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Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus.
Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins
9 April 1938 #2
9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D. |
Containers ca. 140-207. From containers ca. 170 to bottom, catalogued objects seem to represent a gradual accumulation from 1st c. A.D. to mid-3rd c. Divisions between are arbitrary and therefore combined ... Mixed post-pre-Herulian |
Well in street leading to Roman Agora. Not excavated below 2.10m.
This has the same date as the latest pieces in R 13:1 (JWH). Coins:
6 August 1946 #1-#3 Estimated Grid ... Ca. 40-50 A.D. |
Small handle, broader inside than out; rough fabric.
Granular clay, dark gray with reddish core and red surface layer under light slip.
Stamped on lower(?) attachment; deep set fairly fresh impression, ... 24 April 1933 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Area to north of Roman bath; brown fill with Byzantine. LEV.GEN 1745 Leica ... 31 May 1939 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Long curve fragment, widening at the top.
Narrow rectangular stamp; one line.
Cf. SS 9000. Par: same as SS 09000* Great Drain south, Hellenistic sand fill overflow to east and west. MAARCI (retr) 1789 ... 24 May 1939 ... Amphoras | Latin |
| Neck complete with beginning of handles.
Early Roman amphora.
Two stamps on rim, upside down to each other. Class: ERom amph* Finished Brown fill in drain A. a) MANTA[---]
b) FAB 1077 Leica ... 16 May 1939 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Long curve fragment.
Narrow rectangular stamp; one line. Cxt: A-B 19-20 : 1(VG)* Great Drain south, Hellenistic sand fill. MAARCI (retr) Leica ... 17 May 1939 ... Amphoras | Latin |
The neck and rim complete, with stumps of both handles of an early Rom jar similar to SS 10717 (ΠΠ 742); the rim somewhat more undercut.
Two stamps on rim.
Cf. SS 9608, SS 10717. North-south Street; Roman ... 10 May 1949 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Part of shoulder preserved.
Thick pinkish fabric with bits in it; light at surface.
Stamp on shoulder; letters incised. East-west street, Road fill 4 2. TI·IVL[P] (V,L lig, letters incised) 3491 Leica ... 14 October 1949 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Part of shoulder with base of handle preserved; small sharply curving handle.
Gritty brown clay; buff slip.
Device in circular stamp at base of handle. Msc: for restoration: nt =NAD= 890 from Acropolis ... 20 April 1953 ... Amphoras | Latin |
| From the shoulder of a coarse amphora.
Reddish-brown clay.
Stamped on rim; incuse letters.
Cf. SS 7930, SS 7318, SS 7319, SS 7367, SS 11094-11106. Finished Hole. SPE (inc) Leica ... 5 March 1937 ... Amphoras | Latin |
| Amphora with funnel in mouth ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
| Stamp on amphora rim ... Craig Mauzy ... Raw file in Public / Photography / Unworked / Projects / 2016.04. Objects / 2016.04.xxx4 Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Mar 2016 |
| Fragment of amphora with Latin stamp ... Jeff Vanderpool ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Jun 2020 |
| Fragment of amphora with Latin stamp ... Jeff Vanderpool ... Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Jun 2020 |
| Stamped amphora neck with Latin stamp ... Jeff Vanderpool ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Jul 2020 |
| Stamped amphora neck with Latin stamp ... Jeff Vanderpool ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Jul 2020 |
| Stamped amphora neck with Latin stamp ... Jeff Vanderpool ... Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Jul 2020 |
From straight rim.
Fine pink clay, light buff slip.
Stamped. Dim: L 0.069, Hrim 0.05, Th 0.024* On top of drain. HEON (HE and ON lig, prhps inv) Leica ... 10 March 1932 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Half of neck and part of one handle preserved; thickened wide rim.
Heavy fabric, soft buff clay with pinkish core.
Stamped on outside of lip upside down.
Joined with SS 2029. Cistern. [M]ETR Leica ... 7 March 1936 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Fragment apparently from neck of large amphora.
Gritty orange clay; pale buff slip on outside.
Rectangular stamp (letters in intaglio). Dim: W 0.068 Great drain. DO leef? N
AS ! VL 1786 Leica ... 1936 ... Amphoras | Latin |
| Storage amphora; one handle and part of the other missing; fat-bellied body with
greatest diameter near bottom; long, blunt-pointed toe; heavy collar-like rim.
Buff micaceous clay, unglazed.
On the outside ... 28 April 1936 ... Amphoras | Latin |
| A fragment of a lrge amphora, with part of thick rim preserved.
Smooth red clay, buff slip.
Stamped on rim; retrograde.
Cf. SS 10258. Dim: H of stp 0.017, PW 0.039* Finished MARI·Ḍ (retr) Leica ... 21 May 1936 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Whole jar, missing one handle; fat bellied body with bulge towards bottom; heavy blunted toe; heavy collared rim flaring at top.
Buff micaceous clay.
