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Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road.
For levels in the same road further south, see F-G ... 575-525 B.C ... Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road.
For levels in the same road further south, see F-G 12:1 and H 12:9 ... Coins:
4 April 1934 #2
5 April 1934 #1
6 April 1934 #2 |
Exploratory excavation trench between east front of Hellenistic Metroon and Great Drain.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1941), p. 106.
Cf. also Metroon Drain Cut I 9:1 and F-G 12:1 and H 12:9 ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Exploratory excavation trench between east front of Hellenistic Metroon and Great Drain.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1941), p. 106.
Cf. also Metroon Drain Cut I 9:1 and F-G 12:1 and H 12:9. |
Water deposit in Polygonal Drain (43-44/Γ-Ζ and martyra)immediately south of the south foundations of the Middle Stoa. Early branch of the original course of Great Drain. P 2248 added to this deposit by ... Ca. 420-390 B.C. |
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. |
Area I; layer I. Soft, loose destruction fill of Street Drain in front of Greek House δ. Represents closing of drain in preparation for construction of Basilica. Top elevation 55.40m at west, 55.96m at ... 1st c. A.D. |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area of the Tholos. ... Coins: Section Ζ Coins: Section B
2 June 1937 #1 13 April 1937 #2-#5
4 June 1937 #1-#19 15 April 1937 #1-#25
5 June 1937 #1-#13 16 April 1937 #1-#3
7 June 1937 #1-#12 17 April 1937 #1-#3
8 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1937 #1
14 June 1937 #1-#17
15 June 1937 #1-#21
19 February 1938 #1-#4
21 February 1938 #1-#3
22 February 1938 #1
25 May 1938 #1-#60
26 May 1938 #1-#17
28 May 1938 #1-#6 |
Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
... In view of the quantity of pottery & objects already recorded from the drain this pottery has been discarded."
... Coins:
7 June 1939 #1-#13
8 June 1939 #1-#19
9 June 1939 #1-#19
10 June 1939 #1-#33
12 June 1939 #1-#22 |
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 ... B.C.; but drain channels, pits and cuttings, etc. in Υ are partly Early Roman, some mixed to Late Roman or later.
... Coins: Υ Coins: ΔΔ
18 February 1937 #1-#2 9 May 1940 #1-#5
23 February 1937 #1-#4 10 May 1940 #6
24 February 1937 #1-#4
25 February 1937 #1-#2
26 February 1937 #1
27 February 1937 #1
24 March 1937 #2 |
This deposit represents the Hellenistic fill from 50-54/ΣΤ-Η. A mixed green sand drain fill exists a bit father south (nbp. 135). Coins:
14 May 1934 #1-#175
15 May 1934 #1-#70 ... 14 May 1934 ... A mixed green sand drain fill exists a bit father south (nbp. 135) ... Coins:
14 May 1934 #1-#175
15 May 1934 #1-#70 |
North of east branch of Great Drain. Coins:
21 June 1973 #1 ... 4th c. A.D ... North of east branch of Great Drain ... Coins:
21 June 1973 #1 |
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 ... 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 time of Sulla.
