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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 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 168 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
| Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian ... Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m ... 2.90-3.85m. a passage opens out to ...
.1=dump+top-1.60m.+1.60-3.95m.
.2=3.95-5.20m.
.3=5.20m.-Bottom |
| 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, 32.00-32.50m.
.2=Layer II, ... 29.00-30.40m.
.6=Layer VI ... Group M); dumped filling of |
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 ... cistern ... lies 3.55m. below ...
.3=Layer VI
.4=Layer V
.5=Layer ... 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, P |
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 ... E-F 2-3:2 ... E-F 2-3:2 |
| 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 ...
Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D.
Fill VI: mixed ... -22.8m. |
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. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old).
Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list.
Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... F 16:3 ... F 16:3 |
N-S Cut on 20m. 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 that bordered ... Protogeometric to Late Roman ... N-S Cut on 20m. line ... "Augustan"
Layer VI: chiefly 4th ... Early Roman
Layer II |
Well at 19/ΚΔ, beneath the west colonnade of the Square Market Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Diameter ca. 1.25m. Water level ca. -3.50m. The construction of the well was rather careless, ... Ca. 580-560 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 212 ... Agora IV, p. 244. |
| Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre)
Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... II, into which it had been ... as late as layer II, and ... I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) |
Well at 75/Ε. Dumped debris of Herulian destruction, including much material from the first half of the 3rd c ... 3rd c. A.D ... M 20:2 ... M 20:2 |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... -4.82m. |
Fillings in a stone-curbed well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Diameter (shaft)1.45m. Water level -5.20m. Drain at mouth 0.58m., increasing to a regular 74m. Coin:
24 July 1947 #5 Subdivisions: ... 350-325 B.C./3rd c. B.C ... 350-325 B.C./3rd c. B.C ... -8.1m. |
West Chamber of Cistern System #2. This chamber filled earlier than the East Chamber. No stratification but at 3.80m. considerable pottery of the late 5th c. B.C., as in 60/ΛΗ cistern, presumably a portion ... First half of 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXII, p. 295. |
| David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C ... J 3:7 ... J 3:7 |
Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXIX, p. 461. |
Coins:
9 April 1937 #3-#4
10 April 1937 #3-#4
12 April 1937 #2
13 April 1937 #1-#3 ... Ca. 300-140 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 345. |
| Well cut into bedrock, associated with late Roman building G in ΕΛ 1.2m in diameter, narrows to 0.5m at bottom. Disturbed by later pits at top. Excavated from 85.77-79.25m (6.52m), but bedrock at 85.91m ... Late 4th/early 5th AD ... T 22:3 ... T 22:3 |
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 ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... -3.05m. |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz ... -17.6m. |
| David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!"
ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to ... "No grave goods!"
ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins:
8 May 1937 #3
14 May 1937 #1
Coins from dump:
27 May 1937 #2-#9
28 May 1937 #3-#11 Subdivisions:
.1=16.00-17.00m.
.2=17.00-18.00m.
.3=18.00-19.00m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 234. |
| Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II.
Found right beneath the stuccoed channel built for sluicing in the 1st c. A.D., and must have been partly disturbed when the channel was constructed. It may ... Ca. 250 B.C ... J/16-3/1,3/2 ... 51.61-51.57m. |
| David Scahill ... Protogeometric/Early Geometric well under floors in Room 1, Classical Building II, on north side of south ashlar wall. See J 3:9 for the burial within this well.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, ... 27 June 2001
17 July 2002 ... J 3:8 ... J 3:8 |
POU 3.50-10.30m. dumped filling of 5th or 6th century. Coins:
10 May 1949 #1
16 May 1949 #1
17 May 1949 #1-#2
19 May 1949 #1-#2
20 May 1949 #1-#12
21 May 1949 #1-#4 from dump
23 May 1949 #1-#3 from dump ... 3rd-5th c. A.D ... POU 3.50-10.30m. dumped filling of 5th or 6th century ... #1-#3 from dump |
"Oinophorus Well".Tiled well in House H (diameter 0.80m, water level -4.70m). Height of tiles 0.64m Heavy well deposit; lamps,, type XXVII; many basket-handled water jars; oinophoros with labors of Herakles ... Use filling of early 2nd-mid.-3rd c. A.D ... Use filling of early 2nd-mid.-3rd c. A.D ... -10.6m. |
Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N.
Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins:
24 ... 4th. c. B.C ... shaft, in House M, Room 1; no |
Just east of Building II near its south end. The tiles were in place.
Upper filling (to 3.00m.) of Hellenistic-Byzantine dump all discarded.
POU fill a gradual accumulation of typical Justinianian ware ... 6th c. A.D. POU-7th c. A.D ... filling (to 3.00m.) of ... Just east of Building II near its south end. The |
Well at 30/ΛΣΤ Coins (none useful)
25 May 1938 #3-#6
26 May 1938 #3-#4 ... Early 3rd cent and of 4th-6th cent. A.D ... P 18:2 ... P 18:2 |
The well had two upper fills and a stratified deposit at the bottom. The well deposit is divided into two parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c. (with perhaps late 1st. c.).; dumped filling of 5th century. Coins: ... 1st.-3rd. c. A.D ...
.3=19.25-21-35m. lower well deposit to ... parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c ... Coins:
1 April 1937 #2
2 April 1937 #2-#3
3 April 1937 #1
14 April 1937 #1
13 May |
Empty to 4.00m. From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... The presence of fragments of stelae and architectural members near bottom point to dumped ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... -11.25m. |
The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Hesperia 87 (2018), p. 586 ... Agora V, p. 126. |
Well at 19/ΛΓ.
The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5.
Top to -8.5m: Byzantine dump to 11-12th c. A.D.
-8.50m to -15.00m: 4th ... Mid 3rd century A.D ... Mid 3rd century A.D. |
Roman Group L.
Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... -15.95m. |
Upper fill (top to around 4.50m.) was in a pit of large dimensions above the preserved well shaft. From the bottom and shaft proper no catalogued pottery. No tiling in place in well but fragments of tiles ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Hayes (1972), p. 95, n. 2 ... Agora VII, p. 226. |
Well G, just south of Room D. It was finally filled in the 6th c. A.D. with some attractive sculpture. Its contents suggest that the building was not used for metal work, but was purely domestic containing ... 3rd-6th c. A.D ... 3rd-6th c. A.D ... -14m. |
| Upper mixed dumped fill (last quarter 3rd c.-4th c.) with Roman POU below 10.40m. Coins:
16 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
17 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
8 April 1937 #5-#10 (dump)
9 April 1937 ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 146, 147, figs. 3, 4 ... Agora V, p. 125. |
| Laura Gawlinski ... Circular pit uncovered in Early Building II, south of Room E latrine, adjacent to the preserved latrine floor surface. Continues beneath the latrine surface and the western scarp (unexcavated). Fill relatively ... Late 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 137. |
Well-shaft abandoned before use because of crumbling of rock.
From top to 15.00m. a dumped fill predominantly early Roman but containing material of late 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D. A rock filled shaft ... 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D ... 15.00m. a dumped fill ... 15.00m ... #3-#4
14 March 1936 #20
23 March 1936 #3-#4
2 April 1936 #7-#9
3 April 1936 #4-#7
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