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| Southeast corner of the Aiakeion after removal of the Hellenistic fill. Front foundation of the South Stoa II in lower left ... south 3424 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960 |
| West side of the building. Modern masonry supports remains of the aqueduct (marked "XX") ... northeast 3436 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960 |
| Poros Aqueduct at the southwest corner of the "Heliaia" (now identified as the Aiakeion). Foundation for south wall of the "Heliaia" in middle right ... southwest 3447 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960 |
| Late Roman Fortification Wall overlying the foundations of the Propylon. Arrows mark the corners of the Propylon. A) Fragment (I 4720m) from the Bouleutic list of 304/3; B) Dedicatory statue base, I 4850; ... I 4850 and I 4713 were found in section ΘΘ. (SD) east 227 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Jun 1959 |
Well P: EG ... Middle Geometric |
Tiled well (diam. 0.78m); height of tiles 0.61m. Water level -5m. Well found at bottom of Byzantine pit, uppermost tiles cut down. Coins:
7 July 1947 #1-#2 ... Post-Herulian |
| Rubbish Pit . Pit cut through a house floor. In courtyard, beside door to room 3. Artifacts, bone and scattering of large cinders in roughly rectangular pit dug through floor bedding and covered by red, ... 325-300 B.C. |
RSY Grave 49. Outside Archaic Cemetery ... 550-525 B.C. |
| Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6).
Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C. |
RSY Grave A.
Under the Roman House with three rooms floored with mosaic near the southwest side of the area. The burial consisted of a pot laid on its side over the bedrock, presumably containing a child ... 7 August 1947 |
Pit in House N, Room 2 (RSY, House C). Filling thrown in behind the west wall of the Great Drain South at the time of the building of the drain and the extension of House C.
Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp ... Ca. 430-410 B.C. |
House N, Room 4, Pit through layers 5-6. Debris filling, mixed context. Estimated Grid ... Late 4th. c. B.C. into early 3rd 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. |
A well (diameter 1m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in the area later occupied by House C. Water level 1.50-2.m Dumped filling of broken bedrock with considerable fragmentary pottery in ... Ca. 500-480 B.C. |
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. |
Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building.
Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Dug bedrock filling in a well of unusually large diameter (1.35m.), possibly the original source of water for a factory for making terracotta figurines (water for the workshop with waterproofed floor and ... 4th. c. B.C. |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz. |
Coins:
24 March 1947 #1 ... Byzantine |
Filling in a cistern chamber in the area west of the Areopagus. Main dumped fill of 2nd. c. B.C., with small amount of later material in uppermost 1.00m. A connecting passage contained some material of ... 2nd. c. B.C. |
| Grave XX in notebook = RSY Grave 16. PD 731-i ... Late 6th. c. B.C. |
| Grave XXI in notebook = RSY Grave 11. Pottery discarded; late Roman, mostly coarse. PD 731-e ... Ca. 530 B.C. |
| Grave XXV in notebook = RSY Grave 4. PD 731-b ... 750-725 B.C. |
Grid notation in error as 99/ΚΑ sometimes.
A well (diameter 1.20m; diameter inside tiles at bottom 0.85m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, at the bottom of the valley, about 10.00m. east of ... 3rd. c. B.C. |
Coins:
1 June 1946 #10 ... 325-200 B.C. |
Simple drawshaft ending in flat floor, no passages. Mixed Hellenistic fill to the bottom. Coins:
15 June 1939 #1-#3 No container ... 15 June 1939 |
Pits at 95/ΚΑ and 97/ΚΑ, in bottom of Post Sullan drain. Sandy filling in two pits in the bedrock, about 2.00m. apart, at the bottom of the so-called Post-Sullan drain, which replaced the abandoned section ... To ca. 86 B.C. |
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. |
Great Drain sand fill under Roman bath including small area at north end under tiles that was excavated separately.
