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It seems likely that the well was never used due to poor quality of rock. Uniform fill of collapsed bedrock ... 650-625 B.C. |
Coins:
2 May 1935 #1-#4 ... Turkish |
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 |
Coins:
11 March 1935 #1-#8 ... Byzantine |
Well near SW corner of Burned Building. Depth of well 1.50m. below the bottom of the trench of the Burnt Bldg.
Estimated Grid ... Turkish |
| View showing the covering of Drain W with reused blocks and inscriptions. I 6506 is first on line followed by I 6507. Cf. 1997.09.0174 for closer view of the inscriptions ... east 1849 ... 26 Apr 1952 |
| View showing detail of inscriptions I 6506 (below) and I 6507 (above) as found over the drain ... south 1853 ... 26 Apr 1952 |
| 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 |
| Underground chamber east of the Odeion as it appeared, cleaned for study, in 1967 ... southwest 954 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1967 |
| View to show the Byzantine walls. Earlier strosis at 21/ΛΑ connected with the Byzantine walls ... southwest ... 2 Mar 1935 |
| 1) Threshold block at 14/ΝΑ. Byzantine wall over the apse of the Late Roman Complex. 2) Pithos at 3/ΜΗ connected with Byzantine level. 3) Tile floor at 9/ΜΘ. 4) At 13/ΝΓ the apse of the Roman Building ... west ... 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 |
| Selection of three lamps (L 5469, L 5479, L 5453), a glass candlestick (G 576), an ampulla (P 27463) and a glass goblet fragment (G 567) illustrating the deposit over the floor of the rooms ... no deposit number (SD) ... September 1969 |
| Mycenaean grave in section O at 70/ΙΘ ... Marian R. Holland ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1952 |
| Geometric grave in section O at 69/ΛΕ ... Marian R. Holland ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1952 |
| Geometric grave H 16:6 in Section Κ. Plan and sections ... William B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Original missing. 85-253 85-472 85-253 85-472 ... 1967 |
Uncertain Sultan ... "Ribbon fabric." Coin no. 29. GCM 719.29. Surface. 120 ... 15th-16th c. A.D. |
Uncertain Sultan, Imitation ... Coin no. 30. GCM 719.30. Surface. 121 ... 16th c. A.D. |
Constantinople ... Maḥmūd I ... Coin no. 22. GCM 742.22. Surface. 164 ... 1730-1754 A.D. |
Uncertain Sultan ... "Ribbon fabric." Coin no. 35. GCM 755.35. Just above strosis in room (13-15/ΣΤ-Η). 177 ... 15th-16th c. A.D. |
Miṣr ... Maḥmūd I ... Coin no. 1. GCM 761.1. From a wall. 201 ... 1730-1754 A.D. |
Uncertain Sultan ... "Ribbon fabric." Coin no. 52. GCM 760.52. In a wall. 205 ... 15th-16th c. A.D. |
Selīm I ... Probably Selīm I.
Mint = Constantinople and no mint name.
No date. Coin no. 13. GCM 766.13. 233, 236, 244 ... 1512-1520 A.D. |
Uncertain Turkish ... Unidentifiable copper coins of Turkish fabric. Coin no. 14. GCM 766.14. 233, 236, 244 ... 9 March 1933 |
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. |
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. |
Byzantine Well at 54/ΜΣΤ, belonging to the house over the eastern part of the Odeion. Coins:
3 May 1935 #5
4 May 1935 #1 ... Byzantine |
Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K).
Brann Well or Pit O. Estimated Grid ... To ca. 725 B.C. |
Well at SE corner of Court of Late Roman Building (Trench C). Estimated Grid ... 12th c. A.D. |
7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C.
Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C. |
| Mycenaean Grave.
One of the first Mycenaean burials found in the Agora. It consisted of a regular cist, carefully cut with vertical sides and a flat bottom, measuring 1.90m by 0.55m. There were apparently ... LH III (c. 1200) |
Grave of 38 year-old female, head NW, legs drawn up. Apparently unlined cist in bedrock or hard-packed dug-bedrock, its outlines no longer distinguishable from surrounding fill. Above skeleton, a number ... Mycenaean? |
Well at 69/Ο Coins:
29 May 1935 #8
30 May 1935 #1-#2 11th c? ... Byzantine-Mid to late 2nd c. |
"Bothros Well" at 71/ΞΣΤ ... 1700 - 1750 A.D. |
"Fauvel Collection"
Collector's dump? Debris in the cellar of a modern house, probably once that of F.S. Fauvel.
The collection included vases of all periods, from Geometric to Turkish; a number of the ... Modern Context |
| Filling in footing trench at 63/ΝΔ Packing of coarse pottery, including numerous stamped jars and a small amount of kitchen ware ... Ca. 250-210 |
at 62-62/ΜΗ A. Walker coin deposit. |
| N.A. Doenges Evelyn Lord Smithson ... "Near or in Grave" (width 0.50m)
Grave to the east of the southeast corner of the great court of the Gymnasium. Shallow and superimposed on Well N 11:5. It is a simple cist oriented north and south, with ... 750-725 B.C. |
Well at 74/ΜΒ ... Early Byzantine |
Well at 69/ΚΗ (diameter 1m).
