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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 ... -15.55m. |
Trial cut at 26/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ, Layer I; Circular Building, 22m south of Eleusinion. P 30171, P 30172, L 5818 added on 7 May 1973 ... 4th c. B.C ... Agora XXIII, p. 336 ... Agora XXIX, p. 473. |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) ... "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: ... dumped filling of 6th or 7 ... cistern is at -2.90m. When the |
Accumulated fillings in the Bouleutrion Plateia beginning in late 5th c. B.C. and continuing into the 3rd c. A.D., reaching a depth of 0.20-0.30m. (Hesp. 6 (1937), p. 168. Subdivisions:
.1=Layer I
.2=Layer ... 5th c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 168 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
| 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 ... -35.3m. |
May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use.
For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff.
Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... -3.55--20.5m. |
| Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson).
"Not a useful well" HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR)
Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C.
Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D.
Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine ... mgmt)
.1= Fill I = 22.80 (bottom)-22.25m.
.2= Fill II = 22.25-21.30m.
.3= Fills III, IV, V = ... HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom (22.80m.), iv/9/37 - |
N-S Cut on 20m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa)
various levels and dates over the three areas.
Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road that bordered ... Protogeometric to Late Roman ... N-S Cut on 20m. line ... follows:
Area of Road:
Layer I- IV and pit below Layer I |
Roman well, stratified.
Finds from the earth (not recorded in a subdivision):
P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS 6338, IL 483, IL 486, BI 309, BI 310,
BI 314.
According to the excavator the shaft had been cleaned ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... -23.35m. |
Well at 19/ΚΔ, beneath the west colonnade of the Square Market Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Diameter ca. 1.25m. Water level ca. -3.50m. The construction of the well was rather careless, ... Ca. 580-560 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 212 ... Agora IV, p. 244. |
Roman Group L.
Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... -15.95m. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Ovoid pit cut into bedrock or sterile fill just north of preserved floor surfaces in the so-called Strategeion. Length (west-east) 2.6m; widens at 1.25m from the east scarp so that at west pit is 0.75m ... 4th B.C ... Basket 4, p. 3985). Although ...
Layer I: 57.59-56.99m.
Layer II: 56.99-56.78m.
Pottery |
Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates.
Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Agora XII, p. 394 ... Agora XXIII, p. 333. |
Located beneath line of Poros Gutter, from a square settling basin cut in bedrock at the north end of Trench II, South of Theseion, 1.30m below the modern road surface. The basin is lined with rough-picked ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C.-early 4th c. B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 98. |
Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C ... -2.9m. |
A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... -3.05m. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus; depth at 9.65m; scanty dumped fillings. From about 3.20m to the bottom, little but tile fragments appeared; in the fillings above, the lower is characterized by ... Ca. 350-290 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 148 ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXIX, p. 457. |
| David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C ... Hesperia 72 (2003), p. 247. |
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 ... I-O 15:1.5 ... I-O 15:1.5 |
| Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.
Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 68, p. 180, figs. 119, 121 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 190, 198, 201, 226-231, 238, nn. 2, 66, 82, figs. 7, 8, |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Well in courtyard of Early Building I, adjacent to wall of Room B. Tile lined; upper course in situ, lower two collapsed probably in antiquity. Letters inscribed on rims (eta, phi, omicron, theta). Medium ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... Excavations | 2008 | Trenches | Gawlinski | Early Building I | Room B | Well Fill |
| David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!"
ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric ... 49.879-49.534m. |
| Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre)
Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... II, into which it had been ... as late as layer II, and ... I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) |
| Located in Middle Stoa, west, south aisle, beneath pressure pipe (cf. A 4900). The siting of the well is remarkable in its proximity to Well I 13:3, also Geometric in date, which was found in 1968 only ... Second half of 8th c B.C ... I/11,12-13/15 ... -9.25m. |
| Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic.
Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C ... -4.2m. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Circular pit uncovered in Early Building II, south of Room E latrine, adjacent to the preserved latrine floor surface. Continues beneath the latrine surface and the western scarp (unexcavated). Fill relatively ... Late 5th c. B.C ... 57.83-57.45m. |
Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits.
Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604. Dumped filling of Turkish times. Coins:
17 May 1937 ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora XXII, p. 98. |
Just east of Building II near its south end. The tiles were in place.
Upper filling (to 3.00m.) of Hellenistic-Byzantine dump all discarded.
POU fill a gradual accumulation of typical Justinianian ware ... 6th c. A.D. POU-7th c. A.D ... Just east of Building II near its south end. The ... filling (to 3.00m.) of |
Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine ... belongs with II - Brick Shaft ... (I 5422) catalogued from ... dump (I 5545). |
| Sacrificial Pyre I, Classical Building II.
The pyre was set through the original floor level of the northern room of the Classical Building and apparently is the remainder of a ritual conducted when the ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... 51.74-51.66m. |
| Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II.
