Title: | Probable Well | |
Supervisor: | Brian Martens | |
Description: | Located in the southern section of Room I, now bound by the scarp of Wall U at the north,, the scarp of Wall L at the east,, and a modern pit at the south. At its now low elevations, excavated in the 2015 season to 49.420 masl, it seems most probable that the feature fulfilled a hydraulic feature. The finding of numerous pieces of broken tile lining and a fragmentary wellhead with rope wear advance this identification. The roughly circular cutting is better articulated along its upper elevations; however, as it continues deeper we lose definition and the fill expands outward in all directions. This expansion is probably the result of a collapse in antiquity. The upper fills were explored during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Fill excavated during the 2015 season is closely related, but with increased pottery . The fill is perhaps Persian destruction cleanup, deposited during the third quarter of the 5th c. B.C. | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 626 (noted). | |
Chronology: | Third quarter of 5th c. B.C. | |
Date: | 17 June 2014- 31 July 2014 3 July 2015-31 July 2015 | |
Section: | ΒΖ | |
Grid: | J/16,17-1/13,15 | |
Elevation: | 51.109-49.42m. | |
Masl: | 49.42-51.109m. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 89 (2020) Report: 2015 Excavations Report Page: 2015 Excavations, s. 2 Images (6) |