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| 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 |
| Cistern D (79/ΜΗ-84/NΣT) in section X ... John Travlos ... Roman Group F. XIII-8 XIII-8 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1937 |
| Cistern at 79/ΜΗ.
A well dug through at a later date destroyed all cistern filling.
No filling preserved. No typed list ... Probably 3rd cent. B.C. |
Well dug through N 18:1 (cistern at 79/ΜΗ) on the lower north slopes of Areopagus; the cistern was the northern chamber of a system; the southern chamber is at 84/ΝΣΤ (N 19:1).
A single dumped deposit ... 3rd-4th c. A.D. |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of cistern. Includes finds from NW channel leading out of 84/ΝΣΤ (containers 50-51). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from ... 125-86 B.C. |
Baskets 54-56 (containers 48-49). Construction of cistern ... Early 3rd c. B.C. |
| Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c.
Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman |
| Manhole giving access to the Late Roman Water Channel. View from above ... 791 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Apr 1957 |
| The well (at 52/Ι in Section Ω) that supplied the Late Roman Water Channel. The area in front of the chamber was used by those coming to the well ... southeast 992 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 May 1957 |
| Plan and section of Cistern System D at 84/ΝΣΤ (Deposit N 19:1) and 79/ΜΗ (Deposit N 18:1) ... John Travlos ... PD 138 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Oct 1937 |
| Late Roman Water Channel: Vaulted chamber and well at head of water channel. Cf. plan in nb. pp. 1357-1359. Well N 19:2 ... 1394 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Neck, lip and two broad vertical handles preserved.
Thin neck, flaring lip with applied ring on lower side, horizontal shoulder; two double grooved strap handles that bend back on themselves where attached ... 12 March 1937 |
| Intact.
Mushroom shaped.
The domed knob depressed at the center, the long stopper tapering towards the bottom.
Thick pale green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Leica PD 2023-7 ... February-April 1937 |
| Wall fragment from a steep-walled cup or beaker.
Horizontal thin ridges at intervals of 0.01m.; decoration in white along and between three of the ribs at one side.
Thin yellow glass.
Cf. P 7643. Cistern ... 6 February 1937 |
| Two non-joining fragments (a, b) preserving rim and wall of an open bowl.
On interior of both fragments two horizontal grooves at intervals of 0.015m.
Molded glass, nearly colorless. Agora sample no. 304 ... 4 February 1937 |
| Three small fragments, one from rim, one from shoulder and one from lower wall.
Molded light greenish glass. Agora sample no. 308. Cistern. Leica PD 1103-1, PD 1103-2, PD 2023-21 ... 1937 |
| Alexius I ... Τεταρτηρό: Αλέξιος Ι 1081 1118 μ.Χ. Coin no. 5. C 152 ... 1081-1118 A.D. |
| Venice, Anonymous Colonial ... Ανώνυμο Βενετικό: 17ου αιώνα Coin no. 3. C 85 ... 1691-1710 A.D. |
Ptolemy II, Ptolemaic Kings ... Πτολεμαίων, pl. XIII:18--24.
Obv. Head of Zeus right laureate.
Rev. [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]
[Β]ΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΕ] Eagle to left on thunderbolt, wings open. Coin no. 2. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ, dirt pile. Head of Zeus r., ... Ptolemy II, 285--246 B.C. |
| The Jewish War, year 2
Meshorer II, pp. 260--261, nos. 11--13
Obv. Traces of inscription. Vine-leaf with tendrils.
Rx. Chalice with broad rim and two handles; border of dots. Casts.
Coin no. 11. Destruction ... The Jewish War, year 2 = A.D. 67/8 |
Athens, New Style. Class XIb. Coin no. 1. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ. 77, 848 ... 229-30 B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 106.23--26.
[(N 19:1)] Coin no. 2. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ. Head of Apollo r.; border of dots. Α/Θ-Ε
Lyre. 77, 848 85-21-11 ... ca. 130--90 B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 81.45--48; Kleiner 1976, pl. 2:30--33 (Type 2k)
Athens, New Style. Casts.
Coin no. 8. Cistern at 84/ΝΣΤ. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet; border of dots. Α/Θ-Ε
Zeus, nude, striding r., ... 87/6 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 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Citation from decree.
Three lines of the inscription preserved within wreath; remains of another wreath with no letters visible.
Pentelic marble. Found ... 10 March 1938 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face, back and bottom preserved.
Damaged along left and right sides; minor fractures.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in wall of the modern ... 22 March 1938 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Broken all around. Back covered with hard cement. Surface pitted along left edge and bottom.
In column I, thirty-nine lines of the inscription preserved; in column II, thirty-three ... 22 March 1938 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of smooth top and smooth picked right edge preserved.
On front face, parts of two lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Found among marbles, from the area just south ... July 1957 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved.
Five lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic marble. Finished Found among marbles, from the southeast corner of the Market Square. Leica ... Winter 1956-1957 |
| Inscribed fragment of stele.
Mended from two fragments.
Top of stele; full width preserved, and rough picked back.
Archonship of Apollodoros.
Twenty lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble ... 319-318 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of moulding above the inscription and left side of the stele preserved.
One line of the inscription preserved, with two letters.
Pentelic marble. Found in a wall of the modern ... 30 November 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Back preserved. Also left side and part of moulding over the inscribed face.
Eight lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in a wall of the modern house 640/17 outside ... Middle of 2nd c. B.C. |
| Inscribed fragments.
Fragment Ψ 63, only left side and back preserved. The stele was opisthographic, but the reverse is now so worn as to be illegible.
Eighteen lines of the inscription preserved.
Joins ... 428/7 B.C. |
| Inscribed fragment.
Top, back and right side of a large stele.
Reused as threshold block; inscribed surface of the stele very badly preserved.
Twenty-seven lines of the inscription preserved.
Pentelic ... 1 December 1937 |
| Inscribed fragment of a base.
Top and bottom preserved, broken at back and both ends.
Front edge of rectangular cutting (possibly for re-use?).
One line of the inscription preserved.
Island (?) marble ... 9 February 1938 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Inscribed face only preserved, and back.
Broken off at top and right side; original stele cut down on left side and bottom and reused. The back is smooth picked.
Public grave stele ... 5th. century B.C. |
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