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Cistern System #1f: Shaft at 1/ΝΘ = Well A. Scanty dumped filling. Coins:
19 February 1936 #2-#3
20 February 1936 #16-#20
21 February 1936 #5-#7
22 February 1936 #1 ... Mid-4th to 3rd c. B.C. |
Except for A 2355 and I 3871, the other finds of 'upper fill' are actually from the 'change of fill' recorded on 24 April 1936, nbp. 1500. Coins:
19 March 1936 #1-#4
21 March 1936 #1-#2
24 April 1936 #5-#6 ... 16 March-24 April 1936 |
Coins:
30 July 1947 #3-#11
31 July 1947 #4-#19
1 August 1947 #1-#9
4 August 1947 #1-#20
5 August 1947 #3-#20
6 August 1947 #1-#38
7 August 1947 #1-#21
8 August 1947 #1-#41
9 August 1947 #3-#6
57-59/*
66-67/* ... 28-31 July 1947
6-9 August 1947 |
POU 3.50-10.30m. dumped filling of 5th or 6th century. Coins:
10 May 1949 #1
16 May 1949 #1
17 May 1949 #1-#2
19 May 1949 #1-#2
20 May 1949 #1-#12
21 May 1949 #1-#4 from dump
23 May 1949 #1-#3 from dump ... 3rd-5th c. A.D. |
Late Roman mixed destruction fill.
The fill in both the staircase and the cistern chamber was the same mixed destruction fill containing a large quantity of Hellenistic pottery mixed in with late 3rd-early ... 4th. c. A.D ... The fill in both the staircase and the cistern chamber was the same mixed destruction fill containing a large quantity of Hellenistic pottery mixed in with late 3rd-early 4th c. A.D ... Coins:
21 April 1936 #1-#2
22 April 1936 #1
24 April 1936 #1-#4
25 April 1936 #1-#5
27 April 1936 #1-#9
28 April 1936 #1 |
Water channel in north part of section, giving access to water system. Channel Mouth 1. Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C ... ΠΘ:21-22/ΛΣΤ-ΛΖ |
(Roman Group J). The upper fill to a depth of ca. 16.00m. was of earth scooped up elsewhere and thrown in ... The latest piece noted from this fill was a TC fragment dated late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. From ... 2nd.-3rd. c. A.D ... The latest piece noted from this fill was a TC fragment dated late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. From 16.00m. to the bottom there was a heavy deposit of well pottery. ... Coins:
19 March 1936 #1-#4
21 March 1936 #1-#2
24 April 1936 #5-#6
Coins found in going through earth from well after drying:
2 May 1936 #1
5 May 1936 #1-#3
6 May 1936 #1-#4
11 May 1936 #1-#4
14 May 1936 #1-#4 |
Roman well, stratified.
Finds from the earth (not recorded in a subdivision):
P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS 6338, IL 483, IL 486, BI 309, BI 310,
BI 314.
According to the excavator the shaft had been cleaned ... 2nd-4th c. A.D. |
| James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit.
PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ.
[In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric |
Hellenistic-Early Roman fill over bedrock, along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not ... 26-29 February 1936
2-12 March 1936 |
| Grave V in notebook = RSY Grave 5. PD 731-c, Ptg. 244 ... Second quarter of the 6th. c. B.C. |
| Sacrificial Pit I in notebook = RSY Grave 20 ... Ca. 510-490 B.C. |
Back fill in an unfinished well, originally dug only to a depth of 3.80m. Apparently dug in the 3rd. c. B.C. and refilled at once; the filling contained a scattering of 5th. and 4th. c. fragments as well ... To early 3rd century. |
Containers ca. 140-207. From containers ca. 170 to bottom, catalogued objects seem to represent a gradual accumulation from 1st c. A.D. to mid-3rd c. Divisions between are arbitrary and therefore combined ... Mixed post-pre-Herulian |
| Grave XV in notebook = RSY Grave 1.
