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Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier |
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. |
Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.
This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates |
Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels.
Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C. |
A dumped filling including red figured fragments of the second quarter of the 4th c. B.C. Coins:
25 June 1931 #12 (in strosis above pottery deposit) 15 November 1952, going through the containers Tin 59-Box ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
A very homogeneous dumped filling and no period of use. Apparently a failure as a well.
T 263-T 289 resorted and reduced August 1967. Cf. BI 157 "from behind the curbing of the well by Stoa pier 3." Estimated ... Ca. 470-460 B.C. |
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. |
Filling behind retaining wall of Stoa of Zeus. The remains of unfired clay adhering to the interior of various pieces make it probable that the material in this filling is a mass of debris from the floor ... Ca. 435-425 B.C. |
Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
Filling inside N room of Temple of Apollo, including directly under the foundations of the N room ... Ca. 350 B.C. and earlier |
Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers).
Locations include:
SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C. |
A pit, perhaps a well, extending beneath the foundations of [Building D, the Primitive Bouleuterion] the Hellenistic Metroon. Not completely dug due to its position. A dumped filling so far as dug, apparently ... Ca. 575-525 B.C. |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
A strosis into which were set the foundations of house of 7th c. B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i) ... 8th-7th c. B.C. |
Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road).
Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C. |
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. |
Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C. |
Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C.
Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C. |
Formerly G 13:5.
Cleared to a depth of 8.50m. where further collapse made work impossible. Use filling not reached. Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211. Upper ... Ca. 425-375 B.C. |
| Pocket, identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR. Possibly disturbed. Outside south wall of building. Concentration of pottery in a small pocket below a "Hellenistic" fill. There is no mention of bone or ... First quarter 4th c. B.C. |
Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. Coins:
10 August 1961 #5 ... 325-275 B.C. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C. |
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. |
Pocket in bedrock, 50/Λ (= Trench, 50-54/Λ), measuring 4.00x0.60m, 0.60-0.90m deep; possibly cutting for wall foundation Coins:
22 April 1932 #1 ... 330-300 B.C. |
Small pocket between the tumbled wall of large conglomerate blocks and Drain 2 ... 4th c. B.C. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus; depth at 9.65m; scanty dumped fillings. From about 3.20m to the bottom, little but tile fragments appeared; in the fillings above, the lower is characterized by ... Ca. 350-290 B.C. |
Dimensions 2.86x1.50x0.70m in depth; stratified fill in rockcut pit (three rockcut steps leading down at one end) which apparently served as a rubbish dump (pottery fragments with carbon and ash). Coins: ... Ca. 410-250 B.C. |
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. |
Civic Offices, North Pit, Room 1. Filling mixed to Hellenistic; some archaic material ... Prehistoric- 6th c. B.C.- Hellenistic. |
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. |
Near the SW corner of the market square beneath the north part of the Heliaia (?).
No clear distinction in the filling, either of date or of character, could be observed but the presence of a number of ... Ca. 625-570 B.C. |
Well at 62/ΙΑ, 63/ΙΑ, at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling in the lowest meter of the shaft.
The upper part of the shaft was filled with clay containing only occasional fragments of pottery; ... Ca. 600-540 B.C. |
Well at 75/ΚΖ (75/ΚΗ, 76/ΚΣΤ-ΚΖ). A dumped filling; an accumulation for the most part of the late 6th and early 5th centuries.
Tiled well; of the lining only a single set of tiles, of unusual make, remained ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. |
| At the northwest foot of Areopagus. Square stone-curbed well with no clear evidence for a period of use; appears to be a single dump ... Ca. 500 B.C. |
Digging terminated at 14.50m. due to falling bedrock. Scanty pottery remains at 10.00m. In the mouth and upper part of the shaft was a heavy dumped filling of much shattered fragments, for the most part ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C. |
Exploration in the peristyle of the Heliaea (1960); evidence for rebuilding in the third quarter of the 4th c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as 1st-2nd c. A.D. Date of reconstruction ca. 325 B.C ... Ca. 350- 325 B.C. |
Red Figure Pocket in front of Retaining Wall at 74-77/ΛΖ-ΛΘ.
Pit , a large cutting in bedrock, irregular in outline, reaching a depth of ca. 1m; dumped filling of alternating layers-broken pottery fragments ... Ca. 430-410 B.C. |
| Plan of the Agora showing wells (6th to 4th centuries B.C.) and cisterns (4th century B.C.) ... John Travlos A. H. Hero Athanassiades ... For IT-BAS publication. Two Heliotypes.
Oversize, scanned summer 2019. 84-166 84-166 Fragile Torn Stained Dirty Repaired Faded Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink
Pencil ... 6th to 4th centuries B.C. |
| Definitions of anatomy of pottery for Lucy Talcott |
| Measuring jar: 4-chous kados ... Hero Athanassiades Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (H. Athanassiades).
