[Agora Deposit] N 21:4.1: Upper fill

'Mouth and upper passage' on deposit list. Containers 1 and 2. Pottery in mouth of cistern in upper tunnel. Coins: 5 May 1939 #1 9 May 1939 #10-#11 12 May 1939 #4 ... 1st c. with earlier material

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4.2: Middle fill

'Upper fill' on deposit list. Containers 3-8. Terminus post quem in 190s given by coins. Some mixing with upper fill. Coins: 9 May 1939 #4, #6, #8 10 May 1939 #2-#3(?) 11 May 1939 #3 12 May 1939 #3 13 ... Ca. 225-175 B.C ... 'Upper fill' on deposit list. ... Some mixing with upper fill.

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[Agora Notebook Page] Ω-6-94 (pp. 1179-1180)

Well. List of Catalogued Objects. Upper Fill ... Ω-6 1179, 1180 Ω 330 P 12308 Ω 350 P 12316 P 12315 P 12511 P 14132 P 14134 P 14133 P 14135 P 14136 P 14137 P 12512 P 12520 P 12521 P 14140 P 14141 L 3625 L 3626 Ω:1938.0401:10 N 72065 O 19:4 ... 1 Apr 1938 ... List of Catalogued Objects ... Upper Fill

[Agora Object] P 5655: Black Glaze Bowl with Rouletting

Ring foot; concave upper body, grooved on flat rim. Incised circle at center of floor, surrounded by a rouletted ring. Dull black glaze over all. Uncertain deposit fill, list as both. Cistern, in passage ... 17 May 1935 ... Ring foot; concave upper body, grooved on flat rim. ... Uncertain deposit fill, list as both.

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[Agora Object] P 8940: Miniature Pot

Vertical handle missing. Miniature round-bodied flat-bottomed pot with flaring lip and one handle, from lip to shoulder. Bottom left rough. Buff clay. Unglazed. Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates ... 12 February 1937 ... Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 ... Cistern, upper fill.

[Agora Object] P 8941: Bowl

Flat floor; steep sides; flaring lip. Heavy fabric. Coarse clay, burned red to black. ADDENDA Wheelmade. Exterior slightly smoothed. Calcite temper. Eg. Epirus?/W. Greece? (JWH). Deposit list says level ... 12 February 1937 ... Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 ... Cistern, upper fill.

[Agora Object] P 8939: Miniature Jug

Part of lip missing; restored in plaster. Miniature one-handled jug with pear-shaped body on high base, left rough; flaring lip; handles, from lip to shoulder. Light red clay. Deposit list says level ... 12 February 1937 ... Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 ... Cistern, upper fill.

[Agora Object] P 11824: Black Glaze Plate Fragment

Single fragment preserves full profile. Base ring; projecting, downsloping rim. Covered with black glaze, badly chipped; at center of floor and inside foot fired red from stacking in kiln. Deposit list ... February-April 1937 ... Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 ... Cistern, upper fill.

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΟΟ-15-105 (p. 3000)

Well 65/ΚΕ. List; Upper Fill. Lower Fill. Scarp of Martyra in Southwest Room of Poros Building. Casting Pit in Southeast Room. Road Cut. Slag in Late Hellenistic Fill at North. Northwest Room. House F ... ΟΟ-15 3000 ... List; Upper Fill ... Lower Fill ... Slag in Late Hellenistic Fill at North

[Agora Object] P 4276: Black Figure Olpe or Hydria Fragment

From the side wall of a late black figured olpe(?) or hydria(?) decorated with a panel, of which the left edge appears. In the panel, the head and upper body of a draped figure, facing right. Incision ... 27 March 1934 ... In the panel, the head and upper body of a draped figure, facing right. ... Not on the deposit list but published as E 14:11(?) ... Red fill, Hellenistic disturbed in late Roman times.

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[Agora Object] P 11876: Amphora

Few missing pieces restored in plaster. Base ring; blump body; neck flares gently to plain rim; handles cylindrical in section, from well below top to shoulder. Red clay with bits in it. Yellowish slip ... February-April 1937 ... Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 ... Cistern, upper fill.

