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Well cut through cistern at 6/ΝΕ (C 9:7).
The stele I 3244 in position in the cistern over the mouth of the well is listed with the cistern deposit C 9:7. Coins:
26 February 1936 #2-#4
27 February 1936 ... A.D. 1st |
A large chamber cistern filled in the second c. BC when a well (C 9:16) was dug through its floor. Well tiles were run up from the floor of the cistern to just below its neck; a double layer of complete ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C. |
Cistern System #1f: Shaft at 1/ΝΘ = Well A. Scanty dumped filling. Coins:
19 February 1936 #2-#3
20 February 1936 #16-#20
21 February 1936 #5-#7
22 February 1936 #1 ... Mid-4th to 3rd c. B.C. |
Cistern with mixed dumped filling uniform throughout cistern and two short blind channels. Coins:
16 May 1939 #6-#7
17 May 1939 #1 ... 6th-1st c. B.C. |
Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C. |
Furnace Dump from N. Hypocaust in Bath to East of Poros Building. Coins:
26 March 1948 #4-#8
27 March 1948 #1-#3
29 March 1948 #2-#7
1 April 1948 #2-#3
3 April 1948 #14-#15
7 April 1948 #16-#27
8 April ... Second half 3rd c.-first half 4th c. A.D. |
Tiled well cleared only to a depth of 6.60m. where fallen tiles and broken bedrock made further work impossible. So far as dug, a dumped filling as late as the 6th c. A.D. Coins:
16 May 1949 #2
18 May ... As late as 6th c. A.D. |
Roman Group L.
Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
... Layer IV (cont. 1-16) nearly 5th c. ... p. 2424.
24 May 1939 #1-#3
25 May 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1(dump)
13 June 1939 #3(dump)
16 June 1939 #2-#3(found 8 & 9 June 1939)
21 June 1939 #1-#14(sifting earth)
22 June 1939 #7-#18(#7 found 5 June 1939, #8-#18 from earth)
23 June 1939 #9-#13(earth) |
| In area West of the Areopagus. Fills with many figurines and molds, possibly from a terracotta factory.
Twelve stamped amphora handles; no long-petal bowls; Type 54 A lamp Coins:
31 May 1939 #11
1 June ... Mostly 200-150 B.C. |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D. |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from cleaning of Theseum Plateau)
15 May 1936 #1-#3
16 May 1936 #1
18 May 1936 #1
21 May 1936 #10-#11
10 June 1936 #7 ... Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-13.50m.=Dump of 4th. c.
.2=3.50-22.20m.=Original fill dumped back in; 1-3rd. c. A.D.
.3=22.20-23.25m. |
Coins:
5 May 1932 #1-#7
Laughing faun found at this level with pottery similar to that of group K (miniature) ... 3rd c.-267 A.D. |
| Marcie Handler ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved ... 4th c. B.C. |
Well cut through the floor of a cistern. Apparently a dumped fill in an unused well. Coins:
16 March 1934 #15 (illegible)
17 March 1934 #2
19 March 1934 #1-#4
20 March 1934 #1-#3
22 March 1934 #1
23 March ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
A small concentration of pottery in lowest 1.80m., possibly a use fill. Three fills above, with little pottery, ranging from Hellenistic to late Roman in date. Coins:
26 February 1934 #4-#6
27 February ... 325-200 B.C. |
Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification.
Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D. |
Early cutting beside Great Drain: 103-111/Λ-ΛΓ (= "Deep cutting" Pit at 107/ΛΑ).
Abandonment filling in channel for early drain; the fragment of a red figured bell krater, P 17000, probably to be dated ... Ca. 425-395 B.C. |
| Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D ... Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. ... Coins:
5 April 1937 #1-#3
6 April 1937 #1-#7
7 April 1937 #1-#32
8 April 1937 #1-#82
9 April 1937 #1-#4
10 April 1937 #1-#3
12 April 1937 #1-#2
13 April 1937 #1
14 April 1937 #1-#14
15 April 1937 #1-#9
16 April 1937 #1-#7 ... [cannot distinguish depths from XI]
.9=Layer IX, 23.20-29.00m.
.8=Layer VIII, 26.40-29.00m.
.7=Layer VII, 29.00-30.40m.
.6=Layer VI, 29.00-30.40m.
.5=Layer V, 29.00-32.00m.
.4=Layer IV, 29.00-32.00m.
