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Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates.
Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Southwest House, Rooms I-VIII, 42-55/ΚΖ-ΜΖ:
The earliest house had a court on the west with a Well (B) and two small rooms at the north. ... The latest period of the house is the Herulian destruction.
Central House, Rooms IX-XI, 42-55/ΙΖ-ΚΖ
From 1957 excavations of these houses see P 25888, P 25895, L 5298. |
| Pyre 1 in Central House, Room XI, strosis 3. Sacrificial pyre with characteristic small vases amid carbonized twigs and bone.
Near north side of courtyard. This pit was cut slightly into strosis 3 (lot ... 1st quarter 4th c. B.C ... Pyre 1 in Central House, Room XI, strosis 3. ... This pit was cut slightly into strosis 3 (lot Φ 231), a 5th c. floor associated by the excavator with phase 2 of the house. Non-joining fragments of pyre pots in strosis 2 above (lot Φ 228) suggest that the pyre may have been dug from that level. The pyre is approximately contemporary with the renovation of the house that initiated phase 3 in the first half of the 4th c., so it could be associated with that event. |
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