134 stamped amphora handles; latest lamp is type 35A ... Coins:
17 May 1939 #10
18 May 1939 #4-#6
22 May 1939 #1-#12
23 May 1939 # 2-#12
24 May 1939 #9-#14
25 May 1939 # 111-#112
26 May 1939 #1-#2, #3-#5
27 May 1939 #1-#12
29 May 1939 # 3-#12
31 May 1939 #1
1 June 1939 # 8-#14
2 June 1939 # 3-#19
5 June 1939 #5-#8
8 June 1939 #14-#15
9 June 1939 # 1-#14
10 June 1939 #1-#2
17 June 1939 #1-#13
3 April 1947 #1-#28
10 April 1947 #1-#2
15 April 1947 #1-#2
16 April 1947 #3-#67
17 April 1947 #1-#30
7 May 1947 #4-#5
8 May 1947 #1-#119
9 May 1947 #1-#21
16 July 1947 #2-#3
17 July 1947 #2
19 July 1947 #2-#13
21 July 1947 #2-#43
22 July 1947 #1-#60
23 July 1947 #9-#20
24 July 1947 #1-#4
29 July 1947 #3-#23 |
Well beneath 4th c. Klepsydra Drain, within foundations of west end of the Middle Stoa. Diameter 0.90m, cut through bedrock, with handholes on sides. Top 4.50m. dumped fill; 4.50-6.15m. period of use ... Mid-8th c. B.C. |
Rubble and mortar pithos built over and into line of zig-zag drain. Excavated upside-down. Loose fill. No coins ... 18 A.D with mostly 16 A.D. c. |
The data in the Deposit Notebook is presented by trench; an attempt is made here to accumulate data from similar layers across the trenches. Subdivisions:
.1=Post Hadrianic cleanup
.2=Marble working waste ... 2nd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Subdivisions:
.1=Post Hadrianic cleanup
.2=Marble working waste
.3=Iron working waste
.4=Industrial period
.5=Construction fill of South Stoa II
.6=Drain and drain channels/trenches at Stoa back wall |
Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits. Coins:
9 May 1947 #2-#5
16 ... 1st c. A.D ... Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits ... Coins:
9 May 1947 #2-#5
16 May 1947 #26
27 May 1947 #5
15 July 1947 #1-#28
16 July 1947 #1-#22
18 July 1947 #1 |
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. |
Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine |
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. |
The cistern at 70/ΝΗ and the channel [65/ΞΑ] between chambers 70/ΝΗ and 63/ΞΒ seem to have a uniform dumped filling of first half 2nd c. A.D ... First half of 2nd c. A.D. |
Water channel in north part of section. Pottery late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C. Coins:
14 March 1936 #8 ... Late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C. |
Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). Coins
8 June 1933 #4
9 June 1933 #5-#6
10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16
13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29
14 June 1933 #3-#4
15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8
17 June ... Mid 3rd century ... Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K) ... Coins
8 June 1933 #4
9 June 1933 #5-#6
10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16
13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29
14 June 1933 #3-#4
15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8
17 June 1933 #1-#4
26 May 1936 #1
27 May 1936 #1-#2
28 May 1936 #1 |
Great Drain sand fill under Roman bath including small area at north end under tiles that was excavated separately.
See also A-B 19-20:1 for additional Great Drain sand fill at ca. 70-113/* Subdivisions: ... 30 July-11 August 1947 ... Great Drain sand fill under Roman bath including small area at north end under tiles that was excavated separately.
See also A-B 19-20:1 for additional Great Drain sand fill at ca. 70-113/* ... Subdivisions:
.1=55-58/*, sand fill north end, under tiles.
.2=sand fill south end continuing to north.
55-58/* |
| Identified as Pyre by SIR.
Debris filling of the middle of the 4th c. B.C. including the remains of a sacrificial pyre.
Objects dispersed in red-clay fill uncovered in removal of modern staircase. A broken ... 4th c. B.C. disturbed ... A broken drain tile "immediately above" this area suggested to the excavator that the deposit may have been washed in. ... Coins:
12 April 1939 #1
13 April 1939 #1 |
| Marcie Handler ... Continued from 2000 season, 10-12 July 2000; BZ XXIII p. 4472.
The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the ... 10-12 July 2000
21-22 July 2003 |
See also H 12:1. Coins:
22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C. |
Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building.
Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building.
... A 20-21:1 and B 19:7.
Cf. |
A drain pit with red gravely fill. Coins:
5 April 1939 #1-#8
Pottery continuing to at least 3rd c. A.D. ADDENDA: See also tins Lot ΝΝ 70, ΝΝ 71.
ADDENDA: P 14822 probably also belongs ... Mixed Hellenistic to Roman ... A drain pit with red gravely fill ... Coins:
5 April 1939 #1-#8
Pottery continuing to at least 3rd c. |
Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill.
Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Coins:
5 April 1954 #1-#4
6 April 1954 #1-#3 + N 31011
7 April 1954 #1-#9 + N 31012- N 31015
8 April 1954 #1-#2
9 April 1054 #1-#14 + N 31016-N 31026
10 April 1954 #40-#42
4 June 1954 #1-#3 + N 31027 ... Descriptions on coin envelopes:
Hell fills of middle stoa and s of drain c (lowest);
Hell fill over intermediate strosis + cutting intermed. strosis 22/ΛΒ;
20/ΛΔ Hell fill.