Fragments a and b. 82-477 82-477 ... 2008
1959 |
| Profiles for Agora XII ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou).
Cf. Agora XII pl. 10, no. 189. 83-176 83-176 ... 1962
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 83-23 83-23 ... 1961
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) ... 1961
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 83-24 83-24 ... 1961
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) 83-23 83-23 Fragile Stained Light Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Agora XII ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 82-577 82-577 Fragile Stained Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1960
2008 |
Black glaze profiles for Brian A. Sparkes ... Nina Travlou ... 82-591 82-591 Stained Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961 |
| Classical profiles for Agora XII ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 82-577 82-577 Stained Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1960
2008 |
Profiles for Agora XII ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) 83-176 83-176 Fragile Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 2008
1962 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) 83-62 83-62 Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) 83-62 83-62 Stained Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Agora XII ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou) 82-665 82-665 Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1960
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 83-24 83-24 Stained Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961
2008 |
| Profile drawing of chytra ... M.H. Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) 82-476 82-476 Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 2008 |
| Method of making palmette stamps on Attic Black Glaze vases (a and b) |
| Classical profiles for Agora XII ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 82-670 82-670 Stained Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1960
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| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 83-62 83-62 Stained Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961
2008 |
| Brazier; profile and plan ... Martin R. Jones Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch).
P 8312 is fragment a. 82-475 82-475 ... 1958
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Agora XII ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). 83-66 83-66 Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1960
2008 |
| Graffiti on coarsewares for Lucy Talcott ... Nina Travlou Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (N. Travlou). Light Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1962
2008 |
| Classical profiles for Lucy Talcott publication ... Hero Athanassiades Fred N. Ley Kathleen Lynch ... Linked image is a redrawn digital version (F. N. Ley and K. Lynch) of the original (H. Athanassiades). Dirty Light Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1961
2008 |
| Actual state plan of the Athenian Agora ... PD 400-1952 Horizontal (normal) ... 1937-1973 |
| Plan of the Agora showing wells (6th to 4th centuries B.C.) and cisterns (4th century B.C.) ... John Travlos A. H. H. Athanassiades ... PD 1230 Horizontal (normal) ... 1962-1965 |
| About two thirds of circumference preserved with parts of all elements restored in plaster.
Spreading profile. Heavy moldings: ovolo surmounted by cavetto, around bottom. Lighter moldings: on top ovolo ... 29 May 1937, 1 June 1937 |
| Parts of rim and nearly a quarter of wall missing; restored in plaster.
A cylindrical drum, tapering around top. Heavy rim, flat on top and sharply profiled; lower wall thickened to form heavy collar ... 28 May-16 June 1938 |
| Flat base rim. Body tapers quickly and moves in. Broad glaze band at bottom. Pinkish buff clay with bits; gray core, light surface; black glaze mostly peeled. Seventh century well below east part of Odeion ... July 1946 |
| Fragments were found a little above and below this depth, but most came from it. Solid foot.
Few bands of decoration; one lotus at neck, two incised lines and stamped decoration on body.
Clay reddish ... 13 May 1938 |
One side largely restored but profile complete. Echinus rim and foot; glaze on inside, rim and in one narrow band on outer wall.
Pinkish clay. Dull black glaze, thin and worn. The context, a filling ... 1 June 1965 |
Mended from two fragments; small parts missing from rim and foot; much chipped. Low flat foot with raised center; low flaring sides; wide inturned rim. Glazed inside and out; base reserved except for inside ... 1 June 1965 |
| P.H 0.09 Profile preserved from lip to middle of stem, with stubs of kylix handles. Profiled rim.
On neck is inscribed on applied clay: ΑΦ[Ρ]ΟΔΙΤΗΣ Finished Leica PD 1144-4a |
Squat lekythos with vertical ribs.
Bit of wall and foot only. Ring foot the outer face and the resting surface reserved; a reserve band at the outer edge inside the foot. Impressed decoration on wall: ... |
Mended from many pieces. Preserved is part of the neck, shoulder and one handle of a small plain amphora. Short straight neck with rolled rim slightly flaring; rounded shoulder, band handle from below ... 1949 |
Center of floor, with most of foot and start of wall, preserved. Neat flat foot; lower wall slightly concave, marked off by a broad and a narrow reserved line. Space within foot glazed, save for a reserved ... 16 July 1949 |
About one-third preserved. Small clay ring with spreading base (or rim), and vertical collar with groove on top (or bottom).
