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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 |
Empty to 4.00m. From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... The presence of fragments of stelae and architectural members near bottom point to dumped ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D. |
A tiled well with two periods of use, Byzantine and Late Roman.
Some coarse Byzantine pottery from the upper part. from the lower part, pre-Herulian pottery, lamps and figurines. Also ΑΡ 221 (A 1202) the ... 3rd c. A.D. (before 267 A.D.)
11th-12th c. A.D. |
| 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. |
"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. |
Upper fill (top to around 4.50m.) was in a pit of large dimensions above the preserved well shaft. From the bottom and shaft proper no catalogued pottery. No tiling in place in well but fragments of tiles ... 3rd-4th c. A.D. |
Filling between tongue walls to north of main apse in Late Roman complex, equals "Coroplasts' Dump" overlying Odeion south side.
Containers Ο 17-Ο 20 are from "debris of burnt building" [i.e. Odeion ... 267-ca. 350 A.D. |
| Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D. |
Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D. |
Well at 75/Ε. Dumped debris of Herulian destruction, including much material from the first half of the 3rd c ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus.
Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins
9 April 1938 #2
9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D. |
Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D. Coins:
3 May 1939 #1-2 (red earth above well)
9 June 1939 #1
10 June 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1-#5
13 June 1939 #1
19 June 1939 #1-#2, #3 (Dump)
7 May 1940 #1
9 May 1940 #1
27 ... Early 1st-5th c. A.D. POU |
Well in branch of Aqueduct (ca. 13/ΚΔ) 3rd c. A.D. - 5th c. A.D ... 3rd c. A.D. |
The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU |
Filling over bedrock. Coins:
26 May 1938 #7-#10
27 May 1938 #1
28 May 1938 #1 ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Building Fill NE of Circular Building 13-17/ΚΓ-ΚΣΤ (Roman Group H)
and Connecting Cut NE of Circular Bldg ... First half 2nd 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. |
Well at 30/ΛΣΤ Coins (none useful)
25 May 1938 #3-#6
26 May 1938 #3-#4 ... Early 3rd cent and of 4th-6th cent. A.D. |
Tile well at 52/ΛΣΤ, in the northern late Roman building in the room with the apse. The top was covered by a large stone, and the well had never been filled after the last period of use. water stood to ... Late 1st (?) cent.-early 3rd to 6th cent. |
Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins:
20 February 1954 #1-#2
22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D. |
Dumped fill in a shaft which served as means of access leading to a water channel south of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins:
29 June 1933 #1 (disintegrated)
29 April 1936 #1-#3
4 May 1936 #1 ... Early 1st c. A.D. |
Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). Coins
8 June 1933 #4
9 June 1933 #5-#6
10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16
13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29
14 June 1933 #3-#4
15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8
17 June ... Mid 3rd century |
Outside the market square, near the southeast corner, on the south edge of the east-west road, where it passes to the south of the Mint.
There is no doubt that the pottery from the well is "stratified" ... Early 1st to 6th c. and of 8th c. A.D. |
Well G, just south of Room D. It was finally filled in the 6th c. A.D. with some attractive sculpture. Its contents suggest that the building was not used for metal work, but was purely domestic containing ... 3rd-6th c. A.D. |
First trial east Stoa colonnade, N. of S. wall III, layer 12.
Note quantities of cattle bones, the knuckles sawn off and many worked bits. Evidently a bone implement factory near by. [nbp. 2139] Coins: ... Late 3rd c.-earliest 4th c. A.D. |
Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification.
Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D. |
Sculptor's Workshop at 37-40/Β-ΣΤ Coins
20 April 1933 #1-#20
21 April 1933 #37-#41
24 April 1933 #97-#100
1 May 1933 #5-#8
4 May 1933 #2
12 May 1933 #8-#9
15 May 1933 #8
S 343, S 407-S 413, S 390: Fragments ... Ca. 267 A.D. |
Well at 19/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.
Top to -8.5m: Byzantine dump to 11-12th c. A.D.
