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Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins:
25 February 1939 #1 ... 23 February 1939
8 March 1939 |
Well at 69/ΛΕ (diameter 0.95m).
Narrows at bottom. Footholds on east and west. Uniform fill. Bones found in the well make it likely that it had cut through a grave, as it was itself overlain by one ... Late 8th c. B.C ... Hesperia 30 (1961), pp. 125-127 ... Hesperia XXIX, 1960, pp. 413, noted. |
Pit at 79-83/ΜΒ-ΜΖ (or 81/ΜΣΤ=pit under floor of Room 11 in Roman Bldg. 2, 82/ΜΓ, 83/ΜΕ=well at 83/ΜΗ). Purpose of pit obscure. Evidently filled in Hellenistic times and disturbed in Roman times. Coins: ... 275-200 B.C. with later disturbance ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19 ... Agora XXIX, p. 445. |
Cistern System #1a: Shaft (Manhole) at 10/ΞΗ (10-11/ΞΖ-ΞΗ). Filling consistently late Hellenistic in hole and in passage; probably 1st c.
B.C. Coins:
26 May 1936 #1 ... 110-75 B.C ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 363-364 ... Agora XXIX, p. 439. |
Early Roman well with four fills.
fill 1: well sealed 1st. c. A.D.
fill 2: more bones than pots.
fill 3: nothing later than 1st. c. B.C.=POU
fill 4: similar to fill 3, a little earlier? Coins:
7 May 1940 ... Early Roman ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 279 ... Agora XXIX, p. 438. |
4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery. Estimated Grid ... 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), p. 99 ... Agora XXIX, p. 459. |
| Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT
West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 50, pp. 163, 164, fig. 98 ... Agora XXIX, p. 434. |
| Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, animal bone.
In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no ... 290-275 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 58, p. 171, figs. 105, 108 ... Agora XXIX, p. 460. |
| "Perhaps a cremation burial ... " nbp. 811. "Sacrificial pyre, disturbed," GRE, deposit nb.
In room on east side of building. Concentration of artifacts, fragments of bone, and abundant cinders in stratum, ... Early 3rd c. B.C.-Ca. 250 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 23, pp. 128, 129, figs. 53, 54 ... Agora XXIX, p. 450. |
Well at 72/ΟΔ.
Partially excavated to depth of 8m. Turkish fill in upper 3m. Hellenistic fill mostly of roof tiles and coarse pottery. Coin
12 February 1937 #4 (disintegrated) ... 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 79, n. 39 ... Agora XXIX, p. 461. |
| Small pit (in Layer I) = Grave ("Pyre") Identified as pyre by SIR.
Pottery and burning ("pit filled with black") in pit slightly west of Panathenaic Road, dug into layer I (lot AA 180, much earlier 6th ... 275-250 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 66, pp. 177, 178, figs. 4, 118 ... Agora XXIX, p. 471. |
| Pyre in north central room of house, measuring 0.50m east-west by 0.35m north-south. Pottery, bone, and burnt material in pit dug into layer IIb (crushed bedrock floor: lot Ω 464, 4th c.) and covered by ... 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 60, p. 174, figs. 1, 109, 111, 112 ... Agora XXIX, p. 468. |
| Rubbish Pit . Pit cut through a house floor. In courtyard, beside door to room 3. Artifacts, bone and scattering of large cinders in roughly rectangular pit dug through floor bedding and covered by red, ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 45, p. 158, figs. 1, 4, 78, 90 ... Agora XXIX, p. 437. |
| In room A. Concentration of artifacts and burning in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre lay below a Late Hellenistic fill with a smooth earth surface. It is described as a black patch of earth with sherds, ... 350-250 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 30, pp. 138, 139, figs. 7, 57, 65, 66 ... Agora XXIX, p. 453. |
| Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II.
Found right beneath the stuccoed channel built for sluicing in the 1st c. A.D., and must have been partly disturbed when the channel was constructed. It may ... Ca. 250 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 5, pp. 107, 108, figs. 22, 23, 27, 28 ... Agora XXIX, p. 458. |
| Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 1, pp. 98-100, figs. 6, 7, 15-18 ... Agora XXIX, p. 467. |
| Disturbed pyre containing only a pyxis and a chytridion.
