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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. |
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
"Not much earlier than middle fill" Coins:
12 February 1937 #5-#7 ... Fourth quarter of 2nd c. B.C. |
| Apparently intact.
Solid hub. Mixed fill. Store in ziplock polyethylene bag and in area with 40% r.h. or lower.
Wear cotton or latex gloves when handling. Leica ... 8 June 1938 |
Corinth ... BMC 423--471.
[(BMC 441)]
Corinth.
Obv. Pegasus left.
Rev. Trident upward, in field right racetorch. Coin no. 10. Cistern at 75/ΟΑ. below Pegasos flying l. Trident upward; at r., race torch. 98, 188 ... late 5th--3rd century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Finished Found among marbles, from the southeast corner of the Market Square. Leica ... Winter 1956-1957 |
| Inscribed fragment of stele.
Mended from two fragments.
Top of stele; full width preserved, and rough picked back.
Archonship of Apollodoros.
Twenty lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble ... 319-318 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Fragment Ψ 63, only left side and back preserved. The stele was opisthographic, but the reverse is now so worn as to be illegible.
Eighteen lines of the inscription preserved.
Joins ... 428/7 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
Part of a pedimental top and a much battered head turned to right, preserved. High relief; inscription on mouldings.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic ... 26 October 1937 |
| The seal is attached to the wall of a plain flat bottomed bowl, P 14431 (X 988), rivetted through the clay just below the rim.
A seated figure (Dionysos ?) facing right; a high back to throne, and apparently ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Rectangular.
A slight depression in one side. Cistern, middle fill.
1st c. B.C. Leica, XVIII-95 ... 10 February 1937 |
| Square. Cistern, middle fill.
1st c. B.C. Leica ... 11 February 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed on rough surface, no original edge preserved. Back preserved (?).
Four lines of the inscription preserved and traces of fifth.
Hymettian marble. Found in the wall modern house ... 25 January 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face, original left edge and perhaps right preserved.
Surface and back worn.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon.
Pentelic marble. Found in marble pile, on ... 2 February 1937 |
| Inscribed fragments.
List of names, arranged by tribes: names from Aigeis, Pandionis, and Leontis.
Fragment X 39, inscribed face, left face and original back preserved.
Eleven lines of the inscription ... Mid. 3rd. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of base.
Bottom and left side preserved; a wreath on the left face.
Honorary base with list of names by tribe and deme; Ephebes of the tribe Demetrias.
Six lines of the inscription preserved ... 3rd. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Inscribed surface considerably eroded.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in the wall of the modern house 639/5, on the north ... 9 November 1936 |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
A small pedimental stele, complete.
One line of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in the wall of the modern house 639/10, on the north slope of Areopagus ... 2nd. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Fragment (Χ 10), right margin, part of pediment, and back are preserved.
Preamble from a honorary ephebic decree; archonship of Polyeuktos.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved, ... 243/2 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
Fragment from the upper part of a stele with grave relief.
Left side and back, rough picked, preserved.
Beneath the inscription is a pilster, and the corner of a recess; ... 2nd. century A.D. |
| Inscribed fragment of a stele.
Top smooth, and back rough picked, surfaces preserved.
Above the inscription is part of an olive wreath.
Three lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Finished ... 14 December 1936 |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
Small fragment broken at sides and back; bottom surface dressed smooth; top rough picked with a smoothed band along the front. On the face, parts of two antefixial ornaments ... 18 December 1936 |
| Inscribed fragment of grave stele.
Right side, top and bottom preserved.
Crudely worked.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in the wall of the modern house 639/10, on the north ... After middle of 4th. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of stele; res sacrae.
Back, rough picked and right margin, picked smooth, preserved.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in the wall of the modern house ... 7 January 1937 |
| From a flat roof tile.
Part of a swastika-like stamp preserved on the unglazed under surface. Black glaze on the upper surface.