.3=Layer III, 32.00-32.50m.
.2=Layer II, 32.50-34.20m.
.1=Layer I, 34.20-35.30m., bottom fill. |
Early Roman well with four fills.
fill 1: well sealed 1st. c. A.D.
fill 2: more bones than pots.
fill 3: nothing later than 1st. c. B.C.=POU
fill 4: similar to fill 3, a little earlier? Coins:
7 May 1940 ... Early Roman |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D. |
| Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson).
"Not a useful well" HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR)
Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C.
Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D.
Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine. |
Containers 106-107. Coins:
16 April 1937 #1-#7 (Dump) ... Mid-1st c. A.D. |
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C. |
| Anne McCabe ... Adjacent to the SW face of Byzantine Wall 14. The circular cutting, 0.90m in diameter, appeared at 53.504m under a layer of loose rubble (Lot 481). Wall of the well roughly built, consisting at the top ... 11-19 July 2006
24 June-21 July 2009 |
| Includes finds from layer II and III of cistern passage. Coins:
1 April 1937 #1 (east end of passage)
14 April 1937 #2-#8
15 April 1937 #1-#7
16 April 1937 #1 ... Second half 1st c. A.D. |
| Upper mixed dumped fill (last quarter 3rd c.-4th c.) with Roman POU below 10.40m. Coins:
16 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
17 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
8 April 1937 #5-#10 (dump)
9 April 1937 ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D ... Upper mixed dumped fill (last quarter 3rd c.-4th c.) with Roman POU below 10.40m ... Coins:
16 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
17 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
8 April 1937 #5-#10 (dump)
9 April 1937 #2-#5 (dump)
10 April 1937 #1-#8 (dump)
12 April 1937 #7-#8 (dump)
13 April 1937 #25 (dump)
14 April 1937 #3-#4 (dump)
19 April 1937 #6-#7 (dump) |
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. |
Cistern system, 88/ΝΓ (shaft and passages). Apparently a dumped filling of Roman times, drawn mostly from some Hellenistic deposit. Coins:
31 March 1937 #1-#5
1 April 1937 #4-#5
3 April 1937 #1-#2
5 April ... Hellenistic and Roman, 4th c. A.D. |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Coins: Θ
1 March 1933 #14
2 March 1933 #3
6 March 1933 #3, #8
9 March 1933 #1-#3, #20
10 March 1933 #6-#7, #10, #15, #18, #20-#21, #26-#27, #31-#32, #35, #37
11 March 1933 #5, #7
14 March 1933 #34
16 March 1933 #1
17 March 1933 #4-#5, #26-#27
31 March 1933 #2-#3, #5-#8
12 May 1933 #11, #15-#16
13 May 1933 #1
15 May 1933 #2-#3, #6-#7
16 May 1933 #10
20 May 1933 #6
22 May 1933 #7
24 May 1933 #8-#11
27 May 1933 #9-#10
1 June 1933 #2-#3
Coins: Λ
24 April 1935 #1
3 May 1935 #2
4 May 1935 #1
6 May 1935 #1, #3
8 May 1935 #2
Coins: ΜΣ and K
19 February 1953 #1
24 February 1953 #1-#6
28 February 1953 #2-#9
2 March 1953 #4 (?)
3 March 1953 #2
4 March 1953 #2-#11
5 March 1953 #1-#3, #6-#23, #25-#26 #28
6 March 1953 #2-#3
7 March 1953 #3-#8
9 March 1953 #1
13 March 1953 #3, #9-#14, #16-#17
14 March 1953 #1-#26
16 March 1953 #7-#9, #13-#17
17 March 1953 #1-#19
18 March 1953 #1-#3
19 March 1953 #1-#6, #12-#13, #18-#19
24 March 1953 #3
27 March 1953 #1-#9
28 March 1953 #1-#11
29 April 1953 #7-#14
22 May 1953 #1 (?)
17 May 1954 #13-#34
20 May 1954 #6-#10, #12-#13
25 May 1954 #1-#19, #21-#25, #27-#59
5 June 1965 #2-#7
18 June 1965 #1-#6
1 July 1965 #1-#3
2 July 1965 #1
17 July 1965 #7-#8
22 July 1965 #1-#3
29 July 1965 #1-#14
26 June 1967 #1-#2
27 June 1967 #2
29 June 1967 #1-#2
11 July 1967 #1
12 July 1967 #2-#5
13 July 1967 #1, #3
14 July 1967 #1
24 July 1967 #1
28 July 1967 #1
Coins : Κ
14 March 1953 #1, #3-#7, #9-#12, #14
18 March 1953 #3-#5
27 March 1953 #3-#4, #7, #10-#12
11 April 1953 #1
18 April 1953 #3, #6-#7
23 April 1953 #7
24 April 1953 #2-#5, #7
25 April 1953 #14-#16, #20, #25-#27, #30-#32, #34-#36, #38
29 April 1953 #1-#3
30 March 1954 #2-#3
31 March 1954 #1-#3
1 April 1954 #1, #3-#4 |
West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2.
