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Ash and Carbon Dump in Corridor directly behind Room C of Brick Building.
This material comprises what appears to have been a household dump associated with the period of use of the Brick Building, but ... To mid-2nd century ... Agora XXVII, pp. 153-165, 205-206, 231 (selection of pottery). |
Tiled Well in Square Building Foundations, equipped with evenly spaced hand-holds, with a good supply of water. There was no period of use represented and the dumped fill consisted mostly of chunks of ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C ... Agora XXVII, pp. 143-153, 185-187, 228 (selection of pottery). |
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 ... Pottery dump |
A dumped filling including red figured fragments of the second quarter of the 4th c. B.C. Coins:
25 June 1931 #12 (in strosis above pottery deposit) 15 November 1952, going through the containers Tin 59-Box ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Coins:
25 June 1931 #12 (in strosis above pottery deposit) |
Pottery discarded ... Mixed to Roman, 3rd c. A.D ... Pottery discarded. |
Brian Martens ... This deep stratum (ca. 030m) is delayed Persian destruction cleanup deposited in the 470s B.C. it contains about one generation's worth of pottery, almost exclusively dating between about 500-470 B.C ... 29 June-19 July 2017
12–15 July 2022 ... This deep stratum (ca. 030m) is delayed Persian destruction cleanup deposited in the 470s B.C. it contains about one generation's worth of pottery, almost exclusively dating between about 500-470 B.C.
... The dump of pottery raised the floor level of the building; atop J 1:18 was a layer of crushed bedrock and a renewed floor surface.
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16 March 1957 pottery discarded nb.p. 122 ... 20-21 June 1947 ... 16 March 1957 pottery discarded nb.p. 122. |
Formerly deposit G 14:4.
Turkish context; pottery discarded ... 10 March 1932 ... Turkish context; pottery discarded. |
Turkish sherds from this level. No tins of pottery ... August 1951 ... No tins of pottery. |
| Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2 ... Late Geometric ... A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2. |
Hole at 65/ΚΔ; small cutting in bedrock with scanty pottery ... 450-400 B.C ... Hole at 65/ΚΔ; small cutting in bedrock with scanty pottery. |
Clay pit with clear light yellow clay thoroughly suitable for pottery making ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Clay pit with clear light yellow clay thoroughly suitable for pottery making. |
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 ... Agora XXVII, pp. 153-165, 202-204, 231 (selection of pottery). |
Well in Stoa Terrace opposite Shop 5.; small amount of pottery. Estimated Grid ... 6th c. B.C ... ; small amount of pottery. |
Found while cleaning wall running east-west over 57. Contained late glazed pottery ... Byzantine ... Contained late glazed pottery. |
Well 14: Turkish Coins
17 March 1939 #4-#5 Pottery not sorted (March 1940) ... Early Turkish ... Pottery not sorted (March 1940). |
Outside the market square, near the southeast corner, on the south edge of the east-west road, where it passes to the south of the Mint.
There is no doubt that the pottery from the well is "stratified" ... Early 1st to 6th c. and of 8th c. A.D ... There is no doubt that the pottery from the well is "stratified" in the sense that a very definite sequence could be observed from the late 6th c. pottery near the top down to pottery of the 1st c. A.D. in the lowest containers (some Byzantine pottery ... probably represents a brief reuse of the well after a long period of disuse). ... 173 containers of pottery. |
Shallow rectangular pit in bedrock at 44/Η. It contained a very small quantity of pottery, mostly coarse but including a few black glazed pieces, one stamped. Agora XII, p. 396.
No container, pottery ... 450-400 B.C ... It contained a very small quantity of pottery, mostly coarse but including a few black glazed pieces, one stamped ... No container, pottery discarded. |
Well D: Archaic
Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Debris filling with scanty pottery remains; most of the pottery is earlier than the lower limit. Diameter at top ca. 1.20m; bottom ca. 1.10m ... End of 6th c. B.C ... Debris filling with scanty pottery remains; most of the pottery is earlier than the lower limit. |
Grave north of Hephaisteion. Grave XIII in notebook. One damaged skeleton. No pottery, no coins ... 20 May 1936 ... One damaged skeleton. No pottery, no coins. |
Irregular pit in bedrock; deposit chiefly of terracotta figurines, with a small amount of pottery ... 6th c. B.C ... Irregular pit in bedrock; deposit chiefly of terracotta figurines, with a small amount of pottery. |
Pocket roughly cut in bedrock; its greatest dimensions ca. 1.50m Terracotta figurines; some pottery fragments ... Early 5th c. B.C ... Terracotta figurines; some pottery fragments. |
Pocket of late Geometric pottery in bedrock behind Stoa Shop V; apparently a household deposit ... 750-700 B.C ... Pocket of late Geometric pottery in bedrock behind Stoa Shop V; apparently a household deposit. |
Water channel in north part of section. Hellenistic and Early Roman pottery. No inventoried finds ... 13-14 March 1936 ... Hellenistic and Early Roman pottery. No inventoried finds. |
The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU ... The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery that continues to 16.00m. Below 16.00m there is much less pottery and it seems somewhat earlier than the rest, perhaps late 4th c. |
Filling around rubble wall (35/ΚΕ). It contained a mass of pottery, most of it uninventoried ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... It contained a mass of pottery, most of it uninventoried. |
| Grave XXI in notebook = RSY Grave 11. Pottery discarded; late Roman, mostly coarse. PD 731-e ... Ca. 530 B.C ... Pottery discarded; late Roman, mostly coarse. |
Tins 6-7.
