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| Cistern with dumped filling, second quarter of 4th c. B.C. Also Lot Φ 187bis (selected coarse).
No coins ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
| Date of filling early third c. B.C.
Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins:
12 August ... 310-220 B.C. |
Well on lower slopes of Areopagus.
Diameter ca. 1.50m. Dumped filling of 8th c. at the top. Fill mostly Geometric but containing bits of later (even Roman) pottery. Perhaps cleaned out and refilled with ... 730-700 B.C. |
Rectangular pit at 54/ΛΓ.
The pit's plan is irregular; its measurements approximately 2.00x1.10x1.15m. The wall foundations run a little over a meter deep at 53/ΛΓ-ΛΕ, consist of irregularly shaped and ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. |
Crescent-shaped cutting in bedrock at 47/ΙΓ; on the north slope of the Areopagus, slightly to the west of the dromos of the Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Dimensions of cutting : max. diameter ca. 2.50m.; depth ... Ca. 500-450 B.C.
400-350 B.C. |
Olive Tree Well at 92/ΙΘ.
Cleanly cut, with footholds at northeast and southwest sides ... 7th c. B.C. to first quarter of 6th c. B.C. |
Pit in ancient road, ca. 73/ΜΣΤ The filling of this pit contained quantities of coarse pottery, principally fragmentary amphoras, but including also some glazed and semi-glazed pieces and fragments of ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
Deposit at 42/ΙΕ beside rubble wall under modern cellar wall ... 5th c. B.C. |
| Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1.
Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora well-deposits both for the high quality and the good conditions of pottery of all sorts.
It represents the stock of a ... Ca. 520-490 B.C. |
| Well below Stoa Terrace Fountain.
Heavy dumped filling, including a great variety of figured and plain wares.
Never completed in antiquity because of hard bedrock. Estimated Grid ... 575-550 B.C. |
| Disturbed pyre containing only a pyxis and a chytridion.
No notebook account of excavation exists. The pyre may have been located at the edge of an ancient road. There is no record of bone or burning ... 350-325 B.C. (?) |
Well in Stoa Shop 6 (5th century).
No evidence for period of use. Considerable dumped filling of fragmentary black and plain vases; no figured fragments are preserved, but the small amount of impressed ... 450-425 B.C. |
Well in Stoa Shop 2. Diameter at top 1.20m. P 2527, P 25280 and P 25281 found at the bottom indicated a short period of use. The dumped filling above consisted in large part of clay of different colors, ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. |
| Well in Stoa Shop 3. Diameter at top 1.20m. The mouth o the well was overlaid by a large conglomerate block placed by the Stoa builders to seal it. Masses of pottery including many water-jars filled the ... Ca 520-480 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. |
Well at 21/Ε (beneath Library of Pantainos).
The clearing of the well was abandoned because of a cave-in of the rock walls. Heavy dumped filling, the proportion of fine black table ware high ... Ca. 440-425 B.C. |
Deposit of fine table ware and lekythoi, both black-figured and red; the plain wares closely resemble those from the well H 6:5 ... 470-450 B.C. |
Pit in deep depression in bedrock. Also includes containers from early fill under late Roman floors down to bedrock at 81-83/ΚΗ-ΛΒ. Notebook cites early fill, ca. 6th. c., with some obviously late disturbance ... 7th c. to ca. 575 B.C. |
North and South Rectangular Stereo-cut Rubbish Pits. These two adjacent rock-cut pits, of uncertain original purpose, were filled with deposits of rubbish evidently contemporary and probably dumped simultaneously, ... Second half of 5th c. B.C. |
Well just outside the southwest corner of the market square ... Late 7th-early 6th c. B.C. |
| Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE).
Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C. |
| Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC.
The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
| Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic.
Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Scanty debris filling in a pit. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to ... 325-300 B.C. |
A well on Kolonos Agoraios. The upper dumped filling, a heavy deposit of pottery, was separated from the lower filling of similar character by several meters of plain mud. No use filling. Coins:
8 April ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with disturbance of 250-225 B.C. |
Pocket of pottery to south of grave at 36/ΛΔ; uncertain context. Terracotta figurines resembling those from the Coroplast's Dump (S 19:3) No containers (cf. O 18:2).
T 2468, T 2476, ST 412 from Hellenistic ... 350-320 B.C. |
Rectangular pit (in Trench IX); dumped filling of late 5th. c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as Early Roman. P 18559 and P 18510 from above this pit ... 5th c. B.C. |
See cistern system wells F 11:2 and F 12:3, part of Tholos water system. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 350-294 B.C. |
Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.
