"dc-publisher","Redirect","Collection","Icon","dc-description","dc-title","Type","Id","Chronology","dc-creator","dc-subject","UserLevel","Name","dc-date" "","","Agora","","Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21).; Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate identification and many of those belong to Greek times.","Destruction Debris","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:O-Q 18-19","6th c. A.D.","","","","O-Q 18-19","" "","","Agora","","This deposit represents the Hellenistic fill from 50-54/ΣΤ-Η. A mixed green sand drain fill exists a bit father south (nbp. 135).","Green Sand Drain Fill","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:G 12-13:1","","","","","G 12-13:1","14 May 1934" "","","Agora","","Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building (""Strategeion""), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. Most of the material prior to 480 but with some material as late as 450-440 B.C. Excavated areas were kept separate as follows but ""LT is uncertain if useful or desirable to keep any or all of these areas separate ... the inventoried material from c is of the same sort as that from a and b."" (LT, 12 April 1964, Deposit nb. V).","Building Fill in B'","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:E-F 12-14","First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C.","","","","E-F 12-14","27 February-9 April 1935; 12-20 June 1937; 18-22 June 1949" "","","Agora","","Primarily late Roman material but some scrappy early Roman.","Well","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:F 12:4","Ca. A.D. 350 dumped fill","","","","F 12:4","5-26 March 1934" "","","Agora","","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.","Well 7","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:F 13:2","Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c.","","","","F 13:2","6 May-1 June 1935" "","","Agora","","Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods. ; Layer XI.1 Original construction ca. 470 B.C.; Layer VI-X.2 Repairs at the end of 5th c. or early 4th c. B.C.; Layer V.3 Second period; reconstruction in third quarter of 4th c. B.C.; .4 Third period; rebuilding in early 3rd c. B.C., towards end of first quarter.; Layer III and IV.5 Debris over Hellenistic floor; end of 2nd. c. B.C. Possibly the result of Sulla's sack.; Layers I and II. Fourth Period. Post-Sullan repair.","Tholos Kitchen","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:G 11:7","470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse","","","","G 11:7","22 April 1935; 22-24 April 1937" "","","Agora","","Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area of the Tholos. See nbpp. Section Β 2198-2199.; Twenty-five stamped amphora handles. Pottery similar to Thompson's Group E. Figured bowls have thick walls, small stamps, and were produced in worn molds of coarse workmanship. Half of bowls long-petal. One long-petal mold.","Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:H 12:1","150-100 B.C.","","","","H 12:1","13-17 April 1937; 29 May-15 June 1937; 23-26 May 1938" "","","Agora","","South Stoa II Construction Fill.; ; About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c. Types 25 A', 33 A, 35 B, and 44 A lamps. Most of bowls figured; one mold.","South Stoa II: Building Fill","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:M-N 15:1","To ca. 140 B.C.","","","","M-N 15:1","" "","","Agora","","Hellenistic cistern, part of the same system as 94/ΝΣΤ (D 4:1) and connected with it by a passage. Later cleaned out for reuse and filled with destruction debris of the late 4th c. A.D.","East Chamber","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:E 5:1","Second half 4th c. A.D.","","","","E 5:1","23 March-12 April 1937" "","","Agora","","Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling.; Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C.; Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly after the middle of the century.; Dumped filling, second half of 2nd century B.C.; ; Seventy-four stamped amphora handles; over half of bowls long-petal.","Well 9","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:F 13:3","","","","","F 13:3","10 April-31 May 1935" "","","Agora","","Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at time of Sulla.; ; 134 stamped amphora handles; latest lamp is type 35A.","Great Drain South","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:A-B 19-20:1","4th. c.-86 B.C.","","","","A-B 19-20:1","May-June 1939; April-May 1947; July 1947" "","","Agora","","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 chambers connected by a passage (91/Ν); the east chamber at 91/Ν (E 5:1) retained little or no traces of its original period of use. North of the Hephaisteion. (Roman Group G).","West Chamber","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:D 4:1","Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C.","","","","D 4:1","1-16 April 1937" "","","Agora","","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"", etc.; ; Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 209.; ; Apparently the burnt layer runs through sections Α, ΟΕ and Ε as well. No finds are listed here from those sections, but cf. e.g. Nbp. Α 124.","""Burnt Layer""","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:H-I 7-8:1","First half of 5th c. A.D.","","","","H-I 7-8:1","8 March 1933; 24 April 1933; 11-29 May 1933" "","","Agora","","Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14); ; This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; left for later in the interest of time (Dec 2007/pf); ; Date based on Grace's analysis of ca. 1500 stamped amphora handles in fill. Latest coins date 200-180. Five fragments of long-petal bowls and one fragment of