The well forms the south apse of the apsidal cutting south of the late Roman entrance porch ... Late 8th c. B.C. |
Well (diameter 1.10m).
Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C. |
Well at 69/ΛΕ (diameter 0.95m).
Narrows at bottom. Footholds on east and west. Uniform fill. Bones found in the well make it likely that it had cut through a grave, as it was itself overlain by one ... Late 8th c. B.C. |
Well at 71/ΛΒ (diameter ca. 1.10m) near the east wall of the entrance porch.
Narrows toward bottom, collapsed at top. Six footholds preserved at south, three at north, spaced at ca. 0.50m. Uniform fill ... Late 8th in early 4th c. B.C. |
Byzantine Well at 66/ΛΑ.
Semi-curbed well at the west wall of the Byzantine room.
From the mouth of the well, a few brown glazed sherds ... Byzantine |
| Mycenaean grave. It consisted of a shallow rectangular cutting in bedrock about 1.40m by 0.70m, but it was probably somewhat bigger, since the east side and a large part of the north side had been cut ... Myc. IIIA:1-2 |
Well at 70/Κ ... Middle Geometric |
Well at 15/ΜΓ (Well E: PG, ELS). Supplementary filling around its top Small partly glazed one handler
Fragment of black figured kylix
Small protogemetric cup
Fragment of skyphos
Rim fragment of Large Open ... Protogeometric-6th - 5th c. B.C. |
Debris of Odeon-purse? A. Walker coin deposit. |
| Drawing of a Mycenaean cist grave. Deposit M 21:1. Cf. Agora XIII, pl. 82 under Grave XXXVII (PD 428bis) ... PD 428 ... 1935 |
| Cist grave as cleared. Deposit N 11:1 ... northwest 716 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Jun 1952 |
| The rich Athenian lady, urn cremation. Plan and sections of the burial (Deposit H 16:6). Original version ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1692 Horizontal (normal) ... 1967 |
| The rich Athenian lady, urn cremation. Plan and sections of the burial (Deposit H 16:6). Revised version. For first version, cf. 1997.20.0032 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1692 Horizontal (normal) ... 1967 |
| 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 |
| Cist grave disturbed by the construction of a Roman wall. Deposit M 12:1 ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Feb 1935 |
| Cist grave. Deposit M 12:1 ... south ... 19 Feb 1935 |
| Child's pit grave, completely excavated. At left, the large cutting which destroyed the east part of the grave. Deposit N 12:1 ... south 709 ... 27 May 1952 |
| Unfinished chamber tomb as finally cleared. Deposit J 10:1 ... (chamber tomb) south ... 26 Jun 1952 |
| Child's pit grave, partly excavated. Deposit N 12:1 ... south 708 ... 27 May 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 |
| Inscribed fragment with inscription on two fasciae.
Broken all round, save toward the front of the under side, where the start of a third vertical face appears, set back 0.069m. from the lower of the two ... 1933 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Back surface preserved, rough picked; and possibly a bit of the top; other edges broken.
Pentelic marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the modern wall of the house 636/19, over the west ... 4th. century B.C. |
| Fragment from inscribed block; broken all round.
Of the inscribed surface, only a small triangular piece remain; at the top are parts of five pointed leaves, incised in the stone, a wreath (?).
Hymettian ... 1933 |
| Part of an inscribed block.
Top and bottom surfaces preserved; sides and back broken. Bottom rough picked, and partially smoothed with toothed chisel. Top chipped and worn; in it, two sinkings, one rectangular, ... 337/6 B.C. |
| Fragment from a large inscribed block.
Part of the bottom surface, rough picked, preserved; the others broken.
On the preserved face, the lower 0.10m. were not inscribed. The upper part of the inscribed ... 165/6 A.D. |
| Fragment Θ 26 a), from right side of inscribed block; fine picked on one side, rough picked on the back.
Fragment Κ 115 b), back and left side preserved. Fifteen lines of the inscription preserved.
Fragment ... 127/6 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of relief.
Back surface much broken, but thickeness apparently preserved.
The fragment is separated into two parts by a horizontal moulding, consisting of a flattened ovolo and a taenia ... 4th. century B.C. |
| Fragment from right side of inscribed block.
Side finished smooth; other edges broken.
Pentelic marble. Pre-excavation. Finished Found in the modern wall of the house 636/29, east of the Civic Offices ... 1933 |
| Small fragment of an inscription.
Back surface, rough picked, preserved; edges broken.
Letters carelessly and irregularly cut.
Hymettian marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the modern wall of the house 636/29, ... 338/7 B.C. |
| Very small inscribed base.
