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It seems possible that the well ... was originally associated with the late Roman reconstruction of the Stoa, being later carried up to serve the Byz. houses. [Nbp. 364] Coins:
6 March 1939 #1-#9 ... Late 4th-early 5th century ... Agora VII, p. 225. |
Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street. Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill.
Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D.
Coin
30 March 1939 #34 ... 7th-Late 6th century ... Agora VII, p. 228. |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower north slope of Areopagus (see summaries) see now O-Q 18-19. See Agora VII, p. 227 and lists in JP's file (JP is Judith Perlzweig)
Deposit list under ... Agora VII, p. 227. |
NW corner of Civic Offices, lowest layer above Roman road metal[classical floor, see nbp. 1907]. Coins:
12 May 1950 #1-#10 ... Mid 3rd. c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226. |
Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor.
POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 181. |
A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump. Coins:
19 May 1933 #14
20 May 1933 #3
22 May 1933 #1-#2
23 May 1933 #2
24 May 1933 #1
30 May 1933 #1 Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill ... 19 May-7 June 1933 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXXVII, p. 222. |
Well in branch of Aqueduct (ca. 13/ΚΔ) 3rd c. A.D. - 5th c. A.D ... 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 227. |
Destruction debris in L.R. water basin, 6th-7th c. A.D, set against back wall of South Stoa II ... 6th c. or 7th c. A.D ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 183. |
Coins:
2 June 1937 #1 Estimated Grid ... 5th c. A.D. |
Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins:
20 February 1954 #1-#2
22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora X, p. 138. |
Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ Coins:
28 March 1933 #25-#28
29 March 1933 #16-#21
30 ... 28-30 March 1933
5-6 April 1933 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXXVII, p. 224. |
West Chamber of Cistern System #2. This chamber filled earlier than the East Chamber. No stratification but at 3.80m. considerable pottery of the late 5th c. B.C., as in 60/ΛΗ cistern, presumably a portion ... First half of 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXII, p. 295. |
Filling over bedrock. Coins:
26 May 1938 #7-#10
27 May 1938 #1
28 May 1938 #1 ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXXII, p. 302. |
Well at 19/ΛΓ.
The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5.
Top to -8.5m: Byzantine dump to 11-12th c. A.D.
-8.50m to -15.00m: 4th ... Mid 3rd century A.D ... Agora V, p. 127 ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228. |
Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins:
24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95
25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 100. |
Pit in bedrock in front of Shop VII (= Pit in Stoa Colonnade in front of Shop VII). It contained a miscellaneous collection of sherds which included one scrap of red-figure ... Ca. 475-460 B.C. |
South House, Room 12, over pebble mosaic floor. Herulian destruction debris in a house. Coins:
29 April 1956 #1-#7
2 May 1956 #1-#3
9 May 1956 #1
26 May 1956 #1-#4
2 June 1956 #1-#4 PD 1350 ... 9 May 1956 ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXXII, p. 293 ... Agora XXXIV, pp. 12-13, 178. |
Upper fill (top to around 4.50m.) was in a pit of large dimensions above the preserved well shaft. From the bottom and shaft proper no catalogued pottery. No tiling in place in well but fragments of tiles ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226. |
Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXII, p. 296. |
According to the excavator " a pre-herulian filling dumped in to fill the cistern some few years after the Herulian destruction". Coins:
10 June 1936 #2-#6
11 June 1936 #1-#19
12 June 1936 #23-#27 P 11936 ... A.D. 267 to mid 3rd c ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXI, p. 97 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294. |
Well in the bottom of chamber cistern at 106/ΛΓ, stratified. A soft spot in the bedrock at the west side of the well caved in and was packed with typical coarse Roman first century amphoras; the well was ... A.D. 200-150 ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXI, p. 97. |
A burnt deposit set down into Hellenistic fill in a shaft dug into bedrock. A consistent dumped fill [post AD 150, with Group G, layer III, JWH]. Coins:
27 January 1936 #1-#3
28 January 1936 #1-#7
29 January ... First half of A.D. 2nd c ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora VII, p. 224. |
Well of Christian Lamp; west of Stoa terrace wall near north end. Pottery spread out June 1952. A big amphora was made up (ΣΑ 1780), but nothing else went together. Fill appeared o be all of one period ... Late 5th-early 6th century A.D ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 100 ... Agora XXVII, p. 227. |
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. Coins
20 May 1938 #6
21 May 1938 #1
25 ... POU 1st c. and 5th-6th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 100. |
Well at 75/Ε. Dumped debris of Herulian destruction, including much material from the first half of the 3rd c ... 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora X, p. 67. |
Well at 16/ΚΗ, in SW corner of Gymnasium complex. Lowest Roman deposit. 9th-10th century Byzantine and Turkish
Coins:
24 April 1935 #3
Envelope 4 in Tin 14 ... 5th c. A.D. - 10th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification.
Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D ... Agora I, p. 91 ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228. |
| A tiled well with two periods of use, Byzantine and Late Roman.
Some coarse Byzantine pottery from the upper part. from the lower part, pre-Herulian pottery, lamps and figurines. Also ΑΡ 221 (A 1202) the ... 3rd c. A.D. (before 267 A.D.)
11th-12th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226. |
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 ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora VII, p. 228 ... Agora XXI, p. 100. |
First trial east Stoa colonnade, N. of S. wall III, layer 12.
Note quantities of cattle bones, the knuckles sawn off and many worked bits. Evidently a bone implement factory near by. [nbp. 2139] Coins: ... Late 3rd c.-earliest 4th c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228 ... Agora XXXII, p. 303. |
Roman Water Mill: Destruction fill on floor and in pit. Includes also fill from mill drain and in manhole at 14/ΛΣΤ, plus gravel fill of gully formed after construction and probably after destruction of ... Second half 6th c. A.D ... Agora VII, p. 228 ... Agora XXXII, p. 303. |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
Well on Slopes of Kolonos, apparently with two periods of active service. The earlier dating from ca. the turn of the era well down into the 1st c. A.D. Probable that the well was never cleaned out in ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXI, p. 98. |
Cistern System #1b: Shaft/manhole and gallery at 18-19/ΞΑ-ΞΓ.
Objects divided between the two features, shaft and gallery, according to deposit notebook list, not according to remarks on cards. 22 February ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXIX, p. 439 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294. |
| Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c.
Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VII, p. 227. |
The cistern at 70/ΝΗ and the channel [65/ΞΑ] between chambers 70/ΝΗ and 63/ΞΒ seem to have a uniform dumped filling of first half 2nd c. A.D ... First half of 2nd c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
Modern fill to 21.00m. at which depth a human skeleton weighed down with iron. ER fill from 21.00-28.00m. (bottom). A POU fill with a possible break around 25.00m ... 1st to mid-2nd c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
Empty to 4.00m. From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... The presence of fragments of stelae and architectural members near bottom point to dumped ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXXII, p. 299. |
Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins:
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2
16 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #1-#2
18 June 1937 #1-#4
19 June 1937 #1-#4
9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXII, p. 298. |
Well at 30/ΛΣΤ Coins (none useful)
25 May 1938 #3-#6
26 May 1938 #3-#4 ... Early 3rd cent and of 4th-6th cent. A.D ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 227. |
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