This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates |
Dimensions 2.86x1.50x0.70m in depth; stratified fill in rockcut pit (three rockcut steps leading down at one end) which apparently served as a rubbish dump (pottery fragments with carbon and ash). Coins: ... Ca. 410-250 B.C. |
| Three joining fragments preserve full profile. Restored in plaster. Low base; underside slightly concave with raised circle at center; gently inturned walls with no differentiated lip.
Outside: three ... 12 April 1955 |
| Small lekanis: intact. Low ring foot; rim flanged at inner edge to receive lid. Brown glaze inside and out save for reserved bottom.
Lid: two joining fragments, one segment of rim missing. Flat-topped ... 2 May 1955 |
Chips missing from base and rim. Heavy, profiled base ring; flaring walls.
Glossy black glaze inside and outside except rim and resting surface.
Letter(?) Λ(?) incised on underside before firing. Clearing ... 4 June 1955 |
Piece missing from upper wall. Slightly concave wall. No flange.
Pink clay. Good but thin glaze, worn in places. Glazed inside and out; rim and underside reserved. Footing trench of Aqueduct south of ... 8 June 1955 |
Rim fragment. Shallow basin with heavy moulded rim.
A band of ovolos impressed on top of rim.
Slightly pinkish-buff clay, light yellow on surface. Stoa Shop VI, from underpinning-pits along west side, ... 28 May 1955 |
Mended from two pieces; type 2. Shoulder fragment with wishbone handle and two mastoid projections near the roots of the handle. Broad, carefully molded ribbing.
Thick glaze inside. Pink clay burned ... February 1955 |
Intact, except six small holes on walls and chips, especially from foot. Ring foot flaring a little; globular body; flat projecting rim with somewhat raised outer edge; handles round in section with a ... 9 March 1955 |
| Intact, except chips from foot. Shape very much as P 24665, no groove at rim.
Same fabric as P 24665; discoloration.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1601. Αμφοροειδές, ευρύστομο αγγείο. Σχεδόν ακέραιο. Well in Stoa ... 9 March 1955 |
| Intact, except piece missing from mouth. Ring foot; trefoil mouth; handle attached on rim, thumb depression at lower handle attachment.
Light red micaceous clay with grits; discoloration.
Cf. Agora XII, ... 10 March 1955 |
Intact, except small hole near one handle and chips from foot. Shape as P 24665 except that rim is flat and ungrooved.
Same fabric as P 24665; discoloration.
On neck two incised letters: lambda and upsilon ... 10 March 1955 |
Intact, except for cracks. Flat bottom; slightly thickened rim; band handle from rim to shoulder.
Rim, both inside and outside, and outside of handle glazed; a glazed band runs around the vase at the ... 13 March 1955 |
Many fragments from walls and chips from mouth and foot missing. Spreading flattish foot; roundish thick lip; flattish handles.
Red line inside lip, a pair around vase at level of lower handle attachment, ... 13 March 1955 |
"Fikellura" Amphora. Mended from several pieces. Foot and most of lower half preserved. Ring foot slightly flaring.
Wide zone of scrolls with palmettes; below, narrow band of blobs, then a zone of crescents ... 13 March 1955 |
Globular lekythos. Walls fragmentary; a little of handle and of base missing, but profile complete. Restored in plaster.
Clay heavily grayed, as if from burning. Glaze rather dull. Red band on ring at ... 1954 |
Single fragment, mended from several, preserves part of rim and wall, with handle, of a sizable mug. Walls seem to spread slightly; lip thickened on outside; band handle from lip.
Good black glaze inside ... May-June 1954 |
Single fragment preserving part of wall and rim, with one handle. Apparently a broad and rather shallow mug; rounded walls drawn in to plain rim; band handle from rim, the attachments close together.
... May-June 1954 |
| From a large open vase: the glaze on the interior once glossy, has almost all disappeared. Black glaze also on outer wall and on outer face of foot, worn. The foot is a broad torus, made of a single sheet ... 1955 |
| Intact. Broad trefoil mouth; strap handle.
Thin brown-black glaze, much flaked. Well in Stoa Shop II, in silt. 4401 Leica, LXXVIII-80 ... 3 April 1955 |
Chips missing from lip. Plump body; sharply profiled ridge around neck; strap handle.
Thin black-brown glaze, much flaked, with traces of two narrow purple bands around middle. Well in Stoa Shop II, in ... 3 April 1955 |
| Fragment of floor and rim. Rilled rim.
Rich black glaze.
Carefully turned. Area of Stoa Piers 21 and 22, Stoa construction fill. 3684 Leica PD 1190-3i ... 7 May 1954 |
Large fragment mended from several pieces, giving almost full profile except very center and foot. Restored in plaster. Place of one handle shown. Offset rim.
Outside: rim and top of bowl and band about ... 30 March 1955 |
Narrow flat rim, flaring foot.
Red glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1787. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Leica, 81-121 ... May-June 1954 |
| Heavy rolled rim.
