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| Cistern D (79/ΜΗ-84/NΣT) in section X ... John Travlos ... Roman Group F. XIII-8 XIII-8 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1937 |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of cistern. Includes finds from NW channel leading out of 84/ΝΣΤ (containers 50-51). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from ... 125-86 B.C. |
Baskets 54-56 (containers 48-49). Construction of cistern ... Early 3rd c. B.C. |
| Plan and section of Cistern System D at 84/ΝΣΤ (Deposit N 19:1) and 79/ΜΗ (Deposit N 18:1) ... John Travlos ... PD 138 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Oct 1937 |
| 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 |
| Intact.
Mushroom shaped.
The domed knob depressed at the center, the long stopper tapering towards the bottom.
Thick pale green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Leica PD 2023-7 ... February-April 1937 |
| Wall fragment from a steep-walled cup or beaker.
Horizontal thin ridges at intervals of 0.01m.; decoration in white along and between three of the ribs at one side.
Thin yellow glass.
Cf. P 7643. Cistern ... 6 February 1937 |
| Two non-joining fragments (a, b) preserving rim and wall of an open bowl.
On interior of both fragments two horizontal grooves at intervals of 0.015m.
Molded glass, nearly colorless. Agora sample no. 304 ... 4 February 1937 |
| Three small fragments, one from rim, one from shoulder and one from lower wall.
Molded light greenish glass. Agora sample no. 308. Cistern. Leica PD 1103-1, PD 1103-2, PD 2023-21 ... 1937 |
Ptolemy II, Ptolemaic Kings ... Πτολεμαίων, pl. XIII:18--24.
Obv. Head of Zeus right laureate.
Rev. [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]
[Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΕ] Eagle to left on thunderbolt, wings open. Coin no. 2. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ, dirt pile. Head of Zeus r., ... Ptolemy II, 285--246 B.C. |
Athens, New Style. Class XIb. Coin no. 1. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ. 77, 848 ... 229-30 B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 106.23--26.
[(N 19:1)] Coin no. 2. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ. Head of Apollo r.; border of dots. Α/Θ-Ε
Lyre. 77, 848 85-21-11 ... ca. 130--90 B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 81.45--48; Kleiner 1976, pl. 2:30--33 (Type 2k)
Athens, New Style. Casts.
Coin no. 8. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet; border of dots. Α/Θ-Ε
Zeus, nude, striding r., ... 87/6 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 |
| Conical.
Pierced at top. Incuse rectangle on bottom. Cistern. Leica ... 27 March 1937 |
| Straight sides bent; flat bottom.
A lid ? Cistern, dirt pile. Leica ... 9 April 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 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 |
Pergamene; Samian; brittle wares. |
Black glazed and unglazed fine wares. |
Lamp fragments (Type 18); lead etc. |
Coarse wares, chiefly rims and bases, except cooking pots and amphoras. Resorted by SIR 1997, p. 824. |
Cooking pots. Resorted by SIR 1997, p. 824. |
Storage amphoras; handles, wall fragments. |
Storage amphoras, chiefly toes. |
Figurine fragments; fragments of lagynos ware. |
Megarian bowls. AS 1039 removed April 2000 by SIR, LR bowl. |
Envelopes with glass, bronze, iron. |
Black glaze and finer unglazed or part glazed wares ... 11 February-29 March 1937 |
lamps and unguentaria. 3 unguentaria removed for sampling 20 April by SIR, AS 1029-1031. |
Varia: interesting or significant bits and oddities. |
Cooking pots. Resorted 1997, SIR. |
Coarse wares, chiefly rims and bases except amphoras and cook-pots. Resorted 1997, SIR. |
Terra-cotta antefixes, loom-weights. |
Storage amphoras: necks, handles. |
Storage amphoras: necks, handles. |
Storage amphoras: toes and wall fragments. |
Storage amphoras: toes and wall fragments. |
All time wares,, black glazed etc; lamp fragments ... 30 March-1 April 1937 |
All coarse wares. Resorted 1997, SIR ... 30 March-1 April 1937 |
All finer wares; lamps etc ... 2-5 April 1937 |
All coarse wares. Resorted 1997, by SIR ... 2-5 April 1937 |
| 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 |
| Small fragment from shoulder.
