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Represents excavated levels II-III ... 275-150 B.C ... -7.7--5.7m ... 275-150 B.C ... J/10-5/5 |
Unfinished well cut in bedrock to the southwest of the Tholos; dumped filling containing much material of the 7th c. B.C. but extending into the 6th ... 7th-ca. 570 B.C ... 7th-ca. 570 B.C ... -5.2m. |
Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... later than 3rd c.; latest lamp type 45C; fragments of ... to those in M 21:1 and P ... Coins:
16 February 1937 #7-#9
22 February 1937 #23-#26 |
Cistern system, 88/ΝΓ (shaft and passages). Apparently a dumped filling of Roman times, drawn mostly from some Hellenistic deposit. Coins:
31 March 1937 #1-#5
1 April 1937 #4-#5
3 April 1937 #1-#2
5 April ... Hellenistic and Roman, 4th c. A.D ... #1-#5
1 April 1937 #4-#5
3 April 1937 #1-#2
5 April 1937 #7-#16
6 April 1937 #1-#3
7 |
The fill in this cistern is Byzantine with considerable admixture of Greek IV-III c. B.C. Coins:
7 March 1932 #9
9 March 1932 #1
10 March 1932 #1-#2
11 March 1932 #2
12 March 1932 #1 ... 11th-12th c. A.D ... G 5:1 ... G 5:1 |
| Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins:
5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973)
6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C ... F 16:8 ... F 16:8 |
| 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 ... years of the 8th c. B.C. and ... second half of the 9th c. ... ca. 5.47m., the pottery |
| Marcie Handler ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved ... 4th c. B.C ... a layer of 4th c. fill in ... the north.
2.5 meters SW of ... just south of Wall 8. Room 6 |
A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX.
Diameter 1.10m, water level 6.90m.
Kernoi and many lead ... Ca. 325-260 B.C ... #29
5 June 1937 #1-#2
8 ... April 1937 #1
2 April 1937 #1 ... #1-#2 |
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 ... including 1st c. A.D. material.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East ...
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East ... Coins:
22 July 1960 #1
ΜΣ: 9 July 1965 #5-#6 |
Coins:
22 April 1937 #1-#5 Containers 7-5 ... Second half of 1st. c. A.D. POU ... A 14:1.2 ... A 14:1.2 |
Hellenistic cistern, part of the same system as 94/ΝΣΤ (D 4:1) and connected with it by a passage. Later cleaned out for reuse and filled with destruction debris of the late 4th c. A.D. Coins:
23 March ... Second half 4th c. A.D ... Second half 4th c. A.D ... -11.3m. |
| 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 ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 5 in notebook.
The grave had been somewhat disturbed by the digging of Well B. The hydria lay on its side; in it was found the skeleton of a small child lying on its side with the knees drawn up ... Late 8th-early 7th c. B.C ... Grave 5 in notebook.
The grave had been somewhat disturbed by the digging of Well |
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 ... Cistern C |
Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins:
21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... -22.5m. |
| 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 ... J 3:2 ... J 3:2 |
| Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos:
In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... Ca. 300-275 B.C. |
7th c. A.D ... 7th c. A.D ... -7.5--12m. |
Deposit in bedrock cuttings, probably from a household. (Panathenaic Way Cut III, E1 and E2).
E1: Mixed 7th-5th c. B.C.
E2: Late Geometric-Early 6th c. B.C. Coins:
19 May 1959 #5-#7 ... 5th c. B.C and earlier ... 5th c. B.C and earlier |
Pit and well at eastern edge of Kolonos Agoraios with uniform fill.
Diameter 1.90m; straight round shaft ... Late 8th-first half 7th c. B.C ... Late 8th-first half 7th c. B.C. |
Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west.
Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... -7.9m. |
Nbpp. 3104-3105: Represents well deposit; the [baskets] from this layer showed no stratification. Containers marked "earth" presumably represent primarily Layer II.
