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Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa ... 1st c. A.D. |
| 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 |
Pit in ancient road, ca. 73/ΜΣΤ The filling of this pit contained quantities of coarse pottery, principally fragmentary amphoras, but including also some glazed and semi-glazed pieces and fragments of ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
| 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) |
| Tile-lined well. Note fragment of topmost drum with inward inclination. Deposit O 16:3 ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Jun 1955 |
| South terrace: cutting for median wall of shop building at ca. 51/Λ. Cf. nb. p. 3303 ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 8 Mar 1953 |
| Iron sword and knives from Protogeometric Burial ... Aliki Halepa-Bikaki ... LXXVII-99 LXXVII-99 ... June 1955 |
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. |
| 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. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave III: SM).
The close proximity and similarity of this tomb and tomb M 16-17:1 strongly suggests that they were intentionally laid out in relation to one another and were contemporary ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric |
Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C. |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII.
The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, southern burial. In some records as Grave XLVI.
Neat trench, rectangular as preserved, but may have originally been square, cut partly through ... Early Geometric I |
Pit in colonnade of south Stoa I, north of S. half of room 4. Estimated Grid |
Modern fill to 21.00m. at which depth a human skeleton weighed down with iron. ER fill from 21.00-28.00m. (bottom). A POU fill with a possible break around 25.00m ... 1st to mid-2nd c. A.D. |
Turkish Pit at 78/ΚΒ Sgraffito bowl x3
Painted bowl
Impressed bowl
Green-glazed bowl
Kioutakia bowl
Kioutakia egg cup
Bronze buckle No coins noted ... Turkish |
Turkish well at 78/ΚΖ Turkish bowl ... Turkish |
| Rectangular pit at 54/ΛΓ. Only the northern half of the pit has been dug. Note the 5th c. B.C. drain in the lower left of the picture ... southwest 1209 Horizontal (normal) ... 16 Apr 1957 |
| Rectangular tone-lined pit (cesspool?) in street just south of the door of the Southeast Unit ... Southwest House in notebooks. (SD) southwest 1253 Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Apr 1957 |
| Turkish water channel under Phaidonos Street. At right, wall of Late Roman Building (?). Under south end of wall is south chamber of Phaidon Street cistern (Deposit O 17:6). Below to left of N. end is ... For cistern cf. p. 1306. For the grave cf. p. 1314. For the channel, see summary in notebook Ω pp. 1897-1898, 1904-1907. south 1394 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 May 1957 |
| Drawing of two burials. At left: in Section ΚΚ, pit tomb, child inhumation at 46/ΜΖ-Η (Deposit D 7:1). At right: in Section Φ, pit tomb, adult inhumation at 67/Ι (Deposit M 16-17:1) ... Piet de Jong ... PD 433 PD 436 no mention of artist in PD book for 433. Piet de Jong for 436 ... March 1936 |
| Objects found in a Roman well (Deposit M 17:1): from left to right, miniature kantharos (P 9914), small unglazed cup (P 9916), unfinished marble statuette (S 903), wide-mouthed jug (P 10047) and small ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Objects found in a Roman well (Deposit M 17:1): lamps (left, L 2915; right, L 2914), pear-shaped jug (P 9798) and marble pestle (ST 185) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Damaged urn cremation. Deposit M 17:3. Fragments of pot in position. In foreground, the modern well with plank across it. Upper left in heavy shadow, part of bedrock cutting which later proved to be the ... southwest ... 26 Feb 1937 |
| Damaged urn cremation. Deposit M 17:3. Fragments of pot in position. Lower right, the modern well. Heavy shadow at left: part of bedrock cutting which later proved to be the mouth of a Protogeometric well ... west ... 26 Feb 1937 |
| Damaged urn cremation. Deposit M 17:2. A skyphos (P 9324) and lower part of the large urn (P 9325) set in a hole cut for it in the bedrock ... northwest Horizontal (normal) ... 8 Mar 1937 |
| Damaged urn cremation. Deposit M 17:2. A skyphos (P 9324) and the lower part of a large urn (P 9325) set in a hole cut for it in the bedrock ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 8 Mar 1937 |
| Adult inhumation. Legs only exposed, pithos (P 32505) and basin fragments (P 10583) still in place. Deposit M 16-17:1 ... west 685 Horizontal (normal) ... 27 May 1937 |
| Adult inhumation. Basin and pithos fragments removed. Stone over head and jug (P 10582) exposed. Deposit M 16-17:1 ... west 686 ... 26 May 1937 |
| Adult inhumation. The whole skeleton revealed. Jug (P 10582) in situ. Deposit M 16-17:1 ... west 687 ... 27 May 1937 |
| Adult inhumation, pit tomb. The whole skeleton revealed. Jug (P 10582) in situ. Deposit M 16-17:1 ... southwest 688 Horizontal (normal) ... 26 May 1937 |
| Infant burial, view looking almost straight down. Deposit N 16:1 ... east 706 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 May 1937 |
| Infant burial, view looking almost straight down. Deposit N 16:1 ... west 705 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 May 1937 |
| 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 |
| Early Geometric burial urn (P 24790) as found. Deposit N 16:3. Above the urn to the left, ancient house wall; in upper right, modern house foundations; in middle foreground, a cesspool ... southeast 5683 Horizontal (normal) ... 20 May 1955 |
| Geometric burial urn (P 24791) and sword (IL 1375) as found. The shallow pit was filled with burnt material. Deposit N 16:4 ... south 5689 Horizontal (normal) ... 27 May 1955 |
| Handle attachments for bucket; two fragments, a and b.
