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Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C.
Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D. |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz. |
| One piece and a chip from lug missing. Restored in plaster. Heavy disk with two shallow grooves on top surface near edge; hole pierced through center; near edge a pair of holes and a ridge; a niche in ... 12 February 1937 |
| Lid fragment with relief decoration. First interpretation: plaque with relief decoration.
One small piece does not join.
On the surface of the plaque are curving ridges bounding plane bands, carrying, ... 28 May 1932 |
| Large vat.
b) Fragment of lower wall.
c) Fragment of support for shelf.
d) Fragment of support for shelf, corner piece.
About one-quarter of rim, over half of floor, considerable part of wall and half(?) ... 11 February 1937 |
Nearly half of a round disk preserved.
Bottom plain. Top moulded in relief: petalled flower around a central hole, and ivy leaf pattern outside. Lifting lug with two holes beside it near rim.
Coarse pinkish ... 17 July 1946 |
About two-thirds restored in plaster. Flat bottom; almost straight sides, flaring sharply into flat, slightly downsloping rim; heavy unbridged spout projecting from side just above floor level. Groove ... February-April 1937 |
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