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| Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C. |
Ostrakon deposit, sand fill in a shallow channel in bedrock at the bottom of the Great Drain in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of Nymphs.
This group of ostraka may well come from a single ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. |
Fragment of black glazed kylix with concave rim.
Inscribed outside: Ostrakon fill, middle layer (sand) under wall B. 8332 Leica ... October 1949 |
Fragment from shoulder of large jar(?); a glaze band marking the junction of shoulder and neck, outside.
Inscribed inside: Red gravel fill of ostrakon deposit under wall B. 8330 Leica ... 20 October 1949 |
Fragment from one side of a flat rain tile, slightly thickened at the edge.
Inside on top, along edge:
Coarse pink to buff clay; dull reddish wash on top surface. Green sand fill in bottom of drain ... 9-10 June 1939 |
Wall fragment probably from a semi-glazed krater; traces of black glaze inside, band of thin brownish glaze outside.
Incised outside, diagonally to the pot: Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 ... 9-10 June 1939 |
From a coarse amphora, Thasian? Thick fabric of highly micacerous red clay with gray core.
Incised on one side, lengthwise to the pot:
Coarse pink to buff clay; dull reddish wash on top surface. Green ... 9-10 June 1939 |
Three joining fragments from the lower wall of a semi-glazed krater; black glazed inside, outside unglazed.
Incised outside: Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica ... 9-10 June 1939 |
From a coarse pot.
Incised outside, lengthwise to the pot:
Pinkish-brown clay with fine mica, grits and gray core. Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica ... 9-10 June 1939 |
Fragment of coarse amphora with streaky glaze wash inside and out. Mended from two pieces.
Incised outside, vertically to the pot wall: Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica ... 9-10 June 1939 |
From the shoulder of a coarse pot, unglazed.
Incised inside (broken at left):
Pink clay with light buff exterior surface. Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica ... 9-10 June 1939 |
From an open pot, glazed thin black inside only.
Incised outside, vertically to the pot; broken at right: Green sand fill in bottom of drain. 1776 Leica ... 9-10 June 1939 |
From a coarse heavy pot, pithos?
Incised inside:
Red clay with grits; brown surface. Green sand at bottom of drain. 2352 Leica ... 12 June 1939 |
| Fragment of pithos, preserving part of neck and of out-turned flat-topped rim.
Incised outside, below rim, upside-down to pot:
Thick fabric, coarse micaceous brownish clay; unglazed. Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας ... 22 June 1939 |
| Lang, L ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The scraps of pottery on which were written the names of candidates for ostracism are one of the most intriguing pieces of evidence for ancient democracy found in the Athenian Agora. This book is a complete ... 1990 |
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