figured bowl of M Monogram Class come from disturbed area of fill at west end of building. Otherwise bowls similar to those in other deposits of early 2nd. c. Fragments of six molds.","Middle Stoa Building Fill","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:H-K 12-14","To ca. 180 B.C.","","","","H-K 12-14","" "","","Agora","","A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified as from the rectangular cutting: P 16675, P 16676, P 30434, P 30435, ; L 4038.; ; Upper cistern and shaft fill: 14 stamped amphora handles. Latest coins date in first two decades of 2nd c. Type 35 B lamp. One-fourth of bowls long-petal.; Lower cistern fill: 3 Rhodian amphora handles. latest coin dates in last quarter of 3rd c. Only one fragment of moldmade bowl (imbricate)","Cistern","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:L 19:2","3rd-2nd c. B.C.","","","","L 19:2","07-17 May 1940" "","","Agora","","Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates. ; ; Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have later histories. ; Southwest House, Rooms I-VIII, 42-55/ΚΖ-ΜΖ:; The earliest house had a court on the west with a Well (B) and two small rooms at the north. A pit at 54/ΛΓ (M 17:7) served the area and a good water pipe... The latest period of the house is the Herulian destruction.; Central House, Rooms IX-XI, 42-55/ΙΖ-ΚΖ; ; From 1957 excavations of these houses see P 25888, P 25895, L 5298.","Southwest House and Central House (1958)","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:L-M 17-18:1","6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D.","","","","L-M 17-18:1","12-21 April 1957; 22 July 1957; 12-21 March 1958; 7 April-13 May 1958; 17-20 June 1958" "","","Agora","Agora:Image:2005.01.0568::/Agora/2005/2005.01/2005.01.0568.tif::963::1170","Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.; ; Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200.","Cistern at 77/M","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:N 18:3","3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C.","","","","N 18:3","22 February-5 April 1937" "","","Agora","","Sculptor's Workshop at 37-40/Β-ΣΤ","Sculptor's Workshop","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:R 14:2","Ca. 267 A.D.","","","","R 14:2","20 April 1933,; 23 May 1939,; 9 June 1939" "","","Agora","","""Red earth"": Herulian destruction debris over Roman House and east of cistern B.","Strosis","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:D 11:7","","","","","D 11:7","27 May 1935; 31 May 1935; 3 June 1935" "","","Agora","","Original filling completely removed by construction of well dug through it. Filling eliminated by digging of E 11:2. Dumped filling.","Cistern","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:E 11:1","4th c. A.D.","","","","E 11:1","27 March-3 April 1936" "","","Agora","","Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling.","Well","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:F 11:2","Ca. 350-294 B.C.","","","","F 11:2","5 April-8 May 1934" "","","Agora","","Part of cistern system with mouths at 47/ΛΒ, 60/ΜΖ and 51/ΜΓ.; Last 1.50m. of 47/ΛΒ probably cut in modern times, contained modern fill in bottom.","Cistern Passage/Drawshaft","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:F 12:7","Hellenistic and modern.","","","","F 12:7","10 March-14 April 1934" "","","Agora","","Coins: ; 1 June 1935 #1-#11; 3 June 1935 #1-#14","Well 7, earth","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:F 13:2.5","","","","","F 13:2.5","1-3 June 1935" "","","Agora","","Hellenistic-Early Roman fill over bedrock, along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not to affect the deposit which suggests some large scale operation, serving to level the area and to fill in the pits and grave cuttings of earlier periods.","Hellenistic-Early Roman Fill over Bedrock","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:B-C 10-11:1","","","","","B-C 10-11:1","26-29 February 1936; 2-12 March 1936" "","","Agora","Agora:Image:2007.01.1704::/Agora/2007/2007.01/2007.01.1704.tif::2100::1671","Includes finds from layer II and III of cistern passage.","Middle filling","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:D 4:1.2","Second half 1st c. A.D.","","","","D 4:1.2","1-14 April 1937" "","","Agora","","Includes finds from layer II and III of cistern passage.","Upper filling","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:D 4:1.3","Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D.","","","","D 4:1.3","1-13 April 1937" "","","Agora","","The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously and served for a short time as refuse dumps ... this occurred in Hellenistic times. (Hesperia. 3 (1934), p. 345). Hell. Group C.; The following objects are published together with those from G 6:2 but were found in the west chamber of the cistern system which is deposit F 6:3: A 230, P 366, P 367, P 403-P 407, P 2387-P 2393, L 459, L 461, L 462, L 464, L 1114, L 1115, T 133, T 134.; ; One stamped amphora handle of ca. 200. Date based on comparison with F 5:1 and G 5:3.","Cistern East Chamber","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:G 6:2","Ca. 200 B.C.","","","","G 6:2","23 February-16 March 1932" "","","Agora","","Sandy Intrusion.","Coin Deposit in Ζ","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:G 13:12","2nd c. A.D.","","","","G 13:12","15 May 1933" "","","Agora","","Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.; ; This ""deposit"" has no form. It is comprised of several trenches in the area of the Tholos, labeled Trench A-Trench BB. Some features in the labeled trenches have separate deposit numbers.; e.g. Road areas in Trenches ; ; It would be appropriate to compare across layers in each trench, matching context