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| Rhodian jars of the 3rd c. B.C. Photo taken for the booklet on "Amphoras and the ancient wine trade" prepared by Virginia R. Grace. Left, SS 7581; right, SS 7582 ... September 1959 |
| Rhodian jars. Photo taken for the booklet on "Amphoras and the ancient wine trade" prepared by Virginia R. Grace. From left to right: late 3rd c. B.C. (SS 9991); early 1st c. B.C. (SS 8602) and early 2nd ... Horizontal (normal) ... September 1959 |
| Rhodian amphora handle stamp ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 3 (1934), pl. I. Fragile Cartridge Paper Watercolor |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C. |
Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ in the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Part of system with two chambers and well. Homogeneous fill.
13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. N 72206 (Ω-344), picked up near ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C. |
Exploratory Pits to West of Bema Coins:
31 July 1958 #1-#5 ... To early 2nd century |
Late Roman Fills: SE Building, Conglomerate Wall. (see O-Q 18-19)Deposit list under O-Q 18-19 Coins
21 May 1938 #14
23 May 1938 #1-#2
24 May 1938 #2, #3-#4
25 May 1938 #3 Asterisk: O-P 20-21* |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21).
Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D. |
With cistern at 18/Π (P 10:1), two chambers connected by a passage.
18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C.
17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ ... 17 April 1937
27-28 May 1937 |
Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle ... 1st c. A.D. |
Kiln (pit) at 110/ΛΘ.
Debris in a metal working pit in the area of the Mint. Lot Τ 26e and T 27 ... 1st century A.D. |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C. |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C. |
Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle (beneath Stoa).
122 stamped amphora handles. Many parallels with handles from cistern M 21:1. Latest coin dates ca. 200. latest lamp types 33 A and 34 A. Fragment ... 200 B.C. |
Well by Stoa Pier 3.
Mouth was discovered in 1950 (p. 2273). Between first and second POU; no joins between the groups, which were separated by nearly sterile fill. No apparent chronological difference ... Mid-2nd c. B.C. |
Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles ... Late 2nd-1st c. B.C. |
Stone-curbed well at NE corner of 18/ΞΓ ... 2nd c., at least as late as ca. 140 B.C. |
Construction fill below floor of Brick Building.
Areas involved:
a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor.
b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room.
c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end |
Floor of Mudbrick Building.
The material from this deposit comprises what was found on the floor of the Brick Building, as opposed to the fallen brick fill Coins:
24 February 1936 #1-#3 SS 11078-SS 11079 ... To ca. 165 B.C. |
Destruction Layer, Brick Building.
It represents material from the layer of fallen brick covering the floor and wall socles of the Brick Building and therefore marking the destruction of the structure ... To ca. 165 |
Early Roman fills E of Stoa (Room 17, Rooms 13-16) xx ... Early Roman |
Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins:
4 May 1950 #1-#3
15 May 1950 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Cistern at 6/ΛΓ.
Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins
1 June 1938 #1-#8
2 June 1938 #1-#6
3 June 1938 #1-#3
4 June 1938 #1-#2
6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance |
Pit at 18-20/Λ-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. The upper part of the pit was dug to a depth of ca. -8m as deposit ... 7-8 April 1938
28 April-26 May 1938 |
Laura Gawlinski ... Pebble floors of Roman date covered the northern half of a 6x6m square trench in ΕΛ, bounded to the west by the post-Herulian Wall and to the east by a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A) to the east ... Hellenistic/ 220-150 B.C. |
Klepsydra: Filling in antechamber, behind the parapet of the Klepsydra. Dated to the time of the rebuilding of the springhouse after the Sullan sack, but containing earlier material. Coins:
31 May 1938 ... Second quarter of 5th c. to middle of 1st c. B.C. |
Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine |
Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers. Coins:
31 March 1938 #1
9 May 1939 #1-#2
20 June 1939 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd-earliest 3rd c. A.D. |
A great shaft 2.65m in diameter and over 10m deep cut out in the mid 1st c. to serve in some connection with the Brick Shaft system (U 22:1). Filled in to top (layer 2) in late 1st- early 2nd c. A.D. with ... 18 March 1937,
1-13 April 1937,
24 May-14 June 1937 |
Pit in bedrock below Balanos' road = gully Coin
20 June 1939 #1
12 April 1939 #2-#4
14 April 1939 #4-#5
20 April 1939 #1-#2 ... Hellenistic |
Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ Coins:
28 March 1933 #25-#28
29 March 1933 #16-#21
30 ... 28-30 March 1933
5-6 April 1933 |
Pit in floor of cellar of House 634/19. Contents mixed to late Roman. Pottery 4th c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. discarded ... 25 April 1958 |
| 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. |
Scanty remains of use fill in lowest 0.30m. with Byzantine dump above ... 400-350 B.C. |
Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles.
Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins:
13 ... 275-200 B.C. |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D. |
| Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C. |
| Dumped filling mostly of 3rd c. A.D., but dumped as late as 5th century. Nbp. 143: The fill in this cistern was of three kinds: to within .60m. of the floor plain broken bedrock with no sherds; then a ... 10-17 February 1937 |
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