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| Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c.
Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman |
Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins:
21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
| RSY Grave 51.
The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house.
Cutting:the pit cut in ... Archaic period/6th or 7th c. |
Piece of lip and of thumb rest missing. Base ring; plump body; high neck with flaring lip; two lugs projecting on lip on either side of handle; handle, rising above lip, is finished on top with a disk ... 13 June 1938 |
| About one-third missing. Deep bowl on ring foot with projecting rim turned up at the outer edge. Upper and lower walls meet at an angle. Two rouletted bands around upper part of body.
Red clay and glaze ... 27-29 January 1936 |
| Three joining pieces give the full profile and diameter. Domed lid with flat topped knob; flat projecting rim, no flange. Two grooves at upper part of the main lid and around the top of the rim.
Dark ... 29 May 1951 |
From shoulder and neck of an unglazed Imperial amphora.
Inscribed in black paint; at least three lines, broken at left.
Pinkish clay; light surface. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block VIII ... 29 May 1951 |
| Three joining fragments give full profile. Restored in plaster. Incurving rim; ring foot.
Thin dull red glaze on rim inside and out. Micaceous cinnamon clay. N.E. of Circular Building, loose fill with ... 29 May 1951 |
Two joining fragments preserve handle and some of mouth and body. Slightly convex rim, grooved outside. Rouletting on upper body. Flat handle grooved, with thumb-rest.
Fine buff slip, much worn; red ... 29 May 1951 |
Rim missing all around, and most of the foot, but full profile of stem and foot preserved. Restored in plaster. Flange at the join of bowl and stem. Moulded foot, flat resting surface.
White slip over ... 4 June 1951 |
| The upper part of a round-bodied jug with narrow concave neck, horizontally ribbed, and plain lip. Heavy grooved band handle. Three rouletted bands around shoulder.
Pink clay, unglazed; traces of slip ... 21-25 May 1937 |
Lip, both handles, part of body missing. Partly restored in plaster. Plump body narrowing sharply to flat base. High, wide neck flaring toward the lip. Two vertical handles from point of maximum diameter ... 1952 |
Single wall fragment, broken all around. From vertical wall with offset sloping shoulder. Vertical handle from wall to shoulder, with a freely moving loop handle attached to it.
Rather coarse reddish ... 1952 |
| 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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