Both handle attachments are thicker around holes for attachment of handle and thinner at bucket wall. Maximum diameter of hole is 0.014 for each ... 14 April 1937 |
| Two fragments of rim and wall of a deep bowl.
Grooved inside, near rim.
Amber glass. Agora sample no. 310. Central House, room X, cleaning debris over polygonal E.W. wall.
Late 2nd c. B.C. 1152 Leica PD ... 11 March 1957 |
| Rim and wall fragment.
Double groove near rim.
Yellow-brown glass. Central House, room X, cleaning debris over polygonal E.W. wall.
Late 2nd c. B.C. Leica PD 2023-4 ... 11 March 1957 |
| Two joining fragments preserve a large lion's head spout which has the lower jaw, right ear and much of the nose missing. Traces of color in the eyes; a red pupil, surrounded by yellow; inside of the eyelids ... 4 August 1966 |
| Broken at top. worked smooth on front face, left rough-picked on back and sides, bottom also worked smooth. Front face preserves shallow wedge-shaped cutting characteristic of articulation of Eponymoi ... 21 June 1967 |
| Commercial, Civic Unknown Reused Material, Mudbrick Fair, foundations and walls up to a meter high ... 450-400 B.C. |
| Broken at back and bottom. Jaw missing. Few chips missing from hair, nose and right ear. Cracked. Traces of purple paint on hair, dark and light red on face; black for pupil of left eye; see A 2306 (Τ ... 25 April 1953 |
| About one quarter of capital preserved with original top and bottom, and part of the rectangular cutting of the centering. Surface finished with at fine toothed chisel, as if intended for stucco but no ... 2 May 1953 |
| Broken all around. Left eye and part of forehead of lion's head spout. Orange brown clay. White on eyeball, red near center. Red paint of eyebrow, on which the hair is modeled.
Somewhat similar to A 2306 ... 14 May 1953 |
| Broken all around. Part of one glyph and full width of projecting fascia with edge of slot for metope. Hard poros with many holes.
From Square Peristyle.
Same series as A 1925 (Τ 1092), A 2239 (Τ 2026) ... 28 May 1953 |
| Surface corroded; otherwise apparently intact.
Vertical lugs on outside of mortar. Turkish well. Leica, XXIV-40 ... 12 March 1937 |
| Apparently intact.
Solid hub. Mixed fill. Store in ziplock polyethylene bag and in area with 40% r.h. or lower.
Wear cotton or latex gloves when handling. Leica ... 8 June 1938 |
| Spots made of dot within two concentric circles.
Bone greenish in color. Οστέινο ζάρι. Σχεδόν ακέραιο. Well, container 91. Dec.1, 2003- South Workroom-Case 52-U, Container 3 Leica, LIX-60 ... 8 April 1937 |
| Corner of inscribed block.
Funeral base.
Fragment Κ 14 a), top and left side preserved; broken away on the right, the back, and below.
Part of one line of the inscription preserved, with three letters ... Ca. 500 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Dedication of Demos and soldiers in Mytilene.
Fragment Ι 454 a), broken all round.
Parts of two lines of the inscription preserved.
Fragment Π 48 b), smooth picked top preserved; ... Ca. 375 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragments.
List of names; "POLETAI" record.
Fragment Ζ 331 a), inscribed fragment.
Broken on all sides.
Nine lines of the inscription preserved, with a space between the fourth and fifth.
Fragment ... First half of 4th. century B.C. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Fragment Ι 405 a), the rough picked back preserved; other edges broken.
Inscribed stoichedon.
One uniscribed fragment may belongs with fragment a).
Fragment Υ 15 b), belongs with ... 5th. century B.C. |
| Base broken at stem.
A roughly circular base with thin stem.
Purplish glass. Well. Container 6. 1117 Leica ... 29 April 1939 |
| Intact.
Out-turned lip, flat on top. Tall neck; squat body. Slightly concave bottom.
Pale blue-green glass. Well. Container 15. 1117 Leica PD 505 ... 2 May 1939 |
| Mouth and some of neck missing.
Narrow neck merging into drop-shaped body. Rounded bottom. Well. Container 22. 1117 Leica ... 2 May 1939 |
| A single fragment preserves round mouth with out-turned lip, neck, doubled vertical handle and some of rounded body.
