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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. |
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. |
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.] |
| 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 |
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