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Small pit grave (0.50m by 1.35m by 0.75m deep) containing the skeleton of an infant girl. Although a simple grave with a single interment, the pit was packed with gifts. These consisted ... No later than mid-15th c ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 107-108, pl. 26 c. |
Cistern System #1a: Shaft (Manhole) at 10/ΞΗ (10-11/ΞΖ-ΞΗ). Filling consistently late Hellenistic in hole and in passage; probably 1st c.
B.C. Coins:
26 May 1936 #1 ... 110-75 B.C ... C 8:1 ... C 8:1 |
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 ... Ca. 550-525 B.C ... Δ:26/ΙΑ |
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 ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Δ:26/ΙΑ |
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 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
It may perhaps be assumed that in the 5th c. the Romans cleaned the well to 25.30m., thus removing 2nd c. and subsequent fill, and then began to reuse the shaft. Coins
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
25 ... POU 1st c. and 5th-6th c. A.D ... It may perhaps be assumed that in the 5th c. the ... 25.30m., thus removing 2nd c. ... Coins
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
25 May 1938 #1-#2
26 May 1938 #1-#2 |
| Cistern in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Simple, flask-shaped chamber withdraw-shaft; no tunnels. Mouth cut away in Byzantine times. Lower filling, 3rd c. B.C. Coins:
25 ... 25-30 April 1947 ... filling, 3rd c. B.C ... Subdivisions:
.1=Fill 1, Early Roman.
.2=Fill 2
.3=Fill 3, 2nd. c. B.C ... Coins:
25 April 1947 #1
26 April 1947 #1-#5
28 April 1947 #1-#3
29 April |
Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins:
21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. ... 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at ... #1, #12-#24, #26-#28
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