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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 |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C. |
Black glaze; coarse ware; Megarian bowls; unguentaria; West Slope; lamp fragments.
14 May 1934 #1-#175 ... Hellenistic |
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C. |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 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 |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21).
Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D. |
This shaft in the NE corner of House A, Room III, depth of one tile, is perhaps connected with drain A. Coins:
13 May 1940 #1-#13
14 May 1940 #2-#101 ... Early 3rd. c. B.C. |
Early West Slope ... 3rd B.C. |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D. |
| 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. |
Sculptor's Workshop at 37-40/Β-ΣΤ Coins
20 April 1933 #1-#20
21 April 1933 #37-#41
24 April 1933 #97-#100
1 May 1933 #5-#8
4 May 1933 #2
12 May 1933 #8-#9
15 May 1933 #8
S 343, S 407-S 413, S 390: Fragments ... Ca. 267 A.D. |
Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. 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. |
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 |
Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling.
Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C.
Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly ... 10 April-31 May 1935 |
| Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian |
Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C. |
Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods. ... 470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2.
The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Hellenistic cistern, part of the same system as 94/ΝΣΤ (D 4:1) and connected with it by a passage. Later cleaned out for reuse and filled with destruction debris of the late 4th c. A.D. Coins:
23 March ... Second half 4th c. A.D. |
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. |
Pits at 95/ΚΑ and 97/ΚΑ, in bottom of Post Sullan drain. Sandy filling in two pits in the bedrock, about 2.00m. apart, at the bottom of the so-called Post-Sullan drain, which replaced the abandoned section ... To ca. 86 B.C. |
Hellenistic-Early Roman fill over bedrock, along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not ... 26-29 February 1936
2-12 March 1936 |
| Includes finds from layer II and III of cistern passage. Coins:
1 April 1937 #1 (east end of passage)
14 April 1937 #2-#8
15 April 1937 #1-#7
16 April 1937 #1 ... Second half 1st c. A.D. |
House A destruction debris over floors. All floors (rooms 1-7) dug in 1939. Re-examination of House A in 1967 (nbpp. 648 ff.). Coins:
27 February 1939 #5-#9
7 March 1939: #1
9 March 1939 #4-#6
11 March ... First half 3rd. c. A.D. |
| 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. |
25 May 1938 #1-#60
26 May 1938 #1-#17 ... Post Sullan |
Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates.
Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D. |
| 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. |
Square Peristyle (Square Building) Constructions fill + other (square peristyle area); fragmentary and with some earlier material but in the main, where undisturbed, a homogenous deposit. Coins:
26 May ... Βefore 300 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. |
Furnace Dump from N. Hypocaust in Bath to East of Poros Building. Coins:
26 March 1948 #4-#8
27 March 1948 #1-#3
29 March 1948 #2-#7
1 April 1948 #2-#3
3 April 1948 #14-#15
7 April 1948 #16-#27
8 April ... Second half 3rd c.-first half 4th c. A.D. |
Cistern with two fills. Lower fill in cone on floor, with dumped upper fill above. Coins:
27 April 1940 #3-#5
14 May 1940 #5-#6
15 May 1940 #3-#7
17 May 1940 #11-#13
20 May 1940 # 8-#9
21 May 1940 #1 ... Late Hellenistic |
Sandy Intrusion. Coins:
15 May 1933 #1-#25 A. Walker coin deposit ... 2nd c. A.D. |
See also H 12:1. Coins:
22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C. |
Nbp. 1740: From the gravel fill at the level of the lowest step, late Hellenistic pottery, higher up (middle to top steps) early Roman. Coins:
23 March 1948 #1-#4
24 April 1948 #1-#33
26 April 1948 #1-#26 ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D. |
Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill.
Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C. |
| Silver and bronze coins of Athens, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Top row, from left to right: N 24585, N 12377, N 28826, N 14317. Bottom row, from left to right: N 38389, N 986, N 67279, N 2049, N 38410 ... Horizontal (normal) |
| Silver and bronze coins of Athens, 5th-3rd centuries B.C. Top row, from left to right: N 24585, N 12377, N 28826, N 14317. Bottom row, from left to right: N 38389, N 986, N 67279, N 2049, N 38410 ... Horizontal (normal) |
Iron slag ... 3rd - 2nd B.C. |
| Athens ... Unclassified, Period V (earlier 120's - ca. 175 A.D.) or Period VI (ca. 264-267 A.D.). Coin no. 14.
Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52C Bust of Athena r. Border of dots. A-θ
Owl standing l. Border of dots ... Earlier 120's - ca. 175 A.D.
Ca. 264-267 A.D. |
Philip V, Perseus, Kings of Macedonia ... No letters of legend visible. Coin no. 362. Greek House δ, Room 6, Layer 4a. [Head of Perseus r.] [- - - - - -]
Eagle standing three-quarters l., wings lifted, head to r. 491, 644, 1399 ... 178-168 B.C. |
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.
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. |
Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7
Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8.
Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by ... 17 May 1971 |
Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C.
Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C. |
| Casts of coin ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Casts of coin ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Casts of coin ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Casts of coin ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) Coins:
16 May 1935 #4-#5
17 May 1935 #1-#2
18 May 1935 #1-#2
20 May 1935 #1-#2
22 May 1935 #1
23 May 1935 #2-#6
24 May 1935 #1-#7
25 ... 16-25 May 1935
6 February 1936 |
Brown earth with occasiional small stones, quite distinct from upper and lower fills. Pottery mostly Hellenistic with an occasional late Roman sherd scattered through it at all levels. [nbp. 3112] Coins: ... Mostly 1st c. with some Roman. |
"Red earth": Herulian destruction debris over Roman House and east of cistern B. Coins:
30 May 1935 #1-#8
31 May 1935 #1-#15 Sherds stored in container Lot ΠΘ 4b ... 27 May 1935
31 May 1935
3 June 1935 |
Pit at 79-83/ΜΒ-ΜΖ (or 81/ΜΣΤ=pit under floor of Room 11 in Roman Bldg. 2, 82/ΜΓ, 83/ΜΕ=well at 83/ΜΗ). Purpose of pit obscure. Evidently filled in Hellenistic times and disturbed in Roman times. Coins: ... 275-200 B.C. with later disturbance |
Original filling completely removed by construction of well dug through it. Filling eliminated by digging of E 11:2. Dumped filling. Coins:
28 March 1936 #1
31 March 1936 # 4-#5
2 April 1936 #2-#6
3 April ... 4th c. A.D. |
Cistern 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 off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D. |
Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed.
Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C. |
Part of cistern system with mouths at 47/ΛΒ, 60/ΜΖ and 51/ΜΓ.
Last 1.50m. of 47/ΛΒ probably cut in modern times, contained modern fill in bottom. Coins:
10 March 1934 #2-#7
12 March 1934 #9-#14
16 March ... Hellenistic and modern. |
Coins:
1 June 1935 #1-#11
3 June 1935 #1-#14 Estimated Grid ... 1-3 June 1935 |
Deposit of jewelry in hypocaust area (92/ΙΗ) of Bath to East of Poros Building. Coins:
8 April 1948 #12-#47 ... 2nd-3rd c A.D. |
| Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic.
Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C. |
Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits. Coins:
9 May 1947 #2-#5
16 ... 1st c. A.D. |
Great Drain sand fill under Roman bath including small area at north end under tiles that was excavated separately.
See also A-B 19-20:1 for additional Great Drain sand fill at ca. 70-113/* Subdivisions: ... 30 July-11 August 1947 |
Great Drain north end, filling under tiles (55-58).