Stamp on rim. Cxt: dep 78(VG)*Msc: ELW type 14, wine ... 11 May 1936 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Whole jar; lid, partly broken, sealed in place.
Pinkish-buff clay, light slip. On top of lid a layer of small pebbles covered with a packing of white clay.
Stamp on shoulder, incuse.
Cf. SS 7930, SS ... 6 April 1937 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Part of wide, thick, slightly flaring rim.
Coarse micaceous clay.
Rectangular stamp; stamp on rim. Brick drain, chamber at end of east passage, upper fill C (Mid-Roman disturbed by Byzantine). Brick ... 19 April 1938 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Part of rim preserved.
Stamped on collar rim. Great Drain to north, fill over tile drains. BARBARI 1140 Leica ... 4 May 1939 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Part of collared rim preserved.
Light grey clay.
Stamp on collar.
Cf. SS 8605. Latest Roman fill. M·HEPICENIS (H,E lig) Leica ... 1 July 1947 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Use filling of first half of 1st c.; dumped filling of late 1st c.(?). This well, near its mouth, cuts off the end of the upper passage of the cistern at 53/Ε. Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped filling
.2=POU ... First half of 1st c. A.D. POU |
Containers 1-14. Very fragmentary pottery. Some material earlier than late 1st c. A.D. Coins:
10 May 1939 #4-#5
11 May 1939 #4-#9
12 May 1939 #5
15 May 1939 #7-#9
17 May 1939 #1-#2
23 May 1939 #1 ... Late 1st c. A.D. |
Pit (Well?) under Building A, Room 2. Coins:
9 May 1949 #1-#2
11 May 1949 #4
12 May 1949 #3 (not a coin, bronze fragment in lotted metal tins ΠΠ 295). Estimated Grid
Remains of coloring matter found with ... Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D. Coins:
3 May 1939 #1-2 (red earth above well)
9 June 1939 #1
10 June 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1-#5
13 June 1939 #1
19 June 1939 #1-#2, #3 (Dump)
7 May 1940 #1
9 May 1940 #1
27 ... Early 1st-5th c. A.D. POU |
Containers 1-ca. 139. The well shaft broken out into a large hole so that no sequence could be observed ... Mixed post-Herulian |
| Jars from the debris of the destruction of Athens by the Romans in 86 B.C. From left: Rhodian (SS 8602), Knidian (SS 7918), Chian (P 19120) and Roman (SS 7319) ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1 Jun 2000 |
| Wine jars ... AMS Horizontal (normal) |
Selected from 7 boxes. Mixed 5th-4th c. Hellenistic to Early Roman; sigillata and Early Roman combed ware.; bronze fragment ... 5th-4th B.C. |
Rectangular pit (in Trench IX); dumped filling of late 5th. c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as Early Roman. P 18559 and P 18510 from above this pit ... 5th c. B.C. |
Filling over bedrock. Coins:
26 May 1938 #7-#10
27 May 1938 #1
28 May 1938 #1 ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Later intrusions from roman fills around ... Late 5th 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 |
Abandoned digging at 6.25m. due to water level. Tile well could be associated with a bit of late Roman wall to the south, with floor level about one meter above that of pebble floor. Well tiles were not ... 14-22 April 1948 |
Much selected; lettered well-tiles from upper fill ... 4th-5th A.D. |
| Whole jar; same as SS 7318 (X 518).
Capacity: (water) 28.510.
Stamp on shoulder; incuse letters.
Cf. SS 7004, SS 7930, SS 7318, SS 7367, SS 11094-SS 11106. Prof: PD 1120-18, 19*
Par: SS 07318, SS 07004, ... 2 April 1937 ... Amphoras | Latin |
Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins:
7 June 1939 #12
8 June 1939 #18-#19
9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D. |
Fill in shaft; upper fill in lower chamber; fill in vaulted chamber. Coins:
29 April 1937 #1-#8
5 May 1937 #1-#27
26 May 1937 #1-#12
27 May 1937 #1-#10
28 May 1937 #1-#6
24 March 1938 #3-#7
12 June 1939 ... Late 4th c. A.D. |
Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers. Coins:
31 March 1938 #1
9 May 1939 #1-#2
20 June 1939 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd-earliest 3rd c. A.D. |
Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins:
4 May 1950 #1-#3
15 May 1950 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine |
Well cut through the floor of a cistern. Apparently a dumped fill in an unused well. Coins:
16 March 1934 #15 (illegible)
17 March 1934 #2
19 March 1934 #1-#4
20 March 1934 #1-#3
22 March 1934 #1
23 March ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D. |
Hellenistic-Early Roman fill over bedrock, along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not ... 26-29 February 1936
2-12 March 1936 |
Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed.
Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C. |
Coins:
10 March 1936 #1-#2
11 March 1936 #1 ... 200 to late 1st 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 ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C. |
Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ.
The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C.
2nd 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.
Late 1st c. B.C.-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, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
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 excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.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. |
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