Light greenish-blue glass. Well. Dump. 1117 Leica ... April-May 1939 |
| A single fragment preserves the handle and the immediately adjacent part of the body.
Broad vertical handle, forming a small loop. Thumb-rest on top, in part broken off. Well. Dump. 1117 Leica PD 2023-21 ... April-May 1939 |
| A single fragment preserves the spreading foot, the thin short stem and a little of the lower part of the body.
Greenish glass. Well. Dump. 1117 Leica PD 505 ... April-May 1939 |
| Shallow-conical base.
Goblet with tubular edge and a substantial oval bulge on the stem.
Colorless glass.
Similar to G 312 but slightly smaller. G 312-G 316 are part of a set, found together, and differing ... 2 April 1937 |
| Shallow-conical base.
Goblet with tubular edge and a substantial bulge on the stem. Stem slightly twisted.
Colorless glass.
Similar to 312-313, 315-316. G 312-G 316 are part of a set, found together, and ... 2 April 1937 |
| Shallow-conical base.
Goblet with tubular edge and a substantial bulge on the stem. The base only slightly twisted.
Colorless glass.
Similar to G 312-314, G 316; but smaller. G 312-G 316 are part of a ... 2 April 1937 |
| Shallow-conical base.
Goblet with tubular edge and a substantial bulge on the stem. The twisted stem askew, and somewhat higher in proportion to the base.
Colorless glass.
Similar to G 312, but smaller ... 2 April 1937 |
| Slightly broken at pointed end.
Roughly hollowed at other end. Οστέινη σπάτουλα. Well, dump, layer I, containers nos. 106-107. Dec.1, 2003- South Workroom-Case 52-U, Container 3 Leica ... 15 April 1937 |
| Obverse: Bearded male head in wolf-skin headdress to right. To left is the letter Α.
Unique. The head is probably the hero Lycos, who was concerned with Athenian lawcourts.
Reverse: Blank. This meant ... 12 February 1937 |
| Rather chipped around edge.
Somewhat corroded.
Pierced hub. Well.
1st-2nd c. A.D. 1117 Leica ... 2 May 1939 |
| Somewhat chipped around edge.
Hub pierced. Well, dump.
1st-2nd c. A.D. 1117 Leica ... April-May 1939 |
| Athens ... Sv. 81.1--6; Kleiner 1976, pl. 1:1.
[overstruck on ?]
Obv. Head of Athena right in decorated Athenian helmet.
Rev. Zeus stands holding thunderbolt, owl. Casts
Coin no. 1. Well; dump. Head of Athena r., ... ca. 196--190 B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 25.5--10, 104.3, 4
Obv. Head of Artemis right.
Rev. Athena standing right, holding patera and owl.
Α
Θ [Ε} Casts
Coin no. 2. Well; dump. Head of Artemis r., with quiver at shoulder; border of dots ... 229--ca. 224/3 B.C. |
| Athens ... Obv. Head of Athena right, in crested decorated Attic helmet, wearing earring.
Rev. Owl facing, wings closed, olive spray behind on each side. Τριώβολο Αθηνών 5ου αιώνα π.Χ. Coin no. 2. Casts. Room X, ... Ca. 450's - 404 B.C. |
Keos, Federal Coinage ... BMC 1--9.
[ethnic?
Heavily Damaged] Coin no. 5. Room X, Strosis 5. Bearded head (Aristaios) r., laur. KEI or KEIωN Forepart of dog Sirios l., encircled by rays. 1457 ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 20.1--33, 35--37
Obv. Head of Athena right in decorated Attic helmet, wearing earring.
Rev. Α Θ Ε to right of owl standing half right, olive branch and crescent moon to left above shoulder. Casts ... Ca. 390-295 B.C. |
Athens, fractional issue.
Obv. Illegible.
Rev. Probably double-bodied owl facing, inscription and symbols illegible. Coin no. 1. Room X, under Cross Wall, Strosis 9. 1494 ... Probably 295-255 B.C. or 330-300 B.C. or later |
Athens ... Sv. 88.54 Coin no. 18. Well at 63/ΙΔ, dump. Containers 67-88. Head or bust of Athena r., border of dots. A-θ Owl stg. l.; border of dots. 453, 901-902 ... UNCLASSIFIED / ca. A.D. 264--267 |
Same (Kephallenia) ... BMC 18
Disintegrated. Coin no. 35. Well at 63/ΙΔ, dump. Containers 67-88. Bust of Athena facing. in wreath. 454, 901-902 ... 4th--3rd century B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 107.28--35; Kleiner 1976, pl. 4:93-96
Obv. Head of Artemis right, laureate in border of dots.
Rev. A ΘΕ below cicada. Casts.
Coin no. 1. SW House. Room IX, red earth around well-head. Head of Apollo ... mid-80's--70's B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken below; recut (?) above; at center of top a square dowel hole. At top of inscribed face, bit of moulding preserved.
A rectangular Herm-like pillar, smoothly dressed on all four ... 4 March 1938 |
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