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| Well in East Colonnade of Roman House H. Diameter 0.80m, lined with field stones set in mortar. used as a cistern as well.
No useful pottery dates. Capital from colonnade A 3866 and part of shaft found ... 29 July 1970 ... Well in East Colonnade of Roman House H |
| Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H. Concentration of artifacts, bone, and flecks of carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the pyre lay within a red fill apparently contemporary with it, but with some later ... 300-290 B.C ... Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H |
| Well in West Colonnade of Roman House H. Covered by a large handsome marble well-head, apparently reused. Cut through bedrock. Diameter ca. 1.20m, water at -3.60m.
Two distinct POU fills. One at ca. -4.50m ... June-August 1970 ... Well in West Colonnade of Roman House H |
| Well in Room 7 of Roman House H, partially covered by caldarium of added bath complex (Room 6). Stone well-head; 0.85m in diameter. Stpped because of danger of collapse. Cut through bedrock, water from ... 6th c. A.D ... Well in Room 7 of Roman House H |
Well in Room 5 of Roman House H.
Under cement border of andron of Greek House G. Diameter 1.10m, cut through bedrock. water at ca. 3.55m. Hand or foot holes along one side.
0-7.25m crushed bedrock fill ... 5th c. B.C ... Well in Room 5 of Roman House H.
Under cement border of andron of Greek House |
Deposit alongside Greek House I, perhaps giving the construction date of the second phase. Deposit list title it as : outside of east wall of Roman House H ... Last quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... Deposit list title it as : outside of east wall of Roman House H ... Deposit alongside Greek House I, perhaps giving the construction date of the second |
Well south of the apse of Room 3, Roman House H. Cut through bedrock, diameter ca. 1.15m, stopped at ca. -10.80m because of danger of collapse. Water at very top, up to bottom of parapet between well and ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... Well south of the apse of Room 3, Roman House H. Cut through bedrock, ... Roman House H sometime around ... House H. |
Pit under floor of "Storeroom" south of fish mosaic in Roman House H.
Small peanut-shaped pit ca. 0.50x0.90. No association with architecture. Small group of votive miniatures ... 4th c. B.C. ? ... Pit Under Floor of Storeroom South of Fish Mosaic in Roman House H |
Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C.
Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C ... Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing |
From kiln in house of 7th c. B.C. (=Building A), to southeast of Tholos. Tholos Trench U, furnace ... 675-625 B.C ... H 12:17 ... H 12:17 |
Pocket in cobble paving in road west of Fountain House ... 1st c. A.D ... H 15:3 ... H 15:3 |
Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. Coins:
10 August 1961 #5 ... 325-275 B.C ... Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. |
A tile-lined well at H/16-4/14,15 under the Roman Propylon. The tiles had been cut down; highest completely preserved tile at 50.696 m. Only three rings of tiling were preserved , the uppermost almost ... Ca. 350 B.C ... Well under Roman Propylon. |
Deposit beneath re-used poros blocks.
Fragments of 2 ancient blocks of soft, white poros were reused here for a later foundation. the course of the late wall cannot be traced beyond the length of the two ... 15-17 July 1931 ... H 7:5 ... H 7:5 |
Chronology mixed to late Roman ... Roman ... Chronology mixed to late Roman. |
DBT note in Deposit Notebook: "Not a group in any strict sense, as numerous floors subject to confusion."
Simon's House = House B; more than layer 7a. The page numbers and finds listed are an effort to ... 11 April 1954 ...
Simon's House = House B; more |
A strosis into which were set the foundations of house of 7th c. B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i) ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... H 12:8 ... H 12:8 |
| An area about 10m2. on the lower northwest slopes of the Areopagus, southeast of the archaic fountain house. A dumped fill to the end of the 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C., containing many votives, overlying ... 7th c. - 625 B.C ... H 17:4 ... H 17:4 |
A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) ... H 11:2 ... H 11:2 |
Well J: EG, ELS. Early Geometric with later (Roman) intrusions.
