Pit in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early 5th ... Ca. 500-450 B.C.
Cistern in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Coins:
6 May 1947 #6-#7 Dump Subdivisions:
.1=Fill 1, Early Roman.
.2=Fill 2
.3=Fill 3, 2nd. c. B.C ... 25-30 April 1947
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8
15 May 1936 #1-#3
16 ... 23 March-20 May 1936
5-16 May 1937
Well near west edge of level area south of the Hephaisteion. Dumped filling thrown in near end of 4th. c. but by far the greater part belonging to the 30 years before 350 B.C. Coins:
8 April 1936 #5
9 ... Ca. 380-350 B.C.
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins:
8 May 1937 #3
14 May 1937 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=16.00-17.00m.
.2=17.00-18.00m.
.3=18.00-19.00m.
.4=19.00-21.00m.
.5=21.50-22.70m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D.
A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX. Coins:
30 March 1937 #1
31 March 1937 #1-#4
1 April ... Ca. 325-260 B.C.
Cistern on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios; dumped filling, second half of first century after Christ. Coins:
9 June 1937 #3
11 June 1937 #1-#8 ... 50-100 A.D.
A flask-shaped storage pit or cellar, cut in the rock at the south edge of the levelled top of Kolonos Agoraios. Filled late in first quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... First quarter 6th. c. B.C.
A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. Subdivisions: ... 425-400 B.C.
Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4).
Notebook refers to House N.
Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last quarter ... 350-300 B.C.
A well on Kolonos Agoraios. The upper dumped filling, a heavy deposit of pottery, was separated from the lower filling of similar character by several meters of plain mud. No use filling. Coins:
8 April ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with disturbance of 250-225 B.C.
The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two chambers connected by a passage (91/Ν); the east chamber at 91/Ν (E 5:1) retained little or no traces of its original period of use. North of the Hephaisteion ... Use filling early 1st c. B.C.
Well-shaft abandoned before use because of crumbling of rock.
From top to 15.00m. a dumped fill predominantly early Roman but containing material of late 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D. A rock filled shaft ... 1st c. B.C. to mid-1st c. A.D.
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2.
The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, ... 29 February-11 March 1936
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.
A small flask-shaped cistern lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous fill with joins at all levels. Coins:
20 June ... Ca. 375-300 B.C.
Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northeast room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C.
Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:4.
Object B 874 is from the top fill but not related to the upper or lower fills proper; no subdivision. Neither the upper nor the lower fill had the characteristics ... 225-100 B.C.
Unfinished well. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from an industrial establishment; also some marble chips and a scattering ... Ca. 350-325 B.C.
Several fills but apparently all 2nd c. Material in lowest 5.00m. Identified as use fill by numerous basket-handled water jars and whole pots ... Late end to early 1st c. B.C.
Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Early 1st c. B.C.
Cistern with considerable dumped fill. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C. Coins:
31 March 1936 #8
1 April 1936 #23-#24
2 April 1936 #15-#19
3 April 1936 #15-#18 ... Ca. 325-250 B.C.
Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Coins:
8 June 1936 #1
10 June 1936 #1-#5
11 June 1936 #1-#3
12 June 1936 #1 ... 175-125 B.C.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the course of the passage to the east and opening into ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the course of the passage to the east and opening into ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the course of the passage to the east and opening into ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C.
At the bottom of the well were scanty remains probably from a period of use, but without whole water jars; above this lay a heavy deposit of mud, containing little pottery; the dumped filling in the top ... Ca. 425-375 B.C.
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. Coins:
3 June 1937 ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C.
The West Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 225-165 B.C.
Well 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
24 April 1934 #1-#2
2 May ... Ca. 350-294 B.C.
Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern.
The pottery falls into three distinct groups ... however, ... 335-250 B.C.
Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan). Fourth century deposit overlaid by late Roman upper fill (cf. T 85, L 379, container 80, not recorded with this deposit and no subdivision given). Coins:
20 February 1931 ... Second half 4th c. B.C.
Rectangular shaft at northwest foot of Areopagus; dumped filling of second half of 4th c. B.C. Pit at 16/Δ-Ε recorded one time as an extension of shaft 17/Δ-Ε (see L 506 and nbp. 395), but items from there ... Ca. 325-275 B.C.
Unfinished well-shaft with debris filling (apparently of the Sullan sack). Abandoned due to poor quality of bedrock. Coins:
11 May 1939 #6 ... End 2nd c. B.C.-second quarter 1st c. B.C.
The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 23 February-16 March 1932
Well 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 with upper fill but not in subdivision ... 325-260
Tiled well, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery (none inventoried, containers 66-71); middle filling a heavy deposit primarily of table ware, apparently ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C.
Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity).
Use filling middle to third quarter of 6th c. B.C., upper filling, 6th c. B.C. with Hellenistic infiltration in upper ... Ca. 550-525 B.C.
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C.
Objects T 122, T 145, L 453 and L 454 ... Ca. 375-160 B.C.
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.
An extensive cistern system, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel. With exception of north tunnel (which ... Ca. 320-240 B.C.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late as the 3rd c. B.C. Coins:
25 May 1932 #6-#7
26 May 1932 #1-#3 SS 367 listed on deposit list but ... 375-275 B.C.
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... to ca. 180 B.C.
Two Hellenistic fills with late Hellenistic to Roman fill above. Subdivisions:
.1=top and intermediate fills, to 2.00m.
.2=middle fill
.3=bottom fill ... 6 February 1937
Dumped filling of late 2nd c. B.C.; Roman Group F, dumped filling of second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C. Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill (Group F)
.2=middle fill
.3=lower fill ... Second quarter to end of 1st c. B.C.
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during exavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C.