Part of a burial jar with bones of 18-month-old child. Position of body not determinable. Foot of jar had been broken to insert body of child and stopped with stones ... Second half of 8th. c. B.C. |
Sacrificial Pit VI in notebook = RSY Grave 18 See also B 21:23 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. |
| Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3.
Bones of a young child found inside. Discarded? ... 6th. c. B.C. |
| Grave X in notebook = RSY Grave 14. PD 731-g ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. |
Sacrificial Pit V in notebook = RSY Grave 19 ... Last quarter 6th. c. B.C. |
Well outside market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way. Accumulated use filling from first half of 1st c. A.D. to early 3rd c. Top to 14.65m. 4th c. dump; nothing significant catalogued ... POU First half of 1st c.-early 3rd c. A.D ... Accumulated use filling from first half of 1st c. A.D. to early 3rd c. Top to 14.65m. 4th c. dump; nothing significant catalogued. ... Coins:
21 June 1923 #1-#3
23 June 1939 #1-#4(#1 from dirt pile)
24 June 1939 #5-#18(#6-#18 from dirt pile) |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
Well south of the apse of Room 3, Roman House H. Cut through bedrock, diameter ca. 1.15m, stopped at ca. -10.80m because of danger of collapse. Water at very top, up to bottom of parapet between well and ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... Q/16,17-21/1,2 |
Early Roman well with four fills.
fill 1: well sealed 1st. c. A.D.
fill 2: more bones than pots.
fill 3: nothing later than 1st. c. B.C.=POU
fill 4: similar to fill 3, a little earlier? Coins:
7 May 1940 ... Early Roman |
| Grave XXVI in notebook = RSY Grave 12 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. or sightly later |
Cistern (and passage) on the north slope of the Areopagus. Fill badly disturbed in modern and Turkish times. The few ancient sherds seem to be chiefly early Roman-1st c. B.C. (p. 256).
Some finds labeled ... 1st c. B.C. |
| Well in West Colonnade of Roman House H. Covered by a large handsome marble well-head, apparently reused. Cut through bedrock. Diameter ca. 1.20m, water at -3.60m.
Two distinct POU fills. One at ca. -4.50m ... June-August 1970 |
Pit under floor of "Storeroom" south of fish mosaic in Roman House H.
Small peanut-shaped pit ca. 0.50x0.90. No association with architecture. Small group of votive miniatures ... 4th c. B.C. ? |
Destruction fill in "Storeroom" south of fish mosaic., outside SW corner of Roman House H. In SW corner of room an area of broken jars. heavy deposit (ca. 0.45m thick) of destruction fill over whole room ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Cistern at 21/ΙΗ
Period of use fill dated to ca. 375-350 B.C., Upper fill dated to mostly first half of 6th c. B.C. in Agora XXX ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Cistern at 21/ΙΗ
Period of use fill dated to ca. 375-350 B.C., Upper fill dated to mostly first half of 6th c. |
Well in Room 5 of Roman House H.
Under cement border of andron of Greek House G. Diameter 1.10m, cut through bedrock. water at ca. 3.55m. Hand or foot holes along one side.
0-7.25m crushed bedrock fill ... 5th c. B.C. |
Clearing bedrock on line of early (Archaic) peribolos wall, east of entrance on the south side, west end. Uncatalogued material: 50 sherds, 83 fragments. of plemochoai.
Classical Ware : lekythos; plemochoai ... Early 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 34/ΚΔ.
a) Depth 13.60m. Little pottery (14 tins) and some of that made useless by loss of tickets during war.
b) Top to 13.00m (upper and transitional fills) 4th century. LRP ware and a 4th century ... Late 2nd to middle of 3rd cent; 4th century |
| Well in East Colonnade of Roman House H. Diameter 0.80m, lined with field stones set in mortar. used as a cistern as well.
No useful pottery dates. Capital from colonnade A 3866 and part of shaft found ... 29 July 1970 ... Three marble heads found at -4.65m to -5.25m suggest change from Pagan to Christian in early 6th c. A.D. (ca. 529 A.D.).
