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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. |
| Southeast corner of the Aiakeion after removal of the Hellenistic fill. Front foundation of the South Stoa II in lower left ... south 3424 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960 |
| West side of the building. Modern masonry supports remains of the aqueduct (marked "XX") ... northeast 3436 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960 |
| Poros Aqueduct at the southwest corner of the "Heliaia" (now identified as the Aiakeion). Foundation for south wall of the "Heliaia" in middle right ... southwest 3447 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jul 1960 |
| Late Roman Fortification Wall overlying the foundations of the Propylon. Arrows mark the corners of the Propylon. A) Fragment (I 4720m) from the Bouleutic list of 304/3; B) Dedicatory statue base, I 4850; ... I 4850 and I 4713 were found in section ΘΘ. (SD) east 227 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Jun 1959 |
| Installation of the Hephaisteion sculptures, from the left, the Hesperides' group (S 429) Athena (S 1232) and a standing youth, possibly Herakles (S 1313) ... east ... 18 Sep 1958 |
Containers 2, 3 ... Late Hellenistic? |
Containers 4, 5, 6 and channel ... Ca. 225-150 B.C. POU |
Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building
west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it.
Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C. |
Containers 1-5. Coins:
8 April 1949 #17-#20 ... 150-100 B.C. |
Containers 6-9. Coins:
9 April 1949 #1-#6 ... 225-150 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. |
| Pyre /Burial (?) disturbed, in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. In northeast corner of room 4 west.
Concentration of artifacts, tiny slivers of bone, and burning in a layer of fill ... Early 4th c. B.C. |
| Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1).
Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C. |
An unfinished well in the northwest room of the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling. Chips from marble-working, variety of plain and figured wares ... Ca. 400-385 B.C. |
Well under Poros Building Drain at 62/ΛΣΤ, west of the Areopagus. Digging abandoned at 6.10m due to a collapse of the soft bedrock at the west. Small amount of supplementary filling was added in the upper ... Ca. 520-480 B.C. |
Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic.
No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman |
Containers 1-3. Coins:
27 September 1947 #1-#2 ... Early Roman |
Containers 6-12 ... Latest Hellenistic |
Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C. |
| Pocket with burning at 60/ΚΗ. "Is this perhaps a disturbed pyre burial." [Nbp. 2928].
Identified as pyre by SIR.
Near north end of corridor, beside its west wall. Concentration of artifacts, tiny scraps ... 4th c. B.C. |
| Disturbed Pyre at 59/ΚΗ (ΚΖ), in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus.
Against east wall of room 5 west. concentration of artifacts, ash, carbon and a few bones in stratum, no pit discerned ... 3rd c. B.C. |
Rectangular shaft neighboring the well D 17:12. Dug only to a depth of 4.40m. and provided with two galleries or channels extending from it. Apparently never intended as a well. Refilled with the dug bedrock ... 4th c. B.C. |
Pithos in NW corner (room) of Poros Building. Marble chips ... Mid-4th c.? |
Shallow pit in bedrock. NB fragment found in gravel to south of pit (ΟΟ 399=P18633) ... Second quarter 5th c. B.C. |
Drain in corridor of Poros Building. Deposit is from the period of use of the drain. Cf. also containers 140 and 602 ... Late 5th-early 4th c. B.C. |
Late Roman, perhaps as late as 7th c., but excavator noted small amount of material made close dating impossible throughout. Nbpp. 2448-2449: The fill of this well throughout is mixed and there are numerous ... Early to Late Roman |
Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D. |
Unfinished well in corridor of Poros Building ... Third quarter 5th c. B.C. |
Well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
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 ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. |
Well on the lower west slope of the Areopagus. Tiled well. The tiles were carefully made and clamped together with lead, two clamps at each joint.
Several fills but apparently all 2nd c. Material in lowest ... Late 2nd to early 1st c. B.C. |
| Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C. |
| Pyre in House C, Room 12 (RSY=Pyre 9) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Beside west wall of room 12. Pottery, burnt bone, and cinders in a roughly round pit; disturbed ... Ca. 250 B.C. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 2 through floor of second period (RSY=Pyre 5) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
4th. c. BC.
Concentration of artifacts, burnt bone, and charcoal in floor makeup consisting ... 375-350 B.C. |
A well in House T, Room 2W (Publ. House D), industrial area west of the Areopagus. Lower filling of dug bedrock including a small amount of pottery of the Geometric period. Gravelly filling in collapsed ... 3rd. quarter of 8th. c. B.C. |
Fillings in a stone-curbed well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Diameter (shaft)1.45m. Water level -5.20m. Drain at mouth 0.58m., increasing to a regular 74m. Coin:
24 July 1947 #5 Subdivisions: ... 350-325 B.C./3rd c. B.C. |
Coins:
24 July 1947 #5 ... 300-200 B.C. |
| Fill in stone-curbed well P 35772 possibly belongs to this deposit, Lot 899 ... 3rd. c. A.D. |
Well P: EG ... Middle Geometric |
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