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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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
| 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 |
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. |
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. |
| 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) |
| 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 |
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. |
| Profile drawings of terracotta rooftiles, well-head and basin on stand ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 667 AMS 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 |
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) |
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. |
| 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. |
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. |
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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1965 |
| Eaves tiles (A 772 and A 861) and decorative antefix (A 880) assembled ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1938 |
| Terracotta roof tiles probably from the Tholos kitchen (second period). Third quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1935 |
| 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 |
| Terracotta sima with plastic and painted decoration. Cf. Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XXXVIII, 2 ... 1965 |
| 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 |
Tholos tiles ... Late 5th B.C. |
| Fragment of stamped brick ... Craig Mauzy ... Horizontal (normal) ... 10 Jun 2014 |
| Terracotta drain tile. Found within doorway of southernmost room of the Classical Building II (Classical Commercial Building) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Aug 1982 |
| Eaves tile and antefix from the Tholos ... Piet de Jong ... IX-62 IX-62 |
| Tholos antefix and roof tile ... Piet de Jong ... Exhibited at the Benaki Museum, 15 November 2006 to 7 January 2007.
See 2008.03.0060 for detail. VII-12 2008.03.0060 VII-12 2008.03.0060 |
| Detail of Guilloche decoration from Tholos roof tile ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1935), p. 69, fig. 54 and frontispiece. Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor |
Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... At 6.50m. begins use filling with numerous BHWJs and other water ... Late 1st c. to early 3rd cent. and of 4th and 5th cents |
Empty to 4.00m. From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... The presence of fragments of stelae and architectural members near bottom point to dumped ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D. |
Located in the NE corner of the early peribolos. Probably originally 1.00-1.50m. deeper, the bedrock above having been cut back in late times. Scanty pottery remains; some evidence for a period of use ... Ca. 600-570 B.C. |
| Coins:
23 July 1992 #854
27 July 1992 #861-#864, #866, #868, #872
28 July 1992 #867, #874
29 July 1992 #869-#871, #873, #875
31 July 1992 #877-#884, #887-#888
3 August 1992 #890-#896
4 August 1992 #897-#900, ... Roman-Byzantine |
Well in Byzantine Room 9. Excavation of the well terminated at 49.00m. due to cave-in danger. Topped by a stone sill and marble putael, the upper part of well is of Byzantine-period stone masonry; lower ... Byzantine |
Ione Shear ... Tile burial of an adult male found in 1991 on top of cover slab of south channel of river ... 27 June-3 July 1991 |
Well near SW corner of Burned Building. Depth of well 1.50m. below the bottom of the trench of the Burnt Bldg.
Estimated Grid ... Turkish |
Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates.
Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D. |
Byzantine Well at 54/ΜΣΤ, belonging to the house over the eastern part of the Odeion. Coins:
3 May 1935 #5
4 May 1935 #1 ... Byzantine |
7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C.
Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C. |
Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C. |
Stratified well; very late Roman verging on Byzantine. Coins
19 April 1939 #1-#8
22 April 1939 #1-#2
25 April 1939 #1
15 May 1939 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-15.25m.
.2=15.25-21.00m.
.3=21.00-22.00m ... 3rd-5th c. A.D.
9th c A.D. |
Containers 43-47. Coins:
22 April 1939 #1-#2
25 April 1939 #1
15 May 1939 #1 ... 3rd c. A.D. |
Well dug through N 18:1 (cistern at 79/ΜΗ) on the lower north slopes of Areopagus; the cistern was the northern chamber of a system; the southern chamber is at 84/ΝΣΤ (N 19:1).
A single dumped deposit ... 3rd-4th c. A.D. |
Great Hole at 33/Ζ = Area of early wells Some of the objects may have come from N 18:7 or from a neighboring 7th c, well, not separately cleared, but no definite association is possible ... 7th-5th c. B.C. |
| Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter at bottom -3.20m Upper fill: Latest coins ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. |
Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range:
MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D. |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) |
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