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Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... D-E 15:1 ... D-E 15:1 |
| Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LII in notebook.
No mention of bones. Neg. KK 362 ... 16 March 1939 ... D-E 7:2 ... D-E 7:2 |
| Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave L in notebook. Coin
9 March 1939 #14-#15 Neg. KK 364
Cf. container K 464 (under Grave L) ... 16 March 1939 ... D-E 7:3 ... D-E 7:3 |
| Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LIII in notebook.
No mention of bones. Coin
9 March 1939 #16 Neg. KK 361 ... Turkish ... D-E 7:1 ... D-E 7:1 |
Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXIII in notebook.
Filling: loose earth and bones. Lot 404 (a) Neg. KK 377 ... 6 March 1939 ... D-E 7:5 ... D-E 7:5 |
Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LVI in notebook.
Three skeletons. Photo on p. 1847 (KK 369) is probably Grave LVI and photo on p. 1851 (KK 388) is probably Grave LIV ... 11 March 1939 ... D-E 7:4 ... D-E 7:4 |
West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman ... D-E 18-19 ... D-E 18-19 |
Flower Pot Pits. Coins:
10 March 1936 #2
11 March 1936 #9
12 March 1936 #1
13 March 1936 #1-#3, #7
14 March 1936 #1, #9
2 April 1936 #1
7 January 1937 #1-#2
8 January 1937 #1
12 January 1937 #1-#2 ... 9-18 March 1936
1-2 April 1936
7-12 January 1937 ... D-F 6-8:1 ... D-F 6-8:1 |
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR.
Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... D-E 8-9:1 ... D-E 8-9:1 |
Pocket of soft fill in bedrock at corner of Late Roman house, with a hoard of lead tokens. No pottery catalogued.
Herulian debris: cf. D 10:1, D 11:7 Coins:
25 May 1935 #8 Estimated Grid
No pottery catalogued ... 25 May 1935 ... D 11:6 ... D 11:6 |
Construction and upper fills. Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ...
Filling ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D ... D 15:2 ... D 15:2 |
Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D. |
Drawshaft of a complex cistern system with two chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D 12:2), and two blind tunnels, all of which were filled later than D 11;2. Coins:
26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C ... chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D ... later than D 11;2. |
Pit and well at eastern edge of Kolonos Agoraios with uniform fill.
Diameter 1.90m; straight round shaft ... Late 8th-first half 7th c. B.C ... D'Onofrio (2007), p. 91. |
Tiled well cleared only to a depth of 6.60m. where fallen tiles and broken bedrock made further work impossible. So far as dug, a dumped filling as late as the 6th c. A.D. Coins:
16 May 1949 #2
18 May ... As late as 6th c. A.D ... A.D. |
Cistern C (pit) in West Room of late Roman House.
Mixed dump of material, with a little Classical, much Roman dating at least as late as 3rd century A.D., and large amount of late Hellenistic. Coins:
1 ... Late Hellenistic and Roman ... as 3rd century A.D., and |
| Grave 2 in notebook. Child of about two (or 10?) months, body placed in plain pithos, which rested on its side at the bottom of a pit; the mouth closed with a stone slab.
The burial forms a group with ... 750-725 B.C ... graves (D 16:2, D 16:4) set in |
Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman ... (D 15:2) was subsequently ... from D 15:1 to fall into the deeper shaft of D 15:2; there ... with those fallen in from D |
Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northwest room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C ... same system as D 17:4 and D |
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 ... 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D. |
The deposit notebook lists S 1439 here, but the following information on that card indicates that D 18:4 could be considered with D 18:3 and not as a separate deposit.
"Excavation of pit, which partly ... D 18:4 ... D 18:4 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. Bones discarded.
Notebook says: child bones (no skull), no offerings.
Circular cutting in bedrock, about 3m south of D 6:3. Neg. KK 234 ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... bedrock, about 3m south of D |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C ... the 1st c. A.D. (p. 3149) ... pottery in D 12:2 and D 11:4 |
| Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP]
"Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... D 16:4 ... D 16:4 |
Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C ... Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was |
House C, Room 5, small hoard. Deposit created by A.W. and first appears in his thesis (Biblio. below).
"Another small hoard or purse of Herulian date", A.Walker (1980), p. 127. Coins:
23 June 1947 #7-#13 ... Ca. 267 A.D ... Ca. 267 A.D. |
Displaced curbing stone had fallen into top of shaft; fill with and around it is presumably second half of 2nd c. A.D. Below tumbled filling at top, shaft was empty to 10.80m. Tiles were missing to ca ... Late 1st-early 2nd c ... of 2nd c. A.D. Below |
Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building
west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it.
Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C ... as D 17:3 and D 17:4. |
Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C ... D 4:1 ... D 4:1 |
North of court F, around well head only. Deposit created by A.W. and first appears in his thesis (Biblio. below).
Cf. nbpp. 2204 and 2234 and lot 350 for court F and p. 2127 for north of court. Coins: ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... D 17:19 ... D 17:19 |
House F, room 4 below floor at -2.00m., fill 4. Deposit created by A.W. and first appears in his thesis (Biblio. below). Coins;
19 May 1949 #1-#16 Cf. coins from 17 June 1949 #1-#4 listed with lot OO 490 ... First quarter 2nd c A.D ... First quarter 2nd c A.D. |
Rectangular shaft neighboring the well D 17:12. Dug only to a depth of 4.40m. and provided with two galleries or channels extending from it. Apparently never intended as a well. Refilled with the dug bedrock ... 4th c. B.C ... Rectangular shaft neighboring the well D 17:12. Dug only to a depth of 4.40m. |
Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. B. C. and earlier, but perhaps dumped in 3rd c. B.C. Upper filling mixed to Roman (4th c. A.D.). Pottery in container (9-22-58) is mostly second half of 4th ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with late-3rd-century disturbance ... A.D.). |
Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D.
Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549.
Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century ... 3rd c. A.D. and dumped ... A.D.
Finds from upper fills |
Well dug through bedrock-settling basin of cistern at 69/ΜΗ. Coins:
21 May 1936 #24-#26
22 May 1936 #14
29 May 1936 #2-#4
2 June 1936 #1-#3
3 June 1936 #2-#4
4 June 1936 #4-#6 Cf. also container ΚΚ 336 ... 3rd c. A.D ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) Coins:
16 May 1935 #4-#5
17 May 1935 #1-#2
18 May 1935 #1-#2
20 May 1935 #1-#2
22 May 1935 #1
23 May 1935 #2-#6
24 May 1935 #1-#7
25 ... 16-25 May 1935
6 February 1936 ... Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) |
Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits.
Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604. Dumped filling of Turkish times. Coins:
17 May 1937 ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D. |
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 ... First half of 3rd c. A.D. |
Cistern system, 88/ΝΓ (shaft and passages). Apparently a dumped filling of Roman times, drawn mostly from some Hellenistic deposit. Coins:
31 March 1937 #1-#5
1 April 1937 #4-#5
3 April 1937 #1-#2
5 April ... Hellenistic and Roman, 4th c. A.D ... D 5:2 ... D 5:2 |
East Chamber of Cistern System #2. The fill in layers, but probably a destruction fill with layering not significant. Coins:
4 May 1936 #1-#6
5 May 1936 #1-#7
6 May 1936 #2-#6
LRD pottery and gouged ware ... Late 5th-early 6th c. A.D ... Late 5th-early 6th c. A.D. |
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