[Agora Publication] Late Geometric Well Groups from the Athenian Agora

Brann, Eva ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 30.2 2 93-146 10.2307_147205 ... 1961 ... 30.2 ... 2

[Agora Object] H 296: Skyphos

Dull red glaze. Like Brann O 19 ... LG IIA ... H. 0.075; Diam. (rim) 0.111

[Agora Object] H 289: Skyphos

Base and lower body all restored. Shiny brown glaze, peeled. Cf. Brann L 26 (LG IIA); Brann 131 (LG IIB) ... LG II ... H. 0.061; Diam. (rim) 0.106

[Agora Object] H 291: Skyphos

All of one side missing. Plain bottom. Shiny black glaze. For other bird skyphoi, cf. E. Brann, Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 405, no. 4. Brann would attribute all such skyphoi to one shop ... LG I ... H. 0.078

[Agora Object] H 397: Kotyle, Protocorinthianizing

Red glaze. Cf. Brann 159; Kerameikos V, 1, pl. 132, neg. no. 5541 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Study Collections-Case No. 103-2/5

[Agora Object] H 284: Skyphos

Nothing of base. Black glaze. Like Brann I 35 ... MG II ... H. 0.067; Diam. (rim) 0.123

[Agora Object] H 354: Oinochoe

Low ring foot; rolled handle. Black glaze. Cf. Brann 49 ... Transition to LG II ... H 354 ... H 354

[Agora Object] H 430: Kantharos

Flat bottom. Ladder pattern and blob stars on handles. Dull black glaze, brownish where thin. Cf. Brann 169 ... MG II ... H. 0.064; Diam. (rim) 0.09

[Agora Object] H 307: Two-Handled Cup

Unpainted two handled cups are discussed under Brann. Ours is closer to Agora examples which were found in Middle Geometric contexts ... MG II ... H. 0.073; Diam. 0.094

[Agora Object] H 317: Phaleron Cup

Slightly convex side wall. Shiny black to reddish brown glaze. Cf. Brann 190 ... LG IIB ... Slightly convex side wall. Shiny black to reddish brown glaze. Cf. Brann 190.

[Agora Object] H 342: Jug Aryballos, Subgeometric

Flat bottom and round mouth. Irregular latticing on shoulder, probably first of triangles, then spaces between. Dull red glaze. Cf. Brann 65 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... H 342 ... H 342

[Agora Object] H 120: Small Oinochoe, Subgeometric

Handle and most of trefoil mouth restored. Disk foot, sharply offset from body. Streaky brown glaze, much worn and peeled. Cf. Brann 58 ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Study Collections-Case No. 103-2/5

[Agora Object] H 313: One-Handled Cup

Flat bottom. Glazed inside except for a reserved band at rim. Dull red to brown glaze outside, thick brown glaze inside. Like Brann 177 ... Transition to LG ... H 313 ... H 313

[Agora Object] H 300: Skyphos

Reserved dot at center of floor inside, band at rim. Black glaze. Cf. Brann I 32; also J.N. Coldstream, Arch. Anz. 78, 1963, col. 203 ... MG II ... H 300 ... H 300

[Agora Object] H 2: Shallow Plate with Graffito

NM 16114 The inscription is complete, written left to right. ΑΒΓ Votive dump. ΑΒΓ ... 7th c. B.C ... H 2 ... H 2

[Agora Object] H 456: Oinochoe, Corinthianizing

Flat bottom, Ladder pattern on handle. Black glaze. For imitation of the Corinthian Light-on-Dark technique in which white paint was used cf. Brann N 8 ... LG II ... H 456 ... H 456

[Agora Object] H 396: Squat Oinochoe

Nothing of mouth or handle. Low ring foot; conical body. Shiny black glaze, brown where thin. For other Late Geometric oinochoai with conical bodies, cf. Brann F 13 ... LG II ... H 396 ... H 396

[Agora Object] H 288: Skyphos, Subgeometric

Entirely glazed inside and out except for the reserved handle zone outside. Streaky black glaze. Cf. Brann 139 ... 700-650 B.C ... H 288 ... H 288

[Agora Object] H 9: Squat Oinochoe

NM 16179 Low disk foot. Ladder pattern on handle. Dull black glaze, fired red in places. Cf. Brann 76 ... LG I ... H 9 ... H 9

[Agora Object] H 349: Oinochoe, Corinthianizing

Flat bottom; rising band handle decorated on its outer face with an elongated St. Andrew's cross. Black glaze, fired red in places. For system of complete banding which is Corinthian, cf. Brann 55 ... LG II ... Study Collections-Case No. 105-3/2

[Agora Object] H 80: Lid of a Pyxis

NM 16094 Very slightly convex lid, almost flat; plain rim, slightly thickened below; large inverted conical handle. Black glaze. Cf. Brann I 59 ... MG II-LG I ... Brann I 59.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:2

(see H 5-6) Asterisk: H 6:2* ... Asterisk: H 6:2* ... (see H 5-6)

[Agora Deposit] H 4:2: Well under Roman Propylon.

