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| Early Roman, late 1st c. A.D. with some later fragments. Coins:
31 May 1938 #1-#12
1 June 1938 #1-#5
2 June 1938 #1-#2 ... Late 1st c. B.C. |
| The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU |
| Coins:
19 May 1938 #1
20 May 1938 #3-#5, #12-#20 (Dump) ... 4th-6th c. A.D. |
| Building Fill NE of Circular Building 13-17/ΚΓ-ΚΣΤ (Roman Group H)
and Connecting Cut NE of Circular Bldg ... First half 2nd c. A.D. |
| It may perhaps be assumed that in the 5th c. the Romans cleaned the well to 25.30m., thus removing 2nd c. and subsequent fill, and then began to reuse the shaft. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill ... POU 1st c. and 5th-7th c. A.D. |
| 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. |
| There is no doubt that the pottery from the well is "stratified" in the sense that a very definite sequence could be observed from the late 6th c. pottery near the top down to pottery of the 1st c. A.D ... 29 June-27 July 1955 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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