The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, SS 5336, SS 5343, SS 5438, SS 5441, SS 5442, SS 5444, SS 5446, SS 5635, SS 5740
LL 2130, L 2132, L 2188
T 1045, T 1067
P 7138
Nineteen stamped amphora handles; many late 2nd c. lamps ... Coins
29 February 1936 #3 (from mouth)
2 March 1936 #1
3 March 1936 #7
5 March 1936 #4-#5
6 March 1936 #1-#3
7 March 1936 #1-#4
9 March 1936 #1-#3
10 March 1936 #1-#2
11 March 1936 #1
From "earth":
12 March 1936 #6
13 March 1936 #1-#2
14 March 1936 #1-#7
16 March 1936 #1
17 March 1936 #1-#3
18 March 1936 #1-#2 ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill
.2=middle fill
.3=lower fill |
Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C.
Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C ... Types 48 D and 51 b lamps indicate cistern remained open until end of 2nd c ... Coins
1 June 1939 #17-#18
2 June 1939 #1-#3
5 June 1939 #1-#4
7 June 1939 #1-#14
8 June 1939 #6-#7
9 June 1939 #13-#18
10 June 1939 #1-#6
12 June 1939 #1-#3
14 June 1939 #9-#14
16 June 1939 #2-#4
17 June 1939 #1-#3
19 June 1939 #2-#4
20 June 1939 #1-4 |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21).
Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D. |
Containers 24-72.
Masses of pottery; including many BHWJ's; lamps XVIII and XXIV
Coins:
12 June 1937 #14-#53
13 June 1937 #1-#7 (from earth of 12 June)
13 June 1937 #8
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 ... First half 1st c. A.D. |
Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; latest lamp type 45C; fragments of many bowls (ca. 40), similar to those in M 21:1 and P 21:4 ... Coins:
16 February 1937 #7-#9
22 February 1937 #23-#26 |
| The cistern was lined with stones at the top with an opening 0.80 m in diameter. For the most part, it seemed to cut into bedrock except along its northern edge where some 5th c. B.C fill remains and main ... 2-19 July 2010 ... For the most part, it seemed to cut into bedrock except along its northern edge where some 5th c. B.C fill remains and main continue further down (Lot 663). ... The opening begins to widen very gradually at about 1 m down, forming a bottle shape, with a maximum diameter of 1.55 m at the bottom, and a total depth of 2.80m ... Coins
7 July 2010 #507-#508
14 July #510-#511
16 July #512
20 July #513-#515
21 July #516, #520 |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C ... Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
... Coins:
7 March 1938 #16-#17
8 March 1938 #23-#25
9 March 1938 #8
10 March 1938 #6-#17
11 March 1938 #3-#12
12 March 1938 #14-#29
14 March 1938 #7-#14
15 March 1938 #10-#11
10 May 1938 #1-#10 |
Sand fill N of Base A.
... Because of the uncertainty of ground level contemporary with Base A and of the possibility of missing a continuous strosis or disturbance in this soft sandy fill, I have kept ... Last quarter 2nd-first quareter 3rd c. A.D ... Sand fill N of Base A.
... Because of the uncertainty of ground level contemporary with Base A and of the possibility of missing a continuous strosis or disturbance in this soft sandy fill, I have kept the pottery from the separate patches dug separately; hoping that when the pottery of 2nd and 3rd c. A.D is published a more precise date for the lower fill will be possible [p. 3062].
... Coins:
29 March 1952 #8-#16(?)
3 April 1952 #5-#6
5 April 1952 #25-#26
12 April 1952 #4-#6
14 April 1952 #13-#14
15 April 1952 #8-#10
25 April 1952 #7-#8
26 April 1952 #8-#11
28 April 1952 #1-#2 |
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