Only the finds from 55-58/* are recorded here (as found in the notebooks) although the deposit notebook shows additional finds from the entire sand fill ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C. |
Includes finds from layer II and III of cistern passage. Coins:
1 April 1937 #1 (east end of passage)
8 April 1937 #8-#10
9 April 1937 #4
10 April 1937 #1-#4
12 April 1937 #1
13 April 1937 #4 ... Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Glass, nails, iron, bronze, bone, plaster. 2 tins (?) ... Late 1st-Early 2nd A.D. |
Reduced to sack, 1970 ... Hellenistic |
The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C. |
9/Ι at 59.00m. General. Coins:
8 May 1933 #1-#11
9 May 1933 #36-#39 ... 8-9 May 1933 |
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 |
Coins:
15 July 1947 #10-#27
16 July 1947 #1-#22 ... Early 1st A.D. |
| Athens ... Coin no. 25.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52B. Sand on clay strosis. Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet ornamented with palmette and olive leaves. [ΑΘΕ]
Owl standing r., facing; behind, olive spray ... Ca. 390-295 B.C. |
Aitolian League ... Coin no. 23. Modern fill. Head of Aitolia r., wearing kausia. AITω|λωN
Kalydonian boar r. 962 ... Late 4th c. B.C. |
Histiaia ... Coin no. 15. Head of Maenad r., wearing vine wreath. IςTI above Protome of bull, with fillets, three-quarters to r.; at l., bunch of grapes. 971 ... 338-late 3rd c. B.C. |
Rhodes ... Coin no. 4. Cistern. Head of Helios r., radiate. P-O
Rose. 1010, 1309, 1442 ... Ca. 200 B.C. |
Alexandria ... Time of Domitian.
Year 3..
[Year 3] Coin no. 19. AVTOK KAI-ΣAP Δ[OMITIANOΣ ΣEB]
Head r., laureate. Hawk standing r., wearing skhent; at l., symbol. 1031, 1040, 1433 ... 81-96 A.D. |
Patrai ... Time of Caracalla. Coin no. 2. Cistern, south tunnel. [- - - - - - -]
Bust of Caracalla r. COL A[A] PATR Hermes seated l., on rock. 1060, 1309, 1444 ... 198-217 A.D. |
Philip II, Kings of Macedonia ... There are two coins in this envelope (and only one section no.; the second one is probably coin no. 6 of 12 June 1939, Section BB) or there are two parts of the same coin.
Blistered. Coin no. 5. Fill ... 359-336 B.C. |
| Corinth ... Coin no. 8.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52B. below
Pegasos flying l. Trident upward; at r., running griffin. 1060 84-6-13, C 127, 85-20-30 ... Late 5th-3rd c. B.C. |
| Athens ... Coin no. 3.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52B. Red fill. Head of Apollo r., laureate. Α/Θ-Ε
Owl standing r.; in field r., lyre. 1094 82-42-35 ... Ca. 160's-150's B.C. |
Perperene ... Coin no. 5. Sand below basin. [θEAN PωMHN]
Bust of Roma, turreted, r. [πEPπE-PHNIωN]
Bunch of grapes. 1133 ... 1st c. A.D. |
Corinth ... L. Caninius Agrippa. Coin no. 1; Recorded in the Ω-Notebooks. Overlaying pebble mosaic. [SENATV-P.Q.R.]
Veiled bust of Senate r. [L CAN AGRIPPAE IIVI|COR]
Clasped hands holding poppy and wheat ears ... 68/69 A.D. |
| Kyzikos ... Chronology: Mid(?) 5th c. B.C. Στατήρας από ήλεκτρο: Κύζικος 5ος αιώνας π.Χ. Coin no. 68. Casts. Cleaning Byzantine floor. Bull standing l., on tuna. Quadripartite incuse square. 415 C 268, 91-3-14 ... Mid-5th c. B.C. |
| Athens ... Large eye; ancient imitation? Coin no. 230.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52B. Layer 3. Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet ornamented with palmette and olive leaves. ΑΘΕ
Owl standing r., facing; behind, ... Ca. 450's - 404 B.C. |
| Athens ... Coin no. 238.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52B. Layer 4. Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet ornamented with palmette and olive leaves. ΑΘΕ
Owl standing r., facing; behind, olive spray. 450, 638, 1121 ... Ca. 450's - 404 B.C. |
| Maroneia ... Coin no. 279.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52B. Dump, provenance unknown. Horse prancing r. [ΜΑΡ]-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩ[Ν]
Square containing vine and grapes. 458 85-6-32 ... Ca. 398-347 B.C. |
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