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Well just outside the southwest corner of the market square ... Late 7th-early 6th c. B.C ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 238. |
Well on the north slope of the Areopagus. Unfinished, probably because of hardness of rock, and refilled at once, perhaps with sanctuary dump and with collapsed rock from the shaft itself.
Diameter 1.15m ... 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 242. |
Near the SW corner of the market square beneath the north part of the Heliaia (?).
No clear distinction in the filling, either of date or of character, could be observed but the presence of a number of ... Ca. 625-570 B.C ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 242. |
Green Earth at 03-04-05/ΚΑ-ΚΔ, to at least -3.50m. near the southwest corner of the market square. Terracotta figurines; lamps; fragmentary pottery ... Ca. 500-475 B.C. and later ... Terracotta figurines; lamps; fragmentary pottery. |
Well at 8/ΙΑ-ΙΒ, beneath the north colonnade of the Square Peristyle, just west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Quite uniform fill. Diameter 1.15m. No P.O.U. Coins:
4 April 1938 #39 ... 650-600 B.C.
5th c. B.C ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 243. |
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 ... 17 stamped amphora handles; Types 33 and 34 variant lamps; possible fragment of long-petal bowl (must be intrusive); later lamps (also intrusive); one mold. |
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 ... Objects: loom weights; spindle whorls; handmade tray; object with incised pattern; cut disks; horn-tip; lamps.
Early Ware: Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric; Late Geometric-Protoattic: miniatures; banded amphora; amphora decorated; oinochoe; krater; bowls; bowl with return handle; shallow bowl; small bowl; standed bowl; lekanis; plate; large skyphos; skyphos; cup/skyphos; kotyle; one-handled cup; one-handled mug with graffito; lid; pyxis lid; assorted shapes, not identifiable; distinctive for decoration: krater; jug; hydria; decorated lid; kantharos; bowl; large closed pot.
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Unfinished well cut in bedrock to the southwest of the Tholos; dumped filling containing much material of the 7th c. B.C. but extending into the 6th ... 7th-ca. 570 B.C ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 238. |
Well behind Stoa Shop 18 (Well G: EB). Provides useful antecedents for many later shapes both black and plain.
Diameter at bottom 0.88m. Eight pairs of footholds preserved. The influx of water during excavation ... 650-625 B.C ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 244. |
| Well at 89-90/ΙΗ-ΙΘ (diameter at top 1.10m), between the southeast corner over the mouth of of the Odeion and the Panathenaic Way. The well lay a thin layer of dug bedrock containing a few Hellenistic ... 650-625 B.C ... Howland, Greek Lamps, p. 243. |
Just east of Building II near its south end. The tiles were in place.
Upper filling (to 3.00m.) of Hellenistic-Byzantine dump all discarded.
POU fill a gradual accumulation of typical Justinianian ware ... 6th c. A.D. POU-7th c. A.D ... No coins, no lamps. |
Diameter 0.95m; water level -9.10m.
Plais shaft cut in stereo from bottom of slender flask-shaped cistern. Scanty fill from house destruction in 5th c. A.D.; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor ... Late Roman ... ; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor. |
A rubbish pit at the foot of the northwest slope of the Areopagus. Black figured, plain glazed vases and several lamps. A pair of lekythoi recall both in make and in style the products of the Haimon Painter ... Ca. 480-475 B.C ... Black figured, plain glazed vases and several lamps. A pair of lekythoi recall both in make and in style the products of the Haimon Painter (about 480-475 B.C.) |
Lamps all found together at the southeast corner of the excavated area, in a deposit running in part under the dike of earth which has been left against the wall of the street.
Includes 10 lamps in Section ... 17-18 June 1931
15 May 1933 ... Lamps all found together at the southeast corner of the excavated area, in a deposit running in part under the dike of earth which has been left against the wall of the street.
Includes 10 lamps in Section Η' from the burnt layer, ca. 0.60m. above bedding for S foundation of Stoa of Zeus at 19/ΝΕ, see nbp. 568. |
Cistern shaft, part of cistern system in Η-Ι 16-17. Filling disturbed to bottom; general run of the pottery is to late Hellenistic, lamps as late as Knidos type. Finds from 60/ΙΘ-62/ΙΘ, 61/ΙΗ. "Some Arretine" ... 5 May 1932
18 June 1932 ... Filling disturbed to bottom; general run of the pottery is to late Hellenistic, lamps as late as Knidos type. |
South Stoa II Construction Fill.
About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Types 25 A', 33 A, 35 B, and 44 A lamps. Most of bowls figured; one mold. |
| Cistern at 75/ΜΓ connected with cistern N 18:3 by tunnel.
Only coin is Bioiotian dating between 220 and 197. Only indications of date are 1st c. lamps, two long-petal bowls, and fragments of early Roman ... 1st. c. B.C ... Only indications of date are 1st c. lamps, two long-petal bowls, and fragments of early Roman brittle ware. |
Well I: archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis below the Klepsydra. Diameter ca. 1.10m. Water level ca. -9.50m. Substantial use filling in the lower 0.75m. In the upper debris filling both the ... End of 6th c. B.C. - Early Byzantine ... In the upper debris filling both the figured fragments and the lamps are for the most part of the first half of the 6th 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 ... Ca. 450-420 B.C ... Red figure oinochoe in the style of Meidias painter; red-figured pieces, black glazed ware; two ribbed mugs; fragmentary lamps; fragmentary terracotta figurine. |
Containers 24-72.
