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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. |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) |
Well at 34/ΚΔ.
a) Depth 13.60m. Little pottery (14 tins) and some of that made useless by loss of tickets during war.
b) Top to 13.00m (upper and transitional fills) 4th century. LRP ware and a 4th century ... Late 2nd to middle of 3rd cent; 4th century |
| Tile Fragment: Stamped ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Tile Fragment: Stamped ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
An unfinished well in the northwest room of the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling. Chips from marble-working, variety of plain and figured wares ... Ca. 400-385 B.C. |
Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building ("Strategeion"), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. Most of the ... First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C. |
See I 870, a piece of which was found in disturbed red fill in Β' southeast of Tholos.
Although apparently from the same context as P 5339 (tins 24-26, undisturbed fill), P 5336-P 5338 are recorded from ... 27 February-8 April 1935 |
little Late Roman (lamp fragments Type XXVII) ... Hellenistic-Late Roman |
Filling behind retaining wall of Stoa of Zeus. The remains of unfired clay adhering to the interior of various pieces make it probable that the material in this filling is a mass of debris from the floor ... Ca. 435-425 B.C. |
| Stamps on terracotta roof tiles found either in or immediately overlying the destruction debris: 1) Dionysios series (A 1309), 2) Diodoros series (A 552), 3) Aigipyros series (A 415), 4) Medeios series ... John Travlos ... PD 99 Cf. Travlos (1971), p. 372, fig. 479. Top right image. Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Roof tile from the Hellenistic Metroon ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1934 |
| Roof tile from the Hellenistic Metroon with dedication to the Mother of Gods ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1933 |
| Stamps on terracotta roof tiles found either in or immediately overlying the destruction debris: 1) Dionysios series (A 1309), 2) Diodoros series (A 552), 3) Aigipyros series (A 415), 4) Medeios series ... John Travlos ... PD 99 Cf. Travlos (1971), p. 372, fig. 479. Top right image. Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Roof tile from the Hellenistic Metroon with dedication to the Mother of Gods ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1933 |
| Roof tile from the Hellenistic Metroon ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1934 |
| Restored scheme of roof tiles of the Stoa of Zeus ... John Travlos ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1936 |
| Scheme of tiles of Hellenistic Metroon ... John Travlos ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1936 |
| Fragment of stamped roof tile, detail. Mother of Gods series ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Stamps on terracotta roof tiles found either in or immediately overlying the destruction debris: 1) Dionysios series (A 1309), 2) Diodoros series (A 552), 3) Aigipyros series (A 415), 4) Medeios series ... John Travlos ... PD 99 Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Stamped terracotta roof tile. Detail of the stamp ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Stamped terracotta roof tile. Detail of the stamp ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Fragments of stamped Laconian pan tiles (left, A 1472; right, A 1483) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Fragment of Laconian stamped cover tile (left, A 1412); fragments of Laconian stamped pan tiles (right, top to bottom, A 2677, A 1538 and A 1413) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Fragments of Laconian stamped cover tiles (top left, A 434; right, A 833). Fragment from a Laconian stamped pan tile (bottom left, A 978) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
25 May 1938 #1-#60
26 May 1938 #1-#17 ... Post Sullan |
| Preserved along one side, which has a raised edge nearly to one end. Other edges broken.
Coarse brick red clay, with buff slip (?).
Near the edge, the mark of the paw of an animal, made in the soft clay ... 3 April 1933 |
Broken all around; back preserved.
Coarse dark buff clay with bits; lighter buff slip. Two lines stamp.
Cf. series of stamped tiles: A 136 ff., also SS 4.
Metroon series. Fill over fallen cover slabs of ... 26 June 1933 |
Bottom rough; otherwise broken. Rather coarse yellowish clay.
Stamped: 'Mother of the Gods'.
Metroon series.
Cf. Negative number XXXIV-23. In late Roman fill, above level of strosis. Leica ... 2 April 1934 |
Broken all around. Rather coarse yellowish clay. Traces of light yellow slip on bottom.
Stamped: Mother of the Gods.
Metroon series. In late Roman fill, above level of strosis. Leica ... 2 April 1934 |
| Broken all around. Rather coarse yellowish clay. Thick buff slip on top and bottom which is flaking off.
Stamped: ΙΕΡΑΝΜΗΤΡΙΘΕΩΝ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣΚΑΙΑΜΜΩΝΙΟΣ
Metroon series.
Cf. Negative number XXXIV-23. Black ... 4 April 1934 |
| A tegula with a bit of the over locking end preserved.
Cf. A 304.
Mother of the Gods series. Burned layer of Burned Building, as A 309 etc. Leica, color slide ... 13 April 1934 |
| Small piece, broken all around, from a thin nearly flat tile.
Inside covered with thin black glaze wash; outside unglazed. On outside, circular stamp with anchor.
Gritty light yellowish buff clay. Well ... May-June 1949 |
Broken all around. The slightly concave face covered with red glaze wash; on the unglazed face, part of a stamp: four-spoked wheel.
Buff clay. Found in red gravel stratum 1, Ostrakon Fill. 8331 Leica, ... 21 October 1949 |
About one half the tile remains, preserving its full width but neither end.
A heavy flat tegula with high side flanges.
