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Exploratory excavation trench between east front of Hellenistic Metroon and Great Drain.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1941), p. 106.
Cf. also Metroon Drain Cut I 9:1 and F-G 12:1 and H 12:9 ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Drain.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1941), p. 106.
Cf. also |
| David Scahill ... Protogeometric/Early Geometric well under floors in Room 1, Classical Building II, on north side of south ashlar wall. See J 3:9 for the burial within this well.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, ... 27 June 2001
17 July 2002 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, n. 10. |
Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road.
For levels in the same road further south, see F-G ... 575-525 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, p. 106 ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Agora VIII, p. 129. |
Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road).
Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 106 ... Agora VIII, p. 128. |
Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench.
For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, p. 106 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 8-13, 105-138. |
Filling on original floor of Primitive Bouleuterion = Building D.
Metroon pit η. H 10:2 is also contemporary with the construction of the building ... Third quarter 6th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, pp. 14-15. |
Well D: Archaic
Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Debris filling with scanty pottery remains; most of the pottery is earlier than the lower limit. Diameter at top ca. 1.20m; bottom ca. 1.10m ... End of 6th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 399. |
| Disturbed Pyre at 59/ΚΗ (ΚΖ), in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus.
Against east wall of room 5 west. concentration of artifacts, ash, carbon and a few bones in stratum, no pit discerned ... 3rd c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 34, p. 144, figs. 67, 72. |
| Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5
Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well |
| At the northwest foot of Areopagus. Square stone-curbed well with no clear evidence for a period of use; appears to be a single dump ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora XII, p. 393. |
A rubbish pit at the foot of the northwest slope of the Areopagus. Black figured, plain glazed vases and several lamps. A pair of lekythoi recall both in make and in style the products of the Haimon Painter ... Ca. 480-475 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora XII, p. 387. |
| Pyre 1 in Central House, Room XI, strosis 3. Sacrificial pyre with characteristic small vases amid carbonized twigs and bone.
Near north side of courtyard. This pit was cut slightly into strosis 3 (lot ... 1st quarter 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 56, p. 170, figs. 105, 106 ... Agora XII, p. 394. |
G-H 11-12 was probably extended to G-I and is hereafter G-I 11-12. Asterisk: G-H 11-12* ... Agora IV, p. 240 ... Hesperia 87 (2018) p. 224 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, pl. I, II. |
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 ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 131, n. 136 ... Agora XII, p. 396. |
Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C.
Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 34-38; p. 41 (plan). |
| Pyre /Burial (?) disturbed, in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. In northeast corner of room 4 west.
Concentration of artifacts, tiny slivers of bone, and burning in a layer of fill ... Early 4th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 31, pp. 141, 142, figs. 67, 68 ... Agora XII, p. 387. |
A pit, perhaps a well, extending beneath the foundations of [Building D, the Primitive Bouleuterion] the Hellenistic Metroon. Not completely dug due to its position. A dumped filling so far as dug, apparently ... Ca. 575-525 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 12-14. |
Well at 3/Ζ (see cistern 21/ΙΗ, upper fill) ... 600-550 B.C.- with some later disturbance ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora VIII, p. 131. |
Well I: archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis below the Klepsydra. Diameter ca. 1.10m. Water level ca. -9.50m. Substantial use filling in the lower 0.75m. In the upper debris filling both the ... End of 6th c. B.C. - Early Byzantine ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 399. |
Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 132-134 ... Agora XII, p. 391. |
Well at 62/ΙΑ, 63/ΙΑ, at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling in the lowest meter of the shaft.
The upper part of the shaft was filled with clay containing only occasional fragments of pottery; ... Ca. 600-540 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 472. |
Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C ... case, see Agora XXIII, p. |
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 IV, p. 236 ... Agora X, p. 137. |
Well on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. The pottery apparently belongs to a filling of one period, since it exhibited no marked difference in character to the bottom. No where was the deposit very ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 240 ... Hesperia 84 (2015), p. 476 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30, p. 87, n. 157. |
Well 6: archaic. Diameter 1.20m
Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis, below the Klepsydra.
There are three fills, all thrown into the unfinished well at the same time (end of 6th- beginning of ... Last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376. |
| Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus.