Finished above and below with a plain moulding, very much chipped and broken. At the top of the lower moulding, three fillets; at the bottom of the upper, one.
On the top of ... 1933 |
| Fragment from inscribed block.
The inscribed surface shows a slight horizontal curve.
Parts of twenty-two lines of the inscription preserved; non-stoichedon.
Pentelic marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the ... 1933 |
| Fragment from top of inscribed block.
The top surface finished smooth; other edges broken.
Two lines inscribed along upper edge.
Not stoichedon.
Pentelic marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the modern wall ... 1933 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of a large block, rough picked along the bottom surface; the other edges broken.
The inscription is preserved only on a small area at the bottom; most of the surface has been broken ... 1933 |
| Fragment from an inscribed block.
Only small bit of the inscribed surface is preserved, with parts of four lines of the inscription; non-stoichedon.
Pentelic marble. Pre-excavation. Found in the modern ... 1933 |
| Inscribed fragment of columnar grave stone.
From near the top, preserving part of the ring, and about half the circumference.
Parts of three lines of the inscription remain.
Hymettian marble. Pre-excavation ... 1933 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken all round.
One letter preserved.
Pentelic marble.
ADDENDA The letter probably a mason's mark.
Cf. the series of Doric cornice blocks A 238 and A 239, to which this fragment ... 1933 |
| From the left side of a slab finished along the edge with a raised band; bottom and right side broken; top and left side apparently preserved, but badly worn; front and back faces carefully finished.
Inscribed ... 18 July 1931 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken all round.
Pentelic marble.
Cf. Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 41-42. Found at a late Roman level, east of the altar of Zeus. 482 Leica, 1-38 ... 21 July 1931 |
| Two fragments from the upper part of a stele with pedimental top.
Both corners, with finials, are preserved, the right hand piece mended from six fragments; the left hand, from two. The central part of ... 125/4 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment of columnar grave monument.
Below convex band inscribed.
Inscribed surface only preserved.
Hymettian marble. Catalogued 1932. Found in wall of the modern house 631/26, northeast of the ... 1931 |
| Inscribed fragment of small grave monument.
Only inscribed surface preserved.
Pentelic (?) marble. Catalogued 1932. Found in wall of the modern house 631/17, east of the Metroon. 16 Leica ... 1931 |
| Upper part of inscribed grave relief.
Mended from two fragments found on different dates.
The smaller left piece was found first; the two fragments do not meet along front edge; may have been cut apart ... 4th. century B.C. |
| Part of body and base preserved.
Made of two separate paraisons attached together.
Pale yellow glass, very delicate. Slight weathering. Late Roman Gymnasium, basement suite, room F, deposit on original ... August 1965 |
| Base preserved.
Conical, spreading at bottom. Round off, not folded.
Light blue glass, silver enamel weathering. Late Roman Gymnasium, basement suite, room F, deposit on original floor.
500-550 A.D. 2095, ... August 1965 |
| Most of base and beginning of wall.
It has folded base, bulb above the base protruding into the cup.
Very delicate pale yellow glass, heavy enamel weathering. Late Roman Gymnasium, basement suite, room ... August 1965 |
| Rim and neck fragment.
Folded rim, narrow neck flaring below.
Pale green glass, very thick enamel weathering. Late Roman Gymnasium, basement suite, room F, deposit on original floor.
500-550 A.D. 2095, ... August 1965 |
| From neck, broken all around.
Neck widens above and below.
Light blue. Late Roman Gymnasium, basement suite, room F, deposit on original floor.
500-550 A.D. 2095, 2259 Leica ... August 1965 |
| Much missing from base.
Narrow holder spreading below to a cup-like base.
Light green glass, heavy weathering.
Cf. G 576, G 578. Late Roman Gymnasium, basement suite, room F, deposit on original floor ... August 1965 |
| Small fragment missing from lower section of holder. Much missing from cup, which is cracked.
Narrow holder spreading below, attached to a cup-like base.
Light green glass.
Cf. G 576, G 577. Late Roman ... August 1965 |
| Inscribed block of marble, with fourth century dedication.
Smoothed on the front, sides and top; rough picked on back and underneath; in the top, round hole.
Probably a statue base.
Hymmetian marble.
... 30 May 1931 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broad surface chip. Appears to be inscribed with a series of plain circles, six of them being preserved in a row 0.082m. long, and another 0.018m. away below the row. Surface weatherd; ... 17 March 1932 |
| Assembly, Entertainment Agrippa Marble, Limestone Fair, foundations and parts of superstructure ... Late 1st B.C. |
| Transportation Unknown Packed Gravel Good ... 6th B.C. to 12th A.D. |
| Temple, Religious Unknown Agrileza Marble Poor, foundations and assorted architectural members ... 1st A.D. |
| Broken above and below. Preserves section of post with part of four cuttings for rails, two on each side. On front, badly weathered trace of fillet.
To be connected with Eponymous Heroes; incorporated ... 3 March 1952 |
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