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| Tiled Well at S edge of E-W Road, 73/ΜΗ. Contemporary upper and lower fills separated by layer of sterile mud.
Latest coin dates ca. 200. Koan amphora handle with stamped handle dates slightly after 200 ... 210-160 |
Early Roman, late 1st c. A.D. with some later fragments. Coins:
31 May 1938 #1-#12
1 June 1938 #1-#5
2 June 1938 #1-#2 ... Late 1st c. B.C. |
Dealer's Dump at 10/Θ.
Debris filling beneath a modern house floor, apparently from the shop of an antiquities' dealer; otherwise unrelated to the Agora area. Compare similar dumps, K 14:1 and N 10:1 ... Modern context |
Well at 81/ΝΑ ... Byzantine |
Well in branch of Aqueduct (ca. 13/ΚΔ) 3rd c. A.D. - 5th c. A.D ... 3rd c. A.D. |
| Phaidon Street Cistern: North Chamber
Sullan destruction debris. One of two chambers connected by tunnel.
Two latest coins date to 87/86. Gray ware lamp of first quarter of 1st c. A.D. indicates disturbance ... 2nd c. B.C. |
Cistern and drawshaft connected by tunnel; used in modern times as cesspool. No stratigraphy noted, but pottery from first five boxes excavated is later than that from boxes 6-18.
11 stamped amphora handles ... Hellenistic and Late Hellenistic |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Infant grave near Phaidon street cistern. No offerings.
Roughly rectangular, almost elliptical cutting in bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, oriented south-southwest to north-northeast ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain) |
The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU |
A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. Curbed with rough stones.
Filling of a small shallow well which contained nothing from the POU and since no water was ... Ca. 350-320 B.C. |
Filling over bedrock. Coins:
26 May 1938 #7-#10
27 May 1938 #1
28 May 1938 #1 ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Pit at 36/ΙΖ ... Late Hellenistic to Early Roman |
Coins:
19 May 1938 #1 (illegible)
20 May 1938 #3-#5, #12-#20 (Dump) ... 4th-6th c. A.D. |
| Cistern at 53/ΚΓ and channels. The pottery in the cistern and in the two channels was a thoroughly mixed lot of broken material from 5th c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. and all seemed the same except the bottom ... 5th c. B.C.-4th c. A.D. |
Pit at 57/ΚΑ; small pit on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, measuring 1.05x0.80mx0.80m deep. There were traces of burning and a few bones in it, since none of them are recognizably human it is probably ... 480 - 470 B.C. |
Well at 55/ΚΕ
Period of Use dated to the last quarter of 5th c. B.C., Upper fill dated to the same (deposited later) in Agora XXX. Coins
1 April 1938 #10 ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C. |
Well at 56/ΚΖ, just south of the south wall of the northern Late Roman Building ... Second half of 2nd c. - early 3rd c. A.D. |
| Roman Pithos at 38/ΛΔ. Cf. also Ψ734 (P 14037) from late pit at 41/ΛΓ ... Early to Middle Roman |
Deposit at 42/ΙΕ beside rubble wall under modern cellar wall ... 5th c. B.C. |
Manhole at 55/ΚΔ (Same system as O 19:2) ... 8 April 1938 |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C. |
Roman Dump/Cesspool ... Second half 1st c.-1st half 2nd c. A.D. |
Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ in the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Part of system with two chambers and well. Homogeneous fill.
13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. N 72206 (Ω-344), picked up near ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C. |
Hole at 65/ΚΔ; small cutting in bedrock with scanty pottery ... 450-400 B.C. |
Patch of burned filling at 66-67/ΚΘ-Λ (or Λ-ΛΑ) Coin
18 May 1938 #10 P 34428 added from Lot Ω 102 ... Early 5 c. B.C. (?) |
| Disturbed pyre dispersed in fill of Room 5, House D.
Pyre pots in very fragmentary condition were noticed by Barbara Tsakirgis in later analysis of pottery that had been excavated in 1938; no mention of ... 14 June 1938 |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21).
Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D. |
| Tile-lined well. Note fragment of topmost drum with inward inclination. Deposit O 16:3 ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Jun 1955 |
| Late Roman water system. Detail of brick work in the vault of the Late Roman well chamber; looking up from the floor of the chamber. Cf. well (Deposit N 19:2) in Section Ω at 52/Ι, nb. pp. 1357-1359 ... 789 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Apr 1957 |
| At left, Turkish kiln (at 96/ΝΑ); at right, water channel (ca. 92/ΝΑ) ... 5590 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Apr 1955 |
| 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 |
| Section Ω. Section of water channel at 55 ΝΣ' ... D.B ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1957 |
| Cistern B (77/ΛΘ-75/ΜΓ) in section X ... John Travlos ... XIII-5 XIII-5 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1937 |
| Cistern D (79/ΜΗ-84/NΣT) in section X ... John Travlos ... Roman Group F. XIII-8 XIII-8 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1937 |
Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates.
Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D. |
Channel to West of Cistern at 63/ΞΒ. Part of Cistern System A which includes the cistern 63/ΞΒ (M 19:2), this channel to the west, and the manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ. Coins:
31 May 1946 #1
3 June 1946 #1
6 ... Early 3rd c. B.C. |
| Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D. |
Containers 106-107. Coins:
16 April 1937 #1-#7 (Dump) ... Mid-1st c. A.D. |
Containers 100-105. Coins:
14 April 1937 #11-#14 ... Late 1st-1st half of 2nd c. A.D. |
Containers 87-99. Coins:
7 April 1937 #30-#31
8 April 1937 #41-#82
9 April 1937 #3-#4 (#4=Dump)
13 April 1937 #1
14 April 1937 #1-#10 ... Late 2nd c. A.D. |
Containers 83-86. Coins:
7 April 1937 #13-#29
8 April 1937 #2-#40
12 April 1937 #2 ... Early 3rd c. A.D. |
Containers 63, 66-82. Coins:
7 April 1937 #1-#12, #32
10 April 1937 #1-#3
12 April 1937 #1 ... Mid-3rd c.-267 A.D. |
Containers 63-67. Coins:
6 April 1937 #4-#5 ... Late 3rd c. A.D. |
Containers 44-62. Coins:
5 April 1937 #3 (disintegrated)
6 April 1937 #2-3, #7
8 April 1937 #1
9 April 1937 #1-#2 ... Early 4th c. A.D. |
Containers 36-40 ... Late 4th c. A.D. |
Containers 23-35. Coins:
6 April 1937 #1, #6 ... 5th. c. A.D. |
Containers 17-22. Coins:
5 April 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... 2nd half 5th c. A.D. |
Containers 14-16 ... 6th c. A.D. |
Containers 5-13 ... 6th c. A.D. |
Containers 1-4 ... Late 6th c. A.D. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVI: PG). Bones discarded.
Only the lower portion of the urn-hole was preserved in bedrock, roughly oval in outline, with a maximum preserved width at the top of 0.70m narrowing ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (adult female). (In some records as Grave XXXI).
The tomb was partly destroyed in antiquity; there are sherds of all periods down to Late Roman (and later) note din the fill immediately above it ... Middle Geometric I |
Big well at 61/ΙΖ.
A well on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter 2m ... Ca. 520-475 and shortly after |
Well at 69/ΚΔ (Well G: PG, ELS).
Diameter 0.75m. Fairly but not perfectly evenly cut; no foot-holds in sides. Very little water gathered. The well produced a small amount of pottery, the bulk of it coming ... Protogeometric |
Turkish well at 71/ΚΘ No coins noted ... Turkish |
Rectangular pit at 54/ΛΓ.
The pit's plan is irregular; its measurements approximately 2.00x1.10x1.15m. The wall foundations run a little over a meter deep at 53/ΛΓ-ΛΕ, consist of irregularly shaped and ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. |
| Contents of Pithos Y; probably belonging to sacrificial pyre III.
In northern corner of courtyard. Characteristic pyre pottery in fill of one of two pithoi set into the floor of the courtyard as part ... 400-350 B.C. |
Geometric Pit 58/ΛΒ.
It was started as a well, but after 2 meters crumbling bedrock must have discouraged the diggers. It produced only a few sherds, all of which were kept ... Geometric |
Pocket in bedrock at 62/ΚΑ ... Early 5th c. B.C. |
Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Hellenistic construction fill mainly of amphoras used as packing between well tiles and bedrock. Estimated Grid ... 1st c. B.C. |
Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Hellenistic Fill at 70/ΛΣΤ.