Coarse red clay. Cistern, top fill. Leica, color slide ... 6-9 February 1937 |
a) Top fill selected; piece of water pipe [as late as early 3rd c. A.D. Herulian destruction ?]
b) Middle fill
c) Coarse selected Resorted 1997, by SIR. |
a) Fragments of lamps, unguentaria, gray ware, blister ware.
b) West Slope, Pergamene.
c) Black glazed plates, rims, bases.
d) Black glazed jugs etc..
e) Loom weights, terra-cottas. Fragments of two unguentaria ... |
a) White ground lagynoi (middle and bottom fill).
b) Megarian bowls (middle and bottom fill).
c) Fragments of coarse painted ware (middle fill).
d) Fragments of bronze, lead etc. (middle and bottom fill) ... |
Almost complete pots:
a) Amphora rather like Χ 139,except for tapering body, no rim, no foot.
b) Black glazed oinochoe, like Χ 135 (P 8944); no lip.
c) Black glazed pyxis, like Χ 975.
d) West Slope neck ... |
Transport amphora fragments. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Transport amphora fragments, one with collar rim. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Transport amphora fragments, including large piece of cylindrical like Χ 140. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Selected coarse wares: water-jars, lagynoi, bases. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Selected coarse wares: lekanai, storage, kraters. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Fragments of braziers and cooking pots; cooking ware. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
a) All glazed sherds, including lamps and unguentaria.
b) Coarse selected. Resorted 1997, by SIR.
AS-993 taken July 1997 by SIR. |
Stucco fragments and window tiles, from layer between top and middle fill. |
Selected tiles. [Except for two pieces of heavy Roman bricks, all look early like middle fill.] |
Selected tiles. [Except for two pieces of heavy Roman bricks, all look early like middle fill.] |
| Oval bowl with central rib. Shaft ending above in a drop.
Rather well preserved.
Decorative rings around the part where bowl and shaft meet.
Cf. Corinth XII, pp. 132-134, pl. 82. In front of late Roman ... 8 May 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken right, left, below and behind.
In top near left edge a cutting for a clamp. In the top, toward the present back and right edge, a vertical slot as though for a lewis.
The inscribed ... 28 July 1959 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Upper edge preserved at back, otherwise broken all around.
Traces of five lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble.
ADDENDA Joins with I 6783. Found in marble pile. Leica, ... 20 August 1970 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved; much worn.
Traces of at least seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found among marbles from the demolition of modern houses, at ... 20 February 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of moulding at bottom of inscribed face preserved; otherwise broken.
Three lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in modern wall, in the area of the north foot ... 9 March 1939 |
| Small fragment from shoulder.
Head of Athena to right; tongues. Landscaping operations in the excavations; exact provenience unknown. Leica ... January 1955 |
| Broken all around. Unidentified representation from reverse of Panathenaic amphora. Agora excavations. Leica ... 5 February 1962 |
| From the floor of a heavy plate. Head and shoulders of draped figure right. Very poor condition; added white practically disappeared from face and part of clothes. Agora area, context unknown. Leica ... (February 1957) |
| Wall fragment, with start of rim. Uncertain representation: parts of two male figures right; some larger object between them.
No relief contour. "Worthy sherds from unworthy places." (Box 236) Leica ... 1938 |
| Single fragment preserving handle, part of rim, neck and trace of body. Flaring body; convex neck; offset vertical rim; thickened lip, flat on top. Horizontal handle, round in section, attached at rim, ... February 1937 |
| Single fragment of floor, wall and rim, preserving complete profile of pan. Uneven disk base; flaring straight wall, offset (on the exterior) and curving at rim. Rough groove on exterior of rim and in ... February 1937 |
| Single fragment of one handle, rim and neck, with start of shoulder.
Flat shoulder; vertical, slightly concave, neck; thickened rim with interior offset; one vertical loop handle, round in section, projecting ... February 1937 |
| Orlo Bifido pan fragment; single rim fragment. Nearly vertical wall with trace of flat bottom preserved.
Grooved rim.
Hard, gritty fabric with sparking inclusions. Light red (10R 6/6) inside or in break, ... February 1937 |
| Broken all around.
A right hand holding a sistrum. At edge, beyond sistrum, part of raised border (or of unidentifiable object) preserved.
