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N-S Cut on 50m. 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 running out ... Prehistoric to Roman |
Byzantine 13th-14th c. A.D. |
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. |
| Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos:
In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C. |
Figurine Deposit in Roman Building 4, Room 20, strosis 1. Coins:
13 April 1937 #1 ... To 4th c. A.D. |
Coins:
10 April 1937 #5 ... 4th-3rd c. B.C. |
Bits of broken molds and iron waste; no objects catalogued ... 4th-3rd c. B.C. |
| Cistern (81/M-87/ΛΕ) in section ΛΛ ... John Travlos ... XIII-7 XIII-7 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1937 |
| Cistern (98/Η) in section ΛΛ ... John Travlos ... Pencil drawing. Dirty Cartridge Paper Pencil ... 1937 |
Hellenistic cistern, part of the same system as 94/ΝΣΤ (D 4:1) and connected with it by a passage. Later cleaned out for reuse and filled with destruction debris of the late 4th c. A.D. Coins:
23 March ... Second half 4th 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. |
Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D. |
Pit at 79-83/ΜΒ-ΜΖ (or 81/ΜΣΤ=pit under floor of Room 11 in Roman Bldg. 2, 82/ΜΓ, 83/ΜΕ=well at 83/ΜΗ). Purpose of pit obscure. Evidently filled in Hellenistic times and disturbed in Roman times. Coins: ... 275-200 B.C. with later disturbance |
Stuccoed pit, 2m x 2.50 m, rock-cut. Coins:
26 March 1937 #1 (not a coin) ... Ca. 400-350 B.C. |
| Casting pit ... north 748 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 April 1937 |
| Casting pit ... north 746 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 April 1937 |
Coin:
17 March 1936 #9 ... Dark Ages(?)-Byzantine |
Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2
18 June 1937 #1-#4
19 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th c. A.D. |
| 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. |
| Handle, triangular in section.
Sharply curved and worked with petals and scalloped tie-band around the middle. The top ends in a lion 's head; the other end was fitted to a small curved object, probably ... 14 June 1938 |
| Large guard for the hilt of a sword, inlay carving of palmettes at the top on either side. Traces of iron pins and silver (?) which must have been carefully picked out. Inscibed beneath.
Mr. Gejvall considers ... 13 June 1938 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken on all sides.
Part of a moulding is preserved over the inscription.
Hymettian marble. Found in a marble dump, in the northwestern corner of the Market Square. Leica ... 19 October 1933 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken on all sides.
To the right of the piece, one line of the inscription, and a trace of a second.
Pentelic marble. Found in a marble dump, southeast of the Stoa of Zeus. Leica ... 2 January 1934 |
| The base of a flat dish.
Slightly raised ring. Channel F, water deposit. Leica, XXXIII-27 PD 505 ... 8 March 1937 |
| Fragmentary neck of vase, part of the narrow neck, with flaring rim thickened at the edge, and of the shoulder, with downwards start of wall preserved.
Pale yellowish green glass; thin fabric. Over a Roman ... 29 April 1937 |
| Stamped fragment.
Six petalled rosette, in concave bottom.
Greenish glass. Over a Roman house on the north slope of Kolonos Agoraios, room 24, strosis 5, by channel. Found with G 114.
6th c. A.D. Leica ... 29 April 1937 |
| A solid shaft square in section, twisted.
Broken at both ends and heavily corroded. Many similar fragments left in container ΛΛ 366. Well.
Late Hellenistic. 1488, 1576 Leica ... 13 June 1938 |
| Broken at both ends and heavily corroded.
Massive rod shaped in form of bead and reel; slightly flattened on one side. Many similar fragments left in container ΛΛ 366. Well.
Late Hellenistic. 1488, 1576 ... 13 June 1938 |
| Broken at both ends.
Right-angled corner remains.
A heavy edge reinforcement with rivets for the attachment of sheet bronze. The outer edge scalloped. Many similar fragments left in container ΛΛ 366. Well ... 13 June 1938 |
| Broken at both ends.
Edge reinforcement with rivets for attachment of sheet bronze, curvilinear in plan;
edge scalloped. Scalloped edge on concave side. Well.
Late Hellenistic. 1488, 1576 Leica ... 13 June 1938 |
| Broken at both ends.
Edge reinforcement with rivets for attachment of sheet bronze. Edge may have been scalloped as in B 908 but now much corroded.
