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Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed.
Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C. |
| 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 in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
A flask-shaped cistern in House H with a dumped fill of the late fifth century brought from elsewhere and evidently deposited sometime in the 3rd c. B.C ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. |
Well on the lower west slope of the Areopagus. Tiled well. The tiles were carefully made and clamped together with lead, two clamps at each joint.
Several fills but apparently all 2nd c. Material in lowest ... Late 2nd to early 1st c. 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. |
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 |
| RSY Grave 51.
The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house.
Cutting:the pit cut in ... Archaic period/6th or 7th c. |
Small pit in bedrock; nothing later than 3rd qtr. 4th. c. B.C ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C. |
Well, unfinished?
The shallow depth, small diameter, lack of water and any use fill make it possible that this was not a well, although the character of the cutting is difficult to explain otherwise. The ... Ca. 440-420 B.C. |
Well in house R of industrial area west of the Areopagus. This well, originally tiled, was abandoned and filled at the time of the conversion of the house into a stone-cutters' workshop.
Tiled well but ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
A supplementary fill dumped when the original had settled ... To ca. 390 B.C. |
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. |
Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west.
Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
SS 10172 from fill behind well tiles (second half 4th. c. B.C.)=subdivision .2 ... 3rd c. B.C. |
Includes fill behind well tiles ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Tiled well (diameter 0.78, water level -3.50m) at 65/Κ (64/Κ) with poros wellhead. Built as early as 2nd c. Post-Herulian filling.
Tiled well, tiles 0.60m high ... 4th-5th c. A.D. |
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 |
Byzantine pottery begins after 4.70m.; above that Roman.
Diameter 0.92m; water level -5m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.62m ... Byzantine re-use of Roman well. |
Marble Chip Fill at 67-69/ΚΑ-ΚΖ (now C 19:5). Asterisk: C 19:15* |
Tiled basin at ΚΗ (66-67/ΚΖ). Finds grouped with and published with C 19:5. Asterisk: C 19:16* ... 22 July 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. |
| Southeast corner ... west 4282 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| Room A3 at beginning of season ... east 4217 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| The southeast area at beginning of season ... southwest 4215 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| The southeast area of the bath ... east 4216 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| Stratification of destruction fill at southeast corner of south hypocaust area ... south 4289 Horizontal (normal) ... 18 Jun 1968 |
| South area of the bath. Pillaging trench along south face of Room A3 ... west 4283 Horizontal (normal) ... 22 Jul 1968 |
| Hypocaust columns in tepidarium (Room A) ... 4295 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1968 |
| Hypocaust floor in Room A ... east 4293 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1968 |
| Room A3. Fire chamber and passage to hypocaust room ... northwest 4298 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 Jul 1968 |
| Room A1 with the west end of Room A3 in foreground. Mosaic hall at right ... south 4315 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Room A1 with late walls crossing over the room. Mosaic hall at left ... north 4313 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Lower rooms to west of bath proper, with exedra of mosaic hall in foreground ... south 4331 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Rooms to west of bath proper ... south 4333 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Mosaic hall (Room A2) ... north 4329 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Room A3 at beginning of season ... west 4287 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| Child's grave in House H, Room 14. At left, wall between Rooms 12-14. The skull of the child is inside the pithos (P 19737). Deposit C 19:1 ... This grave was not found in the enclosed area of the cemetery. (SD) west 6005 ... 1947 |
| Civic, Possibly Commercial Unknown Limestone Poor, foundations and lines of walls ... Mid 5th B.C. |
| Drum of well tiles, intact when removed; one tile broken and repaired.
Normal type with hand-holes and thickened upper rim. Red clay.
Scratched on the top of the rim of each tile: /Α. Well; the third drum ... 11 August 1947 |
| Small pieces missing. Rim slightly thickened above and below.
Large square lifting hole set near one edge. Well, Fill 4, late 5th century B.C. (earliest tiled well in the Agora). 6999 Leica ... 18 October 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 |
| Fragment from rim and upper body of a bowl shaped like a Megarian bowl.
