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| Rotroff, S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The second of two volumes on the Hellenistic fine ware unearthed in excavations in the Athenian Agora, this book presents the Hellenistic wheelmade table ware and votive vessels found between 1931 and ... 1997 |
| From a large open moulded bowl; elongated petals on body. Turned-up horizontal twisted handles.
Gray clay, black glaze, much peeled.
Gray Ware, "Pergamene style".
Cf. Agora XXXII, no. 1 (P 4574). Hellenistic ... 11 May 1934 |
Sloping shoulder, very small neck, somewhat larger round mouth, and two small handles, neck to upper part of shoulder preserved.
Grayish-buff clay, rather dull black glaze. Pit C. Hellenistic context ... 4 June 1935 |
| Shoulder fragment with the attachment of one handle, from a large pot, krater? On the shoulder, in high relief, egg and dart. The end of the handle is finished with a small rotelle.
Gray clay; dull gray ... 5 August 1947 |
From a large bowl? On outside, band of bead and reel and egg pattern in relief.
Gray clay; gray to black glaze; much flaked on inside. Heavy fabric. Provenience unknown. Leica ... August 1947 |
Wall fragment from a large bowl or krater; part of plain outcurved rim preserved, nothing of lip. Rim marked off from wall by a low raised band; below this, broad round-ended petals in relief, separated ... 6 April 1949 |
Broken all around; fragment from shoulder of a large open pot. Below, moulded relief decoration: round-ended petals separated by jewelled lines. Above, stamped decoration, wide wreath of leaves.
Gray ... 18 October 1949 |
Base and part of wall preserved. Flat base projecting beyond concave profiled wall.
Gray clay; good black glaze outside, worn inside.
For shape, cf. P 16857 (Ζ 1722). Destruction filling over East Wall ... 30 April 1954 |
Three fragments, two joining, from lower part of lid. A domed lid with carinated rim. Fine rouletting on top and on rim.
Ash-gray clay covered inside and out with deep black glaze.
J. Hayes compares ... 13 May 1967 |
a) Two joining fragments, broken all around. Above plain, then two impressed horizontal stripes, then relief band of floral chevrons. Below is field of relief floral motifs - tendrils with flowers, etc ... 1 July 1970 |
| Base of cup and upper part of stem preserved. Thin, hollow stem flaring to offset at junction with body; moldmade body, possibly of jewelled long-petal design.
Soft, very micaceous light gray clay (10YR ... 7 August 1957 |
Cistern C (pit) in West Room of late Roman House.
Mixed dump of material, with a little Classical, much Roman dating at least as late as 3rd century A.D., and large amount of late Hellenistic. Coins:
1 ... Late Hellenistic and Roman |
The data in the Deposit Notebook is presented by trench; an attempt is made here to accumulate data from similar layers across the trenches. Subdivisions:
.1=Post Hadrianic cleanup
.2=Marble working waste ... 2nd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D. |
Cistern and drawshaft connected by tunnel; used in modern times as cesspool. No stratigraphy noted, but pottery from first five boxes excavated is later than that from boxes 6-18.
11 stamped amphora handles ... Hellenistic and Late Hellenistic |
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