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Michael Laughy ... West and adjacent to Modern Wall 5, we excavated 12th-13th c. A.D. fill, in some places a half meter deep or more. The fill was remarkably uniform in content throughout. Typical pottery included: fine ... 12th-13th c. A.D ... K/7,8-3/5,7 ... K/6,9-3/5,9 |
Cancelled; see K-L 18-20:1. Asterisk: K 18:4* ... K 18:4 ... K 18:4 |
From cleaning of scarp at K/6,7-1/12,13, from area of large Frankish pit. Coins:
21 July 1994 #1072-#1078 ... Islamic ... K 1:6 ... K 1:6 |
Now I-O 15:1. Asterisk: K 15:1* ... K 15:1 ... K 15:1 |
East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. Some evidence of burning on pottery ... Ca. 460 B.C ... East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. |
Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles.
Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins:
13 ... 275-200 B.C ... K 7:1 ... K 7:1 |
Well L: PG, ELS. Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery appears less consistent than that in the pit at 70/ΜΕ. Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B. PD 2780 ... Protogeometric ... K 12:2 ... K 12:2 |
| James Artz Pirisino Daniele Kylindreas Miltiades ... Excavation in Room 3 of ΒΘ West revealed 5 ceramic vessels in a row against the eastern face of Wall 12. 3 complete vessels (ΒΘ 122, 124, and 125) were catalogued, along with the base of a plain glazed ... 9th-11th c. A.D ... K 3:2 ... K 3:2 |
Ione Shear ... Tile burial of an adult male found in 1991 on top of cover slab of south channel of river ... 27 June-3 July 1991 ... K/3,4-4/3 |
| Tile-lined well. Excavation of the well terminated at 47.548m. due to cave-in danger. Cf. MC 1499 and L 5995 found in vicinity of well; also ST 897, ST 943 and MC 1384 plus coin N 12048 (ΒΕ-1403) found ... 15 June 1993
28 June 1993
23-30 July 1993 ... K 2:4 ... K 2:4 |
| Layer of crushed bedrock with ostraka, behind Classical Building ... 17 June-17 July 1996
28 July 1997 ... K/1,4-2/11,15 |
| Coins:
23 July 1992 #854
27 July 1992 #861-#864, #866, #868, #872
28 July 1992 #867, #874
29 July 1992 #869-#871, #873, #875
31 July 1992 #877-#884, #887-#888
3 August 1992 #890-#896
4 August 1992 #897-#900, ... Roman-Byzantine ... K/4,5-1/14,15 |
Original bottom of pithos was damaged (probably by ground water) and a second, higher bottom consisting of squarish terracotta tiles laid. Fill above second, higher floor was unusually rich in pottery ... Byzantine ... K 2:1 ... K 2:1 |
Well in Byzantine Room 9. Excavation of the well terminated at 49.00m. due to cave-in danger. Topped by a stone sill and marble putael, the upper part of well is of Byzantine-period stone masonry; lower ... Byzantine ... K/1-2/17 |
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 |
Tile lined bothros with field stone collar. Coins:
19 June 1992 #818-#819 ... 12th-13th c. A.D ... K 1:1 ... K 1:1 |
| Tom Milbank ... An unlined and relatively narrow (ca. 0.82m. in diameter) well cut through hard-pack and bedrock. Although three periods of use can be discerned in the stratigraphy of the well below a depth of ca. 5.47m., ... Middle Geometric I ... K/7-1/15,16 |
Room 8, Pit 1 in Layer 2. Notebook ΒΕ XII is missing ... 11th c. A.D ... K 2:2 ... K 2:2 |
| David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1 ... K 2:5 ... K 2:5 |
| The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light brown soil contained some ash and bone and 5 nearly complete pots or saucers ... First half 3rd. c. B.C ... K/1-1/20 |
| Pit in Layer 9, lined on the sides and bottom with small stones ... Late 5th c. B.C ... K 5:1 ... K 5:1 |
| The pit consists of an unlined, circular shaft measuring 1.10m. in diameter and at least 2.23m. in depth. The sides of the shaft have roughly cut hand-/foot-holds at irregular intervals and locations ... Late Roman to end of 4th c. A.D ... K/2,3-1/10 |
Small pocket with R.F. sherds and terracottas, perhaps thrown up by the diggers of a modern well nearby ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... K 13:1 ... K 13:1 |
Pottery Deposit at 57/ΙΔ (also 57/ΙΣΤ and 63-66/Κ-ΚΕ). Contents of pit range from Mycenaean to Turkish; apparently the dump of a modern antiquities dealer ... Modern Context ... K 14:1 ... K 14:1 |
"Iron Pit" beneath house 634/20 and in the upper part of a well. Coins:
22 April 1958 #1-#3 (illegible)
23 April 1958 #1
25 April 1958 #1 (illegible) ... 1st C. B.C ... K 16:1 ... K 16:1 |
Scanty filling over bedrock ... Latest 6th c. B.C ... K 17:1 ... K 17:1 |
In Southeast House, Room E. The inventoried material consisted entirely of loomweights, all of the 4th c. B.C ... 5th-4th c. B.C ... K 17:2 ... K 17:2 |
Refuse pit in rock by heavy wall on West Street ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... K 17:3 ... K 17:3 |
Roman well re-used in Byzantine times. Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-13.80m.