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[Agora Deposit] G 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C ... Noted on reducing tins (L.T. with help from H.A.T). Lower Fill: Tins 308-338. ... Nos 324-327: were kept out so as to make up the joins which they contained, p. 1340. Upper Fill: this was sorted by depths, and the original tin numbers retained; see noted in storage list; new tin labels given consecutive numbers ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill, 0.00m. to 12.00m. .2=Lower fill, 12.00m. to bottom.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. 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 ... 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 ... Objects either from 95/ΚΘ (middle fill) or 88/ΛΔ (lower Hellenistic fill), but uncertain which (they are in the finds lists of both but not assigned to subdivisions PAF) are the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, S 574, L 1788, IL 193, SS 4091. ... Coins: 21 May 1935 #6-#9 (from 95/ΚΘ, N passage upper fill, therefore here) (no 6 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083). 22 May 1935 #1-#3 (ditto) (no 2 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083). 23 May 1935 #11-#12 (ditto) (no 12 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083). 25 May 1935 #5-#10 27 May 1935 #1-#3 28 May 1935 #1-#3 29 May 1935 #1-#4 30 May 1935 #1-#5 31 May 1935 #1-#2 1 June 1935 #1-#6 3 June 1935 #1-#4 (#3-#4 from earth) 4 June 1935 #1-#3 (from earth) 5 June 1935 #1-#8 (from earth) 7 June 1935 #14-#18 (from earth) 8 June 1935 #2-#3 (from earth) ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper Roman fill .2=Lower Hellenistic fill .3=Red earth at bottom=POU

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[Agora Object] SS 1723: Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian

The lower attachment and nearly the whole handle preserved; not the upper attachment, but a spreading toward it at the upper break; medium broad; finger print (right thumb?) at base. The clay is reddish-buff ... 29 May 1933 ... The lower attachment and nearly the whole handle preserved; not the upper attachment, but a spreading toward it at the upper break; medium broad; finger print (right thumb?) ... Par: Pridik 1917, p39, nr 75, Pl II, 7; stp w/ this dev (coin type of Th of the 4c BC) and the 1st name, found at Corinth in a deposit closed by 338 BC*Cxt: dep list gives this as from upper fill (lower fill is 6.50-9.15m); from same upper fill: SS 01906 (stp on base of neck, unread relief in circ; no jars; from lower fill: P 02072, Ch?

[Agora Deposit] E 14:3: Drawshaft, "Kybele Cistern"

Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. 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 ... 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 ... Objects either from 95/ΚΘ (middle fill) or 88/ΛΔ (lower Hellenistic fill), but uncertain which (they are in the finds lists of both but not assigned to subdivisions PAF) are the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, S 574, L 1788, IL 193, SS 4091. Only middle fill contained moldmade relief bowls. ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Middle fill .3=Lower fill, POU

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[Agora Object] S 1167: Torso of Draped Female Figure

The present fragment is practically complete, save minor chips. Scale slightly under life-size. Only the right half of the body is preserved, with three dowel-holes for attachment of the other half. Three ... 26 May 1939 ... Deposit list says level .2 but depth indicates .1 ... Well, upper fill.

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[Agora Object] P 4277: Black Figure Bowl Fragment

From the side wall of a large bowl, unglazed inside, with a plain rim on the outside; inside, a ledge to receive a lid. Black glaze on upper face of lip. On the outside, in red, an object; its outline ... 27 March 1934 ... Black glaze on upper face of lip. ... Not on the deposit list but published as E 14:11(?) ... Red fill, Hellenistic disturbed in late Roman times.

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[Agora Object] P 20512: Pitcher Fragment with Lead Seal Attached: Official Measure

Rolled handle mended from two pieces, probably from a wide-mouthed scoop-shaped pot; handle complete with lower attachment, and start of spread to mouth at upper attachment. Small hole pierced through ... 11 March-1 April 1937 ... Rolled handle mended from two pieces, probably from a wide-mouthed scoop-shaped pot; handle complete with lower attachment, and start of spread to mouth at upper attachment. Small hole pierced through handle, just above lower attachment. ... Deposit list says level .1 but depth indicates .2 ... Cistern, middle fill. Box 131.

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: Tyranny

http://agathe.gr/democracy/tyranny.html

Tyranny As happened in many other Greek states, a tyrant arose in Athens in the 6th century B.C. His name was Peisistratos, and after several unsuccessful attempts he seized power in 546 B.C. and ruled ... (Athenian Constitution 16.7-9) That Peisistratid rule was surprisingly open is borne out by a fragment of a list of archons which shows that in 524 B.C. the future founder of democracy, Kleisthenes himself, held the chief magistracy while the tyrants were still in power, as did another rival aristocrat, Miltiades. ... No traces remain of the altar itself, but excavation has revealed a foundation of squared blocks supporting a low sill of limestone blocks with the marks of a stone fence on the upper surface which formed the altar enclosure. ... A woman waits for it to fill while another woman goes off with her jar full.