See also A-B 19-20:1 for additional Great Drain sand fill at ca. 70-113/* Subdivisions: ... 30 July-11 August 1947 |
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 |
| In area West of the Areopagus. Fills with many figurines and molds, possibly from a terracotta factory.
Twelve stamped amphora handles; no long-petal bowls; Type 54 A lamp Coins:
31 May 1939 #11
1 June ... Mostly 200-150 B.C. |
| Pyre(?) in House N, S.W. Room. (=House C, Room 10)
In room 10. Vessels from an earlier pyre were found dispersed in the makeup of the latest "floor" in the room, with tile fragments trodden into its surface ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C. |
Well K: PG, ELS ... Protogeometric |
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. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Pit with bones. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to the fills in these ... 350-300 B.C. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Scanty debris filling in a pit. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to ... 325-300 B.C. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall. dMax. depth 0.20m.d.
Many fills in areas ... Ca. 325-300 B.C. |
Early cutting beside Great Drain: 103-111/Λ-ΛΓ (= "Deep cutting" Pit at 107/ΛΑ).
Abandonment filling in channel for early drain; the fragment of a red figured bell krater, P 17000, probably to be dated ... Ca. 425-395 B.C. |
| (RSY=Pyre 2). Pyre in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in House B. In northern corner of room. No pit discerned. A deposit of small stones (a marker/) lay 0.30m above the level of the pyre, ... Third quarter of the 4th. century. |
| A compact group of four complete vases and a lamp, found on a house floor; possibly the remains of a sacrificial pyre but without evidence of burning or the characteristic votive vases.
Layer II, "nest ... 425-400 B.C. |
E.L. Smithson: Group H: Collapsed well west of the Great Drain.
First described as 105-107/Protogeometric Pit ... Protogeometric |
Fills from construction and reconstruction of a house. "Brown House" = House A (RSY Hesp. 20) (and pit under Layer 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Under the original floor of this house ... Second half of the 5th. c. B.C. |
Scanty debris filling in a pit. The wishbone-handled bowl (P 16753) is of the middle of the third quarter of the 5th. c. century, as are also two red figured fragments, P 25820 and P 25821; the deposit ... Ca. 450-400 B.C. |
Grave (?) under wall 4. Infant burial(?); a kados, P 16747, lying sideways with a tall cylindrical stand, P 16748, set over it as a cover; the upper parts of the pots cut away ... Late 6th. c. B.C. |
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C. |
Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. B.C. to Sullan destruction. Coins:
26 July 1946 #1-#2
30 July ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D. |
| Pyre with pots on thick deposit of wood-carbon and ashes. Deposit A 20:3. At right, poros alabastron (ST 339) ... Negative destroyed, copy of neg.=91-16-19(20,21) east 122 ... 2 May 1940 |
| Inhumation of a male. Deposit B 20:4 ... east 2290 ... June 1939 |
| Inhumation of a male, skeleton AA 71. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 104 (Grave 28) ... Grave XXII in notebook, pp. 2293-2295. No deposit # west 2294 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1939 |
| Inhumation of a young female. Deposit B 20:5 ... south 2622 ... June 1939 |
| Inhumation of a young female, skeleton AA 72. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 104 and fig. 18 (Grave 27) ... Cf. notebook pp. 2617-2619 (Grave XXIV). No deposit #. east 2618 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1939 |
| Inhumation of an adult male. Drawing of the skeleton with grave offerings as found ... Piet de Jong ... PD 731-n Notebook pp. 2266-2268 (Grave XVIII). No Deposit #? northeast ... 1939 |
| Inhumation of a female. Drawing of skeleton with grave offerings as found ... Piet de Jong ... PD 731-l Notebook pp. 2269-2271 (Grave XIX). No deposit # southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 1939 |
| Inhumation of a male. Drawing of the skeleton with grave offerings as found. Deposit B 20:3 ... Piet de Jong ... PD 731-i west ... 1939 |
| Inhumation of a male. Drawing of the skeleton with grave offerings as found. Deposit B 20:4 ... Piet de Jong ... PD 731-e northeast ... 1939 |
| Inhumation of a yound female. Drawing of the skeleton with grave offerings as found. Deposit B 20:5 ... Piet de Jong ... PD 731-b east ... 1939 |
| Inhumation of a female, skeleton AA 68 ... Notebook pp. 2269-2271 (Grave XIX). No deposit #. Cf. Hesperia 20, 1951, p. 103 and p. 104, fig. 16 (Grave 25). west 2270 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1939 |
| Inhumation of a male. Grave as cleared. Deposit B 20:3 ... south 2280 ... June 1939 |
| Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C. |
Sacrificial Pit VI in notebook = RSY Grave 18 See also B 21:23 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. |
| Broken all around. An emblem on wheel has been pressed into the clay. Fill VIII at east; early 5th c. 189 Leica, color slide ... 10 May 1940 |
| Flat on one side, convex on the other.
