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Ptolemaic Kings ... [(N 20:4)
Heavily Damaged] Coin no. 15. Cistern. Head of Zeus Ammon r. [πTOλEMAIOY BAςIλEως] Eagle stg. l. on thunderbolt, wings lifted. 413, 583 ... Unclassifiable Ptolemy I--IV, 3rd century B.C. |
| Part of a figure (?). Finished edge at the top.
White slip.
Soft light brown clay. Cistern, "white fill" (bottom fill). Leica, 80-11-19 ... 15 March 1938 |
Complete.
A plain circle, thick and roughly round in section. Cistern "white fill", bottom fill.
Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C. Leica, 83-475 ... 15 March 1938 |
| Fragments from rim and shoulder of a large stamnos. One horizontal twisted handle preserved, with knobs at either side. Three bands of incised wavy lines, separated by straight lines on the shoulder.
... 9-17 March 1938 |
Lip, handles and large part of one side missing. Body restored in plaster. Slender ovoid body; high solid toe, the sides slightly flaring; handle attachments well up on shoulder.
Rather thick red fabric ... 9-17 March 1938 |
| Fragments from wall and rim, and parts of both handles, missing. Mended with lead rivets in antiquity. Restored in plaster. Flat bottom, plain slightly thickened rim, two lug handles attached to rim.
... 16 March 1938 |
Mended from several pieces; a few missing. Restored in plaster. Ring foot; dropped rim.
Dull metallic black glaze, somewhat peeled, inside and out. Cistern, middle fill. 580 Leica PD 901-257 ... 9-17 March 1938 |
Mended from many pieces, about half of rim and sides missing. Restored in plaster. Deep plate on ring foot; sloping sides; short vertical rim. Band of rouletting on floor, also stacking circle.
Black ... 9-17 March 1938 |
Handle and tip of nozzle missing.
Low base, angular body, deeply depressed top, knob at side. Wheel made.
Black glaze, somewhat peeled.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type XII (late straight variety) of Corinth collection, ... 15 March 1938 |
Athens ... Sv. 104.31--35.
[(N 20:4); uncertain AE 2 Demeter/Triptolemos type]
Eleusis, Money in Name of Athens. Weight: blistered
Coin no. 11. Cistern. Head of Demeter r., wearing veil; border of dots. Α-Θ/Ε
Triptolemos ... early 70's B.C. |
Two joining fragments preserve the ring foot, with part of the floor and a little of the rim. High ring foot; double-grooved rim sloping downwards sharply.
Buff clay. Dull black wash on floor. Burned ... 9-17 March 1938 |
Six pieces made up into two non-joining fragments; fragment a) preserves part of rim and side and fragment b) part of lower wall with groove around medallion. Restored in plaster. Band of eggs below the ... 9-17 March 1938 |
Nozzle, handle, and front half of sides missing. Fragmentary.
Low raised base, plump watch-shaped body; groove around filling hole, vertical strap handle, edge of knob preserved on side. Wheel made.
Black ... 16 March 1938 |
| About half missing, including both handles. Restored in plaster. Low base ring, sloping floor; high vertical rim, tilted in; horizontal handles turned back on themselves. Palmettes stamped on floor, inside ... 17 March 1938 |
| From a very large kantharos, possibly a pyxis lid(?). Rim piece with edge of lower wall preserved. Slightly concave rim separated from lower wall by flange which is broken away. Groove scratched through ... 17 March 1938 |
| Two joining pieces preserve about one-third of rim and side with beginning of curve towards rounded (?) bottom. Restored in plaster. Deep pear-shaped body; plain flaring rim; a vertical handle from edge ... 9-17 March 1938 |
| Neck of amphora with two handles; the neck preserved to the shoulder, with all of one handle, and the upper part of the other; thickened lip, angular handles.
Pinkish clay, light yellow slip.
Rather ... 15 March 1938 |
Upper half only preserved; piece from one handle missing. Rounded shoulder; thickened lip; strap handles, with shallow groove on outer surface, from below lip.
Thin light buff clay. Unglazed outside ... 9-17 March 1938 |
| Lower part only preserved. Tall pyxis with nearly vertical sides, spreading slightly at lower edge; substantial ring foot, set well in from edge of wall. Surface very badly preserved. In bottom zone, a ... 9-17 March 1938 |
| Mended from several pieces; fragments from rim and floor missing. Substantial plate on high profiled ring foot with broad resting surface; flat floor with low upturned rim. Band of rouletting on floor ... 9-17 March 1938 |
| Mended from many pieces. Restored in plaster. Pointed toe; angular shoulder; handle round in section, with upper attachment well below rim.
Hard red-brown clay, light buff at surface. Cistern, middle ... 9-17 March 1938 |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
| Section Ω 1938 ... M. Crosby ... Section Ω lies in the east end of the north slope of the Areopagus, well to the southeast of the market square proper. Excavation showed, as expected, that the area was a residential district throughout ... 16 Jan-17 Jun 1938 |
| Mixed ... M. Crosby ... 401 595 ... 1938 |
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