Ribbed body; grooved rim.
The lip is of dark blue glass, added separately. The bowl itself is of colorless glass. Agora sample no ... 1-9 June 1939 |
| 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 |
| Upper part of square bottle.
Straight neck and flat projecting rim, with one broad vertical handle from the lip.
Thin bluish glass. Terrace of wall (64/K). Roman fill.
2nd c. A.D. 5053 ff. Leica ... 14 June 1947 |
| Handle and attached section of neck preserved.
Straight neck, flat wide ribbon-like handle attached at shoulder and neck below lip.
Pale greenish glass. Well. Post-Herulian fill to bottom. Destruction ... 7-10 July 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 |
| 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 |
| Squat truncated pyramid.
The stub of a projecting pin (for handle or attachment ?) on the bottom. M. Farnsworth reports that although the material is bronze, it appears to contain more lead than is usual ... 15 May 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved; mended from two pieces
Shallow scratched letters in uneven lines; lower part of face rough picked; upper part coarsely dressed with tooth chisel.
Hymettian ... 17 June 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Rough broken edges all around.
The sides, except for chip at upper left corner, and diagonal break at lower left, are probably the original edges of stone as inscribed; the slightly ... Ca. 400 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in Byzantine context in the industrial area, east of the Great Drain. 4888 Leica, 89-28-20, ... 3 June 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Letters inscribed on a partially smoothed down broken surface; back worn smooth; worn breaks at sides and top, in crude pediment form, may be contemporary with inscription; broken at ... 1st. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face and part of right side preserved; also sloping top with cutting at edge of break.
Probably a Herm.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Finished ... 13 June 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
A hunk of stone with letters on a very rough surface. Edges and back very rough, but may be contemporary with inscription.
Conglomerate; mortgage Horos.
Five lines of the inscription ... 13 June 1947 |
| Inscribed boundary stone.
Rectangular slab, broken off at top and bottom; roughly finished.
The inscription on the upper part of the front face; the beginning broken off.
Limestone. Found in water channel ... 13 October 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Fragment from right side of plaque, broken across center. Front and back surfaces and vertical edge preserved.
Part of a shield-shaped dedication; back concave.
Inscribed on face, within ... 12 May 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of back preserved; roughly tooled.
Five lines of the inscription preserved, trace of sixth above.
Hymettian marble. Found in mixed Byzantine and late context north of the Roman ... 26 May 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Original top and moulding preserved, with rough picked back, worn.
Small letters on taenia at top of moulding.
Hymettian marble. Surface find. Leica ... 4 May 1957 |
| Obverse: cow to right.
Reverse: plain. Over Late Roman water channel, layer II. 1845 Leica ... 29 May 1939 |
| Inscribed fragments.
List of names by tribes and demes.
Fragments ΘΘ 104 and ΘΘ 124 (a) four joining fragments.
Inscribed face only preserved; parts of two columns.
Fragments ΘΘ 121a, ΘΘ 121b, ΘΘ 124b, ... 4th. century B.C. |
| A: deep incuse stamp of boukranion.
B: plain. Picked up on roman house wall, house C, room 3. Leica ... 1 July 1947 |
| Hydraulic Unknown Limestone, Marble, Concrete Rubble Fair, foundations and lower parts of walls, paved floors ... 2nd B.C. to 6th A.D. |
| Part of a large flat round (?) clay plaque, with a gorgoneion in relief on one side. Nose and mouth and part of one cheek preserved. Scale somewhat over life-size.
Tile fabric: coarse gravely pink clay; ... 17 April 1947 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken above, below and at left.
Back surface very rough picked; right side worked smooth with tooth chisel. Only relatively small triangular area of inscribed surface reserved.
Non-stoichedon ... 29 November 1970 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Top, sides and bottom (?) are preserved.
Back has been re-worked.
Dedication to Hadrian.
Six lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in wall of the modern house ... 28 October 1938 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of the top preserved, and perhaps part of the right side.
Four lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon.
Space between lines, two including: 0.027m.
