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Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment |
Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication ... 1956 |
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. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
Cistern at 6/ΛΓ.
Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins
1 June 1938 #1-#8
2 June 1938 #1-#6
3 June 1938 #1-#3
4 June 1938 #1-#2
6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Stemmed Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pyxis ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493).
Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C. |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| West Slope pyxis lid. Top view ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| West Slope lids (left, P 6011; right, P 3365) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
Part of lower body, half of flange, and three-fourths of cylinder restored.
Flaring foot; beveled resting surface; nippled underside. Fairly deep lower body runs into flange with no offset. Shiny reddish ... 200-175 |
Top and over half of dome, flange, and cylinder restored.
Scraped groove near bottom of cylinder. Scraped(?) groove at outer edge of upper surface of flange. Two scraped(?) grooves near bottom of dome ... 120-86 |
Most of cylinder and flange and half of dome restored.
Groove near bottom of cylinder. Very high dome with two scraped grooves at mid-height and two around sunken convex central area.
Center of dome: ... 120-86 |
One-third of flange, half of dome, and lower part of cylinder restored.
Deep scraped groove at outer edge of upper surface of flange. Offset at base of dome, with two scraped grooves above; two scraped ... 120-86 |
Segment of cylinder and trace of dome preserved; flange broken away.
Scraped groove near bottom of cylinder. Dome: tips of leaves, probably of trefoil garland in orange and white. Cylinder: orange tears ... 120-86 |
Parts of lower body and flange and half of cylinder preserved.
Flat resting surface; slightly convex underside. Fairly shallow lower body. High, sharply inclined, wheel-ridged cylinder with slight offset ... 130-110 |
Piece of lower body and one-third of cylinder and rim missing.
Weakly molded foot; flat resting surface; convex underside. Deep lower body with slight offset at top. Groove in lower surface of flange ... 115-86 |
Underside, two-thirds of foot, parts of lower body, and most of cylinder and rim restored.
Flat resting surface. Deep lower body. Low cylinder with inclined wall. Metallic black glaze ... 115-86 |
Part of lower body, flange, and cylinder restored.
Flat resting surface; pointed underside. Deep lower body. Low, inclined cylinder slightly offset from flange. Alternating white and orange lines on top ... 115-86 |
Part of edge of foot and half of cylinder and rim restored.
Raised base, deeply concave underneath. Deep lower body. Groove in top surface of flange. Slightly inclined, concave cylinder with offset at ... 115-86 |
Foot, half of lower body, and over half of flange, cylinder, and rim restored.
Deep lower body with slight offset below flange. Tall cylinder with straight, inclined wall. Shiny red glaze, black on part ... 115-86 |
Several pieces of side and small bits of flange missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep convex lower body; projecting keel where lower body and high straight inward-tilting rim meet. Rays in thinned ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Part of the wall and rim missing. Ring foot and convex lower body; a projecting keel where the lower body and straight inward-tilted rim meet.
Poor black glaze, brownish inside, over upper part of outside ... 1-2 June 1938 |
| Parts are missing from the side wall. Restored in plaster. Massive base ring; shallow lower bowl, divided by a broad projecting ledge from the upper wall.
Buff clay, slightly micaceous, covered inside ... 3-12 March 1934 |
Ring foot, lower body convex, upper straight; a wide keel at the junction.
Pinkish buff clay; red glaze inside and out. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 901-20 ... 14 May 1935 |
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