No notebook account of excavation exists. The pyre may have been located at the edge of an ancient road. There is no record of bone or burning ... 350-325 B.C. (?) ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 64, p. 177, fig. 116 ... Agora XXIX, p. 470. |
| Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H. Concentration of artifacts, bone, and flecks of carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the pyre lay within a red fill apparently contemporary with it, but with some later ... 300-290 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 62, pp. 175, 176, figs. 1, 6, 109, 114 ... Agora XXIX, p. 470. |
Cistern at 6/ΛΓ.
Hellenistic lower fill, with mixed Hellenistic and late Roman fill above, and Byzantine fill in mouth. Coins
1 June 1938 #1-#8
2 June 1938 #1-#6
3 June 1938 #1-#3
4 June 1938 #1-#2
6 June ... 2nd century, with Byzantine disturbance ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 92, n. 88 ... Agora XXIX, pp. 471-472. |
| Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 2, pp. 100-101, figs. 4, 15, 19, 20 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 141 ... Agora XXIX, p. 467. |
Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ.
Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 98, n. 56 ... Agora XXIX, p. 441. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus; depth at 9.65m; scanty dumped fillings. From about 3.20m to the bottom, little but tile fragments appeared; in the fillings above, the lower is characterized by ... Ca. 350-290 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 148 ... Agora XXIX, p. 457. |
Tile-lined Well in NE room (R/18,19-13/20).
Homogenous dump ... 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Agora XXIX, p. 471. |
| Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 131, n. 136 ... Agora XXIX, p. 456. |
Well at west side of Theseion Plataea, partly cleared to a depth of ca. 5.30m. Dumped filling, apparently the debris from a sculptor's workshop, as indicated by both the quantity of marble chips in the ... Second quarter 4th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), pp. 215-216 (Deposit IV) ... Agora XXIX, p. 439. |
| Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall.
Coin
1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 3, pp. 101-102, figs. 51, 21 ... Agora XXIX, p. 467. |
| Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre)
Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 70, pp. 181, 182, fig. 123 ... Agora XXIX, p. 471. |
House N, Room 4, Pit through layers 5-6. Debris filling, mixed context. Estimated Grid ... Late 4th. c. B.C. into early 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 342, under no. 140 ... Agora XXIX, p. 438. |
Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northwest room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182 ... Agora XXIX, p. 443. |
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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 304 ... Agora XXIX, p. 444. |
Cistern shaft southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Unstratified fill.
Ten stamped amphora handles; Type 34A lamp; many fragments of long-petal b suggesting material deposited ca. 140 or later. Cf. Pireus ... Ca. 200-125 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 100, n. 117 ... Agora XXIX, p. 447. |
Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ in the northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Part of system with two chambers and well. Homogeneous fill.
13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. N 72206 (Ω-344), picked up near ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Agora XXIX, p. 466. |
South Stoa I: 75-76/ΚΗ-Λ South Shop Building Layer g (O 16:1) and South Stoa I: Stony Fill below floor level (O 16:2). (merged from O 16:1 and O 16:2) Coins:
11 May 1953 #29 (illegible) Merged from two ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. and earlier ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 42 ... Agora XXIX, p. 465. |
From disturbances in original floor of Tholos with ash and burning. Probably reflects the military and political conditions of 307 B.C.
The broken pottery, both that left lying on the floor of the building ... Ca. 340-295 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 59-60, 135 ... Agora XXIX, p. 453. |
| Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins:
5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973)
6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 87, n. 157 ... Hesperia 43 (1974), p. 194-245 ... Agora XXIX, p. 451. |
A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 364-365 ... Agora XXIX, p. 460. |
Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 218 (deposit XIX) ... Agora XXIX, p. 463. |
Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N.
Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins:
24 ... 4th. c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), pp. 154, 160 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 366 ... Agora XXIX, p. 437. |
| (Grave XXIX: EG).
Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded.
Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I |
Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 132-134 ... Agora XXIX, p. 453. |
Cistern system, 88/ΝΓ (shaft and passages). Apparently a dumped filling of Roman times, drawn mostly from some Hellenistic deposit. Coins:
31 March 1937 #1-#5
1 April 1937 #4-#5
3 April 1937 #1-#2
5 April ... Hellenistic and Roman, 4th c. A.D ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), 19, n. 47 ... Agora XXIX, p. 441. |
| Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus.
RSY-Pyre.
Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 52, p. 165, figs. 67, 100 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 130, pl. 54 b (Pyre 14) ... Agora XXIX, p. 443. |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 173 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 283. no. 6 ... Agora XXIX, p. 466. |
Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D ... Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 353-355, fig. 41 ... Agora XXIX, p. 461. |
Cistern System #3: East Chamber at 69/Λ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/ΛΣΤ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos ... 175-125 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 220 (deposit XXIX) ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 52. |
Drawshaft of a complex cistern system with two chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D 12:2), and two blind tunnels, all of which were filled later than D 11;2. Coins:
26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 441 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10, p. 168. |
| Tiled Well at S edge of E-W Road, 73/ΜΗ. Contemporary upper and lower fills separated by layer of sterile mud.
Latest coin dates ca. 200. Koan amphora handle with stamped handle dates slightly after 200 ... 210-160 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 86, n. 14 ... Agora XXIX, p. 465. |
N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas.
Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road running out ... Prehistoric to Roman ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 339 ... Agora XXIX, p. 448. |
Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 77, 100, nn. 32, 117 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182 ... Agora XXIX, p. 443. |
| Pyre in Room 1, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 11).
Early in the third quarter of the 4th. c. B.C.
In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in irregular pit in floor sequence. The pit had been dug into ... 350-330 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 35, p. 145, figs. 1, 6, 67, 73 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 127, pl. 53 b (Pyre 11) ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
Grid notation in error as 99/ΚΑ sometimes.
A well (diameter 1.20m; diameter inside tiles at bottom 0.85m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, at the bottom of the valley, about 10.00m. east of ... 3rd. c. B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 376 ... Hesperia 28 (1959), p. 127-128 ... Agora XXIX, p. 438. |
| Located at the bifurcation of the Panathenaic Way and West Road.Byzantine fill (9th-10th century) in upper 5.70m. with a series of Classical to Hellenistic accumulations below. Coins:
10 July 1971 #861 ... 14 June-27 July 1971 ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 134, n. 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, n. 10 ... Agora XXIX, p. 458. |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 47, p. 159, 160, figs. 78, 92, 93 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 125-126, pl. 52 c (Pyre 9) ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
| Hole in bedrock; dumped filling used in leveling.
Probably a natural water line, tending to wash out, has been cut back for various purposes, and finally all filled in to make level bedding for 4th c., ... Ca. 350-270 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Agora XXIX, p. 459. |
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 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182 ... Agora XXIX, p. 444. |
| Pyre in Room 2, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 12).
In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, ash, carbon, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The rectangular pit was cut into a white strosis with marble chips (ΠΠ ... 315-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 36, pp. 145, 146, figs. 4, 67, 74, 75 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 128-129, pl. 53 c (Pyre 12) ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
| Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery.
RSY: Pyre 10.
Pottery, burnt bone, charred logs, and heavy burning, recovered by tunneling under the cement floor of a Late Hellenistic workshop, ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 51, p. 164, figs. 4, 99 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 126, pl. 53 a (Pyre 10). ... Agora XXIX, p. 439. |
A filling lying over a cobbled floor in a house-complex on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late ... 375-275 B.C ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 185, no. 25 ... Agora XXIX, p. 456. |
Unfinished cistern at 31/ΚΑ ... Ca. 360-325 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 342, no. 141 ... Agora XXIX, p. 467. |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 40, p. 151, figs. 78, 81 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 119-120, pl. 51 b (Pyre 5) ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
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 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 283-285, pl. 80 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 349-352 ... Agora XXIX, p. 435. |
| Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 73, n. 15 ... Agora XXIX, p. 452. |
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 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182 ... Agora XXIX, p. 443. |
| Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6).
Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 43, p. 155, figs. 78, 85, 86 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 120-121, pl. 51 c (Pyre 6) ... Agora XXIX, p. 437. |
| Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8).
Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 44, pp. 156, 157, figs. 1, 4, 6, 78, 87-89 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 124-125, pl. 52 b (Pyre 8) ... Agora XXIX, p. 437. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
First quarter 4th. c. B.C.
Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 39, pp. 150, 151, figs. 78, 80 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 116-117, pl. 50 c (Pyre 3) ... Agora XXIX, p. 437. |
Well near west edge of level area south of the Hephaisteion. Dumped filling thrown in near end of 4th. c. but by far the greater part belonging to the 30 years before 350 B.C.
