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| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.
This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates |
| 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. |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1965 |
| Architectural terracottas from the Middle Stoa. From left to right, simas (A 825 and A 554), a lion's head spout (A 913) and on the top of the simas, a palmette antefix (A 211) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1938 |
| Architectural terracottas from the Middle Stoa. From left to right, simas (A 825 and A 554), a lion's head spout (A 913) and on the top of the simas, a palmette antefix (A 211) ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1965 |
| Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1938 |
| Middle Stoa: sima A 825 ... William B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Torn Dirty Repaired Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1966 |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... 1965 |
| Broken at back and at right side.
On the base of the sima an elaborate curving floral pattern in high relief, below, on the flat fascia, a maeander in red glaze. On soffit, a bead and reel in red. Red ... 10 March 1938 |
| Eaves tile and antefix from the Tholos ... Piet de Jong ... IX-62 IX-62 |
| Tholos antefix and roof tile ... Piet de Jong ... Exhibited at the Benaki Museum, 15 November 2006 to 7 January 2007.
See 2008.03.0060 for detail. VII-12 2008.03.0060 VII-12 2008.03.0060 |
| Detail of Guilloche decoration from Tholos roof tile ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1935), p. 69, fig. 54 and frontispiece. Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor |
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. |
Great Hole at 33/Ζ = Area of early wells Some of the objects may have come from N 18:7 or from a neighboring 7th c, well, not separately cleared, but no definite association is possible ... 7th-5th 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. |
Well at 55/ΚΕ
Period of Use dated to the last quarter of 5th c. B.C., Upper fill dated to the same (deposited later) in Agora XXX. Coins
1 April 1938 #10 ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C. |
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. |
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. |
Well to N of Nymphaeum at 115/ΙΣΤ. A good water supply but no evidence for a period of use.
Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. |
Northern Manhole to Water Channel [R 9-10], East of Shop 14 ... 2nd c. B.C. |
No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C.
Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D. |
Well cut through cistern at 51/ΙΑ (merged with R 17:1); well and cistern filled at one time ... 5th c. A.D. |
Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street. Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill.
Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D.
Coin
30 March 1939 #34 ... 7th-Late 6th century |
| Eaves Tile Fragment: Painted ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C. |
Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C. |
Containers 4, 5, 6 and channel ... Ca. 225-150 B.C. POU |
Drain in corridor of Poros Building. Deposit is from the period of use of the drain. Cf. also containers 140 and 602 ... Late 5th-early 4th c. B.C. |
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. |
Unfinished well, all one fill; solid bedrock at a depth of -2.47m.
It contained masses of broken rooftiles and probably was used as a refuse pit after the sack of Athens by Sulla.
Twenty-three stamped ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west.
Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
SS 10172 from fill behind well tiles (second half 4th. c. B.C.)=subdivision .2 ... 3rd c. B.C. |
1 fragment of painted tile ... 4th B.C. |
Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C. |
Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C.
Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C. |
Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels.
Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C. |
Fillings immediately antedating the building of the Stoa.
Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 20 and the debris of a pottery works behind the Stoa (H 7:1). |
Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
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. |
| Eaves tiles of the Tholos with antefix, cover tile above, rain tile below ... Piet de Jong ... PD 71 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939 |
| Soffit decoration of the Tholos eaves tiles, watercolor by Piet de Jong. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 68, fig. 53 and neg. IX-63 with lettering ... Piet de Jong ... PD 75 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tile probably from the Tholos kitchen. Top, front, underneath and section views. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... PD 76 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Front and underneath views of the eaves tile, watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... PD 75 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tiles and antefix. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... Ptg. 333 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tiles of the Tholos with antefix, cover tile above, rain tile below ... Piet de Jong ... PD 71 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939 |
| Soffit decoration of the Tholos eaves tiles, watercolor by Piet de Jong. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 68, fig. 53 and neg. IX-63 with lettering ... Piet de Jong ... PD 75 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Antefix of the Tholos, watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... Ptg. 217 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tiles and antefix. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... Ptg. 333 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Front and underneath views of the eaves tile, watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... PD 75 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tile probably from the Tholos kitchen. Top, front, underneath and section views. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... PD 76 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tiles and antefix. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Ptg. 333 cf. IX-62 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Painted decoration of eaves tile and section, terracotta ... Piet de Jong ... Dirty Watercolor Paper Watercolor |
| Tholos eaves tile and side; series of A 207, T.C ... Piet de Jong ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink |
| Soffit of Tholos eaves tile (A 861) ... Piet de Jong ... Earlier version (without lettering), neg. VII-11. Top part published only. IX-63 IX-63 Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... 1939 |
| Eaves tile probably from Tholos kitchen (A 207) ... Piet de Jong ... IX-64 IX-64 Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... 1939 |
| Royal Stoa, eaves tiles. First row, left to right, A 3872, A 3850; second row, A 3851, A 3849 ... 1970 |
| Eaves tiles of the Tholos: cover tile above, rain tile below ... PD 71 Horizontal (normal) ... 1939 |
| Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1938 |
| Eaves tiles and antefix from the Tholos roof. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Craig Mauzy ... Ptg. 333 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
| Watercolor by Piet de Jong showing three views of the a painted eaves tile of the Classical period ... Craig Mauzy ... PD 216 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
Tholos tiles; Hymettian working chips; chips of poros columns of Tholos ... Late 5th c. B.C. |
Black-glaze, some household ware (Ann Steiner, October 2023) ... Second Quarter of 4th B.C. |
| Painted eaves tile, A 772b ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile, A 772b ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Painted eaves tile, A 772b ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 2022 |
| Very coarse red clay with red bits; fine cream slip on soffit, face, and front part of top.
On the face a very elaborated guilloche with central palmettes, painted in black, with accessory red, on the ... 18 May 1933 |
| Two non-joining fragments. On outer face an elaborate guilloche in purple and black with palmettes at the mid line. On the soffit, a band of astragal between two purple bands; on the top, along the outer ... 5 June 1937 |
| A Tholos eaves tile, fragmentary but complete save for the tip, which has been restored on the evidence of A 864 (Ζ 1540). A triangular rain tile, its sides equipped with heavy flanges below, with light ... 15 February 1938 |
Coin:
28 May 1937 #2 ... Second Quarter of 5th - Early 3rd B.C. |
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