Fill in irregular hollow. Pottery resembles Sullan debris, but lack of late duoviri handles suggests deposit slightly predates the sack. Coins
6 March 1937 #1-#4 ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D. |
Appears to be use filling from 3rd c. A.D., pre-Herulian into 4th c. or later. Lined with tiles. Coins:
6 May 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... Early 3rd-early 6th c. |
Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ.
The presence of a number of fairly well preserved vases of good quality suggested to the excavator the possibility that the cutting might once have contained a burial. No skeletal ... 325-300 B.C. |
| Grave 3 in notebook. Outside Archaic cemetery, inhumation burial. Deposit list says black glaze pithos (P 8922) containing the bones of a child and four small vases. The pithos lay on its side with the ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C. |
| Pit at 74/ΜΑ (1.10x0.58).
Debris filling containing a quantity of animal bones; probably a household refuse pit Animal bones (domestic animals); cow, pig, goat, sheep, hen, dog, and several varieties ... Ca. 525-470 B.C.
480-440 B.C. |
Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C. |
Well at 73/ΜΓ.
The upper walls were of small stones but changed to tiles at a depth of ca. 12m which suggests that it perhaps was originally built in Late Roman times ... Byzantine |
Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill.
14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C. |
The cistern at 70/ΝΗ and the channel [65/ΞΑ] between chambers 70/ΝΗ and 63/ΞΒ seem to have a uniform dumped filling of first half 2nd c. A.D ... First half of 2nd c. A.D. |
Cistern at 63/ΞΒ and channel leading west from cistern to west edge of section; also manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ.
Possible further connection with other cisterns, e. g. at east edge of section Υ and/or cistern ... |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
"Not much earlier than middle fill" Coins:
12 February 1937 #5-#7 ... Fourth quarter of 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 75/Ε. Dumped debris of Herulian destruction, including much material from the first half of the 3rd c ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.)
Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX.
There were no use filling and the well was apparently not a success as a water-supply: there was no concentration of water-jars ... 420-400 B.C. |
Well at 72/ΟΔ.
Partially excavated to depth of 8m. Turkish fill in upper 3m. Hellenistic fill mostly of roof tiles and coarse pottery. Coin
12 February 1937 #4 (disintegrated) ... 3rd c. B.C. |
| Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.
Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Burials ... Myc. III A:1-2 |
| Cistern at 75/ΜΓ connected with cistern N 18:3 by tunnel.
Only coin is Bioiotian dating between 220 and 197. Only indications of date are 1st c. lamps, two long-petal bowls, and fragments of early Roman ... 1st. c. B.C. |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus.
Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins
9 April 1938 #2
9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D. |
Cistern at 60/ΙΕ; bell-shaped cistern with a channel 1.65m high and 4.60m long, leading to a dead end against bedrock. This channel runs north with a slight curve to the east and looks as though it was ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd c. B.C. |
At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C. |
| Margaret Crosby ... Grave, disturbed.
Rectangular cutting in bedrock 1.70m long and 0.60m deep. The north half was cut away by a modern cellar wall and only 0.20-0.10m of fill was left. A the bottom there was a thick layer ... 510 - 490 B.C. |
Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D. Coins:
3 May 1939 #1-2 (red earth above well)
9 June 1939 #1
10 June 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1-#5
13 June 1939 #1
19 June 1939 #1-#2, #3 (Dump)
7 May 1940 #1
9 May 1940 #1
27 ... Early 1st-5th c. A.D. POU |
Containers 1-ca. 139. The well shaft broken out into a large hole so that no sequence could be observed ... Mixed post-Herulian |
Containers ca. 140-207. From containers ca. 170 to bottom, catalogued objects seem to represent a gradual accumulation from 1st c. A.D. to mid-3rd c. Divisions between are arbitrary and therefore combined ... Mixed post-pre-Herulian |
Crescent-shaped cutting in bedrock at 47/ΙΓ; on the north slope of the Areopagus, slightly to the west of the dromos of the Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Dimensions of cutting : max. diameter ca. 2.50m.; depth ... Ca. 500-450 B.C.
400-350 B.C. |
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