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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. |
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 ... 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 II
.3=Layer III
.4=Scraping Bedrock |
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 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 339 ... Agora XII, p. 389 ... Agora XIII, p. 274. |
| 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 ... 29.00-32.00m.
.3=Layer III, ... 23.20-29.00m.
.8=Layer VIII ... Group M); dumped filling of |
| Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson).
"Not a useful well" HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR)
Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C.
Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D.
Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine ... (bottom)-22.25m.
.2= Fill II = 22.25-21.30m.
.3= Fills III, IV, V = 21.30-1.50m.
.4= Fill VI = 1.50m to ... Containers 3-1 (ca. 21.00-20.20m ... HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to |
Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates.
Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Agora XII, p. 394 ... Agora XXIII, p. 333. |
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 ... Agora XII, p. 386 ... Agora XXI, p. 97 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330. |
Well at 56/ΚΣΤ. Diameter 1.05m. Found in 18 April 1938.
Dug in 3 May 1938 ... 600-575 B.C ... -7.2m. |
Continuous filling over its mouth and in it to a depth of -7.30m. Clearly the fill thrown in at the time of Archaic Building, to raise the ground level. The last few centimeters of the well represented ... 550-500 B.C ... Continuous filling over its mouth and in it to a depth of -7.30m. Clearly the |
Mycenaean Grave inside NW corner of N extension of Stoa.
It was set deeply down, ca. 1.50m below the surface. Excavation revealed a single skeleton, extended, with head to east, and legs bent up at the ... Myc. III B ... Agora XIII, pp. 230, 275, pl. 54 (Grave XXVII) ... Agora XXVII, p. 229. |
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 ... Agora VIII, p. 125 ... D'Onofrio (2007), p. 91 ... Agora XII, p. 387. |
Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 158. |
It seems likely that the well was never used due to poor quality of rock. Uniform fill of collapsed bedrock ... 650-625 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 129. |
Well at 3/Ζ (see cistern 21/ΙΗ, upper fill) ... 600-550 B.C.- with some later disturbance ... Agora VIII, p. 131 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora IV, p. 244. |
| Grave 19 in notebook. Bones only AA 3.
Length 2.15m; width 0.63m; depth 0.52m.
Woman' skeleton with head at north. Cover slabs piled at foot of grave, probably by the diggers of Well J 18:8, who rifled ... Late Geometric ... F-G 12:3 ... F-G 12:3 |
Well at 69/ΚΗ (diameter 1m).
The well forms the south apse of the apsidal cutting south of the late Roman entrance porch ... Late 8th c. B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 130. |
Mycenaean Grave below Stoa stylobate opposite pier 21, about 0.75m below the bottom of the Stoa conglomerate foundations. Although only the south side and the west end could be certainly fixed, the dimensions ... Myc. III A-early IIIB ... Myc. III A-early IIIB |
Located in the NE corner of the early peribolos. Probably originally 1.00-1.50m. deeper, the bedrock above having been cut back in late times. Scanty pottery remains; some evidence for a period of use ... Ca. 600-570 B.C ... -5.3m. |
7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C.
Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 129 ... Hesperia 16 (1947), p. 210 ... Agora IV, p. 242. |
Well 3: archaic.
Diameter, top ca. 1; bottom ca. 0.90m. Water level just above ca. -10m Use filling including figured, black and plain wares.
Scanty dumped filling. Upper fill-Dark Age.
Middle fill/Bottom-early ... Last quarter of the 6th c. B.C ... -11.1m. |
| Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C ... E 19:3 ... E 19:3 |
Within the precinct of the Hephaisteion, about 10m. north of the north stylobate of the temple.
Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x 2.73m) probably originally intended as a cistern; used for dumping ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.-Byzantine ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 178, no. 3 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 388. |
Geometric Well at ca. 21/Κ beneath the west colonnade of the Square Peristyle, west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos ... Late 8th century B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Agora XIII, p. 274 ... Agora XXVII, p. 227. |
Archaic Pit at 25/ΙΓ, near the northeast corner of the market square. Filling in upper part of shaft, cleared only to a depth of 3.10m because of rock conditions ... 600-550 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora XII, p. 396. |
Well (diameter 1.10m).
Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 39, pl. 16a (marked D). |
| Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5
Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... -.3m. |
Mycenaean Grave W. of Circular Building. Measuring 1.40m by 0.55m and it was covered with a few rough stone covering slabs, under which lay the skeleton of an adult with the head to the north and the knees ... Myc. III A2-B ... Myc. III A2-B |
| Mycenaean Grave at SE corner of Pier 12 (Burial 9).
There are no traces of dromos, which must have been located at the north and have been cut away by the trench four the south stylobate of the Square ... Myc. III A:1 ... Agora XXVII, p. 230. |
Well at 71/ΛΒ (diameter ca. 1.10m) near the east wall of the entrance porch.
Narrows toward bottom, collapsed at top. Six footholds preserved at south, three at north, spaced at ca. 0.50m. Uniform fill ... Late 8th in early 4th c. B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
| Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent.
Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 408-409, figs. 3-4 and pl. 88. |
Well G: Archaic (lower fill) on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Diameter top to bottom ca 1.0. Coins
22 April 1937 #1-#2 Top fill, to 3.50m; dark Age: nothing catalogued ... 500 - 490 B.C ... -5.95m. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. Bones discarded.
Notebook says: child bones (no skull), no offerings.
Circular cutting in bedrock, about 3m south of D 6:3. Neg. KK 234 ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 34, p. 288, fig. 2.191. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus. Unfinished, probably because of hardness of rock, and refilled at once, perhaps with sanctuary dump and with collapsed rock from the shaft itself.
Diameter 1.15m ... 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 129 ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 242. |
| Mycenaean Burial.
The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27 a-b ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103-105, tables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 |
Geometric Well on the west side, in the line of the Roman Panathenaic way; 3.70m below paving block of street that overhangs well. It was neatly cut, 1.05m. in diameter, but it was dug only to a depth ... Late Geometric, end of 8th century B.C ... 3.70m below paving block of ... a depth of 3.10m, with a ... was neatly cut, 1.05m. in |
| 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) ... bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, |
| 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 ... LH III A:1 ... K/1,3-2/5,6 ... 52.09-51.151m. |
Well at edge of east slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Essentially uniform fill of second half of 8th c. B.C. but some earlier material. Thrown out from destroyed graves ... Early Geometric to third quarter of 8th c. B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 125. |
Rectangular shaft cut in rock with NE-SW orientation. Upper part of grave cut into fill over bedrock; this fill later swept away. Paving of small stones. Few human teeth and ribs.
(Dimensions: L. 1.62m, ... 725-200 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 126. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C ... O 20:3 ... O 20:3 |
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