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| Robinson, H. S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... A group of closed deposits, ranging in date from the 1st century B.C. to the early 7th century A.D., provide evidence for the relative and absolute chronology of pottery used during many centuries of Roman ... 1959 |
| Large vat.
b) Fragment of lower wall.
c) Fragment of support for shelf.
d) Fragment of support for shelf, corner piece.
About one-quarter of rim, over half of floor, considerable part of wall and half(?) ... 11 February 1937 |
About two-thirds restored in plaster. Flat bottom; almost straight sides, flaring sharply into flat, slightly downsloping rim; heavy unbridged spout projecting from side just above floor level. Groove ... February-April 1937 |
| About half restored in plaster.
An irregular half sphere cut off at the top in antiquity.
Buff to red-buff clay. Reddish surfacing on outside.
Cf. Agora XXXIII, no. 77. Deposit list says level .1 but ... February-April 1937 |
Few missing pieces restored in plaster. Convex surface; knob at center.
Brown-gray gritty clay. Cistern. Leica, LIX-99 ... February-April 1937 |
Full profile preserved; about two-thirds of sides and rim missing. Small plain knob at center of convex lid.
Gritty gray-brown clay. Cistern. Leica, LIX-99 ... February-April 1937 |
| Few missing pieces restored in plaster.
Rounded bottom; slightly flaring neck with shallow collar rim; two vertical grooved handles.
Gritty clay, light brown on inside, gray on outside.
Cf. Agora XXXIII, ... February-April 1937 |
Wall fragments and part of one handle restored in plaster.
Rounded bottom; flaring rim; one vertical and one horizontal handle.
Gritty red-brown to gray clay.
Cf. Agora XXXIII, no. 606. Cistern, upper ... February-April 1937 |
Missing pieces restored in plaster.
Rounded bottom; slightly flaring rim with thickened lip; one horizontal and one vertical handle.
Gritty red-brown to gray clay, blackened from use.
Cf. Agora XXXIII, ... February-April 1937 |
| Flat disk with hole surrounded by a groove in center.
Just inside of preserved edge, a short ridge with two holes beside it. Grooves continue line of ridge.
Fragment b) is a non-joining rim piece with ... February-April 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 |
Small fragment from a large lid, preserving a little of the rim, with a semi-circular lifting hole cut out of the edge, and a long narrow vertical lug or grip set just inside it. Two holes pierced through ... 13 June 1939 |
Nearly half of a round disk preserved.
Bottom plain. Top moulded in relief: petalled flower around a central hole, and ivy leaf pattern outside. Lifting lug with two holes beside it near rim.
Coarse pinkish ... 17 July 1946 |
| Lid fragment with relief decoration. First interpretation: plaque with relief decoration.
One small piece does not join.
On the surface of the plaque are curving ridges bounding plane bands, carrying, ... 28 May 1932 |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz. |
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. |
No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C.
Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D. |
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