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[Deposit]  A 14:1: Well

Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson). "Not a useful well" HSR. Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR) Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C. Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D. Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine.

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[Deposit]  A 14:2: Cistern

Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p.3666]. Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian

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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 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

[Deposit]  A 18:9: Sacrificial Pyre

Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT Originally A 20:2 ... First half of 4th. c. 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-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.

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 1

Part of handle and half of wall and foot restored. Reserved, grooved resting surface; concave underside. No stem. Handles have horizontal, tapering spurs. Lustrous black-to-red glaze, stacking line ... Ca. 325

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 2

Chips of wall and part of one handle missing. Glazed, grooved resting surface; concave underside with nipple. Low, thick, cylindrical stem. Slightly rising spurs, truncated and slightly tapering. Dull ... Ca. 325

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[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 3

Chips missing. Scraped groove in resting surface; concave underside. Low, concave stem. Slightly pointed lower body. Horizontal spurs, tapering and truncated. Dull black glaze, red below stacking circle ... 325-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 4

Tip of one handle, half of foot, and part of upper and lower wall restored. Flat resting surface; conical underside; no groove between moldings of heavy foot. Low stem. Horizontal spurs with parallel ... 325-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 5

Small parts of wall restored. Glazed groove in resting surface; conical underside; no groove between moldings of foot. Very low stem. Horizontal spurs with parallel sides and rounded ends. Slightly lustrous ... 325-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 6

Intact. Scraped groove in resting surface; concave underside with nipple. Low, concave stem. Ribbed body. Rising, very slightly flaring spurs with very square ends. Slightly lustrous, mottled black-to-red ... 325-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 7

Chip of rim missing. Scraped groove in resting surface; concave underside. Lower body pointed. Slightly rising and flaring spurs. Dull to lustrous glaze, red inside and underneath, mostly gray below stacking ... 325-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 8

One handle, most of upper body, and part of lower body restored. Glazed groove in resting surface, the inner edge of which is scraped; concave underside with nipple. Low, concave stem. Slightly rising, ... 325-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 9

One handle, most of upper body, and part of lower body and foot restored. Glazed groove in resting surface; concave underside; no groove between moldings of foot. Low stem with glazed groove at top. ... 325-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 10

One handle and pieces of wall missing. Glazed groove in resting surface, outer part of resting surface scraped; concave underside; no groove between moldings of foot. Low, concave stem. Sharply rising ... Ca. 310-300?

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 11

Rim chipped, outer part of resting surface worn. Very carefully finished foot. Scraped groove in resting surface; concave underside. Cylindrical stem. Glazed groove at base of body. Slightly rising spurs ... 310-300

[Catalog Entry]  Agora XXIX, no. 12

One spur and pieces of rim and upper body restored. Reserved resting surface with no groove; conical underside. Tapering stem. Upper body tapering. Rim not thickened. Rising spurs with nearly parallel ... 300-290