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Two narrow trenches at right angles to each other.
Small deposit in bedrock cutting Good black glaze ware ... 430-420 B.C ... Good black glaze ware. |
| Shallow pit in bedrock on the upper terrace, ca. 3m. southeast of the Rocky Outcrop. Uncatalogued material: 46 sherds, 61 terracotta figurines and 4 objects.
Early ware : Neolithic; Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; ... Archaic with intrusions ... Archaic ware : Black glaze; chous; skyphos; jugs; plain and banded.
... Intrusions : Classical ware; black glaze bowl; jug.
Late Roman ware : combed ware; coarse ware; red-glazed. |
North of Eleusinion: Fill in Room 3 of Roman Building. 614 sherds (6 miniature shapes, 20 intrusive sherds).
Objects : terracottas; loom weights; spindle whorls; disks; handmade tray; lamps.
Early ware ... First half of 6th c. B.C.-Mixed Fill to ca. 480 B.C ... Objects : terracottas; loom weights; spindle whorls; disks; handmade tray; lamps.
Early ware : Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric-Late Geometric; imitation Corinthian.
Archaic ware : black figure; amphora; column krater; dinos; skyphoi; black figure; lekythoi; lekanis; miniatures; saltcellars; cups; stemmed dishes.
Household: amphora; lekane; mottled black-glazed ware; cooking ware; coarse ware.
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S.W. of Archaic Temple : Pocket in bedrock. The pocket was cut through a red clay floor. 71 sherds.
Objects: loom weights; lamp.
Early ware: Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric-Late Geometric; Subgeometric; ... Early 6th c. B.C. and earlier ... Objects: loom weights; lamp.
Early ware: Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric-Late Geometric; Subgeometric; mottled glaze.
Archaic ware: black glaze; oinochoe; skyphos. Plain and banded : coarse ware; cooking stand; cooking pot fragments; hydriae. |
Deposit of black glazed table ware found with a mass of bones, iron waste and burning. Coins (from above Hellenistic/associated floor):
7 April 1948 #10-#11 ... 375-325 B.C ... Deposit of black glazed table ware found with a mass of bones, iron waste and burning. |
Well at 21/Ε (beneath Library of Pantainos).
The clearing of the well was abandoned because of a cave-in of the rock walls. Heavy dumped filling, the proportion of fine black table ware high ... Ca. 440-425 B.C ... Heavy dumped filling, the proportion of fine black table ware high. |
Deposit of fine table ware and lekythoi, both black-figured and red; the plain wares closely resemble those from the well H 6:5 ... 470-450 B.C ... Deposit of fine table ware and lekythoi, both black-figured and red; the plain wares closely resemble those from the well H 6:5. |
Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C ... The considerable quantity of dumped filling included red-figure and black glaze, semi-glaze kitchen-ware, and coarse cooking ware and storage jars ... All black-glazed pieces from this well were kept; of the coarse ware only rims, handles and feet. |
Refuse pit at 51/Ζ; it had been partly cut away at the north by the late Roman retaining wall; the dumped filling a homogeneous deposit of figured, black and plain wares. Red figure oinochoe in the style ... Ca. 450-420 B.C ... Refuse pit at 51/Ζ; it had been partly cut away at the north by the late Roman retaining wall; the dumped filling a homogeneous deposit of figured, black and plain wares ... Red figure oinochoe in the style of Meidias painter; red-figured pieces, black glazed ware; two ribbed mugs; fragmentary lamps; fragmentary terracotta figurine. |
Pocket on the line of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall at entrance on the south side. Uncatalogued material: 215 sherds, 186 + frags. plemochoai and 4 objects.
Classical Ware : black glaze; mug; rilled-rim ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... Classical Ware : black glaze; mug; rilled-rim plate; lekythos; miniatures. ... Household : pithos; coarse ware |
Well ΑΒ located on the lower terrace to the north of the sanctuary(diameter 1.10m). Foot-holes were cut into the shaft at intervals of ca. 0.40m. The fill consisted mostly of small stones, dug bedrock, ... Second quarter of the 6th century B.C ... Coarse ware and plain ware : SOS amphora; storage jar; lekane; coarse ware.
Imported ware : bucchero; Corinthian.
... Coarse ware-plain ware : amphora; lekane; pithos; cooking wares; unglazed; mottled black/brown-glazed ware; mottled red/brown-glazed ware; coarse ware. |
Fill in abandoned cistern, lower terrace adjacent yo the Eleusinion on the north.
Uncatalogued material: 189 sherds, 4 objects. Many kernoi fragments.
Objects : loom weights; lamp.
Early ware : Gray Minyan; ... Mid. 4th c. B.C ... Objects : loom weights; lamp.
Early ware : Gray Minyan; Protogeometric-late Geometric.
Archaic-Classical : black figure; black glaze; amphora; cup; krater; oinochoe; skyphos; cup-kantharos; bolsal; stemmed dishes; echinos bowls; fish plates; plates; lekanis; pyxis; thurible; miniature kothon; unglazed; plemochoai.
