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Top slightly broken by 19th century disturbance. Built of soft mortar and stones, lined with stucco. Diameter at bottom (inside) 1.05m; at (maximum) center 1.18m.
Fill soft and green with consistency of ... 16th-17th century A.D ... Q/14,15-6/7 |
Rubble and mortar pithos built over and into line of zig-zag drain. Excavated upside-down. Loose fill. No coins ... 18 A.D with mostly 16 A.D. c ... Q 5:1 ... Q 5:1 |
Mycenaean Well at Q/8-9;23/2-3.
Small pieces, few joins. From the lowest levels a few somewhat larger pieces, from jars suited to drawing and transporting water, but no characteristic POU fill.
Proportion ... LH IIIC ... Q 23:1 ... Q 23:1 |
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 ... 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 ... Q 15:1 ... Q 15:1 |
Well in Stoa Terrace opposite Shop 5.; small amount of pottery. Estimated Grid ... 6th c. B.C ... Q/9,10-11/3,4 |
Mycenaean burial, disturbed (Piers 12-13 east). Plan unclear.
Bones discarded.
It was found in the trench for the east stylobate of the Square Building. It was so badly disturbed by the Classical builders ... Myc. IIIA:2 ... Q/7,8-9/5,6 |
Well at 19/ΝΒ, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus ... 550-525 B.C ... Q 18:1 ... Q 18:1 |
Filling of S outer foundation of Square Building.
310-275 B.C., with substantial amount of residual early material. Coins:
25 August 1953 #1-#3 ... 325-300 B.C. (?) ... Q 10:1 ... Q 10:1 |
East (service) courtyard. A break ca. 540 was followed by an accumulation of nearly a meter of snail shells, and on top a small amount of pottery running down to the end of the 6th century. Coins(?): cf ... POU mid 3rd to late 6th c ... Q/15,16-19/13,14 |
Pit at 52/ΞΕ ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Q 20:1 ... Q 20:1 |
Cistern chamber in the area of the southeast Temple, the mouth cut back in antiquity ... Late 4th - early 3rd c. B.C ... Q 16:1 ... Q 16:1 |
Pit in bedrock at SE corner of cut at N end of Stoa Terrace.
Small irregular pit, extending under Stoa foundations, containing a number of black-figured pieces ... Late 6th c. B.C ... Q 7:1 ... Q 7:1 |
Narrow trench in bedrock. Cf. Section Σ, p. 4358 (nb. XXII) same trench, same filling.
EV notes that the cutting probably.. to the "narrow cutting in bedrock". The filling seemed to be ca. 425-420 B.C ... Third Quarter to Last Quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Q 8:1 ... Q 8:1 |
Pit under floor of "Storeroom" south of fish mosaic in Roman House H.
Small peanut-shaped pit ca. 0.50x0.90. No association with architecture. Small group of votive miniatures ... 4th c. B.C. ? ... Q 21:1 ... Q 21:1 |
Just east of Building II near its south end. The tiles were in place.
Upper filling (to 3.00m.) of Hellenistic-Byzantine dump all discarded.
POU fill a gradual accumulation of typical Justinianian ware ... 6th c. A.D. POU-7th c. A.D ... Q 17:1 ... Q 17:1 |
Well by Stoa Pier 3.
Mouth was discovered in 1950 (p. 2273). Between first and second POU; no joins between the groups, which were separated by nearly sterile fill. No apparent chronological difference ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... 1.10m in diameter, with |
Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle (beneath Stoa).
122 stamped amphora handles. Many parallels with handles from cistern M 21:1. Latest coin dates ca. 200. latest lamp types 33 A and 34 A. Fragment ... 200 B.C ... handles from cistern M 21:1 |
Cistern System: Stoa Terrace at Piers 11-12. Probably abandoned at the time of the construction of the Square Peristyle ... 350-325 B.C (?) ... Q 9-10:1 ... Q 9-10:1 |
Cistern at 21/ΙΗ
Period of use fill dated to ca. 375-350 B.C., Upper fill dated to mostly first half of 6th c. B.C. in Agora XXX ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Q 13-14:1 ... Q 13-14:1 |
| Mycenaean Tomb to NE of Pier 19 (Burial #1)
Most of the doorway and the dromos had been cut away by the ancient Stoa builders. The dimensions of the chamber were 2.90m wide by 1.60m deep. Unusual features ... Myc. III A:1 ... Q 8:4 ... Q 8:4 |
| Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Grave to W. of "Court Room" below Stoa Terrace with "Ballot Box" (Grave XXIX).