Cf. P 1063 from mixed context at mouth. Also noted as grid 53/ΙΔ ... Early Geometric ... H 16-17:1 ... H 16-17:1 |
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 ... H 13:3 ... H 13:3 |
A filling lying over a cobbled floor in a house-complex on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late ... 375-275 B.C ... H 17:5 ... H 17:5 |
Pit in shop I of Roman Stoa, 2.50m. behind the Royal Stoa. Most of the pottery dates to the third quarter of the 5th c. B.C. Many of the vessels were marked with a ligature, indicating that this was the ... 3rd quarter 5th c. B.C ... H 4:5 ... H 4:5 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G).
Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave).
Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... H 17:2 ... H 17:2 |
Cistern chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ). Part of the H-I 16-17 system.
Cf. S.E. Tunnel (container 147) and west and north passages (container 156).
Upper fill: (packing for LR mosaic floor)
Lower fill: Hellenistic ... Hellenistic-Late Roman ... Cistern chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ). Part of the H-I 16-17 system.
Cf. S.E. Tunnel |
Destruction fill in "Storeroom" south of fish mosaic., outside SW corner of Roman House H. In SW corner of room an area of broken jars. heavy deposit (ca. 0.45m thick) of destruction fill over whole room ... 3rd c. A.D ... outside SW corner of Roman House H. In SW corner of room |
| C.G. Thomas ... Geometric grave. Bones discarded.
Tomb located about 2m west/west-southwest of the EG1 child inhumation, beneath the restored line of a hypothetical wall connecting the western "apse' and the south wall ... Middle Geometric II ... H 17:8 ... H 17:8 |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... H 6:9 ... H 6:9 |
See also A 754 (Ε 501). Estimated Grid ... Roman ... Roman ... H/13,14-10/16,17 |
| An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... supply the private houses of |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just ... H.A.T.'s Group C/ D. No long |
Lamps all found together at the southeast corner of the excavated area, in a deposit running in part under the dike of earth which has been left against the wall of the street.
Includes 10 lamps in Section ... 17-18 June 1931
15 May 1933 ... L 955-L 965 are also listed in deposit H-I 7-8:1 because they fall within the |
Greek House J, under room 8 of Roman House H.
Typical though very fragmentary pyre pottery lay dispersed in a stratum over bedrock with pottery ranging from the 5th to the mid-3rd c.
In same general area ... Early 4th c. B.C.? ... Greek House J, under room 8 of Roman House H ... first phase of the house but |
"Oinophorus Well".Tiled well in House H (diameter 0.80m, water level -4.70m). Height of tiles 0.64m Heavy well deposit; lamps,, type XXVII; many basket-handled water jars; oinophoros with labors of Herakles ... Use filling of early 2nd-mid.-3rd c. A.D ... Tiled Well in House H |
Well at 63/ΙΒ (in House H, Room 15). Upper fill mixed Hellenistic to 2nd c. or later. Probably thrown in in Early Roman times when House H was built. Contained many figurines; probably part of Koukla factory ... 12 August 1947 ... when House H was built ... Well at 63/ΙΒ (in House H, Room 15). Upper fill |
Cistern at 72/ΛΘ. Under NW corner of Roman House H. Stucco-lined, bottle-shaped cistern, poor condition. Diameter at bottom -2m.
Two tunnels, one leading east, one west, ca. 1.65m high and 0.80m across ... 150-110 B.C. with a few earlier pieces ... Cistern at 72/ΛΘ. Under NW corner of Roman House H. Stucco-lined, |
Well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
A flask-shaped cistern in House H with a dumped fill of the late fifth century brought from elsewhere and evidently deposited sometime in the 3rd c. B.C ... Ca. 420-400 B.C ... House H with a dumped fill of |
| Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus. |
Debris filling in a pit cut in bedrock at W side of House H, Room 10 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Debris filling in a pit cut in bedrock at W side of House H, Room 10. |
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date ... Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was |
Building Fill NE of Circular Building 13-17/ΚΓ-ΚΣΤ (Roman Group H)
and Connecting Cut NE of Circular Bldg ... First half 2nd c. A.D ... Building Fill NE of Circular Building 13-17/ΚΓ-ΚΣΤ (Roman Group H)
and Connecting |
Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic.
