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Connected with G 14:3.
There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... Agora XXII, p. 101 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 359. |
Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8.
Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ.
Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6. Fragments of amphorai, tiles.
No coins ... Early Hellenistic ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 141 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), pp. 97, 101. |
Backfill of demolition of Great Monument beneath Middle Stoa.
[Soft pit below Layer II of south aisle (=fill of early "Great Drain")] ... Early 4th c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXX, p. 364 ... Hesperia 39 (1970), n. 101, 104. |
| Sacrificial Pit I in notebook = RSY Grave 20 ... Ca. 510-490 B.C ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 101-102, pl. 46 c-d (Grave 20). |
| Pit and drain at SE corner of Apollo Temple. Antedates building of Apollo Temple which was assigned to a date 'late in the third quarter' ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... Agora XXXVII, p. 222 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 101-102. |
| Crevice in Rock (Grave?) at 70/ΝΣΤ (below modern surface accumulation).
Identified as a sacrificial pyre, with characteristic banded plates and saucers, by SIR ... 4th c. B.C./300-250 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 389 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 53, pp. 165, 166 figs. 6, 101. |
Sacrificial Pit V in notebook = RSY Grave 19 ... Last quarter 6th. c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 100-101, pl. 46 a-b (Grave 19). |
| Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall.
Coin
1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C ... P/17-6/9 |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Roughly circular pit with scraps of bone and traces of carbonized material. Four similar empty pits nearby with a little Geometric pottery ... Early Geometric ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Agora VIII, p. 129 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 16, pp. 176-180, figs. 2.101-2.102. |
| Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C ... P/2-6/9 |
| David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 617 (noted). |
| David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 595, n. 3. |
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 ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226. |
| Geometric burial. Burial A in notebook.
Shaft in bedrock dug to 0.30m, oriented NE to SW. Upper part was disturbed by Grave XXIV. Skeleton of youth. L. as it lay 1.34m. Pots laid across grave at feet of ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 101-103 and figs. 1, 70-72 (Grave XXV). |
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. |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C ... Agora XXII, p. 101 ... Hesperia 84 (2015), p. 476 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 145. |
| Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins:
9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXI, p. 96 ... Agora XXIII, p. 329. |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Agora XXII, p. 101 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 53 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 208. |
Associated with the Tholos.
Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern.
The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... Hesperia 53 (1984), p. 345 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit XI) ... Agora IV, p. 238. |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... Agora XXII, p. 101 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 126-128, figs. 13-14 and p. 454. |
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