Stamped in middle of upper surface.
Gritty buff clay.
In late Roman filling on ... 11 May 1937 |
No original edge preserved.
Upper left half of circular stamp with winged figure, probably an eagle.
ADDENDA Provenience open to question: possibly from well at 55/ΝΕ. Well, fill III. Leica ... 1 April 1938 |
Fragment of rain tile; broken all around.
Coarse clay, buff inside, yellow on surface.
Mother of the Gods series; the stamp is faint.
South of Building C; disturbed earth round late Roman terracotta ... 14 May 1938 |
Broken all around.
Fragment from a large probably concave rain tile covered on top with thin brown glaze.
Deeply stamped in its upper surface.
Middle Drain to north of Building C, loose gravely filling ... 25 May 1938 |
Fragment from upper right corner of a large flat rain tile with high, curved lateral flange and a low half-round flange across the top.
Buff clay tempered with coarse brown and white grit, yellow on surface ... 23 May 1938 |
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 |
| Broken all sides, edge of inset on bottom for overlap.
Coarse red clay, traces of buff slip. Left end of stamp preserved, with neat letters, Α μ, in low relief.
Same series as A 451.
Well, Container 2 ... 25 May 1939 |
Small piece broken all around.
Metroon Series. In fill on west side of Eponymon Street. Leica ... 24 July 1947 |
Small piece, broken all around, from flat tile.
Coarse red clay with bits in it; dirty buff on under surface; red on upper. Stamp incomplete at both ends: Η Θ Υ. Byzantine Kalikia fill, east of Great Drain; ... 20 March 1948 |
Single fragment, preserving one upturned edge, and the stamp complete.
ΑΔΙΟΝΙΣΙΟΥΙ series.
Coarse red clay, buff surfacing. Building P, Room 6; destruction fill. 1245 Leica ... 23 March 1948 |
Single fragment, preserving center of tile with stamp complete: ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ.
Coarse reddish clay; buff slip. Building P, Room 6, destruction fill. Leica ... 24 March 1948 |
Fragment from a flat tile, no edges preserved.
Coarse gritty pink clay.
Metroon series. Green fill with Hellenistic and some Roman sherds. Leica ... 25 February 1935 |
Only inscribed face and back preserved.
ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ series. Leica ... 26 February 1935 |
Broken all around.
ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ series. 222 Leica ... 27 February 1935 |
Broken all around.
ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ series. Leica ... 27 February 1935 |
The letters in a rectangular depression.
Series as A 415 (Ε 438): ΑΙΓΙΠΥΡΟΥ (retrograde). Trench of inner foundation of burnt building. Leica ... 28 February 1935 |
Piece from the ridge.
Broken away on all sides.
ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ series. 222 Leica ... 27 February 1935 |
Broken all around (back preserved)
ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ series. 222 Leica ... 27 February 1935 |
Inscribed face and back preserved; broken all around.
ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ series. In fill where late Roman Building had been destroyed. Leica ... 23 March 1935 |
| Much of one side missing, and one end broken away, leaving however part of the channel on the under side. Possible to restore length from corresponding channel of companion piece.
Top surface enclosed ... 23 February 1935 |
Upper part and one side broken away. But the edge of a channel along the broken side remains. If the channel on the side were of the same width as that across the lower end, the restored width of the tile ... 23 February 1935 |
Large rectangular stamp. The letters shallow, irregularly spaced and carelessly cut.
ΑΙΓΙΠΥΡΟΥ series. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica ... 27 March 1935 |
Part one edge and channel at one end of bottom preserved.
ΑΙΓΙΠΥΡΟΥ series. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica ... 27 March 1935 |
Two joining fragments; the stamp retrograde.
ΜΗΔΕΙΟΥ series.
Cf. neg. no. XXXIV-23. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica ... 3 April 1935 |
Fragment from the corner, preserving part of one end with groove on bottom and part of adjacent side.
Stamp retrograde.
ΑΙΓΙΠΥΡΟΥ series. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica ... 3 April 1935 |
| Two joining fragments. The letters large, neat and deep.
Pinkish to buff clay with particles. The stamp is retrograde.
ΜΗΔΕΙΟΥ series. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica ... 4 April 1935 |
Metroon series. Debris of Burnt Building. Leica ... 4 April 1935 |
| Back and stamped face preserved; possibly ΑΔ series.
Stamped: Α ΔΙΟΔWΡ.[ΟΥ]. Compact red earth over burnt layer. Leica, 88-14-4, 88-14-11, color slide ... 16 April 1935 |
Fragment from a large flat tegula; part of its lower edge and channel on underside are preserved.
Gritty buff clay, unglazed.
Stamp lightly impressed lengthwise of upper surface.
Metroon series. Late Roman ... 8 July 1935 |
Coarse red clay; broken on sides; several small indentations in the back.
ΑΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥΙ series. From pile of tile fragments from north, found while moving them. Leica ... 14 February 1936 |
Broken all around.
Metroon series. Leica ... 11 May 1934 |
| The lowest part of a large flat tegula; both sides and end preserved.
Made of fine buff clay containing a few large particles of grit.
Lightly stamped on its upper surface, the letters sunken; the stamp ... 1931 |
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