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Horos terrace trench Layer III, under line of tiles. Coins:
19 March 1953 #16-#17 ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Pocket in cobble paving in road west of Fountain House ... 1st c. A.D. |
| 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 ... Coins
9 August 1957 #1-#3
14 August 1957 #1-#5 (disintegrated) |
Investigations in the area of the Odeion: lettered Odeion Trenches not otherwise specified.
The trenches were excavated by layers; these layers could be compared across the area to determine correlation ... 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 ... Late 2nd-1st c. B.C. |
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 ... Coins:
3 May 1934 #4
7 May 1934 #8-#10
8 May 1934 #1
11 May 1934 #4-#7 |
Early Roman fills E of Stoa (Room 17, Rooms 13-16) xx ... Early Roman |
Well East of Stoa Shop 14. Coins:
31 October 1949 #1-#2 ... 1st c. A.D ... Coins:
31 October 1949 #1-#2 |
Pre-Stoa Pit beneath floor of Shop I ... 2nd c. B.C. |
East Building, pit in footing trench. Coins:
20 April 1959 #5-#6 ... 2nd c. A.D ... R 16:1 ... R 16:1 |
Exploration of packing below paving blocks of Panathenaic Way.
Uncatalogued material: 66 sherds, 2 objects (50A) and 43 sherds (50B). Coins:
26 April 1960 #1-#2
3 May 1960 #1-#4, #6-#9 Deposit created ... 1st c. A.D ... Coins:
26 April 1960 #1-#2
3 May 1960 #1-#4, #6-#9 |
"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 ... Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 #1-#2
5 May 1936 #18
5 March 1952 #1-#6
10 March 1952 #1-#4
11 March 1952 #1-#9
12 March 1952 #6-#11
13 March 1952 #8-#15
21 March 1952 #1
7 April 1952 #1
8 April 1952 #1-#3
9 April 1952 #1-#6
16 April 1952 #1-#2
17 April 1952 #1-#2
22 April 1952 #2
23 April 1952 #2-#8
24 April 1952 #1-#8
26 April 1952 #1
30 April 1952 #2-#4
2 May 1952 #1-#3
3 May 1952 #1-#4 |
"Iron Pit" beneath house 634/20 and in the upper part of a well. Coins:
22 April 1958 #1-#3 (illegible)
23 April 1958 #1
25 April 1958 #1 (illegible) ... 1st C. B.C ... Coins:
22 April 1958 #1-#3 (illegible)
23 April 1958 #1
25 April 1958 #1 (illegible) |
North of court F, around well head only. Deposit created by A.W. and first appears in his thesis (Biblio. below).
Cf. nbpp. 2204 and 2234 and lot 350 for court F and p. 2127 for north of court. Coins: ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... Coins:
4 April 1949 #1-#9 |
House F, room 4 below floor at -2.00m., fill 4. Deposit created by A.W. and first appears in his thesis (Biblio. below). Coins;
19 May 1949 #1-#16 Cf. coins from 17 June 1949 #1-#4 listed with lot OO 490 ... First quarter 2nd c A.D ... Coins;
19 May 1949 #1-#16 ... Cf. coins from 17 June 1949 #1-#4 listed with lot OO 490 but "to 10 cm. above floor", nbpp. 3047, 3256. |
Layer I.
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 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... 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 East End of Stoa ... Coins:
3 August 1959 #1 |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa ... 2nd c. A.D ... Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa. |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa, with some disturbed fill including 1st c. A.D. material.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) ... 2nd c. B.C ... Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa, with some disturbed fill including 1st c. ... Coins:
22 July 1960 #1
ΜΣ: 9 July 1965 #5-#6 |
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 ... 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 East End of Stoa.
... Coins:
14 July 1960 #1 |
| Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 136, fig. 1 and p. 269. |
Coins:
8 June 1932 #2-#9
9 June 1932 #1-#14
10 June 1932 #1-#13
11 June 1932 #1-#9
13 June 1932 #1-#3, #6 (dump) ... 1st-3d c. A.D ... I 16:1.3 ... I 16:1.3 |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa ... 1st c. A.D ... Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa. |
| Deposit of terracottas, molds and pottery in a shallow pit sloping downward from north to south. This deposit was located beneath a layer of fill under a Late Roman plaster floor (Lots ΒΕ 2093-2095). The ... 1st c. A.D ... J/19,20-1/14,15 |
| 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 ... J/16,19-1/5,8 |
Ancient fill in cistern tunnel leading to north; contained undisturbed fill which produced late Hellenistic sherds; it had been refilled in modern times ... 2nd c. B.C. |
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. |
Red sandy earth at inner corner of heavy late wall at 12/ΛΖ.