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[Agora Object] I 236: Record Fragments

Inscribed fragments. Confiscated property of Alcibiades. "POLETAI" record. Fragment ΣΤ 604 from upper right corner of inscribed block. Full thickness of block preserved, but large flakes broken from surface ... (ΣΤ 604) 11 May 1932 a) (Κ 1350) 16 July 1947 b) (Κ 22) 22 January 1934 c) (ΘΘ 5) 18 December 1936 c) (ΙΙ 242b) March 1938 d) (ΘΘ 30) 30 December 1936 d) (ΘΘ 44) 17 January 1937 d) )ΙΙ 133) 7-8 March 1938 ... Fragment ΣΤ 604 from upper right corner of inscribed block. ... Fragment Κ 22 (b), nineteen lines of the list, with a column of figures on either side preserved. ... The additional fragments were found in west and north walls of the church of the Hypapanti. d) (ΒΒ 341), found in modern wall west of the Panathenaic Way, southwest of the Eleusinion. e) (ΘΘ 43), found in a modern wall of the house 650b/2, over the Eleusinion. f) (ΘΘ 49), found in a modern wall of the house 650b/4, over the Eleusinion. g) (ΙΙ 1), found in a modern wall of the house 650β/12 (650b/12), over the Eleusinion. g) (ΘΘ 207), found in modern context over the Panathenaic Way, south of the Eleusinion. h) (ΘΘ 88), found among marble pile from modern houses 2 and 3, over the southern part of the Eleusinion and the Panathenaic Way. i) (ΘΘ 109), found at surface over the Panathenaic Way, west of the Eleusinion. j) (ΙΙ 115), found in a modern wall of the house 650β/12 (650b/12), south of the Eleusinion. k) ( II 123), found in a late wall, southeast of the Eleusinion. l) (Σ 1469), found in the area west of the southern part of the Stoa of Attalos. m) (ΑΑ 65), found in modern context, west of the Panathenaic Way and the Eleusinion. n) (ΙΙ 271), found on east wall of the church of Hypapanti. o) (ΙΙ 323), found in wall of Byzantine Apotheke, south of the Eleusinion. p) (ΙΙ 416), found in north foundation of the Church of Hypapanti. q) (ΒΒ 26), found in the modern wall of the house 648/21, west of the Panathenaic Way and southwest of Eleusinion. r) (ΒΒ 27), found in the modern wall of the house 648/20, west of the Panathenaic Way and southwest of Eleusinion. s) (ΒΒ 38), found west of the Panathenaic Way, southeast of the Eleusinion. t) (ΘΘ 311), found in marble pile, at northeast corner of the Eleusinion. u) (ΒΒ 174), found in a modern wall of the house 20, west of the Panathenaic Way, and southwest of the Eleusinion. v) (ΒΒ 204), found in modern wall, west of the Panathenaic Way. w) (ΒΒ 263), found in the modern wall of the house 20, west of the Panathenaic Way and southwest of the Eleusinion. x) (ΒΒ 285), found in late context, west of the Panathenaic Way and southeast of the Eleusinion. y) (ΒΒ 315), found in late context, on top of a late Roman well of the Panathenaic Way, southwest of the Eleusinion. z) (ΒΒ 379), found in modern wall, west of the Panathenaic Way, southwest of the Eleusinion. aa) (ΕΛ 5), found in the modern house house 650B/9. bb), (ΕΛ 40), found in the modern house 650B/9. cc) (ΕΛ 87), found in foundations of the modern house 650B/8. dd), (ΕΛ 115), found in modern fill.

[Agora Publication] Broneer (1956): The North Slope Krater, New Fragments

Broneer, O ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The calyx-krater of Exekias, first published in 1937,1 was discovered at the bottom of a well in the American School excavations on the North slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The circumstances of discovery ... 1956 ... At the upper edge of the shield is preserved the tip of his beard. ... The second of the new fragments (Pls. 50, b and 51, a ) almost completes the figure of one of the running satyrs that fill the space between the attachments of the handles in the lower zone. ... These become apparent from the following list showing the principal similarities and differences between the two kraters.