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Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 300 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
"Foundry Pit": N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Stoa, Layer VII, with slag). A foundry pit in the courtyard of a small metalworking establishment outside the Agora to the northwest.
Both the courtyard and ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Coins:
9 March 1939 #2 |
First trial east Stoa colonnade, N. of S. wall III, layer 12.
Note quantities of cattle bones, the knuckles sawn off and many worked bits. Evidently a bone implement factory near by. [nbp. 2139] Coins: ... Late 3rd c.-earliest 4th c. A.D ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 295 ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228. |
| Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb.
The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 291. |
| Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent.
Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 408-409, figs. 3-4 and pl. 88. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 403-407, pls. 88, figs. 1 and 2. |
Well on the lower west slope of the Areopagus. Tiled well. The tiles were carefully made and clamped together with lead, two clamps at each joint.
Several fills but apparently all 2nd c. Material in lowest ... Late 2nd to early 1st c. B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 304 ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora XXIX, p. 444. |
| Sacrificial Pit II in notebook = RSY Grave 7 ... Ca. 540 B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 304 and fig. 44 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 89-90, pls. 40 b (Grave 7). |
Klepsydra: Pits or cuttings beneath Paved Court ... Mycenaean ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 7 ... Hesperia 12 (1943), pp. 205ff, 223 ... Hesperia 10 (1941), pp. 7-8. |
| Grave V in notebook = RSY Grave 5. PD 731-c, Ptg. 244 ... Second quarter of the 6th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 303, fig. 43 ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 88-89, fig. 7 and pls. 38 f, 39 a (Grave 5). |
Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers).
Locations include:
SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... See also P 4639. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), pp. 274-291, fig. 15 ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Arch Anz, 1940, cols. 155ff. |
Well at 37/Α, on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of the Panathenaic Way ... 600-550 B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 269, fig. 5 ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Agora XII, p. 399. |
Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... CF. P 16566 "probably an intrusion from well at 32/ΛΑ".
Coins:
15 June 1939 #1 |
| Grave VI in notebook = RSY Grave 10. PD 731-d Ptg. 251 ... Ca. 520-525 B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), pp. 301-303, and figs. 41-42 ... A.J.A. 43 (1939), p. 588 and fig. 20 ... Agora XII, p. 385. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Bones discarded.
Burial lies over dromos of Mycenaean chamber tomb N 21-22:1. The roots of a tree had upturned the bones, but the head probably lay at the northeast ... Middle Geometric II ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 292 (noted), fig. 34 and marked on plan p. 279, fig ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 412-413, pls. 88, 91-92. |
| Sacrificial pyre, disturbed; a small pyxis (P 14864) is close to that from B 18:4. First half of 4th. c. B.C., perhaps first quarter.
West of House C. Pottery and cinders in pit in stratum. The pyre was ... First half 4th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Agora XII, p. 383 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 50, pp. 163, 164, fig. 98. |
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 ... rectangular cutting: P 16675, P 16676, P 30434, P 30435,
L |
Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ.
The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C.
2nd c A.D ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 218 (deposit XVII) ... Agora XXXII, p. 300 ... Agora XII, p. 394. |
| Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery.
RSY: Pyre 10.
Pottery, burnt bone, charred logs, and heavy burning, recovered by tunneling under the cement floor of a Late Hellenistic workshop, ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... Ca. 325-300 B.C. |
Shaft (= well + caves) at 116-118/ΚΕ-ΚΣΤ Coins:
6 May 1939 #16-#21
8 May 1939 #35-#37
9 May 1939 #1
24 April 1940 #6 ... 2nd. quarter - mid-5th. c. A.D ... Coins:
6 May 1939 #16-#21
8 May 1939 #35-#37
9 May 1939 #1
24 April 1940 |
Early Roman well with four fills.
fill 1: well sealed 1st. c. A.D.
fill 2: more bones than pots.
fill 3: nothing later than 1st. c. B.C.=POU
fill 4: similar to fill 3, a little earlier? Coins:
7 May 1940 ... Early Roman ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 279 ... Agora XXIX, p. 438 ... Agora XXXII, p. 293. |
| Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT
West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c ... 18:3) and the second in 1940 ... Originally A 20:2.
Published together with A 18:3 in Hesperia 47. |
| Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C ... jar (P 15407) containing ... kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408). |
Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road).
Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... H 12:9 ... H 12:9 |
| Upper mixed dumped fill (last quarter 3rd c.-4th c.) with Roman POU below 10.40m. Coins:
16 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
17 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
8 April 1937 #5-#10 (dump)
9 April 1937 ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 146, 147, figs. 3, 4 ... Agora XXXII, p. 300 ... Agora V, p. 125. |
"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 ... K 9-10:1 ... K 9-10:1 |
| Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... P 6:4 ... P 6:4 |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... May 1934 #1
9 May 1934 |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 216 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 173. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Agora XXXII, p. 300 ... Agora IV, p. 242. |
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 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora XXIX, p. 455 ... Agora XXVI, p. 308. |
| An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXI, p. 98. |
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