A. Walker coin deposit. Coins:
27 March 1934 #1-#12
28 March 1934 #1-#2 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... F 10:2 ... F 10:2 |
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 ... F 11:1 ... F 11:1 |
Coins:
25 May 1935 #2
28 May 1935 #1-#3
29 May 1935 #1-#3
30 May 1935 #1-#2 ... 2nd c. A.D ... Coins:
25 May 1935 #2
28 May 1935 #1-#3
29 May 1935 #1-#3
30 May 1935 #1-#2 |
Coins:
31 May 1935 #1 ... 1st c. A.D ... Coins:
31 May 1935 #1 |
A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493).
Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Agora XXII, pp. 100, 110. |
Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor.
POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. ... Coins:
19 March 1934 #8
20 March 1934 #1-#3
21 March 1934 #3-#5
23 March 1934 #1-#3, #6-#8
30 March 1934 #39 |
Nbp. 661: Dug in 1st c. Cleaned out almost to bottom shortly after the middle of the 3rd c. and used for a few years. During Herulian invasion of 267, Laughing Faun broken up and thrown in. Thereafter ... 1st-5th c. A.D., 2nd c. A.D.=POU ... Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-8.10m.
.2=8.10-10.00 m.+ 10.00-10.20m.
.3=10.20-10.40m.
.4=10.40-11.50m. plus dump |
Bottom of well plus dump. Coins:
4 May 1932 #8
5 May 1932 #8-#42 'from mud', #42 uncertain ... 2nd. c. A.D ... -11.5--10.4m. |
| Coins:
23 July 1992 #854
27 July 1992 #861-#864, #866, #868, #872
28 July 1992 #867, #874
29 July 1992 #869-#871, #873, #875
31 July 1992 #877-#884, #887-#888
3 August 1992 #890-#896
4 August 1992 #897-#900, ... Roman-Byzantine ... K 1:2 ... K 1:2 |
Room 8, Pit 1 in Layer 2. Notebook ΒΕ XII is missing ... 11th c. A.D ... Room 8, Pit 1 in Layer 2. |
Coins:
27 March 1937 #1 ... Early Byzantine, 11th c. A.D ... Coins:
27 March 1937 #1 |
A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... Coins:
7 May 1940 #1 (Hell. fill)
9 May 1940 #6-#11 (Hell. fill)
10 May 1940 #1-#5 (in cistern)
11 May 1940 #1-#4
13 May 1940 #4
14 May 1940 #1
15 May 1940 #1-#6
17 May 1940 #1-#5 |
A well, apparently unfinished, with footholds in east and west sides ... 2nd c. A.D. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... "Submycenaean" grave into Mycenaean gully.
Rectangular trench cut partly in bedrock, partly through Mycenaean domestic filling. No pottery catalogued ... Late Helladic IIIC-Early Protogeometric |
Early Roman, late 1st c. A.D. with some later fragments. Coins:
31 May 1938 #1-#12
1 June 1938 #1-#5
2 June 1938 #1-#2 ... Late 1st c. B.C ... Coins:
31 May 1938 #1-#12
1 June 1938 #1-#5
2 June 1938 #1-#2 |
| Phaidon Street Cistern: North Chamber
Sullan destruction debris. One of two chambers connected by tunnel.
Two latest coins date to 87/86. Gray ware lamp of first quarter of 1st c. A.D. indicates disturbance ... 2nd c. B.C ... Coins
1 August 1957 #1-#9 |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Infant grave near Phaidon street cistern. No offerings.
Roughly rectangular, almost elliptical cutting in bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, oriented south-southwest to north-northeast ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain) ... O/1,2-17/15,16 |
Filling over bedrock. Coins:
26 May 1938 #7-#10
27 May 1938 #1
28 May 1938 #1 ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Coins:
26 May 1938 #7-#10
27 May 1938 #1
28 May 1938 #1 |
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 ... O/19,P/3-6/10,11 |
Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6
layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon.
Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4).
Coin
5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman |
Building Fill NE of Circular Building 13-17/ΚΓ-ΚΣΤ (Roman Group H)
and Connecting Cut NE of Circular Bldg ... First half 2nd c. A.D ... Agora XXI, p. 100. |
Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle ... 1st c. A.D ... P 10:2.2 ... P 10:2.2 |
Kiln (pit) at 110/ΛΘ.
Debris in a metal working pit in the area of the Mint. Lot Τ 26e and T 27 ... 1st century A.D ... Agora VI, p. 100. |
Fill around the upper block of the southwest corner of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall, south of the Propylon, and hard fill at the side of a trench for a modern wall.
