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| Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c.
Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman |
Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins:
21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
| RSY Grave 51.
The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house.
Cutting:the pit cut in ... Archaic period/6th or 7th c. |
Piece of lip and of thumb rest missing. Base ring; plump body; high neck with flaring lip; two lugs projecting on lip on either side of handle; handle, rising above lip, is finished on top with a disk ... 13 June 1938 |
| About one-third missing. Deep bowl on ring foot with projecting rim turned up at the outer edge. Upper and lower walls meet at an angle. Two rouletted bands around upper part of body.
Red clay and glaze ... 27-29 January 1936 |
| Three joining pieces give the full profile and diameter. Domed lid with flat topped knob; flat projecting rim, no flange. Two grooves at upper part of the main lid and around the top of the rim.
Dark ... 29 May 1951 |
From shoulder and neck of an unglazed Imperial amphora.
Inscribed in black paint; at least three lines, broken at left.
Pinkish clay; light surface. Previously North Basement-Jar Fragments, Block VIII ... 29 May 1951 |
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