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Filling over bedrock. Coins:
26 May 1938 #7-#10
27 May 1938 #1
28 May 1938 #1 ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
| 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 |
Turkish well at 71/ΚΘ No coins noted ... Turkish |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
Small deposit of undisturbed filling in pocket in bedrock at 85/ΛΖ ... Second Half of the 6th c. B.C. |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. |
Grave 2.
Shallow cutting, 1.00x0.47m, in bedrock; possibly a child's burial, but no skeletal remains preserved ... Late 5th c. 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. |
Pocket in bedrock 35/Ε. The filling consisting chiefly of coarse ware and roof tiles; some of the material Archaic, but the deposit as late as the mid-5th c. B.C ... Ca. 500-450 B.C. |
Well at 32/ΣΤ ... Late 6th c. B.C. |
Great Hole at 33/Ζ = Area of early wells Some of the objects may have come from N 18:7 or from a neighboring 7th c, well, not separately cleared, but no definite association is possible ... 7th-5th c. B.C. |
| Manhole giving access to the Late Roman Water Channel. View from above ... 791 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Apr 1957 |
| Late Roman water system. Inside channel passage looking north to 25/Γ where passage stops, but channel continues on. White marble block built into wall built across the passage ... north 793 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Apr 1957 |
| Plan and section of Cistern System B at 77/Μ (Deposit N 18:3) and 75/ΜΓ (Deposit M-N 18:1) ... John Travlos ... PD 147 389 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 May 1937 |
| 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 |
| Garbage pit. Deposit M 18:7 ... 175 Horizontal (normal) ... 16 Feb 1937 |
| Pithos used as a burial urn (P 8922). Deposit M 18:6 ... southwest ... February 1937 |
| Pithos used as a burial urn (P 8922). Deposit M 18:6 ... north 93 ... 8 Feb 1937 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
Mamertinoi ... Calciati I, p. 103, no. 26.
[Heavily Damaged] Coin no. 1. Early Roman fill over bedrock, dump. Head of Apollo l.; behind, lyre. [MAMEPTINωN] Warrior stg., facing; at r., π. 643, 650 ... ca. 220--200 B.C. |
| Megara ... Coin no. 7. Surface. Prow l., on which stands a tripod. ΜΕΓ between
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 85-11-20 ... last half or third of 4th--early 3rd century B.C. |
Athens ... Sv. 81.9--16; Kleiner 1976, pl. 1:2, 3.
[overstruck on ? (N 18:3)] Coin no. 3. Cistern at 77/Μ. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Α/Ε-Θ
Zeus, nude, standing r., holding thunderbolt in lowered ... ca. 196--190 B.C. |
Boiotian League ... BMC 81--89.
[damaged (N 18:3)] Coin no. 4. Cistern at 77/Μ. Head of Demeter or Kore, three-quarters facing l., wearing wheat wreath. BOIωTωN behind Poseidon stg. l., with trident, resting r. foot on rock ... Later 3rd (or early 2nd?) c. B.C. |
Myrina (Lemnos) ... Cop 988, 990.
[(N 18:3)]
Myrina, Lemnos.
Obv. Head of Athena right, in crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev. ΜΥΡΙ to right inward. Owl facing. Weight: very worn
Coin no. 9. Cistern at 77/Μ. Head of Athena r., ... 386--276/261 B.C. |
Chios ... Mavrogordato 1916, no. 62β; BMC 82--83.
[(N 18:3)]
Obv. Effaced.
Rev. Μ]ΕΝΕΣ
ΧΙ]ΟΣ; above and below amphora.
Badly corroded but little actual wear. Coin no. 15. Cistern at 77/Μ. [Sphinx seated ... 3rd--2nd century B.C. |
| Athens ... Thompson 1942, p. 222, pl. I:5. Casts.
Coin no. 17. Cistern at 77/Μ. Α?ΘE? (above). Piglet stg. r. on ground line. ΕΛΕ (downwards at r.)-ΥΣΙ (upwards at l.) on either side of thick, upright mystic staff ... 261--229 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 from upper left corner of small pedimental stele.
Rough picked back and left edge preserved; at top rough picked surface near corner preserved; elsewhere broken.
Letters on moulding ... 8 February 1952 |
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