See also Q 21:4 from same house. |
A well outside the market square to the southeast, 20m west of the Panathenaic Way; Modern fill in upper 1.65m. with Early Roman dumped fillings below. Coins:
9 May 1939 #37 (dirt pile)
10 May 1939 #53 ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Pit in Tholos Trench V (below Layer e).
In plan it would seem to have been oval, though its east end is c/../ by the south wall of the North Archaic Home. Its N-S width is 1.25m, its E-W length is 1.40m ... 7th-early 6th c. B.C. |
Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D. Coins:
3 May 1939 #1-2 (red earth above well)
9 June 1939 #1
10 June 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1-#5
13 June 1939 #1
19 June 1939 #1-#2, #3 (Dump)
7 May 1940 #1
9 May 1940 #1
27 ... Early 1st-5th c. A.D. POU |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C. |
Pocket on the line of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall at entrance on the south side. Uncatalogued material: 215 sherds, 186 + frags. plemochoai and 4 objects.
Classical Ware : black glaze; mug; rilled-rim ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... T 21 |
| Grave XIV in notebook = RSY Grave 13. PD 731-f ... Late 6th. c. B.C. |
Coins:
9 May 1940 #1-#2 ... 1st. c. A.D. |
Reused as part of a modern cistern; scanty remains of ancient fill towards bottom. No containers of pottery ... 1st c. A.D. |
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated.
Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... Middle fill: Only stamped amphora handle comes from Late Corinthian jar of second half of 3rd c. Latest coins date 200-180. ... N 21:4 and m 21:1 are probably contemporary dumps from this shop, which was located near by.
... Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. Fragments of two bowls; one stacking ring (possibly from middle fill). |
| Well in Room 7 of Roman House H, partially covered by caldarium of added bath complex (Room 6). Stone well-head; 0.85m in diameter. Stpped because of danger of collapse. Cut through bedrock, water from ... 6th c. A.D ... 6th c. A.D ... Q/11,12-21/17,18 |
'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 |
| Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb.
The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c. |
Fill around the upper block of the southwest corner of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall, south of the Propylon, and hard fill at the side of a trench for a modern wall.
Uncatalogued material: 181 sherds ... 2nd c. B.C. |
Pit in bedrock (disturbed child's grave?). No bones or ashes. No lots.
No coins listed. P 14520 was certainly from the north end, doubtless a grave offering; few sherds (first half of 5th century) came ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C. |
| Grave VII in notebook = RSY Grave 21. PD 731-k ... Date uncertain, presumably 7th. or 6th. c. B.C. |
| Grave XVII in notebook = RSY Grave 15.
Only lower half of skeleton preserved. Bones discarded? ... Last quarter of the 6th. c. B.C. |
Shaft (= well + caves) at 116-118/ΚΕ-ΚΣΤ Coins:
6 May 1939 #16-#21
8 May 1939 #35-#37
9 May 1939 #1
24 April 1940 #6 ... 2nd. quarter - mid-5th. c. A.D. |
Mouth and upper part of chamber cut away in modern times; two short passages, one to SW, encroaching on Mycenaean chamber tomb; here the builders apparently found the fill too soft for tunneling, so they ... Early third quarter of 3rd c. B.C. |
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 ... The proportion of figured and good glazed fragments is unusually high, including cups, squat lekythoi and other vases in greater part of the last two decades of the 5th. c. but with some material that goes back into the first quarter of the 5th. c. and a little that continues into the early years of the 4th ... Coins:
18 May 1940 #4
21 May 1940 #2-#10 |
| Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.
Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C. |
| Grave XII in notebook = RSY Grave 9 ... Just after the middle of the 6th. c. B.C. |
Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C.
Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C. |
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. |
| Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... Late Archaic ... There were 14 layers of fill from two periods-the Roman resurfacing of the area using Hellenistic fill (possibly associated with Deposit T-U 21:1, but not kept as such since floors were damaged in area directly above) and dumped fill from the late 6th/early 5th c. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 |
See I 870, a piece of which was found in disturbed red fill in Β' southeast of Tholos.