Head of Athena to right; tongues. Landscaping operations in the excavations; exact provenience unknown. Leica ... January 1955 |
| Five fragments make up two.
a) Lower half, b) rim fragment. Double-convex profile with low foot; underside stepped up inside foot. Two grooves on inside of rim.
Normal fabric.
Eastern Sigillata "A" (Pergamene) ... |
| 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 |
| Attached to handle of standard measure.
Band of lead wrapped around base of handle of scoop (?) (P 20,512), and stamped on the outside with magistrate 's seal, type of Dionysus of Alcamenes, seated right, ... 11 March-1 April 1937 |
| Foot, one-third of body, one handle as far up as arch, and part of upper neck and rim, preserved. Partly restored, with additional 6 non-joining fragments. Flaring foot with groove in outer edge; angular ... 1937 |
| Handle and end of nozzle missing.
Rays on top; raised edge around upper part.
Poor black glaze on sides and bottom; red on top.
Red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 52E of Agora ... 12 February 1937 |
| Top only preserved; vertical handle missing.
Round nozzle, pierced knob on side; sunken top with a groove around its edge.
Badly flaked black glaze. Mold made.
Reddish-buff clay.
Type XII (early spreading ... 17 February 1937 |
| End of nozzle missing.
Raised base, concave beneath. No handle, cornucopia knob on side. Rays on top, separated from narrow rim by two grooves.
From a very crisp mould.
Unglazed (?).
Buff clay.
Type XVIII ... 23 March 1937 |
| Rolled handle mended from two pieces, probably from a wide-mouthed scoop-shaped pot; handle complete with lower attachment, and start of spread to mouth at upper attachment. Small hole pierced through ... 11 March-1 April 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 |
| a) Female head and part of neck; tip of nose broken. Head turned up and to right. Hair combed back in melon fashion, with braid or wreath about back of head. Top of head roughly finished.
b) The right ... a) (Χ 51) 9 February 1937,
b) (Χ 51) 12 February 1937,
c), d) (Χ 437) 26 March 1937 |
| Head, wearing a diadem, broken at neck. Plump features, not very carefully worked.
Joins the body of a standing boy later found, S 828 c (Χ 437), which belongs to the sculpture group S 828.
Island marble ... 12 February 1937 |
| Chip missing from back of head, smooth-finished surface at bottom of neck with hole for attachment.
Head of a woman with hair parted in the center and knotted low at back, below the fillet. On each side ... 26 March 1937 |
| Sharply bent knee and part of lower leg. Broken at bottom.
Smooth cut surface at back of knee.
Island marble. Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 Cistern. Leica ... 26 March 1937 |
| Broken into two pieces; fragment of bowl missing. A roughly cylindrical object with a small bowl at the top. The walls of the bowl flare slightly to a plain thickened lip. The present lower edge of the ... June 1938 |
| Fragments missing from rim and floor. Plate with ring foot and plain rim, slightly downturned. Irregular grooved circles around the center.
Coarse gray-yellow clay. Red to brown paint, badly worn, on ... 9 February 1937 |
| A circular plain plaque, with grooves on top surface: two near the edge; a small one at the center.
Red-brown clay; top surface and edges polished; bottom left rough.
Pot stand? Cistern. Leica PD 1091-52 ... 10 February 1937 |
| Piece from lower part of dish or box. A distinct bulge between the vertical side walls and the flat very low base.
Thin soft gritty clay, gray at core. Pinkish slip on exterior; yellow-gray on interior ... 13 February 1937 |
| Fragment from center of heavy plate; ring foot preserved, nothing of rim [Max. Dim. 0.18]. Two broad shallow concentric grooves at center and another, marked by sharp narrow grooves, further out. Traces ... 17 February 1937 |
| Chip missing. Small, slightly convex lid with high central knob. Decorated with bands of white and black paint.
Gritty pinkish-buff clay. Deposit list says level .2 but depth indicates .3 Cistern, abandoned ... 3 April 1937 |
| Base ring; incurved lip. Groove scratched through glaze at top of base ring.
On floor, palmette stamps inside two lines of rouletting.
Light warm buff clay. Slightly mottled brown-red to red glaze.
