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Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
| Pithos ay the bottom of the north slope of the Areopagus with single fill; Part of Hellenistic Group D.
One stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 146. Latest coin dates in first two decades of 2nd ... 160-130 B.C. |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Hellenistic pottery for Susan Rotroff ... Susan Rotroff Elizabeth R. Safran ... 1989 |
Hellenistic pottery for Susan Rotroff ... Susan Rotroff Elizabeth R. Safran ... 1989 |
Hero Athanassiades ... 1958 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Sent to Princeton, 1991 ... 1956 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Sent to Princeton, 1991 ... 1956 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Sent to Princeton, 1991 ... 1956 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Sent to Princeton, 1991 ... 1956 |
Profiles of Roman pottery ... Aliki Halepa-Bikaki |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Sent to Princeton, 1991 ... 1956 |
Hero Athanassiades ... 1958 |
Hero Athanassiades ... 1958 |
Profiles of Roman pottery ... Aliki Halepa-Bikaki |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Sent to Princeton, 1991 ... 1956 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Sent to Princeton, 1991 ... 1956 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Princeton, 24 June 1977, S.R ... 1956 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication. Princeton, 24 June 1977, S.R ... 1956 |
Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication ... 1956 |
Profiles of Roman pottery ... Aliki Halepa-Bikaki |
Profiles of Roman pottery ... Aliki Halepa-Bikaki ... Cf. Agora V, pl. 1. |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
| Phaidon Street Cistern: South Chamber.
Connected by tunnel to O 17:5.
Knidian stamped amphora handle; fragments of five long-petal bowls, one made in worn mold. Type 35 A lamp. Coins
9 August 1957 #1-#3 ... Late 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 |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C. |
Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building (between Piers 12-13) ... Late 3rd-early 2nd c. B.C. |
Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins:
4 May 1950 #1-#3
15 May 1950 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
| Two-Handled Cup: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pitcher Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Plate Fragment: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Two-Handled Bowl ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Two-Handled Bowl with Rouletting: Stamped ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Plate Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Plate Fragment: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Plate Fragment: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Bowl or Plate Fragment: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Bowl Fragment: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Bowl Fragment: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Bowl Fragments: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Beaker with Incised Decoration: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Plastic Attachment: Grotesque Head ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Vessel Fragment: Gray Ware and Stamped ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Krater Fragment with Relief Decoration: Gray Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Biconical Vessel Fragment with Rouletting ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Dish Fragments with Rouletting and Graffito: Gray Ware and Stamped ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Two-Handled Bowl with Rouletting: Stamped ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| P 31754b ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Black Glaze Skyphos Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| P 31754 a and b ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
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 |
Brown earth with occasiional small stones, quite distinct from upper and lower fills. Pottery mostly Hellenistic with an occasional late Roman sherd scattered through it at all levels. [nbp. 3112] Coins: ... Mostly 1st c. with some Roman. |
Cistern C (pit) in West Room of late Roman House.
Mixed dump of material, with a little Classical, much Roman dating at least as late as 3rd century A.D., and large amount of late Hellenistic. Coins:
1 ... Late Hellenistic and Roman |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C. |
Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment |
Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. |
Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C. |
Cistern shaft southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Unstratified fill.
Ten stamped amphora handles; Type 34A lamp; many fragments of long-petal b suggesting material deposited ca. 140 or later. Cf. Pireus ... Ca. 200-125 B.C. |
A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493).
Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
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. |
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. |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m. from ... 2nd c. B.C. |
| Cups and beakers ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Large, grey-ware plate ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Graffiti for Mabel Lang ... Hero Athanassiades ... Owner's Marks. Plate 21. Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1960 |
| Hellenistic pottery: profiles, wash drawings, etc ... Marian Welker ... Made for G.R. Edwards' publication ... 1956 |
Black glaze and coarse ... Late 2nd B.C. |
Platter With Offset Rim.
About one-third preserved; foot missing. Mended in antiq-uity; one lead clamp and holes for two more preserved.
Horizontal floor with groove and ridge edge. Offset rim with molded ... 1st-century context |
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