Pinkish-buff clay, covered with black glaze, save for top of collar which ... 8 June 1949 |
| About half preserved; broken and repaired along line of ancient mend; two rivet holes preserved, with lead in one. Lid slightly domed, with downturned rim. Large handle, like ring foot, projecting; grooved ... 4 July 1949 |
| Mended from many pieces; fragments of rim and body missing. Open bowl with incurving rim and ring foot; foot grooved on resting surface; inside of foot forms continuous curve with bottom of bowl, which ... 9 August 1949 |
| Much of downturned rim missing; otherwise complete save minor chips; battered and worn. Substantial ring foot, grooved on resting surface; the undersurface, within foot, rises to a low cone; rather shallow ... 10 August 1949 |
| Four joining fragments of plate with wide convex rim and overhanging lip. Ring foot with groove on resting surface; moulded rings within.
Glaze on inside fired red save for narrow black band at edge; ... 30 April 1949 |
Small fragment from the top of a black glazed askos with moulded decoration: wing. Cf. A 18-19:1 Present surface of wall B in ostrakon fill. 8330 Leica ... October 1949 |
| Rim fragment from small semi-glazed krater with rolled rim.
Inscribed inside:
Dull black glaze inside and on rim. Ostrakon fill, first layer under wall B. 8330 Leica PD 1104-2b ... 20 October 1949 |
| Rim fragment from a large mortar. Rim flat on top, with vertical face projecting slightly from wall.
Inscribed on outside of rim: Ostrakon fill, sand. 8332 Leica PD 1111-g ... 21 October 1949 |
| Fragment of foot, and a little of floor of a substantial open pot with flaring ring foot: semi-glazed krater?
Inscribed on inner surface of foot: Red gravelly fill under wall B, ostrakon fill. 8330 ... 20 October 1949 |
Broken all around.
Fragment from side with guilloche pattern in relief.
Thick fabric, red at core, light brown and highly micaceous on surface. Sherds from same fill in B 654. Poros Building floor, second ... 11 June 1949 |
Flat-topped rim with vertical overhanging moulded outer edge. Light buff clay with bits in it; traces of red paint on moulded edge. Small hole pierced through rim; no trace of lead so probably not used ... 15 June 1949 |
Mended from several pieces; base and one side missing. Heavily thickened downturned rim, flat-topped spurred handle. Wreath in added clay around upper wall. Four linked palmettes stamped in center of floor ... 3 May 1949 |
Two joining fragments preserve less than a third of flat-bottomed basin, probably a mortar. Drill marks on present preserved top, showing that upper wall has been deliberately cut off. Groove around side ... 12 May 1949 |
Two corner fragments of a square or rectangular flat-bottomed shallow bowl (or lid). At each corner a projecting prong.
Attic. Worn black glaze, red in places. Cistern. 193 Leica ... 20 February 1932 |
| Mended from many pieces. Small chips missing including one corner of one handle. Squat rim type. Moulded foot, concave inside, scraped groove on resting surface. Scraped groove at juncture of body with ... 10 June 1971 |
| Intact. Moulded foot with scraped groove with miltos at junction of mouldings. Groove under glaze on resting surface with narrow scraped band inside concave undersurface. Plain rim. Long thin spurs on ... 5 July 1971 |
| Intact. Ring foot, groove under glaze in resting surface. Underside recessed with nipple at center. Rim slopes inward. Glazed all over.
Peeling black glaze. Light orange clay.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 949 ... 5 July 1971 |
Complete except for small chip; mended from two pieces. Thick ring foot, slightly moulded at top; low bowl with concave lip, offset inside and out; two horizontal handles, attached just below lip and rising ... 12 July 1971 |
Complete except for chips from base. Recessed underside; convex wall.
Scratched cross or X on bottom:
Orange clay. Thick dark brown glaze, worn.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 890, ca. 500 B.C.
Cf. Hesperia 62 ... 17 July 1971 |
Intact. Torus ring foot; bell handle; slightly inward-sloping rim.
Orange to buff clay. Reddish-brown glaze; glazed inside. On the outside, reserved are: underside of foot, resting surface, upper half ... 17 July 1971 |
| Half of lower part, with foot completely chipped away. Convex underside, glazed. Concave wall flaring out to foot at bottom.
Black glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, nos. 934-937 (425-325 B.C.).
Cf. Hesperia Suppl ... (18 June 1987) |
| Small segment, from rim to foot, with lowest part of foot missing. Flaring foot, incurved rim, with body slightly thickened below rim.
Black glaze below, brown above, with stacking circle. Glaze peeling ... 24 July 1972 |
| Mended from three pieces; about half preserved, all but part of one handle missing. Moulded ring foot, narrow resting surface, slightly bevelled, reserved. Underside has reserved band at edge, reserved ... (19 June 1987) |
| Two joining fragments of rim and upper body. Concave rim, deep body.
Shiny black glaze.
Cf. Agora XII, no. 617, ca. 410.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 25 (1992), p. 6, n. 19. Catalogued 1 July 1987. Central ... (1 July 1987) |
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