.2=13.80-23.50m.
.3=23.50-25.00m ... Late 1st-early 2nd, 4th-5th, 11th centuries ... K 18:1 ... K 18:1 |
Coins:
27 March 1937 #1 ... Early Byzantine, 11th c. A.D ... K 18:1.1 ... K 18:1.1 |
Coins:
5 April 1937 #1
8 April 1937 #3 (disintegrated)
9 April 1937 #1
10 April 1937 #9-#67
12 April 1937 #3-#6
13 April 1937 #1, (found 7 April 1937), # 24
14 April 1937 #1-#2 (found 8 April 1937)
16 ... Late Roman, 4th-early 5th. c. A.D ... K 18:1.2 ... K 18:1.2 |
Coins:
10 April #68-#78
12 April 1937 #1-#6, #9-#65 (found 10 April 1937)
13 April 1937 #2-#13 (found 10 April 1937)
13 April 1937 #14-#24 (found 12 April 1937)
19 April 1937 #1-#5 (found 10 and 12 April ... Early Roman, 1st c. A.D ... K 18:1.3 ... K 18:1.3 |
| Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C ... K 18:2 ... K 18:2 |
| Dumped filling mostly of 3rd c. A.D., but dumped as late as 5th century. Nbp. 143: The fill in this cistern was of three kinds: to within .60m. of the floor plain broken bedrock with no sherds; then a ... 10-17 February 1937 ... K 18:3 ... K 18:3 |
Upper fill (top to around 4.50m.) was in a pit of large dimensions above the preserved well shaft. From the bottom and shaft proper no catalogued pottery. No tiling in place in well but fragments of tiles ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... K 20:1 ... K 20:1 |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Roughly circular pit with scraps of bone and traces of carbonized material. Four similar empty pits nearby with a little Geometric pottery ... Early Geometric ... K 20:2 ... K 20:2 |
Diameter of top of well 0.80m.