Unusual type, conforming neither to our pit nor to our cist graves, and consisted of two parts. The outer part was ... Mycenaean III A-B ... P-Q 7-8:1 ... P-Q 7-8:1 |
(now Q 13-14:1) Asterisk: Q 13:2* ... (now Q 13-14:1) ... Asterisk: Q 13:2* |
(see P-Q 7-8:1) Asterisk: Q 8:2* ... Q 8:2 ... Q 8:2 |
Well at 15/ΝΒ Coin
18 April 1938 #1 ... 18-20 April 1938 ... Q 18:3 ... Q 18:3 |
Coins
20 May 1957 #1-#55
21 May 1957 #1-#79 P 26235 and P 26236 have nothing to do with the coins. Found in lower floor by pit ... Destroyed 267 A.D ... Q 19:3 ... Q 19:3 |
| Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H. Concentration of artifacts, bone, and flecks of carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the pyre lay within a red fill apparently contemporary with it, but with some later ... 300-290 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 62, pp. 175, 176, figs. 1, 6, 109, 114. |
Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins:
24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95
25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D ... #1-#2, #4-#6, #13
20 June 1933 ...
22 June 1933 #1-#3
23 June ... #1-#3, #6-#19
27 June 1933 |
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 ... 6th c. A.D ... (see summaries under M-Q ... #9-#12
21 February 1938 #1 ...
23 February 1938 #1, #4-#5
25 February 1938 #12
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| Mycenaean Grave at SE corner of Pier 12 (Burial 9).
There are no traces of dromos, which must have been located at the north and have been cut away by the trench four the south stylobate of the Square ... Myc. III A:1 ... Q 10:2 ... Q 10:2 |
| Mycenaean Grave to W of Pier 12 (Burial 11).
The northern part of the tomb had been cut away by the foundation trench for the south stylobate of the Square Building that preceded the Stoa, and the dromos, ... Myc. IIB-IIIA:1 ... dimension of 1.60m and a ... of 1.20m, the walls |
| Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Tomb to NW of Pier 19 (Burial 7).
The chamber was roughly square in shape (2.70m wide by 2.10m deep), oriented northeast to southwest across in transverse axis. The entrance was at the northwest ... Myc. II-IIIA:1 ... Q 8:8 ... Q 8:8 |
Well in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 2.
Diameter 1.10m. Well cut with steps on both sides. No water. was probably not much used, although part of a well head was found at 4.50m Estimated Grid ... Into 600-575 B.C ... Q 12:2 ... Q 12:2 |
| "Koumanoudes' Well.
Tile-lined well (diam. 0.85m) at SE corner of courtyard of Roman House E, at top built wall of stones and mortar, bedrock at bottom. Coin
7 August 1971 #495-#500
13 August 1971 #507 ... 28 July-6 August 1971 ... Well at Q/14-6/11 |
| 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 ... Q/7-12/15 |
Tiled well in Stoa Terrace opposite Shop 2 Estimated Grid ... Byzantine ... Q 12:4 ... Q 12:4 |
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 ... Q 7:3 ... Q 7:3 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb SE of Stoa Pier 12 (Burial 8).
Roughly rectangular, measuring 1.70m by 1.40m, and was cut down to within 0.65m. by the construction of the Square Building. A rectangular cutting ... Early Myc. IIIA ... measuring 1.70m by 1.40m, and was |
Roman Water Mill: Destruction fill on floor and in pit. Includes also fill from mill drain and in manhole at 14/ΛΣΤ, plus gravel fill of gully formed after construction and probably after destruction of ... Second half 6th c. A.D ... Coins:
5 April 1933 #1-#5, #8-#12
20 April 1933 #21-#25
21 April 1933 #124-#138 |
Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles ... Late 2nd-1st c. B.C ... Q 17:9 ... Q 17:9 |
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