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| Miṣr ... Murād III ... Coin no. 11. GCM 1862 BIS. Turkish fill. C 483 ... 1574-1595 A.D. |
The Jewish War ... The Jewish War,
year 2 = 67/68 A.D. Coin no. 3. Area of small early house walls; water-washed sand fill in trench. Krater. Vine branch. 924, 961, 984 ... 67/68 A.D. |
| Ouranopolis ... Blistered. Coin no. 3. Area of west retaining wall of road; fill under two western pithoi. Star of eight rays. [OYPANIδω-πOλEως]
Aphrodite Ourania seated l. 1345, 1369 ... 4th-3rd c. B.C. |
Athens ... Coin no. 7. Area of House east of road. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. θ-A
Owl standing r., facing.
All in wheat wreath. 2906 ... 284-270's B.C. |
Constantinople ... Leo III the Isaurian ... Coin no. 4. Brown gravel fill south of wall of 1778. K
In field l. XXX, above cross, r. [N]N?[N], beneath A. 490, 498 ... 732 A.D. |
| Lycian League ... Troxell (under 974), p. 191, no. 169; RPC I, 3314.
[Masikytes mint]
[Ob. Head of Artemis to right
Re. MA Stag standing to right] Coin no. 1. Well. [λ-Y] Head of Artemis r., bow and quiver at shoulder ... late 30's--early 20's B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 78.10, 80.15--17; Kroll 1972, pl. 37:16--20
Nike. Casts
Coin no. 8. Furnace Dump from N. Hypocaust in Bath to East of Poros Building. Found with A 1346. Head of Athena Parthenos r.; border of dots ... 31--early 20's B.C. |
Thessalian League ... Thessaly, Time of Hadrian.
Ob. [ΑΧΙ]ΛΛΕυΣ from left, bottom up. Head of Achilles in crested helmet.
Re. ΝΙΚΟ[ΜΑΧΟΥ] from top right, down circular.
Horse trotting right; below ΦΑ. Weight: Broken
Coin ... A.D. 117--138: Hadrian |
| Alexandria ... cf. Milne 1933, nos. 5229, 5230
Year 11.
[Alexandria, Time of Diocletian 284-305 A.D.
Ob. ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟΣΣΕΒ. Bust right laureate wearing cuirass.
Re. Bust of Sarapis right; L IA in field. Coin no. 24 ... 284-305 A.D. |
| Nikopolis ... Aelius Caesar.
Obv. Head right.
Rev. Galley travelling to left. Coin no. 27. Finished Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area (92/ΙΗ) of Bath to East of Poros Building. [Λ AIΛIOC KAICAP]
Head of Aelius r ... 136-137 A.D. |
Akmoneia ... BMC 16
Athenian Imperial, Fractional.
Re. owl left. Coin no. 28. Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area (92/ΙΗ) of Bath to East of Poros Building. Head of Zeus r., laur. [AKMONEωN| MHN]OδOTO| ςIλλωN Asklepios ... 1st century B.C. |
| Histiaia ... BMC 138.
[(D 17:5)]
Histiaia.
Obv. Female head right, wearing ivy wreath with hair in knot behind.
Rev. Α Ε on either side of tripod. Coin no. 2. Cistern, container 7-8 (dump). Head of Maenad r., wearing ... ca. 2nd--1st century B.C. |
Obv. Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet.
Rev. Owl standing half left in olive wreath; inscription illegible. Coin no. 8. With ashes below disturbed pyre? 2146, 2321, 3286 ... 297-255 B.C. or 339-288 B.C. |
Thespiai ... Domitian
cf. BMC 30--32
Obv. Rad. head of Domitian right.
Rev. Apollo standing right. Coin no. 6. Well: upper fill [- - - - - - -] Head of Domitian r., rad. [θEσπI-EωN] Apollo seated r., holding lyre ... A.D. 81--96: Domitian |
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. |
Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area (92/ΙΗ) of Bath to East of Poros Building. Coins:
8 April 1948 #12-#47 ... 2nd-3rd c A.D. |
| Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE).
Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C. |
| Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C. |
Very little pottery and mainly broken tiles in this well, all mixed from Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (nbp. 1441) ... 25 May-1 June 1939 |
An unfinished well in the northwest room of the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling. Chips from marble-working, variety of plain and figured wares ... Ca. 400-385 B.C. |
Well under Poros Building Drain at 62/ΛΣΤ, west of the Areopagus. Digging abandoned at 6.10m due to a collapse of the soft bedrock at the west. Small amount of supplementary filling was added in the upper ... Ca. 520-480 B.C. |
Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic.
No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Containers 1-3. Coins:
27 September 1947 #1-#2 ... Early Roman |
Containers 6-12 ... Latest Hellenistic |
Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
| Pocket with burning at 60/ΚΗ. "Is this perhaps a disturbed pyre burial." [Nbp. 2928].
Identified as pyre by SIR.
Near north end of corridor, beside its west wall. Concentration of artifacts, tiny scraps ... 4th c. B.C. |
| Disturbed Pyre at 59/ΚΗ (ΚΖ), in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus.
Against east wall of room 5 west. concentration of artifacts, ash, carbon and a few bones in stratum, no pit discerned ... 3rd c. B.C. |
Rectangular shaft neighboring the well D 17:12. Dug only to a depth of 4.40m. and provided with two galleries or channels extending from it. Apparently never intended as a well. Refilled with the dug bedrock ... 4th c. B.C. |
Pithos in NW corner (room) of Poros Building. Marble chips ... Mid-4th c.? |
Shallow pit in bedrock. NB fragment found in gravel to south of pit (ΟΟ 399=P18633) ... Second quarter 5th c. B.C. |
Drain in corridor of Poros Building. Deposit is from the period of use of the drain. Cf. also containers 140 and 602 ... Late 5th-early 4th c. B.C. |
Late Roman, perhaps as late as 7th c., but excavator noted small amount of material made close dating impossible throughout. Nbpp. 2448-2449: The fill of this well throughout is mixed and there are numerous ... Early to Late Roman |
Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D. |
Unfinished well in corridor of Poros Building ... Third quarter 5th c. B.C. |
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 |
| Cut in bedrock (P.L. 0.50m, W. 0.57m). Head at east, looking west; skull stood upright when found. Lower part of skeleton missing. PD 435 ... 750-725 B.C. |
| Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C. |
Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed.
Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C. |
Displaced curbing stone had fallen into top of shaft; fill with and around it is presumably second half of 2nd c. A.D. Below tumbled filling at top, shaft was empty to 10.80m. Tiles were missing to ca ... Late 1st-early 2nd c. |
A rubbish pit at the foot of the northwest slope of the Areopagus. Black figured, plain glazed vases and several lamps. A pair of lekythoi recall both in make and in style the products of the Haimon Painter ... Ca. 480-475 B.C. |
Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northwest room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C. |
Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C. |
Container 1 ... Ca. 150 B.C. |
Containers 2, 3 ... Late Hellenistic? |
Containers 4, 5, 6 and channel ... Ca. 225-150 B.C. POU |
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. |
Containers 1-5. Coins:
8 April 1949 #17-#20 ... 150-100 B.C. |
Containers 6-9. Coins:
9 April 1949 #1-#6 ... 225-150 B.C.? |
| Hole at 57/ΛΣΤ = Pottery Dump at 57/ΛΣΤ. May well have accumulated on the spot where it was found, its fragmentary state being attributable to the later rubble wall laid over it.
Cf. also P 19982 (ΟΟ ... Ca. 400-375 B.C. |
| Pyre /Burial (?) disturbed, in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. In northeast corner of room 4 west.
Concentration of artifacts, tiny slivers of bone, and burning in a layer of fill ... Early 4th c. B.C. |
| Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1).
Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C. |
Stratified well. Coins:
22 July 1947 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=top to -5.20m.
.2=5.20-7.80m.
.3=7.80-10.30m ... Second half 1st-early 3rd c. A.D. |
First half of 5th c. B.C. |
Use filling of early to late 2nd c. A.D., and dumped filling of late 2nd c. Coins:
16 April 1948 #1-#6
17 April 1948 #5
28 April 1948 #1 ... POU 2nd c. A.D. |
| Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at bottom). Fill shot through with cinders and wood ash. Skeleton of a male about 50 years old.
