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Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ:
1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D. |
Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill.
Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C. |
NW corner of Civic Offices, lowest layer above Roman road metal[classical floor, see nbp. 1907]. Coins:
12 May 1950 #1-#10 ... Mid 3rd. c. A.D. |
| Located in Middle Stoa, west, south aisle, beneath pressure pipe (cf. A 4900). The siting of the well is remarkable in its proximity to Well I 13:3, also Geometric in date, which was found in 1968 only ... Second half of 8th c B.C. |
Burial disturbed. Located in Middle Stoa, north aisle, "upper trench", piers 3 and 4. Two individuals: small child (ca. 5 yrs. old) and adult female.
In its disturbed state the burial was found (at elevation ... First half of 7th c. B.C. |
Near the SW corner of the market square beneath the north part of the Heliaia (?).
No clear distinction in the filling, either of date or of character, could be observed but the presence of a number of ... Ca. 625-570 B.C. |
Undisturbed fill at 34-36/I-K (Heliaia Peristyle, west aisle).
Two pieces (T 3662 and SS 14440) are recorded as "undoubtedly from Peristyle fill of third quarter of 4th century B.C." although "from area ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C. |
Pit in SW corner of Heliaia Peristyle (mint).
The four Athenian imperial coins (Κ-1641 - Κ-1644) belong to the Athenian Imperial Group III, a series that can be very closely dated to the middle of the ... Mid 3rd c. A.D. |
Exploration in the peristyle of the Heliaea (1960); evidence for rebuilding in the third quarter of the 4th c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as 1st-2nd c. A.D. Date of reconstruction ca. 325 B.C ... Ca. 350- 325 B.C. |
Built largely of tiles, upper part missing, plaster lined and broken through near the bottom on the north. Probably filled up at one time during the Turkish period. Preserved height 1.65m. Coins:
5 February ... Turkish |
Well 6 = Pit 6 under Church but it antedates the church. Late Byzantine or early Turkish. Coins:
17 March 1936 #4-#5
18 March 1936 #5 ... Late Byzantine |
| Well I: PG, ELS. The collapsed well north of the Middle Stoa Terrace. This pit, or shallow well, into which a Turkish storage pit lined with stones was set, produced purely Proto-Geometric pottery and ... Protogeometric |
Well L: PG, ELS. Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery appears less consistent than that in the pit at 70/ΜΕ. Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B. PD 2780 ... Protogeometric |
Dorothy B. Thompson A.W. Parsons ... Displaced grave in well K 12:2. Adult female inhumation (AA 290). As Deposit K 12:2a in Agora XXXVI ... "Submycenaean"/Early Protogeometric |
Small pocket with R.F. sherds and terracottas, perhaps thrown up by the diggers of a modern well nearby ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
Pottery Deposit at 57/ΙΔ (also 57/ΙΣΤ and 63-66/Κ-ΚΕ). Contents of pit range from Mycenaean to Turkish; apparently the dump of a modern antiquities dealer ... Modern Context |
Coins:
15 March 1934 #6 ... 6th-7th c. A.D. |
| Table support in the form of a statuette of Attis ... Horizontal (normal) ... 21 Apr 1933 |
| Inscriptions as found used as cover slabs for the Southwest Fountain House drain ... southwest 2812 Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Jul 1968 |
| Inscriptions as found used as cover slabs for the Southwest Fountain House drain ... southwest 2814 Horizontal (normal) ... 23, 27 July 1968 |
| Tomb U, west of the Church of Elias and Charalambos: statue of Herakles from the East Pediment of the Hephaisteion, as found built face down into the wall of the tomb. Cf. Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 214 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Mar 1948 |
| Foundation of large blocks. At right, top to bottom: Middle Stoa; stub of poros fragment wall; west end of stepped retaining wall. Upper left: rubble foundation, and beyond it steps at the southwest corner ... northwest 2794 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 May 1954 |
| Foundation of large blocks. In foreground: stub of poros fragment wall. At left: west end of stepped retaining wall. At right: wall in 23m. square, and part of rubble foundation ... south 2793 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 May 1954 |
| Trench of east-west foundation in area ΛΑ. Center above: south end of foundation of large blocks at 25-26/ΛΑ-ΛΕ. At right: west end of stepped retaining wall. In background, the Middle Stoa ... north 2788 Horizontal (normal) ... 15 May 1954 |
| Pit at 17/ΙΘ, before removal of walls that carry across it ... west 3411 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1954 |
| Area west of the west end of the Middle Stoa. Pit at 17/ΙΘ, before removal of walls that carry across it ... south 3412 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1954 |
| South of Pier 1, Road 5 in upper left; Road 6 in upper right and lower left. Detail of stratification nb. p. 2564 ... west 2554 Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Jul 1967 |