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Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095).
Contemporary ... SubMycenaean |
Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. B.C. to Sullan destruction. Coins:
26 July 1946 #1-#2
30 July ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D ... Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. ... Coins:
26 July 1946 #1-#2
30 July 1946 #1-#3
31 July 1946 #1
1 August 1946 #1= IL 1189
7 August 1946 #1
9 August 1946 #1
10 August 1946 #1-#3 |
Pits at 95/ΚΑ and 97/ΚΑ, in bottom of Post Sullan drain. Sandy filling in two pits in the bedrock, about 2.00m. apart, at the bottom of the so-called Post-Sullan drain, which replaced the abandoned section ... To ca. 86 B.C ... Pits at 95/ΚΑ and 97/ΚΑ, in bottom of Post Sullan drain. Sandy filling in two pits in the bedrock, about 2.00m. apart, at the bottom of the so-called Post-Sullan drain, which replaced the abandoned section of the southern branch of the Great Drain several meters to the west (cf. A-B 19-20:1) ... Coins:
23 May 1939 #14-#189
24 May 1939 #1-#8
25 May 1939 #1-#109 |
Coins:
30 July 1947 #3-#11
31 July 1947 #4-#19
1 August 1947 #1-#9
4 August 1947 #1-#20
5 August 1947 #3-#20
6 August 1947 #1-#38
7 August 1947 #1-#21
8 August 1947 #1-#41
9 August 1947 #3-#6
57-59/*
66-67/* ... 28-31 July 1947
6-9 August 1947 |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m. from ... 2nd c. B.C ... Includes drain trench in front of back wall of Stoa (some disturbed, some undisturbed fill), soft fill above stone drain, fill from within stone drain, channel behind stylobate ... Coins:
14 July 1960 #1 |
Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers. Coins:
31 March 1938 #1
9 May 1939 #1-#2
20 June 1939 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd-earliest 3rd c. A.D ... Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers ... Coins:
31 March 1938 #1
9 May 1939 #1-#2
20 June 1939 #1 |
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 ... West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) ... Coins:
19 April 1939 #2
24 April 1939 #4-#9
25 May 1939 #2-#3
29 May 1939 #1-#3
30 May 1939 #16
31 May 1939 #1-#4
5 June 1939 #1
13 June 1939 #1-#2
16 June 1939 #1
17 June 1939 #1-#2
20 June 1939 #1-#3
21 June 1939 #15-#22
22 June 1939 #1-#6
23 June 1939 #1-#8
17 April 1957 #2-#3
30 April 1957 #2, #7-#8
7 May 1957 #2-#3
9 May 1957 #1-#3
10 May 1957 #1-#3
11 May 1957 #1-#7
13 May 1957 #1-#5
14 May 1957 #1-#20
15 May 1957 #8
16 May 1957 #1
20 May 1957 #6 (east of road against east face of road)
25 May 1957 #1-#4 (late drain in A9 ... around lead pipe)
29 May 1957 #2 (E-W drain next to South Wall of A2)
30 May 1957 #2 (East drain in road ca. ΙΔ)
11 August 1967 [page 2982, "in bottom of lower road drain ... "] |
Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766).
Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Includes area labeled "Deposit around collapsed section of poros gutter, road cut south of annex of SWFH." Coins:
28 June 1967 #2
13 July 1967 #1-#6
14 July 1967 #1
15 July 1967 #1 (?) Estimated Grid ... 325-275 B.C. |
Coins:
10 March 1936 #1-#2
11 March 1936 #1 ... 200 to late 1st c. |
Fill in shaft; upper fill in lower chamber; fill in vaulted chamber. Coins:
29 April 1937 #1-#8
5 May 1937 #1-#27
26 May 1937 #1-#12
27 May 1937 #1-#10
28 May 1937 #1-#6
24 March 1938 #3-#7
12 June 1939 ... Late 4th c. A.D. |
Filling over and behind blocks of E. wall of Great Drain at 10-15/Α-Γ. Coins:
10 May 1954 #1-#2 ... 3rd c. B.C ... Filling over and behind blocks of E. wall of Great Drain at 10-15/Α-Γ ... Coins:
10 May 1954 #1-#2 |
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