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.
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.
Nb page 5044: Great shapeless pit with a well (62/Ξ) at its bottom which we were unable to dig because it was too dangerous. Fill in the pit was of sand and white ash. The finds and pottery 4th. and perhaps ... Late 4th.-early 3rd. c.
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.
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.
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 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.
Herulian Debris: 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
11 August 1947 #1-#17
22 March 1948 #1-#33, #36-#40
5 April ... 8-11 August 1947
17-22 March 1948
4 May 1949
26 March 1956
2 April 1956
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3
.3=Fill 4
.4=Fills 5, 6, ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz.
Filling in a cistern chamber in the area west of the Areopagus. Main dumped fill of 2nd. c. B.C., with small amount of later material in uppermost 1.00m. A connecting passage contained some material of ... 2nd. c. B.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.
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.
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-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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE).
Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 11-25 May 1957
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. The main filling was apparently a single deposit, but the amount of pottery found ... Ca. 490-450 B.C.
Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench.
For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C.
Pit with burned debris ... probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over bedrock in the immediate vicinity of the pit. Coins:
22 February ... Ca. 500-470 B.C.
A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C.
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.
Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus, the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the last quarter of the fifth century, the middle and top fillings near the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier
A pit, perhaps a well, extending beneath the foundations of [Building D, the Primitive Bouleuterion] the Hellenistic Metroon. Not completely dug due to its position. A dumped filling so far as dug, apparently ... Ca. 575-525 B.C.
Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L ... Ca. 425-400 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.
Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road.
For levels in the same road further south, see F-G ... 575-525 B.C.
Well west of the Eponymous Heroes monument. The dumped fill was entirely homogeneous as demonstrated by joins between all layers excavated.
Excavation terminated at a depth of 4.25m. due to collapse of ... Ca. 600-550 B.C.
Use filling of the Roman period.
Several objects are from unknown depth or containers and do not appear in subdivisions. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill=Dump
.2=Second POU
.3=First POU
Container 86 at unknown ... 1st-3rd c. A.D.
Well at 62/ΙΑ, 63/ΙΑ. Use filling in the lowest meter of the shaft.
The upper part of the shaft was filled with clay containing only occasional fragments of pottery; at the top a small supplementary filling ... Ca. 600-540 B.C.
Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification. Coins:
17 ... 2nd c. A.D.
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.
Construction filling of well N 20:3 which was dug through this cistern; a few later sherds at upper levels may result from late repairs to well tiling. Coins:
6 April 1938 #14-#15
8 April 1938 #4 Some ... Second half 1st c. A.D.
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.
South Stoa I: 75-76/ΚΗ-Λ South Shop Building Layer g (O 16:1) and South Stoa I: Stony Fill below floor level (O 16:2). (merged from O 16:1 and O 16:2) Merged from two separate deposits: O 16:1 and O 16:2 ... ca. 420-400 B.C. and earlier
Well at 55/ΚΕ
Period of Use dated to the last quarter of 5th c. B.C., Upper fill dated to the same (deposited later) in Agora XXX ... last quarter of 5th c. B.C.
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.
