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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. |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C. |
Well to N of Nymphaeum at 115/ΙΣΤ. A good water supply but no evidence for a period of use.
Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. |
Cistern on lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above.
Use fill characterized by broken water jars (lower fill); contemporary dump (middle fill); ... Early 1st c. B.C. |
Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C. |
| Fragment of Laconian stamped cover tile (left, A 1412); fragments of Laconian stamped pan tiles (right, top to bottom, A 2677, A 1538 and A 1413) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.
This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Well 8: Archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis.
Depth from surface of rock, -16.10m.
Diameter top ca. 0.90; bottom ca 0.80m. Water level, ca. -9m ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C. |
| Top: section of terracotta roof tiles (A 1911, A 1913 and A 1914). Center: terracotta well-head (A 1916), section and elevation. Bottom: shallow dish on stand (P 21957), section and elevation. From Well ... M.R.H ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 677 Misc Horizontal (normal) ... 1952 |
Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins:
6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. |
Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C.
Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C. |
A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C. |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Tholos eaves tiles ... AMS
For Steven Miller. Horizontal (normal) |
| Profile drawings of terracotta rooftiles, well-head and basin on stand ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 667 AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Fragments of terracotta roof tiles ... Horizontal (normal) ... August 1952 |
| Tile Standard with pan tile (A 2672) and Attic type cover tile (A 1323). Photographed for Mabel Lang ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1959 |
| Stamps on terracotta roof tiles found either in or immediately overlying the destruction debris: 1) Dionysios series (A 1309), 2) Diodoros series (A 552), 3) Aigipyros series (A 415), 4) Medeios series ... John Travlos ... PD 99 Cf. Travlos (1971), p. 372, fig. 479. Top right image. Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... 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 roof tiles probably from the Tholos kitchen (second period). Third quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1938 |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C. |
Roman Dump/Cesspool ... Second half 1st c.-1st half 2nd c. A.D. |
Square Peristyle (Square Building) Constructions fill + other (square peristyle area); fragmentary and with some earlier material but in the main, where undisturbed, a homogenous deposit. Coins:
26 May ... Βefore 300 B.C. |
Tile well at 52/ΛΣΤ, in the northern late Roman building in the room with the apse. The top was covered by a large stone, and the well had never been filled after the last period of use. water stood to ... Late 1st (?) cent.-early 3rd to 6th cent. |
Northern Manhole to Water Channel [R 9-10], East of Shop 14 ... 2nd c. B.C. |
Well at 21/Ε (beneath Library of Pantainos).
The clearing of the well was abandoned because of a cave-in of the rock walls. Heavy dumped filling, the proportion of fine black table ware high ... Ca. 440-425 B.C. |
Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street. Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill.
Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D.
Coin
30 March 1939 #34 ... 7th-Late 6th century |
Well D: Archaic
Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Debris filling with scanty pottery remains; most of the pottery is earlier than the lower limit. Diameter at top ca. 1.20m; bottom ca. 1.10m ... End of 6th c. B.C. |
| Terracotta pan tile (A 938) to fit tile standard, and matching cover tile (A 1322) ... Misc Horizontal (normal) |
Byzantine Well at 66/ΛΑ.
Semi-curbed well at the west wall of the Byzantine room.
From the mouth of the well, a few brown glazed sherds ... Byzantine |
| Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins:
9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D. |
| Scheme of tiles of Hellenistic Metroon ... John Travlos ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1936 |
| Middle Stoa: sima A 825 ... William B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Torn Dirty Repaired Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1966 |
| Stamps on terracotta roof tiles found either in or immediately overlying the destruction debris: 1) Dionysios series (A 1309), 2) Diodoros series (A 552), 3) Aigipyros series (A 415), 4) Medeios series ... John Travlos ... PD 99 Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Fragments of stamped Laconian pan tiles (left, A 1472; right, A 1483) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Left to right, Laconian cover tiles (A 1113, A 1319) and pan tile A 2009) with stamped palmettes ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Fragments of Laconian stamped cover tiles (top left, A 434; right, A 833). Fragment from a Laconian stamped pan tile (bottom left, A 978) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and
C 19:17.
a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c.
b) Used ... Ca. 5th and 4th c. B.C. |
Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
| This filling is the largest deposit of its time found in the Agora. It may be compared with H 6:5 and with N 7:3.
Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m; footholds cut on opposite sides of the shaft ... Ca. 490-450 B.C. |
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. |
It was impossible to return to the digging of this well either in 1939 or 1940 [due to collapse of stereo] (nbp. 1432).
