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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. |
| 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. |
| Mixed ... Margaret Crosby ... 1 193 ... 1936-1937 |
Almost complete pots:
a) Amphora rather like Χ 139,except for tapering body, no rim, no foot.
b) Black glazed oinochoe, like Χ 135 (P 8944); no lip.
c) Black glazed pyxis, like Χ 975.
d) West Slope neck ... |
Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Rays on top; raised edge around upper part.
Poor black glaze on sides and bottom; red on top.
Red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora ... 12 February 1937 |
Chips from rim missing; restored in plaster. Ring foot; flaring walls; slightly outcurving lip.
Graffito on bottom: ME
Pale yellow clay. Red glaze, somewhat worn.
Shape similar to P 8914 (Χ 63), but ... 12 February 1937 |
| Fragment from wall of common ware pot.
Dipinto incomplete; painted in black:
Light red clay. Buff slip.
ADDENDA Find missing (June 1957). Cistern. Leica, LXI-15 ... 12 February 1937 |
Full profile except lip preserved; much missing from body [P.H. 0.132]; restored in plaster. Ring foot; broad shoulder; short neck; mouth probably round; strap handle. Two deep grooves at top of shoulder ... 12 February 1937 |
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