-8.50m to -15.00m: 4th ... Mid 3rd century A.D. |
A well outside the market square to the southeast, 20m west of the Panathenaic Way; Modern fill in upper 1.65m. with Early Roman dumped fillings below. Coins:
9 May 1939 #37 (dirt pile)
10 May 1939 #53 ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Well outside market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way. Accumulated use filling from first half of 1st c. A.D. to early 3rd c. Top to 14.65m. 4th c. dump; nothing significant catalogued ... POU First half of 1st c.-early 3rd c. A.D. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D. |
Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D. |
Well at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Use filling of 1st c. A.D.; dumped fillings of 3rd c. and of early Byz. times. Coins:
15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth)
16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth)
17 June 1937 ... 1st c. A.D.=POU |
Well cut through the floor of a cistern. Apparently a dumped fill in an unused well. Coins:
16 March 1934 #15 (illegible)
17 March 1934 #2
19 March 1934 #1-#4
20 March 1934 #1-#3
22 March 1934 #1
23 March ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Dump, 4th c. Cut through a cistern which was probably constructed in the 4th c. B.C, near the southwest corner of the market square. Coins:
25 May 1935 #1 (with L 1809) (disintegrated) Subdivisions:
.1=Upper ... Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c. |
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 |
Furnace Dump from N. Hypocaust in Bath to East of Poros Building. Coins:
26 March 1948 #4-#8
27 March 1948 #1-#3
29 March 1948 #2-#7
1 April 1948 #2-#3
3 April 1948 #14-#15
7 April 1948 #16-#27
8 April ... Second half 3rd c.-first half 4th c. A.D. |
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. |
| Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins:
8 May 1937 #3
14 May 1937 #1
Coins from dump:
27 May 1937 #2-#9
28 May 1937 #3-#11 Subdivisions:
.1=16.00-17.00m.
.2=17.00-18.00m.
.3=18.00-19.00m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D. |
The well had two upper fills and a stratified deposit at the bottom. The well deposit is divided into two parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c. (with perhaps late 1st. c.).; dumped filling of 5th century. Coins: ... 1st.-3rd. c. A.D. |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Use filling of late 1st. to late 2nd. c. A.D.; dumped filling of 4th. c. A.D. Coins:
24 April 1937 #2
27 April 1937 #6-#12
28 April 1937 #2
29 April 1937 #2
8 May ... 1st.-4th c. A.D. |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
A burnt deposit set down into Hellenistic fill in a shaft dug into bedrock. A consistent dumped fill [post AD 150, with Group G, layer III, JWH]. Coins:
27 January 1936 #1-#3
28 January 1936 #1-#7
29 January ... First half of A.D. 2nd c. |
(Roman Group J). The upper fill to a depth of ca. 16.00m. was of earth scooped up elsewhere and thrown in ... The latest piece noted from this fill was a TC fragment dated late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. From ... 2nd.-3rd. c. A.D. |
POU 3.50-10.30m. dumped filling of 5th or 6th century. Coins:
10 May 1949 #1
16 May 1949 #1
17 May 1949 #1-#2
19 May 1949 #1-#2
20 May 1949 #1-#12
21 May 1949 #1-#4 from dump
23 May 1949 #1-#3 from dump ... 3rd-5th c. A.D. |
"Oinophorus Well".Tiled well in House H (diameter 0.80m, water level -4.70m). Height of tiles 0.64m Heavy well deposit; lamps,, type XXVII; many basket-handled water jars; oinophoros with labors of Herakles ... Use filling of early 2nd-mid.-3rd c. A.D. |
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. |
Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2
18 June 1937 #1-#4
19 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th 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. |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D. |
Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ:
1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D. |
NW corner of Civic Offices, lowest layer above Roman road metal[classical floor, see nbp. 1907]. Coins:
12 May 1950 #1-#10 ... Mid 3rd. 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 |
| Development of hair styles from the 1st to the 5th century ... Claireve Grandjouan ... Stained Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink
Pencil |
| Bearded figure wearing a short straight cloak from which the phallos which served as lamp nozzle projects.
Filling hole in top of head. Pierced at the temples with a small hole throught which passes a ... 11 May 1937 |
Head and handle from plastic lamp. Broken off below chin.
The plain handle, pierced from front to back, rises from a large wreath.
