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House A destruction debris over floors. All floors (rooms 1-7) dug in 1939. Re-examination of House A in 1967 (nbpp. 648 ff.). Coins:
27 February 1939 #5-#9
7 March 1939: #1
9 March 1939 #4-#6
11 March ... First half 3rd. c. A.D. |
Middle Helladic Pit at NW corner of church of St. Athanasius Estimated Grid ... Middle Helladic |
Also noted as 32-33/Μ. The N wall collapsed. A very shallow deposit of ancient fill over its stuccoed floor. Coins:
10 May 1939 #3-#4 ... Hellenistic, 4th-early 3rd, Roman, 4th c. A.D. |
| Restored plan of a Roman house. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1690 Horizontal (normal) ... 1967 |
| 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 |
Estimated Grid ... Ca. 300-275 B.C. |
It is a considerable deposit including both figured and plain wares, the red-figure consistently of the second quarter of the 4th c. Estimated Grid ... Ca 375-340 B.C. |
| Fragments from an inscribed block.
Fragment Λ 36 a), the top smooth; other edges broken.
Part of five lines of the inscription preserved.
Fragment ΓΓ 49 b), part of two inscribed faces and the top preserved ... 5th. century B.C. |
| Squat truncated pyramid.
The stub of a projecting pin (for handle or attachment ?) on the bottom. M. Farnsworth reports that although the material is bronze, it appears to contain more lead than is usual ... 15 May 1939 |
| Each is somewhat oval in shape and each is made of a single piece of heavy bronze wire so bent that the two ends overlap at the joint.
One (a) is of slightly thicker wire than the other. Geometric grave ... 17 May 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Original top and moulding preserved, with rough picked back, worn.
Small letters on taenia at top of moulding.
Hymettian marble. Surface find. Leica ... 4 May 1957 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Part of left edge preserved.
Hymettian marble. Finished Found in foundation wall of the church of St. Athanasius, at the north foot of the Areopagus. Leica, 98-56-12, 98-56-13, 98-56-14 ... 29 March 1939 |
| Small rectangular block with upward-tapering sides.
Raised ridge around upper face, and letter L or Γ, in relief. House A, room 4, destruction fill over floor.
Roman. Leica ... 9 March 1939 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Top, sides and bottom (?) are preserved.
Back has been re-worked.
Dedication to Hadrian.
Six lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in wall of the modern house ... 28 October 1938 |
| Inscribed fragment.
Top, bottom and right side preserved.
Two lines of the inscription preserved.
Hymettian marble. Found in wall of the modern house 633/4, at the north foot of the Areopagus. Leica ... 10 November 1938 |
| Small fragment from shoulder.
Head of Athena to right; tongues. Landscaping operations in the excavations; exact provenience unknown. Leica ... January 1955 |
| Broken all around. Unidentified representation from reverse of Panathenaic amphora. Agora excavations. Leica ... 5 February 1962 |
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