Diameter of shaft 0.98m ... Ca. 380-350 B.C ... Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 179-180, under no. 7 ... Agora XXIX, p. 435. |
| Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos:
In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 17, n. 39 ... Hesperia 7 (1938), pp. 354-355 ... Agora XXIX, p. 448. |
Klepsydra: Filling in antechamber, behind the parapet of the Klepsydra. Dated to the time of the rebuilding of the springhouse after the Sullan sack, but containing earlier material. Coins:
31 May 1938 ... Second quarter of 5th c. to middle of 1st c. B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006) ... Hesperia 44 (1975), p. 384 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), p. 157, no. 154. |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 41, pp. 151, 152, figs. 4, 78, 82, 83 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 117-119, pl. 51 a (Pyre 4). ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
Pottery Deposit at 57/ΙΔ (also 57/ΙΣΤ and 63-66/Κ-ΚΕ). Contents of pit range from Mycenaean to Turkish; apparently the dump of a modern antiquities dealer ... Modern Context ... Hesperia 31 (1962), pp. 367-377 ... Agora XXIX, p. 459. |
Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above
No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19 ... Agora XXIX, p. 445. |
A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. Curbed with rough stones.
Filling of a small shallow well which contained nothing from the POU and since no water was ... Ca. 350-320 B.C ... Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 72-74 ... Agora XXIX, p. 466. |
Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles.
Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins:
13 ... 275-200 B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 459 ... Hesperia 75, p. 367. |
Filling in a cistern chamber in the area west of the Areopagus. Main dumped fill of 2nd. c. B.C., with small amount of later material in uppermost 1.00m. A connecting passage contained some material of ... 2nd. c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 263, 266 ... Agora XXIX, p. 438. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 173 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70. |
| (RSY=Pyre 2). Pyre in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in House B. In northern corner of room. No pit discerned. A deposit of small stones (a marker/) lay 0.30m above the level of the pyre, ... Third quarter of the 4th. century ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 49, pp. 162, 163, figs. 78, 96, 97 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 115-116, pl. 49 a, 50 b (Pyre 2) ... Agora XXIX, p. 434. |
| Date of filling early third c. B.C.
Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins:
12 August ... 310-220 B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 362, 364-365 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 221 (deposit XXXI) ... Agora XXIX, p. 460. |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 79, nn. 14, 39 ... Agora XXIX, pp. 464-465. |
"Foundry Pit": N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Stoa, Layer VII, with slag). A foundry pit in the courtyard of a small metalworking establishment outside the Agora to the northwest.
Both the courtyard and ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 10, n. 25 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 179 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 300. |
Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill.
14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), p. 317. |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C ... Hesperia 35 (1966), p. 10 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50 ... Agora XXIX, pp. 441-442. |
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 ... Hesperia 45 (1976), p. 29 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 315-318, pls. 75-76 ... Agora XXIX, p. 470. |
| Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 193 ... Agora XXIX, p. 434. |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 42 ... Agora XXIX, p. 459. |
A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. Coins: ... 425-400 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), 298-351 ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
| North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13).
Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 37, pp. 146, 147, figs. 4, 6, 67, 76, 77 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 166-167 ... Agora XXIX, p. 440. |
| Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus.
Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 301, 317 ... Agora XXIX, p. 460. |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz ... Hesperia 90 (2021), pp. 361, 381, fig. 1 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 283, no. 3 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 269. |
| Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth.
The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585.
Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs.
The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 1-157 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 190, 221, nn. 3, 54 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 311. |
Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 87, n. 157 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 194-198. |
Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ (Coroplasts' Dump) outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way.
Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to ... To ca. 330-320 B.C ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 120-164 ... Agora XXIX, p. 472. |
A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX.
Diameter 1.10m, water level 6.90m.
Kernoi and many lead ... Ca. 325-260 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 125 ... Agora XXIX, p. 436. |
| Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic.
Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 52 (1983), p. 262 ... Agora XXIX, p. 434. |
| In area West of the Areopagus. Fills with many figurines and molds, possibly from a terracotta factory.
Twelve stamped amphora handles; no long-petal bowls; Type 54 A lamp Coins:
31 May 1939 #11
1 June ... Mostly 200-150 B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), p. 50. |
A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30.
Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 133-134 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 53 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 208. |
A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous ... 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 149 ... Agora XXIX, p. 442. |
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR.
Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 178, no. 2 ... Agora XXIX, p. 444. |
Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling.
Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C.
Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly ... 10 April-31 May 1935 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), pp. 126, 128 ... Agora XXIX, p. 450. |
House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and
C 19:17.
a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c.
b) Used ... Ca. 5th and 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 238-246 ... Agora XXIX, p. 440. |
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