Pergamene ... 29 March 1937 |
| Shoulder piece with part of lower wall at sharp angle to shoulder and bit of flaring neck. On shoulder, a lion's head spout, crudely made, and a vertical round handle, fully pierced, triply grooved on ... 29 March 1937 |
| Restored in plaster; there is no direct join between the rim and base fragments, and the plate as restored may be somewhat too deep. Heavy base ring; downturned rim with scraped groove on underside and ... February-April 1937 |
| Fragments of floor, base and rim restored in plaster. Moulded base ring with groove on bottom of ring; upturned rim. Rouletted circle on floor.
Metallic black glaze except for red-brown on floor and bottom ... February-April 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; about one-third restored in plaster. Moulded base ring; broad offset rim curving up at outer edge. Circle of rouletting on floor.
Black glaze except for red-brown on floor and ... February-April 1937 |
| Less than half preserved; completed in plaster. Base ring. Two grooves about inner edge of thickened slightly out-turned rim.
Poor black glaze on inside with trace of kiln stacking; outside unglazed ... February-April 1937 |
| Full profile preserved in a single fragment; about two-thirds of rim and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Base ring; downturned rim with deep groove on outer surface.
Inside black glazed except for ... February-April 1937 |
| Two joining fragments preserve part of base, floor and rim. Base ring; thickened rim with groove at inner edge.
Inside covered with black to red glaze; outside, splashed glaze. Cistern. Leica ... February-April 1937 |
| Single fragment preserves full profile. Base ring; projecting, downsloping rim.
Covered with black glaze, badly chipped; at center of floor and inside foot fired red from stacking in kiln. Deposit list ... February-April 1937 |
| Few missing pieces restored in plaster. Base ring; downturned rim with two shallow grooves, as P 11826 (Χ 852).
Thin glaze, not completely covering inside. Cistern. Leica, 91-19-20, 90-35-17, 90-37-11 ... February-April 1937 |
| a) Part of rounded bottom and lower side wall.
b) Upper side wall, which curves in gently to plain slightly flaring rim.
Gritty red-brown clay. Coated inside and out with thick white paint.
Three more ... February-April 1937 |
| Full profile preserved; missing pieces restored in plaster. Base ring; low bulging body; two horizontal ridged strap handles, just above point of greatest diameter; wide flange for cover just below low ... February-April 1937 |
| Most of bottom, one handle and half of side restored in plaster. Flat bottom; nearly vertical wall; high flaring rim with groove inside for lid; horizontal handles pressed in against underside of rim ... February-April 1937 |
| Bottom entirely missing; parts of side and rim restored in plaster. Shape similar to P 11904 (Χ 939), except for rather more slender body, two grooves on outside of rim and more angular handles.
Gritty ... 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 |
| Fragments of rim and floor missing. Restored in plaster. Base ring; floor sloping slightly to vertical side thickened at the rim. On the outside, two grooves below rim. Rouletting on floor.
Red to dark ... February-April 1937 |
| Full profile preserved. Many pieces, especially around shoulder, missing. Restored in plaster. Broad high hollow foot with cylindrical stem leading to ovoid body; high cylindrical neck, thickened lip, ... February-April 1937 |
| Largely restored in plaster. High convex top separated by flange from side. Grooves just below rim, on underside of flange and at top and bottom of side wall.
Decoration in thinned clay and white: on ... February-April 1937 |
| No rim piece preserved but beginning of upward turn for it on outermost piece of side.
Decoration on outside in thinned clay and white: double cross on bottom, debased ivy leaf pattern on sides, between ... February-April 1937 |
| Part of rim, upper side wall and one handle preserved; non-joining fragment has lower attachment for second handle.
Fat curved side; straight slightly flaring rim with inset lip; vertical strap handle ... February-April 1937 |
| Wall in part restored in plaster; rim and handle fragments do not join. Base ring; plump, broad-shouldered body; tapering neck with three grooves; strap handle, from shoulder to base of mouth; bell mouth ... February-April 1937 |
| Hollow ring at center with part of widely flaring side, which is beginning to turn out still more at edge of break.
Thick, pinkish-buff clay. Inside completely covered with thin black glaze, outside mostly ... February-April 1937 |
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