The pupils of the eyes pierced.
Traces of purplish-red wash.
Light red ... 28 March 1933 |
| Lamp in shape of hare. The base and part of the right side of the animal missing. No indication of the nozzle.
The hare is crouching and nibbling at something held between his front paws. That the object ... 21 March 1933 |
First interpretation: head of female figurine.
Front part of head from a bust of boy figurine.
Top of head broken away.
Large eyes, rising to inner corners; projecting nose, small mouth, round dimpled ... 18 Februry 1932 |
Head of dove.
Details in shallow grooves: dotted circle for eye, straight lines for opening and for offset of beak.
Mold made, hollow. Crudely joined.
Brick red clay, yellowing to surface. Leica ... 18 February 1932 |
Fragmentary head. Part broken away at lower right.
Features crude work, nearly effaced. Back hair in incised lines coming to a point, having short cross lines with globules between them.
Mold made; crudely ... 18 February 1932 |
| Crude representation of woman with baby in arms.
Back and left side preserved, from neck down.
Its rounded flattened head on which air and features are drawn interrupts the flow of folds and features gougings ... 18 February 1932 |
Part of body of dog.
One side of hint quarters preserved, with tail behind and part of belly in front. Hair indicated by short gouges.
Mold made.
Clay coarse buff, pinkish near surface.
Cf. P 1516. Pit ... 10 February 1932 |
Head of dove figurine.
Broken at neck.
Hooked beak; a very few details: round circle for eye, and oblique line setting off beak, added by large gouges.
Mold made with pared join along top. No glaze.
Clay ... 19 February 1932 |
Fragment preserves left to right; large ear of grain, fat bodied creature seen from above (frog, mouse ?) and human foot (?) or hand (?). Framed by shallow grooves, near margin.
Remains of paint: yellow ... 19 February 1932 |
Head of matrona figure with hair coronet.
Completely preserved.
Features set high and close together in fat face. Wavy hair shows around high edge of coronet finished over back of head with pattern of ... 19 February 1932 |
Fragment from right side of head of cock figurine.
Front (beak, etc.) and tip of comb broken away.
Fluted comb and small head feathers indicated over rather prominent eye; below, the larger neck feathers ... 20 February 1932 |
Lower half of front part of female figurine (Siren).
Preserved from a little above waist down.
Remains of fluttering drapery broken off on either side of slim legs. Upper part fairly careful; but feet ... 20 February 1932 |
Fragment from left side of head of cock figurine.
Front (beak, etc. ) broken away.
Fluted comb indicated over large eye; start of beak set off from head by double groove; neck feathers faintly indicated ... 13 February 1932 |
Back of head.
On left side part of neck preserved with top of garment.
Knot of back hair in form of stout peg. From this over head radiate gouged lines with carelessly placed cross hatching.
Mold made ... Card: Late 2nd or early 1st c. B.C. |
Edges broken all around.
Life size nose from head or mask. Short nose, thick at nostrils.
Considerable traces of red paint.
Pale buff clay. Lowest red stratum. Leica ... 9 March 1932 |
First interpretation: mask.
Head of Telesphoros.
Back and part of hair at left missing.
Fat face with heavy features. Eyeballs indicated by deep holes. Luxuriant hair framing face.
Orange red clay with ... 10 March 1932 |
Back part of head from large figurine.
Hair indicated by herringbone grooves.
Coarse red clay. 30-35/ΙΙ'-ΙΣΤ* Surface. Leica ... 15 March 1932 |
Front part of head with broad face and top knot (?).
Breaks on either side nearly converge at chin.
High roll behind front hair which waves down either side of centrally-parted projection.
White paint ... 1 April 1932 |
Fragment from upper part, right side of draped figurine with fat folded arm.
To left, remains of a crude joint.
Distributed down left side in a manner unsuggestive of buttons, five pellets.
Slight traces ... 1 April 1932 |
Fragment of front part of head in peaked (?) cap.
Upper side and lower edges broken away.
Mould-made. Gouge technique. No traces of paint.