The curvature of this piece is the reverse of that of ... 13 June 1938 |
| Composed of two bronze bars (a and b), heavily corroded together; broken at both ends. Remains of two overlapping layers of organic material (fiber or fabric as though woven), diagonally attached to large ... 1 June 1938 |
| Coarse red crumbly clay.
One fragment plastered outside for preservation, of flat oval bottom and slightly curving lower walls.
From outer layer of mold for casting metal probably bronze. Depression in ... 9 April 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Small fragment, broken on all sides and behind.
Seven lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon.
Space between lines, five including: 0.059m.
Space between letters, five including: ... 22 May 1940 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed on two band, the upper projecting.
"POLETAI" record or prytany decree (?)
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in marble dump on Kolonos Agaraios, ... 24 March 1936 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Right edge and face only preserved.
Nine lines of the inscription preserved, trace of tenth; stoichedon.
Pentelic marble. Finished Found in dump, on the north slope of Kolonos Agoraios ... 27 April 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Top and left side preserved.
First four lines recut.
Alliance; Archon: Philo.
Eight lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in late Byzantine pithoi Q and R, on ... 178/7 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of a shield on which names are inscribed.
Four lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in late Roman context in a cistern, on the north slope of Kolonos Agoraios ... 19 June 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken on all sides.
Four lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Finished Found in a marble pile, in the northwest corner of the Market Square. Leica ... 12 May 1934 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Lettered face and right side only preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in marble dump, in the northwest corner of the Market Square. Leica ... 23 May 1936 |
| Inscribed fragment of early Christian Epitaph.
Front and back and both edges preserved.
A strip of revetment. Lower guide lines.
Three lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found in the ... 5 March 1936 |
| Inscribed fragments.
Prytany list. Honorary monument (?)
Fragment Τ 32 a), inscribed face only preserved.
Three lines of the inscription preserved.
Fragment ΜΜ 7 b), part of cylindrical base with a band ... 180-192 A.D. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Honorary base; archon Hegemon.
Fragment ΚΚ 527 a), broken at back and sides. Top, bottom, and face smooth picked with drafted edges. Worn smooth on back part of top.
Two lines of ... 327/6 B.C. |
| Neatly made, with a knob, and a deep turned-down edge. Cistern, strosis IV. Leica ... 8 June 1937 |
| Obverse: Hermes standing, caduceus in left hand, money bags in right.
Reverse: Serapis standing, holding a scepter in his left hand; his right raised. Star in field. Modern fill. Leica ... 8 February 1937 |
| Obverse: a lidded Panathenaic amphora.
A few letters around edge.
Reverse: plain.
Strosis 1, black earth.
Turkish. Leica ... 16 March 1937 |
| Uneven.
On top in relief an uncertain object, and the letters Δ] Ε Μ [Ο (?).
"Floor" of room 14B, north of wall H.
Late Roman. Leica ... 24 March 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Right side, smooth picked, preserved; otherwise broken.
Six lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in modern context at the north foot of Kolonos Agoraios, near ... 8 March 1937 |
Hellenistic - Early Byzantine |
Little Late Roman ? ... 5th - 4th B.C. |
Fine, glazed; metal; varia ... Late 5th B.C. |
Animal bones ... 24-26 March 1937 |
Mostly coarse; one dish with circles and Type VII lamp ... 4th - 3rd B.C. |
Lamps, type XXVII-VIII; wasters ... 12-13 April 1937 |
Figurine fragments ... 12-13 April 1937 |
Late Roman - Late Byzantine |
| Dimensions fully preserved; much of one side, and middle, missing; made up in plaster. Laconian type.
Coarse pinkish-brown clay; red to black glaze wash on concave face. Surface to 20.00m. Well. Handle ... June 1937, June 1938 |
| Broken at back, lower right corner and part of palmette missing.
Relief palmette above spirals, letter in relief below: ΑΘΗ[ΝΑΙΟΥ.
Coarse red clay; light slip. Cistern, Strosis IV. 1422, 1803 Leica ... 16-17 June 1938 |
| Broken at back, and top chipped.
Relief palmettes above grooved volutes, letter in relief below, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Coarse red clay; light slip. Cistern, Strosis IV. 1422, 1803 Leica ... 16-17 June 1938 |
Late Roman- Early Byzantine |
Mid Byzantine (12th A.D.) |
Late Byzantine (13th A.D.) |
Late Byzantine (13th A.D.) |
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