The flat side is grooved, the convex side ribbed.
Round, with large hole through center. Rubbish pit.
4th c. B.C. 4348 Leica PD 2112-13 ... 26 April 1947 |
| Joins G 258.
No profile preserved.
Stuck all through with white bits (sea-shell ?) and blue rosettes with yellow centers.
Brownish-greenish glass, thin fabric. Great Drain in the area west of the Areopagus ... 31 May 1939 |
| Complete in two pieces.
Round bead.
Convex on top, flat on bottom, unpierced.
Light brown glass. Grave, pyre no. 2. 119-124 Leica, XXXIII-22 ... 2-3 May 1940 |
| Complete handle, with part of rim.
A vertical strap handle, with projecting flange just above lower attachment and two knobs and vertical flange on rim.
Greenish blue glass. In late wall on west wall of ... 8 June 1946 |
| Fragment from flaring rim.
Moulded glass; marbled in streaks of brown, yellow, white and blue. Drain-channel tributary to the Great Drain in the area west of the Areopagus. Green sand fill.
3rd c. A.D ... 10 June 1946 |
| Rim, neck, handle and part of one side of square body preserved.
Straight neck, flat projecting lip, wide grooved handle.
Pale greenish glass. Moulded (?) Well, fill 5. Basket 63.
2nd c. A.D. (?) Leica ... 11 July 1946 |
| Foot and lower body of a beaker (?).
Flaring ring foot and nearly vertical side walls pinched in at each of four sides.
Very thin fabric of almost colorless glass. Well, fill 4. Basket 59.
2nd c. A.D ... 10 July 1946 |
| Rim, handle, neck and shoulder of a square bottle.
Projecting lip; flat band handle thickened at edges.
Pale green glass. Well, fill 3. Basket 27.
2nd c. A.D. (?) Leica ... 5 July 1946 |
| Neck and lip missing.
Onion shaped body; straight narrow neck; shape of a Roman unguentarium.
Clear blown glass; greenish blue to purplish in color. Well, fill 6. Basket 71.
2nd c. A.D. (?) 3325, 3720, ... 13 July 1946 |
| The plain round rim, slightly thickened, and part of side wall of a deep round vase, pinched at each of four sides, preserved.
Very thin fabric of pale blue green glass. Well, fill 7. Basket 72.
2nd c ... 15 July 1946 |
| Chips missing from bottom and from lip.
Small body with flat bottom; tall tapering neck and flaring round rim.
Greenish blue glass. Area west of Areopagus. Middle Roman brown fill. 3936 Leica, XXXIII-23 ... 2 April 1947 |
| About half the rim and wall preserved; the profile complete to the foot.
Flat bottom; bending up to a low straight side wall; small rounded lip made by turning the glass back on itself. Gravelly Roman ... 3 April 1947 |
| Joins G 212.
Rim fragment of a moulded bowl with plain rim.
