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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. |
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.) ... No pottery catalogued-Fills I and II ... 5 -13.75m to -14.75m (containers 16-17) 3rd c. Pre-Herulian.- Fill IV ... 1 Top to -11m (containers 1-8), dump 7th c. ? |
| Well cut into bedrock, associated with late Roman building G in ΕΛ 1.2m in diameter, narrows to 0.5m at bottom. Disturbed by later pits at top. Excavated from 85.77-79.25m (6.52m), but bedrock at 85.91m ... Late 4th/early 5th AD ... Late 4th/early 5th AD ... 85.77-79.25m. |
| 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. |
Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Upper fill to 5.50m ... Lower fill 9.10-9.60m (dump?) |
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 ... II
.8=Layer I
Estimated ... 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, P ... (no subdivision): P 10775, P 34895.
Containers |
Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.)
Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX.
There were no use filling and the well was apparently not a success as a water-supply: there was no concentration of water-jars ... 420-400 B.C ... -9.3m. |
| 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 ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora X, p. 136 ... Agora XXIX, p. 433. |
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 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 ...
I.(86.34-85.93m) rubble
II.(85.93-85.58m) dark brown rubble ... ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with |
| 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 ... erroneously as ΠΘ Grave 5 (an empty |
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. |
| 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 ... F 13:5 ... F 13:5 |
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 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXI, p. 98. |
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 ... P 8:5 ... P 8:5 |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora XII, p. 390. |
| 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 ... -18m. |
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. |
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 |
| 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. ? ... Agora XXIX, p. 471. |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 4 under Royal Stoa. Cist Grave cut into bedrock and lined with limestone and schist slabs. There were two layers of cover slabs with a layer of dirt between. Grave measured 0.98x0,25-0,32x0,25-0,30 ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... I/5,6-5/1,2 |
Stroses I, II, III, IV in Court J (below marble chip layer), House of Greek Mosaic.
No independently datable objects. Estimated Grid ... Early 3rd c. B.C ... Agora XXIII, p. 331 ... Agora XXIX, p. 448. |
Crosscut between Middle stoa Piers 1 and 2 from west (south aisle), layer II.
Chiefly late 5th to mid-4th c. B.C. Coins:
2 July 1965 #1 ... Late 5th to mid-4th c. B.C ... Agora XXX, p. 364. |
The data in the Deposit Notebook is presented by trench; an attempt is made here to accumulate data from similar layers across the trenches. Subdivisions:
.1=Post Hadrianic cleanup
.2=Marble working waste ... 2nd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Agora XXXII, p. 299 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 182. |
| 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 ... in Early Building II, ... mudbrick.
Layer II 58.02-57.65m ... II 57.61-57.45m, large |
| 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. |
Digging terminated at 14.50m. due to falling bedrock. Scanty pottery remains at 10.00m. In the mouth and upper part of the shaft was a heavy dumped filling of much shattered fragments, for the most part ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C ... I 17:3 ... I 17:3 |
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 Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 173 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70. |
| A closely compacted group of 431 bronze coins found at ca. 52.50m., against the east brick wall. No sign of a container. Others dribbled down against the channel wall in a restricted area to as deep as ... Late Roman ... 52.5-52.07m. |
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. |
| 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. |
Nbp. 3104: Container includes a miscellaneous accumulation of Greek and Roman pottery with some fragments of Byzantine brown glaze. No joins were observed between this layer and Layer II ... 16-24 May 1937 ... Layer I- Turkish Dump |
Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance).
Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... I 16:5 ... I 16:5 |
| 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 ... Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II.
Found right beneath the stuccoed |
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 ... Agora XXI, p. 100 ... Agora XXIX, p. 473 ... Agora XXXII, p. 304. |
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. |
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 ... -5.6--3m. |
Well east of Geometric Grave. The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. Some evidence for period of use; little pottery. At the top a few Geometric ... Early Protogeometric ... I 18:4 ... I 18:4 |
Homer A. Thompson ... Well at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling of the Roman period. After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2m of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 26, n. 55 ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora VI, p. 99. |
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 ... Agora XXXVII, p. 222. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 ... ca. 5.47m., the pottery ... An unlined and relatively narrow (ca. 0.82m. in |
Near the SW corner of the market square beneath the north part of the Heliaia (?).
No clear distinction in the filling, either of date or of character, could be observed but the presence of a number of ... Ca. 625-570 B.C ... -10.45m. |
Well at 75/ΚΖ (75/ΚΗ, 76/ΚΣΤ-ΚΖ). A dumped filling; an accumulation for the most part of the late 6th and early 5th centuries.
Tiled well; of the lining only a single set of tiles, of unusual make, remained ... Ca. 450-425 B.C ... -2.3m. |
Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus.
Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins
9 April 1938 #2
9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VI, p. 99. |
| 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. |
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 ... 1=Layer I ... 2=Layer II |
East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. Some evidence of burning on pottery ... Ca. 460 B.C ... K/1,4-2/5,6 ... 52.019-51.8m. |
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 ... #4-#5(below layer of bricks 1.00m ... (nb.p. 2314) ...
26 April 1933 #1-#5
1 May 1933 #5-#8 (yellow fill |
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 ... 10m. north of the north ... 2.73m) probably originally ... pottery. At 1.60m. a layer of |
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 ... 5th c. B.C. |
Well at 62/ΙΑ, 63/ΙΑ, at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling in the lowest meter of the shaft.
The upper part of the shaft was filled with clay containing only occasional fragments of pottery; ... Ca. 600-540 B.C ... Note that pp. 70 and 76 are in NB. I, ΣΤ not ΣΤ'.
"In notebook references |
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 ... -21.47m. |
| Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c.
Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman ... Roman Well at 52/I |
| Investigations in the area of Archaic Temple Added by E.V June 1963 ΕΛ 324-331. In the annual report for 1959 both the building of the temple itself, and the red limestone addition are dated in the early ... First half of 6th c. B.C. - early 5th c. B.C ... dated in the early 5th c. : |
| 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 ... Myc. II-IIIA:1 |
Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 47 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 325, no. 6 ... Agora IV, p. 236. |
Well (Hole) at 19/Ι(ΙΑ). Collapsed well creating a hole above; mixed fill in hole, early Byzantine in well proper. Coins:
26 April 1934 #12
27 April 1934 #28
28 April 1934 #38
1 May 1934 #3 ... Early Byz ... Agora XXIX, p. 455. |
Pit I at 45/ΙΘ (= Well) (noted also 4th c. pocket in side of this pit).
This is part of the Terracotta Deposit (H 17:4) and the objects listed here are also listed in H 17:4. Containers/lots for this ... Geometric-Protoattic ... -10--1.21m. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 10 in notebook. No remains. Probably grave of a woman.
Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction ... Middle Geometric II ... 0.48m wide; the remainder of |
| 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 ... tomb.
The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m |
| 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. |
| Brian Martens ... Located in the southern section of Room I, now bound by the scarp of Wall U at the north,, the scarp of Wall L at the east,, and a modern pit at the south. At its now low elevations, excavated in the 2015 ... Third quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 626 (noted). |
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, |
| 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 ... Protogeometric well M 17:5. As ... cutting, 1.40m long, oriented ... diameter of ca. 0.75m towards |
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. |
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