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Mould fragments ... 4th B.C. |
Mould fragments ... 4th B.C. |
Mould fragments ... 4th B.C. |
Mould fragments ... 4th B.C. |
| 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. |
| Filling in eastern channel at W. end of casting pit A 16:1. Early Roman (1st c. A.D.) but with some later disturbances (3rd. and 4th. c. A.D. and Byz.). P 25747 (VG thinks strayed from A 16:1)
Estimated ... 1st. c. A.D. |
| Hole (Well) and adjoining water channel with 4th c. pottery, probably a dumped fill.
At a depth of about -5.70m we started yielding some very crude potsherds, clearly not made on the wheel (maybe Prehistoric) ... Prehistoric-Roman |
| Listed in notebook as at 6/ΛΗ but later found to be at 12/ΛΗ.
Originally B 16:1.
Large cistern distinguished by a short (1.75m) blind tunnel running SW from its floor, and a shallow (ca. 0.80m originally) ... Ca. 150 B.C. |
| 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. |
South House, Room 12, over pebble mosaic floor. Herulian destruction debris in a house. Coins:
29 April 1956 #1-#7
2 May 1956 #1-#3
9 May 1956 #1
26 May 1956 #1-#4
2 June 1956 #1-#4 PD 1350 ... 9 May 1956 |
P.H. 1.98m; greatest diameter 1.70; wall thickness 0.20. The walls are of rubble set in clay, and the bottom is flat. Pottery was coarse Byzantine sherds but discarded except for one graffito ... 25 May 1956 |
| 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. |
| General view of section from the north ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| General view of section from the east ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Detail of southern half of area showing depth of modern filling (more than the height of a man). From northeast ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| General view of section from the north ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| General view of section from the north at close of work (a little more earth was taken the following week) ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Byzantine Wall before removal of red fill ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| At the right is the step leading from the threshold block with the room. The miniature oinochoe is circled. At the upper and lower left is the Byzantine Wall ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Roof tile and destruction debris in southwest corner of kitchen ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Byzantine Quarry showing two large boulders ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Northwest corner of room showing how amphora ΠΠ 953 was found ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Southwest corner of room showing how amphora ΠΠ 949 was found ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pit in southwest corner before digging rest of the floor ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Wheelbarrow stands on plateia level ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Byzantine Plateia from the east ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Well at 4/ΜΗ. Looking south from tower ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Rectangular cistern and Well at 4/ΜΗ. Looking south from tower ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Rectangular cistern looking south from tower. Bronze casting pit with only chalikia removed on bottom left ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Zig zag wall. Looking south from tower ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Level of Byzantine plateia looking southwest from tower ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Dromos to bronze casting pit before digging and rectangular cistern. Looking east ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Well at 3/Ε ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| 1956 Team ... AMS 2211 Horizontal (normal) ... 30 May 1956 |
| Ivory veneer of cabinet door as it was found impressed into the earth of Room 12's last floor. Picture from the west ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Scarp of older Byzantine Wall in area of Byzantine House A ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Roman drain from east showing western half of drain exposed. The bricks must at one time have formed a manhole which has since settled in such a way as to block the drain ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| 1/ΚΓ-ΚΑ (later extended so that it is actually 1/ΚΓ-ΙΘ). From the west ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| 1/ΚΓ-ΚΑ (later extended so that it is actually 1/ΚΓ-ΙΘ). From the south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Well 3/Ε from above and west before curbing was removed ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pithos at 7/Γ ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pithos 3/Γ ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pithos 5/Γ ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pithos at 6/Η ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pithoi 1/ΣΤ and 2/ΣΤ from northeast ... AMS 2358 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 May 1956 |
| Closeup of cutting in floor of casting pit ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pithos E in foreground. Late Pit and Turkish gate in background. Looking north ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Patch of dining room floor and garden. Turkish gate in background. Looking North ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Patch of dining room floor and garden. Turkish gate in background. Looking North ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Western Cut. Four Pithoi ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Western Cut. Four Pithoi ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Stones laying on the Byzantine chalikia. Looking southwest ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Ivory veneer of cabinet door directly from above ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Lid of terracotta drain from north and above ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Photo from west shows how the big conglomerate blocks which were used to support the walls of the Roman drain were set into the 4th