An early well east of Roman Building, north of Temple of Ares and thus in the region of the Mycenaean cemetery. Sherds almost entirely Mycenaean with nothing later and a ... Mycenaean ... K 6:1 ... K 6:1 |
Pithos at NE corner of Byzantine Building. Coins:
20 May 1938 #1, #3 ... Late 11th-Early 12th c. A.D ... K 6:3 ... K 6:3 |
Found while cleaning wall running east-west over 57. Contained late glazed pottery ... Byzantine ... K 6:4 ... K 6:4 |
Byzantine ... K 8:1 ... K 8:1 |
It seems likely that the well was never used due to poor quality of rock. Uniform fill of collapsed bedrock ... 650-625 B.C ... K 9:1 ... K 9:1 |
Coins:
2 May 1935 #1-#4 ... Turkish ... K 10:1 ... K 10:1 |
Built largely of tiles, upper part missing, plaster lined and broken through near the bottom on the north. Probably filled up at one time during the Turkish period. Preserved height 1.65m. Coins:
5 February ... Turkish ... K 11:1 ... K 11:1 |
Well 6 = Pit 6 under Church but it antedates the church. Late Byzantine or early Turkish. Coins:
17 March 1936 #4-#5
18 March 1936 #5 ... Late Byzantine ... K 11:2 ... K 11:2 |
| Well I: PG, ELS. The collapsed well north of the Middle Stoa Terrace. This pit, or shallow well, into which a Turkish storage pit lined with stones was set, produced purely Proto-Geometric pottery and ... Protogeometric ... K 12:1 ... K 12:1 |
Hellenistic fill at 48-53/ΙΒ-ΙΓ. (now K 7:1) Asterisk: K 6-7:1* ... Hellenistic fill at 48-53/ΙΒ-ΙΓ. (now K 7:1) ... Asterisk: K 6-7:1* |
| David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1 ... J-K 2:2 ... J-K 2:2 |
Dorothy B. Thompson A.W. Parsons ... Displaced grave in well K 12:2. Adult female inhumation (AA 290). As Deposit K 12:2a in Agora XXXVI ... "Submycenaean"/Early Protogeometric ... K 12:2 BIS ... K 12:2 BIS |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (East End) (Inside building and to South) Cf. H-I-J 12-13 (Θ, ΜΣ) and H-I-J 14 -15 (Κ) (unsolved)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits ... K-M 13-14 ... K-M 13-14 |
| Dimensions: 1.10m in diameter and 1,36m deep.
It could have been started as a well but then abandoned at a shallow depth (perhaps due to Persian invasion of Athens). BG vessels (including one inscribed ... 500-470 B.C ... J/20,K/1-2/7,8 |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... H-K 12-14 ... H-K 12-14 |
Investigations in the area of the Odeion: lettered Odeion Trenches not otherwise specified.
The trenches were excavated by layers; these layers could be compared across the area to determine correlation ... 1st c. B.C ... K-N 9-12 ... K-N 9-12 |
"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 ... K 9-10:1 ... K 9-10:1 |
Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ.
The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C.
2nd c A.D ... K-L 18-20:1 ... K-L 18-20:1 |
Well K: PG, ELS ... Protogeometric ... Well k |
Joins occur between this pit and the cistern in section ΛΛ (87/ΛΕ)
(E 5:3). Coins:
16 May 1936 #6 ... Byzantine ... Pithos K |
House K: Brown fill (publ. House U). Filling between terrace wall and house wall at the extreme west end of the Areopagus; a brown gravelly filling of early Roman date found here undisturbed but occurring ... Early Roman ... House K: Brown fill (publ. |
Well K: Late Neolithic. Near Klepsydra.
Diameter top ca. 1.00x0.80
at -1.50 ca. 0.75
at -2.25 ca 0.50
Water level ca. -2.00m ... Late Neolithic ... Well K: Late Neolithic. |
| Grave VII in notebook = RSY Grave 21. PD 731-k ... Date uncertain, presumably 7th. or 6th. c. B.C ... PD 731-k |
Cistern System in East Portico.
Drawshaft with two blind tunnels, in court of House of the Greek Moisaic; partially excavated by Dorpfeld. No legible coins or amphora handles. Coins:
26 June 1964 # ΔΕ3 ... 2nd c. B.C ... Drawshaft, Cistern in Court K, House of Greek Mosaic |
Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K).
Brann Well or Pit O. Estimated Grid ... To ca. 725 B.C ... Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K).
Brann Well or Pit O. |
Coins:
5 May 1932 #1-#7
Laughing faun found at this level with pottery similar to that of group K (miniature) ... 3rd c.-267 A.D ... Coins:
5 May 1932 #1-#7
Laughing faun found at this level with pottery similar to that of group K (miniature). |
| Marcie Handler ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. The neck and one handle of one of the amphorae (BZ 1213) had been poking ... Ca. 1st c. A.D ... Excavations | 2005 | Trenches | Handler | Area north of Wall K | Deposit of Amphoras J 1:3 |
| Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave L in notebook. Coin
9 March 1939 #14-#15 Neg. KK 364
Cf. container K 464 (under Grave L) ... 16 March 1939 ... KK 364
Cf. container K 464 (under Grave L). |
Middle Stoa Building Fill.
