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Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
Cistern and drawshaft connected by tunnel; used in modern times as cesspool. No stratigraphy noted, but pottery from first five boxes excavated is later than that from boxes 6-18.
11 stamped amphora handles ... Hellenistic and Late Hellenistic |
Hellenistic profiles for G.R. Edwards ... C.H. Polycarpou ... Special number given for series made by C.H. Polycarpou ... 1962 |
A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493).
Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
| Pithos ay the bottom of the north slope of the Areopagus with single fill; Part of Hellenistic Group D.
One stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 146. Latest coin dates in first two decades of 2nd ... 160-130 B.C. |
| Hellenistic pots ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Hellenistic relief krater ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 3 (1934), pp. 422-423, pl. III. Exhibited at the Benaki Museum, 15 November 2006 to 7 January 2007.
Photo 2008.03.0309. |
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