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'Lower fill' on deposit list. Containers 8-33, (34 mouth of lower passage). Coins:
9 May 1939 #1-#3, #5, #7, #9
10 May 1939 #1
11 May 1939 #1-#2
12 May 1939 #1-#2
13 May 1939 #2-#3(?)
15 May 1939 #1-#6 ... Ca. 250-215 B.C ... Lower fill |
Coins perhaps Hadrian 117-138 A.C.
No XXVII lamps and no XX catalogued (but excavator notes their presence in fill) ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Lower fill |
Ca. 410-390 B.C ... Lower fill |
300-195 B.C. POU ... Lower fill |
Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle ... 1st c. A.D ... Lower fill |
Containers 4, 5, 6 and channel ... Ca. 225-150 B.C. POU ... Lower fill |
Containers 6-9. Coins:
9 April 1949 #1-#6 ... 225-150 B.C.? ... Lower fill |
4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... Lower fill |
High proportion of material in unusually complete codition ... 475-450 B.C. and later ... Lower fill |
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22 May 1937 #1 ... 425-400 B.C ... Lower fill |
225-175 B.C ... Lower fill |
Baskets 54-56 (containers 48-49). Construction of cistern ... Early 3rd c. B.C ... Lower fill |
Late 5th c. B.C ... Lower fill |
Second half 1st c. A.D ... Lower fill |
Coins:
4 June 1936 #5
5 June 1936 #3 Estimated Grid ... 3rd. c. B.C ... Lower fill |
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 ... Lower fill |
Coins:
10 March 1936 #1-#2
11 March 1936 #1 ... 200 to late 1st c ... Lower fill |
Containers 53 (transitional)-69. Coins:
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
26 May 1938 #1-#2 ... Early Roman 1st c. A.D ... Lower fill |
Last quarter 5th c. B.C ... Lower Fill |
It is a considerable deposit including both figured and plain wares, the red-figure consistently of the second quarter of the 4th c. Estimated Grid ... Ca 375-340 B.C ... Lower fill |
Estimated Grid ... 325-260 B.C ... Lower fill |
In use up to the time of Sulla? Coins:
20 May 1940 # 8-#9
21 May 1940 #1 ... 1st. c. B.C ... Lower fill |
425-400 B.C ... Lower fill (POU?) |
7th c. A.D ... Lower fill, POU |
Ca. 410-390 B.C ... Lower fill, POU |
350-325 B.C ... Lower fill, POU |
2nd. c. B.C ... Lower fill, POU |
Coins:
24 April 1947 #1-#2 ... 250-190 B.C ... Lower fill, POU |
Coins:
31 May 1935 #1 ... 1st c. A.D ... Well 7, Lower Fill |
Cumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C ... Lower Hellenistic fill |
Estimated Grid ... Lower dumped fill |
1st quarter 4th c. B.C ... Lower dumped fill |
315-260 B.C ... Lower use fill |
Containers Lot Α 306-Lot Α 340. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 575-535 B.C ... Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft Lower fill |
Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Upper fill to 5.50m produced little pottery and that of 5th c. coins to Honorius 395-423 A.C. At 5.50 a group of fallen wall tiles arched over shaft which was empty to below 8.00 (at water level).
Lower fill 9.10-9.60m, 4th c. ... The excavator believed the well had never been tiled and that lower fill was POU. |
Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic.
No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic.
... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill |
Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers. Coins:
31 March 1938 #1
9 May 1939 #1-#2
20 June 1939 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd-earliest 3rd c. A.D ... Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers. |
Fill in abandoned cistern, lower terrace adjacent yo the Eleusinion on the north.
Uncatalogued material: 189 sherds, 4 objects. Many kernoi fragments.
Objects : loom weights; lamp.
Early ware : Gray Minyan; ... Mid. 4th c. B.C ... Fill in abandoned cistern, lower terrace adjacent yo the Eleusinion on the north.
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Cistern with two fills. Lower fill in cone on floor, with dumped upper fill above. Coins:
27 April 1940 #3-#5
14 May 1940 #5-#6
15 May 1940 #3-#7
17 May 1940 #11-#13
20 May 1940 # 8-#9
21 May 1940 #1 ... Late Hellenistic ... Cistern with two fills. Lower fill in cone on floor, with dumped upper fill above ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill
.2=lower fill |
A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. Coins: ... 425-400 B.C ... A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. ... But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus; depth at 9.65m; scanty dumped fillings. From about 3.20m to the bottom, little but tile fragments appeared; in the fillings above, the lower is characterized by ... Ca. 350-290 B.C ... Bottom fill, probably of late 5th c. B.C. Lower dumped fill, first quarter of 4th c. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper dumped fill
.2=Lower dumped fill
.3=Lower fill |
Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street. Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill.
Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D.
Coin
30 March 1939 #34 ... 7th-Late 6th century ... Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill.
Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. |
Green and sandy fill in foundation. Coins:
15 May 1936 #1-#5 ... 4th c. B.C. |
Well G: Archaic (lower fill) on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Diameter top to bottom ca 1.0. Coins
22 April 1937 #1-#2 Top fill, to 3.50m; dark Age: nothing catalogued ... 500 - 490 B.C ... Well G: Archaic (lower fill) on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. ... Top fill, to 3.50m; dark Age: nothing catalogued. |
Lower fill may be original. Part of North side cut away by modern bothros wall. Fragments of Pilgrim Jug of Grey Ware, related to Turkish Grey Ware? ... 12th or 13th c. A.D ... Lower fill may be original. |
Lower red fill with mixed Hellenistic pottery running into the 2nd. c. Coins:
4 May 1936 #1 ... 1-5 May 1936 ... Lower red fill with mixed Hellenistic pottery running into the 2nd. c. |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C ... Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); nearly sterile layer (probably part of middle fill); Roman upper fill.
... Subdivisions:
.1=top and intermediate fills, to 2.00m.
.2=middle fill
.3=bottom fill |
Fill in shaft; upper fill in lower chamber; fill in vaulted chamber. Coins:
29 April 1937 #1-#8
5 May 1937 #1-#27
26 May 1937 #1-#12
27 May 1937 #1-#10
28 May 1937 #1-#6
24 March 1938 #3-#7
12 June 1939 ... Late 4th c. A.D ... Fill in shaft; upper fill in lower chamber; fill in vaulted chamber. |
Well (diameter 0.98m) in House H, Room 13.
Two dumped fills apparently of the same date, but separated by a clay deposit of over 2.00m.
Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253. (noted) Subdivisions:
.1=Upper ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill |
Dump, 4th c. Cut through a cistern which was probably constructed in the 4th c. B.C, near the southwest corner of the market square. Coins:
25 May 1935 #1 (with L 1809) (disintegrated) Subdivisions:
.1=Upper ... Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Transitional fill
.3=Middle fill
.4=Lower fill
.5=Earth |
Cistern at 6/ΛΓ.
Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins
1 June 1938 #1-#8
2 June 1938 #1-#6
3 June 1938 #1-#3
4 June 1938 #1-#2
6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance ... Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. |
Dimensions 2.86x1.50x0.70m in depth; stratified fill in rockcut pit (three rockcut steps leading down at one end) which apparently served as a rubbish dump (pottery fragments with carbon and ash). Coins: ... Ca. 410-250 B.C ... Dimensions 2.86x1.50x0.70m in depth; stratified fill in rockcut pit (three rockcut steps leading down at one end) which apparently served as a rubbish dump (pottery fragments with carbon and ash) ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Middle fill
.3=Lower fill |
Bottle-shaped cistern with dumped fillings on NW slopes of Areopagus; appears not to have been finished in antiquity: the walls and floor show no traces of stucco.
Lower filling, ca. 375-340 B.C.
Upper ... Ca. 375-275 B.C ... Bottle-shaped cistern with dumped fillings on NW slopes of Areopagus; appears not to have been finished in antiquity: the walls and floor show no traces of stucco.
Lower filling, ca. 375-340 B.C.
... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill
.3=Dump |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C ... Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill |
A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump. Coins:
19 May 1933 #14
20 May 1933 #3
22 May 1933 #1-#2
23 May 1933 #2
24 May 1933 #1
30 May 1933 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill ... 19 May-7 June 1933 ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C ... Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. ... No coins or stamped amphora handles.
Lower fill: Close correspondence with pottery from Koroni indicate deposit closed in 260's. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill/POU |
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). |
Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N.
Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins:
24 ... 4th. c. B.C ... Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill (To at least 150).
.2=lower fill (250-190). |
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 ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill |
Well on lower slopes of Areopagus.
Diameter ca. 1.50m. Dumped filling of 8th c. at the top. Fill mostly Geometric but containing bits of later (even Roman) pottery. Perhaps cleaned out and refilled with ... 730-700 B.C ... Well on lower slopes of Areopagus.
... Dumped filling of 8th c. at the top. Fill mostly Geometric but containing bits of later (even Roman) pottery. |
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 ... Object B 874 is from the top fill but not related to the upper or lower fills proper; no subdivision. Neither the upper nor the lower fill had the characteristics of a period of use full. ... Lower fill: Bronze coin from Histiaia (?) |
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 ... Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, L 2460, L 2498, L2499,
L 2501, G 73, P 21113, T 1218 ... 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] ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fills from mouth to water level.
.2=Water level to well deposit.
.3=Well deposit, bottom fill 4.