Made with strips of brown, buff, yellow, blue and white glass inlaid to form a flower pattern; blue flowers with yellow centers against a brown ... 4 April 1947 |
| From the wall of a moulded bowl, ribbed outside.
Blue and white striations. Brown fill. Early Roman level over Roman drain in area west of Areopagus. 4555 Leica ... 16 May 1947 |
| Rim fragment.
Grooved inside.
Iridescent brown glaze. Molded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), pp. 279 ff. Excavation Date: (1955). Compartment under hypocaust room of east bath.
Late 2nd c. B.C ... 1955 |
| Rim and wall fragments.
Grooves on rim and lower walls.
Brown iridescent molded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), pp. 279 ff. Excavation Date: (1955). Compartment under hypocaust room of east bath ... 1955 |
| Rim fragment.
Grooves below rim on the inside.
Brown molded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), pp. 279 ff. Excavation Date: (1955). Compartment under hypocaust room of east bath.
Late 2nd c. B.C ... 1955 |
| Wall fragment.
Grooved on inside.
Green molded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), pp. 279 ff. Excavation Date: (1955). Compartment under hypocaust room of east bath.
Late 2nd c. B.C. 7951 Leica ... 1955 |
| Wall fragment.
Purple iridescent molded glass. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), pp. 279 ff. Excavation Date: (1955). Compartment under hypocaust room of east bath.
Late 2nd c. B.C. 7951 Leica ... 1955 |
| Mended from many pieces.
Grooved below rim on the inside.
Brown iridescent molded glass; white incrustation. For context see Hesp. 20 (1951), pp. 279 ff. Excavation Date: (1955). Compartment under hypocaust ... 1955 |
| Complete.
Bearded head with low polos-like cap.
Herm ends below in a spike.
Cf. Hesperia 90 (2021), p. 399, n. 112. Μικροσκοπική χάλκινη Ερμαϊκή στήλη. Σχεδόν ακέραια. Great Drain, sand fill; dump. Stoa ... 12 August 1947 |
| Broken into five pieces and very fragmentary.
Inscribed. From the "dump". Store in ziplock polyethylene bag and in area with 40% r.h. or lower.
Wear cotton or latex gloves when handling. Do not bang around ... 25 October 1947 |
| Complete.
A solid, low cylindrical trunk, surmounted by a convex top of larger diameter.
To the top is affixed a round loop, in which is fastened a ring. Fill VI. 178 Leica ... First half of 5th c. B.C. |
| Wheel ballot with pierced hub.
Inscribed around edge. On the opposite face, a small roughly rectangular stamp, containing a letter in relief ? Λ or N ? 76-79/Great Drain.
In loan to Barcelona (Museum Caixa ... 9 May 1947 |
| Small rectangular block of bronze, almost square.
Inscribed on the upper face with the symbols of three drachmas (?)
(After cleanning this would seem to be four drachmas). 76-79/Great Drain Great Drain, ... 9 May 1947 |
| Block of bronze shaped like a truncated pyramid.
All faces plain.
Possibly a weight. House N, room 2, layer 7 c. Store in ziplock polyethylene bag and in area with 40% r.h. or lower.
Wear cotton or latex ... 2 October 1947 |
| Hub not pierced.
Intact. Late Roman water channel.
Late Roman fill. 1757 Leica, XLV-42 ... 22 May 1939 |
| Gela ... Χάλκινο: Γέλα 5ος αιώνας π.Χ. Coin no. 1. Casts. Black fill of gravel and broken stereo. Horned head of river god r.; behind, wheat grain. Border of dots. ΓΕΛΑΣ above
Bull walking l. In exergue, three ... Ca. 420-405 B.C. |
Corinth ... BMC 446ff.; Corinth VI, p. 15..
[Kleiner 1976, p. 19, no. 157.(A-B 19-20:1)] Coin no. 11. Great Drain. Hellenistic sand fill. below Pegasos flying l. Trident upward; to l., A or δ; to r., uncertain symbol ... late 5th-3rd century B.C. |
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