Brann. PD 1065a ... 750-700 B.C. |
Dumped filling above well, 4th-5th c. A.D., container 699.
A tiled well. Instead of the usual three sections in each ring, there were four. The fourth was extra, making the well larger, more elliptical ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Pit below floor at 69/ΛΗ ... Early Byzantine |
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. |
| Late Roman Fortification Wall overlying the foundations of the Propylon. Arrows mark the corners of the Propylon. A) Fragment (I 4720m) from the Bouleutic list of 304/3; B) Dedicatory statue base, I 4850; ... I 4850 and I 4713 were found in section ΘΘ. (SD) east 227 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Jun 1959 |
| Well seen from directly above. Note the unusual construction with four sections of well tiles ... 2869 Horizontal (normal) ... 15 May 1957 |
| Classical pit cut in bedrock, west of the street bordering the Areopagus slopes (retaining wall of street at right). Center above, late tile drain; at left above, pit with well at 64/ΚΒ (Deposit F 17:3) ... 2871 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1957 |
| Restored plan of a Roman house. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1690 Horizontal (normal) ... 1967 |
| Pottery dumb beside wall of the Poros Building. Deposit D 17:6 ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1949 |
| South central area, showing pit with pottery dumb at lower left. Deposit D 17:6 ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1949 |
| Late Roman tiled floor and latrine over hypocaust area. Latrine channel blocked by Doric capital ... Horizontal (normal) ... 21 May 1957 |
| Southeast corner ... west 4282 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| Room A3 at beginning of season ... east 4217 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| The southeast area at beginning of season ... southwest 4215 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| The southeast area of the bath ... east 4216 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| Room A4. Ancient bedrock cutting and large poros block under floor ... northeast 4214 Horizontal (normal) ... 18 Jun 1968 |
| Stratification of destruction fill at southeast corner of south hypocaust area ... south 4289 Horizontal (normal) ... 18 Jun 1968 |
| Room A6. Northeast corner after exposing hypocaust floor ... west 4232 Horizontal (normal) ... 22 Jul 1968 |
| Latrine in northwest corner ... southeast 4248 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Jul 1968 |
| South area of the bath. Pillaging trench along south face of Room A3 ... west 4283 Horizontal (normal) ... 22 Jul 1968 |
| Hypocaust columns in tepidarium (Room A) ... 4295 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1968 |
| Hypocaust floor in Room A ... east 4293 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1968 |
| Room A3. Fire chamber and passage to hypocaust room ... northwest 4298 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 Jul 1968 |
| Room A1 with the west end of Room A3 in foreground. Mosaic hall at right ... south 4315 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Room A1 with late walls crossing over the room. Mosaic hall at left ... north 4313 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Lower rooms to west of bath proper, with exedra of mosaic hall in foreground ... south 4331 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Rooms to west of bath proper ... south 4333 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Entrance to Hellenistic Bath complex ... northwest 4260 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Jul 1968 |
| Mosaic hall (Room A2) ... north 4329 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jul 1968 |
| Room A3 at beginning of season ... west 4287 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1968 |
| Cistern F in Room A10, looking into west tunnel (Deposit F 17:4) ... west 4379 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1969 |
| Cistern F in Room A10, looking from west tunnel into main chamber (Deposit F 17:4) ... east 4381 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1969 |
| Large courtyard in center with well, "kitchen" (Room 3) at right center and "dining room" (Room 2) in right background where the two marble busts (S 1299, S 1319) were found ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 24 March 1948 |
| General view of the house ... east 3005 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1967 |
| House on the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus, central part ... northwest 3009 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1967 |
| Courtyard, with the mouth of the well blocked by a boulder ... northwest 3013 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1967 |
| Large courtyard in center with well, "kitchen" (Room 3) at right center and "dining room" (Room 2) in right background where the two marble busts (S 1299, S 1319) were found ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 24 March 1948 |
| Pottery contents of pyre at 59/KZ in NW room of Poros Building, 4th c. B.C ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pottery dumb beside wall of the Poros Building. Deposit D 17:6 ... AMS north Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1949 |
| South central area, showing pit with pottery dumb at lower left. Deposit D 17:6 ... AMS north Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1949 |
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