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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. |
| Mixed ... Margaret Crosby ... 1001 1197 ... 1938, 1946, 1947 |
a) All glazed sherds, including lamps and unguentaria.
b) Coarse selected. Resorted 1997, by SIR.
AS-993 taken July 1997 by SIR. |
Stucco fragments and window tiles, from layer between top and middle fill. |
Selected tiles. [Except for two pieces of heavy Roman bricks, all look early like middle fill.] |
Selected tiles. [Except for two pieces of heavy Roman bricks, all look early like middle fill.] |
Base medallion and slightly less than half of sides and rim preserved. Restored in plaster. Base medallion worn, separated from wall by two grooves; on sides, thin leaves separated by jewelled lines. Plain ... 12 February 1937 |
More than one-third of side, and many rim pieces, missing. Restored in plaster. Plain medallion, long thin petals on side; plain rim, with out-turned lip. Groove scratched through glaze around medallion ... 12 February 1937 |
Piece from side and rim preserved. Restored in plaster. Swirled leaves on side; plain rim; scraped groove beneath small rolled rim.
Pinkish-buff clay. Metallic black to dark brown glaze, somewhat flaked ... 12 February 1937 |
| About half of side wall and neck preserved; base and lip missing; vertical strap handle broken away. Wide neck sharply inset from almost straight wall; two sharp ridges on the shoulder so created. The ... 12 February 1937 |
| Two-thirds of rim, with handle, and scattered pieces of wall, missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; broad body with continuous curve from base to flaring rim; no neck; point of greatest diameter near ... 12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; most of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom; steep flaring sides with shallow wheel grooves; broad projecting rim, slightly downturned.
Red clay. Cistern, bottom fill ... 12 February 1937 |
| 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 |
| Cistern. Bottom Fill. Loom Weight. Lamp. Moldmade Bowl Fragment. Moldmade Bowl ... Χ-6 1050, 1051 MC 540 L 3644 P 14470 P 14471 M 20:1 M 20:1.3 MC 540 L 3644 P 14470 P 14471 ... 12 Feb 1937 |
| Bottom Fill. Moldmade Bowl. Cistern. Black Glaze Jug Fragment ... Χ-6 1052, 1053 P 14472 P 14473 Χ 1038 P 14474 P 14475 M 20:1.3 P 14472 P 14473 P 14474 P 14475 ... 12 February 1937 |
| Bottom Fill. Beaker Fragment. Cistern. Amphora: West Slope. Water Pitcher Fragment ... Χ-6 1054, 1055 P 14476 P 14477 P 14478 Lot Χ 159 M 20:1.3 P 14476 P 14477 P 14478 ... 12 February 1937 |
| Bottom Fill. Basket-Handled Water Jar. Cistern. Lekane. Beehive Lid. Iron Clamp Coated with Lead ... Χ-6 1056, 1057 P 14479 Χ 999 P 14442 P 14480 P 14481 IL 702 Lot Χ 159 M 20:1.3 P 14479 P 14480 P 14481 IL 702 ... 12 February 1937 |
About half, fragmentary, preserved; strengthened with plaster; nozzle broken off; knob chipped; handle, if any, missing.
Broad, flat-bottomed base; deep body with broad rounded shoulder; small flat top ... 12 Febrtuary 1937 |
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