Brann H 46. Brann O 24. Brann H 44. Brann O 17. Brann H 10. Brann O 19. Brann H 2. Brann O 20. Brann H 16. Brann O 22 ... Agora 8 120 P 15122 P 17175 P 17354 P 15123 P 17176 P 17355 P 17177 P 17356 P 15124 P 17178 P 17357 P 17179 P 17358 P 17180 P 17359 P 15125 P 17181 P 17360 P 17182 P 17361 P 15126 P 17183 P 17362 P 15127 ... Brann H 16 ... Brann H 5 ... Brann H 42 |
Cistern chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ). Part of the H-I 16-17 system.
Cf. S.E. Tunnel (container 147) and west and north passages (container 156).
Upper fill: (packing for LR mosaic floor)
Lower fill: Hellenistic ... Hellenistic-Late Roman ... H 16:2 ... H 16:2 |
Includes area labeled "Deposit around collapsed section of poros gutter, road cut south of annex of SWFH." Coins:
28 June 1967 #2
13 July 1967 #1-#6
14 July 1967 #1
15 July 1967 #1 (?) Estimated Grid ... 325-275 B.C ... H/2,3-16/15,16 |
| Pithos ay the bottom of the north slope of the Areopagus with single fill; Part of Hellenistic Group D.
One stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 146. Latest coin dates in first two decades of 2nd ... 160-130 B.C ... Coins:
12 April 1932 #6-11
13 April 1932 #1-#2
16 April 1932 #10
18 April 1932 |
The grid area is covered by 'modern bothros' nbp. 375 ... 1 June 1932 ... H 16:5 ... H 16:5 |
| Well on lower northwest slope of Areopagus. Dug to 6.60m. and abandoned because of danger. Single dumped deposit.
Perhaps this context: P 528, P 1223 (JWH). Coins:
22 April 1932 #1 ... Second half 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... H 16:1 ... H 16:1 |
| Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97.
Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... H 16:6 ... H 16:6 |
| An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... H 16:3 ... H 16:3 |
Resting surface decorated with a complicated form of "wheel" pattern; inside unglazed.
Fine, pinkish buff clay; dull reddish brown glaze ... L.H.II ... L.H.II |
Decorated with a deep wavy line (F.M. 53); unglazed inside.
Coarse, reddish clay with white grit, possibly non-Attic; dull brown glaze.
Cf. E. French, B.S.A. 59, 1964, p. 247 ... L.H. IIIA ... L.H. IIIA |
Base, handle and spot restored.
Rim sherd at back shows the handle to have been vertical.
Handmade of fine, brownish buff clay; thick, creamy slip all over, sloppily applied, and worn ... Early Helladic ... H 380 ... H 380 |
Both handles restored.
Brownish buff clay with black grit; unpainted.
Cf. S.A. Immerwahr, The Athenian Agora, XIII, The Neolithic and Bronze Ages, Princeton. 1971, p. 252, nos. 433-435, p. 260, no. 473 ... LH III B ... H. 0.173 |
Hemispherical bowl, rounded at the bottom.
Coarse, tan-buff clay, slightly micaceous and containing red and white grit; faint traces of thin, dull red paint all over.
The bowls of other Middle Helladic ... Middle Helladic ... H. (bowl) 0.062 |
Fragment from the body and beginning of shoulder. Concentric ares (F.M. 44) in zone on body; plain inside.
Fine clay, pinkish buff at surface, tan buff at core; shiny red glaze.
Cf. E. French, B.S.A ... LH IIIA 2-IIIB I ... H 604 ... H 604 |
Preserves part of the ridge which customarily encircles the body, and the lower body zone beneath, which is decorated with painted horizontal bands; inside unglazed.
Grayish buff clay; shiny brownish ... L.H.I ... L.H.I. |
Angular profile.
Fine yellowish buff clay, gray at core; soapy texture.
From a two-handled stemmed goblet like C. W. Blegen, Prosymna, the Helladic Settlement Preceding the Argive Heraeum II, Cambridge, ... Middle Helladic ... P.H. 0.063 |
Antithetical spiral (F.M. 50); monochrome inside.
