Hephaisteion Garden; fill beside wall. Loose filling encountered in rescue excavation to examine wall found during construction of public toilet in Theseion Park, outside Agora area. SIR 1991
Originally ... Second half of 4th c. B.C.
A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; above it was about 5.00m. of collapsed ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C.
A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c.
Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic. Coins:
7 April 1956 #1-#9 ... 4th-3rd c. B.C.
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.
Pyre(?) in House N, S.W. Room. QUESTION P 34182-P 34185 are from another house, another room? How did they get into this deposit. Notebook ref? ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C.
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Scanty debris filling in a pit. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to ... 4th. c. B.C.
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall. dMax. depth 0.20m.d.
Many fills in areas ... Ca. 325-300 B.C.
Early cutting beside Great Drain: 103-111/Λ-ΛΓ (= "Deep cutting" Pit at 107/ΛΑ).
Abandonment filling in channel for early drain; the fragment of a red figured bell krater, P 17000, probably to be dated ... Ca. 425-395 B.C.
Fills from construction and reconstruction of a house. Under the original floor of this house were sherds including two red figured pieces (P 17137, P 19880). The filling of the floor levels of the house ... Second half of the 5th. c. B.C.
Scanty debris filling in a pit. The wishbone-handled bowl (P 16753) is of the middle of the third quarter of the 5th. c. century, as are also two red figured fragments, P 25820 and P 25821; the deposit ... Ca. 450-400 B.C.
"South Triangle" abandonment filling over Brown House (House A) in the industrial area. Layers 1-3 and layer 4, to floor of second period. As late as the 3rd. c. B.C. but composed largely of earlier material ... 3rd c. B.C. and earlier
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C.
Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. B.C. to Sullan destruction. Coins:
26 July 1946 #1-#2
30 July ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D.
West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C.
Mixed filling in a well cut rectangular pit. Debris of the second half of the 5th. c., deposited as late as the second quarter of the 4th. c. B.C ... Second quarter 4th c. B.C.
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.
Dumped filling in the upper part of a well, to a depth of 6.65m. (the excavation could not be completed and the use filling was not reached). Homogeneous fill dumped from nearby. Coins:
27 April 1937 #13-#16 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.
Fillings in a well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. The shaft reached a depth of 20.28m., but produced no use filling. The lower part, from water level at 12.60m. to bottom, provided only mud and gravel ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.
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.
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.
House N, room 6=House T: Pit with Kalikia in Room 2W. Roughly rectangular pit, length 7.10m., possibly dug to obtain clay for flooring in nearby houses ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.
Pit in House N, Room 2 (RSY, House C). Filling thrown in behind the west wall of the Great Drain South at the time of the building of the drain.
Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 211-212, 256 ... Ca. 430-410 B.C.
A well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in the area later occupied by House C. Dumped filling of broken bedrock with considerable fragmentary pottery in the upper meter and a half. No evidence ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.
Well with POU and dumped fillings, separated by about 2.00m. of plain mud apparently fallen from the collapsed sides of the well. The fillings are, however, closely contemporary.
P 18818 from the dump ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.
Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building.
Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.
Well. Construction, use and dumped fillings of the Hellenistic period. Tile-lined well with a packing of jars behind the tiles; the well cut through (Fill 4) the passage of a cistern (B 21:25). At 9.00m ... 1st. c.
Well at west side of Theseion Plataea, partly cleared to a depth of ca. 5.30m. Dumped filling, apparently the debris from a sculptor's workshop, as indicated by both the quantity of marble chips in the ... Second quarter 4th. c. B.C.
Cistern System #1e: Shaft at 11/ΞΑ.
Agora XXIX: "Well (not cistern shaft, as in Agora XII) ... Communicates with water system through small hole (see C 8:1) probably fortuitously. Single fill ... " Coins: ... 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.
Roman well, stratified.
Finds from the earth (not recorded in a subdivision):
P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS 6338, IL 483, IL 486, BI 309, BI 310,
BI 314. Coins:
5 June 1936 #1-#2 (from earth)
6 June 1936 ... 2nd-4th c. A.D.
Fillings below the courtyard floor of the Poros Enclosure west of the Areopagus. The lowerst layer, over bedrock, is of the archaic period and may have accumulated on the spot before the start of building ... First half of 5th c. B.C.