Found right beneath the stuccoed channel built for sluicing in the 1st c. A.D., and must have been partly disturbed when the channel was constructed. It may ... Ca. 250 B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 458. |
| At the northwest foot of Areopagus. Square stone-curbed well with no clear evidence for a period of use; appears to be a single dump ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Agora XII, p. 393. |
N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas.
Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road running out ... Prehistoric to Roman ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 339 ... Agora XII, p. 389 ... Agora XIII, p. 274. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. Bones discarded.
Notebook says: child bones (no skull), no offerings.
Circular cutting in bedrock, about 3m south of D 6:3. Neg. KK 234 ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. Bones ... bedrock, about 3m south of D |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVI: PG). Bones discarded.
Only the lower portion of the urn-hole was preserved in bedrock, roughly oval in outline, with a maximum preserved width at the top of 0.70m narrowing ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... top of 0.70m narrowing ... about 0.30m, or just slightly |
Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all ... Coins:
7 June 1939 #1-#13
8 June 1939 #1-#19
9 June 1939 #1-#19
10 June |
Found while excavating Stoa Pit E in 1933. See also I 849 (Ε 329) found in the North Well in Stoa Pit E (Deposit H 9:1). Fragment Ε 496 of this inscription, listed with the finds of H 10:6, is likely from ... 8-10 May 1933
17 May 1935
18-26 May 1937 ... Well in Metroon Porch to East of Room II |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave II: SM).
Unlined trench, roughly the size of the deceased, cut into bedrock to a depth of just over 1.50m. Oriented north-south, the tomb pit measured 1.69m in length (length ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... Grave II: SM).
Unlined ... depth of just over 1.50m ... pit measured 1.69m in |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... -4.82m. |
| A tile lined well under Room I of Byzantine House.
A concrete shaft belonging to the mill cut off the top of the well and left in place 3 complete sets of tiles and most of a fourth set. All but the lowest ... 17-18 c. A.D ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2. |
| Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Tomb to NW of Pier 19 (Burial 7).
The chamber was roughly square in shape (2.70m wide by 2.10m deep), oriented northeast to southwest across in transverse axis. The entrance was at the northwest ... Myc. II-IIIA:1 ... Agora XXVII, p. 229. |
| Cistern in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Simple, flask-shaped chamber withdraw-shaft; no tunnels. Mouth cut away in Byzantine times. Lower filling, 3rd c. B.C. Coins:
25 ... 25-30 April 1947 ... -3.8m. |
Well cut through cistern at 6/ΝΕ (C 9:7).
The stele I 3244 in position in the cistern over the mouth of the well is listed with the cistern deposit C 9:7. Coins:
26 February 1936 #2-#4
27 February 1936 ... A.D. 1st ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 134, n. 2 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 179. |
Within the precinct of the Hephaisteion, about 10m. north of the north stylobate of the temple.
Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x 2.73m) probably originally intended as a cistern; used for dumping ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.-Byzantine ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 178, no. 3 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 388. |
| James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit.
PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ.
[In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... nb. p. 321.]
JP ... deposit.
PG grave about 25m. SW ... of 0.30m below the level |
| Grave 7b in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery; The skeleton positioned directly below the male in Grave 7, but with direction reversed, i.e., head at southeast end. Most grave offerings at lower ... 750-725 B.C ... Grave 7b in notebook ... below the male in Grave 7 ... reversed, i.e., head at southeast |
| Tom Milbank ... An unlined and relatively narrow (ca. 0.82m. in diameter) well cut through hard-pack and bedrock. Although three periods of use can be discerned in the stratigraphy of the well below a depth of ca. 5.47m., ... Middle Geometric I ... Middle Geometric I ... K/7-1/15,16 ... 52.94-45.77m. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII.
Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ.
Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 71. |
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 ... following objects: B 319, I 3994, ... Coins:
6 April 1936 #18-#21
7 April 1936 #1-#7
28 May 1936 #1
6 June 1936 #3 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb opposite ΣΑ pier 15. It was discovered about 20m to the west of Pier 15 of the Stoa of Attalos and almost in a line and a few meters south of Tomb XX. although the entire upper part ... Myc. II-IIIA/B ... Myc. II-IIIA/B |
Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification.
Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D ... (nb.p. 2314) ... #4-#5(below layer of bricks 1.00m ... May 1939 #6-#7
13 June 1939 |
Mycenaean Deposit (Gully) in front of NE Stoa (corrected from P 7:1).
It consisted of a series of irregular pits, some gradually linked up with one another to form what seemed a natural gully. The largest ... Mycenaean IIIA-B ... Agora XXVII, p. 226. |
Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels.
Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C ... I and II of area between |
| David Scahill ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. Chamber cut through bedrock. The northeast corner of chamber defined ... LHIII A:1 ... Hesperia 72 (2003), p. 264, fig. 28. |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Finkielsztejn (1995), p. 280 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69. |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2.
The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 387. |
| Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... Late Archaic ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (adult female). (In some records as Grave XXXI).
The tomb was partly destroyed in antiquity; there are sherds of all periods down to Late Roman (and later) note din the fill immediately above it ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 325. |
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