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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. Coins:
25 May 1935 #1 (with L 1809) (disintegrated) Subdivisions:
.1=Upper ... Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c. |
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. |
Coins:
2 June 1937 #1 Estimated Grid ... 5th c. A.D. |
This deposit represents the Hellenistic fill from 50-54/ΣΤ-Η. A mixed green sand drain fill exists a bit father south (nbp. 135). Coins:
14 May 1934 #1-#175
15 May 1934 #1-#70 ... 14 May 1934 |
| Hellenistic filling in N.W. corner of Section (39-46/ΙΘ-ΚΓ inclusive). Coins:
14 July 1931 #42, #64
15 July 1931 #6 but grid 42/ΚΔ, #34-#37
16 July 1931 #15-#16
17 July 1931 #4-#12
18 July 1931 #1-#5, ... 4th.-early 2nd. B.C. |
Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766).
Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Keos, Federal Coinage ... Ethnic?
Heavily damaged. Coin no. 16. Modern fill. Bearded head (Aristaios) r., laureate. Legend illegible (ΚΕΙ or ΚΕΙΩΝ)
Forepart of dog Sirios l., encircled by rays. 322 ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C. |
| Athens ... Coin no. 32.
Cast stored in Lab Case 52D Black earth below cesspool. Helmeted bust of Athena l., with shoulders bare. Border of dots. AθHN-AI-ΩN Theseus or Herakles standing l., holding phiale in r. hand ... Ca. 120's - 140's or later A.D. |
| Athens ... Coin no. 30. Dump. Helmeted bust of Athena l., with shoulders bare. Border of dots. AθHN-AI-ΩN
Theseus or Herakles standing l., holding phiale in r. hand and club with l. Border of dots. 234 82-28-7 ... Ca. 120's - 140's or later A.D. |
Keos, Federal Coinage ... Heavily damaged. Coin no. 180. Dump. Bearded head (Aristaios) r., laureate. Traces of legend (ΚΕΙ or ΚΕΙΩΝ)
Forepart of dog Sirios l., encircled by rays. 282 ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C. |
Corinth ... Coin no. 18. [Head of bearded Herakles r., wearing wreath.] Symbol beneath
Forepart of Pegasos r. 457 ... Late 5th - 3rd c. B.C. |
| Corinth ... Ti. Claudius Optatus,
C. Iulius Polyaenus. Coin no. 8. In half pithos. NERO CL-CAES G
Head of Nero r. TI CL[AVDIO] OPTATO IIVIR COR
Bellerophon with shield leaning r., restraining Pegasos l. 283 84-6-2, ... 57/58 or 58/59 A.D. |
Orchomenos ... Heavily damaged. Coin no. 59. Artemis kneeling r., with bow. [EPXOMEN-IωN]
Kallisto seated l., pierced by arrow; child Arkas behind. 428 ... After 370 B.C. |
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. |
Black glaze; coarse ware; Megarian bowls; unguentaria; West Slope; lamp fragments.
14 May 1934 #1-#175 ... Hellenistic |
| AMS
Cast at left does not belong to ΔΕ-6. Horizontal (normal) |
| 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 ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C. |
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 |
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date. |
Coins:
19 May 1936 #1-#2 ... 1st c. A.D. |
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. |
Primarily late Roman material but some scrappy early Roman. Coins:
5 March 1934 #1-#4
6 March 1934 #1-#3
7 March 1934 #1-#2
8 March 1934 #1-#4
9 March 1934 #1-#4
10 March 1934 #1 ... Ca. A.D. 350 dumped fill |
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