Construction filling of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Patch of stony fill beneath the courtyard. Accumulation of the second quarter of the 5th c., deposited in the last quarter ... Ca. 475-450 B.C. and later
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 in house R of industrial area west of the Areopagus. This well, originally tiled, was abandoned and filled at the time of the conversion of the house into a stone-cutters' workshop. Subdivisions: ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.
Well in House H, Room 13. Two dumped fills apparently of the same date, but separated by a clay deposit of over 2.00m. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.
Well in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Scanty use filling at bottom; above this, a broken bedrock fill and above that a dumped filling. The upper part of the well was lined with tiles in the second half ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.
Packing under cobblestones. The high quality of the pottery from this deposit and the fact that some of it shows signs of burning has suggested that it might have come from a sanctuary destroyed by the ... Ca. 500-440 B.C.
Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 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.
Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. B. C. and earlier, but perhaps dumped in 3rd c. B.C. Upper filling mixed to Roman (4th c. A.D.). Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with late-3rd-century disturbance
Cistern with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all one fill, late ... 325-275 B.C.
Pit 2 in Grave area. Small deposit in a pit; a fragment of a red-figured nuptial lebes recalls the early Kerch style of the second quarter of the 4th c.; the deposit as a whole runs somewhat later ... Ca. 375-315 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.
Hole at 57/ΛΣΤ = Pottery Dump at 57/ΛΣΤ. May well have accumulated on the spot where it was found, its fragmentary state being attributable to the later rubble wall laid over it.
Cf. also P 19982 (ΟΟ ... Ca. 400-375 B.C.
Well under Poros Building Drain at 62/ΛΣΤ. Digging abandoned at 6.10m.
Fill dated to ca. 520-480 B.C., top fill dated to mid-5th century B.C. in Agora XXX, represented by P 20867 ... Ca. 520-480 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.
A flask-shaped cistern in House H with a dumped fill of the late fifth century brought from elsewhere and evidently deposited sometime in the 3rd c. B.C. Especially to be noted is the stamped Thasian amphora ... Ca. 420-400 B.C.
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR.
Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C.
West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman
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.
Flask-shaped pit probably originally intended as a cistern; used for dumping waste from a metal furnace. A substantial mass of iron slag found at the bottom along with a thick waste of bricks, charcoal ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.
Same filling as Theseion Street Deposit D 7:2 but separate list.
Perhaps also P 7904. Area disturbed by Turkish (50-56/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ). Coins:
18 May 1936 #13-#14 ... Ca. 500-470 B.C.
Carefully cut in bedrock with firm footholds on either side. The use filling is represented by a few fragments of water jars (uninventoried), indicating a short period of use. The dumped filling, below ... Ca. 470-425 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.
Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level.
Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 19-26 May 1936
4-5 June 1936
Pit in deep depression in bedrock. Also includes containers from early fill under late Roman floors down to bedrock at 81-83/ΚΗ-ΛΒ ... 7th c. to ca. 575 B.C.
Fillings associated with Southwest and North Buildings (78-99/ΙΣΤ-ΚΘ) and early walls to west of Great Drain.
pottery p. 1189, vol VII ... Subdivisions:
.1=Filling over bedrock.
.2=Fillings behind retaining ... various levels and dates
The almost complete red figure hydria set into this cutting suggests the possibility of a 5th c. burial put into a much earlier grave cutting; however, the remainder of the filling appears thoroughly disturbed ... 5th and 4th c. B.C.
No difference in date was discerned in the pottery from different depths, although there were several changes in the character of the filling. It was filled at about the time the Great Drain was built ... Ca. 500-480 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.
North and South Rectangular Stereo-cut Rubbish Pits. These two adjacent rock-cut pits, of uncertain original purpose, were filled with deposits of rubbish evidently contemporary and probably dumped simultaneously, ... Second half of 5th c. B.C.
Exploration of area of small early house walls. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed.
Objects P 14805, P 14939 and P 14940 ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas.
No subdivisions are given but the layers are dated over the three areas as follows:
Area ... Prehistoric to Roman
