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Located beneath line of Poros Gutter, from a square settling basin cut in bedrock at the north end of Trench II, South of Theseion, 1.30m below the modern road surface. The basin is lined with rough-picked ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C.-early 4th c. B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 98. |
| Cistern. Well. Agora XII, p. 388. Agora XXI, p. 97. Agora XII, p. 389. Road. Pit. Other. Fill. Agora XII, p. 390. Agora XXI, p. 98. Agora XII, p. 388-389 ... Agora 23 331 D-E 8-9:1 F 11:2 F 12:3 G 11:4 D-E 18-19 F 12:5 E 2:3 F 12:6 E 13:1 F 12:7 E 14:5 F 13:3 E 14:8 F 14:1 E 14:11 F 19:4 F 19:5 E 15:6 F-G 12:1 E 19:5 E 19:7 G 3:1 E 29:4 G 6:3 E-F 12-14 F 10:1 ... 330-305 B.C ... Agora |
Coins:
16 April 1934 #2
17 April 1934 #1 ... Late Roman- Ca. A.D. 400 ... Agora |
Coins:
26 April 1932 #1
27 April 1932 #1-#2
Only the pottery from last 1.00m of fill retained. Finds recorded in both Δ and Δ'. See Δ nbp. 114 for division of Δ into two parts, northern (Δ) and southern ... 4th c. A.D ... Agora |
| Pit. Well. Agora XII, p. 394. Agora XII, p. 393. Agora XXI, p. 98. Fill. Agora VIII, pp. 128-129. Other. Road. Hesperia 27, 1958, pp. 148-153. Agora XXI, p. 99. Burial. Agora XII, p. 395 ... Agora 23 333 H 12:21 J 14:3 H 13:4 J 18:2 H 13:5 J 18:4 H 17:4 K 13:1 H-I 10:1 K 14:1 H-K 12-14 K 17:1 L 18:2 I 9:1 I 10:1 L-M 7:1 I 14:1 L-M 17-18:1 I 16:1 M 11:3 I 16:4 M 17:4 I 17:1 M 17:7 I 17:2 M ... 7th-Early 6th B.C ... Agora 23 |
| Other. Agora XII, p. 390. Agora XXI, p. 98. Agora XII, p. 392. Well. Agora XII, pp. 390-391. Fill. Agora IV, p. 239. Pit. Agora XII, p. 391. Burial. Dump. Road. Ostraka. Agora XII, p. 393. Agora XII, pp ... Agora 23 332 G-H 10-11 G 11:3 G-I 11-12 G 11:5 H 5-6 G 11:6 H 8-10 G 11:8 H 8:1 G 12:1 H 10:2 G 12:21 H 12:6 G 13:1 H 12:9 G 15:1 H 12:11 G 15:2 H 12:14 G 15:3 H 12:15 G 15:6 G 18:1 H 12:18 ... 500-480 B.C ... Agora 23, s. 348, p. 332 ... Agora-23-348 |
Deposits containing much ash and charcoal, probably to be associated with the Persian sack. Layers IV-VI of trial pit between Stoa piers IV and V ... 1st quarter 5th c. B.C ... Agora |
Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance).
Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... Agora |
Undisturbed fill at 34-36/I-K (Heliaia Peristyle, west aisle).
Two pieces (T 3662 and SS 14440) are recorded as "undoubtedly from Peristyle fill of third quarter of 4th century B.C." although "from area ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C ... Agora |
A tiled well with two periods of use, Byzantine and Late Roman.
Some coarse Byzantine pottery from the upper part. from the lower part, pre-Herulian pottery, lamps and figurines. Also ΑΡ 221 (A 1202) the ... 3rd c. A.D. (before 267 A.D.)
11th-12th c. A.D ... Agora |
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 ... Agora |
| Identified as Pyre by SIR.
Debris filling of the middle of the 4th c. B.C. including the remains of a sacrificial pyre.
Objects dispersed in red-clay fill uncovered in removal of modern staircase. A broken ... 4th c. B.C. disturbed ... Agora |
Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ near the SW corner of the market square, about 10m west of the Southwest Fountain House (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity).
Use filling middle to third quarter ... Ca. 550-525 B.C ... Agora |
Well on Slopes of Kolonos, apparently with two periods of active service. The earlier dating from ca. the turn of the era well down into the 1st c. A.D. Probable that the well was never cleaned out in ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora VII, p. 226. |
Water deposit in Polygonal Drain (43-44/Γ-Ζ and martyra)immediately south of the south foundations of the Middle Stoa. Early branch of the original course of Great Drain. P 2248 added to this deposit by ... Ca. 420-390 B.C ... Agora |
Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road.
For levels in the same road further south, see F-G ... 575-525 B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Agora VIII, p. 129. |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 209. |
| Well west of the Eponymous Heroes monument. The shaft was of irregular width (ca. 0.81m where the full circle was first preserved), sunk in soft bedrock clay much of which had collapsed around the top ... Ca. 600-550 B.C ... Agora |
Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora XII, p. 391. |
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 ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora XII, p. 392 ... Agora XXX, p. 363. |
| 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 ... Agora |
Cistern system West of Bouleuterion: (see also B: cistern system to West of Tholos). Third Chamber from North. A well was dug through the bottom in Byz. times. Cf. deposit F 9:2. Coins:
3 May 1934 #1 ... 160-140 B.C., with Byz. disturbance
Early 3rd to late 2nd c. B.C. POU ... Agora |
This cutting was filled in at the time Road 6 was laid. Homogeneous dumped fill.
This deposit represents fill which was brought in at the time Road 6 at the west end of the Middle Stoa was laid to fill ... Ca. 480 B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora XXIII, p. 333 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
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 ... Agora |
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 ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora XII, p. 393. |
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 ... Agora |
Bottle-shaped cistern with dumped fillings on NW slopes of Areopagus; appears not to have been finished in antiquity: the walls and floor show no traces of stucco.
Lower filling, ca. 375-340 B.C.
Upper ... Ca. 375-275 B.C ... Agora |
Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora XXII, p. 100 ... Agora XXIX, p. 452. |
Piece from bottom of cup or bowl with torus base ring. Reserved band at junction of foot and wall; resting surface reserved and decorated with a broad and two narrow glaze circles and a central dot.
Graffito ... 20 April 1938 ... Max. Dim. 0.087; P.H. 0.022 |
| Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... Agora |
Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ near the SW corner of the market square, about 10m west of the Southwest Fountain House (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity). ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Agora |
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 ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora IV, p. 240 ... Agora X, p. 67. |
Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... At 6.50m. begins use filling with numerous BHWJs and other water ... Late 1st c. to early 3rd cent. and of 4th and 5th cents ... Agora |
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 ... Agora |
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 ... 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, P ... (no subdivision): P 10775, P 34895.
Containers ... Nb.p. 2331: We shall measure depths from the mouth of the cistern, |
| Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE).
Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C ... Agora |
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 ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora VIII, p. 128. |
Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench.
For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Agora |
Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... Agora |
| This filling is the largest deposit of its time found in the Agora. It may be compared with H 6:5 and with N 7:3.
Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m; footholds cut on opposite sides of the shaft ... Ca. 490-450 B.C ... Agora |
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