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[Object]  L 3496: Base Fragment of Lamp with Graffito

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

[Object]  L 2265: Base Fragment of Lamp: Inscribed

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

[Object]  L 1407: Base Fragment of Lamp: Maker's Mark

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

[Object]  L 1408: Base Fragment of Lamp: Maker's Mark

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

[Object]  L 1970: Base of Lamp with Graffito

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

[Object]  L 4915: Base of Lamp: Maker's Mark

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

[Object]  L 5065: Base of Lamp: Maker's Mark

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

[Object]  L 4038: Basket-Handle Lamp

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

[Object]  L 3093: Bowl Fragment of Lamp

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

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[Deposit]  H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30 ... 260-210 B.C.

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[Deposit]  B 22:3: Burned Deposit

Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery. RSY: Pyre 10 ... Ca. 300 B.C.

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[Deposit]  H 6:9: Cave Cistern

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.

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[Deposit]  G 11:5: 'Cellar Cut' inside Tholos. Layer IV.

Exploration over bedrock inside the Tholos; levels of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 18:1: Cistern

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

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[Deposit]  B 14:3: Cistern

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.

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[Deposit]  D 15:3: Cistern

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.

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[Deposit]  D 17:3: Cistern

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.

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[Deposit]  D 17:5: Cistern

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.

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[Deposit]  E 3:1: Cistern

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.

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[Deposit]  E 14:1: Cistern

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.