Pentelic marble. Marble pile in center of section. Leica, 79-6-25, ... 30 May 1946 |
| Full profile preserved, but only about one-quarter of rim. Restored in plaster. Broad flat rim offset from floor and thickened at edge; ring foot, grooved beneath. Band of poor rouletting on floor.
Metallic ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; missing pieces of rim and floor restored in plaster. High ring foot; flaring floor; low nearly vertical rim. Band of rouletting on floor.
Glaze fired irregularly red, black and ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; about half of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Low nearly vertical lip; ring foot. Shape similar to P 14402 (Χ 959), but much smaller.
Glaze dull black to brown.
ADDENDA P 14402: ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; much of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Rather deep plate on ring foot; thickened lip, offset inside.
Inferior glaze, mostly brown; exterior only partly glazed. Cistern, middle ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; much of sides missing. Restored in plaster. Thickened lip, slightly undercut at inner edge; ring foot.
Metallic red glaze, black on center of floor from stacking; outside unglazed ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; most of side missing. As P 14405 (Χ 962) in shape.
Poor black glaze, red on center of floor.
Fragments of many similar plates stored with pottery. Cistern, middle fill. Leica ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; about half of floor and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Downturned rim, grooved around inner edge; ring foot.
Poor black glaze. Cistern, middle fill. Leica PD 901-192 ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile preserved, about one-third of side missing. Restored in plaster. Downturned rim with groove near upper edge; small ring foot.
Glaze mostly red, much flaked.
Fragments of many similar plates ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| About one-quarter of side missing. Restored in plaster. Base ring; rounded wall with slightly projecting rim; vertical flange inside for lid.
Fair black glaze overall. Cistern, middle fill. Leica ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Non-joining pieces of floor and wall joined with plaster. Small deep bowl on ring foot, grooved beneath; rounding wall inturned to form narrow lip.
Fair black glaze. Cistern, middle fill. Leica, 91-18-18, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Base ring and lower part of spherical wall preserved.
Firm black glaze on outside, matte black on inside. Gray clay.
Fragments of base, broad shoulder with high narrow neck and single twisted handle ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| About half preserved; handle broken away. Flat bottom with a groove around its outer edge; deep plump body; low slightly flaring rim; attachments for vertical strap handle from rim to near middle of wall ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Both handles, much of side wall and lip missing; strengthened with plaster. Heavy ring foot; ovoid body; short straight neck with inset lip.
Black glaze inside and out, much flaked.
Rim fragment of another ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| One handle and about half of side and lip missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; broad body with angular shoulder; high neck; flaring lip with vertical face; rolled handles, from below lip to shoulder ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Several pieces of side and small bits of flange missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep convex lower body; projecting keel where lower body and high straight inward-tilting rim meet. Rays in thinned ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Much of edge missing. Restored in plaster. Plain shallow conical lid with downturned edge and central knob, concave on top. Deep grooves at edge of top surface. Irregular rays in thinned clay on top; cross ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| About one-third preserved, from base of central knob to edge. Shape similar to P 14419 (Χ 976), but larger. Three grooves at outer edge of top surface, one at inner edge.
Black glaze mostly gone from ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Half of handle, part of rim and about half of body missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; deep body, rounded below; upper wall almost straight; flat-topped projecting rim; band handle attached to top ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Fragment from top part with narrow neck rising from almost flat shoulder; high straight-sided bell mouth pinched into a beak, and strap handle attached to neck and shoulder.
Slightly gritty thin reddish-buff ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Much of the upper part, except for chip of mouth, preserved; restored in plaster. Spherical body from which rises a high straight-sided flaring mouth. Breaks on inside show that originally there was a ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Fragments a) and c) preserve part of curved shoulder, suggesting a spherical body; fragment b) preserves part of narrow slightly concave neck.
Soft buff clay like that of the white ground lagynoi. Except ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| a) Bit of shoulder and concave rim with out-turned lip. Base of handle attachment on outside of rim suggests a horizontal strap handle.
Thin hard buff to brown clay. Black to gray wash on inside, splashes ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Made up from many pieces; restored in plaster. Low ring foot; broad angular shoulder; flaring rounded lip; grooved, slightly twisted handle. Broad bands of red around foot and shoulder, and on lip.