dates. This information can be found in the Deposit Notebook as word documents. Herewith the objects are simply listed as found throughout the area within these trenches [pf, VII 2007]","Investigations in the area of the Tholos","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:G-I 11-12","various levels and dates","","","","G-I 11-12","" "","","Agora","","Nbp. 1740: From the gravel fill at the level of the lowest step, late Hellenistic pottery, higher up (middle to top steps) early Roman.","Filling over steps of Middle Stoa and road to west","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:H 13:3","Late Hellenistic-Early Roman","","","","H 13:3","23-29 March 1948; 20-28 April 1948" "","","Agora","","Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill. ; ; Only the coins (and a few amphora handles [why only these?]) from this area. Other finds are with H-K 12-14.; ; See Hesperia 57 (1988), pp. 88-89 for a description of the dating and ""The lots collected in Kleiner's Deposit III, however, do not seem to form a logical stratigraphic unit...""","Kleiner Coin Deposit III","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:H-I 14:1","To ca. 140 B.C.","","","","H-I 14:1","3 May 1954; 4 June 1954" "","","Agora","","""Red Fill"" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance.","Red Fill West of Odeion","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:K 9-10:1","1st-2nd c. A.D.","","","","K 9-10:1","18-21 April 1936; 5 May 1936; 5-31 March 1952; 7 April 1952; 29 April 1952" "","","Agora","Agora:Image:1997.17.0237::/Agora/1997/1997.17/1997.17.0237.tif::450::617","Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.; ; Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece of early Roman bowl.","Cistern on Lower North Slope of Areopagus","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:K 18:2","260-190 B.C.","","","","K 18:2","11-19 March 1937" "","","Agora","","Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ.; The filling in the ""underground passages"" in section ΔΔ appears to be not later than 3rd c. B.C.; but drain channels, pits and cuttings, etc. in Υ are partly Early Roman, some mixed to Late Roman or later.; Section ΔΔ: west branch and east branch recorded separately and noted on cards for each find; not separated into subdivisions here.; Section Υ: pit at 31-32/ΜΘ-Ν, 31-32/ΜΣΤ-ΜΖ, 36-38/ΞΔ, 33/ΝΒ, 31-32/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ, 31/ΜΑ-ΜΓ; ; two fragments of semi-glazed bowls with everted rim (late 2nd c.?) intrusive in west branch. More extensive disturbance in east branch indicated by fragments of dipper, 2nd c. plate, at least five moldmade bowls, a Roman lamp.","Drain System","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:K-L 18-20:1","3rd c. B.C.; 2nd c A.D.","","","","K-L 18-20:1","18-26 February 1937; 17 May-9 June 1939; 6-11 May 1940" "","","Agora","Agora:Image:1997.17.0191::/Agora/1997/1997.17/1997.17.0191.tif::913::722","Date of filling early third c. B.C.; Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type.","Aischines Street Cistern: South Chamber","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:L 17:7","310-220 B.C.","","","","L 17:7","August 1957" "","","Agora","Agora:Image:2000.02.0978::/Agora/2000/2000.02/2000.02.0978.tif::2029::1317","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 of the early Byzantine period (10th c. A.D.?). At 21.00m. there was a sudden change and very late Roman objects began to appear in great numbers.; ; See nbp. 786 for a note on the disposition of some uncatalogued material into a modern well.","Well","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:M 17:1","1st-6th c. A.D.","","FixChildren","","M 17:1","13 March-15 April 1937" "","","Agora","","Containers 83-86.","Well","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:M 17:1.4","Early 3rd c. A.D.","","","","M 17:1.4","7-8 April 1937" "","","Agora","Agora:Image:1997.20.0433::/Agora/1997/1997.20/1997.20.0433.tif::608::968","Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.; ; Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an intrusive hoard. Largest group of moldmade relief ware, consisting of fragments of 183 bowls, one moldmade jug and nine molds. At least 119 bowls are products of Workshop of Bion; only 15 made by Workshop A. Great similarity among bowls, many with same stamps. Most were made in fresh molds. Four molds made by Workshop of Bion, one perhaps a practice piece made by unskilled apprentice.; These facts suggest M 21:1 represents debris from Workshop of Bion, located near by. Cistern N 21:4 , 20 meters to northeast, contained similar evidence of workshop activity.","Komos Cistern","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:M 21:1","Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C.","","","","M 21:1","20 May-24 June 1947" "","","Agora","Agora:Image:2010.01.0191::/Agora/2010/2010.01/2010.01.0191.tif::3073::4302","Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.; Diameter at bottom -3.20m","Cistern","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:N 19:1","Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C.","","","","N 19:1","30 January-April 1937" "","","Agora","","Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:; MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL 517, IL 548, IL 549, IL 1076, S 864, S 865, A 711, A 712, P 8939-P 8941, P 9033, P 9034, P 9514, P 9515, P 9540, P 9541, P 9814, P 11813-P 11815, P 11817, P 11824-P 11826, P 11832, P 11842, P 11843, P 11857, P 11867, P 11868, P 11876, P 11884, P 11886, P 11888, P 11889, P 11891, P 11893, P 11895, P 11898, P 11910, P 11911, P 20511-P 20513","Upper fill","Deposit","Agora:Deposit:N 19:1.1","110 to early 1st c. A.D.","","","","N 19:1.1","30 January-10 February 1937"