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A large chamber cistern filled in the second c. BC when a well (C 9:16) was dug through its floor. Well tiles were run up from the floor of the cistern to just below its neck; a double layer of complete ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Chamber cistern at 95/Κ and Cistern shaft at 95/ΚΕ plus the passage between. System heavily disturbed throughout in Turkish times except for a small amount of red fill on floor of shaft. Coins:
4 May 1936 ... Hellenistic |
Gravel above cobbled street surface ... Second half 2nd c. B.C. |
Turkish fill. Coins:
7 May 1936 #1-#4 ... 5-14 May 1936 |
Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ Coins:
28 March 1933 #25-#28
29 March 1933 #16-#21
30 ... 28-30 March 1933
5-6 April 1933 |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa ... 1st c. A.D. |
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 |
Containers 1-ca. 139. The well shaft broken out into a large hole so that no sequence could be observed ... Mixed post-Herulian |
Filling between tongue walls to north of main apse in Late Roman complex, equals "Coroplasts' Dump" overlying Odeion south side.
Containers Ο 17-Ο 20 are from "debris of burnt building" [i.e. Odeion ... 267-ca. 350 A.D. |
Water channel on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
20 February 1936 #1 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C. |
Lower red fill with mixed Hellenistic pottery running into the 2nd. c. Coins:
4 May 1936 #1 ... 1-5 May 1936 |
Pit (Well?) under Building A, Room 2. Coins:
9 May 1949 #1-#2
11 May 1949 #4
12 May 1949 #3 (not a coin, bronze fragment in lotted metal tins ΠΠ 295). Estimated Grid
Remains of coloring matter found with ... Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Coins:
8 July 1947 #1-#2 ... 150-100 B.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. |
Early Roman fills E of Stoa (Room 17, Rooms 13-16) xx ... Early Roman |
Pit in floor of cellar of House 634/19. Contents mixed to late Roman. Pottery 4th c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. discarded ... 25 April 1958 |
Accumulated fillings in the Bouleutrion Plateia beginning in late 5th c. B.C. and continuing into the 3rd c. A.D., reaching a depth of 0.20-0.30m. (Hesp. 6 (1937), p. 168. Subdivisions:
.1=Layer I
.2=Layer ... 5th c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D. |
Accumulated filling over Bouleuterion Plateia, Layer II. Coins:
8 May 1935 #1 ... 1st or 2nd c. A.D. |
Well (Hole) at 19/Ι(ΙΑ). Collapsed well creating a hole above; mixed fill in hole, early Byzantine in well proper. Coins:
26 April 1934 #12
27 April 1934 #28
28 April 1934 #38
1 May 1934 #3 ... Early Byz. |
Pit at 18-20/Λ-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. The upper part of the pit was dug to a depth of ca. -8m as deposit ... 7-8 April 1938
28 April-26 May 1938 |
Well at 73/ΜΓ.
The upper walls were of small stones but changed to tiles at a depth of ca. 12m which suggests that it perhaps was originally built in Late Roman times ... Byzantine |
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. |
"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. |
Coins:
15 March 1934 #6 ... 6th-7th c. A.D. |
Pit in east Terrace.
Cf. container ΝΝ 109 ... 1st. c. B.C. |
Cistern System #1a: Shaft (Manhole) at 10/ΞΗ (10-11/ΞΖ-ΞΗ). Filling consistently late Hellenistic in hole and in passage; probably 1st c.
B.C. Coins:
26 May 1936 #1 ... 110-75 B.C. |
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. |
Turkish sherds from this level. No tins of pottery ... August 1951 |
Tins 1-5.
"D" ware; a medallion plate; the jar with flaring mouth and purplish glaze and gouged decoration, a 28 lamp fragment and one fragment of combed ware ... 4th. c. A.D. |
Material from trenches:
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m. from East End of Stoa. Coins:
12 July 1960 #1-#2 (illegible)
9 July 1965 #4 ... 2nd c. B.C.-2nd c. A.D. |
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. |
Pit at 36/ΙΖ ... Late Hellenistic to Early Roman |
| Coins:
1 April 1936 #2
17 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=Layer 2: 3rd. c.-Hellenistic.
.2=Layer 4: B.C.-A.D.: pre-Herulian ... 27 March-22 April 1936 |
Hellenistic Coins:
17 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #1 ... 3rd c. |
Chronology based VG's analysis of jars and stamps, 12 June 1957.
