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E.L. Smithson: Group H: Collapsed well west of the Great Drain.
First described as 105-107/Protogeometric Pit ... Protogeometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), p. 152, n. 39. |
4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery. Estimated Grid ... 350-325 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), p. 99 ... Agora XXIX, p. 459. |
Located just north of the stepped retaining wall between the Great Drain and the Poros Monument (Propylon).
Short period of use; dumped filling above, mostly cemetery debris ... Early Protogeometric ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), p. 152, n. 38. |
| Well I: PG, ELS. The collapsed well north of the Middle Stoa Terrace. This pit, or shallow well, into which a Turkish storage pit lined with stones was set, produced purely Proto-Geometric pottery and ... Protogeometric ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), p. 152, n. 39. |
Well at 32/ΣΤ ... Late 6th c. B.C ... Agora X, p. 68 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 395. |
G-H 11-12 was probably extended to G-I and is hereafter G-I 11-12. Asterisk: G-H 11-12* ... Agora X, p. 137 ... Hesperia 87 (2018) p. 224 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, pl. I, II. |
Well at 15/ΜΓ (Well E: PG, ELS). Supplementary filling around its top Small partly glazed one handler
Fragment of black figured kylix
Small protogemetric cup
Fragment of skyphos
Rim fragment of Large Open ... Protogeometric-6th - 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), p. 152, n. 38 ... Agora XII, p. 395 ... Agora XXIII, p. 334. |
Drawshaft of a complex cistern system with two chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D 12:2), and two blind tunnels, all of which were filled later than D 11;2. Coins:
26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 10, p. 168 ... Agora X, p. 137 ... Agora IV, p. 236. |
Well 8: Archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis.
Depth from surface of rock, -16.10m.
Diameter top ca. 0.90; bottom ca 0.80m. Water level, ca. -9m ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C ... Agora X, p. 68 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 15, p. 126, 134. |
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 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 465. |
Rodney S. Young ... Grave 15 in notebook.
Skeleton of infant inside the hydria which lay on its side, its mouth stopped by cup; a pitcher stood by the neck of the hydria ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 42-44, figs. 1, 26-28 (Grave X) ... Agora VIII, p. 128. |
Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19 ... Agora XII, p. 388. |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 95-96, 129-132. |
Well under Poros Building Drain at 62/ΛΣΤ, west of the Areopagus. Digging abandoned at 6.10m due to a collapse of the soft bedrock at the west. Small amount of supplementary filling was added in the upper ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 174. |
Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora XII, p. 387. |
A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX.
Diameter 1.10m, water level 6.90m.
Kernoi and many lead ... Ca. 325-260 B.C ... Agora X, p. 136 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 125 ... Agora IV, p. 234. |
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 ... 10 April-31 May 1935 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), pp. 126, 128 ... Agora IV, p. 238. |
Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 87, n. 157 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 131 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69. |
"Foundry Pit": N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Stoa, Layer VII, with slag). A foundry pit in the courtyard of a small metalworking establishment outside the Agora to the northwest.
Both the courtyard and ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 10, n. 25 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 179. |
| Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1.
Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora well-deposits both for the high quality and the good conditions of pottery of all sorts.
It represents the stock of a ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Agora X, p. 68 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 397. |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... Agora X, p. 137 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 77 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
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 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 86, 100, 102, 146, nn. 116, 125 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
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 ... 150-100 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 111-121 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora X, pp. 136, 137. |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 10, p. 152 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 15, 17, 18, 71, 153, nn. 32, 7 ... Agora IV, p. 238. |
Cistern with considerable dumped fill at the north foot of Kolonos Agoraios. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C.
Multiple vessels share same stamps, and painted ... Ca. 325-250 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), , p. 10, n. 25 ... Agora IV, p. 237. |
| Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 41, pp. 151, 152, figs. 4, 78, 82, 83 ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Agora XII, p. 384. |
| In area West of the Areopagus. Fills with many figurines and molds, possibly from a terracotta factory.
Twelve stamped amphora handles; no long-petal bowls; Type 54 A lamp Coins:
31 May 1939 #11
1 June ... Mostly 200-150 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69. |
Associated with the Tholos.
Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern.
The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia 53 (1984), p. 345 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit XI). |
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 ... Ca. 200 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 74, 100, nn. 19, 117 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 345 ff. |
| A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
Cistern-shaft 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 ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 100, n. 116 ... Delos XXVII, p. 335 (under no. E 103), 381. |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit) X) ... Hesperia Suppl 4 (1940), pp. 98-101, 135-135, fig. 75 (marked A) ... Agora IV, p. 238. |
Classical commercial building, room 3, against south wall. Small fragments of pottery dispersed in fill overlying two floor levels (at 51.897 and 51.941 masl). Five objects of pyre type: ribbon-handled ... 4th c. B.C ... concave rim (P 36558), and |
Pit at 57/ΚΑ; small pit on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, measuring 1.05x0.80mx0.80m deep. There were traces of burning and a few bones in it, since none of them are recognizably human it is probably ... 480 - 470 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 131, n. 136 ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora XII, p. 396. |
Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), pp. 132-133, no. 29 ... Grace (1979), p. 126. |
| Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... P/7-6/6 |
| Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, animal bone.
In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no ... 290-275 B.C ...
Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. ... Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 47 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 325, no. 6 ... Agora IV, p. 236. |
| Circular pit and irregular cutting north of it. Diam. of pit ca. 0.80m; Dimension of irregular cutting ca. 1.00x1.20m. The pit was dug into bedrock and filled with red earth which was packed with undisturbed ... Second half of 7th c. B.C ... ca. 1.00x1.20m. The pit was |
| Matt McCallum ... The pyre was uncovered in a small, triangular area between the BZ Building foundations (but at a lower level) and the northern scarp of the current excavation area. It rested in a patch of orange-brown ... 1-7 August 2006 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 19, p. 121, figs. 22, 45, 48. |
| Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... Late Archaic ...
X.(80.99-80.24m) sandy, more ceramic ... after layer X because heavy |
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