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Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor.
POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D. |
Nbp. 661: Dug in 1st c. Cleaned out almost to bottom shortly after the middle of the 3rd c. and used for a few years. During Herulian invasion of 267, Laughing Faun broken up and thrown in. Thereafter ... 1st-5th c. A.D., 2nd c. A.D.=POU |
Very little pottery and mainly broken tiles in this well, all mixed from Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (nbp. 1441) ... 25 May-1 June 1939 |
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. |
It was impossible to return to the digging of this well either in 1939 or 1940 [due to collapse of stereo] (nbp. 1432).
HAT compares pottery to that of Square Building fill. Coins
26 May 1939 #1 ... Second half of 4th c. B.C. |
| Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic.
Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C. |
Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N.
Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins:
24 ... 4th. c. B.C. |
Fill perhaps from the dismantling of House N when it was abandoned; full of small stones and broken roof tiles (nb.p. 4398) ... Ca. 150 B.C. |
Well cut through cistern at 6/ΝΕ (C 9:7).
The stele I 3244 in position in the cistern over the mouth of the well is listed with the cistern deposit C 9:7. Coins:
26 February 1936 #2-#4
27 February 1936 ... A.D. 1st |
Well in house R of industrial area west of the Areopagus. This well, originally tiled, was abandoned and filled at the time of the conversion of the house into a stone-cutters' workshop.
Tiled well but ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Tiled well (diameter 0.78, water level -3.50m) at 65/Κ (64/Κ) with poros wellhead. Built as early as 2nd c. Post-Herulian filling.
Tiled well, tiles 0.60m high ... 4th-5th c. A.D. |
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. |
Estimated Grid ... Early 6th c. A.D. |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C. |
Estimated Grid ... 325-260 B.C. |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C. |
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. |
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. |
Pit H ... Second half of 4th c. B.C. |
Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier |
Heavy deposit of good black and plain wares ... 450-425 B.C |
A tile-lined well at H/16-4/14,15 under the Roman Propylon. The tiles had been cut down; highest completely preserved tile at 50.696 m. Only three rings of tiling were preserved , the uppermost almost ... Ca. 350 B.C. |
A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump. Coins:
19 May 1933 #14
20 May 1933 #3
22 May 1933 #1-#2
23 May 1933 #2
24 May 1933 #1
30 May 1933 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill ... 19 May-7 June 1933 |
| Well on lower northwest slope of Areopagus. Dug to 6.60m. and abandoned because of danger. Single dumped deposit.
Perhaps this context: P 528, P 1223 (JWH). Coins:
22 April 1932 #1 ... Second half 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Homer A. Thompson ... Well at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling of the Roman period. After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2m of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century |
After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2.00m. of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently dug up nearby. Material for the most part of the 5th c. B.C. but containing ... 7th c. A.D. |
A late curbed well. The filling consisted of clay and small stones. The sherds were uniform from top to bottom and appear to be late Byzantine. From measurements in notebooks (pp. 340, 729), S 2855 is ... Late Byzantine |
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. |
| Stepped retaining wall (block marked "X" is modern) ... east 3544 Horizontal (normal) ... 8 Sep 1961 |
| Drawing of wellhead and shaft as restored. Photograped from Hesperia 1961, pl. 89 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Hephaisteion roof. State plan and restored elevation, section and plan of corner sima and acroterion base. Drawing by W. B. Disnmoor, Jr ... PD 1857 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1968 |
| Drawing showing terracotta well-head (A 957) on a stonelined shaft ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Profile drawings of terracotta rooftiles, well-head and basin on stand ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 667 AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Terracotta well head ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Profiles of terracotta well-heads ... H.S. Whipple ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1948 |
| Profile of base of well-head ... Cf. Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 118, fig. 3, no. 13. Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink |
| Profile of well-head ... Cf. Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 118, fig. 3, no. 10. Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink |
| Well-head set up to show use: boy pulling up the water jar.
Well by Attalos Pier 8, 2nd half of 5th c. B.C ... Cf. XLIX-68 ... 1951 |
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