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| Mike Laughy ... This pyre was found within an otherwise mostly sterile fill directly under a white floor surface in the southern section of Area IV. It was located ca. 0.50m. east of a similar deposit, Pyre J 2:25. The ... 4th c. B.C ... southern section of Area IV. It |
Filling on original floor of Primitive Bouleuterion = Building D.
Metroon pit η. H 10:2 is also contemporary with the construction of the building ... Third quarter 6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, pp. 14-15 ... Agora IV, p. 241. |
| Marcie Handler ... The remnants of a disturbed pyre in a layer of dumped Hellenistic fill. The fill was found in the area on top of and east of the eastern wall of the Classical Commercial Building at its north end. Fragmentary ... Ca. 225 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 17, pp. 118, 119, figs. 22, 44. |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 41, pp. 151, 152, figs. 4, 78, 82, 83 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 117-119, pl. 51 a (Pyre 4). ... Agora IV, p. 235. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
4th. c. BC.
Concentration of artifacts, burnt bone, and charcoal in floor makeup consisting ... 375-350 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 40, p. 151, figs. 78, 81 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 119-120, pl. 51 b (Pyre 5) ... Agora IV, p. 235. |
| Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.
Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 190, 198, 201, 226-231, 238, nn. 2, 66, 82, figs. 7, 8, ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 68, p. 180, figs. 119, 121 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376. |
| Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6).
Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 43, p. 155, figs. 78, 85, 86 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 120-121, pl. 51 c (Pyre 6) ... Agora IV, p. 235. |
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 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 11-15, pls. 1-4. Pillaging fill of Building F ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 111-121 ... Agora IV, p. 241. |
| Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5
Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 126-128 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 477-480 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 34-38; p. 41 (plan). |
| Pyre /Burial (?) disturbed, in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. In northeast corner of room 4 west.
Concentration of artifacts, tiny slivers of bone, and burning in a layer of fill ... Early 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 31, pp. 141, 142, figs. 67, 68 ... Agora IV, p. 237. |
Well (stone-curbed shaft) near middle of Tholos which served the prior building.
Period of Use dated to ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper fill dated to ca. 480-470 B.C. or soon after in Agora XXX (a gradual ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, pp. 30-33 (the second well of Building F) ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 449, 451. |
Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers).
Locations include:
SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... of Period IV, foundation ... Metroon=footing trench of Period IV of ... footing trench of Period IV). |
Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 132-134 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. Over urn two stone slabs, on top, mass of small stones containing Late Geometric sherd ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 24-26, figs. 1, 12-13 (Grave IV). |
At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 79, nn. 14, 39 ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora XXIX, pp. 464-465. |
| Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos:
In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 17, n. 39 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 21, pp. 123, 124, figs. 1, 50, 51 ... Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 354-355. |
A pit, perhaps a well, extending beneath the foundations of [Building D, the Primitive Bouleuterion] the Hellenistic Metroon. Not completely dug due to its position. A dumped filling so far as dug, apparently ... Ca. 575-525 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 12-14 ... Agora IV, p. 241. |
Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench.
For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 8-13, 105-138 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, p. 106 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
First quarter 4th. c. B.C.
Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 39, pp. 150, 151, figs. 78, 80 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 116-117, pl. 50 c (Pyre 3) ... Agora IV, p. 235. |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 15, 17, 18, 71, 153, nn. 32, 7 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10, p. 152 ... Agora IV, p. 238. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C ... N 72214 (Ω-352) pp. 1128, 1258 does it belong here? |
Well at 40/Λ, in the "plataia" ca. 600m north of the terrace wall and ca. 10m east of the Valerian wall. Top diameter of 1.00m, bottomm diameter 0.95m
The shallowness of the shaft, and the fallen condition ... 550-500 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 265-266, fig. 20 ... Agora IV, p. 245. |
| Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 159-160, pl. 41 ... Agora IV, p. 242. |
A well (diameter 1.10m) at the east edge of the valley road leading from the SW corner of the Agora, about 90m SW of the Tholos. The mouth of the well was subsequently covered by the east wall of the Great ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 440, 442 ... Agora IV, p. 238. |
Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 344-345 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5, p. 126 ... Hesperia Suppl. 8, p. 397, under no. 7 c. |
Well at 19/ΝΒ, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus ... 550-525 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 247-266, nos. 1-31 ... Agora IV, p. 244. |
Well East of Stoa Room 6 (well with Siana Cup); scanty dumped filling.
No water. Well never used. Estimated Grid ... 600-550 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 61-63, pls. 31-32 ... Agora IV, p. 244. |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 453-455 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 51-54, pl. 15. |
| (RSY=Pyre 2). Pyre in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in House B. In northern corner of room. No pit discerned. A deposit of small stones (a marker/) lay 0.30m above the level of the pyre, ... Third quarter of the 4th. century ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 49, pp. 162, 163, figs. 78, 96, 97 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 115-116, pl. 49 a, 50 b (Pyre 2) ... Agora IV, p. 234. |
Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 131 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), pp. 313-330. |
| Pyre in House C, Room 12 (RSY=Pyre 9) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Beside west wall of room 12. Pottery, burnt bone, and cinders in a roughly round pit; disturbed ... Ca. 250 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 47, p. 159, 160, figs. 78, 92, 93 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 125-126, pl. 52 c (Pyre 9) ... Agora IV, p. 235. |
A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 442-444 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
| Mycenaean Burial.
The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103-105, tables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 ... Agora XIII, pp. 208-209, 274, pls. 48, 79 (Grave XVII) ... Archaeology IV, 1951, pp. 223-224. |
Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 79, n. 39 ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora XXII, pp. 98-99. |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 37, pp. 146, 147, figs. 4, 6, 67, 76, 77 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 129-130, pl. 54 a (Pyre 13) ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 166-167. |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 77, n. 32 ... Hesperia 71 (2002), pp. 303, 315, 319, n. 39 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989). |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 133-134 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 453-454, fig. 2 (selection of pottery) ... Rotroff (2006a), pp. 364-365. |
Big well at 61/ΙΖ.
A well on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter 2m ... Ca. 520-475 and shortly after ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 461-464 ... Agora IV, p. 242. |
Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 444-445 ... Agora IV, p. 239. |
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