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| 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. |
| Black Glaze Biconical Jug Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Biconical Jug ... 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. |
| 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. |
| P 28601, P 18573, P 12989, P 621, P 623 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Jugs ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
About one-third of body and most of rim restored.
Flat underside. Convex rim. Double handle parting and running along rim at top, bound with loop of clay at arch. Fabric slightly dark for Attic (5YR 5/6); ... 140-130 |
Handle and chips of rim and body missing.
Slightly concave underside. Very good shiny black glaze ... 140-130 |
Upper body and many pieces of lower body missing.
Flat underside. Dull black glaze with metallic patches ... 140-130? |
Bottom, handle, and two-thirds of body and rim restored.
Two grooves on exterior of rim. Light red fabric (2.5YR 6/6) with mica, small grits, and voids; gritty, shiny red glaze (2.5YR 4.8), with lower ... 100-25 |
| Lip, handle and parts of side wall missing. Flat bottom; side wall of angular profile.
Buff clay covered with dull black glaze inside and out. Cistern. Leica, 89-22-17, 4-335 ... 3-12 March 1934 |
| Mended from many fragments; more than one-third missing, including spout(?). Restored in plaster. Small flat bottom; profiled body, greatest circumference below center; rim set back, rising at outer edge; ... 22 April 1932 |
| Mended from several fragments, but complete save for vertical handle broken away, and chips around rim. Small flat bottom; profiled body, greatest circumference below center; rim set back, rising at outer ... 22 April 1932 |
Bottom, handle and at least two-thirds of side and rim missing; strengthened with plaster. Angular pear-shaped body; projecting vertical rim with two grooves on outer surface.
Pinkish-buff clay. Thin ... February-April 1937 |
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