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. No stratigraphy noted during excavation, but analysis of pottery suggests three ... 5-17 May 1939
With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage.
18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C.
Dumped fill in a shaft which served as means of access leading to a water channel south of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins:
29 June 1933 #1
29 April 1936 #1-#3
4 May 1936 #1 ... Early 1st c. A.D.
Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins:
15 May 1950 #1 ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.
Modern fill in upper 1.65m. with Early Roman dumped fillings below. Coins:
9 May 1939 #37 (dirt pile)
10 May 1939 #53 (dirt pile) ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.
Broad, flat rim, sloping to center.
Horizontal, broad handle broken. Long, deep nozzle, with small wick hole.
Fairly high base; unglazed.
Hard black glaze.
Pale red Attic clay.
Type VI (late 5th. century ... 16 June 1931
Fragment of bottom.
On bottom, single circular groove, with signature.
Traces of brown glaze on the side wall.
Buff clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, Signed Bases type of Agora collection ... 16 June 1931
On rim, raised ovules around small flat top.
Double convex body; vertical handle; end of nozzle broken.
Fairly high base, inscribed: "IAΦH".
Glaze black metallic, with silvery sheen.
Pale red clay.
Type ... 3 July 1931
Lamp is attached to a high standard of which the front is in the form of a column.
From the ridged necking spring two volutes; between them are raised loops, and below, above the necking, a band of raised ... 25 July 1931
Fragment of base pierced for standard.
Above a small high well finished base a bit of the body of the lamp, curving upwrad, is preserved; the center of the interior rises in a sharp cone, point broken, ... 15 July 1931
Fragment of nozzle and rim. Lower half and tip of nozzle missing.
Rather narrow rim, sloping towards the central opening; set off from the side by an unglazed groove. Fairly broad nozzle, flat on top; ... 21 July 1931
Miniature lamp.
Rim merges with the body; at the inner edge, a groove, and a small ridge round the central opening.
Sides curving outwrad toward junction with rim. Irregular nozzle, spoon-shaped; rather ... 22 July 1931
Front part of lamp.
Rim merging with sides; broken along inner edge; close to the break, traces of a reserved band.
Short nozzle, shallow, rounded, encroaching on rim. No base; under surface slightly concave ... 10 August 1931
Nozzle and fragment of rim preserved.
On rim, single rill, its bottom reserved.
Nozzle long and deep, scratched in dry clay of its top.
Thin, somewhat metallic black glaze inside and outside.
Fine red ... 17 July 1931
Nozzle and front half of infundibulum preserved.
On rim, single groove around filling hole. Mold made.
Traces of knob of left side of body.
Nozzle long, rounded at tip, line of attachment to body on either ... 1931
Nozzle and fragment of rim preserved.
Rim, carried up as a high ridge surrounding the filling hole, around this ridge is a double row of triangles in low moulded relief.
Long, pointed nozzle, flat on top ... 6 July 1931
Rear part of rim and infudibulum preserved. Vertical, strap handle missing.
The top is depressed surrounded by a high lange, the part of rim preserved shows two small holes. Sharply angular. On shoulder, ... 29 August 1931
Double convex body, with triangular nozzle and low, concave base.
On rim, imbricated leaf pattern.
On top, moulded rim around central filling hole. Remains of vertical band handle.
Traces of black glaze ... 29 January 1932
Tip of nozzle missing.
Double convex body, with concave top. Wheel made.
Rising vertical band handle, broken at back; long nozzle.
Slightly rising bottom, with central raised disc; base indicated by groove ... 6 February 1932
Double convex body, upper part deeper than lower. Traces of pierced knob on left side. On top, two shallow, concentric grooves; edges of filling hole, broken away, probably rose a little.
Nozzle, pointed, ... 12 February 1932
No handle or knob.
Squat body, rounding, merging with rim from which it is set off only by a very shallow groove.
Nozzle, fairly flat on top, but rounding toward wick hole. Nozzle is long and pointed; ... 16 February 1932
End of nozzle broken away.
Double convex, shallow body, the lower part rather deeper than the upper; join between lower part and moulded upper part clearly seen.
On rim, plain round filling hole; set off ... 19 February 1932
Fragment of nozzle and top.
Long nozzle, fairly deep, with rather small wick hole. Top flat with incurving sides. Not quite full depth of nozzle preserved.
On top an erect, flat-topped rim 0.02m. wide ... 19 February 1932
Fragment of bottom.
Raised base, rising. Rather carefully trimmed. Mold made.
Graffiti in dry clay.
Glazed all over including under side of base. Late black glaze with silvery lustre.
Attic clay.
Type ... 19 February 1932
Fragment of top and back and sides.
Double convex body, with lower part deeper than upper. Wheel made.
On top, depression around filling hole with diameter ca. 0.019m. Shallow groove surrounds depression ... 20 February 1932
Fragment of inscribed base and root of nozzle.
Flat base, slightly rising. Preserves part of a letter.
Purplish glaze covers outside. Inside, traces of red paint.
Hard red clay.
Type XVIII (post Sullan) ... 20 February 1932
Tip of nozzle broken off. No handle. Mold made.
Deep, rather angular body, with greatest diameter near bottom.
Top flat covered, surrounded by raised edge.
Long, deep, wide nozzle, with narrow flat top ... 20 February 1932
Vertical band handle, tip and one side of nozzle broken away.
Double convex body, with decoration in relief on upper part; series of large and small grooved rectangles; row of dots above and below.
Small, ... 23 February 1932
Left side of body broken off. Horizontal band handle broken away.
Body narrows slightly toward top. Medium wide rim, down sloping; set off from body by wide deep groove.
Long nozzle, flat on top; rather ... 24 February 1932
