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Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII, Ptolemaic Kings ... Ptolemy VI and VIII, joint coinage of 170-163 B.C.
Πτολεμαίων, no. 1426 Head of Zeus Ammon r. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΨ ΒΑΣΙΕΩΣ Two eagles stg. l. on thunderbolt; at l., cornucopia ... 170-163 B.C. |
| Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII, Ptolemaic Kings ... Ptolemy VI and VIII, joint coinage of 170-163 B.C. Received in Agora in 1959. Head of Zeus Ammon r. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Two eagles standing l. on thunderbolt; at l., cornucopia. 999 C 687, 84-4-30, 85-25-26 ... 170-163 B.C. |
A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C. |
| Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D. |
Containers 83-86. Coins:
7 April 1937 #13-#29
8 April 1937 #2-#40
12 April 1937 #2 ... Early 3rd c. A.D. |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
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. |
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