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Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 209. |
Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ:
1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 115 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 110. |
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) ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 165-166. |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit) X) ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 165-166 ... Agora IV, p. 238. |
The well had two upper fills and a stratified deposit at the bottom. The well deposit is divided into two parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c. (with perhaps late 1st. c.).; dumped filling of 5th century. Coins: ... 1st.-3rd. c. A.D ... Coins:
1 April 1937 #2
2 April 1937 #2-#3
3 April 1937 #1
14 April 1937 #1
13 May ... Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-17.75m. upper and lower dump fills.
.2=17.75-19.25m. upper |
| 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 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 146, 147, figs. 3, 4 ... Agora V, p. 125. |
Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2
18 June 1937 #1-#4
19 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXII, p. 298. |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins:
8 May 1937 #3
14 May 1937 #1
Coins from dump:
27 May 1937 #2-#9
28 May 1937 #3-#11 Subdivisions:
.1=16.00-17.00m.
.2=17.00-18.00m.
.3=18.00-19.00m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D ... Coins:
8 May 1937 #3
14 May 1937 #1
Coins from dump:
27 May 1937 #2-#9
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| 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 ... 29.00-30.40m.
.6=Layer VI, ...
5 April 1937 #1-#3
6 April 1937 #1-#7
7 April 1937 #1-#32
8 April |
Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXIX, p. 461. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Rotroff (1987a), p. 191 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), pp. 95, 107-108, nos. 1-6, p. 108, no. 1. |
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 ... 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, P ... (no subdivision): P 10775, P 34895.
Containers ... Coins:
2 June 1937 #1
7 June 1937 #1-#7
11 June 1937 #1-#4 (from Dump) |
Well I: archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis below the Klepsydra. Diameter ca. 1.10m. Water level ca. -9.50m. Substantial use filling in the lower 0.75m. In the upper debris filling both the ... End of 6th c. B.C. - Early Byzantine ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Agora XII, p. 399. |
Well S: Late Neolithic, West of Klepsydra. Water level ca. -2.80 ... Late Neolithic ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Agora XIII, p. 275. |
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 ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 325, no. 6 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 47. |
Lower fill:
See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed.
Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds.
Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507.
Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no ... Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P ... (Section Β), P 5878, L 1866. |
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 ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 263, n. 130 ... Agora IV, p. 235. |
Well M: Middle Helladic. West of Klepsydra.
Diameter, top c. 1x0.80m; bottom ca. 0.75m. No water ... Middle Helladic ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Agora XIII, p. 275. |
Well V: Late Neolithic, West of Klepsydra.
Diameter at 2.00 (when first preserved), bottom ca. 0.75m. Water level ca -4.00m ... Late Neolithic ... preserved), bottom ca. 0.75m. Water |
Well T: Middle Helladic. Close to Paved Building. Diameter ca. 0.75-0.80m.
No apparent water, but a thin layer of sand at the bottom ... Middle Helladic ... Well T: Middle Helladic. Close to Paved Building. Diameter ca. 0.75-0.80m.
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