... it is presumed that the sherds of ... Late 6th-7th c ... Late 6th-7th c. ... -9.9--9.5m. |
Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd c. A.D ... Late 2nd c. A.D ... G/3,4-11/2,3 ... -25.5--24.1m. |
| Includes finds from layer II and III of cistern passage. Coins:
1 April 1937 #1 (east end of passage)
14 April 1937 #2-#8
15 April 1937 #1-#7
16 April 1937 #1 ... Second half 1st c. A.D ... D 4:1.2 ... D 4:1.2 |
Turkish fill. Coins:
7 May 1936 #1-#4 ... 5-14 May 1936 ... C 14:1.2 ... C 14:1.2 |
Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. B.C. to Sullan destruction. Coins:
26 July 1946 #1-#2
30 July ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D. |
| Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... J/17-1/7,8 ... J/15,18-1/6,8 |
Pit (Well?) under Building A, Room 2. Coins:
9 May 1949 #1-#2
11 May 1949 #4
12 May 1949 #3 (not a coin, bronze fragment in lotted metal tins ΠΠ 295). Estimated Grid
Remains of coloring matter found with ... Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Pit or Well Under Building A, Room 2 |
| Grave 1 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXV: PG). No remains. Probable trench-and-hole.
JP
Roughly circular pit measuring 0.39m in diameter cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.72m. Pyre refuse-described ... Late PG/EG I ... Grave 1 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXV: PG). No remains. Probable ... ca. 5/NZ (JP) |
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 ... L 19:2 ... L 19:2 |
"baskets" 1-5 Coins:
22 April 1937 #7
23 April 1937 #17-#18
24 April 1937 #1
coins from Dump:
28 May 1937 #31-#32 ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition ... post-Herulian ... A 14:2.1 ... A 14:2.1 |
Stratified well. Coins:
22 July 1947 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=top to -5.20m.
.2=5.20-7.80m.
.3=7.80-10.30m ... Second half 1st-early 3rd c. A.D ... C 18:2 ... C 18:2 |
Well south of the apse of Room 3, Roman House H. Cut through bedrock, diameter ca. 1.15m, stopped at ca. -10.80m because of danger of collapse. Water at very top, up to bottom of parapet between well and ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... 0 to -ca. 8.25m Post-Herulian; Ca. -8.25m to -10.00m Pre-Herulian. |
Fill in shaft; upper fill in lower chamber; fill in vaulted chamber. Coins:
29 April 1937 #1-#8
5 May 1937 #1-#27
26 May 1937 #1-#12
27 May 1937 #1-#10
28 May 1937 #1-#6
24 March 1938 #3-#7
12 June 1939 ... Late 4th c. A.D ... #1-#8
5 May 1937 #1-#27
26 May 1937 #1-#12
27 May 1937 ... #1-#2 |
A filling lying over a cobbled floor in a house-complex on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late ... 375-275 B.C ... 375-275 B.C. |
Pit at 79-83/ΜΒ-ΜΖ (or 81/ΜΣΤ=pit under floor of Room 11 in Roman Bldg. 2, 82/ΜΓ, 83/ΜΕ=well at 83/ΜΗ). Purpose of pit obscure. Evidently filled in Hellenistic times and disturbed in Roman times. Coins: ... 275-200 B.C. with later disturbance ... 275-200 B.C. with later disturbance |
Well 6: archaic. Diameter 1.20m
Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis, below the Klepsydra.
There are three fills, all thrown into the unfinished well at the same time (end of 6th- beginning of ... Last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... U 25:2 ... U 25:2 |
Coins:
5 April 1937 #1
8 April 1937 #3 (disintegrated)
9 April 1937 #1
10 April 1937 #9-#67
12 April 1937 #3-#6
13 April 1937 #1, (found 7 April 1937), # 24
14 April 1937 #1-#2 (found 8 April 1937)
16 ... Late Roman, 4th-early 5th. c. A.D ... Late Roman, 4th-early 5th. c. A.D ... -23.5--13.8m. |
| Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8).
Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C ... B 19:5 ... B 19:5 |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D ... filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th ... Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 |
Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C.
Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C ... of 2nd c. ... #17-#18
2 June 1939 #1-#3
5 June 1939 #1-#4
7 June 1939 #1-#14
8 June 1939 #6-#7
9 ... 1st century B.C.
Bottom |
Containers 15-37. Masses of pots, largely water jars; fragments of Pergamene; Samian B; brittle ware; ER unguentaria.
The following finds on deposit list as bottom fill (.2) are from depths of level .1: ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... N 20:1.2 ... N 20:1.2 |
Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of cistern. Includes finds from NW channel leading out of 84/ΝΣΤ (containers 50-51). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from ... 125-86 B.C ... N 19:1.2 ... N 19:1.2 |
Coins:
26 April 1937 #1-#7
27 April 1937 #2-#5
28 April 1937 #1 ... 1st. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D ... Coins:
26 April 1937 #1-#7
27 April 1937 #2-#5
28 April 1937 #1 |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 75-76, figs. 1, 49-50 (Grave XVI) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 59, pp. 385-390, figs. 2.272-2.276. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 305-307, no. 83, figs. 7, 8, pl. LIII (Grave XX) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 94-97, figs. 1, 65-67 (Grave XX). |
Cistern System #1f: Shaft at 1/ΝΘ = Well A. Scanty dumped filling. Coins:
19 February 1936 #2-#3
20 February 1936 #16-#20
21 February 1936 #5-#7
22 February 1936 #1 ... Mid-4th to 3rd c. B.C ... Mid-4th to 3rd c. B.C ... ΚΚ:1/ΝΘ |
Room 8, Pit 1 in Layer 2. Notebook ΒΕ XII is missing ... 11th c. A.D ... Room 8, Pit 1 in Layer 2. |
Mycenaean Well (S/1,2-13/20,14/1). Underneath the NE Room of the Library of Pantainos, along its S side, as a cutting in bedrock containing reddish fill with bits of green bedrock. The feature is rectangular ... 30 June-23 July 1975 ... S 13:2 ... S 13:2 |
Coins:
21 May 1937 #5-#31
22 May 1937 #2-#4
from dump:
28 May 1937 #1, #12-#24, #26-#28
1 June 1937 #1
12 June 1937 #1-#7 ... Late 1st. c.-earliest 3rd. c. A.D ... #5-#31
22 May 1937 #2-#4
from dump:
28 May 1937 #1 ...
12 June 1937 #1-#7 |
Pit at 18-20/Λ-ΛΓ.
The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5. The upper part of the pit was dug to a depth of ca. -8m as deposit ... 7-8 April 1938
28 April-26 May 1938 ... S 19:5 ... S 19:5 |
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 ... F 5:1 ... F 5:1 |
| Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian ... A 14:2 ... A 14:2 |
Coins:
22 March 1933 #1-#44 ... Late Roman- Mid 5th c ... I 7:2 ... I 7:2 |
A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... H 12:11 ... H 12:11 |
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 ... D 12:2 ... D 12:2 |
Coins:
19 May 1937 #1-#10
24 May 1937 #1
25 May 1937 #6
26 May 1937 #1-#2 ... Late 1st.-late 2nd. c. A.D ... B 14:2.2 ... B 14:2.2 |
Tins 1-5.
