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| Hellenistic jug ... Elizabeth R. Safran ... 1983 |
Hellenistic pottery drawn for Susan Rotroff ... Elizabeth R. Safran ... 1983 |
| Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.
Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C. |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
| Construction filling of well N 20:3 which was dug through this cistern; a few later sherds at upper levels may result from late repairs to well tiling. Coins:
6 April 1938 #14-#15
8 April 1938 #4 Some ... Second half 1st c. A.D. |
Cistern at 60/ΙΕ; bell-shaped cistern with a channel 1.65m high and 4.60m long, leading to a dead end against bedrock. This channel runs north with a slight curve to the east and looks as though it was ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd c. B.C. |
Late Roman Fills: SE Building, Conglomerate Wall. (see O-Q 18-19)Deposit list under O-Q 18-19 Coins
21 May 1938 #14
23 May 1938 #1-#2
24 May 1938 #2, #3-#4
25 May 1938 #3 Asterisk: O-P 20-21* |
| Osteotheke. (Group N). Coin
7 May 1938 #7 83/ΜΔ (83-84/ΜΓ-ΜΕ: If I judge from p. 811, this grid would be the concrete retaining wall). Somebody else wrote the following grid on page 878: 83-85/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ ... Early 7th cent. |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C. |
| Stamped Lagynos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Stamped Lagynos ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Stamped Medicine Bottle ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Stamped Jug Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Fragment of jug with stamp on side ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Sep 2013 |
| Stamped medicine bottle ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Sep 2013 |
| This filling is the largest deposit of its time found in the Agora. It may be compared with H 6:5 and with N 7:3.
Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m; footholds cut on opposite sides of the shaft ... Ca. 490-450 B.C. |
Deposit in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, underlying a Roman bath. Pottery examined in June 1955; latest pieces noted: one fragment Pergamene and one fragment brittle ware; no certainly post-Sullan ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
| Stamped unguentarium fragment ... Horizontal (normal) |
| Stamped unguentarium fragment ... Horizontal (normal) |
Gravel above cobbled street surface ... Second half 2nd c. B.C. |
| Chian jars of the Hellenistic period. Photo taken for the booklet on "Amphoras and the ancient wine trade" prepared by Virginia R. Grace ... Horizontal (normal) ... September 1959 |
| Stamped lagynoi ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Chian jars of the Hellenistic period. Photo taken for the booklet on "Amphoras and the ancient wine trade" prepared by Virginia R. Grace ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... September 1959 |
Medicine Bottle.
Handle and half of neck and mouth missing.
Flat base with string marks. Irregular, barrel-shaped body with slightly angular shoulder. Short, thick neck; plain, slightly outturned rim ... Context of late 1st century B.C. and 1st century after Christ |
Medicine Bottle. About half of belly, trace of shoulder.
Barrel-shaped body with angular shoulder. Well below shoulder, stamped within oval field: Ἑρμάφιλος| wreath Μοσχίω̣ν̣ο̣ς device (club?)| λύκιο̣ν| ... Context of late 1st century after Christ |
2 scraps; stamped; Late Roman C; 1 soft Justinianic fragment with wavy line; combed ware
Coin
24 May 1938 #2 ... 24 May 1938 |
knob-like toe w/ slightly convex bottom.
Coarse reddish micaceous clay with bits.
A small round depression at centre of bottom surface; on convex surface an oval stamp; scorpion. Well; container 8; second ... 2-19 May 1939 |
Small fragment from near toe of unguentarium or amphoriskos.
Light red brown clay; traces of matt red streaked on surface.
One end of a rectangular stamp preserved. Dark Age fill; Byzantine disturbance ... 19 March 1948 |
Stamp broken away at right, smudged at left.
Short piece from rather small handle, rather falt in section.
Gritty slightly micaceous cinnamon brown clay, light buff to pinkish-buff at surface.
Cf. Agora ... February-March 1938 |
Light red clay; white slip.
Small rectangular stamp; retrograde. Cxt: Stoa fill, or earlier(GRE)* Pier 8, west; fill over back wall and retaining wall of mud brick Building; Stoa fill or earlier. Κρο( ... 29 May 1950 |
Pinkish-buff clay, buff slip. Cutting strosis to working floor and over water channel. Ἀριστοδήμου Leica ... 3 May 1954 |
Toe preserved.
Brownish-buff clay; streaks of matt red-brown paint.
Monogram stamp near bottom. Dark Age to early Byzantine fill. ΚΡΗ (Κ,Ρ,Η monogram) 4664 Leica ... 19 March 1954 |
| Lagynos mended from many pieces; profile complete; ring foot, broad shoulder,
rounded on the top and meeting the lower wall at an angle; tapering tall neck, with plain rolled lip; band handle from below ... May 1947 |
| Large fragments of shoulder and body missing; the profile not complete. Restored in plaster following the SS 19259 (ΔΔ 441).
Capacity: (water) 39.00; Capacity: (water, some leakage) 35.00.
Unglazed.
... 250-175 B.C. |
Toe of unguentarium; broken above, blunt tip.
Gray paint streaks.
Stamped on tip. East-West cut 1, strosis B, just under it, over wall A. ΡΑΚ (Ρ,Α,Κ monogram) 258 Leica ... 13 March 1959 |
| Handle and about half of mouth missing; mended from two fragments; flat base, cylindrical slightly ovoid body, narrowing at neck, flaring rim; vertical strap handle lip to shoulder. Crudely turned on wheel, ... 26 May 1973 |
| Part of unguentarium or miniature jug preserved.
Buff clay; unglazed.
Oval stamp on side; a wreath at left; uncertain object at right; four lines of inscription between. Cistern (filling contemporary ... 11 April 1938 |
| Part of pointed unguentarium.
On upper part, thin glaze with many runs. Finished Red fill. Leica ... Late Roman |
Part of flat lid with arched handle.
Coarse red clay with many large bits.
Stamp, retrograde. Lower fill in Osteotheke. [---]Πζυρος? (retr) Leica ... 10 May 1938 |
Top missing; body slender tapering down to small flat bottom.
Red clay, thin red to black glaze on upper part with streaks running to bottom.
Small rectangular stamp near bottom. Fill in drain, conglomerate ... Late Roman |
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