Black glaze.
Restored in plaster. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica, 81-129 PD 1173-16b, PD 2630-100 ... May-June 1954 |
| Handles attached to rim.
Glaze brown to black. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica, 81-132, 81-631 PD 1173-13 ... May-June 1954 |
Hemispherical bowl on high thin ring foot. Rolled rim.
Micaceous pinkish-buff clay; glazed red inside; outside banded(?). Much worn.
Restored in plaster. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Leica ... May-June 1954 |
| Open bowl on straight ring foot; plain rim, drawn out at one side to form an open spout; horizontal handles.
Cooking fabric. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica PD 1173-33 ... May-June 1954 |
| Collared rim.
Pale buff gritty clay; smooth buff slip, much worn inside and out.
ADDENDA Agora XII, no. 1899: Corinthian mortar. Finished Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica, 81-146 ... May-June 1954 |
Low ring foot. Plain rim.
Greenish-buff clay; surface worn.
ADDENDA Corinthian. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica ... May-June 1954 |
Round-mouthed, semi-glazed.
Glazed red, dilute wash on body much worn.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 150. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Leica PD 2630-66 ... May-June 1954 |
Round-mouthed, semi-glazed. Restored in plaster.
Glaze black; firm brown dilute wash on body.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 150. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Leica ... May-June 1954 |
Round-mouthed, semi-glazed. Most of mouth missing but handle attachment with handle preserved. Restored in plaster.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 150. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Leica ... May-June 1954 |
Round-mouthed, semi-glazed. Handle restored. Neck rather low.
Dull black glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 150. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Leica ... May-June 1954 |
Globular jug with flattened bottom and flat shoulder. Narrow neck, small trefoil mouth; broad band handle from rim.
Pale buff clay, unglazed.
Argive monochrome. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca ... May-June 1954 |
| Small fragments missing throughout. Restored in plaster. Plump body, ring foot; mouth rather irregularly shaped.
Micaceous ware. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica, IX-54 ... May-June 1954 |
| Flaring rim, flanged for lid. On shoulder wide carefully made open spout, with a small pointed projection to either side. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica, 81-169, 81-624 PD 1173-32 ... May-June 1954 |
Round-bodied pot with rather more neck than P 25773 (ΣΑ 3211) and broader band handle. No traces of blackening.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1934. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Leica, 81-162, IX-54 ... May-June 1954 |
Plain lid rising to a pointed knob.
Fabric rather heavy. Micaceous ware. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica ... May-June 1954 |
| Considerable missing from walls. Restored in plaster. High domed object of heavy micaceous ware. Interior blackened from use.
Micaceous ware. Well beneath Stoa gutter. Context ca. 520-490 B.C. Leica PD ... May-June 1954 |
| Shallow-domed lid with inset flange; substantial knob of lekanis type. Top divided into zones by three narrow, finely moulded reserved rings.
Excellent glaze outside; less good inside. Cf. D 6:5 Theseion ... 3 April 1936 |
Small bowl, left rough beneath. One vertical handle, two horizontal handles.
Orange-buff clay; unglazed. Under stones fallen from a wall. 461 Leica, 82-516 ... 13 May 1940 |
| Three joining fragments preserve much of floor, with boss; nothing of rim. Scraped groove around depression for boss beneath; otherwise good glaze over all. The following three objects (P 25869-P 25871) ... 2 August 1947 |
Part of side missing. Small open flat-bottomed bowl; plain rim. Black glaze, mottled with red, overall, except for reserved bands: one just above bottom, one further up wall, and two concentric on bottom ... 2 August 1947 |
| Three joining fragments make up section of wall and bit of low ring foot; wall slightly concave. Sharp horizontal ribbing.
Resting surface reserved. Glaze fired dark gray to red. Rectangular pit. 1210 ... 25 April 1957 |
Fragment from rim and wall. Very broad petal ribbing on the wall.
Excellent blue-black glaze. Rectangular pit. 1210 Leica ... 25 April 1957 |
Two fragments from neck, at either side with upper attachments of handles. Both pieces preserve a little of the rim, flat on top and slightly projecting. Handles were oval in section.
Coarse gray clay ... 13 May 1957 |
| Intact except for chips. Rolled out-turned rim, projecting on the outside. Rouletting on floor, enclosing four irregularly placed palmettes. High ring base. Glaze somewhat worn all over except for reserved ... 22 May 1957 |
| Goblet shape skyphos. Mended from several fragments. Small sections from lip and part of one handle missing. Neatly out-turned lip. Ring base. Square-ended handles.