Uncatalogued material: 181 sherds ... 2nd c. B.C ... Uncatalogued material: 181 sherds (of which 49 fragments of plemochoai), 3 objects, 1 bone ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, 1 inventoried object, 1 coin (ΘΘ 144). Originally created as T 21:1 by Margie Miles but this number was already existing and was changed to T 21:4. |
| Mid 3rd cent. to 1st cent. BCE ... U/10-13/15,16 |
Scanty filling on floor of lower chamber and from mud in north passage. Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D ... U 22:1.4 ... U 22:1.4 |
Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building
west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it.
Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C ... Coins:
8 April 1949 #17-#20
9 April 1949 #1-#6 |
Containers 1-5. Coins:
8 April 1949 #17-#20 ... 150-100 B.C ... Containers 1-5. |
Containers 1-3. Coins:
27 September 1947 #1-#2 ... Early Roman ... Containers 1-3 ... Coins:
27 September 1947 #1-#2 |
Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D. |
Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235. Coins:
6 April 1936 #18-#21
7 ... First half of 1st c. A.D.
4th-early 5th c. A.D ... Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235 ... Coins:
6 April 1936 #18-#21
7 April 1936 #1-#7
28 May 1936 #1
6 June 1936 #3
12 June 1936 #1-#22 (dump, lower earth)
12 June 1936 #28-#30 (dump, upper earth) ... Subdivisions:
.1=second POU.
.2=first POU. |
Coins:
6 June 1936 #3 ... First half 1st c. A.D. |
Well at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Use filling of 1st c. A.D.; dumped fillings of 3rd c. and of early Byz. times. Coins:
15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth)
16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth)
17 June 1937 ... 1st c. A.D.=POU ... Coins:
15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth)
16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth)
17 June 1937 #1-#11 (earth)
18 June 1937 #4-#5 (earth)
19 June 1937 #4-#6 (earth) ... Subdivisions:
.1=Early Byzantine destruction fill.
.2=Transitional upper fill.
.3=Bottom fill, POU. |
Coins:
9 June 1937 #1
10 June 1937 #1-#11
11 June 1937 #1-#30
12 June 1937 #1-#13 (from earth of 11 June) ... 2nd c. A.D ... -17--10.5m. |
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 ... 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 #2-#13 (earth from lower part)
16 June 1937 #21-#22 (bottom, found 15 June) |
Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. |
Coins:
19 May 1936 #1-#2 ... 1st c. A.D ... Coins:
19 May 1936 #1-#2 |
Coins perhaps Hadrian 117-138 A.C.
No XXVII lamps and no XX catalogued (but excavator notes their presence in fill) ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Coins:
19 May 1933 #14
20 May 1933 #3
22 May 1933 #1-#2
23 May 1933 #2
24 May 1933 #1
30 May 1933 #1 ... 10th c. A.D ... H 11:1.1 ... H 11:1.1 |
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 ... 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 |
See also H 12:1. Coins:
22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... See also H 12:1. |
Coins:
8 July 1947 #1-#2 ... 150-100 B.C ... Coins:
8 July 1947 #1-#2 |
2nd.-3rd. c. A.D ... B 20:1.3 ... B 20:1.3 |
1st.-2nd. c. A.D ... B 20:1.5 ... B 20:1.5 |
Filling in a cistern chamber in the area west of the Areopagus. Main dumped fill of 2nd. c. B.C., with small amount of later material in uppermost 1.00m. A connecting passage contained some material of ... 2nd. c. B.C ... B.C., with small amount of later material in uppermost 1.00m. A connecting passage contained some material of the 4th. c. |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D ... 1 Top to ca. 1.00 5th-6th century dump ... 2 Ca. 1.00 to 4.50 dump of second half of 1st century and perhaps early 2nd c. |
Reused as part of a modern cistern; scanty remains of ancient fill towards bottom. No containers of pottery ... 1st c. A.D ... L 21:1 ... L 21:1 |
| 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 ... 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 ... Subdivisions (as recorded, .1 is at the bottom). (Layer numbers as revised by HSR, some depths indistinguishable in notebooks): .14=Layer XIV, 0.00-22.40m.
.13=Layer XIII, 21.00-22.40m.
.12=Layer XII, 22.40-23.20m.
.11=Layer XI, 23.20-26.40m.
.10=Layer X, 23.20-26.40m. |
Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D ... M 18:1 ... M 18:1 |
Hellenistic construction fill mainly of amphoras used as packing between well tiles and bedrock. Estimated Grid ... 1st c. B.C ... M/10,11-18/2,3 |
Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D ... M 18:1.2 ... M 18:1.2 |
Hellenistic Fill at 70/ΛΣΤ.
