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Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle ... 1st c. A.D ... Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle. |
Well at 19/ΙΑ (corrected from O 13:2) Incised bowl
Graffito bowl
Water jug x2
Small amphora
Amphora x2
Canteen x2 Tins 132-138 (not found in notebook) ... 12th c. A.D ... Incised bowl
Graffito bowl
Water jug x2
Small amphora
Amphora x2
Canteen x2 |
Diameter 0.83m. Water level -4.20m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.60m. Heavy deposit of pottery throughout; stamped amphora handles, five Knidian; one Rhodian; one Parian. Semi-coarse stamnos; funnel-mouthed ... Ca. 120 B.C ... Heavy deposit of pottery throughout; stamped amphora handles, five Knidian; one Rhodian; one Parian. ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill (seven amphora handles, Type 37B lamp).
.2=lower fill (no amphora handles or coins). |
Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles ... Late 2nd-1st c. B.C ... Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Disturbed burial (no remains), probably an infant pot inhumation.
Inhumation grave 17 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIX: PG).
Shallow oval cutting containing a banded amphora on its side, mouth ... LPG ... Shallow oval cutting containing a banded amphora on its side, mouth to west, sheathed in a large two-handled cooking jar, split irregularly lengthwise, south to east. ... Both pots Protogeometric, the amphora probably intrusive in the 4th. c. ... JP
Young: "It is possible that a baby whose bones have completely disappeared was placed in the larger coarse amphora, and that the other amphora was a Beigabe (offering)" The fact that no precedent exists in Athens at this time for a full-sized amphora as an offering in an infant or child grave renders such a suggestion unlikely.
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| Urn Burial in Tholos Cemetery. Grave 9 in notebook.
Amphora containing bones of a small child. Little pots had been put under its neck ... Late 8th-Early 7th c. B.C ... Grave 9 in notebook.
Amphora containing bones of a small child. |
Cistern shaft southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Unstratified fill.
Ten stamped amphora handles; Type 34A lamp; many fragments of long-petal b suggesting material deposited ca. 140 or later. Cf. Pireus ... Ca. 200-125 B.C ... Ten stamped amphora handles; Type 34A lamp; many fragments of long-petal b suggesting material deposited ca. 140 or later. ... Pireus cistern for occurrence of long-petal bowls with amphora handles of early second quarter of 2nd c. owls, |
Water channel in north part of section, giving access to water system. Channel Mouth 1. Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C ... Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal. |
Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8.
Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ.
Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6. Fragments of amphorai, tiles.
No coins ... Early Hellenistic ... Amphora Dump |
| Marcie Handler ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. The neck and one handle of one of the amphorae (BZ 1213) had been poking ... Ca. 1st c. A.D ... We removed two layers of fill in the area around this amphora, the first of which (lot 1540) was highly contaminated and contained material dating from the Late Geometric through the Byzantine periods. The second layer of fill (lot 1541) excavated around the amphora dated to the early Roman period (c. 1st century A.D.), and after we removed this layer of fill we revealed the outlines of five more amphorae and one micaceous water jar. ... BZ 669 was given the number BZ 1213 during the 2005 season (the excavator did not know that a section number was given to the in situ amphora). The remaining fragments of amphora BZ 756 can be found in the pottery tins BZ 1540-1541. |
Rodney S. Young ... Grave 1 in notebook. Slightly disturbed by the digging of Pit A.
A large oil jar/amphora lay on its side with a flat stone stopping its mouth. The three small vases offered at the burial were found, together ... Ca. 600 B.C ... A large oil jar/amphora lay on its side with a flat stone stopping its mouth. The three small vases offered at the burial were found, together with a few of the bones of a small child, inside the amphora. |
Rodney S. Young ... Grave 17 in notebook. No offerings.
Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. RSY
Lot Β 304 Fill over Grave 17 ... Early 6th century B.C (?) ... No offerings.
Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. Over urn two stone slabs, on top, mass of small stones containing Late Geometric sherd ... Late Geometric ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Ovoid pit cut into bedrock or sterile fill just north of preserved floor surfaces in the so-called Strategeion. Length (west-east) 2.6m; widens at 1.25m from the east scarp so that at west pit is 0.75m ... 4th B.C ... Although marble chips were found scattered throughout fill of amphorae pit, these pits were distinct: Find Γ 2854, Amphora, was uncovered beneath hard fill that made up the northeast bottom edge of the marble chip pit. Some material belonging to the amphorae pit was removed with Lot Γ 383, including an inscribed amphora fragment (Find Γ 3887).