P 25802: Pergamene and Arretine fragments, recorded along with the wine jars, but the pottery apparently not kept separate and these pieces ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
Note of 20-III-52 (deposit nb): Have looked up notebook pp. 1101 ff. The fill of this well was certainly Roman, also some part of the fill behind the tiles - but is that only a part tunneled as a passage ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. |
Pits ( A 19:3, A 19:4, A 19:5, A 19:6 in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Sometimes called as "Pit 2". Pit with reddish black fill ... 350-300 B.C. |
Water channel in north part of section. Pottery late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C. Coins:
14 March 1936 #8 ... Late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C. |
Water channel in north part of section. Coins:
20 February 1936 #2-#3
Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold ... Second half of 3rd c.-Early third quarter of 2nd c. |
From mouth to water level ... 1-18 April 1936 |
Deposit in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, underlying a Roman bath. Pottery examined in June 1955; latest pieces noted: one fragment Pergamene and one fragment brittle ware; no certainly post-Sullan ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Diameter 0.80m. Water level -2m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.67m. well in court (Room 3) of House N.
Late Hellenistic destruction fill (Pergamene etc) to -7m;
Sand without a well deposit (lamp Type ... 1st c. B.C. to 1st c. A.D. |
Part of cistern system at 94/Θ. Coins:
12 March 1934 #7-#9
14 March 1934 #38-#41 ... 275-200 B.C. |
Dumped filling above well, 4th-5th c. A.D., container 699.
A tiled well. Instead of the usual three sections in each ring, there were four. The fourth was extra, making the well larger, more elliptical ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Exploratory Pits to West of Bema Coins:
31 July 1958 #1-#5 ... To early 2nd century |
Late Roman Fills: SE Building, Conglomerate Wall. (see O-Q 18-19)Deposit list under O-Q 18-19 Coins
21 May 1938 #14
23 May 1938 #1-#2
24 May 1938 #2, #3-#4
25 May 1938 #3 Asterisk: O-P 20-21* |
Laura Gawlinski ... Pebble floors of Roman date covered the northern half of a 6x6m square trench in ΕΛ, bounded to the west by the post-Herulian Wall and to the east by a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A) to the east ... Hellenistic/ 220-150 B.C. |
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. |
West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman |
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 |
Floor of Mudbrick Building.
The material from this deposit comprises what was found on the floor of the Brick Building, as opposed to the fallen brick fill Coins:
24 February 1936 #1-#3 SS 11078-SS 11079 ... To ca. 165 B.C. |
The fill in this cistern is Byzantine with considerable admixture of Greek IV-III c. B.C. Coins:
7 March 1932 #9
9 March 1932 #1
10 March 1932 #1-#2
11 March 1932 #2
12 March 1932 #1 ... 11th-12th c. A.D. |
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 ... 10th c. A.D. |
Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C. |
N-S Cut on 20m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa)
various levels and dates over the three areas.
Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road that bordered ... Protogeometric to Late Roman |
The filling from top to bottom uniform, yielding small bits of ancient worked marbles and pottery of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. mixed with undecorated coarse ware, probably of Byzantine times ... 5th c. A.D.-Byz. |
Well in street leading to Roman Agora. Not excavated below 2.10m.
This has the same date as the latest pieces in R 13:1 (JWH). Coins:
6 August 1946 #1-#3 Estimated Grid ... Ca. 40-50 A.D. |
Well at 9/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ has been cleaned and stripped of its tiles and original filling and bedrock thrown back into shaft.
Joins between sherds from all levels.
No coins or lamps. Containers examined 5 March ... 1st c. B.C. |
Drain at 7/ΙΘ-ΚΑ ... Early Roman |
Exploration of packing below paving blocks of Panathenaic Way.
Uncatalogued material: 66 sherds, 2 objects (50A) and 43 sherds (50B). Coins:
26 April 1960 #1-#2
3 May 1960 #1-#4, #6-#9 Deposit created ... 1st c. A.D. |
Klepsydra: West Passage. Loose fill, and fill between boulders.
Cf. Hesperia 12 (1943), pp. 246-248 Probable P 12807 belongs in this deposit ... Late 2nd c. A.D. |
Two pebble floors of Roman date, broken into at the SE and north, covered a 6x5m trench in ΕΛ, bounded by the unexcavated east trench and a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A). Under these pebble floors ... 220 - 150 B.C. |
Dumped fill in shaft. Estimated Grid ... Byzantine |
Well B: early Byz.
Water level ca. -7.80m. Diameter Top ca. 1.10m, Bottom ca. 0.80m Coins
17 February 1937 #1 ... Early Byzantine |
Pit in bedrock below Balanos' road = gully Coin
20 June 1939 #1
12 April 1939 #2-#4
14 April 1939 #4-#5
20 April 1939 #1-#2 ... Hellenistic |
Cistern at 63/ΞΒ and channel leading west from cistern to west edge of section; also manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ.
