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| Crevice in Rock (Grave?) at 70/ΝΣΤ (below modern surface accumulation).
Identified as a sacrificial pyre, with characteristic banded plates and saucers, by SIR ... 4th c. B.C./300-250 B.C ... Crevice in Rock (Grave?) at 70/ΝΣΤ (below modern surface accumulation).
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| 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 ... Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft |
Estimated Grid ... Ca. 510-480 B.C ... Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft Upper fill |
Containers Lot Α 306-Lot Α 340. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 575-535 B.C ... Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft Lower fill |
Refuse pit in rock by heavy wall on West Street ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Refuse pit in rock by heavy wall on West Street. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus. Unfinished, probably because of hardness of rock, and refilled at once, perhaps with sanctuary dump and with collapsed rock from the shaft itself.
Diameter 1.15m ... 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C ... Unfinished, probably because of hardness of rock, and refilled at once, perhaps with sanctuary dump and with collapsed rock from the shaft itself.
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Stuccoed pit, 2m x 2.50 m, rock-cut. Coins:
26 March 1937 #1 (not a coin) ... Ca. 400-350 B.C ... Stuccoed pit, 2m x 2.50 m, rock-cut. |
It seems likely that the well was never used due to poor quality of rock. Uniform fill of collapsed bedrock ... 650-625 B.C ... It seems likely that the well was never used due to poor quality of rock. Uniform fill of collapsed bedrock. |
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