| West end of the Middle Stoa, south of Pier 1. General view of early road (Road 6) on the right; bottom left, the Boundary Stone (I 7039). At top left, Monument Base ... southeast 2594 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1967 |
| West end of the Middle Stoa south of Pier 1, at the end of the 1967 excavation. Boundary Stone in right background ... west 2672 Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Aug 1967 |
| General view of the west end of the south aisle of the Middle Stoa. In foreground cobbled road and Early Monument Base. At top right corner, Boundary Stone of the Agora ... west 2788 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Jul 1968 |
| View of 1967 excavation. South aisle of the Middle Stoa with view of the cobbled road and the Boundary Stone in right center. Monument Base in right center ... north 2786 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Jul 1968 |
| General view of the west end of the south aisle. Heavy cobbled road. Early Monument Base in right center; Boundary Stone of the Agora at bottom left corner ... east 2789 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Jul 1968 |
| Northwest corner of the Fountain House, showing the inscribed stele I 6096 in position over the stone drain just outside the northwest corner of the building. At top: Late Roman tile drain ... northwest Horizontal (normal) ... 7 Apr 1948 |
| Area north of the west end of the Middle Stoa. In foreground, the "Horos Stone" and the polygonal terrace wall; in background, the tumbled blocks of a monument base and the foundations of the Middle Stoa ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. south 449 ... 16 Mar 1953 |
| Area north of the west end of the Middle Stoa. Area excavated up to Strosis 3. In center, level of Building B and large poros blocks over Well A (Deposit H 12:15). The "Horos Stone" slightly visible at ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. south 486 ... 29 Mar 1953 |
| Area at junction of the Great Drain and the east branch, before excavation. In background the Middle Stoa terrace wall. The "Horos Stone" clearly visible in center right ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. south 591 ... 9 Apr 1953 |
| Terrace wall of "Simons' House" and the Agora Boundary Stone (I 5510) in foreground. At left, a section of the original street at the base of the polygonal wall. At right, the West Branch of the Great ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. west 1099 ... 28 Apr 1953 |
| Area at junction of the Great Drain and its East Branch. In foreground, slabs over drain; in background, north wall of Room 3 of the Civic Offices, and base of perirrhanterion. The area in between is cleared ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. south 1060 ... 20 Apr 1953 |
| View of "Simon's House" from above, the Boundary Stone (Horos Stone) at lower right corner ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. west 1172 ... 15 May 1953 |
| View of "Simon's House". The Boundary Stone (I 5510) visible in the center at bottom of terrace wall ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. southwest 1170 Horizontal (normal) ... 15 May 1953 |
| North polygonal wall of "Simon's House". "Horos stone" (I 5510) at left lower corner. West Branch of the Great Drain in foreground ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. south 1180 ... 15 May 1953 |
| Boundary Stone of the Agora with the Acropolis and the Areopagus in the background ... south ... 6 Jun 1965 |
| Boundary Stone of the Agora and its environs. "Simon's House" not excavated yet ... south ... 2 May 1938 |
| Stratification around and above the Boundary Stone of the Agora. Modern surface at top ... southeast ... 2 May 1938 |
| Boundary Stone of the Agora with the Acropolis and Areopagus in the background ... south ... 6 Jun 1965 |
| View of the polygonal wall of "Simon's House" from above. The "Horos Stone" is in the lower center ... I 5510 catalogued as Ζ but reference in the book ΜΣ. southwest 1168 ... 15 May 1953 |
| Boundary Stone of the Agora to the east of the Tholos ... east ... 2 Mar 1938 |
| Boundary Stone of the Agora to the east of the Tholos ... south ... 2 Mar 1938 |
| Boundary Stone of the Agora to the east of the Tholos ... southeast ... 2 Mar 1938 |
| View of the Altar and orthostate A 403 behind it ... northeast ... 5 Aug 1931 |
| Orthostate block from the Altar of Zeus Agoraios with consulting engineer ... Nomlas north ... 5 Aug 1931 |
| The tile standard ... southwest 2496 ... August 1967 |
| Elliptical Drain 1-2 and manhole in Section Θ at 13/ΜΓ, showing change in construction of bottom half of drain ... northwest 2193 ... 14 Jun 1951 |
| View to show the Byzantine walls. Earlier strosis at 21/ΛΑ connected with the Byzantine walls ... southwest ... 2 Mar 1935 |
| View to show Byzantine walls. 1) Threshold block at 14/ΝΑ. Byzantine wall over the apse of the Late Roman Complex. 2) Earlier strosis at 21/ΛΑ connected with the Byzantine walls. 3) Crosswall of Roman ... southwest ... 2 Mar 1935 |
Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C.
Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C. |
Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.
This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates |
Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers).
Locations include:
SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C. |
Dug as Metroon Porch Pit A and Pit C (layers II and III). ... 7th-6th c. B.C. |
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 |
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. |
A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) |
Dug as Tholos Trench V, Room E, burnt filling of plundered wall trench of S wall of court. See also lot Ζ 484 ... Late 6th c. B.C. |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C. |
At the top was roughly square, but below was rounded. The walls were built of small stones laid without much effort where large ancient blocks ( some belonging to Great Drain) formed the sides. At the ... Turkish |
Lined with small stones.
Difference noted between the pottery from the top and that from the bottom. Coins:
11 April 1933 #13 (disintegrated)
12 April 1933 #1-#6 (disintegrated) (Coin no. 1. N 18194 found ... Turkish |
Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766).
Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D. |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road).
Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C. |
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 absence of certain shapes (no kantharoi or cup-kantharoi) may be due to the nature of the establishment from which the material came. Also, absence of rouletting save for one example. The lack of these ... Ca. 390-375 B.C. |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C. |
Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C.
Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C. |
See also H 12:1. Coins:
22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C. |
Located in road west of Middle Stoa. It was 4.80m deep. Owing to its shallowness, it was probably kept clean. The southernmost block of the N-S peribolos (?) wall west of the Middle Stoa partly covered ... 200-165 B.C. |
| Sacrificial Pyre = Pit in floor (identified as pyre by SIR); with the characteristic small plates and saucers. "Saucer Grave" at 12/ΚΑ.
Dimensions: 2m (length)x 0.70 (width).
North of north wall of building ... First half 4th c. B.C. |
Nbp. 1740: From the gravel fill at the level of the lowest step, late Hellenistic pottery, higher up (middle to top steps) early Roman. Coins:
23 March 1948 #1-#4
24 April 1948 #1-#33
26 April 1948 #1-#26 ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
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. |
| This cutting was filled in at the time Road 6 was laid. Homogeneous dumped fill.
This deposit represents fill which was brought in at the time Road 6 at the west end of the Middle Stoa was laid to fill ... Ca. 480 B.C. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Well in courtyard of Early Building I, adjacent to wall of Room B. Tile lined; upper course in situ, lower two collapsed probably in antiquity. Letters inscribed on rims (eta, phi, omicron, theta). Medium ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C. |
| Pocket, identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR. Possibly disturbed. Outside south wall of building. Concentration of pottery in a small pocket below a "Hellenistic" fill. There is no mention of bone or ... First quarter 4th c. B.C. |
Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. Coins:
10 August 1961 #5 ... 325-275 B.C. |
Gravel above cobbled street surface ... Second half 2nd c. B.C. |
| Wall foundations south of the Stoa of Zeus ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 5 May 1933 |
| Tholos Trench F, deposit H 12:6. Furnace inside of the well to the southeast of the Tholos ... 2336, 2337 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 April 1938 |
| Tholos Trench F, deposit H 12:6. Furnace in side of well to the southeast of the Tholos ... 2336, 2337 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 April 1938 |
| Statue of Artemis as found ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 1937 |
| Unfinished chamber tomb to the west of the Odeion. Deposit J 10:1 ... (chamber tomb) south 1816 ... 23 Apr 1952 |
| Unfinished chamber tomb to the west of the Odeion. Deposit J 10:1 ... (chamber tomb) northeast 1818 ... 25 Apr 1952 |
| Different plans and sections. Top row: in ΠΘ, storage pit (Deposit B 14:5); in ΓΓ inhumation of a child, (Deposit E 19:2); Protoattic oinochoe fragment P 13284. Bottom row: in ΓΓ inhumation of a male (Deposit ... E. Brann (PD 1040, PD 1053) Piet de Jong (PD 434, PD 435) John Travlos (PD 1065 a, b) ... PD 1053 PD 1040 PD 435 PD 434 PD 1065-a PD 1065-b no grid for Q 17:6; Horizontal (normal) ... 1958 |
| Unfinished chamber tomb as finally cleared. Deposit J 10:1 ... (chamber tomb) south ... 26 Jun 1952 |
| Plundered Chamber Tomb. (Tomb XII). A few meters SE of the great white marble altar. The chamber is an irregular rectangle, oriented roughly N-S, with dromos leading in at a very gentle slope from the ... LH III A |
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