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Megara ... BMC 21-29 Coin no. 6. Great Drain to south; sand. Prow l. ΜΕΓ? between
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 1482, 1786, 8004 ... last half or third of 4th--early 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... BMC 30-34.
[Kleiner 1976, p. 19, no. 142.(A-B 19-20:1)] Coin no. 5. Great Drain to south. Sand fill (Hellenistic). MEγA above Prow l. Tripod between two dolphins upward; border of dots. 1486, 8004 ... Second quarter 3rd century B.C. |
| Athens ... Sv. 24.58, 59 Casts
Coin no. 7. Great Drain to south. Sand fill (Hellenistic). Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. Α/Θ between. Two owls stg. l. and r., facing; all in olive wreath. 1486, 8004 ... ca. 270 B.C. |
| Athens ... Χάλκινο Αθηνών 2ου αιώνα π.Χ. Coin no. 12.
100-104/* Great Drain; overflow to east and west. Hellenistic sand. Head of Apollo r., laureate. Border of dots. Α-Θ/Ε
Plemochoe. All within wheat wreath. 1508, ... Ca. 140's B.C. |
| Aphytis ... Cop 131, 132.
[Kleiner 1976, p. 15, no. 1. (A-B 19-20:1)] Coin no. 13. Great Drain overflow to east and west. Hellenistic sand. Head of Zeus Ammon r. [AφY] above Two birds billing. 1508, 1789, 8004 85-6-28 ... ca. 187 B.C. |
Messene ... BMC 4, 5.
[Kleiner 1976, p. 19, no. 162.(A--B 19--20:1)] Weight: Broken
Coin no. 14. Great Drain overflow to east and west. Hellenistic sand. Head of Demeter l., wearing wheat wreath. M-E Tripod. 1508, ... 370--280 B.C. |
Corinth ... BMC 446ff.; Corinth VI, p. 15..
[Kleiner 1976, p. 19, no. 157.(A-B 19-20:1)] Coin no. 11. Great Drain. Hellenistic sand fill. below Pegasos flying l. Trident upward; to l., A or δ; to r., uncertain symbol ... late 5th-3rd century B.C. |
Corinth ... BMC 423ff.; Corinth VI, pp. 14-15..
[Kleiner 1976, p. 19, no. 159.(A-B 19-20:1)] Coin no. 5. Great Drain. Hellenistic sand. below Pegasos flying l. Trident upwards; at l. and r., uncertain letters and/or ... late 5th-3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... BMC 30-34.
[Kleiner 1976, p. 19, no. 143.(A-B 19-20:1)] Coin no. 13. Great Drain. Hellenistic sand. MEγA above Prow l. Tripod between two dolphins upward; border of dots. 1543, 1904, 8004 ... second quarter 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... Coin no. 18. Great Drain, sand. Prow l. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 2860, 3939 ... Last half or third of 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. |
Megara ... Coin no. 11. Great Drain; sand. Prow l., on which stands a tripod. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 2868, 4221 ... Last half or third of 4th--early 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... BMC 21-29 Coin no. 22. Great Drain, sand to bottom. Prow l., on which stands a tripod. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 2873 ... Last half or third of 4th--early 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... Coin no. 6.
71-76/* Great Drain, sand. Prow l. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 4760 ... Last half or third of 4th--early 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... Coin no. 13. Great Drain, sand fill. Prow l., on which stands a tripod. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. 4763, 5532 ... Last half or third of 4th-early 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... Coin no. 6. Great Drain, sand fill. Prow l., on which stands a tripod. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 4767, 5544 ... Last half or third of 4th--early 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... Coin no. 15. Great Drain, sand fill. Prow l., on which stands a tripod. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 4774, 5560 ... last half or third of 4th--early 3rd century B.C. |
Megara ... Coin no. 16. Great Drain, sand fill. Prow l., on which stands a tripod. Inscription illegible.
Two dolphins swimming r. in circle. Border of dots. 4774, 5560 ... Last half or third of 4th-early 3rd century B.C. |
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. |
Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N.
Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins:
24 ... 4th. c. B.C. |
Diameter 0.80m. Water level -2m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.67m. well in court (Room 3) of House N.
Late Hellenistic destruction fill (Pergamene etc) to -7m;
Sand without a well deposit (lamp Type ... 1st c. B.C. to 1st c. A.D. |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Coins:
30 July 1947 #3-#11
31 July 1947 #4-#19
1 August 1947 #1-#9
4 August 1947 #1-#20
5 August 1947 #3-#20
6 August 1947 #1-#38
7 August 1947 #1-#21
8 August 1947 #1-#41
9 August 1947 #3-#6
57-59/*
66-67/* ... 28-31 July 1947
6-9 August 1947 |
Tiled well (diameter 0.78, water level -3.50m) at 65/Κ (64/Κ) with poros wellhead. Built as early as 2nd c. Post-Herulian filling.
Tiled well, tiles 0.60m high ... 4th-5th c. A.D. |
| Drain. General view, looking south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Drain. General view, looking north ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Great Drain, looking west, showing construction of west wall and water channel (WC) entering from west ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Drain. Looking south, showing corbelling of west wall and fills ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Great drain, looking south, showing fills. 1) Red sand and fine gravel. 2) Green gravelly fill, rather fine sand. 3) Green fill, but with quantities of small stones and bits of broken tile ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Great Drain, showing fills. 1) Red sand and fine gravel ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Drain, west wall, looking north, showing corbelled construction and fills ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Built channel, south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Built channel, south ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Floor and west wall of channel ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| East wall of post-Sullan Drain ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Built channel: Floor and west wall ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| West terrace wall on east post-Sullan wall ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
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