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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.?) |
Coins:
4 June 1936 #12
22 June 1936 #1-#3 ... 4th. c. B.C. |
Cistern System #1b: Shaft/manhole and gallery at 18-19/ΞΑ-ΞΓ.
Objects divided between the two features, shaft and gallery, according to deposit notebook list, not according to remarks on cards. 22 February ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits. Coins:
9 May 1947 #2-#5
16 ... 1st c. A.D. |
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. |
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 |
Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2
18 June 1937 #1-#4
19 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th c. A.D. |
House A destruction debris over floors. All floors (rooms 1-7) dug in 1939. Re-examination of House A in 1967 (nbpp. 648 ff.). Coins:
27 February 1939 #5-#9
7 March 1939: #1
9 March 1939 #4-#6
11 March ... First half 3rd. c. A.D. |
| 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. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus; depth at 9.65m; scanty dumped fillings. From about 3.20m to the bottom, little but tile fragments appeared; in the fillings above, the lower is characterized by ... Ca. 350-290 B.C. |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D. |
| Terracotta plastic antefixes found in various places ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1965 |
| Architectural terracottas from the Middle Stoa. From left to right, simas (A 825 and A 554), a lion's head spout (A 913) and on the top of the simas, a palmette antefix (A 211) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Terracotta antefix from the Middle Stoa ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Terracotta antefixes. From left to right: A 1197, A 479 and A 562. The later with the cover tile ... ca. 1947 |
| Terracotta antefixes ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Architectural terracottas from the Middle Stoa. From left to right, simas (A 825 and A 554), a lion's head spout (A 913) and on the top of the simas, a palmette antefix (A 211) ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Terracotta antefix from the Middle Stoa ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Terracotta antefixes. From left to right: A 1197, A 479 and A 562. The later with the cover tile ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1947 |
| Middle Stoa: antefix A 211 ... William B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Torn Dirty Repaired Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1966 |
| Cover tile with antefix from Odeion roof ... 1949 |
| Watercolor by Piet de Jong of a terracotta sima from the Middle Stoa ... Craig Mauzy ... PD 1422 Horizontal (normal) ... 2006 |
The lower edge and a part of the back preserved; other edges broken.
Fragment from center and right side, preserving the flower ornament below the palmette, and the large scroll to the right. Letters in ... 11 April 1933 |
Lower right corner of antefix with inscription in relief below palmette.
Broken at the top, back, left and across most of the bottom; two and a half letter of the inscription preserved.
Cf. A 181. Main ... 11 April 1933 |
| Full height preserved; width and thickness of the antefix preserved, the cover tile broken off at the back.
The nine-petalled palmette, in low relief, rises from an acanthus bed; below this decoration ... 24 May 1933 |
Broken away behind; surface badly worn.
Rather coarse brick red clay, over which a thick coat of light slip was applied.
Across the bottom, in large raised letters:
Η Ρ Α Κ Λ Ε.
Cf. A 612 (Π 45).
7.50m ... 12 August 1933 |
| Antefix decorated in low relief, at the heart of the palmette the head of Athena Parthenos. In low relief, on plain band below, the inscription: Δ Ι Ο.
Micaceous red clay, white paint in front.
Cf. A ... 21 March 1934 |
The lower right corner preserved with three letters of the inscription.
The coarse clay has burned to a dark gray. Context chiefly Roman. Leica ... 25 April 1934 |
Small fragment from lower left corner. Red clay; yellow buff at surface. Two letters of signature in relief along bottom: C T.
Same series as A 734 (Ζ 1100)? Late Roman fill, 5th or 6th c. A.D. 1133 Leica ... 1 June 1938 |
Fragment preserving lower part of antefix with start of cover tile.
Relief palmette above spirals; raised letters along lower edge: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Red tile fabric with remains of light buff surfacing and ... 28 April 1949 |
Red clay, yellow on surface.
Cover tile broken away immediately back of antefix. Plastic palmette with Gorgoneion at heart. Inscribed in raised letters across lower edge of front, ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟΣ (?). From ... 15 June 1949 |
Fragment from lower left corner, chipped especially at back. Small part of the decoration preserved, two legs to right?
Below the signature: ΑΝΤΥ.
Red dark gray clay with bits, fired very dark on surface ... 22 April 1953 |
Antefix in the form of a gorgoneion. About two-thirds of the antefix proper preserved. Fragment from the forelocks and the lower right part of the gorgoneion missing, minor chips.
A red and black painted ... May 1953 |
Fragment from lower part, broken at back and right side; small chips from front.
Most of the upright spirals and the between them hanging flower preserved. Below, the signature: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ.
Red clay. No ... 1953 |
| All the upper projecting part of the palmette is missing, and only a small bit of the cover tile remains.
Across the face, below the palmette, in relief: ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΥ
Coarse orange clay, full of impurities ... May-June 1936 |
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