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Great Drain sand fill under Roman bath including small area at north end under tiles that was excavated separately.
See also A-B 19-20:1 for additional Great Drain sand fill at ca. 70-113/* Subdivisions: ... 30 July-11 August 1947 |
Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
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 ... 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 ... Most of pottery dates in second half of 3rd c. but evidence of disturbance includes coins and Knidian handles, early Roman pottery, lamp, and glass, "Pergamene" ware and fragments of 18 long-petal bowls. Possibly disturbance comes from lower fill of drawshaft E 14:3, which extended down connecting towards E 14:1. ... Coins:
21 May 1935 #6-#9 (from 95/ΚΘ, N passage upper fill, therefore here) (no 6 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083).
22 May 1935 #1-#3 (ditto) (no 2 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083).
23 May 1935 #11-#12 (ditto) (no 12 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083).
25 May 1935 #5-#10
27 May 1935 #1-#3
28 May 1935 #1-#3
29 May 1935 #1-#4
30 May 1935 #1-#5
31 May 1935 #1-#2
1 June 1935 #1-#6
3 June 1935 #1-#4 (#3-#4 from earth)
4 June 1935 #1-#3 (from earth)
5 June 1935 #1-#8 (from earth)
7 June 1935 #14-#18 (from earth)
8 June 1935 #2-#3 (from earth) |
| Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson).
"Not a useful well" HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR)
Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C.
Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D.
Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine. |
Two periods of use.
Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D. Coins:
26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.]
9 June 1937 #2-#4 ... 10 -11 June 1935
20 May-20 June 1937 ... Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D ... Coins:
26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.]
9 June 1937 #2-#4 [to 16.00m]
11 June 1937 #31 [to 17.60m]
12 June 1937 #54-#55 [to 18.10]
14 June 1937 #4-#5
15 June 1937 #1
17 June 1937 #12 (earth)
18 June 1937 #1-#3 (earth)
19 June 1937 #1-#3 (earth) ... Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower fill, 1st to early 2nd century A.D. |
House C, Room 4 (Pottery dump of stamnos wall and fill below floor). Coins:
1 July 1947 #13
2 July 1947 #1
Coins from House IV:
14 May 1947 #1-#2
19 May 1947 #6-#7
20 May 1947 #32 ... First half 3rd c. B.C. |
Roman Group L.
Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90).
Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90).
... Layer IV (cont. 1-16) nearly 5th c. ... p. 2424.
24 May 1939 #1-#3
25 May 1939 #1
12 June 1939 #1(dump)
13 June 1939 #3(dump)
16 June 1939 #2-#3(found 8 & 9 June 1939)
21 June 1939 #1-#14(sifting earth)
22 June 1939 #7-#18(#7 found 5 June 1939, #8-#18 from earth)
23 June 1939 #9-#13(earth) |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from cleaning of Theseum Plateau)
15 May 1936 #1-#3
16 May 1936 #1
18 May 1936 #1
21 May 1936 #10-#11
10 June 1936 #7 ... Subdivisions:
.1=0.00-13.50m.=Dump of 4th. c.
.2=3.50-22.20m.=Original fill dumped back in; 1-3rd. c. A.D.
.3=22.20-23.25m. |
Coins:
5 April 1937 #1
8 April 1937 #3 (disintegrated)
9 April 1937 #1
10 April 1937 #9-#67
12 April 1937 #3-#6
13 April 1937 #1, (found 7 April 1937), # 24
14 April 1937 #1-#2 (found 8 April 1937)
16 ... Late Roman, 4th-early 5th. c. A.D. |
| Upper mixed dumped fill (last quarter 3rd c.-4th c.) with Roman POU below 10.40m. Coins:
16 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
17 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated)
8 April 1937 #5-#10 (dump)
9 April 1937 ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D. |
"baskets" 1-5 Coins:
22 April 1937 #7
23 April 1937 #17-#18
24 April 1937 #1
coins from Dump:
28 May 1937 #31-#32 ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition ... post-Herulian |
Well at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Use filling of 1st c. A.D.; dumped fillings of 3rd c. and of early Byz. times. Coins:
15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth)
16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth)
17 June 1937 ... 1st c. A.D.=POU ... Use filling of 1st c. A.D.; dumped fillings of 3rd c. and of early Byz. times ... Coins:
15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth)
16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth)
17 June 1937 #1-#11 (earth)
18 June 1937 #4-#5 (earth)
19 June 1937 #4-#6 (earth) ... Subdivisions:
.1=Early Byzantine destruction fill.
.2=Transitional upper fill.
.3=Bottom fill, POU. |
Coins:
10 April #68-#78
12 April 1937 #1-#6, #9-#65 (found 10 April 1937)
13 April 1937 #2-#13 (found 10 April 1937)
13 April 1937 #14-#24 (found 12 April 1937)
19 April 1937 #1-#5 (found 10 and 12 April ... Early Roman, 1st c. A.D. |
This shaft in the NE corner of House A, Room III, depth of one tile, is perhaps connected with drain A. Coins:
13 May 1940 #1-#13
14 May 1940 #2-#101 ... Early 3rd. c. B.C. |
Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21).
Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D. |
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. |
| Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1.
Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C. |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Coins: Θ
1 March 1933 #14
2 March 1933 #3
6 March 1933 #3, #8
9 March 1933 #1-#3, #20
10 March 1933 #6-#7, #10, #15, #18, #20-#21, #26-#27, #31-#32, #35, #37
11 March 1933 #5, #7
14 March 1933 #34
16 March 1933 #1
17 March 1933 #4-#5, #26-#27
31 March 1933 #2-#3, #5-#8
12 May 1933 #11, #15-#16
13 May 1933 #1
15 May 1933 #2-#3, #6-#7
16 May 1933 #10
20 May 1933 #6
22 May 1933 #7
24 May 1933 #8-#11
27 May 1933 #9-#10
1 June 1933 #2-#3
Coins: Λ
24 April 1935 #1
3 May 1935 #2
4 May 1935 #1
6 May 1935 #1, #3
8 May 1935 #2
Coins: ΜΣ and K
19 February 1953 #1
24 February 1953 #1-#6
28 February 1953 #2-#9
2 March 1953 #4 (?)
3 March 1953 #2
4 March 1953 #2-#11
5 March 1953 #1-#3, #6-#23, #25-#26 #28
6 March 1953 #2-#3
7 March 1953 #3-#8
9 March 1953 #1
13 March 1953 #3, #9-#14, #16-#17
14 March 1953 #1-#26
16 March 1953 #7-#9, #13-#17
17 March 1953 #1-#19
18 March 1953 #1-#3
19 March 1953 #1-#6, #12-#13, #18-#19
24 March 1953 #3
27 March 1953 #1-#9
28 March 1953 #1-#11
29 April 1953 #7-#14
22 May 1953 #1 (?)
17 May 1954 #13-#34
20 May 1954 #6-#10, #12-#13
25 May 1954 #1-#19, #21-#25, #27-#59
5 June 1965 #2-#7
18 June 1965 #1-#6
1 July 1965 #1-#3
2 July 1965 #1
17 July 1965 #7-#8
22 July 1965 #1-#3
29 July 1965 #1-#14
26 June 1967 #1-#2
27 June 1967 #2
29 June 1967 #1-#2
11 July 1967 #1
12 July 1967 #2-#5
13 July 1967 #1, #3
14 July 1967 #1
24 July 1967 #1
28 July 1967 #1
Coins : Κ
14 March 1953 #1, #3-#7, #9-#12, #14
18 March 1953 #3-#5
27 March 1953 #3-#4, #7, #10-#12
11 April 1953 #1
18 April 1953 #3, #6-#7
23 April 1953 #7
24 April 1953 #2-#5, #7
25 April 1953 #14-#16, #20, #25-#27, #30-#32, #34-#36, #38
29 April 1953 #1-#3
30 March 1954 #2-#3
31 March 1954 #1-#3
1 April 1954 #1, #3-#4 |
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 |
Connected with G 14:3.
There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... Connected with G 14:3.
There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. ... Coins:
16 April 1932 #4
18 April 1932 #1-#3
19 April 1932 #1-#2
20 April 1932 #1-#3
21 April 1932 #1-#4 |
| Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666].
Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D. |
Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
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 ... 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 |
Construction fill below floor of Brick Building.
Areas involved:
a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor.
b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room.
c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end ... Areas involved:
a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor.
b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room.
c) Fill over water channel in smaller, southern room B; channel discovered by builders of Brick Building,rebuilt by them and covered over.
d) Foundation trench of earlier building beneath Brick Building, filled and covered by builders of Brick Building.
e) "Apparently from below floor of building" (nb.p. 1282).
... Coins:
14 July 1950 #1 (disintegrated)
18 July 1950 #1-#3 (disintegrated)
SS 11078-SS 11079 Uncertain from Q-R 10-11:2 or Q-R 10-11:1 |
Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building ("Strategeion"), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. Most of the ... First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C. |
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 ... 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
10 June 1938 #1
13 June 1938 #1
15 June 1938 #1-#4
5 July 1938 #1-#3 (dump) |
| Marcie Handler ... Located in the south section of Room E in the Byzantine Building east of the North-South Road. The uppermost 1.5 meters of well lining was built of well-coursed stones (some reused marble blocks) and tiles ... 12th c. A.D. |
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. |
Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C.
100-70 B.C. |
Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C.
Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C ... Types 48 D and 51 b lamps indicate cistern remained open until end of 2nd c ... Coins
1 June 1939 #17-#18
2 June 1939 #1-#3
5 June 1939 #1-#4
7 June 1939 #1-#14
8 June 1939 #6-#7
9 June 1939 #13-#18
10 June 1939 #1-#6
12 June 1939 #1-#3
14 June 1939 #9-#14
16 June 1939 #2-#4
17 June 1939 #1-#3
19 June 1939 #2-#4
20 June 1939 #1-4 |
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.) ... 1 Top to -11m (containers 1-8), dump 7th c. ? ... POU late 3rd-early 4th c. ... 6 -14.75m to -14.95m (container 18) 1st c. A.D.? Fill IV. |
Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C. |
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 ... The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer:
SS 5334, SS 5336, SS 5343, SS 5438, SS 5441, SS 5442, SS 5444, SS 5446, SS 5635, SS 5740
LL 2130, L 2132, L 2188
T 1045, T 1067
P 7138
Nineteen stamped amphora handles; many late 2nd c. lamps ... Coins
29 February 1936 #3 (from mouth)
2 March 1936 #1
3 March 1936 #7
5 March 1936 #4-#5
6 March 1936 #1-#3
7 March 1936 #1-#4
9 March 1936 #1-#3
10 March 1936 #1-#2
11 March 1936 #1
From "earth":
12 March 1936 #6
13 March 1936 #1-#2
14 March 1936 #1-#7
16 March 1936 #1
17 March 1936 #1-#3
18 March 1936 #1-#2 ... Subdivisions:
.1=upper fill
.2=middle fill
.3=lower fill |
At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C ... Latest coin dates to 2nd or 1st c. Large numbers of bowls (49). ... Coins
15 February 1938 #14-#15
17 February 1938 #1
18 February 1938 #10-#11
1 March 1938 #1-#4
2 March 1938 #37-#38
8 March 1938 #27 |
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