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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) |
| Channel looking west showing /base/ of socle ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| House A. Room 3. South Wall, west patch, socle and cutting for downspout ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| South Wall (Room 3, House A) showing dark patch (pier) blocking Water Channel and Cistern Manhole. Downspout cutting at top, Cistern Channel. a=Socle. b=Drain 3. c=Cistern Channel. d=Bedrock on line of ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| South Wall (Room 3, House A) showing dark patch (pier) blocking Water Channel and Cistern Manhole. Downspout cutting at top, Cistern Channel. a=Socle. b=Drain 3. c=Cistern Channel ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Looking west. Socle Foundation, Cistern Channel and Tile of Drain 3. a=Socle. b=Drain 3 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Poros Building under Aischines Street. Fallen orthostates from south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Poros Building under Aischines Street. The poros blocks from northeast ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Poros Building under Aischines Street. The poros blocks from northwest ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Poros Building under Aischines Street. The poros blocks from west showing packing behind orthostates ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Poros Building under Aischines Street. General view from east ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Looking north down Aischines Street. Upper half of it excavated. Foreground, fallen poros blocks ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Better pieces, coarse: selected. |
a) Terra-cotas, loom weights.
b) West Slope; Megarian bowls; lamps.
c) Glazed pieces, selected.
d) Coarse selected. |
| Intact.
Mushroom shaped.
The domed knob depressed at the center, the long stopper tapering towards the bottom.
Thick pale green glass. Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Leica PD 2023-7 ... February-April 1937 |
| Wall fragment from a steep-walled cup or beaker.
Horizontal thin ridges at intervals of 0.01m.; decoration in white along and between three of the ribs at one side.
Thin yellow glass.
Cf. P 7643. Cistern ... 6 February 1937 |
| Two non-joining fragments (a, b) preserving rim and wall of an open bowl.
On interior of both fragments two horizontal grooves at intervals of 0.015m.
Molded glass, nearly colorless. Agora sample no. 304 ... 4 February 1937 |
| Three small fragments, one from rim, one from shoulder and one from lower wall.
Molded light greenish glass. Agora sample no. 308. Cistern. Leica PD 1103-1, PD 1103-2, PD 2023-21 ... 1937 |
From a flat roof tile.
Part of a swastika-like stamp preserved on the unglazed under surface. Black glaze on the upper surface.
Coarse red clay. Cistern, top fill. Leica, color slide ... 6-9 February 1937 |
Worthier pieces: all fine ware; lamps etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. Lids and two shoulder pieces with SPE stamp. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Coarse selected: all bases, rims, handles etc. |
Selected sherds.
Also amphoras beside tin. |
a) Channel at 65/ΞΑ, glazed pieces.
b) Cistern at 70/ΝΗ: Sigillata and local imitations; lamps.
c) "Miscellaneous thin and coarse".
d) Tiles and stucco.
e) Glass. |
Coarse selected; all bases, rims etc. kept. |
Coarse selected; all bases, rims etc. kept. |
Coarse selected; all bases, rims etc. kept. |
Coarse selected; all bases, rims etc. kept. |
Pergamene; Samian; brittle wares. |
Figurine fragments; fragments of lagynos ware. |
Envelopes with glass, bronze, iron. |
Coarse wares, chiefly rims and bases except amphoras and cook-pots. Resorted 1997, SIR. |
a) Top fill selected; piece of water pipe [as late as early 3rd c. A.D. Herulian destruction ?]
b) Middle fill
c) Coarse selected Resorted 1997, by SIR. |
a) Fragments of lamps, unguentaria, gray ware, blister ware.
b) West Slope, Pergamene.
c) Black glazed plates, rims, bases.
d) Black glazed jugs etc..
e) Loom weights, terra-cottas. Fragments of two unguentaria ... |
a) White ground lagynoi (middle and bottom fill).
b) Megarian bowls (middle and bottom fill).
c) Fragments of coarse painted ware (middle fill).
d) Fragments of bronze, lead etc. (middle and bottom fill) ... |
Almost complete pots:
a) Amphora rather like Χ 139,except for tapering body, no rim, no foot.
b) Black glazed oinochoe, like Χ 135 (P 8944); no lip.
c) Black glazed pyxis, like Χ 975.
d) West Slope neck ... |
Transport amphora fragments. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Transport amphora fragments, one with collar rim. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Transport amphora fragments, including large piece of cylindrical like Χ 140. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Selected coarse wares: water-jars, lagynoi, bases. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Selected coarse wares: lekanai, storage, kraters. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
Fragments of braziers and cooking pots; cooking ware. Resorted by SIR, 1997. |
a) All glazed sherds, including lamps and unguentaria.
b) Coarse selected. Resorted 1997, by SIR.
AS-993 taken July 1997 by SIR. |
Stucco fragments and window tiles, from layer between top and middle fill. |
Selected tiles. [Except for two pieces of heavy Roman bricks, all look early like middle fill.] |
Selected tiles. [Except for two pieces of heavy Roman bricks, all look early like middle fill.] |
31 May 1946 #1
3 June 1946 #1 ... 3rd B.C. |
6 June 1946 #1
7 June 1946 #1
8 June 1946 #1
11 June 1946 #1-#2 ... Latest 4th-3rd B.C. |
| Fragment of medallion and adjoining lower wall. Dim rosette on medallion, which is encircled by two raised circles separated by grooves. On wall are parts of schematic large leaves, ornamented with jewelling ... 6-12 February 1937 |
Upper wall fragment mended from three. Lattice pattern on wall; upper zone consisting of raised band with small dependent leaves.
Red clay. Glaze red to brown on exterior; dull brown on interior. Deposit ... 22-29 March 1937 |
| Rolled handle mended from two pieces, probably from a wide-mouthed scoop-shaped pot; handle complete with lower attachment, and start of spread to mouth at upper attachment. Small hole pierced through ... 11 March-1 April 1937 |
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