... Only one amphora was found complete, but large fragments were joined together to form four more near-complete examples. |
Water channel in north part of section. Coins:
20 February 1936 #2-#3
Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold ... Second half of 3rd c.-Early third quarter of 2nd c ... Coins:
20 February 1936 #2-#3
Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold. |
| Susan Rotroff ... Grave 1. Burial of a child perhaps 6 years old, covered by broken amphora. Skeleton lay extended on its back, oriented N-S, with head at south. No grave gifts. PD 2207 ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Burial of a child perhaps 6 years old, covered by broken amphora. Skeleton lay extended on its back, oriented N-S, with head at south. |
Well at 15/ΜΓ (Well E: PG, ELS). Supplementary filling around its top Small partly glazed one handler
Fragment of black figured kylix
Small protogemetric cup
Fragment of skyphos
Rim fragment of Large Open ... Protogeometric-6th - 5th c. B.C ... Small partly glazed one handler
Fragment of black figured kylix
Small protogemetric cup
Fragment of skyphos
Rim fragment of Large Open Vase
Protogeometric Oinochoe
Handmade wide-mouthed amphora
Fragmentary oinochoe
Hnadmade pitcher x3
Vertibrae strung on rib bone
Conical foot
Amphora (?) |
Grave 2 in notebook. The burial was destroyed by the digging of Pit A, at the edge of which was found a mass of sherds belonging to the grave amphora. Among the sherds were found small cups, fragments ... Late Geometric ... The burial was destroyed by the digging of Pit A, at the edge of which was found a mass of sherds belonging to the grave amphora. Among the sherds were found small cups, fragments of a skyphos, and a kantharos, together with a few remnants of a small child's skeleton. A coarse pitcher and an oinochoe were found in the undisturbed filling just beside the broken amphora, which lay at the very edge of Pit a.
there can be no doubt that the body of the child, with the small vases, had been placed in the amphora, and that the coarse pitcher and oinochoe stood beside the shoulder or the neck of the burial urn. |
Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance).
Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around 108. |
Fill in abandoned cistern, lower terrace adjacent yo the Eleusinion on the north.
Uncatalogued material: 189 sherds, 4 objects. Many kernoi fragments.
Objects : loom weights; lamp.
Early ware : Gray Minyan; ... Mid. 4th c. B.C ... Archaic-Classical : black figure; black glaze; amphora; cup; krater; oinochoe; skyphos; cup-kantharos; bolsal; stemmed dishes; echinos bowls; fish plates; plates; lekanis; pyxis; thurible; miniature kothon; unglazed; plemochoai.
Household : amphora; lekane; cooking ware; lopas; plain; coarse ware. |
Cistern System in East Portico.
Drawshaft with two blind tunnels, in court of House of the Greek Moisaic; partially excavated by Dorpfeld. No legible coins or amphora handles. Coins:
26 June 1964 # ΔΕ3 ... 2nd c. B.C ... No legible coins or amphora handles. |
Grave 3 in notebook. Grave partly destroyed by well B. Skeleton and offerings lost. The amphora mouth was doubly stopped by the bases of two other amphoras, one in its neck, the other in its mouth ... 750-725 B.C ... Skeleton and offerings lost. The amphora mouth was doubly stopped by the bases of two other amphoras, one in its neck, the other in its mouth. |
Water channel in north part of Section: Channel Mouth 4. Coins:
22 February 1936 #16-#18
24 February 1936 #1-#2
Twenty stamped amphora handles; type 38 lamp; type 56 A lamp; over half of bowls long-petal ... 120-86 B.C ... Coins:
22 February 1936 #16-#18
24 February 1936 #1-#2
Twenty stamped amphora handles; type 38 lamp; type 56 A lamp; over half of bowls long-petal. |
Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles.
Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins:
13 ... 275-200 B.C ... Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles.
Cf. also nb. |
| Date of filling early third c. B.C.
Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins:
12 August ... 310-220 B.C ... Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. |
Shallow pit containing pottery, burning and tiny fragments of bone. A dumped group of pottery in an amphora pit, ca. 1.00 m. in diameter, 0.60m. in depth. Many tiny fragments of bone were in the fill ... 375-325 B.C ... A dumped group of pottery in an amphora pit, ca. 1.00 m. in diameter, 0.60m. in depth. |
| Phaidon Street Cistern: South Chamber.