"D" ware; a medallion plate; the jar with flaring mouth and purplish glaze and gouged decoration, a 28 lamp fragment and one fragment of combed ware ... 4th. c. A.D ... 4th. c. A.D ... -7--19.6m. |
| Hellenistic filling in N.W. corner of Section (39-46/ΙΘ-ΚΓ inclusive). Coins:
14 July 1931 #42, #64
15 July 1931 #6 but grid 42/ΚΔ, #34-#37
16 July 1931 #15-#16
17 July 1931 #4-#12
18 July 1931 #1-#5, ... 4th.-early 2nd. B.C ... G-H 5:1 ... G-H 5:1 |
| Circular pit and irregular cutting north of it. Diam. of pit ca. 0.80m; Dimension of irregular cutting ca. 1.00x1.20m. The pit was dug into bedrock and filled with red earth which was packed with undisturbed ... Second half of 7th c. B.C ... S 17:2 ... S 17:2 |
Well at 8/ΙΑ-ΙΒ, beneath the north colonnade of the Square Peristyle, just west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Quite uniform fill. Diameter 1.15m. No P.O.U. Coins:
4 April 1938 #39 ... 650-600 B.C.
5th c. B.C ... Well at 8/ΙΑ-ΙΒ, beneath the north colonnade of the ... fill. Diameter 1.15m. No |
Coins:
30 July 1947 #3-#11
31 July 1947 #4-#19
1 August 1947 #1-#9
4 August 1947 #1-#20
5 August 1947 #3-#20
6 August 1947 #1-#38
7 August 1947 #1-#21
8 August 1947 #1-#41
9 August 1947 #3-#6
57-59/*
66-67/* ... 28-31 July 1947
6-9 August 1947 ... #3-#11
31 July 1947 #4-#19
1 ... 1947 #1-#20
5 August 1947 #3-#20
6 August 1947 #1-#38
7 |
| Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C ... #5-#8
13 March 1937 #1-#8
15 March 1937 #1-#5
16 March 1937 #1-#7
17 March 1937 |
Well 2: archaic. Diameter, top ca. 1.00; bottom ca. 0.90m.
Water level:ca -7.00m In the use filling, along with the plain water pots was a black-figured neck amphora assigned to the Edinburgh painter ... Last quarter of the 6th c. B.C ... V 24:2 ... V 24:2 |
Containers 1-14. Very fragmentary pottery. Some material earlier than late 1st c. A.D. Coins:
10 May 1939 #4-#5
11 May 1939 #4-#9
12 May 1939 #5
15 May 1939 #7-#9
17 May 1939 #1-#2
23 May 1939 #1 ... Late 1st c. A.D ... Late 1st c. A.D ... -19--1m. |
Disturbed "Votive Deposit" at 27-28/ΙΖ-ΙΗ
Reddish fill in five circular cutting in bedrock, considered by the excavators to have been one deposit. Fill was disturbed in later periods, probably by construction ... 7th c. B.C, with intrusions ... with legs, 1 shield, 2 plaques, 1 driver, 3 horses ... pithoi. Deposit was found 4-5 ... Coins:
19 May 1937 #1 |
| Stone-curbed Pit (Sacred Pit) to North of Altar of Ares.
An accumulation of votives dating at least from the middle of the 7th. c. B.C. into the early 5th. c. Finds include those from the immediate area ... 7th-5th c. B.C ... the middle of the 7th. c. B.C. into the early 5th. c. |
Fillings associated with Southwest and North Buildings (78-99/ΙΣΤ-ΚΘ) and early walls to west of Great Drain.
pottery p. 1189, vol VII ... Subdivisions:
.1=Filling over bedrock.
.2=Fillings behind retaining ... Various levels and dates ... Subdivisions:
.1=Filling over bedrock.
.2 ... of area.
.5=Late fillings |
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 ... F-G 10-11 ... F-G 10-11 |
Dump, 4th c. Cut through a cistern which was probably constructed in the 4th c. B.C, near the southwest corner of the market square. Coins:
25 May 1935 #1 (with L 1809) (disintegrated) Subdivisions:
.1=Upper ... Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c ... F 13:2 ... F 13:2 |
Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9.
Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. Layer resting on bedrock and covered partially by good strosis (55.26m.). Fill was red with mudbricks, tiles, much plaster ... Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9.
Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε ... Coins
7 July 1971 #461-#474
8 July #475 |
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 ... E 11:2 ... E 11:2 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches.
