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| Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8).
Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C ... Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8).
... Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor laid over it. ... Coins from layer 4:
18 September 1947 # 7-#11 |
The Building Fill had been badly disturbed and has been divided into several different lots, resulting in two main divisions: layer 5 (upper building fill) and layer 6 (lower building fill). Later investigation ... 23 June-16 July 1973 ... The Building Fill had been badly disturbed and has been divided into several different lots, resulting in two main divisions: layer 5 (upper building fill) and layer 6 (lower building fill). |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 2 (bis). Cut into by builders of I 5:2. No remains.
Possible contents in I 4-5:1 Layer C (= layer 6, lower building fill), catalogued as ΒΓ 2065 - ΒΓ 2125 ... Middle Helladic or later Bronze Age (date uncertain) ... Cut into by builders of I 5:2. No remains.
Possible contents in I 4-5:1 Layer C (= layer 6, lower building fill), catalogued as ΒΓ 2065 - ΒΓ 2125. |
Exploration over bedrock inside the Tholos; levels of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C. |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. ... Moldmade bowls with thick walls and small indistinct figures similar to those on bowls in G 5:3 and some examples in Thompson's Group C. ... Coins:
3 June 1937 #1-#4
4 June 1937 #5-#9
7 June 1937 #1-#4 |
| Enclosure within Roman Circular Building. The finds apparently reflect the entire area inside the enclosure. Pottery lot ΒΓ 515 identifies the deposit as layer 10 and coin #895 from layer 11 says "layer ... 12-18 August 1971
9-10 May 1972 ... Pottery lot ΒΓ 515 identifies the deposit as layer 10 and coin #895 from layer 11 says "layer below the deposit" ... Coins:
13 August 1971 #890
9 May 1972 #895 (layer 11, "layer below the deposit")
The Bone bags from J 5:2 were analyzed by Michael MacKinnon: there are domestic taxa represented by a mix of skeletal elements. |
| Pit in Layer 9, lined on the sides and bottom with small stones ... Late 5th c. B.C. |
| Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C. |
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. |
| Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre)
Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? |
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 ... Trench at O/7,8-6/1,5. Layer 5 of Trench A cut in Rooms 1 and 2 of Greek House γ. |
Trial cut at 26/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ, Layer I; Circular Building, 22m south of Eleusinion. P 30171, P 30172, L 5818 added on 7 May 1973 ... 4th c. B.C. |
"Debris Pit" beneath starting line in Panathenaic Way.
Dug as
Trench B (1971), pp. 1631-1649 (notebook not seen, PF);
finds record both Layer 28 and beneath Layer 28.
Trench I, pit 16a, (1973), pp. 3010-3022 ... 2 August 1971
4-6 July 1973
27 June-11 July 1980 |
| 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. |
Pit in House T, Room 3 (through layer 6), in the industrial area west of Areopagus. Very likely pit may have been respectable archaic context, but nothing to go on beyond the two catalogued pieces (LT ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Pit in House T, Room 3 (through layer 6), in the industrial area west of Areopagus. ... No container for this pit, and also apparently none for layer 6? Layer 5 us described as "5th-4th c. |
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 |
| 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 |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 4 under Royal Stoa. Cist Grave cut into bedrock and lined with limestone and schist slabs. There were two layers of cover slabs with a layer of dirt between. Grave measured 0.98x0,25-0,32x0,25-0,30 ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean |
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. |
| Julia Shear ... Burial. Roman Temple south half, in fill south of temple crosswall and norh of polygonal wall, layer 37a.
Small, roughly circular pit. The diameter of the pit appeared to be only slightly greater than ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean |
| Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVIII in notebook. Layer VI over rock. Coins:
7 March 1939 #11 Neg. KK 353 ... 7-10 March 1939 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb SE of Stoa Pier 12 (Burial 8).
Roughly rectangular, measuring 1.70m by 1.40m, and was cut down to within 0.65m. by the construction of the Square Building. A rectangular cutting ... Early Myc. IIIA |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Ovoid pit cut into bedrock or sterile fill just north of preserved floor surfaces in the so-called Strategeion. Length (west-east) 2.6m; widens at 1.25m from the east scarp so that at west pit is 0.75m ... 4th B.C. |
Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building
west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it.
Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C. |
Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXVI in notebook.
Burned layer with bones, skulls. Coins:
13 March 1939 #25
14 March 1939 #9-#10 Neg. KK 394 ... Byzantine |
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. Layer resting on bedrock and covered partially by good strosis (55.26m.). |
A total of 79 ostraka was recovered from Room 5 of the Classical Building.
