Fragment of base and wall.
Raised base, slightly concave; rounded wall.
Good black glaze; underside reserved except around edge.
Incised on underside.
Type IV (later 5th. century group) of Corinth collection, ... 1 June 1938
About half of bottom preserved.
Within a low base ring, an almost illegible inscription.
Traces of red to brown glaze.
Buff clay.
Signed Bases type of Agora collection. Clearing strosis no. 2. Leica ... 9 April 1936
From the bottom, with the lower part of the nozzle, of a mold made lamp as type XVIII of Corinth collection.
Simulated ring foot. Part of signature preserved, in relief.
Red glaze.
Signed Bases type of ... 31 March 1934
From the bottom, with the lower part of the nozzle, of a mold made lamp, as type XVIII of Corinth collection.
Simulated flat base, with part of a signature in relief: "CUΠA".
Red glaze.
Signed Bases type ... 31 March 1934
Lower part only preserved, with a sharply defined base.
The bottom is unglazed, and on it is scratched a "Λ".
Good black glaze.
Pinkish-buff clay.
Type VIIA (?) of Corinth collection, type 25A of Agora ... 5 February 1936
Broken all around.
Raised base and a little of wall of a mold made lamp.
Signature incised in the unbaked clay.
Thin red to brown glaze.
Buff clay.
Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
Cf. Type 50B ... 8 April 1952
Lower half of body with root of handle preserved.
Relief signature.
Dull red glaze, much flaked.
Buff clay.
Signed Bases type of Agora collection.
ADDENDA Monogram of "ΑΚΡΑΤΟΣ" (?).
Cf. L 2086, for clay, ... 25 April 1953
Back half of body missing.
Concave top with high-swung basket-handle over it. Double-convex body. Long nozzle, fluked. Unpierced knob at side.
Very flaky black glaze.
Type XII of Corinth collection, type ... May 1940
Above half, back part, preserved.
Flat bottom, low side wall, plain rim, and horizontal handle at the rim. Somewhat peeled brownish glaze inside only.
The bowl of an early open lamp (?).
ADDENDA Joins ... 23-29 April 1937
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C.
Objects T 122, T 145, L 453 and L 454 ... Ca. 375-160 B.C.
Cistern in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Coins:
6 May 1947 #6-#7 Dump Subdivisions:
.1=Fill 1, Early Roman.
.2=Fill 2
.3=Fill 3, 2nd. c. B.C ... 25-30 April 1947
Cistern on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios; dumped filling, second half of first century after Christ. Coins:
9 June 1937 #3
11 June 1937 #1-#8 ... 50-100 A.D.
A small flask-shaped cistern lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous fill with joins at all levels. Coins:
20 June ... Ca. 375-300 B.C.
Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northeast room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C.
Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:4.
Object B 874 is from the top fill but not related to the upper or lower fills proper; no subdivision. Neither the upper nor the lower fill had the characteristics ... 225-100 B.C.
Cistern with considerable dumped fill. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C. Coins:
31 March 1936 #8
1 April 1936 #23-#24
2 April 1936 #15-#19
3 April 1936 #15-#18 ... Ca. 325-250 B.C.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the course of the passage to the east and opening into ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the course of the passage to the east and opening into ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C.
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned. Coins:
3 June 1937 ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above. Subdivisions:
.1=top and intermediate fills, to 2.00m.
.2=middle fill
.3=bottom fill ... 6 February 1937
Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill (Group F)
.2=middle fill
.3=lower fill ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C.
With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage.
18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C.
The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 23 February-16 March 1932
An extensive cistern system, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel. With exception of north tunnel (which ... Ca. 320-240 B.C.
Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan). Fourth century deposit overlaid by late Roman upper fill (cf. T 85, L 379, container 80, not recorded with this deposit and no subdivision given). Coins:
20 February 1931 ... Second half 4th c. B.C.
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2.
The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, ... 29 February-11 March 1936
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the course of the passage to the east and opening into ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late as the 3rd c. B.C. Coins:
25 May 1932 #6-#7
26 May 1932 #1-#3 SS 367 listed on deposit list but ... 375-275 B.C.
Complete.
Plain wheel made type, with small sunken top and high band handle, singly grooved. Bottom bearly flat, grooved to simulate ring foot.
