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| Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall.
Coin
1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C ... P/17-6/9 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 27. In some records as Grave I bis. Bones discarded; nothing catalogued.
Notebook says: few burned bones, few burned sherds. Cf. negs. KK 228, KK 237 ... Probably Late Geometric or Early Geometric I ... D 6:6 ... D 6:6 |
Cut down through the west back foundation of the Royal Stoa immediately to the east of the 'Cave' ... Byzantine ... H 6:6 ... H 6:6 |
Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7
Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8.
Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by ... 17 May 1971 ... Early Roman Pit at P/3-6/6,7 |
Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6
layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon.
Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4).
Coin
5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman ... P 6:3 ... P 6:3 |
Pyre at N/9-6/1,2, layer 11a.
No formal limits, apparent limits about 0.30-0.40m N-S; 0.50-0.60 E-W (cut into by trench at east) ... Late 575-550 B.C ... N/9-6/1,2 |
| "Koumanoudes' Well.
Tile-lined well (diam. 0.85m) at SE corner of courtyard of Roman House E, at top built wall of stones and mortar, bedrock at bottom. Coin
7 August 1971 #495-#500
13 August 1971 #507 ... 28 July-6 August 1971 ... Q 6:4 ... Q 6:4 |
| Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... No pottery remaining, bones in plastic bag in tin 212 (deposit P 6:3). |
Turkish bothros/unlined pit at P/1-6/5 (now Ο/20-6/4).
Fill: soft, moist greenish-yellow clay with distinctive/definitive odor. No containers. Grid correction: from P/1-6/5 to Ο/20-6/4 ... 17 April 1970 ... Turkish bothros/unlined pit at P/1-6/5 (now Ο/20-6/4).
... Grid correction: from P/1-6/5 to Ο/20-6/4 |
Layer 7 in South Peristyle of court of Roman House Ε. Irregular cutting in bedrock with sand, gravel, fallen bedrock. Some burning ... 275-250 B.C ... Q 6:5 ... Q 6:5 |
Top slightly broken by 19th century disturbance. Built of soft mortar and stones, lined with stucco. Diameter at bottom (inside) 1.05m; at (maximum) center 1.18m.
Fill soft and green with consistency of ... 16th-17th century A.D ... Q 6:1 ... Q 6:1 |
Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8.
Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ.
Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6. Fragments of amphorai, tiles.
No coins ... Early Hellenistic ... P 6:7 ... P 6:7 |
(see H 5-6) Asterisk: H 6:2* ... H 6:2 ... H 6:2 |
(see H 5-6) Asterisk: H 6:3* ... H 6:3 ... H 6:3 |
(see H 5-6) Asterisk: H 6:8* ... H 6:8 ... H 6:8 |
Unlined Pit at N/9-6/3,4 partially cut into wall of Mudbrick Pithos (N 6:1). Dimensions 1.20x 2.m.
Soft green-gray with wet sandust consistency. Large number of sea shells, fish and animal bones. No pottery, ... Turkish ... N 6:2 ... N 6:2 |
Cistern at 14/Κ. (now H 6:9) Asterisk: G 6:1* ... Cistern at 14/Κ. (now H 6:9) ... Asterisk: G 6:1* |
| Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C ... P 6:5 ... P 6:5 |
Cancelled Asterisk: C 19:6* ... C 19:6 ... C 19:6 |
Mudbrick Pithos at N/8-6/3.
Constructed in conical shape of mudbricks, including the floor. Top cut by modern basement wall. Diameter at floor 1.45m Coin
30 May 1930 #113 ... Byzantine ... N 6:1 ... N 6:1 |
Trench at O/7,8-6/1,5. Layer 5 of Trench A cut in Rooms 1 and 2 of Greek House γ. Soft green clay with bones, ash, much pottery. Probably leveling fill ... Archaic ... O/7,8-6/1,5 |
A very homogeneous dumped filling and no period of use. Apparently a failure as a well.
T 263-T 289 resorted and reduced August 1967. Cf. BI 157 "from behind the curbing of the well by Stoa pier 3." Estimated ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 15-17. |
(now O 9:1) Asterisk: O 8:6* ... Asterisk: O 8:6* |
Now C 20:2 Asterisk: B 20:6* ... Asterisk: B 20:6* |
The West 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 ... 225-165 B.C ... F 6:3 ... F 6:3 |
East Chamber of Cistern System #2. The fill in layers, but probably a destruction fill with layering not significant. Coins:
4 May 1936 #1-#6
5 May 1936 #1-#7
6 May 1936 #2-#6
LRD pottery and gouged ware ... Late 5th-early 6th c. A.D ... Coins:
4 May 1936 #1-#6
5 May 1936 #1-#7
6 May 1936 #2-#6
LRD pottery and gouged ware showing parallels to M XII and some gouged ware reported; but there is earlier material also. |
| Classical dump at N/1,6-6/6,8.
Layer 14 in Early Trench E. A tremendously thick layer of dumped fill with ceramic contents ranging down through the second half of the 5th century and into very early years ... Late 5th c. (Early 4th c.) ... N 6:3 ... N 6:3 |
Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9.
Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. Layer resting on bedrock and covered partially by good strosis (55.26m.). Fill was red with mudbricks, tiles, much plaster ... Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9.
Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. |
Joins occur between this pit and the cistern in section ΛΛ (87/ΛΕ)
(E 5:3). Coins:
16 May 1936 #6 ... Byzantine ... Coins:
16 May 1936 #6 |
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 ... Ca. 200 B.C ... Agora XXIX, pp. 452-453 under G 6:2. |
P.H. 1.98m; greatest diameter 1.70; wall thickness 0.20. The walls are of rubble set in clay, and the bottom is flat. Pottery was coarse Byzantine sherds but discarded except for one graffito ... 25 May 1956 ... ΠΠ:6/Η |
| 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 ... G/3,4-6/7,8 |
Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... E 6:2 ... E 6:2 |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. 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 ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... H 6:9 ... H 6:9 |
Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. |
| Stephen G. Miller ... Irregular circular tomb (Diam. 2.20-2.60) with blocked dromos to northwest. Top of tomb lost in Archaic grading of area, center disturbed by Byzantine pit, overbuilt by northern-eastern walls of Room 3 ... LH III ... Q/7,9-6/11,12 |
Well dug through bedrock-settling basin of cistern at 69/ΜΗ. Coins:
21 May 1936 #24-#26
22 May 1936 #14
29 May 1936 #2-#4
2 June 1936 #1-#3
3 June 1936 #2-#4
4 June 1936 #4-#6 Cf. also container ΚΚ 336 ... 3rd c. A.D ... Coins:
21 May 1936 #24-#26
22 May 1936 #14
29 May 1936 #2-#4
2 June 1936 #1-#3
3 June 1936 #2-#4
4 June 1936 #4-#6 |
| Unfinished well-shaft with debris filling (apparently of the Sullan sack), on the lower NW slopes off the Areopagus. Abandoned due to poor quality of bedrock.
Three closely contemporary fills, considered ... End 2nd c. B.C.-second quarter 1st c. B.C ... Coins:
11 May 1939 #6 |
4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery. Estimated Grid ... 350-325 B.C ... K 6:2 ... K 6:2 |
West Chamber of Cistern System #2. This chamber filled earlier than the East Chamber. No stratification but at 3.80m. considerable pottery of the late 5th c. B.C., as in 60/ΛΗ cistern, presumably a portion ... First half of 3rd c. A.D ... Coins:
29 April 1936 #18
6 May 1936 #1 |
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