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[Image]  2002.01.0400

Actual state plan of the Athenian Agora ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1937-1973

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[Image]  2002.01.1230

Plan of the Agora showing wells (6th to 4th centuries B.C.) and cisterns (4th century B.C.) ... John Travlos A. H. H. Athanassiades ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1962-1965

[Deposit]  A 8-9:1: Hephaisteion Garden Fill

Hephaisteion Garden; fill beside wall. Loose filling encountered in rescue excavation to examine wall found during construction of public toilet in Theseion Park, outside Agora area. SIR 1991 Originally ... Second half of 4th c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 17:1: Well

A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; above it was about 5.00m. of collapsed ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 17:2: Well

A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c.

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[Deposit]  A 17:3: Pit

Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic. Coins: 7 April 1956 #1-#9 ... 4th-3rd c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 18-19:1: Ostrakon Area

Pit in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early 5th ... Ca. 500-450 B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 19:1: Sacrificial Pyre

Pyre(?) in House N, S.W. Room. QUESTION P 34182-P 34185 are from another house, another room? How did they get into this deposit. Notebook ref? ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 19:5: Pit

Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Scanty debris filling in a pit. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to ... 4th. c. B.C.

[Deposit]  A 19:6: Pit

Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall. dMax. depth 0.20m.d. Many fills in areas ... Ca. 325-300 B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 20-21:1: Drain cutting

Early cutting beside Great Drain: 103-111/Λ-ΛΓ (= "Deep cutting" Pit at 107/ΛΑ). Abandonment filling in channel for early drain; the fragment of a red figured bell krater, P 17000, probably to be dated ... Ca. 425-395 B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 20:3: Pyre

(RSY=Pyre 2). Pyre in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in House B ... Third quarter of the 4th. century.

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[Deposit]  A 20:6: House fillings

Fills from construction and reconstruction of a house. Under the original floor of this house were sherds including two red figured pieces (P 17137, P 19880). The filling of the floor levels of the house ... Second half of the 5th. c. B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 20:7: Refuse Pit

Scanty debris filling in a pit. The wishbone-handled bowl (P 16753) is of the middle of the third quarter of the 5th. c. century, as are also two red figured fragments, P 25820 and P 25821; the deposit ... Ca. 450-400 B.C.

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[Deposit]  A 20:9: Fillings

"South Triangle" abandonment filling over Brown House (House A) in the industrial area. Layers 1-3 and layer 4, to floor of second period. As late as the 3rd. c. B.C. but composed largely of earlier material ... 3rd c. B.C. and earlier

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[Object]  A 957: Well Head

Parts of rim and nearly a quarter of wall missing; restored in plaster. A cylindrical drum, tapering around top. Heavy rim, flat on top and sharply profiled; lower wall thickened to form heavy collar ... 28 May-16 June 1938

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[Object]  A 1418: Well Curb Fragment

About two thirds of circumference preserved with parts of all elements restored in plaster. Spreading profile. Heavy moldings: ovolo surmounted by cavetto, around bottom. Lighter moldings: on top ovolo ... 29 May 1937, 1 June 1937

[Object]  A 2473: Well Head Fragments

Flat base rim. Body tapers quickly and moves in. Broad glaze band at bottom. Pinkish buff clay with bits; gray core, light surface; black glaze mostly peeled. Seventh century well below east part of Odeion ... July 1946

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[Deposit]  A-B 19-20:1: Great Drain South

Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C.

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[Deposit]  A-B 19-20:2: Great Drain South

Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. B.C. to Sullan destruction. Coins: 26 July 1946 #1-#2 30 July ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D.

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[Deposit]  A-B 21-22:1: Terrace fillings

West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C.

[Object]  AP 1094: Chytra

Wide-mouthed and lidded. Leica

[Object]  AP 2536: Pithos: Impressed or Incised Decoration

Broken in numerous pieces with lot of plaster. Now under the table in the basement corridor. To be mended? Leica

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[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 1

Foot missing. Offset neck and echinoid mouth; raised ridge at junction of neck and wall; round handles. Neck reserved. Added red: band at level of lower attachment of handles. For a later version, see ... 575-550 B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 2

Spreading ring foot with torus outer and convex inner face. Fillet at junction of foot and wall, bounded at either side by a scraped groove. Strap handles; double mouth consisting of two broad tori. Ring ... Late 6th c. B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 3

Flaring ring foot. Torus mouth. Ridge at junction of neck and wall; strap handles. Added red: two lines at level of lower attachment of handle, one on lower part of wall, one inside mouth, one just below ... Ca. 500 B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 4

Ring foot. Echinoid mouth inset from neck and flat on top. Double ridge at junction of neck and wall. Inside of mouth and neck has a concave-convex curve. Strap handles. Reserved: flat top of mouth. Heavy ... Ca. 500 B.C.

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[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 5

Echinus ring foot. Torus mouth; strap handles. Mottled glaze, fired pink and cream; peeled ... Late 6th c. B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 6

Flaring ring foot. Torus mouth; round handles. Added red: two bands at level of lower attachment of handles, one at level of upper, one at top of mouth ... Late 6th c. B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 7

Flaring ring foot. Flaring rim; round handles. Added red: two lines at the level of the lower attachment of the handles. Glaze badly worn and peeled ... Late 6th c. B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 8

Ring foot. Flaring rim, rounded; strap handles. Added red: two lines at level of lower attachment of handles, one line inside mouth. Glaze worn and peeled ... 480-450 B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 9

Part of foot. Reserved beneath and where it is broken above. Ostrakon of Habron (482 B.C.?). For the name see Hesperia, Suppl. VIII, 1949, p. 409 ... 482 B.C.?

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 10

Knob only. Pomegranate knob. Groove round stalk which is reserved on top. Small hole in top ... Ca. 500 B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 11

Top of knob missing. Lid. Nearly flat on top, offset near rim; inset flange beneath. Ring at base of acorn knob which is broken at the top and hollow inside. Reserved: the underside, junction of top and ... 480-450 B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 12

Top of knob missing. Lid. Domed top, inset flange beneath. Top offset from flat rim. Scraped groove on outer face of rim, one at junction of rim and dome, one at base of knob ... 4th c. B.C.

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[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 13

Flaring ring foot. Torus mouth; round handles. Black glaze on the neck inside, on the mouth, and the handles, and two bands round the body below the lower attachment of the handles, also on the outer face ... Ca. 525 B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 14

Flaring ring foot. Torus mouth; round handles. Added red: two lines at the level of the lower attachment of the handles, one line inside the mouth, one line at outer edge of foot ... 525-500 B.C.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 15

Flaring ring foot. Torus mouth; fine ridge offsets neck from body. Strap handles. Added red: two lines at level of lower attachment of handles, one line at junction of neck and body ... Ca. 500 B.C.

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[Catalog Entry]  Agora XII, no. 16

Spreading ring foot. Torus mouth, flattened on top. Strap handles. Added red: two lines at the lower attachment of the handles, one line just below the mouth, one at junction of foot and wall ... Ca. 500 B.C.