More of this deposit was excavated in the 2021 season on the opposite side of the scarp of Wall R, up against the face of Wall ... 500-475 B.C. |
Coins:
2 June 1937 #1 Estimated Grid ... 5th c. A.D. |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", etc.
... Apparently the burnt layer runs through sections Α, ΟΕ and Ε as well. ... Coins:
4 March 1933 #1-#4
8 March 1933 #1-#2
9 March 1933 #1-#12
10 March 1933 #1-#9 and #10-#12
11 March 1933 #1-#17 (Below burning)
13 March 1933 #1-#3 and #4-#7 and #8
14 March 1933 #1-#3
15 March 1933 #1-#4
16 March 1933 #1-#29 (above burning) and #30-#44 and #45-#48
17 March 1933 #1-#68 and #69-#88
18 March 1933 #1-#14 (above burning) and #15-#17
20 March 1933 #36-#50 and #51-#53
21 March 1933 #1-#51 and #52-#59
22 March 1933 #45-#92 and #106-#108
23 March 1933 #1-#12
24 March 1933 #1-#20
28 March 1933 #1-#29
31 March 1933 #1-#7
1 April 1933 #3-#13
3 April 1933 #1-#3 and #4-#7
5 April 1933 #22
10 April 1933 #3-#27 (SE corner of Dorpfeld's Stoa Bas.)
11 April 1933 #1-#38
12 April 1933 #38-#39 (SE corner of Dorpfeld's Stoa Bas.)
20 April 1933 #7-#14
21 April 1933 #13-#17
22 April 1933 #6-#20 (#19, #20 from dump)
24 April 1933 #2-#6
25 April 1933 #2-#4
26 April 1933 #1-#3
27 April 1933 #1-#7 and #8-#12
28 April 1933 #1-#6
3 May 1933 #5-#123
4 May 1933 #1-#21 and #22-#42
5 May 1933 #1-#22
6 May 1933 #1-#2
8 May 1933 #26
9 May 1933 #5-#6
12 May 1933 #1-#73
13 May 1933 #1-#9
15 May 1933 #1-#22
16 May 1933 #1-#13 and #17-#18
17 May 1933 #6-#16 and #17-#19 and #20-#32
18 May 1933 #1-#10 (Lowest layer above class. floor)
19 May 1933 #1-#15 and #16-#19
20 May 1933 #1-#21 and #22-#29
22 May 1933 #1-#62
23 May 1933 #1-#34 and #35-#36
24 May 1933 #1-#6
27 May 1933 #1-#25 and #26-#28
29 May 1933 #1-#31 and #32-#33
30 May 1933 #1-#5 and #6-#11
31 May 1933 #1-#5 and #6-#8
1 June 1933 #1-#15 and #19-#22
2 June 1933 #16-#33 and #35-#37
3 June 1933 #1-#9
5 June 1933 #1-#22 and #23-#25 and #27-#28
6 June 1933 #1-#3 and #9-#11 and #12
7 June 1933 #29 (disintegrated)
8 June 1933 #24
9 June 1933 #1-#2
15 June 1933 #9-#13 |
Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification.
Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D ... Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. ... Coins:
23 March 1933 #16-#19
24 March 1933 #4-#5(below layer of bricks 1.00m. east of
Ven. wall 24/ΙΗ)
26 April 1933 #1-#5
1 May 1933 #5-#8 (yellow fill against Venetian wall 36/ΙΑ)
27 May 1939 #6-#7
13 June 1939 #3 |
May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use.
For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff.
Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... Subdivisions:
.1=Layer VIII
.2=Layer VII
.3=Layer VI
.4=Layer V
.5=Layer IV
.6=Layer III
.7=Layer II
.8=Layer I
Estimated Grid |
| Pyre in House N, room 4 (RSY=Pyre 7), in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Pottery, mall pieces of calcined bone, log, wood cinders, and charcoal in diamond-shaped pit in floor sequence. The pyre ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... The pyre came to light just below the surface of layer 4, with the pit going down into layer 5, the floor associated with phase 3 of the house. Layer 4 ran over the foundation of the wall between rooms 5 and 6; a layer of decayed mudbrick covered layer 4. The pyre seems to have been dug into layer 4, which was then patched and continued in use. |
| Pyre in Horos Terrace Trench, East end, set into Strosis 5.
In room 1 (court), near north wall. Concentration in stratum, no pit discerned; described as a "little nest of pots" within layer V (Lot ΜΣ ... 350-325 B.C ... Pyre in Horos Terrace Trench, East end, set into Strosis 5.
In room 1 (court), near north wall. Concentration in stratum, no pit discerned; described as a "little nest of pots" within layer V (Lot ΜΣ 115), which overlay the hard strosis 5, the uppermost preserved floor of the house. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
First quarter 4th. c. B.C.
Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
... The pyre was found in digging layer 7, probably the floor associated with the second phase of the house. |
Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods. ... 470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse ... Layer VI-X.2 Repairs at the end of 5th c. or early 4th c. B.C.
Layer V.3 Second period; reconstruction in third quarter of 4th c. ... B.C., towards end of first quarter.
Layer III and IV.5 Debris over Hellenistic floor; end of 2nd. c. |
| Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5
Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m ... Similar the well filling, H 6:5 ... Originally called H 12:5
Ann Steiner added Ζ 2238-Ζ 2246 |
| 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 ... 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 flat-bottomed basin (ΒΘ 121). In addition to the vessels along the face of Wall 12, 5 coins were found within the fill, as well as a bronze ring and fragments of painted plaster (ΒΘ 134) from a wall.
