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| Section ΠΠ - plan and two sections of Bronze Casting Pit ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... From ΠΠ notebooks. 87-429 87-429 Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1973 |
| Section ΠΠ - plan and two sections of Bronze Casting Pit ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... From ΠΠ notebooks. 87-429 87-429 ... 1973 |
| General view of the area cleared to ancient levels. At center, casting pit (Deposit A 16:1); at right, well at 4/ΜΗ; in background, rooms of the South House ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) east 2283 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); in foreground (right of center) well at 3/ΜΒ (Deposit A 16:3) ... east 2285 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); at upper left, well at 4/ΜΗ ... west 2286 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Cistern with storage amphorae as found. View showing mouth of passage leading off to the southwest ... south 2306 Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Apr 1956 |
| Cistern with storage amphorae as found. View looking down from northwest side ... southeast 2307 Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Apr 1956 |
| Bronze casting pit, 4th c. B.C. Deposit A 16:1. Cf. Hesperia 26 (1957), pl. 28, b ... east 2290 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 May 1956 |
| Cistern passage with two amphorae at far end, upside down, as found ... 2308 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 May 1956 |
| View showing settling basin and, at the bottom, the entrance to a short blind tunnel ... south 2310 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 May 1956 |
| View of the casting pit showing the cutting in bedrock floor. Deposit A 16:1 ... east 2291 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 May 1956 |
| Plan and sections of a casting pit at 6-11/ΜΑ-ΜΒ. Deposit A 16:1, dated to the 3rd quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 2224 Horizontal (normal) ... 1973 |
| Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC.
The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
| Filling in eastern channel at W. end of casting pit A 16:1. Early Roman (1st c. A.D.) but with some later disturbances (3rd. and 4th. c. A.D. and Byz.). P 25747 (VG thinks strayed from A 16:1)
Estimated ... 1st. c. A.D. |
| Hole (Well) and adjoining water channel with 4th c. pottery, probably a dumped fill.
At a depth of about -5.70m we started yielding some very crude potsherds, clearly not made on the wheel (maybe Prehistoric) ... Prehistoric-Roman |
| Listed in notebook as at 6/ΛΗ but later found to be at 12/ΛΗ.
Originally B 16:1.
Large cistern distinguished by a short (1.75m) blind tunnel running SW from its floor, and a shallow (ca. 0.80m originally) ... Ca. 150 B.C. |
According to dates of finding: 'Mixed Greek and Roman'. |
Chronology based VG's analysis of jars and stamps, 12 June 1957.
P 25802: Pergamene and Arretine fragments, recorded along with the wine jars, but the pottery apparently not kept separate and these pieces ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
| A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C. |
| A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c. |
| Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic.
Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C. |
Nb page 5044: Great shapeless pit with a well (62/Ξ) at its bottom which we were unable to dig because it was too dangerous. Fill in the pit was of sand and white ash. The finds and pottery 4th. and perhaps ... Late 4th.-early 3rd. c. |
| Fragments of at least three bowls of clear glass with small out-turned rims are included here, also various decorative elements, including a blown glass bird attached to a wall fragment, and with the details ... 9, 26 May 1956 |
Amphora fragments ... April 1956 |
Black glazed etc ... April 1956 |
Black glazed only ... 4th B.C. |
Semi-glazed ware; bits of bronze; bone; pumice stone; pottery slag; bronze square ... 4th B.C. |
Miscellaneous coarse ... 4th B.C. |
Coarse ware (ca. Augustan) and plaster ... Roman |
4th c. and earlier pottery; glazed; coarse; plaster ... 4th B.C. |
Undisturbed, perhaps prehistoric coarse ware ... Prehistoric |
Mostly coarse; amphora's feet, rims etc ... May 1956 |
Mould fragments ... 4th B.C. |
Mould fragments ... 4th B.C. |
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