[Deposit] I 16:7: Square Settling Basin

Located beneath line of Poros Gutter, from a square settling basin cut in bedrock at the north end of Trench II, South of Theseion, 1.30m below the modern road surface. The basin is lined with rough-picked ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C.-early 4th c. B.C.

[Deposit] I-J 18:1: Pocket

Red Figure Pocket in front of Retaining Wall at 74-77/ΛΖ-ΛΘ. Pit , a large cutting in bedrock, irregular in outline, reaching a depth of ca. 1m; dumped filling of alternating layers-broken pottery fragments ... Ca. 430-410 B.C.

[Deposit] K 17:1: Hole

Scanty filling over bedrock ... Latest 6th c. B.C.

[Deposit] K 17:2: Hole in Southeast House, Room E

In Southeast House, Room E. The inventoried material consisted entirely of loomweights, all of the 4th c. B.C ... 5th-4th c. B.C.

[Deposit] K 17:3: Hole by Heavy Wall on West Street

Refuse pit in rock by heavy wall on West Street ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.

[Deposit] K 18:1: Roman Well Re-Used in Byzantine Times

Roman well re-used in Byzantine times. Subdivisions: .1=0.00-13.80m. .2=13.80-23.50m. .3=23.50-25.00m ... Late 1st-early 2nd, 4th-5th, 11th centuries.

[Deposit] K 18:1.1: Early Byz. Fill

Coins: 27 March 1937 #1 ... Early Byzantine, 11th c. A.D.

[Deposit] K 18:1.2: Late Roman Fill

Coins: 5 April 1937 #1 8 April 1937 #3 (disintegrated) 9 April 1937 #1 10 April 1937 #9-#67 12 April 1937 #3-#6 13 April 1937 #1, (found 7 April 1937), # 24 14 April 1937 #1-#2 (found 8 April 1937) 16 ... Late Roman, 4th-early 5th. c. A.D.

[Deposit] K 18:1.3: POU

Coins: 10 April #68-#78 12 April 1937 #1-#6, #9-#65 (found 10 April 1937) 13 April 1937 #2-#13 (found 10 April 1937) 13 April 1937 #14-#24 (found 12 April 1937) 19 April 1937 #1-#5 (found 10 and 12 April ... Early Roman, 1st c. A.D.

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[Deposit] K 18:2: Cistern on Lower North Slope of Areopagus

Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C.

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[Deposit] K 18:3: Cistern

Dumped filling mostly of 3rd c. A.D., but dumped as late as 5th century. Nbp. 143: The fill in this cistern was of three kinds: to within .60m. of the floor plain broken bedrock with no sherds; then a ... 10-17 February 1937

[Deposit] K 18:4

Cancelled; see K-L 18-20:1. Asterisk: K 18:4*

[Deposit] K 20:1: Late Roman Hole

Upper fill (top to around 4.50m.) was in a pit of large dimensions above the preserved well shaft. From the bottom and shaft proper no catalogued pottery. No tiling in place in well but fragments of tiles ... 3rd-4th c. A.D.

[Deposit] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D.

[Deposit] L 17:2: Pit

A deep pit in bedrock over mouth of well. Context archaic, 6th c. B.C., but with some traces of later disturbance. Found a circle for a well at the bottom, much water, no sherds. Lay 2.20m south of Well ... 6th c. B.C.

[Deposit] L 17:3: Well B

Located in Room IV, strosis 3, of SW House. Archaic, later disturbed, filling in and over undug well. See also L-M 17-18:1 where objects SS 14318 and T 3576 are actually from the filling over the undug ... 6th-5th c. B.C.

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[Deposit] L 17:4: Pyre 1

Pyre 1 in Central House, Room XI, strosis 3. Sacrificial pyre with characteristic small vases amid carbonized twigs and bone. Near north side of courtyard. This pit was cut slightly into strosis 3 (lot ... 1st quarter 4th c. B.C.

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[Deposit] L 17:5: Pyre 2

Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, animal bone. In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no ... 290-275 B.C.

[Deposit] L 18:1: Well

A well lined with a very well built stone wall, carefully made and fitted to the curve of the well cutting, with footholds running down its N and S faces. This wall, of small stones, runs to 7.30m. from ... 23-29 March 1937

[Deposit] L 18:2: Well on Lower Slopes of Areopagus

Well on lower slopes of Areopagus. Diameter ca. 1.50m. Dumped filling of 8th c. at the top. Fill mostly Geometric but containing bits of later (even Roman) pottery. Perhaps cleaned out and refilled with ... 730-700 B.C.

[Deposit] L 18:3: Pit

Late Roman Pit. No clear page reference but see nbpp. 1308-1309 ... 22-29 July 1957

[Deposit] L 19:1: Well

Dumped fill. Well lining collapsed at ca. 0.60m. from bottom, apparently at start of POU, forcing abandonment. Pottery described as mixed to "latest Roman", including combed and gouged; all very fragmentary; ... Late Roman

[Deposit] L 19:2: Cistern

A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C.

[Deposit] L 19:4: Well

A well, apparently unfinished, with footholds in east and west sides ... 2nd c. A.D.

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[Image] 1997.07.0303 (82-306)

Case 5. Offerings from a Mycenaean chamber tomb: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides. Deposit N 21-22:1 ... (chamber tomb) ... 1959

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[Drawing] PD 149 (DA 3442)

Cistern (29/ΝΔ) in section Υ (in notebook - 30/ΝΕ) ... John Travlos ... XIII-6 XIII-6 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1937

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[Drawing] PD 148 (DA 3443)

Cistern (20/ΜΑ) in section Y (in notebook-20/ΜΒ-ΜΓ) ... John Travlos ... XIII-3 XIII-3 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1937

[Deposit] L-M 17-18:1: Southwest House and Central House (1958)

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.

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[Deposit] M 17:8: Pyre in Pithos Y.

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.

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[Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1

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[Image] 1997.17.0125 (XIX-44)

Dromos and doorway of Mycenaean chamber tomb in immediate foreground. Deposit N 21-22:1 ... (chamber tomb) east Horizontal (normal) ... June 1939

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[Image] 1997.17.0126 (XVII-83)

General view of the North Slope of the Areopagus showing location of Mycenaean chamber tomb. The dromos with its doorway walled up is visible near the center of the picture just to the left of the big ... (chamber tomb) south 550 Horizontal (normal) ... 7 Jun 1939

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[Image] 1997.17.0234 (XI-10)

Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3 ... Horizontal (normal) ... February 1937

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[Image] 1997.17.0235 (XI-11)

Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3 ... Horizontal (normal) ... February 1937

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[Image] 1997.17.0236 (XI-12)

Pier in cistern. Deposit K 18:3 ... Horizontal (normal) ... February 1937

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[Image] 1997.17.0237 (XIII-3)

Plan and section of cistern at 20/ΜΒ. Deposit K 18:2 ... John Travlos ... PD 148 553 Horizontal (normal) ... 1937

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[Image] 1997.17.0238 (XIII-6)

Plan and section of cistern at 30/ΝΕ. Deposit K 18:3 ... John Travlos ... PD 149 558 Horizontal (normal) ... 1937

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[Image] 1997.17.0303 (XIX-45)

Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides. View facing the dromos and the doorway of the Mycenaean chamber tomb (packing of door in place). Deposit N 21-22:1 ... (chamber tomb) south Horizontal (normal) ... June 1939

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[Image] 1997.17.0304 (XVII-97)

North Slope of the Areopagus showing location of Mycenaean chamber tomb: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides. Late Roman retaining wall cuts across end of dromos. Deposit N 21-22:1 ... (chamber tomb) south 572 Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jun 1939