Although apparently from the same context as P 5339 (tins 24-26, undisturbed fill), P 5336-P 5338 are recorded from ... 27 February-8 April 1935 |
| Child grave. Grave 21 in notebook. No burning. No offerings. Covered by a 5th c. filling disturbed in Turkish times. Neg. ΚΚ 83, shows skeleton. Possibly discarded? ... 27 March 1936 ... Child grave. Grave 21 in notebook. No burning. ... Covered by a 5th c. filling disturbed in Turkish times. |
North of east branch of Great Drain. Coins:
21 June 1973 #1 ... 4th c. A.D. |
Martyr at Δ6. Top strosis (Byzantine-Turkish) discarded.
Strosis 2, late Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 21)
Strosis 3, early Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 22)
Strosis 4, to mid-4th c. B.C. (Lot ΔΕ 23)
Nothing catalogued from ... To mid-4th c. B.C ... Strosis 2, late Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 21)
Strosis 3, early Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 22)
Strosis 4, to mid-4th c. |
Late fillings over early walls.
Tin 120 sherds put with those from the same fill dug 21 February 1934, just to the south. Coins:
21 February 1934 #3-#7
9 March 1934 #2 ... To 5th c. A.D. |
In use up to the time of Sulla? Coins:
20 May 1940 # 8-#9
21 May 1940 #1 ... 1st. c. B.C. |
Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; latest lamp type 45C; fragments of many bowls (ca. 40), similar to those in M 21:1 and P 21:4. |
It may perhaps be assumed that in the 5th c. the Romans cleaned the well to 25.30m., thus removing 2nd c. and subsequent fill, and then began to reuse the shaft. Coins
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
25 ... POU 1st c. and 5th-6th c. A.D ... It may perhaps be assumed that in the 5th c. the Romans cleaned the well to 25.30m., thus removing 2nd c. and subsequent fill, and then began to reuse the shaft ... Coins
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
25 May 1938 #1-#2
26 May 1938 #1-#2 |
Containers 53 (transitional)-69. Coins:
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
26 May 1938 #1-#2 ... Early Roman 1st c. A.D. |
Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins:
21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. ... (and 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water ... Coins:
21 May 1937 #5-#31
22 May 1937 #2-#4
4 June 1936 #12
22 June 1936 #1-#3
From dump:
28 May 1937 #1, #12-#24, #26-#28
1 June 1937 #1
12 June 1937 #1-#7 |
| The cistern was lined with stones at the top with an opening 0.80 m in diameter. For the most part, it seemed to cut into bedrock except along its northern edge where some 5th c. B.C fill remains and main ... 2-19 July 2010 ... For the most part, it seemed to cut into bedrock except along its northern edge where some 5th c. B.C fill remains and main continue further down (Lot 663). ... Coins
7 July 2010 #507-#508
14 July #510-#511
16 July #512
20 July #513-#515
21 July #516, #520 |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21).
Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D. |
Roman Group L.
Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 to 11.90).
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Coins:
21 May 1937 #5-#31
22 May 1937 #2-#4
from dump:
28 May 1937 #1, #12-#24, #26-#28
1 June 1937 #1
12 June 1937 #1-#7 ... Late 1st. c.-earliest 3rd. c. A.D. |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... =Dump of 4th. c.
.2=3.50-22.20m.=Original fill dumped back in; 1-3rd. c. A.D.
.3=22.20-23.25m.=POU Second half of 1st. c. B.C.-first half of 1st. c. |
Roman Water Mill: Destruction fill on floor and in pit. Includes also fill from mill drain and in manhole at 14/ΛΣΤ, plus gravel fill of gully formed after construction and probably after destruction of ... Second half 6th c. A.D. |
The well had two upper fills and a stratified deposit at the bottom. The well deposit is divided into two parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c. (with perhaps late 1st. c.).; dumped filling of 5th century. Coins: ... 1st.-3rd. c. A.D ... The well deposit is divided into two parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c. (with perhaps late 1st. c.).; dumped filling of 5th century ... Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-17.75m. upper and lower dump fills.
.2=17.75-19.25m. upper well deposit.