Black glaze much chipped.
Type XII (late straight variety) ... 10 March 1936
Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Early 1st c. B.C.
The end of the spout, fragments of the wall and about two-thirds of the rim missing; restored in plaster. Squat pear-shaped jug on ridged flaring ring foot; narrow neck; broad round mouth with down-turned ... 12 May 1939
Handle and fragment of rim preserved.
A very unusual handle; flat, broad and thick, spreading as it goes out, and dividing into two projections; one of these is pierced.
Grooves and ridges around rim ... 7 June 1938
Base, part of lower body and most of central pillar preserved, the last chipped at top, but preserving most of hole for suspension.
Black glazed; the central pillar inside unglazed.
Type 27D of Agora ... 2 May 1950
Broad, flat rim, sloping to center.
Horizontal, broad handle broken. Long, deep nozzle, with small wick hole.
Fairly high base; unglazed.
Hard black glaze.
Pale red Attic clay.
Type VI (late 5th. century ... 16 June 1931
Miniature lamp.
Rim merges with the body; at the inner edge, a groove, and a small ridge round the central opening.
Sides curving outwrad toward junction with rim. Irregular nozzle, spoon-shaped; rather ... 22 July 1931
Front part of lamp.
Rim merging with sides; broken along inner edge; close to the break, traces of a reserved band.
Short nozzle, shallow, rounded, encroaching on rim. No base; under surface slightly concave ... 10 August 1931
Double convex body, with triangular nozzle and low, concave base.
On rim, imbricated leaf pattern.
On top, moulded rim around central filling hole. Remains of vertical band handle.
Traces of black glaze ... 29 January 1932
Tip of nozzle missing.
Double convex body, with concave top. Wheel made.
Rising vertical band handle, broken at back; long nozzle.
Slightly rising bottom, with central raised disc; base indicated by groove ... 6 February 1932
Double convex body, upper part deeper than lower. Traces of pierced knob on left side. On top, two shallow, concentric grooves; edges of filling hole, broken away, probably rose a little.
Nozzle, pointed, ... 12 February 1932
No handle or knob.
Squat body, rounding, merging with rim from which it is set off only by a very shallow groove.
Nozzle, fairly flat on top, but rounding toward wick hole. Nozzle is long and pointed; ... 16 February 1932
Tip of nozzle broken off. No handle. Mold made.
Deep, rather angular body, with greatest diameter near bottom.
Top flat covered, surrounded by raised edge.
Long, deep, wide nozzle, with narrow flat top ... 20 February 1932
Vertical band handle, tip and one side of nozzle broken away.
Double convex body, with decoration in relief on upper part; series of large and small grooved rectangles; row of dots above and below.
Small, ... 23 February 1932
Left side of body broken off. Horizontal band handle broken away.
Body narrows slightly toward top. Medium wide rim, down sloping; set off from body by wide deep groove.
Long nozzle, flat on top; rather ... 24 February 1932
Body, flat, angular, double convex.
On top, moulded band around filling hole, like slightly raised rim.
Long nozzle, pointed, with wick hole damaged from use.
Knob on left side, perforated near front ... 1 March 1932
Handle broken away.
Body with much rounded sides, with greatest diameter below center.
Slightly raised rim, set off by well-marked groove.
Perforated knob on left side of body.
Long nozzle, tubular (no ... 1 March 1932
Vertical band handle broken away.
Double convex body.
Rim broad, decorated with ribs.
Discus plain, surrounded by groove; central filling hole.
Nozzle long, large, with central ridge and wide-spread, rounded ... 29 February 1932
Shallow body, unevenly double convex, the broader upper part forming an incurving rim. Top open.
Body wall pulled outward with the thumb to form an open nozzle, now chipped at the end. Vertical handle ... 11 March 1932
Top of standard of small lamp. No handle.
Somewhat curving body, with greatest diameter below center.
On top, groove with small inner raised edge around central opening.
Small nozzle, with large wick hole ... 2 March 1932
Two small pieces missing, from rim and from body. Wheel made.
Double convex body. Depressed top.
Short nozzle, slightly turned up at fluked ends.
Base simulated by a groove round the bottom of the body ... 16 March 1932
Miniature lamp. No handle.