Light pinkish buff clay; dull black glaze, worn ... LH III C ... H 608 ... H 608 |
Vertical zigzag between straight vertical lines (F.M. 75); inside plain except for a narrow band below rim.
Light brown clay; shiny orangish red glaze ... LH III B ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 186, p. 55, fig. 18, pl. 16. |
Wide-flaring rim. Wide band at rim outside; monochrome inside.
Tan-buff clay; brown glaze outside, thick reddish brown inside.
From a deep bowl like B.S.A. 25, 1921-1923, pl. 5, c-f ... LH III C ... P.H. 0.04; Est. Diam. (rim) 0.14 |
Retrograde -ΠΕ- Votive dump. -ΠΕ- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 146, p. 38, fig. 16, pl. 13. |
Left to right -ΛΥ- Votive dump. -ΛΥ- ... H 192 ... H 192 |
Either way. -ΙΔ.- Votive dump. -ΙΔ.- ... H 196 ... H 196 |
Left to right. -.YI- Votive dump. -.YI- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 150, p. 38, fig. 16, pl. 13. |
Either way. -XE- Altar area. -XE- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 149, p. 38, fig. 16, pl. 13. |
Probably left to right. -.Π- Altar area. -.Π- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 151, p. 38, fig. 16, pl. 13. |
Letters incised with a blunt point, probably left to right. -ΥΔΓ- Votive dump. -ΥΔΓ- ... H 235 ... H 235 |
The letter-T- incised upside down to the vessel; broken away at either side. Heroon ... H 143 ... H 143 |
Left to right in two lines.
Line 1: -ΤΕΙΔΕ-
Line 2: -ανέ[θεκε--] Votive dump ... H 175 ... H 175 |
Part of a single letter, rho or upsilon; broken away at left, possibly not at right. Votive dump ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 163, p. 39, fig. 16, pl. 14. |
Retrograde.
-E.-
The piece is now lost, and the photograph published here is an old one which shows the sherd at twice its size. Votive dump. -E.- ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 156, p. 38, fig. 16, pl. 14. |
Part of an epsilon, left to right; broken away at either side.
Grayish buff clay. Altar area ... H 543 ... H 543 |
Two lines retrograde.
Line 1: AI-
Line 2: E-
The first letter of line 1 is probably an alpha;
the surface is chipped away in the area of the crossbar. Altar area ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 152, p. 38, fig. 16, pl. 13. |
The single letter-A incised upside down to the vessel; to the right no letters, to the left broken away. Altar area ... H 507 ... H 507 |
A single preserved letter, incised with a blunt point: -A; broken away at left, no letters to right.
This graffito may be incomplete and the single letters preserved only by chance. Heroon ... H 410 ... H 410 |
Left to right. -.P-
The rho appears to have a tail, but this is probably the result of a slip of the writing instrument at the end of the curved stroke. Altar area. -.P- ... H 554 ... H 554 |
Apparently complete in a single letter: A; np letters to either side. Upside down to vessel.
Single alphas are often found on objects dedicated to Athena, undoubtedly as abbreviations of the goddess' ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 158, p. 39, fig. 16, pl. 14. |
Non-joining fragment with H 519.
Retrograde? -YI- Altar area. -YI- ... Non-joining fragment with H 519.
Retrograde? -YI- |
Non-joining fragment with H 520.
Probably retrograde. -.A- Altar area. -.A- ... H 519 ... H 519 |
Non-joining fragment with H 178.
Left to right. -EA- Votive dump. -EA- ... Non-joining fragment with H 178.
Left to right. -EA- |
Non-joing fragment with H 159.
Left to right.-ΕΣ. Votive dump. -ΕΣ ... H 178 ... H 178 |
A vertical wavy line (F.M. 53). Top of rim glazed; inside plain except for a band below rim.
Clay pinkish buff at core, brownish buff at surface; dark brown glaze.
Cf. Group A deep bowls, E. French, ... LH III B ... H 605 ... H 605 |
| Piece of hair and ear from a statue. Found in second temple area ... Late Archaic ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 448, no. 16, fig. 128. |
| Eights bracelets; nos. 13-16 have snake heads. Found in first temple area ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 419, nos. 13-16, figs. 64-65. |
| Three registers of bone objects; spectacle pins (middle register); bone flute (upper register); incised with concentric circles; two bone ribs (lower register). Found in first temple area below unbroken ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 427, nos. 16-18, fig. 79. |
Well J: EG, ELS. Early Geometric with later (Roman) intrusions.