Base with graffito:
Dull black glaze, ... 330 B.C. |
Small molded lid. Two fragments, one with the knob. Plain rim, without flange or overhang; substantial lekanis-type knob. On the top, three concentric moulded rings, and a flat edge. The grooves between ... 1934 |
Cup from multiple kernos. Sizable cup with edge of flat rim of bowl preserved.
Good glaze on rim; glaze on cup black to gray and much peeled.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 1364. Cf. deposit H 17:3. Pocket in well; ... 12 May 1932 |
The vase was complete as it stood in the ground; its upper part was broken by the pick, small fragments now missing. Flat bottom; round mouth; high swung handle.
Glaze mottled, brownish-red and peeled ... 27 July 1957 |
Mended from many fragments. Handle, fragments of body and mouth missing. Trefoil mouth. West Slope garland on neck. Vertical ribbing on body.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 131.
ADDENDA Unjoined fragments in envelope, ... August 1957 |
Seven joining fragments give complete profile and part of one handle. Plain straight-sided ring foot; projecting rim, nearly flat on top.
Handle zone reserved and decorated with ivy garland in black ... August 1957 |
| Mended from many fragments; handles and body fragments missing. Squat kantharos on molded conical foot, with molded rim; doubled over lip. Scraped groove above foot; resting surface reserved and disk and ... August 1957 |
Many fragments make up most of rim, floor and base; much of wall and handles missing; no direct join between upper and lower parts. Squat kantharos on molded foot, with molded rim; doubled over lip. Scraped ... August 1957 |
| Seven joining fragments preserve nearly half the rim and part of foot and floor. Ring base, grooved on resting surface; floor flat and plain as far as preserved; broad out-turned rim, concave underneath; ... August 1957 |
| Much of floor and hood preserved, with the partition across floor at back; full length lacking, made up in plaster.
Very heavy fabric; handmade. Well below Stoa Terrace Fountain. Context ca. 575-540 ... June 1955 |
| Fragments of body and piece of mouth missing; restored. Rolled rim and rising handles; spreading foot. Body reserved with thin glaze wash. Black glaze for mouth and inside neck, handles, foot, and a pair ... April 1955 |
A few fragments of rim missing; restored. Offset rim. Short, thick stem with raised ring (red) at bottom. Outer edge and resting surface of foot reserved; also bottom of bowl within stem (decorated with ... April 1955 |
Fragments of rim and body missing; restored. Shape similar to P 25275 but stem considerably thinner. No dot and circle on bottom within stem.
On underside of foot, a graffito:
Cf. Agora XII, no. 404 ... April 1955 |
Fragments of body missing; restored. Round-bodied oinochoe on ring foot; short neck, lightly trefoiled mouth; rolled handle, rim to shoulder. Blackened in a few places as if from burning.
Brown micaceous ... April 1955 |
High out-turned rim, ridge at junction with body. Squat body; lightly moulded ridge near foot. Double handle. Scraped grooves: one on wall below moulded ridge; another at join of body and foot, a third ... (1955) |
| Two fragments preserve a little of rim and wall with trace of one handle attachment. Rim slightly flaring, offset from wall outside. Rim fragment, glazed above outside and entirely within: upper wall fragment ... 26-29 June 1935 |
Part of standing surface and leg of a fenestrated stand, torus moulding at bottom, straight surface, another moulding, upper part set back. Tongues on lower zone, guilloche on upper, smaller tongues on ... (1955) |
Wall fragment from a large skyphos of Corinthian type. Wide cross-hatched band and a thin reserved one on lower wall but at some distance from the foot.
Rather thin glaze, unevenly fired on outside ... (1955) |
Section giving almost whole profile except top of knob. Deep downturned rim with thickened lower edge. Top flat except for moulded bands, inner concave, outer convex, around edge. Base of knob spreads ... (1955) |
| Chian(?) hydria fragments:
a) Vertical handle attachment.
b) Horizontal handle and attachment.
c) From near foot.
Traces of white slip and dull brown banded decoration. Ruddy micaceous clay. Other fragments ... February-April 1932 |
Part of floor and lower walls, with begining of foot. Moulding at lower part of walls. Scraped groove above the moulding at lower part of walls. On floor, stamped palmettes within a circular border of ... 10 May 1939 |
Wall fragment. Raised band with four vertical incisions to make panels. In panels, stamped circles, incised diagonals.
Heavy micaceous clay. Tholos trench G, layer IV, bedrock to east. Context 7th.-6th ... 7 June 1937 |
Mended from two fragments. Part of edge of one long side preserved. Wide glazed band along long side. On top, large, oval scales, incised.
Clay pinkish-buff. Well, lower fill. Context ca. 430-400 B.C ... 1933 |
| a) Single fragment preserves rim, with a part of neck and shoulder and upper attachment of one handle. Projecting collared rim, the upper and lower edges rounded. Short neck forming continuous curve with ... 1933 |
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