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Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7
Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8.
Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by ... 17 May 1971 ... Agora XXVI, p. 315 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 136ff. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 100-101 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 303-304 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 217-218, pl. 41. |
| An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 108-128, fig. 12 ... Agora XXVI, p. 309 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 325-327. |
This shaft in the NE corner of House A, Room III, depth of one tile, is perhaps connected with drain A. Coins:
13 May 1940 #1-#13
14 May 1940 #2-#101 ... Early 3rd. c. B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 302 ... Hesperia 11 (1942), p. 223. |
Pits at 95/ΚΑ and 97/ΚΑ, in bottom of Post Sullan drain. Sandy filling in two pits in the bedrock, about 2.00m. apart, at the bottom of the so-called Post-Sullan drain, which replaced the abandoned section ... To ca. 86 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 304 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 19-22, pls. 1-4. |
| Enclosure within Roman Circular Building. The finds apparently reflect the entire area inside the enclosure. Pottery lot ΒΓ 515 identifies the deposit as layer 10 and coin #895 from layer 11 says "layer ... 12-18 August 1971
9-10 May 1972 ... Agora XXVI, p. 311 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2. |
Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill.
Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 309 ... Hesperia 57 (1988), pp. 89-90, fig. 1 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 311-313, pls. 75-76. |
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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 312 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 364-365. |
| Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.
Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 345-346 ... Agora XXVI, p. 312 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 276-292. |
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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 305 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182. |
| Date of filling early third c. B.C.
Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins:
12 August ... 310-220 B.C ... Coins:
12 August 1957 #1-#3
13 August 1957 #1 |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... Agora XXVI, p. 311 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 42. |
Construction fill below floor of Brick Building.
Areas involved:
a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor.
b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room.
c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end ... Agora XXVI, p. 317 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), p. 29 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 315-318, pls. 75-76. |
Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ (Coroplasts' Dump) outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way.
Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to ... To ca. 330-320 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 317 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 120-164. |
| Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic.
Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 301 ... Hesperia 52 (1983), p. 262. |
A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous ... 350-325 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 305 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 149. |
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR.
Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 305 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 178, no. 2. |
Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill.
14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 312 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50. |
| 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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 311 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 301, 317. |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 313 ... Hesperia 31 (1962), p. 246, no. 10. |
| Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC.
The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 100, pls. 28 a-b ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 350-356. |
The West Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 225-165 B.C ... Byzantine. [Hesperia 3 (1934), p. |
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 XXVI, p. 308 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 11-15, pls. 1-4. Pillaging fill of Building F ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 111-121. |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 316 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 100, nn. 15, 116 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 174. |
| 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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 309 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 369-392. |
Coins
20 May 1957 #1-#55
21 May 1957 #1-#79 P 26235 and P 26236 have nothing to do with the coins. Found in lower floor by pit ... Destroyed 267 A.D ... Coins
20 May 1957 #1-#55
21 May 1957 #1-#79 |
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 XXVI, pp. 304-305 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 47 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 325, no. 6. |
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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 307 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), p. 267. |
The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C ... Agora XXVI, pp. 307-308 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 74, 100, nn. 19, 117 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 345 ff. |
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 XXVI, p. 308 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 77 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C ... Agora XXVI, pp. 302-303 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 15-19, pls. 1-4 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 262-263. |
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 26 (1957), pp. 341, 346, under nos. 17, 42, 44 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 309-310 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 71, 74, 88, n. 7. |
| 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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 312 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 283-284, nos. 8, 14, 17. |
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 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 306-307 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 100, n. 116 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), pp. 252-259. |
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 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 312-313 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 74, n. 19 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70. |
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 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 53 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 133-134 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 208. |
| 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 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 313-314 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), pp. 66-67. |
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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 307 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit) X) ... Hesperia 53 (1948), pp. 343-351, pl. 67:3, 10-16 (selection of pottery). |
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated.
Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 314 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 73, n. 15 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 364-365. |
Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 28 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376. |
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 ... Agora XXVI, p. 316 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 77, n. 32 ... Hesperia 71 (2002), pp. 303, 315, 319, n. 39. |
Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVI in notebook. Loose earth with bones. Coins:
14 March 1939 #1 ... 25 February 1939
18 March 1939 ... Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVI in notebook. Loose earth with bones. |
Cistern System #3: East Chamber at 69/Λ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/ΛΣΤ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos ... 175-125 B.C ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 52 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 220 (deposit XXIX) ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50. |
West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman ... excavation of 1957 titled "Road ... #1-#8
17 April 1957 #2-#3
30 April 1957 #2, #7-#8
7 May 1957 #2-#3
9 May 1957 |
| Grave XXVI in notebook = RSY Grave 12 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. or sightly later ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 93-95, pl. 42 a-c (Grave 12) ... Hesperia 10 (1941), pp. 1-2 and fig. 1. |
Pit at 52/ΞΕ ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), p. 468 ... Hesperia 27 (1958), p. 159, no. 25. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 225, 200, table 2 ... Hesperia 27 (1958), pp. 148-153. |
Pit in SW corner of Heliaia Peristyle (mint).
The four Athenian imperial coins (Κ-1641 - Κ-1644) belong to the Athenian Imperial Group III, a series that can be very closely dated to the middle of the ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... deposit notebook)
Cf. Hesperia |
Klepsydra: Filling in antechamber, behind the parapet of the Klepsydra. Dated to the time of the rebuilding of the springhouse after the Sullan sack, but containing earlier material. Coins:
31 May 1938 ... Second quarter of 5th c. to middle of 1st c. B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006) ... Hesperia 44 (1975), p. 384 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), p. 157, no. 154. |
| 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) ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 72. |
| Contents of Pithos Y; probably belonging to sacrificial pyre III.
In northern corner of courtyard. Characteristic pyre pottery in fill of one of two pithoi set into the floor of the courtyard as part ... 400-350 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 57, pp. 170, 171, figs. 105, 107. |
| Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male?
[JP]
Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male?
[JP]
Boots |
| 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 ... Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 325. |
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