HAT compares pottery to that of Square Building fill. Coins
26 May 1939 #1 ... Second half of 4th c. B.C. |
Well on Slopes of Kolonos, apparently with two periods of active service. The earlier dating from ca. the turn of the era well down into the 1st c. A.D. Probable that the well was never cleaned out in ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D. |
Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier |
Heavy deposit of good black and plain wares ... 450-425 B.C |
Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ:
1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D. |
| Terracotta roof tiles probably from the Tholos kitchen (second period). Third quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1965 |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... 1965 |
| Stamps on terracotta roof tiles found either in or immediately overlying the destruction debris: 1) Dionysios series (A 1309), 2) Diodoros series (A 552), 3) Aigipyros series (A 415), 4) Medeios series ... John Travlos ... PD 99 Cf. Travlos (1971), p. 372, fig. 479. Top right image. Horizontal (normal) ... 1948 |
| Tile Standard with pan tile (A 2672) and Attic type cover tile (A 1323). Photographed for Mabel Lang ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1959 |
| Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1938 |
| 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 |
Tholos tiles ... Late 5th B.C. |
| Broken at back and at right side.
On the base of the sima an elaborate curving floral pattern in high relief, below, on the flat fascia, a maeander in red glaze. On soffit, a bead and reel in red. Red ... 10 March 1938 |
| Terracotta drain tile. Found within doorway of southernmost room of the Classical Building II (Classical Commercial Building) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Aug 1982 |
| Circular Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Placed on the top of the center geison a fragment of a brick and mortar vault (A 1905) and a green marble fragment (A 1789) from the same marble ... Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 1951 |
| Circular Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Placed on the top of the center geison a fragment of a brick and mortar vault (A 1905) and a green marble fragment (A 1789) from the same marble ... Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jul 1951 |
| Stoa terrace, opposite Piers 11-12. Original intake pipe in position at the west end of the west passage of the cistern. In foreground, top of the cistern passage with one of the poros lining blocks still ... west 3731 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Apr 1954 |
| Area west of the Church of the Holy Apostles and north of the Southeast Fountain House: Y-shaped terracotta water pipe. Cf. 1997.13.0081 and 1997.13.0082 to view the pipe in situ ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1965 |
| Area west of Holy Apostles and north of the Southeast Fountain House: Y-shaped terracotta water pipe. Cf. 1997.13.0081 and 1997.13.0082 to view the pipe in situ ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1965 |
| Marble ridge tile with antefix (A 715) in place on a cornice block (A 2042) of the west facade. Cf. 1997.07.0444 showing the insertion of the ancient elements ... Horizontal (normal) ... August 1952 |
| Two sections of line of pressure pipe. For position of this pipe-line in place across coverslabs of East Branch of the Great Drain, cf. Cf. 1997.09.0381 and 1997.09.0382 ... 1953 |
| Isometric drawing of a terracotta pan tile ... G. P. Stevens ... PD 1748 ... 1949 |
| Terracotta cover tile ... G. P. Stevens ... PD 1749 ... 1949 |
| Isometric drawing of a terracotta pan tile ... G. P. Stevens ... PD 1753 ... 1949 |
| Terracotta antefixes. From left to right: A 1197, A 479 and A 562. The later with the cover tile ... ca. 1947 |
| Terracotta roof tiles. From top to bottom, left, A 1179 and A 1181; right, A 1178 and A 1180 ... ca. 1947 |
| Stepped retaining wall (block marked "X" is modern) ... east 3544 Horizontal (normal) ... 8 Sep 1961 |
| Roof tile from the Hellenistic Metroon ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1934 |
| Roof tile from the Hellenistic Metroon with dedication to the Mother of Gods ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1933 |
| Eaves tiles of the Tholos with antefix, cover tile above, rain tile below ... Piet de Jong ... PD 71 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939 |
| Diamond-shaped tiles of Tholos ... Piet de Jong ... PD 72 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1939 |
| Soffit decoration of the Tholos eaves tiles, watercolor by Piet de Jong. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 68, fig. 53 and neg. IX-63 with lettering ... Piet de Jong ... PD 75 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tile probably from the Tholos kitchen. Top, front, underneath and section views. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... PD 76 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Front and underneath views of the eaves tile, watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... PD 75 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Eaves tiles and antefix. Watercolor by Piet de Jong ... Piet de Jong ... Ptg. 333 Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| Terracotta pipe from the drain of the kitchen of the Archaic house with the Colonnaded Court (Building F) ... PD 188 Horizontal (normal) ... 1936 |
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