A tile-lined well at H/16-4/14,15 under the Roman Propylon. The tiles had been cut down; highest completely preserved tile at 50.696 m. Only three rings of tiling were preserved , the uppermost almost ... Ca. 350 B.C ... H 4:2 ... H 4:2

[Agora Deposit] H 7:2: Late Well to West of Temple of Apollo

The filling from top to bottom uniform, yielding small bits of ancient worked marbles and pottery of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. mixed with undecorated coarse ware, probably of Byzantine times ... 5th c. A.D.-Byz ... H/3,4-7/1,2

[Agora Deposit] H 16:2: Cistern Chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ)

Cistern chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ). Part of the H-I 16-17 system. Cf. S.E. Tunnel (container 147) and west and north passages (container 156). Upper fill: (packing for LR mosaic floor) Lower fill: Hellenistic ... Hellenistic-Late Roman ... H 16:2 ... H 16:2

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:2: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G). Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave). Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 552-554, figs. 10-11 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 14, pp. 118-123, 534, figs. 2.65-2.69.

[Agora Deposit] H 11:2: Well in Tholos Trench Q

A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) ... H/15,16-11/10,11

[Agora Deposit] H 10:2: Pit in NE Corner of Metroon Pit Η

A pit, perhaps a well, extending beneath the foundations of [Building D, the Primitive Bouleuterion] the Hellenistic Metroon. Not completely dug due to its position. A dumped filling so far as dug, apparently ... Ca. 575-525 B.C ... H/6,7-10/16,17

[Agora Deposit] H 12:2: Pit

At the top was roughly square, but below was rounded. The walls were built of small stones laid without much effort where large ancient blocks ( some belonging to Great Drain) formed the sides. At the ... Turkish ... H 12:2 ... H 12:2

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[Agora Deposit] H 13:2: Pyre

Sacrificial Pyre = Pit in floor (identified as pyre by SIR); with the characteristic small plates and saucers. "Saucer Grave" at 12/ΚΑ. Dimensions: 2m (length)x 0.70 (width). North of north wall of building ... First half 4th c. B.C ... H 13:2 ... H 13:2

[Agora Deposit] H 15:2: Well

Well (Hole) at 19/Ι(ΙΑ). Collapsed well creating a hole above; mixed fill in hole, early Byzantine in well proper. Coins: 26 April 1934 #12 27 April 1934 #28 28 April 1934 #38 1 May 1934 #3 ... Early Byz ... H 15:2 ... H 15:2

[Agora Deposit] H 14:2: Drain North of Southwest Fountain House

Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. Coins: 10 August 1961 #5 ... 325-275 B.C ... H 14:2 ... H 14:2

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[Agora Deposit] H 8:2: Drain Pit

Pit and drain at SE corner of Apollo Temple. Antedates building of Apollo Temple which was assigned to a date 'late in the third quarter' ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... H 8:2 ... H 8:2

[Agora Object] H 286: Skyphos

Base completely restored. Dull black glaze. Young XX 1-3 and Brann 261 are similarly decorated but deeper and less rounded so probably later than ours ... MG II ... H 286 ... H 286

[Agora Object] H 433: Kotyle, Protocorinthianizing

Black glaze fired red in places. A close parallel to Brann 153, the earliest Corinthiasizing kotyle found in the Agora; for its profile, see Hesperia 29, 1960, p. 408, fig. 4 ... LG IIA ... H. 0.051; Diam. (rim) 0.086

[Agora Object] H 419: Plate, Subgeometric

Disk foot; slightly convex side wall; plain rim, thickened inward and flat at top. Stroke series on top of rim; all glazed inside. Dull glaze, black to brown. Cf. Brann F 29 ... 650-625 B.C ... H. 004; Diam. (rim) 0.17

[Agora Object] H 440: Subgeometric Skyphos

Entirely glazed inside and out except for a reserved band on either side of rim; the band inside decorated with a stroke series. Dull glaze, black to dark brown and somewhat peeled. Cf. Brann 137 ... Late 8th c. B.C ... H. 0.071; Diam. (rim) 0.11

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6.2: b) Post-Persian Pre-Stoa

Filling accumulated between the time of the Persian sack and the building of the Stoa. Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 14-18 and H 6:5 ... pp. 14-18 and H 6:5.

[Agora Object] H 82: Large Skyphos

NM 16057 High disk foot. Inside all glazed except for a reserved band at rim filled with a series of short vertical strokes. Black glaze, brown where thin. See Brann I 27 for other oversized skyphoi ... LG I ... H. 0.141; Diam. (rim) 0.193

[Agora Deposit] H 12:15.2: Lower dumped fill

Estimated Grid ... H/14,15-12/10,11