No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Upper fill early Roman ... Hellenistic.
No house walls clearly ... house. |
Layer 7 in South Peristyle of court of Roman House Ε. Irregular cutting in bedrock with sand, gravel, fallen bedrock. Some burning ... 275-250 B.C ... Layer 7 in South Peristyle of court of Roman House Ε. Irregular cutting in |
House K: Brown fill (publ. House U). Filling between terrace wall and house wall at the extreme west end of the Areopagus; a brown gravelly filling of early Roman date found here undisturbed but occurring ... Early Roman ... Early Roman |
Pit in floor of cellar of House 634/19. Contents mixed to late Roman. Pottery 4th c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. discarded ... 25 April 1958 ... Pit in floor of cellar of House 634/19. Contents mixed to late Roman. |
Herulian Destruction Debris in and around west end of Middle stoa and in and around Civic offices (House F) . Separated in two groups: H-I 12:1 and I 12:1. Asterisk: I 12* ... around Civic offices (House F) ... groups: H-I 12:1 and I 12:1. |
Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6
layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon.
Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4).
Coin
5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman ... Early Roman |
Lower levels of cistern to N. of House of Greek Mosaic.
Connected by tunnel to another chamber that was apparently cleared by Wilhelm Dorpefeld in the 19th c. Roman fill in mouth. Coins:
6 July 1964 # ... Ca. 325-290 B.C ... Cistern North of House of Greek Mosaic in ΔΕ |
Large pit in the bedrock over Wells H and I. Fill of the pit thrown in after filling of Well H, containing almost entirely coarse ware. First 4m of Well I, filling the same. Below that Well I fill similar ... Late Roman- 1st c. A.D. (mainly early ?) ... Late Roman- 1st c. A.D. (mainly early ?) |
"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 ... "Red earth": Herulian destruction debris over Roman House and east of cistern B. |
| North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13).
Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... Pyre North of House G |
Well E (diameter 1.10-1.20m) just outside the northwest corner of the southwest Fountain House.
Dug initially as a pit (J 15:2) partially covered by an early Roman wall ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Fountain House.
Dug initially ... Roman wall. |
Well on lower slopes of Areopagus.
Diameter ca. 1.50m. Dumped filling of 8th c. at the top. Fill mostly Geometric but containing bits of later (even Roman) pottery. Perhaps cleaned out and refilled with ... 730-700 B.C ... Roman house over it ... later (even Roman) pottery. |
It seems possible that the well ... was originally associated with the late Roman reconstruction of the Stoa, being later carried up to serve the Byz. houses. [Nbp. 364] Coins:
6 March 1939 #1-#9 ... Late 4th-early 5th century ... associated with the late Roman ... Byz. houses. [Nbp. 364] |
Well (diameter 0.98m) in House H, Room 13.
Two dumped fills apparently of the same date, but separated by a clay deposit of over 2.00m.
Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253. (noted) Subdivisions:
.1=Upper ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Well (diameter 0.98m) in House H, Room 13.
Two dumped fills apparently of the |
Cistern C (pit) in West Room of late Roman House.
Mixed dump of material, with a little Classical, much Roman dating at least as late as 3rd century A.D., and large amount of late Hellenistic. Coins:
1 ... Late Hellenistic and Roman ... Late Hellenistic and Roman |
Abandoned digging at 12.85m. due to collapse of side walls. Well H contents probably thrown in to Well I during cleaning in early Roman times; the pottery from the two wells is similar. Cf. E 14:6 ... 350-250 B.C ... walls. Well H contents ... during cleaning in early Roman |
| Roman Bath, Herulian destruction debris in A3. The high proportion of vessels for eating suggests that this was not the actual bath fill but was probably dumped in from the ruined houses higher on the ... Second half of 3rd and into 4th c. A.D ... Roman Bath, Herulian destruction debris in A3. The high ... ruined houses higher on the |
| "Koumanoudes' Well.
