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| Pyre /Burial (?) disturbed, in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. In northeast corner of room 4 west.
Concentration of artifacts, tiny slivers of bone, and burning in a layer of fill ... Early 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 31, pp. 141, 142, figs. 67, 68 ... Agora IV, p. 237. |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 11-15, pls. 1-4. Pillaging fill of Building F ... Agora X, pp. 136, 137 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 111-121. |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C ... Agora X, pp. 68, 137 ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Hesperia 31 (1962), p. 246, no. 10. |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 207-208 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 126-128, figs. 13-14 and p. 454 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 77. |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Hesperia 53 (1948), pp. 343-351, pl. 67:3, 10-16 (selection of pottery) ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 165-166 ... Agora X, pp. 67, 137. |
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 ... settled, was later supplemented with layers IV and V, in ... Layer IV: Dug bedrock and earth ... Layer VI: Supplemental filling prior to construction of Roman house |
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