One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 105-106, fig. 4, pl. 25 b, c. |
The filling from top to bottom uniform, yielding small bits of ancient worked marbles and pottery of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. mixed with undecorated coarse ware, probably of Byzantine times ... 5th c. A.D.-Byz ... H 7:2 ... H 7:2 |
Well (diameter shaft 0.95m) with POU and dumped fillings, separated by about 2.00m. of plain mud apparently fallen from the collapsed sides of the well. The fillings are, however, closely contemporary ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... -11.2m ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Infant grave near Phaidon street cistern. No offerings.
Roughly rectangular, almost elliptical cutting in bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, oriented south-southwest to north-northeast ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain) ... O/1,2-17/15,16 ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain) |
| 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 ... A 18:1 ... A 18:1 |
A total of 79 ostraka was recovered from Room 5 of the Classical Building.
More of this deposit was excavated in the 2021 season on the opposite side of the scarp of Wall R, up against the face of Wall ... 500-475 B.C ... J/11,15-1/19,2/1 ... J/13,16-1/19,2/2 ... J/10,15-1/18,2/1 |
| 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 ... Q 8:8 ... Q 8:8 |
Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C.
Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C ... G-H 10-11 ... G-H 10-11 |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... -23.25--13.5m. |
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 ... Mostly 1st c. with some Roman ... -6.8--5.55m. |
| Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1).
Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C ... Pyre 1).
Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain.
Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock.
2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
(Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
(Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... E/2,3-16/3,6 |
4th c. A.D ... Well 7, Upper Fill |
Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building
west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it.
Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C ... 225-100 B.C ... -2.3m. |
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 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D.
Layer II: 1st-2nd c. A.D.
Layer III-IV: ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D.
Layer II: 1 ... Coins:
8 March 1939 #1 (stoa, layer IV), #2 (stoa, |
A deep pit in bedrock over mouth of well. Context archaic, 6th c.
B.C., but with some traces of later disturbance. Found a circle for a well at the bottom, much water, no sherds.
Lay 2.20m south of Well ... 6th c. B.C ... L 17:2 ... L 17:2 |
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 ... G 11:2 ... G 11:2 |
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 ... C 13:2 ... C 13:2 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... O 7:2 ... O 7:2 |
Coins:
19 May 1933 #14
20 May 1933 #3
22 May 1933 #1-#2
23 May 1933 #2
24 May 1933 #1
30 May 1933 #1 ... 10th c. A.D ... H 11:1.1 ... H 11:1.1 |
Well at 5/ΚΘ. Digging abandoned at -7.20m for fear of collapse.
Upper 50cm, fill in broken in mouth, very late Roman (4th-7th. c. A.D.)
Fill below 50cm to 6.50mL late roman with some earlier material (from ... 4th-7th century A.D ... -7.2m ... 4th-7th century A.D ... ΑΑ:5/ΚΘ |
Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D. Coins:
3 May 1939 #1-2 (red earth above well)
9 June 1939 #1
10 June 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1-#5
13 June 1939 #1
19 June 1939 #1-#2, #3 (Dump)
7 May 1940 #1
9 May 1940 #1
27 ... Early 1st-5th c. A.D. POU ... Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D ... Coins:
3 May 1939 #1-2 ...
12 June 1939 #1-#5
13 June 1939 #1
19 June 1939 #1-#2 |
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 ... (cont. 1-16) nearly 5th c. ... c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer ... second half of 3rd c. (bottom, |
Coins:
16 April 1937 #1-#2
17 April 1937 #1 ... Early 1st (or 2nd) c. B.C ... Early 1st (or 2nd) c. B.C ... -6.15--5.7m. |
2nd. c. ? A.D ... Fills 5, 6, 7, POU |
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 ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine |
After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2.00m. of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently dug up nearby. Material for the most part of the 5th c. B.C. but containing ... 7th c. A.D ... I 16:1.1 ... I 16:1.1 |
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