Cf. P 1063 from mixed context at mouth. Also noted as grid 53/ΙΔ ... Early Geometric ... H 16-17:1 ... H 16-17:1 |
NM 16102
Left to right -ΟΣ Votive dump. -ΟΣ ... H 25 ... H 25 |
NM 16125
From the same vessel as H 74, H 75.
-ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν H 74, H 75 to check Votive dump. -ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν ... NM 16125
From the same vessel as H 74, H 75.
-ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν ... H 74, H 75 to check |
From the same vessel as H 73, H 75.
-ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν Votive dump. -ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 19, p. 17 ... A.J.A. 38 (1934), p. 20, nos. 16-18. |
From the same vessel as H 73, H 74.
-ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν Votive dump. -ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν ... From the same vessel as H 73, H 74.
-ΠΕΡΙ[-------ανέ]θεν |
Intact.
Flat band flattened at one side to receive bezel; a narrow hole neatly drilled through band at one side of flattened part. A sunken groove down middle of band with a row of raised dots ... 7th c. B.C. ? ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 325, p. 71. |
Nothing of sides or bottom. Disk: long-beaked bird and a rearing animal (wolf?) facing each other across filling hole; rim: leaved tendril.
According to R. S. Young the scene on the disk is from one of ... 5th c. A.D ... H 205 ... H 205 |
| Five loom weights and one whorl; one with stamped rosette; pyramidal shape; type I. Found outside temple area; unstratified ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 509, nos. 5-6, 12, 15-16, 47, fig. 252. |
| Left: kantharos (no. 16), found outside the temple area. Right: hydria (no. 17), from north Gate Buildings ... H 0002 ... H 0002 ... H |
NM 16078
Same as H 422 ... LG IIB ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 286, p. 66, pl. 24. |
A fragment from the side wall, mended from two pieces.
Part of a lion with elaborately incised mane; over back of lion, a large incised rosette. Unglazed inside as far as preserved.
Greenish buff Corinthian ... Late Transitional ... black glaze.
Cf. H. Payne, ... from the same shape); H 558 ... siren), H 559 (with part of a |
Small ring foot; horizontal rim with two small furrows. All glazed inside and out except for top of rim which is preserved.
Worn black glaze.
For shape, cf. H. Thompson, Hesperia 3, 1934, p. 435 ... Late 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 333, p. 72, pl. 27. |
Fragment of applied vertical strap handle and part of the body.
On outside of handle two broad glaze bands at edges.
Tan to pinkish buff clay; red to brown glaze.
Cf. K.A. Wardle, B.S.A. 64, 1969, pp ... L.H. IIIA 2-L.H. IIIB 1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 181, p. 54, pl. 17. |
Part of base and side wall preserved.
An alpha in relief, with raised ring; uneven row of globules around body (three rows preserved).
Cf. Agora VII, pp. 15-16 ... 150-200 A.D ... H 570 ... H 570 |
NM 16173
Flat bottom and oval mouth. Entirely reserved outside except for a large swastika on either side, and dot rows on upper edge of lip, along outer edges of handles, and across bottom of lower handle ... LG II ... H. 0.0065 |
Probably from the wall of an alabastron.
Part of a winged figure running right: part of torso with wing, extended left arm, and knee; figure is wearing an incised short-sleeved chiton.
Cf. H. Payne, ... Late Transitional ...
Cf. H. Payne, |
Flat bottom; high, flaring upper wall; one vertical band handle (missing but restored correctly as indicated by handle attachments), and one horizontal rolled handle.
Inside all glazed except for a reserved ... LG II ... Hesperia Suppl. 16 (1975), no. 287, p. 66, pl. 24. |
Wheelmade.
Dull black glaze all over ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... H 108 ... H 108 |
Glaze band around edge of rim inside; ladder pattern on handle.
Thick brown glaze.
Cf. Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 25, inv. no. 253 ... EG II ... P.H. 0146 |
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