... Ceramic material from this removal dates the layer from the 11th-13th century AD.
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NW corner of Civic Offices, lowest layer above Roman road metal[classical floor, see nbp. 1907]. Coins:
12 May 1950 #1-#10 ... Mid 3rd. c. A.D. |
Road SE of altar, below 51.56m.
In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick and we hit another surface, at 51.56m. which we take as Layer XV. Fairly loose gravelly fill under surface, sandy, greenish ... 1st c. B.C ... In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick and we hit another surface, at 51.56m. which we take as Layer XV. Fairly loose gravelly fill under surface, sandy, greenish and deep. ... Coins:
5 August 1981 #293-#295
10 August 1981 #313-#314
26 July 1982 #584
29 July 1982 #617 ... A note on p. 1961 of the field notebook: "Same as Layer XV, p. 1883" justifies including the finds from that layer in this deposit. |
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 ... Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6
layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ ... Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4).
Coin
5 June 1971 #395 |
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 ... 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 ... Layer IV (cont. 1-16) nearly 5th c. |
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 ... 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 #2-#5 8 July 1947 #1-#4
2 June 1951 #1-#2 9 July 1947 #1-#4
4 June 1951 #1-#4
5 June 1951 #1-#2
6 June 1951 #1-#4
7 June 1951 #1-#2
8 June 1951 #1
9 June 1951 #1 |
| Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.
Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the so-called Upper Dump fill. ... It produced 12 boxes of pottery and 4 catalogued objects.
Layer 4. 49.93m-48.13m (boxes 78-80) was a fill of almost solid cut bedrock which produced 5 boxes of pottery and no catalogued objects. ... As we dug the well we noted many areas where the sides were no longer preserved.
Layer 5. 48.13m-46.71m (boxes 81-85) consisted of a fill of mixed earth, fallen bedrock, few stones, roof tiles, 27 boxes of pottery and 19 catalogued items. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
4th. c. BC.
Concentration of artifacts, burnt bone, and charcoal in floor makeup consisting ... 375-350 B.C ... Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
4th. c. ... The artifacts rest on a heavy layer of charcoal and ash, with burnt bone throughout, suggesting burning in situ. |
| Grave 7 in notebook. Area disturbed in Roman times; outlines of the shaft had been obliterated.
The northwest end, however, was preserved in a cutting in the rock of the sloping hillside. This cutting, ... 750-700 B.C ... A thin layer of sand had been sprinkled over the filling of the earlier burial, to serve as a floor for the later.
... See Hesperia 14, no. 86 (AA 5). |
Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C ... The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two chambers connected by a passage (91/Ν); the east chamber at 91/Ν (E 5:1) retained little or no traces of its original period of use. ... This deposit is recorded layer I=bottom and the Subdivisions uncharacteristically follow this order due to previous publication. The notebooks show layer I to be the top, however.
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Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2.
The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, SS 5336, SS 5343, SS 5438, SS 5441, SS 5442, SS 5444, SS 5446, SS 5635, SS 5740
LL 2130, L 2132, L 2188
T 1045, T 1067
P 7138
Nineteen stamped amphora handles; many late 2nd c. lamps ... Coins
29 February 1936 #3 (from mouth)
2 March 1936 #1
3 March 1936 #7
5 March 1936 #4-#5
6 March 1936 #1-#3
7 March 1936 #1-#4
9 March 1936 #1-#3
10 March 1936 #1-#2
11 March 1936 #1
From "earth":
12 March 1936 #6
13 March 1936 #1-#2
14 March 1936 #1-#7
16 March 1936 #1
17 March 1936 #1-#3
18 March 1936 #1-#2 |
| Disturbed Pyre at 59/ΚΗ (ΚΖ), in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus.
Against east wall of room 5 west. concentration of artifacts, ash, carbon and a few bones in stratum, no pit discerned ... 3rd c. B.C ... Against east wall of room 5 west. concentration of artifacts, ash, carbon and a few bones in stratum, no pit discerned. The contents rested on or above a layer that is said to be at about the same level as the pebble mosaic floor, and thus the pyre probably postdates the laying of that floor. |
| Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1).
Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C ... Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, the lowest floor that can be associated with the north wall of the room. The pit extends down into a layer with marbleworking waste. |
| Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave to NW of Stoa Pier 19 (Tomb no. 5 in notebook). In some records as Grave XLII.
It consisted of a rectangular pit, oriented north-south, cut into bedrock. The sides of the pit were lined and the ... Earlier-Developed Protogeometric ... PG grave to NW of Stoa Pier 19 (Tomb no. 5 in notebook). In some records as Grave XLII.
... The floor of the cist was further covered with a thin layer of sand. The external dimensions of the tomb were 1.17x0.50m; the inner dimensions 1.08m long,, 0.30m wide, and 0.21m deep. |
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