Connected by tunnel to O 17:5.
Knidian stamped amphora handle; fragments of five long-petal bowls, one made in worn mold. Type 35 A lamp. Coins
9 August 1957 #1-#3 ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Knidian stamped amphora handle; fragments of five long-petal bowls, one made in worn mold. |
| 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 ... Stamped amphora handles earlier. ... Middle fill: Three Knidian stamped amphora handles. Two coins of 87/86 and several more either of 87/86 or slightly earlier. |
Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal. |
Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle (beneath Stoa).
122 stamped amphora handles. Many parallels with handles from cistern M 21:1. Latest coin dates ca. 200. latest lamp types 33 A and 34 A. Fragment ... 200 B.C ... Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle (beneath Stoa).
122 stamped amphora handles. Many parallels with handles from cistern M 21:1. |
North of Eleusinion: Fill in Room 3 of Roman Building. 614 sherds (6 miniature shapes, 20 intrusive sherds).
Objects : terracottas; loom weights; spindle whorls; disks; handmade tray; lamps.
Early ware ... First half of 6th c. B.C.-Mixed Fill to ca. 480 B.C ... Archaic ware : black figure; amphora; column krater; dinos; skyphoi; black figure; lekythoi; lekanis; miniatures; saltcellars; cups; stemmed dishes.
Household: amphora; lekane; mottled black-glazed ware; cooking ware; coarse ware.
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Well ΑΒ located on the lower terrace to the north of the sanctuary(diameter 1.10m). Foot-holes were cut into the shaft at intervals of ca. 0.40m. The fill consisted mostly of small stones, dug bedrock, ... Second quarter of the 6th century B.C ... Coarse ware and plain ware : SOS amphora; storage jar; lekane; coarse ware.
... Black figured : amphora; column krater; ray-based kotyle; cup-skyphos; lekythos; pyxis lid.
... Coarse ware-plain ware : amphora; lekane; pithos; cooking wares; unglazed; mottled black/brown-glazed ware; mottled red/brown-glazed ware; coarse ware. |
Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ in the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Part of system with two chambers and well. Homogeneous fill.
13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. N 72206 (Ω-344), picked up near ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C ... Homogeneous fill.
13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. |
Chamber of water system with one blind tunnel and two cisterns connected by tunnel. Pottery consistent throughout, late Hellenistic. Late 2nd c. B.C.
Ten stamped amphora handles. Most of bowls long-petal ... 100-75 B.C ... Ten stamped amphora handles. Most of bowls long-petal. |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C ... About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. |
Well at 15/ΙΕ = Pocket in side of Turkish Pit at 15/ΙΔ.
Shallow well on the lower slopes of the Acropolis, east of the Panathenaic Way, in the area later occupied by the Archaic Building.
Located 3.5m ... 700-675 B.C. with intrusions ... Early Ware: Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric; Late Geometric-Protoattic: miniatures; banded amphora; amphora decorated; oinochoe; krater; bowls; bowl with return handle; shallow bowl; small bowl; standed bowl; lekanis; plate; large skyphos; skyphos; cup/skyphos; kotyle; one-handled cup; one-handled mug with graffito; lid; pyxis lid; assorted shapes, not identifiable; distinctive for decoration: krater; jug; hydria; decorated lid; kantharos; bowl; large closed pot.
... Household: Unglazed; double-yoked handle for large amphora ("cow's head handle"); amphora; utility amphoras; storage amphoras; kados; spouted kados; cooking ware; cooking jug; cooking stand; brazier; cooking ware basin; oinochoe; hydriai; bowl, deep spouted; lekane; large basin; coarse ware basin; pithos; incised coarse ware.
Intrusions: Archaic ware; terra cotta figurine; blac figure; black glaze; lamp; Roman ware; Late wares: green glaze; yellow glaze; orange/brown glaze; green/white ware; grooved ware, white slip; incised wavy ware; white slip ware, amphora; globular jug; lamp; jug; unglazed plate; micaceous coarse ware; other coarse ware. |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C ... Only datable object a Rhodian stamped amphora handle (ca. 211). |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C ... No coins or stamped amphora handles.
Lower fill: Close correspondence with pottery from Koroni indicate deposit closed in 260's. One Thasian amphora handle. No coins. |
Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill.
14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C ... Homogeneous fill.
14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. |
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