Masses of pottery; including many BHWJ's; lamps XVIII and XXIV
Coins:
12 June 1937 #14-#53
13 June 1937 #1-#7 (from earth of 12 June)
13 June 1937 #8
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 ... First half 1st c. A.D ... Masses of pottery; including many BHWJ's; lamps XVIII and XXIV
Coins:
12 June 1937 #14-#53
13 June 1937 #1-#7 (from earth of 12 June)
13 June 1937 #8
14 June 1937 #1-#3
15 June 1937 #2-#13 (earth from lower part)
16 June 1937 #21-#22 (bottom, found 15 June) |
POU = 10.00-11.30m.
"The well is important because it gives us a terminus post quem for Building D." (nbp. 3346)
Shallow well, producing little water or trouble, but a great quantity of coarse late Roman ... Ca. A.D. 300-370 and Ca. A.D. 400 ... (nbp. 3346)
Shallow well, producing little water or trouble, but a great quantity of coarse late Roman pottery, with Type XXVIII lamps. |
"Oinophorus Well".Tiled well in House H (diameter 0.80m, water level -4.70m). Height of tiles 0.64m Heavy well deposit; lamps,, type XXVII; many basket-handled water jars; oinophoros with labors of Herakles ... Use filling of early 2nd-mid.-3rd c. A.D ... Heavy well deposit; lamps,, type XXVII; many basket-handled water jars; oinophoros with labors of Herakles.
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Well at 9/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ has been cleaned and stripped of its tiles and original filling and bedrock thrown back into shaft.
Joins between sherds from all levels.
No coins or lamps. Containers examined 5 March ... 1st c. B.C ... No coins or lamps. |
| 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 ... Some coarse Byzantine pottery from the upper part. from the lower part, pre-Herulian pottery, lamps and figurines. |
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.
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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 ... Great variety of coarse and fine pottery, lamps, amphoras with stamps, and many figurines, of which the most remarkable is the terracotta hedgehog. |
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.
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The absence of certain shapes (no kantharoi or cup-kantharoi) may be due to the nature of the establishment from which the material came. Also, absence of rouletting save for one example. The lack of these ... Ca. 390-375 B.C ... Coins:
Cf. 17 May 1933 #1-#10
18 May 1933 #1-#2
20 May 1933 #1
23 May 1933 #1
Bolsals; plates; many "coarsely glazed' plates; small "coarsely glazed" saucers; black-glazed bowls; fish-plate; "animal askoi"; red figured bell-krater fragment; small black-glazed bowl fragments; one piece of rouletting; lamps. |
| "Room D" is the triangular area at L/15,16-2/10,12, NW of Wall 1, in E corner of basement of No.3. Hastings Street, bounded by the NE and SE walls of basement).
Bell-shaped vessel built of horizontally-laid ... 10th-11th c. A.D ... Yellow-glazed white ware; brown-glazed juglets and chafing-dish fragments; cooking pots and lids; columnar lamps; coarse wares with incised decoration including spirals, "fork-tine" marks, and a sherd with birds at a fountain. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Pit with bones. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to the fills in these ... 350-300 B.C ... At that time the first three of these groups were called first half of 4th. c., but it is plain from the lamps, etc. that all are second half. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Scanty debris filling in a pit. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to ... 325-300 B.C ... At that time the first three of these groups were called first half of 4th. c., but it is plain from the lamps, etc. that all are second half. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall. dMax. depth 0.20m.d.
Many fills in areas ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... At that time the first three of these groups were called first half of 4th. c., but it is plain from the lamps, etc. that all are second half. |
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. |
Fillings in a well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. The shaft reached a depth of 20.28m., but produced no use filling. The lower part, from water level at 12.60m. to bottom, provided only mud and gravel ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... The lower limit is set by a chous, P 8442, dated ca. 420-400 B.C. Two lamps L 2642 and L 2643, are among the earlier examples of this type, not later than the last quarter of the 5th. c. |
Pits ( A 19:3, A 19:4, A 19:5, A 19:6 in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Sometimes called as "Pit 2". Pit with reddish black fill ... 350-300 B.C ... At that time the first three of these groups were called first half of 4th. c., but it is plain from the lamps, etc. that all are second half. |
| Marcie Handler ... The contents of this Hellenistic cistern shaft were excavated in a series of layers: the preserved top of the shaft, six layers in the shaft and the fill within the tunnel. At the bottom of the shaft on ... POU: Mid-3rd c. BC
Dumped fill: after 225 BC ... Joining fragments of pottery and lamps were found in different pottery lots, suggesting that layers that were excavated separately may have been deposited at the same time. |
| 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 ... Stamped amphora handles; Type 33A and 45C lamps. Most of figured bowls are of M Monogram Class. |
| 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 ... Typical saucers, banded plates, miniature cooking pots, two unusual lamps and a pair of Corinthian type skyphoi. |
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 ... Intrusions:
Red-ware; late Roman; Late Roman lamps; coarse ware, combed ware; micaceous water jugs; yellow/white glaze; lidded bowl; shallow coarse ware dish. |
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 ... Middle fill: No coins or datable stamped amphora handles. Lamps indicate broad range of date. |
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