Continuous rim, with rounded body.
Nozzle, flat on top; deep and broad.
High base.
Rather thin, lustrous black glaze, much flaked; base and lower front part of body, unglazed ... 30 March 1932
Lamp with incised decoration on nozzle. Vertical band handle broken away.
Shallow, double convex body. Wheel made.
Rim indicated only by groove scratched through glaze round filling hole; a similar scratched ... 2 April 1932
Left side of lamp, tip and left side of nozzle missing.
Shallow, curving body; the flat rim merging with the sides.
Small, horizontal band handle.
Small nozzle, encroaching somewhat on rim.
The inside, ... 2 April 1932
Body with nearly vertical sides, curving in rapidly to base from point of greatest circumference.
Broad top; meets sides at an angle; filling hole, surrounded by narrow insloping rim set off by broad groove ... 5 April 1932
End of nozzle broken away.
Double convex body with sharp angle between halves.
On rim, raised ovolo. Top surrounded by high edge.
Filling hole with slightly raised edge with three auxiliary holes.
Nozzle, ... 7 April 1932
Double convex body, the lower half much deeper than the upper; on the left side, a solid, cornucopia-like knob.
Very small top, surrounded by a heavy ridge.
Long nozzle, rising to a narrow grooved band ... 16 April 1932
Vertical band handle broken away.
Body approaching double convex.
Down sloping rim, set off from body by groove.
Narrow nozzle, pointed; flat on top.
At the left side a pierced knob, projecting to a point ... 18 April 1932
Body approaching double convex; upper part larger than lower, rising to filling hole which is set off by a groove; no handle or knob.
Down sloping rim, set off from body by groove.
Long nozzle, blunt at ... 18 April 1932
Horizontal band handle broken away.
Body with slightly profiled sides, sloping in to top.
On rim, narrow band, set off from body by groove.
Rather small nozzle; flat on top.
Small base, rising inside ... 18 April 1932
Slightly rounding body, with pierced knob on left side.
Short nozzle, flat on top.
Broad sloping rim, set off from body by deep groove, partly scraped free of glaze.
High base, rising to a point in the ... 18 April 1932
Shallow double convex body.
Long nozzle, with triangular end and large wick hole. Raised band surrounding small flat top continues to wick hole, forming a channel.
On rim, moulded rays.
High vertical band ... 19 April 1932
Ball-shaped body; slightly flattened on top.
Rim consits of narrow raised band round filling hole, set off from body by a broad and a narrow groove.
Neither handle or knob.
Rather small, deep nozzle and ... 22 April 1932
Vertical band handle broken away.
Watch-shaped body; the upper part covered with ribs which radiate from a sunken band round the filling hole.
Long, pointed nozzle; two grooves on top.
On the left side ... 22 April 1932
Sharply double convex body, with large solid knob on left side.
On top, wide raised band, sloping down toward filling hole.
Long nozzle, rounded at end, the nozzle broadening toward the tip, where the ... 22 April 1932
Lamp with very large crudely made nozzle and raised rim round upper part of body. Tip of nozzle broken. Wheel made.
Rounding body, with down sloping rim set off from body by irregular groove. The wall ... 22 April 1932
Large lamp with high vertical ridge round top. The end of nozzle and the back part of handle broken away. Wheel made D.
Double convex body, the upper part much larger than the lower; on the left side, ... 5 May 1932
Lamp with narrow flat rim projecting beyond top of double convex body. Tip of nozzle broken. No handle.
Upper part of body much higher than lower, which is hardly more than a beveled continuation of the ... 16 May 1932
Vertical band handle broken away. Mold made.
Double convex body. Flat top depressed below edge of body.
Small solid knob at left side.
Long nozzle, slender, with rounded tip and large wick hole.
Raised ... 16 May 1932
Handle broken off.
Body, drawn more sharply toward the very small top.
Rim very narrow, surrounded by a high ridge and a groove.
Very narrow, deep nozzle; flat on top.
Horizontal band handle, broad; attachments ... 21 May 1932
Rim, tip of nozzle and handle broken off. Body much broken and mended at the sides, but much missing.
Rim was separated from body by groove; beyond this groove, on rounding body, three small shallow grooves ... 26 May 1932
Bottom and fragment of rim only.