Tile-lined well (diam. 0.85m) at SE corner of courtyard of Roman House E, at top built wall of stones and mortar, bedrock at bottom. Coin
7 August 1971 #495-#500
13 August 1971 #507 ... 28 July-6 August 1971 ... Roman House E, at top built |
Pocket of soft fill in bedrock at corner of Late Roman house, with a hoard of lead tokens. No pottery catalogued.
Herulian debris: cf. D 10:1, D 11:7 Coins:
25 May 1935 #8 Estimated Grid
No pottery catalogued ... 25 May 1935 ... Pocket of soft fill in bedrock at corner of Late Roman house, with a hoard of lead |
| Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson).
"Not a useful well" HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR)
Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C.
Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D.
Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine ... pottery, July 19, 1951 - H |
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 ... Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7
Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area |
| Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT
West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c ... a Roman house had removed ... (House A). Date based on the ... House C. Pottery and cinders |
| Stephen G. Miller ... Irregular circular tomb (Diam. 2.20-2.60) with blocked dromos to northwest. Top of tomb lost in Archaic grading of area, center disturbed by Byzantine pit, overbuilt by northern-eastern walls of Room 3 ... LH III ... walls of Room 3 of Roman House E.
Green clay fill with |
Diameter 0.95m; water level -9.10m.
Plais shaft cut in stereo from bottom of slender flask-shaped cistern. Scanty fill from house destruction in 5th c. A.D.; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor ... Late Roman ... Scanty fill from house |
| Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C ... Pyre in House D, Room 4 ...
Notebook refers to House N ... was destroyed by a Roman |
| Sacrificial pyre, disturbed; a small pyxis (P 14864) is close to that from B 18:4. First half of 4th. c. B.C., perhaps first quarter.
West of House C. Pottery and cinders in pit in stratum. The pyre was ... First half 4th. c. B.C ... a Roman house had removed ...
West of House C. Pottery and |
A tiled well with POU from 9.30-10.80m. and dumped fill above 9.30m. The dumped fill differs from lower fill only in the less frequent appearance of fragments of micaceous water jars and the occurrence ... 3rd c. A.D. with destruction at 267 A.D ... occurrence of Roman D ware plate ... Pottery sorted by H.S. Robinson in 17 July 1951. |
Well at 9/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ has been cleaned and stripped of its tiles and original filling and bedrock thrown back into shaft.
Joins between sherds from all levels.
No coins or lamps. Containers examined 5 March ... 1st c. B.C ... B.C. (J.W.H).
15 April 1961 ... regard P 14265 as early Roman |
Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9.
Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. Layer resting on bedrock and covered partially by good strosis (55.26m.). Fill was red with mudbricks, tiles, much plaster ... Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9.
Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. |
| 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 ... Areopagus in Roman house O, just ... wall of the Roman house ... house.
Cutting:the pit cut in |
Connected with G 14:3.
There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... Roman fill. It rested over a ... B.C, phase of House E to the north), Late Roman (probably |
RSY Grave A.
Under the Roman House with three rooms floored with mosaic near the southwest side of the area. The burial consisted of a pot laid on its side over the bedrock, presumably containing a child ... 7 August 1947 ... RSY Grave A.
Under the Roman House with three rooms floored with mosaic near the |
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 ... No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman ... debris from some house or |
Well 15: Mycenaean. It was situated about 35 meters down the slope northwest of the exit of the Mycenaean Fountain.
Well circular or roughly oval in section.
Diameter max. width to -4.0: ca. 1.50, below ... Late Mycenaean ... late Roman pit which cut ... neighboring houses of the Mycenaean |
| A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House of Period II. The well was covered by a large squared poros wellhead and a marble puteal (apparently neither inventoried). Within the well shaft, the ... 14 July-9 August 1989
2-13 July 1990 ... A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House ... of latest Roman date |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... construction of the Roman building ... a Roman Building. It was |
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 ... Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). |
Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor.
POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... A.D. Roman tile-mosaic |
Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C ... to one of the small houses ... late Roman upper fill (cf. T |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... Roman house, part of which ... cut off by a late Roman |
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