.4=Well deposit, bottom fill 3.
.5=Well deposit, bottom fill 2.
.6=Well deposit, bottom fill 1. |
A tiled well with POU from 9.30-10.80m. and dumped fill above 9.30m. The dumped fill differs from lower fill only in the less frequent appearance of fragments of micaceous water jars and the occurrence ... 3rd c. A.D. with destruction at 267 A.D ... A tiled well with POU from 9.30-10.80m. and dumped fill above 9.30m. The dumped fill differs from lower fill only in the less frequent appearance of fragments of micaceous water jars and the occurrence of Roman D ware plate fragments and of large brick red amphorae with fluted handles.
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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 ... N 21:4 and m 21:1 are probably contemporary dumps from this shop, which was located near by.
Lower fill: 13 stamped amphora handles. ... Fragments of two bowls; one stacking ring (possibly from middle fill) ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill (Mouth and upper chamber in deposit nb) 2nd and 1st centuries B.C.
.2=Middle fill (upper fill in deposit nb)
.3=Lower fill (lower fill in deposit nb) ca. 250 B.C, or early in third quarter of 3rd century. |
Scanty filling on floor of lower chamber and from mud in north passage. Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D. |
A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... The two fills of the well are so different in character. The lower fill seems pure period of use; mostly water-vessels, with a few bits that fell in by mistake. The upper contrasts sharply with the "canonical" late 5th c. fill; very scrappy; very limited variety of shapes ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill |
| Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE).
Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C ... Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE).
... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper dumped fill
.2=Upper use fill
.3=Lower use 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) ... Possible contents in I 4-5:1 Layer C (= layer 6, lower building fill), catalogued as ΒΓ 2065 - ΒΓ 2125. |
Well at 63/ΙΒ (in House H, Room 15). Upper fill mixed Hellenistic to 2nd c. or later. Probably thrown in in Early Roman times when House H was built. Contained many figurines; probably part of Koukla factory ... 12 August 1947 ... Well at 63/ΙΒ (in House H, Room 15). Upper fill mixed Hellenistic to 2nd c. or later. ... Contained many figurines; probably part of Koukla factory fill. Lower fill with much 4th c. and as late as upper fill into 2nd c. ... Plain shaft cut in bedrock. Fill as far as dug (-1.10m.) |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C ... Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery (none inventoried, containers 66-71); middle filling a heavy deposit primarily of table ware, apparently a gradual accumulation; upper supplementary fill. ... Middle fill: No coins or datable stamped amphora handles. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill.
.2=Middle fill.
.3=Lower fill (no finds inventoried). |
| 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 ... B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
... Upper fill: Latest coins are Augustan. ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill (Group F)
.2=middle fill
.3=lower fill. |
Diameter 0.83m. Water level -4.20m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.60m. Heavy deposit of pottery throughout; stamped amphora handles, five Knidian; one Rhodian; one Parian. Semi-coarse stamnos; funnel-mouthed ... Ca. 120 B.C ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill (seven amphora handles, Type 37B lamp).
.2=lower fill (no amphora handles or coins). |
Cistern chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ). Part of the H-I 16-17 system.
Cf. S.E. Tunnel (container 147) and west and north passages (container 156).
Upper fill: (packing for LR mosaic floor)
Lower fill: Hellenistic ... Hellenistic-Late Roman ... Tunnel (container 147) and west and north passages (container 156).
Upper fill: (packing for LR mosaic floor)
Lower fill: Hellenistic |
| Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth.
The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585.
Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs.
The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. ... Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs.
... The following animals have been found: dogs, horses, pigs, goats, cattle, cat, birds, turtles.
Lower fill contained bones of 100-200 infants and 85 dogs; Byzantine upper fill. |
Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. B. C. and earlier, but perhaps dumped in 3rd c. B.C. Upper filling mixed to Roman (4th c. A.D.). Pottery in container (9-22-58) is mostly second half of 4th ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with late-3rd-century disturbance ... Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill |
Lower fill:
See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed.
Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds.
Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507.
Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... Lower fill:
See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed.
... Under Propylon, Layer III, no finds.
Upper fill:
Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer V, no finds.
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| A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill (fill 1), dumped filling
.2=Bottom fill (fill 3), use filling |
Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. |
Sand fill N of Base A.
... Because of the uncertainty of ground level contemporary with Base A and of the possibility of missing a continuous strosis or disturbance in this soft sandy fill, I have kept ... Last quarter 2nd-first quareter 3rd c. A.D ... Sand fill N of Base A.
... Because of the uncertainty of ground level contemporary with Base A and of the possibility of missing a continuous strosis or disturbance in this soft sandy fill, I have kept the pottery from the separate patches dug separately; hoping that when the pottery of 2nd and 3rd c. A.D is published a more precise date for the lower fill will be possible [p. 3062].