RSY-Pyre.
Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 52, p. 165, figs. 67, 100 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 130, pl. 54 b (Pyre 14). |
| Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora XII, p. 394. |
| Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos:
In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 17, n. 39 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 21, pp. 123, 124, figs. 1, 50, 51. |
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 IV, p. 245 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 15, p. 126, 134. |
Found in 13/06/1935.
Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 8, p. 399, no. 12a ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 31. |
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 ... Coins:
20 July 1932 #1
P 16811 and P 16812 may be assigned either to G |
Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 344, no. 156. |
Well at 19/ΝΒ, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus ... 550-525 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 398. |
Well East of Stoa Room 6 (well with Siana Cup); scanty dumped filling.
No water. Well never used. Estimated Grid ... 600-550 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 398. |
Well (stone-curbed shaft) near middle of Tholos which served the prior building.
Period of Use dated to ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper fill dated to ca. 480-470 B.C. or soon after in Agora XXX (a gradual ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, pp. 30-33 (the second well of Building F). |
A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora XII, p. 390. |
Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers).
Locations include:
SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 8-15, fig. 9 ... Agora XII, p. 392. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. Over urn two stone slabs, on top, mass of small stones containing Late Geometric sherd ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 24-26, figs. 1, 12-13 (Grave IV) ... Agora VIII, p. 127. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 173 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367. |
| Pyre in House C, Room 12 (RSY=Pyre 9) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Beside west wall of room 12. Pottery, burnt bone, and cinders in a roughly round pit; disturbed ... Ca. 250 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 47, p. 159, 160, figs. 78, 92, 93 ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
| Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery.
RSY: Pyre 10.
Pottery, burnt bone, charred logs, and heavy burning, recovered by tunneling under the cement floor of a Late Hellenistic workshop, ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 51, p. 164, figs. 4, 99 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 126, pl. 53 a (Pyre 10). |
| 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 IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 95-96, 129-132. |
Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 300. |
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 ... XXX, represented by P 20867. |
Big well at 61/ΙΖ.
A well on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter 2m ... Ca. 520-475 and shortly after ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 242-243, figs. 24-25. |
| Located at the bifurcation of the Panathenaic Way and West Road.Byzantine fill (9th-10th century) in upper 5.70m. with a series of Classical to Hellenistic accumulations below. Coins:
10 July 1971 #861 ... 14 June-27 July 1971 ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 134, n. 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, n. 10 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
4th. c. BC.
Concentration of artifacts, burnt bone, and charcoal in floor makeup consisting ... 375-350 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 40, p. 151, figs. 78, 81 ... Agora XII, p. 384. |
| A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 234 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 184, pl. 65, 2-3. |
| Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6).
Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 43, p. 155, figs. 78, 85, 86 ... Agora XII, p. 385. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
First quarter 4th. c. B.C.
Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 39, pp. 150, 151, figs. 78, 80 ... Agora XII, p. 384. |
Well at 40/Λ, in the "plataia" ca. 600m north of the terrace wall and ca. 10m east of the Valerian wall. Top diameter of 1.00m, bottomm diameter 0.95m
The shallowness of the shaft, and the fallen condition ... 550-500 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 399. |
A well (diameter 1.10m) at the east edge of the valley road leading from the SW corner of the Agora, about 90m SW of the Tholos. The mouth of the well was subsequently covered by the east wall of the Great ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora XII, p. 389. |
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 ... with layers IV and V, in ... Layer IV: Dug bedrock and earth. |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora XII, p. 393. |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 |
Square pit in bedrock southwest of the Hephaisteion. Many marble chips from the construction of the temple of Hephaestus were found here together with a large quantity of pottery and other objects ... Ca. 450 B.C.
Ca. 390-380 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), 128-150, figs. 56-75 ... Agora XII, p. 386. |
At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 79, nn. 14, 39 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
| This filling is the largest deposit of its time found in the Agora. It may be compared with H 6:5 and with N 7:3.
Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m; footholds cut on opposite sides of the shaft ... Ca. 490-450 B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, pp. 238-239. |
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 IV, p. 234 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 125 ... Agora X, p. 136. |
| 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 ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 41, pp. 151, 152, figs. 4, 78, 82, 83 ... Agora XII, p. 384. |
Well at 19/ΚΔ, beneath the west colonnade of the Square Market Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Diameter ca. 1.25m. Water level ca. -3.50m. The construction of the well was rather careless, ... Ca. 580-560 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 212. |
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 IV, p. 238 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 87, n. 157 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
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 IV, p. 238 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), pp. 126, 128 ... Agora X, p. 67. |
| (RSY=Pyre 2). Pyre in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in House B. In northern corner of room. No pit discerned. A deposit of small stones (a marker/) lay 0.30m above the level of the pyre, ... Third quarter of the 4th. century ... Agora IV, p. 234 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 49, pp. 162, 163, figs. 78, 96, 97 ... Agora XII, p. 383. |
Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... CF. P 16566 "probably an intrusion from well at 32/ΛΑ".
Coins:
15 June 1939 #1 |
Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 79, n. 39 ... Agora XII, p. 388. |
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 IV, p. 239 ... 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 IV, p. 238 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 10, n. 25 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 179. |
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 IV, p. 240 ... 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 IV, p. 237 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 86, 100, 102, 146, nn. 116, 125 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 28. |
| Pyre in House N, room 4 (RSY=Pyre 7), in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Pottery, mall pieces of calcined bone, log, wood cinders, and charcoal in diamond-shaped pit in floor sequence. The pyre ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 46, pp. 158, 159, figs. 1, 4, 78, 91 ... Agora XII, p. 385. |
| North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13).
Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 37, pp. 146, 147, figs. 4, 6, 67, 76, 77 ... Agora XII, p. 386. |
| Mycenaean Burial.
The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103-105, tables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27 a-b ... Agora XXVII, p. 226. |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 100, nn. 15, 116 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 174 ... Agora XXII, p. 106. |
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 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 111-121 ... Agora XXIX, p. 455. |
Thra (ΘΡΑ) Well (East of Stoa Room 2). Heavy dumped filling, including figured, black and plain wares, and also a quantity of animal bones, mostly skulls of oxen. On many of these the horns had been sawn ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Estimated Grid
Note also unnumbered large tray of bones (p. 1251). |
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 IV, p. 237 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), , p. 10, n. 25 ... Agora X, p. 67. |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 240 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 133-134 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 53. |
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 ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 47 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 325, no. 6. |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins:
8 May 1937 #3
14 May 1937 #1
Coins from dump:
27 May 1937 #2-#9
28 May 1937 #3-#11 Subdivisions:
.1=16.00-17.00m.
.2=17.00-18.00m.
.3=18.00-19.00m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 234 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora VI, p. 98. |
| David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!"
ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric ... "No grave goods!"
ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to |
| 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 IV, p. 236 ... 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 IV, p. 238 ... 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 ... times. (Hesperia. 3 (1934), p. ... 230, P 366, P 367, P 403-P 407, P 2387-P 2393, L 459, L |
| 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 ... contained, p. 1340.
Upper Fill: ... Hesperia 15 (1946), pp. 265-336 ... B.C. cf. Hesperia 7 (1938), |
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 ... the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, ... (passage-probably fill of 100/ΚΘ-p |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 74, 146 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 54 (1985), p. 23, n. 9. |
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated.
Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 73, n. 15 ... Rotroff (1990), p. 177, pl. 24:3. |
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; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 71, 74, 88, n. 7 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69. |
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 ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit) X) ... Hesperia Suppl 4 (1940), pp. 98-101, 135-135, fig. 75 (marked A). |
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. |
| The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light brown soil contained some ash and bone and 5 nearly complete pots or saucers ... First half 3rd. c. B.C ... The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light |
Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2
18 June 1937 #1-#4
19 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th c. A.D ... Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. |
West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30 ... Hesperia 16 (1947), p. 210, pl. 47, 1 and 3 ... Agora XII, p. 384. |
Lower fill:
See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed.
Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds.
Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507.
Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375. |
May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use.
For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff.
Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, P ... (no subdivision): P 10775, P 34895.
Containers ... Nb.p. 2331: We shall measure depths from the mouth |
| 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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376. |
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