century road metal ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| From the west. The urinal is at the right. In the upper right hand corner is the floor of South House Room 12. The latrine starts 0.80 meters west at the plaster which indicates a room west of South House ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| From the east. Urinal at left. Beyond urinal is road metal of the 4th century road. Resting on this road metal is a bit of the East-West stone drain. To the right of the drain are the blocks of the northwest ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Photo taken from the south shows how the plaster impinges on the stone drain ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Cistern mouth in trench at 8/Λ ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Southeast corner of Room 19 after digging. From the west ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| View of the garden court from west and above ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| 4th century A.D. wall and wall at 4/ΜΗ looking south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Section in the west wall of Room 20 showing construction of the wall against which Wall 4/ΜΗ is built as seen from the east ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Pits and their relation to the corner formed by the west kitchen wall and the East-West Wall joining it at 16/ΛΖ. From southeast ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| General view of the area cleared to ancient levels. At center, casting pit (Deposit A 16:1); at right, well at 4/ΜΗ; in background, rooms of the South House ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) east 2283 ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); in foreground (right of center) well at 3/ΜΒ (Deposit A 16:3) ... AMS east 2285 ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Near views of casting pit area cleared to ancient levels (Deposit A 16:1); at upper left, well at 4/ΜΗ ... AMS west 2286 ... 14 Apr 1956 |
| Foundations of the Draco Gate in the Turkish city wall (1778), looking towards the Areopagus and the Acropolis ... AMS southeast 2311 ... 28 Apr 1956 |
| Draco Gate in the Turkish city wall (1778), showing relation of gate to Roman houses below ... AMS west 2312 ... 30 Apr 1956 |
| Cistern with storage amphorae as found. View showing mouth of passage leading off to the southwest ... AMS south 2306 ... 30 Apr 1956 |
| Cistern with storage amphorae as found. View looking down from northwest side ... AMS southeast 2307 ... 30 Apr 1956 |
| Bronze casting pit, 4th c. B.C. Deposit A 16:1. Cf. Hesperia 26 (1957), pl. 28, b ... AMS east 2290 ... 2 May 1956 |
| "Kitchen" in the South House: view showing pits below floor ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) south 2247 ... 2 May 1956 |
| "Kitchen" in the South House: view showing pits below floor ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) east 2248 ... 2 May 1956 |
| Built pithos ... AMS west 2320 ... 2 May 1956 |
| Cistern passage with two amphorae at far end, upside down, as found ... AMS 2308 ... 9 May 1956 |
| View showing settling basin and, at the bottom, the entrance to a short blind tunnel ... AMS south 2310 ... 14 May 1956 |
| General view of a Byzantine house. In foreground, rubble wall foundations of Byzantine House A. To right of center, foundations for Turkish gate, and floors of South House, Rooms 12 and 27. In background, ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) north 2341 ... 21 May 1956 |
| View showing relationship of Turkish gate foundations to rubble wall foundations of Byzantine House A. The floor areas shown enclosed by the walls are those of South House, Rooms 12 and 27 ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) 2340 ... 21 May 1956 |
| Rubble wall foundations and pithoi of House B in foreground, House A in middleground ... AMS south 2350 ... 22 May 1956 |
| View of the casting pit showing the cutting in bedrock floor. Deposit A 16:1 ... AMS east 2291 ... 24 May 1956 |
| Pithoi 5/Ε and 7/Ε in foreground, Byzantine House B in middleground, Byzantine House A behind ... AMS south 2352 ... 25 May 1956 |
| View showing rubble foundations for walls of Byzantine House A after removal of Turkish gate. The floor in right background is that of the South House courtyard ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) east 2342 ... 25 May 1956 |
| Detailed view of Room 12. In center, Roman elliptical drain: to right of it, South House urinal. Upper right, pebble mosaic floor of South House, Room 12, and martyr of earth floor. Middle right, fragmentary ... Cf. "Excavation summary 1948" for miscellaneous name of South House in notebooks. (SD) east 2378 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1956 |
| Coins. Removal of Modern and Late Fill in Western Part of Section ... ΠΠ-12 2201, 2202 ... Jun 27 1953 |
| ΠΠ-12 2203, 2204 Section ΠΠ 477 Section ΠΠ 478 ... 1860 |
| ΠΠ-12 2205, 2206 Section ΠΠ 479 Section ΠΠ 480 Section ΠΠ 481 ... Apr 8 1953 |
| ΠΠ-12 2207, 2208 ΠΠ:1953.0427:1 ΠΠ:1953.0427:2 ΠΠ:1953.0427:3 ΠΠ:1953.0427:4 ΠΠ:1953.0427:5 ΠΠ:1953.0427:6 ΠΠ:1953.0427:7 ΠΠ:1953.0427:8 ΠΠ:1953.0427:9 ΠΠ:1953.0427:10 ΠΠ:1953.0427:11 ΠΠ:1953.0427:12 ΠΠ:1953.0427:13 ... Modern greek |
| ΠΠ-12 2209, 2210 ... 1947 |
| ΠΠ-12 2211, 2212 ΠΠ:1956.0225:1 ΠΠ:1956.0225:2 ΠΠ:1956.0225:3 ΠΠ:1956.0225:4 ΠΠ:1956.0303:1 ΠΠ:1956.0303:2 ΠΠ:1956.0303:3 ΠΠ:1956.0303:4 Section ΠΠ 498 ... Arabic |
| ΠΠ-12 2213, 2214 ΠΠ:1956.0303:5 ΠΠ:1956.0316:1 ΠΠ:1956.0316:2 ΠΠ:1956.0316:3 ΠΠ:1956.0316:4 ΠΠ:1956.0323:1 ΠΠ:1956.0323:2 ΠΠ:1956.0323:3 ΠΠ:1956.0323:4 ΠΠ:1956.0323:5 ΠΠ:1956.0323:6 ... Athenian Imperial |
| Mosaic Floor. East-West Street. Kitchen. Rock Outcrop. Street of Marble Workers ... ΠΠ-12 2215, 2216 |
| Kitchen. Room 23. Room 24. Room 19. Room 22. Room 21. Room 20 ... ΠΠ-12 2217, 2218 ... Mar 14 1956 |
| Floor Level. Green Schist. Kitchen. Carbonized Matter. Modern Well (Undug). Lighter Red Fill. Room 23. Chalikia. Dark Red Destruction Fill. Room 24. Brown Fill. Room 21. Pithos ... ΠΠ-12 2219, 2220 |
| Room 19. Destruction Fill. Wall. Chalikia. Undug. Floor Level. Room 18 ... ΠΠ-12 2221, 2222 ... Mar 16 1956 |
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