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Thessalian League ... Gallienus
cf. Rogers, nos. 126, 127; Cop 355, 356
Obv. ΑΥΤΚΙΙΟ Λ ΓΑΛ[ΛΗΝΟ] Radiate, draped bust of Gallienus right.
Rev. ΘΕΣΣΑΛ[ΩΝ] Thessalian Pallas fighting right. Weight: extremely worn
Coin no. 2 ... Possibly A.D. 253--268: Gallienus |
| Athens ... Sv. 81.1--6; Kleiner 1976, pl. 1:1.
[overstruck on ?]
Obv. Head of Athena right in decorated Athenian helmet.
Rev. Zeus stands holding thunderbolt, owl. Casts
Coin no. 1. Well; dump. Head of Athena r., ... ca. 196--190 B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 25.5--10, 104.3, 4
Obv. Head of Artemis right.
Rev. Athena standing right, holding patera and owl.
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Θ [Ε} Casts
Coin no. 2. Well; dump. Head of Artemis r., with quiver at shoulder; border of dots ... 229--ca. 224/3 B.C. |
Stratified well; very late Roman verging on Byzantine. Coins
19 April 1939 #1-#8
22 April 1939 #1-#2
25 April 1939 #1
15 May 1939 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-15.25m.
.2=15.25-21.00m.
.3=21.00-22.00m ... 3rd-5th c. A.D.
9th c A.D. |
Containers 1-11 ... 9th c. A.D. |
Includes a transitional layer 15.25-16.50m. Containers 12-42. Coins:
19 April 1939 #1-#8 (#2-#8 from dump) ... 4th-5th c. A.D. POU |
Containers 43-47. Coins:
22 April 1939 #1-#2
25 April 1939 #1
15 May 1939 #1 ... 3rd c. A.D. |
| Tiled Well at S edge of E-W Road, 73/ΜΗ. Contemporary upper and lower fills separated by layer of sterile mud.
Latest coin dates ca. 200. Koan amphora handle with stamped handle dates slightly after 200 ... 210-160 |
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. |
Dealer's Dump at 10/Θ.
Debris filling beneath a modern house floor, apparently from the shop of an antiquities' dealer; otherwise unrelated to the Agora area. Compare similar dumps, K 14:1 and N 10:1 ... Modern context |
Well at 81/ΝΑ ... Byzantine |
Well in branch of Aqueduct (ca. 13/ΚΔ) 3rd c. A.D. - 5th c. A.D ... 3rd c. A.D. |
| 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. |
Cistern and drawshaft connected by tunnel; used in modern times as cesspool. No stratigraphy noted, but pottery from first five boxes excavated is later than that from boxes 6-18.
11 stamped amphora handles ... Hellenistic and Late Hellenistic |
| 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) |
| At left, Turkish kiln (at 96/ΝΑ); at right, water channel (ca. 92/ΝΑ) ... AMS 5590 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Apr 1955 |
| Tile-lined well. Note fragment of topmost drum with inward inclination. Deposit O 16:3 ... AMS north Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Jun 1955 |
| Hellenistic tile-lined well at the south edge of the south road. Deposit O 16:3 ... cf. LXXVI-77 ... 1955 |
| Turkish water channel under Phaidonos Street. At right, wall of Late Roman Building (?). Under south end of wall is south chamber of Phaidon Street cistern (Deposit O 17:6). Below to left of N. end is ... For cistern cf. p. 1306. For the grave cf. p. 1314. For the channel, see summary in notebook Ω pp. 1897-1898, 1904-1907. south 1394 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 May 1957 |
| Turkish water channel under Phaidonos Street. At right, wall of Late Roman Building (?). Under south end of wall is south chamber of Phaidon Street cistern (Deposit O 17:6). Below to left of N. end is ... For cistern cf. p. 1306. For the grave cf. p. 1314. For the channel, see summary in notebook Ω pp. 1897-1898, 1904-1907. south 1394 Horizontal (normal) ... 24 May 1957 |
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