.3=19.25-21-35m. lower well deposit to bottom. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Although badly disturbed at various times in antiquity, it was clearly a chamber tomb with the chamber little more than a cubby-hole at the end of a steep dromos, entered at the ... Myc. III A-B ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 106-107, pl. 25 b, c. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches.
One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 105-106, fig. 4, pl. 25 b, c. |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D. |
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. |
| Mycenaean grave.
Small pit grave (0.50m by 1.35m by 0.75m deep) containing the skeleton of an infant girl. Although a simple grave with a single interment, the pit was packed with gifts. These consisted ... No later than mid-15th c ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 107-108, pl. 26 c. |
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. |
Well at 5/ΚΘ. Digging abandoned at -7.20m for fear of collapse.
Upper 50cm, fill in broken in mouth, very late Roman (4th-7th. c. A.D.)
Fill below 50cm to 6.50mL late roman with some earlier material (from ... 4th-7th century A.D ... Upper 50cm, fill in broken in mouth, very late Roman (4th-7th. c. A.D.)
Fill below 50cm to 6.50mL late roman with some earlier material (from earth from digging this well) ... Coins
1 February 1938 #1-#6 (mouth)
9 May 1938 #1-#4
12 May 1938 #1
21 March 1939 #1-#2 |
| Coins:
19 July 1995 #1254
20 July 1995 #1252
21 July 1995 #1268 Three additional finds, A 4916, IL 1909, T 4387, are from outside the well proper and not in the finds list but cf. pp. 7243, 7245 and section ... 4th-12th c. A.D. |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Containers 24-72.
Masses of pottery; including many BHWJ's; lamps XVIII and XXIV
Coins:
12 June 1937 #14-#53
13 June 1937 #1-#7 (from earth of 12 June)
13 June 1937 #8
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 ... First half 1st c. A.D. |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235. Coins:
6 April 1936 #18-#21
7 ... First half of 1st c. A.D.
4th-early 5th c. A.D. |
Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ:
1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D. |
A filling lying over a cobbled floor in a house-complex on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late ... 375-275 B.C ... Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late as the 3rd c. B.C ... Coins:
21 May 1932 #2
25 May 1932 #6-#7
26 May 1932 #1-#3 |
Well cut through the floor of a cistern. Apparently a dumped fill in an unused well. Coins:
16 March 1934 #15 (illegible)
17 March 1934 #2
19 March 1934 #1-#4
20 March 1934 #1-#3
22 March 1934 #1
23 March ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor.
POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor.
... Coins:
19 March 1934 #8
20 March 1934 #1-#3
21 March 1934 #3-#5
23 March 1934 #1-#3, #6-#8
30 March 1934 #39 |
Connected with G 14:3.
There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. ... Coins:
16 April 1932 #4
18 April 1932 #1-#3
19 April 1932 #1-#2
20 April 1932 #1-#3
21 April 1932 #1-#4 |
2nd.-1st. c. B.C ... 2nd.-1st. c. B.C ... -21--19m. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D.
Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549.
Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century ... Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. ... Coins:
20 May 1936 #1
21 May 1936 #1-#9 [#1-#2 in 18 May baskets, #3-#8 in 20 May baskets]
22 May 1936 #1-#4 [#1-#3 found in 20 May baskets]
29 May 1936 #5-#18 [earth, lower fills]
30 May 1936 #1-#9 [earth, lower fills]
1 June 1936 #2-#4 [#2 in 24 May basket, #3-#4 in earth, lower fill]
2 June 1936 #2 [earth, lower fill]
9 June 1936 #1 [earth, above water]
11 June 1936 #20 [earth, above water] |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. |
Cistern at 60/ΙΕ; bell-shaped cistern with a channel 1.65m high and 4.60m long, leading to a dead end against bedrock. This channel runs north with a slight curve to the east and looks as though it was ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd c. B.C. |
Includes a transitional layer 15.25-16.50m. Containers 12-42. Coins:
19 April 1939 #1-#8 (#2-#8 from dump) ... 4th-5th c. A.D. POU ... 4th-5th c. A.D. POU ... -21--15.25m. |
Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C. |
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