Space between letters, ... 6-11 February 1939 |
| Basin with Flaring Rim. Well. Coarse Brown Cooking Pot. Dull Brown Cooking Pot or Jar Fragment. Round-bellied Amphora (Cretan?) Fragments. Small Commercial Amphora Fragment ... ΝΝ-46 8519, 8520 P 35643 P 35644 ΝΝ 5438 P 35645 ΝΝ 5439 P 35646 P 35647 Lot ΝΝ 792 C 19:12 P 35643 P 35644 P 35645 ... Late 4th A.D. |
| Amphora Fragments: Fluted Handles. Well. Agora 005, M 234. Thin-walled Beaker. Slip-coated Flat-based Dish ... ΝΝ-46 8521, 8522 ΝΝ 5442 P 35647 P 35648 ΝΝ 5438 P 35643 P 35649 ΝΝ 5423 P 35025 P 35737 Lot ΝΝ 793 Lot ΝΝ 791 C 19:12 B 18:14 P 35647 P 35648 P 35649 P 35737 ... 27 Feb 2008 |
| Basket-handled Water Jar. Well. Ribbed Funnel Bowl Fragment. Small Handmade Oinochoe or Juglet Fragment. Burial. Stamped Amphora Handle: Thasian ... ΝΝ-46 8527, 8528 P 35810 P 35811 P 35938 P 15517 SS 15107 Lot ΝΝ 53 Lot ΝΝ 343 Lot ΝΝ 792 A 21:1 C 19:12 B 21:23 P 35810 P 35811 P 35938 SS 15107 ... 17 Mar 2009 |
| Amphora Lower Body. Well. Terracotta Figurine Fragment. Glass Cabochon ... ΝΝ-46 8549, 8550 P 38341 T 5009 T 5010 G 868 Lot ΝΝ 427 A 17:2 P 38341 T 5009 T 5010 G 868 ... 565-550 B.C. |
| Stamped Amphora Handle. Mold Fragment for Lamp. Terracotta Figurine Fragment. Stamped Tile Fragment ... ΝΝ-46 8551, 8552 SS 15159 L 6191 T 5011 A 5283 SS 15159 L 6191 T 5011 A 5283 ... 26 June 2019 |
| Clay Token. Hesperia Suppl. 10, no. 226. Black Glaze Fragment with Grafitto. Terracotta Figurine Fragment. Agora, no. 687 ... ΝΝ-46 8553, 8554 MC 1899 IL 928 MC 1900 P 38452 T 5012 MC 1899 MC 1900 P 38452 T 5012 ... 10 July 2019 |
| Stamped Tile. Stone Tool. Red-Figure Lid Fragment. Black Glaze Fragment with Graffito ... ΝΝ-46 8555, 8556 A 5284 ST 1122 P 38453 P 38454 A 5284 ST 1122 P 38453 P 38454 ... 16 July 2019 |
| Bone Stylus. Trial Piece (?). Fill. Terracotta Figurine Fragment ... ΝΝ-46 8557, 8558 BI 1429 T 5013 T 5014 T 5015 Lot ΝΝ 412 C 20:2 BI 1429 T 5013 T 5014 T 5015 ... 18 July 2019 |
| South of House R; 69 Drain; Brown Earth and Stone Bedding for Tiles. South of House R; Drain Tile beside South Wall and Marble Chip Fill under it; To Strosis and into Pit. South of House R; Wall Foundation; ... ΝΝ-44 ΝΝ 4464 P 19565 ΝΝ 3777 MC 732 ΝΝ 4457 P 19558 ΝΝ 4458 P 19559 ΝΝ 4455 P 19557 ΝΝ 4456 A 1411 Lot ΝΝ 681 Lot ΝΝ 682 Lot ΝΝ 683 Lot ΝΝ 684 Lot ΝΝ 685 Lot ΝΝ 686 Lot ΝΝ 687 Lot ΝΝ 688 Lot ΝΝ 689 ... 4th B.C. |