Buff ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Mended from many pieces; part of shoulder, including most of angular edge, missing. Restored in plaster. Shape and decoration as P 14426 (Χ 983), except that ring foot has almost flattened out and that ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Mended from many pieces. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom, projecting, and with a small slightly upturned flange at its top; straight sides; inset lip to receive lid.
Buff to pinkish-buff clay. White ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Few missing pieces restored in plaster, including much of flange of both pyxis and lid.
a) Ring foot; straight sides with broad keel at bottom, inset lip and top.
b) High convex lid with large pomegranate ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Flat slightly projecting bottom, roughly finished, and lower part of straight sides preserved. Shallow wheel ridges around side.
Buff clay. Splash of brown wash on outside. Cistern, middle fill. Leica, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Missing pieces restored in plaster. Flat bottom; almost straight flaring wall; slightly out-turned rim.
Slightly gritty, buff to pinkish-buff clay.
Fragments of several similar plates in B 149b. Cistern, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Full profile with slightly less than half of side preserved. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; hemispherical sides with plain rim.
Gray-buff clay. Traces of dull black paint on inside and out.
Pieces of ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Part of wall and a little of rim missing. Restored in plaster. Small flat bottom; plump ovoid body; flat-topped projecting rim.
Orange-buff clay. Traces of light slip. Small hole pierced through side ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| About half of rim and fragments of wall missing. Restored in plaster. Small flat-bottomed knob as base; deep ovoid body; short concave neck; flat-topped rim.
Buff clay. Traces of black glaze on inside ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| More than two-thirds of rim and side, including handle, or handles, missing. Restored in plaster [without handles]. Ring foot; ovoid body; wide straight neck; narrow out-turned lip; bit of handle attachment ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Most of bottom and much of wall missing. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom curving up into sides; deep body; wide mouth with slightly flaring rim; vertical handle, from rim to middle of wall.
Buff clay ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| All of bottom, part of rim and of one handle, and few scattered pieces, missing. Tall neck with rolled rim; handles from below rim to middle of shoulder; ovoid body; lowest preserved pieces show slight ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Fragment probably from shoulder of cylindrical amphora; cf. SS 6815 (Χ 140), which, however, has only a single handle. Part of twisted vertical loop handle with second thinner loop, not twisted, above ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| The handle preserved, with part of rim and shoulder. Straight rim with slightly thickened edge; two shallow grooves on handle.
Reddish-buff clay. Light slip. Cistern, middle fill, lowest container. Leica, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| No part of bottom preserved; pieces from sides and lip also missing. Restored in plaster. Both sides, shallow convex; short narrow neck with high flaring lip; two grooved handles. Ridge at base of lip ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Missing pieces of rim and wall restored in plaster. Ring foot; slightly pear-shaped body; short, straight neck set in slightly from body; small flaring lip; arched grooved handles, upper attachment at ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Missing pieces of rim, wall and foot restored in plaster. Ring foot; ovoid body; short neck; wide mouth; flat-topped projecting lip; short band handles. Ridge on neck at line of upper handle attachments ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Missing pieces of rim, walls and foot restored in plaster. High flaring ring foot; elongated ovoid body; straight neck with shallow wheel grooves; flaring flat-topped lip; triple-grooved strap handle, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Fragments from lip, handle and side missing. Restored in plaster. Low ring foot; steep body with angular shoulder; tall straight neck; rounded downturned lip; grooved strap handle. Line scratched around ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Missing pieces, including most of handle and much of shoulder and wall, restored in plaster. Shape and fabric similar to P 14449 (Χ 1006), except that the neck is much shorter and the lip flaring. Handle ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Few missing pieces, including parts of rim and wall, restored in plaster. Ring foot; broad egg-shaped body; low almost straight neck-mouth, flat on top, slightly projecting; twisted loop handles on shoulder, ... 9-12 February 1937 |
| Few missing pieces restored in plaster. Flat bottom; sides almost vertical, except for slight bulge just below center; narrow downturned rim; no handles. Half of inside striated.
Reddish-buff clay. Light ... 9-12 February 1937 |
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