Title: | Unfinished Well Shaft | |
Category: | Well | |
Description: | A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging a well, since footholds were cut in the sides; the reason for the abandonment was not clear; the rock appeared quite suitable for well-sinking. The filling, 490-480 B.C. and earlier, might however suggest that external circumstances interrupted the project; the neighboring shaft, F 19:4, would then represent a slightly later attempt to provide water supply in this vicinity. "The two fills (Fill I to 1.75m.; and Fill II, 1.75-3.05m.) appear to be contemporary" (deposit nb.). No subdivisions given. | |
Contents: | Lots ΓΓ 499-501: Top to -1.75m (Fill I), black glaze fragments. Lots ΓΓ 502: Top to -1.75m (Fill I), coarse. Lots ΓΓ 503-504: -1.75m to bottom (Fill II), black glaze fragments. Lots ΓΓ 506-511: Top to -1.75m (Fill I), coarse. Lots ΓΓ 512-515: -1.75m to bottom (Fill II), coarse. | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. | |
Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 442-444. | ||
Agora IV, p. 239. | ||
Agora XII, p. 390. | ||
Agora XXI, p. 98. | ||
Agora XXIII, p. 331. | ||
Agora XXX, p. 362. | ||
Chronology: | Ca. 520-480 B.C. | |
Date: | 3-4 May 1939 | |
Section: | ΓΓ | |
Grid: | ΓΓ:47/ΜΖ | |
Elevation: | -3.05m. | |
Masl: | -3.05m. | |
References: | Publications (7) Publication Pages (23) Objects (32) |