| Ostrakon Fill. Cut 6. Layer 2. Sand. Ostraka. Ostrakon Fill. Cut 6. Layer 3. Sand. Ostrakon Fill. Cuts 9-10. From all Levels. Ostrakon Fill. Cuts 9-10. From All Levels. Ostrakon Fill. Cuts 9-10. Pit at ... ΝΝ-44 ΝΝ 4472 P 19572 ΝΝ 4540 L 4538 ΝΝ 4541 T 2660 Lot ΝΝ 698 Lot ΝΝ 697 Lot ΝΝ 699 Lot ΝΝ 700 Lot ΝΝ 701 Lot ΝΝ 702 Lot ΝΝ 703 Lot ΝΝ 704 Lot ΝΝ 705 Lot ΝΝ 706 A 18-19:1 A-B 19-20:1 ... 5th B.C. |
| Post-Sullan Drain; At Take-off of Late Roman Water Channel; Coarse Brown Gravelly. Fill. Post-Sullan Drain; Late Roman Water Channel 1 or Post-Sullan Drain Pre-Bath; Sand Fill. Post-Sullan Drain; Late ... ΝΝ-44 ΝΝ 4743 P 19664 Lot ΝΝ 707 Lot ΝΝ 708 Lot ΝΝ 709 Lot ΝΝ 710 Lot ΝΝ 711 Lot ΝΝ 712 A-B 19-20:1 ... Early Roman |
| Late Roman Water Channel 2; 73-76; Fill under Floor. Late Roman Water Channel 2; Fine Sand Fill under Level of Channel. Post-Sullan Drain - Late Roman Water Channel 1; Green Sand in Bottom of Late Roman ... ΝΝ-44 ΝΝ 4760 P 19673 ΝΝ 3359 P 18332 ΝΝ 4744 P 19665 Lot ΝΝ 713 Lot ΝΝ 714 Lot ΝΝ 715 Lot ΝΝ 716 Lot ΝΝ 717 Lot ΝΝ 718 Lot ΝΝ 719 Lot ΝΝ 720 A-B 19-20:1 C 18:10 ... Roman |
| Poros Building; Fill under Strosis; Floor to Bedrock. Poros Building; To Bedrock. Poros Building; Island of Brown Fill under Byzantine to Building Fill. Bedding Fill for ΙΗ Wall; West Wall of House H' ... ΝΝ-44 P 17523 Lot ΝΝ 721 Lot ΝΝ 722 Lot ΝΝ 723 Lot ΝΝ 724 Lot ΝΝ 725 Lot ΝΝ 726 Lot ΝΝ 727 Lot ΝΝ 728 ... 5th B.C. |
| Layers 2 and 3 between Tile Drain and Great Drain. Brown Hellenistic Fill over Terracotta Drain and East Return of ΚΗ Wall. Lower Reddish Fill over Terracotta Drain and East Return of ΚΗ Wall. Brown Fill ... ΝΝ-44 ΝΝ 4745 P 19666 ΝΝ 4761 P 19674 Lot ΝΝ 729 Lot ΝΝ 730 Lot ΝΝ 731 Lot ΝΝ 732 Lot ΝΝ 733 Lot ΝΝ 734 Lot ΝΝ 735 Lot ΝΝ 736 Lot ΝΝ 737 ... Pre-Herulian |
| House H; Court; Rooms 8-9; Fill from Pits in Bedrock and along east Edge of Floor. House H; Room 10; Kalikia and Brown Fill. House H; Room 10; Brown Fill to Layer over Bedrock. House H; Room 10; Pit with ... ΝΝ-44 ΝΝ 4762 P 19675 ΝΝ 4763 T 2870 ΝΝ 4764 P 19676 ΝΝ 4765 T 2871 ΝΝ 4766 T 2872 ΝΝ 4767 P 19677 ΝΝ 4768 T 2873 ΝΝ 4769 T 2874 ΝΝ 4770 T 2875 ΝΝ 4771 T 2876 ΝΝ 4772 T 2877 ΝΝ 4773 S 1352 ΝΝ 4774 T 2878 ... Hellenistic-Early Roman |
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