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Part of cistern system 76/ΝΖ-76/ΝΘ-81/ΝΘ on Kolonos Agoraios with lower dumped filling of 3rd. c. B.C. and upper dumped filling of first half of 1st. c. A.D. Coins:
4 June 1936 #5
5 June 1936 #3
6 June ... 3rd. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D ... Part of cistern system 76/ΝΖ-76/ΝΘ-81/ΝΘ on Kolonos Agoraios with lower dumped filling of 3rd. c. ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill.
.2=lower fill. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 15 (1946), pp. 265-336.
Lower filling: Ca. 575-535 B.C. cf. ... Noted on reducing tins (L.T. with help from H.A.T).
Lower Fill: Tins 308-338. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill, 0.00m. to 12.00m.
.2=Lower fill, 12.00m. to bottom. |
Brown earth with occasiional small stones, quite distinct from upper and lower fills. Pottery mostly Hellenistic with an occasional late Roman sherd scattered through it at all levels. [nbp. 3112] Coins: ... Mostly 1st c. with some Roman. |
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.?) ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill
.2=lower fill |
Formerly G 13:5.
Cleared to a depth of 8.50m. where further collapse made work impossible. Use filling not reached. Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211. Upper ... Ca. 425-375 B.C ... Use filling not reached. Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211. Upper dumped fill dated to ca. 400-375 B.C. in Agora XXX.
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Two periods of use.
Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D. Coins:
26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.]
9 June 1937 #2-#4 ... 10 -11 June 1935
20 May-20 June 1937 ... Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill, 1st to early 2nd century A.D. |
No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C.
Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D ... Objects P 34998 and P 34999 are from this deposit but no fill indicated ... Subdivisions
.1=Upper fill. Late 1st cent. B.C. to mid 1st cent. after Christ.
.2=Lower fill. Late 5th cent. |
At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C ... The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main chamber removed. Upper fill, fill in drawshaft, and fill in connecting tunnel Turkish; some Turkish disturbance in lower fill.
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Well A (depth 10.20m, diameter 1.04m, water level 4m) outside the SW corner of the market square, to the east of the north-south road.
At the bottom of the well were scanty remains probably from a period ... Ca. 425-375 B.C ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill (POU?) |
Well (diameter shaft 0.95m) with POU and dumped fillings, separated by about 2.00m. of plain mud apparently fallen from the collapsed sides of the well. The fillings are, however, closely contemporary ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill.
.2=lower fill, POU. |
Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from an industrial establishment; also some marble chips and a scattering of pottery fragments. ... Supplementary upper fillings appear contemporary with the lower fill, but some possibility of disturbance was noted by the excavator. Lower fills, third quarter of 4th 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 ... Hand or foot holes along one side.
0-7.25m crushed bedrock fill.
-7.25m to -8.50m mud ... Upper fill seems to date largely to the second quarter of the 5th c. ... There is no intrusive period of use of fill, though P 28780 and P 28781 from near bottom suggest a date of ca. 500 B.C. for the lower fill. |
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date ... Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
... The original fill was then thrown in ... the well was then used for a short time in the first century B.C. and filled in the first century A.D ... The lower fill of the third century B.C. suggests that the well was first dug early in the Hellenistic period. |
Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus.
Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins
9 April 1938 #2
9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D ... Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus.
Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. |
Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ (Coroplasts' Dump) outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way.
Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to ... To ca. 330-320 B.C ... Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to be contemporary.
... The cistern was dug separately, although some of its distinctive fill of terracotta figurines and votive material had fallen into the pit S 19:5. |
Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the last quarter of the fifth century, the middle and top fillings near the end of the century, but all containing considerable material earlier than the lower limit. The deposit cannot be used for close dating except for the lower limit, ca. 415-410 B.C.. ... Subdivisions:
.1=top fill
.2=middle fill
.3=lower fill
.4=dump |
Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D ... Objects either from 95/ΚΘ (middle fill) or 88/ΛΔ (lower Hellenistic fill), but uncertain which (they are in the finds lists of both but not assigned to subdivisions PAF) are the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, S 574, L 1788, IL 193, SS 4091.
... Possibly disturbance comes from lower fill of drawshaft E 14:3, which extended down connecting towards E 14:1. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper Roman fill
.2=Lower Hellenistic fill
.3=Red earth at bottom=POU |
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 ... Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st c.
E 6:2 (upper fill): Three Knidian amphora handles; type 51 C lamp; long-petal bowls.
E 6:1 and E 6:2 (lower fill): Joins between objects in both chambers and tunnel between them indicate fill the same. |
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 ... 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. ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper filling in south chamber
.2=Lower fillings in both chambers |
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