Cf. also H-I-J 14-15, H-K 12-14 (ask SIR) (unsolved)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Cf. also H-I-J 14-15, H-K 12-14 (ask SIR) (unsolved)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; left for later, in the interest of time (Dec 2007/pf) ... SIR published it as H-K 12-14
Asterisk: H-I-J 12-13* |
| Terracotta deposit in SW corner of Room K and E of Roman Wall L. Roman layer of red, compact earth.
Baskets 50,52,54. Coins:
18 July 2002 #1282
19 July 2003 #1295 ... 4th c. A.D ... Terracotta deposit in SW corner of Room K and E of Roman Wall L. |
Undisturbed fill at 34-36/I-K (Heliaia Peristyle, west aisle).
Two pieces (T 3662 and SS 14440) are recorded as "undoubtedly from Peristyle fill of third quarter of 4th century B.C." although "from area ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C ... Undisturbed fill at 34-36/I-K (Heliaia Peristyle, west aisle).
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Hellenistic Fills South of Middle Stoa (1954) (cf. K-M 13-14, etc) (unsolved)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; left ... Hellenistic Fills South of Middle Stoa (1954) (cf. K-M 13-14, etc) (unsolved)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; left for later, in the interest of time (Dec 2007/pf). |
Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill.
14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C ... Some black-glazed fragments bear same stamps as vessels in P 21:4 and H-K 12-14. |
Dealer's Dump at 10/Θ.
Debris filling beneath a modern house floor, apparently from the shop of an antiquities' dealer; otherwise unrelated to the Agora area. Compare similar dumps, K 14:1 and N 10:1 ... Modern context ... Compare similar dumps, K 14:1 and N 10:1. |
Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). Coins
8 June 1933 #4
9 June 1933 #5-#6
10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16
13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29
14 June 1933 #3-#4
15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8
17 June ... Mid 3rd century ... Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). |
7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C.
Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C ... 7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. |
"Fauvel Collection"
Collector's dump? Debris in the cellar of a modern house, probably once that of F.S. Fauvel.
The collection included vases of all periods, from Geometric to Turkish; a number of the ... Modern Context ... Compare the similar dumps, K 14:1 and O 17:2. |
Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill.
Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Other finds are with H-K 12-14.
See Hesperia 57 (1988), pp. 88-89 for a description of the dating and "The lots collected in Kleiner's Deposit III, however, do not seem to form a logical stratigraphic unit ... " ... (e.g. indicated on p. 3270 (4 June 1954)) listed with deposit H-K 12-14. |
Well at 19/ΛΓ.
The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5.
Top to -8.5m: Byzantine dump to 11-12th c. A.D.
-8.50m to -15.00m: 4th ... Mid 3rd century A.D ...
-17.00m to -17.30m: Original POU-Mid 3rd c., parallels to Group K. |
| David Scahill ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. Chamber cut through bedrock. The northeast corner of chamber defined ... LHIII A:1 ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. |
Exploration in the peristyle of the Heliaea (1960); evidence for rebuilding in the third quarter of the 4th c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as 1st-2nd c. A.D. Date of reconstruction ca. 325 B.C ... Ca. 350- 325 B.C ... I-K 14-15 |
Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.
This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates ... Labeled trenches B, J, K, R are in section Β. |
Pit in SW corner of Heliaia Peristyle (mint).
The four Athenian imperial coins (Κ-1641 - Κ-1644) belong to the Athenian Imperial Group III, a series that can be very closely dated to the middle of the ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... Walker coin deposit. Cf. K-1815 (earlier flan than those listed here?). |
House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and
C 19:17.
a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c.
b) Used ... Ca. 5th and 4th c. B.C ... House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and
C 19:17.
a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c.
b) Used as marble-workers' shop from beginning of 4th. c. to near middle of century. |
| Brian Martens ... It was partially excavated during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c ... LHIIIA ... A strip of fill at the north side of the cutting, just below the scarp of Wall L remained unexcavated at the end of the season (J/17,18-1/10,11; 51.290-51.376 masl.)
2018:
We removed a final strip of fill in the chamber below the scarp under Wall K (J/17,19-1/10,11). |
| Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. |
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