No base; the bottom carefully finished, rising in the center in a cone. Shallow open body; flat rim projecting slightly at the outer edge.
Black glazed inside and over ... 14 June 1932
Mended from three pieces; half of nozzle, one side and most of bottom missing. Shallow double convex body, with greatest circumference higher than center; around opening, a narrow rim of just perceptible ... June 1932
Lamp with unbridged nozzle and low base. Handle, most of nozzle and half sides missing.
Comparatively deep body with curving sides; slightly raised base. One attachment of a horozontal handle preserved ... June 1932
One side of a horizontal loop handle preserved.
Double convex body, with greatest circumference below center. Bottom rises inside, flat outside. Unbridged nozzle.
Thin flaked red to black glaze on inside ... August-September 1932
Mended from five pieces; the back part of the left side missing.
The rim hardly projecting at all on the outside, its outer edge simply set off from the body by a small groove.
Dull glaze with metallic ... August-September 1932
Miniature lamp.
The nozzle broken away.
Two pierced lugs, no handle; small raised base; round the filling hole a broad scraped groove.
Glazed all over, inside and out, save on the groove, and on the underside ... 28 February 1933
End of nozzle missing.
Pierced lug; no handle.
A raised ring around the slightly sunken filling hole; on either side of the ring a groove.
Ring base, small but with broad ring.
Dull black glaze inside; ... 28 February 1933
Complete, with a double volute-like knob on the left side.
Broad ribs on rim; dart pattern on nozzle.
Lower part of body undecorated; simulated ring base.
Remains of very flaky black glaze.
Dark gray clay ... 3 March 1933
Nozzle missing. No base, bottom left rough.
Angular, double convex body; groove round small filling hole; large pierced knob on left side (broken).
High base, rising slightly in center.
Dull purplish-red ... 10 March 1933
Broken from stand.
The upper part of the base, a large rounded projection with a smaller one in part preserved below it, remains.
Rounding body, pierced lug, scraped groove round down sloping top.
Poor ... 11 March 1933
Most of the bottom and lower right side broken away, also the vertical band handle.
Rounded nozzle; ribs on rim, with row of small dots round central filling hole.
Dolphin-shaped knob on left side. Large ... 15 March 1933
Mended from four pieces; the end of the nozzle and a fragment from the right side of the body missing.
On the rim, a vine pattern, very indistinct.
No trace of handle; on the left side a small solid knob ... 17 March 1933
The top entirely missing. Mold made.
Double convex body, sharply angular.
The nozzle flat on top, is however, like those of lamps of types VI and VII of Corinth collection, though unusually long in proportion ... 14 March 1933
Tip of nozzle missing.
On the top, rays around a plain rim; degenerated lug, unpierced, on left side; no handle.
High base, rising in the center.
The top of the nozzle flat, continuous with the rim; at ... 20 March 1933
Handle, nozzle and part of side and bottom broken away; one side of filling hole chipped. Mold made.
Pierced lug on one side of rim. Instead of the usual filling hole, a strainer. Raised ridge about outer ... 31 March 1933
Curved body with raised ridge around discus which is slightly sunken.
Vertical ribbon handle.
Foot slightly concave.
Nozzle flaring at end.
Buff slip.
Red clay.
Type XVI of Corinth collection, type 35D ... 30 March 1933
Sides approaching the vertical; high base, rising in the center; no handle.
Outside the rim, which slopes downward only very slightly, a broad groove.
Once covered with thin black glaze, now very largely ... 4 April 1933
Bulging sides; no handle or knob; no separate top or rim, but simply two grooves, the inner somewhat sunk, around the filling hole.
Ring base, rising within.
Fine self slip, somewhat peeled, outside; inside ... 4 April 1933
End of nozzle broken off, and knob at left side chipped away.
A shallow groove round the outer edge of the broad, nearly flat top.
Unglazed outside with fine self slip; black glaze inside, and some spilled ... 4 April 1933
Bulging body; no knob or handle.
Three grooves round a very small rim.
Low base nearly flat, rising only on the inside.
Outside unglazed, slipped; inside black glaze.
Type VIIB of Corinth collection, ... 4 April 1933
