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| Athens ... Τετράδραχμο Αθηνών 3ου αιώνα π.Χ. Coin no. 1. Casts. Brown earth on bedrock east of poros blocks and north of their line - i.e. floor of building. Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet ornamented with ... Ca. 390-295 B.C. |
Square Pit under Aischines Street. Dimensions 2.20m. x 1.90m. No grid, no lot ... 22 April 1947 |
Channel to West of Cistern at 63/ΞΒ. Part of Cistern System A which includes the cistern 63/ΞΒ (M 19:2), this channel to the west, and the manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ. Coins:
31 May 1946 #1
3 June 1946 #1
6 ... Early 3rd c. B.C. |
Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification.
Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D. |
Hellenistic construction fill mainly of amphoras used as packing between well tiles and bedrock. Estimated Grid ... 1st c. B.C. |
Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D. |
The cistern at 70/ΝΗ and the channel [65/ΞΑ] between chambers 70/ΝΗ and 63/ΞΒ seem to have a uniform dumped filling of first half 2nd c. A.D ... First half of 2nd c. A.D. |
Cistern at 63/ΞΒ and channel leading west from cistern to west edge of section; also manhole at 57-58/ΞΔ-ΞΕ.
Possible further connection with other cisterns, e. g. at east edge of section Υ and/or cistern ... |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. |
Dump, Sullen clean-up. Coins:
9 February 1937 #6-#10
10 February 1937 #11-#13
11 February 1937 #16-#20 ... First quarter 1st c. B.C. |
"Not much earlier than middle fill" Coins:
12 February 1937 #5-#7 ... Fourth quarter of 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.)
Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX.
There were no use filling and the well was apparently not a success as a water-supply: there was no concentration of water-jars ... 420-400 B.C. |
| 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 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. |
Well dug through N 18:1 (cistern at 79/ΜΗ) on the lower north slopes of Areopagus; the cistern was the northern chamber of a system; the southern chamber is at 84/ΝΣΤ (N 19:1).
A single dumped deposit ... 3rd-4th c. A.D. |
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 ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of cistern. Includes finds from NW channel leading out of 84/ΝΣΤ (containers 50-51). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from ... 125-86 B.C. |
| Black Glaze Inkwell Fragments ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Fragments of West Slope amphora ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Amphora: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Amphora: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Amphora: West Slope ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Amphora: West Slope, P 31964 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Storage Amphora, P 25973 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Storage Amphora, P 25974 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Vessel Fragment: Cooking Ware ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Jug Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Grave Relief Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Votive Relief Fragment ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
A large chamber cistern filled in the second c. BC when a well (C 9:16) was dug through its floor. Well tiles were run up from the floor of the cistern to just below its neck; a double layer of complete ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C. |
| Mosaic floor in Room 2. Cf. nb. pp. 1082-1085. About the house see nb. p. 368 and plan, pp. 268-269 as House A ... House A in notebook (SD). south 1084 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1946 |
| Mosaic floor in Room 2. Cf. nb. pp. 1082-1085. About the house see nb. p. 368 and plan, pp. 268-269 as House A ... House A in notebook (SD). south 1084 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1946 |
| Patch in Wall, Water Channel (=part of Drain 3), Cistern Channel and Manhole. After socle removed. Hole in patch. Cistern Channel already partially refilled ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Patch in Wall, Water Channel (=part of Drain 3), Cistern Channel and Manhole. After socle removed. Hole in patch. Cistern Channel already partially refilled ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Steps looking east. X=Cistern stucco. a=Drain 1 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Looking east along southwest of House A across Rooms 2 and 3 with Cistern Channel. a= Break in Mosaic Floor / ... / Cistern at 63/ΞΒ ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
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