Collection: | Agora | |
Type: | Deposit | |
Name: | G 5:3 | |
Title: | "Bone Well" | |
Category: | Well | |
Description: | Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth. The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. The bones from this well are all in very good condition. Mostly green coloured (bronze). A few fragments of pigs, goats and sheep are smashed and were probably eaten. The following animals have been found: dogs, horses, pigs, goats, cattle, cat, birds, turtles. Lower fill contained bones of 100-200 infants and 85 dogs; Byzantine upper fill. Stamped amphora handles; Type 33A and 45C lamps. Most of figured bowls are of M Monogram Class. No long-petal bowls. | |
Contents: | Coins: 14 June 1937 #4 15 June 1937 #1 24 June 1938 #1-#2 | |
Notes: | Well dug to -21.45m: June 17, 1938 (Nb. p. 1582); not finished. | |
Bibliography: | AgoraPicBk 28 (2022), p. 37, fig. 45. | |
Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 1-157. | ||
Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 190, 221, nn. 3, 54. | ||
Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 311. | ||
Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 238-239. | ||
Agora XI, pp. 168-169. | ||
Agora XII, p. 390. | ||
Agora XXII, p. 100. | ||
Agora XXIX, p. 452. | ||
Agora XXXIII, p. 358. | ||
Chronology: | Mid-2nd c. B.C. | |
Date: | 14-23 June 1937 6-24 June 1938 | |
Section: | ΛΛ | |
Grid: | ΛΛ:97/Γ | |
Elevation: | -21.45m. | |
Masl: | -21.45m. | |
References: | Publications (10) Publication Pages (39) Images (53) Objects (89) Lots (16) Notebook: ΛΛ-8 Notebook: ΛΛ-9 Notebook: ΛΛ-10 Notebook Pages (50) |