Possible further connection with other cisterns, e. g. at east edge of section Υ and/or cistern ... |
Well at 16/ΚΗ, in SW corner of Gymnasium complex. Lowest Roman deposit. 9th-10th century Byzantine and Turkish
Coins:
24 April 1935 #3
Envelope 4 in Tin 14 ... 5th c. A.D. - 10th c. A.D. |
Late Roman, perhaps as late as 7th c., but excavator noted small amount of material made close dating impossible throughout. Nbpp. 2448-2449: The fill of this well throughout is mixed and there are numerous ... Early to Late Roman |
Loose filling below earliest Byzantine Floor. Coins:
25 February 1939 #3-#5
27 February 1939 #2-#4 ... To 11th c. A.D. |
The following pieces from E 6:4 exhibit joins with pottery from this cistern and could be listed here as well: P 7836-P 7839.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 51. Coins:
15 March 1937 #1
16 March ... Mid-Late Byz. |
Coins:
24 May 1937 #1
27 May 1937 #1
31 May 1937 #1
2 June 1937 #1 ... Byzantine |
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 |
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. |
Found while cleaning wall running east-west over 57. Contained late glazed pottery ... Byzantine |
Coins:
2 May 1935 #1-#4 ... Turkish |
Located in Room IV, strosis 3, of SW House. Archaic, later disturbed, filling in and over undug well. See also L-M 17-18:1 where objects SS 14318 and T 3576 are actually from the filling over the undug ... 6th-5th c. B.C. |
A well lined with a very well built stone wall, carefully made and fitted to the curve of the well cutting, with footholds running down its N and S faces. This wall, of small stones, runs to 7.30m. from ... 23-29 March 1937 |
Grave XXIII in notebook = RSY Grave 46.
Late Hellenistic filling in a disturbed grave, west of Areopagus ... 19 June 1939 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
Cleaning over bedrock along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Context Protogeometric-Geometric disturbed. Objects from ΠΘ 24-28/ΝΗ-ΞΔ are added because P 8141 is published in Hesp. Suppl. 20, p. 153 as this ... To 2nd. c. B.C. |
Cistern System #1d: Manhole at 24/ΝΘ. Coins:
29 February 1936 #3
2 March 1936 #1 ... Byzantine with 4th c. to Hellenistic |
Well with 4th. c. fill, no well deposit at the bottom. Coins:
2 April 1936 #1
3 April 1936 #8-#19
4 April 1936 #11
8 April 1936 #3-#4
22 May 1936 #5
25 May 1936 #2
27 May 1936 #2
28 May 1936 #2-#5
29 May ... Second half A.D. 4th. c. |
Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance).
Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish |
Cistern Shaft at 61/Β and south passage to E.W. drain.
Part of H-I 16-17 system. Coins:
8 April 1932 #14
9 April 1932 #1-#8
11 April 1932 #1-#3
12 April 1932 #1 ... 8-16 April 1932 |
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. |
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 |
Chronology mixed to late Roman ... Roman |
Turkish Pit at 39/Ε Coins:
14 March 1935 #17
15 March 1935 #16 ... Turkish |
A shallow tiled well or reservoir set inside the South Stoa against its back wall. Its location in relation to the wall of the Stoa, and the fact that a lead pipe set through the latest floor of the Stoa ... 5th - 6th c. A.D. |
Early Roman, late 1st c. A.D. with some later fragments. Coins:
31 May 1938 #1-#12
1 June 1938 #1-#5
2 June 1938 #1-#2 ... Late 1st c. B.C. |
Dumped fill. Well lining collapsed at ca. 0.60m. from bottom, apparently at start of POU, forcing abandonment. Pottery described as mixed to "latest Roman", including combed and gouged; all very fragmentary; ... Late Roman |
Channel to West of Cistern at 63/ΞΒ. Part of Cistern System A which includes the cistern 63/ΞΒ (M 19:2), this channel to the west, and the manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ. Coins:
31 May 1946 #1
3 June 1946 #1
6 ... Early 3rd c. B.C. |
Once vaulted chamber north of Hephaisteion. Grave V in notebook. Vault gone. Five skulls. Pottery discarded. Coins:
17 April 1936 #2 ... 27-28 April 1936 |
Hoard of 10 Byzantine coins ("all turned up with one blow of pick"). Late strosis. Coins:
15 March 1934 #12-#21 (hoard)
16 March 1934 #17 ... Byzantine |
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