Rather coarse red clay, yellow at surface. 08/ΛΘ* Leica ... 13 April 1932 |
| Front part of egg-shaped head, with large features nearly obliterated.
Mould-made; hollow. Abundant remains of white paint, with traces of yellow and black.
Coarse light red clay.
Late Roman. 015/ΜΓ* ... 22 April 1932 |
Upper part of front of a man.
Top of head broken away. Part of beard (?) preserved below gaping mouth.
Large staring eyes.
Mould-made, hollow. Red, yellow and black over white paint, well preserved.
Coarse ... 22 April 1932 |
| Upper front part of rabbit (?).
Perforated hole between ears.
Mould-made; details gouged out.
Light brick red clay, buff at surface.
Same mold as T 3354. Bedrock. Leica, 2-258 ... 25 April 1932 |
Fragment from right half of figurine, showing lower leg of child riding on cock.
Front of wing and breast of cock preserved, the feathers indicated.
Remains of red and white paint.
Pink to buff clay. Disturbed ... 25 April 1932 |
Fragment from front of head.
Left side of face broken away.
Hair in shallow vertical ridges. Large nose; eyes and mouth large but barely indicated.
Mould-made; hollow. Traces of white sizing.
Pink to buff ... Card: 4th c. A.D. |
Tragic mask.
Mould-made, hollow; white paint on outside, and on small surface at right angles to outside, apparently part of a round hole pierced in lower hand corner of fragment.
Cf. T 535 and T 1818 ... 26 April 1932 |
| Front part of figure holding inscribed tablet on foreshortened lap.
Head and feet missing.
Long vertical folds at center, sleeves cross-hatched. Letters: A B on tablet scratched in wet clay.
Mould-made, ... 27 April 1932 |
Fragment of front part, left side, of figure holding tablet on lap.
Left side preserved from waist down.
Indication of diagonal folds between legs.
Mould-made; hollow. Traces of white paint (?).
Hard light ... 27 April 1932 |
Fragment from upper part of body of short-tailed animal.
Heavy coat indicated by rows of small gouges; part of mane (?) next break at front.
Mould-made; hollow. Thin red wash.
Pink to buff clay. Clearing ... 27 April 1932 |
Fragment of left side of head of ram figurine.
Broken at neck.
Gouged technique. Remains of white paint.
Red clay. Pit. Leica ... 28 April 1932 |
First interpretation: head of lion (?).
Upper left part of dog 's (?) head.
Gouged technique. Traces of red color in large eye and ear.
Light red to buff clay.
Cf. T 517. From sherds. Container 140. 550 ... 28 April 1932 |
Right side of head, in high pointed cap.
Broken at chin and top of cap.
Hair in double scallops round face.
Linear technique, but not pronounced. Traces of yellow paint.
Light red clay. From sherds 16a ... 28 April 1932 |
| Short legged, short tailed animal sitting on its haunches.
Ridiculously large, broad head, suggesting a very morose spaniel. Right leg smaller than left leg, owing to the fact that the two halves of the ... 4 May 1932 |
Cock with head turned left.
Feet (?) broken away.
Broad, crudely joined; feathers rendered by herringbone incision.
Mould-made. Painted white with red stripes.
Dark pink clay. Well. Leica, 2-233 ... 4 May 1932 |
Cock figurine with head turned slightly left.
Feet (?) broken away.
Broad, crudely joined; feathers rendered by herringbone incision.
Mould-made. Painted in red stripes outlined with black and with traces ... 4 May 1932 |
Head of horse figurine.
Mended from four fragments; broken at top of neck.
Ears, mane and forelock incised; elaborate brindle straps studded. Muzzle pierced crosswise.
Mould-made. Remains of red paint ... 4 May 1932 |
Front part of head with high headdress and part of neck.
Left side of headdress broken away; top and right edges present smooth surfaces.
Large eyes; features set high in fat face. Hair a grooved roll ... Publication: 300-350 A.D. |
Face and part of neck.
Mould-made, hollow. Besides the thick white paint on the eyes, remains of red on flesh, and of dark bluish hair or garment at sides of neck.
Hard pinkish-buff clay. Well.
Late 3rd ... 4 May 1932 |
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