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Brann, Eva ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 30.2 2 93-146 10.2307_147205 ... 1961 ... Brann, Eva |
Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K).
Brann Well or Pit O. Estimated Grid ... To ca. 725 B.C ... M/5,6-11/16,17 ... -.9m. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVI: PG). Bones discarded.
Only the lower portion of the urn-hole was preserved in bedrock, roughly oval in outline, with a maximum preserved width at the top of 0.70m narrowing ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... top of 0.70m narrowing ... about 0.30m, or just slightly |
Gravel above early road some 5m wide. The bedrock was heavily scored by traffic, and the accumulation of gravel, ca. 0.30m, thick produced Middle Helladic Pottery. This early thoroughfare ran in a northwest-southeast ... Middle Helladic ... Gravel above early road some 5m wide. The bedrock ... gravel, ca. 0.30m, thick |
Cistern at 63/ΞΒ and channel leading west from cistern to west edge of section; also manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ.
Possible further connection with other cisterns, e. g. at east edge of section Υ and/or cistern ... M 19:2 ... M 19:2 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Burials ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Myc. III A:1-2 |
Hellenistic Fill at 70/ΛΣΤ.
Fill in irregular hollow. Pottery resembles Sullan debris, but lack of late duoviri handles suggests deposit slightly predates the sack. Coins
6 March 1937 #1-#4 ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... M 18:2 ... M 18:2 |
Grave of 38 year-old female, head NW, legs drawn up. Apparently unlined cist in bedrock or hard-packed dug-bedrock, its outlines no longer distinguishable from surrounding fill. Above skeleton, a number ... Mycenaean? ... XXXVII.
Cf. M 12:1. |
Well at SE corner of Court of Late Roman Building (Trench C). Estimated Grid ... 12th c. A.D ... M 11:2 ... M 11:2 |
Grave 3 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine ... M 23:2 ... M 23:2 |
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 |
Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D ... M/10,11-18/2,3 ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C ... -2.65--2m. |
Containers 100-105. Coins:
14 April 1937 #11-#14 ... Late 1st-1st half of 2nd c. A.D ... M 17:1.2 ... M 17:1.2 |
| Johanna Hobratschk ... South end of Byzantine Room J, adjacent to Pithos B and under St. Philip's st scarp. Built lining at the E and N side, roughly constructed of some large square blocks and slabs, smaller field stones of ... 21 July-3 August 2006
2011
28 June 2012-16 July 2012 ... M 2:1 ... M 2:1 |
7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C.
Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C ...
Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m ... sides of the shaft, 0.40m |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (adult female). (In some records as Grave XXXI).
The tomb was partly destroyed in antiquity; there are sherds of all periods down to Late Roman (and later) note din the fill immediately above it ... Middle Geometric I ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 21, pp. 213-217, 538, figs. 2.126-2.128. |
Grave 13 Coin
2 May 1934 #1 (inside with B 167) ... Dark Ages - Byzantine ... M 23:7 ... M 23:7 |
| Pit at 74/ΜΑ (1.10x0.58).
Debris filling containing a quantity of animal bones; probably a household refuse pit Animal bones (domestic animals); cow, pig, goat, sheep, hen, dog, and several varieties ... Ca. 525-470 B.C.
480-440 B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2. |
Big well at 61/ΙΖ.
A well on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter 2m ... Ca. 520-475 and shortly after ... M 17:4 ... M 17:4 |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C ... M 20:1 ... M 20:1 |
Containers 83-86. Coins:
7 April 1937 #13-#29
8 April 1937 #2-#40
12 April 1937 #2 ... Early 3rd c. A.D ... -32--29m. |
Containers 44-62. Coins:
5 April 1937 #3 (disintegrated)
6 April 1937 #2-3, #7
8 April 1937 #1
9 April 1937 #1-#2 ... Early 4th c. A.D ... M 17:1.7 ... M 17:1.7 |
Alison Frantz ... Vases from "Child's Grave" disturbed by the Late Hellenistic cistern. No remains. JP
But see P 27110 ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... M 23:1 BIS ... M 23:1 BIS |
Appears to be use filling from 3rd c. A.D., pre-Herulian into 4th c. or later. Lined with tiles. Coins:
6 May 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... Early 3rd-early 6th c ... M 18:4 ... M 18:4 |
The cistern at 70/ΝΗ and the channel [65/ΞΑ] between chambers 70/ΝΗ and 63/ΞΒ seem to have a uniform dumped filling of first half 2nd c. A.D ... First half of 2nd c. A.D ... M 19:1 ... M 19:1 |
Geometric Pit 58/ΛΒ.
It was started as a well, but after 2 meters crumbling bedrock must have discouraged the diggers. It produced only a few sherds, all of which were kept ... Geometric ... M 17:9 ... M 17:9 |
Containers 17-22. Coins:
5 April 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... 2nd half 5th c. A.D ... M 17:1.10 ... M 17:1.10 |
Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D ... 2nd c. A.D ... -16.6m. |
| Hephaisteion, ceiling coffers in situ with setting letters ... See PD 1779 for locations on building. Drawings done at University of Seattle, Washington. Dirty Diazotype Printing Ink ... 1974 ... PD 2284-M (2) (DA 4361) ... PD 2284-M (2) |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave II: SM).
Unlined trench, roughly the size of the deceased, cut into bedrock to a depth of just over 1.50m. Oriented north-south, the tomb pit measured 1.69m in length (length ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 1, pp. 45-49, figs. 2.5-2.7, 3.10, pl. 1. |
Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... M 21:3 ... M 21:3 |
Chamber of water system with one blind tunnel and two cisterns connected by tunnel. Pottery consistent throughout, late Hellenistic. Late 2nd c. B.C.
Ten stamped amphora handles. Most of bowls long-petal ... 100-75 B.C ... -4.15m. |
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... -2m ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. |
| Stone-curbed Pit (Sacred Pit) to North of Altar of Ares.
An accumulation of votives dating at least from the middle of the 7th. c. B.C. into the early 5th. c. Finds include those from the immediate area ... 7th-5th c. B.C ... L-M 7:1 ... L-M 7:1 |
Channel to West of Cistern at 63/ΞΒ. Part of Cistern System A which includes the cistern 63/ΞΒ (M 19:2), this channel to the west, and the manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ. Coins:
31 May 1946 #1
3 June 1946 #1
6 ... Early 3rd c. B.C ... L-M 19:1 ... L-M 19:1 |
| 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 ... 32.00-32.50m.
.2=Layer II, ... Group M); dumped filling of ... depth of about 21.00m. the |
| Well ... Agora 5 119 P 11296 P 9662 P 12861 P 9661 L 2875 L 2878 L 2876 L 2879 L 2874 L 2882 L 2877 L 2881 G 11:2 P 18:2 ... Agora 5, no. M 373 ... Agora 5, no. M 374 ... Agora 5, no. M 375 |
| Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.
Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C. |
Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.)
Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX.
There were no use filling and the well was apparently not a success as a water-supply: there was no concentration of water-jars ... 420-400 B.C ... M 20:3 ... M 20:3 |
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