Household : amphora; lekane; cooking ware; lopas; plain; coarse ware. |
Disturbed "Votive Deposit" at 27-28/ΙΖ-ΙΗ
Reddish fill in five circular cutting in bedrock, considered by the excavators to have been one deposit. Fill was disturbed in later periods, probably by construction ... 7th c. B.C, with intrusions ... Archaic fine ware:
Black figure; black glazed miniature skyphos; aryballos; lekanis lid; banded olpe; skyphos, Corinthian type.
Coarse ware:
Plain and banded.
Intrusions:
Red-ware; late Roman; Late Roman lamps; coarse ware, combed ware; micaceous water jugs; yellow/white glaze; lidded bowl; shallow coarse ware dish. |
Rectangular cutting, not entirely preserved, west of underground drain. Contained good black glazed pottery, some stamped, and a little coarse ware, along with bits of bone and part of a skull ... Third quarter 5th c. B.C ... Contained good black glazed pottery, some stamped, and a little coarse ware, along with bits of bone and part of a skull. |
North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building. 14 inventoried items, 22 objects, 325 sherds.
Objects : terracottas; handmade object; large figurine; lamps.
Early ware : Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; ... 6th c. B.C. and earlier ... Objects : terracottas; handmade object; large figurine; lamps.
Early ware : Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric-Late geometric; imitation Corinthian.
Archaic ware : black figure; oinochoe; cup; lekythos; louterion; miniature; black glaze amphora; lebes/louterion; krater; oinochoe; olpe; skyphos; cups; stemless; cup-skyphos; one handler; bowls; stemmed dishes; aryballos; amphoriskos; lekanis; pyxis; thymiaterion; ray-based vessels.
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Michael Laughy ... West and adjacent to Modern Wall 5, we excavated 12th-13th c. A.D. fill, in some places a half meter deep or more. The fill was remarkably uniform in content throughout. Typical pottery included: fine ... 12th-13th c. A.D ... Typical pottery included: fine sgraffito; slip painted ware; inscribed ware; plain glaze; brown and green glaze; polychrome glaze; Byzantine lamp fragments; coarse wares; and cooking wares. ... Lot T 131:
amphora toe; coarse handles, body sherds, rims, bases; cooking ware; combed ware; ridged ware; slip painted; inscribed sgraffito; Byzantine lamp; monochrome sgraffito; polychrome sgraffito; monochrome glaze; brown and green ware; plain glaze.
sherds: 1824
"classical black glaze": 38
Lot T 143:
fine sgraffito; slip painted; inscribed ware; plain glaze; brown and green glaze; polychrome glaze; Byzantine lamp fragments; coarse handles, rims, bases, body sherds; cooking ware; earlier finewares; ridged ware; combed ware; amphorae fragments; bone.
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Michael Laughy ... Debris pit, located in Room 2 of ΒΘ East. Pit measures ca. 2.30 by 1.70m., and nearly a meter deep. The pottery from the pit dates ca. 10th-12th c. A.D. The fill of the pit consisted of soft, black charcoal ... 10th-12th c. A.D ... Lot T 199:
coarse body sherds, handles, rims; base; amphora handle; combed ware; ridged ware; cooking ware; monochrome glaze; polychrome sgraffito (late Byz); monochrome sgraffito (12th - 13th c and 13th - 14th); monochrome with tripod still on sherd (13th c onwards); slip painted ware; green and brown glaze (Late Byzantine); slip painted (Early Modern)
(mostly 12th-14th c. A.D., but one suspicious piece Early Modern sherd, and one Turkish pipe)
sherds: 486
"classical black glaze": 17
Lot T 200:
coarse rims, handles; lamp fragments; Turkish pipe fragments; combed ware; ridged ware; cooking ware; Turkish imitation marbled ware; porcelain; monochrome glaze; inscribed sgraffito; slip painted.
sherds: 394
"classical black glaze": 8 |
Dug as Metroon Porch Pit A and Pit C (layers II and III). ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... 1.086 fragments.
Early ware; black figure; black glaze; household. |
Well at 15/ΙΕ = Pocket in side of Turkish Pit at 15/ΙΔ.
Shallow well on the lower slopes of the Acropolis, east of the Panathenaic Way, in the area later occupied by the Archaic Building.
Located 3.5m ... 700-675 B.C. with intrusions ... Imported Ware: Gray fabric; Corinthian; pale fabric; Protocorinthian skyphos.
Household: Unglazed; double-yoked handle for large amphora ("cow's head handle"); amphora; utility amphoras; storage amphoras; kados; spouted kados; cooking ware; cooking jug; cooking stand; brazier; cooking ware basin; oinochoe; hydriai; bowl, deep spouted; lekane; large basin; coarse ware basin; pithos; incised coarse ware.
Intrusions: Archaic ware; terra cotta figurine; blac figure; black glaze; lamp; Roman ware; Late wares: green glaze; yellow glaze; orange/brown glaze; green/white ware; grooved ware, white slip; incised wavy ware; white slip ware, amphora; globular jug; lamp; jug; unglazed plate; micaceous coarse ware; other coarse ware. |
| 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 ... Coins:
15 June 1949 #1-#2
Consistent collection of black glazed and figured table-ware, with a few coarse amphoras and a lamp fragment |
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