Fill in irregular hollow. Pottery resembles Sullan debris, but lack of late duoviri handles suggests deposit slightly predates the sack. Coins
6 March 1937 #1-#4 ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Coins
6 March 1937 #1-#4 |
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 ... M 19:1 ... M 19:1 |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C ... M 20:1 ... M 20:1 |
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C ... Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 |
| 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 ... Coins
27 February 1937 #1-#2
1 March 1937 #4-#6 |
Cistern (and passage) on the north slope of the Areopagus. Fill badly disturbed in modern and Turkish times. The few ancient sherds seem to be chiefly early Roman-1st c. B.C. (p. 256).
Some finds labeled ... 1st c. B.C ... Coins:
28 April 1939: #1 |
'Mouth and upper passage' on deposit list. Containers 1 and 2. Pottery in mouth of cistern in upper tunnel. Coins:
5 May 1939 #1
9 May 1939 #10-#11
12 May 1939 #4 ... 1st c. with earlier material ... Containers 1 and 2. Pottery in mouth of cistern in upper tunnel ... Coins:
5 May 1939 #1
9 May 1939 #10-#11
12 May 1939 #4 |
Trench at O/7,8-6/1,5. Layer 5 of Trench A cut in Rooms 1 and 2 of Greek House γ. Soft green clay with bones, ash, much pottery. Probably leveling fill ... Archaic ... O/7,8-6/1,5 |
Modern fill to 21.00m. at which depth a human skeleton weighed down with iron. ER fill from 21.00-28.00m. (bottom). A POU fill with a possible break around 25.00m ... 1st to mid-2nd c. A.D. |
| 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 ... Agora V, pp. 10-21, 126. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D ... Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL 517, IL 548, IL 549, IL 1076, S 864, S 865, A 711, A 712, P 8939-P 8941, P 9033, P 9034, P 9514, P 9515, P 9540, P 9541, P 9814, P 11813-P 11815, P 11817, P 11824-P 11826, P 11832, P 11842, P 11843, P 11857, P 11867, P 11868, P 11876, P 11884, P 11886, P 11888, P 11889, P 11891, P 11893, P 11895, P 11898, P 11910, P 11911, P 20511-P 20513 ... Coins:
30 January 1937 #1
2 February 1937 #6-#8
4 February 1937 #1-#3
6 February 1937 #7-#10
8 February 1937 #7
9 February 1937 #5
10 February 1937 #14-#15
11 February 1937 #21
12 February 1937 #8-#11
13 February 1937 #1 |
Use filling of first half of 1st c.; dumped filling of late 1st c.(?). This well, near its mouth, cuts off the end of the upper passage of the cistern at 53/Ε. Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped filling
.2=POU ... First half of 1st c. A.D. POU ... Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped filling
.2=POU |
Containers 1-14. Very fragmentary pottery. Some material earlier than late 1st c. A.D. Coins:
10 May 1939 #4-#5
11 May 1939 #4-#9
12 May 1939 #5
15 May 1939 #7-#9
17 May 1939 #1-#2
23 May 1939 #1 ... Late 1st c. A.D ... N 20:1.1 ... N 20:1.1 |
Containers 15-37. Masses of pots, largely water jars; fragments of Pergamene; Samian B; brittle ware; ER unguentaria.
The following finds on deposit list as bottom fill (.2) are from depths of level .1: ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... The following finds on deposit list as bottom fill (.2) are from depths of level .1: S 1167 ... Coins:
8 June 1939 #1-#2
9 June 1939 #3 |
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 ... C 17:1 ... C 17:1 |
Deposit in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, underlying a Roman bath. Pottery examined in June 1955; latest pieces noted: one fragment Pergamene and one fragment brittle ware; no certainly post-Sullan ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Great Drain north end, filling under tiles (55-58).
Only the finds from 55-58/* are recorded here (as found in the notebooks) although the deposit notebook shows additional finds from the entire sand fill ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... Coins:
N 38058, N 38059-60
N 38062, N 38063, 38064, N 38065, N 38066,N 38067-68, N 38069, N 38070, N 38071, N 38072, N 38073, N 38074-75, N 38076-77, N 38078
N 38092-93, N 38094-96, N 38097, N 38098, N 38099, N 38100-06, N 38107, N 38108, N 38109, N 38110, N 38111, N 38112, N 38113-14
55-58/* |
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 ... Coins:
16 May 1939 #6-#7
17 May 1939 #1 |
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 ... 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 |
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 ... B 11:1 ... B 11:1 |
.2=Original fill dumped back in. "Perhaps cleaned out for sake of tiles and original fill dumped back in." HSR ... 1st.-3rd. c. A.D ... B 12:1.2 ... B 12:1.2 |
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