The mending of pottery revealed a break at about 19.60, although the nature of the pottery seems about the same: "A" and "D" ware, gouged ware, flaring-mouthed jars, micaceous water jars and ... Late 3rd.-early 4th. c. A.D ... The mending of pottery revealed a break at about 19.60, although the nature of the pottery seems about the same: "A" and "D" ware, gouged ware, flaring-mouthed jars, micaceous water jars and various large amphorae. |
Pocket of soft fill in bedrock at corner of Late Roman house, with a hoard of lead tokens. No pottery catalogued.
Herulian debris: cf. D 10:1, D 11:7 Coins:
25 May 1935 #8 Estimated Grid
No pottery catalogued ... 25 May 1935 ... Pocket of soft fill in bedrock at corner of Late Roman house, with a hoard of lead tokens. No pottery catalogued.
... Estimated Grid
No pottery catalogued. |
Lower red fill with mixed Hellenistic pottery running into the 2nd. c. Coins:
4 May 1936 #1 ... 1-5 May 1936 ... Lower red fill with mixed Hellenistic pottery running into the 2nd. c. |
A smaller deposit, but with some good household pottery, and red-figure both Meidian and sub-Meidian ... 17-22 May 1939 ... A smaller deposit, but with some good household pottery, and red-figure both Meidian and sub-Meidian. |
Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766).
Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D ... Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica 253-268 A.D. The pottery should then be late 3rd and possibly just pre-Herulian. |
Shallow pit containing pottery, burning and tiny fragments of bone. A dumped group of pottery in an amphora pit, ca. 1.00 m. in diameter, 0.60m. in depth. Many tiny fragments of bone were in the fill ... 375-325 B.C ... Shallow pit containing pottery, burning and tiny fragments of bone ... A dumped group of pottery in an amphora pit, ca. 1.00 m. in diameter, 0.60m. in depth. |
Reused as part of a modern cistern; scanty remains of ancient fill towards bottom. No containers of pottery ... 1st c. A.D ... No containers of pottery. |
Water channel in north part of section. Pottery late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C. Coins:
14 March 1936 #8 ... Late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C ... Water channel in north part of section. Pottery late 2nd.-1st. c. |
Byzantine pottery begins after 4.70m.; above that Roman.
Diameter 0.92m; water level -5m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.62m ... Byzantine re-use of Roman well ... Byzantine pottery begins after 4.70m.; above that Roman.
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| Eugene Vanderpool ... "Submycenaean" grave into Mycenaean gully.
Rectangular trench cut partly in bedrock, partly through Mycenaean domestic filling. No pottery catalogued ... Late Helladic IIIC-Early Protogeometric ... No pottery catalogued. |
Very little pottery and mainly broken tiles in this well, all mixed from Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (nbp. 1441) ... 25 May-1 June 1939 ... Very little pottery and mainly broken tiles in this well, all mixed from Hellenistic to Early Byzantine (nbp. 1441). |
Small fill; most pottery Hellenistic but a few fragments of early Roman present. Coins:
27 May 1937 #3-#4 ... 265-200 B.C ... Small fill; most pottery Hellenistic but a few fragments of early Roman present. |
Well L.
Use filling and well-head; abandonment filling chiefly of mud and stones, with a scattering of pottery ... ca. 575-550 B.C.-To early 5th c. B.C ... Use filling and well-head; abandonment filling chiefly of mud and stones, with a scattering of pottery. |
Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers).
Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through some 40 tins of pottery saved from the three martyrs. ... ... In view of the quantity of pottery & objects already recorded from the drain this pottery has been discarded."
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Once vaulted chamber north of Hephaisteion. Grave V in notebook. Vault gone. Five skulls. Pottery discarded. Coins:
17 April 1936 #2 ... 27-28 April 1936 ... Five skulls. Pottery discarded. |
Coins:
5 May 1932 #1-#7
Laughing faun found at this level with pottery similar to that of group K (miniature) ... 3rd c.-267 A.D ... Coins:
5 May 1932 #1-#7
Laughing faun found at this level with pottery similar to that of group K (miniature). |
| Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XLV in notebook.
One skeleton. Pottery discarded? Coin
8 March 1939 #22 Neg. XV-69 ... 7 March 1939 ... One skeleton. Pottery discarded? |
| Grave south of Hephaisteion. Grave II in notebook. One skeleton. No objects. Pottery in container 201 from filling around grave II ... 12 March 1936 ... No objects. Pottery in container 201 from filling around grave II. |
Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XLIII in notebook. No mention of bones; pottery Turkish. Coins:
8 March 1939 #21 ... 11 March 1939 ... No mention of bones; pottery Turkish. |
Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles ... Late 2nd-1st c. B.C ... Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles. |
Well at 30/ΛΒ; the shaft possibly never used as a well; dumped filling with a small amount of fragmentary pottery ... Ca 500 B.C ... Well at 30/ΛΒ; the shaft possibly never used as a well; dumped filling with a small amount of fragmentary pottery. |
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 ... 4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery. |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... Homogenous fill all apparently deposited at one time, traces of burning on much of the pottery. No discernible period of use fill.
Particularly fine series of Megarian bowls. Pottery similar to H.A.T.' |
Dumped fill. Well lining collapsed at ca. 0.60m. from bottom, apparently at start of POU, forcing abandonment. Pottery described as mixed to "latest Roman", including combed and gouged; all very fragmentary; ... Late Roman ... Well lining collapsed at ca. 0.60m. from bottom, apparently at start of POU, forcing abandonment. Pottery described as mixed to "latest Roman", including combed and gouged; all very fragmentary; discarded.
... Lot Υ 13 for pottery from fill in channel leading to well 39/ΞΔ (late 4th c. |
| Filling in footing trench at 63/ΝΔ Packing of coarse pottery, including numerous stamped jars and a small amount of kitchen ware ... Ca. 250-210 ... Packing of coarse pottery, including numerous stamped jars and a small amount of kitchen ware. |
| 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 ... Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up with pottery, ashes and earth, and abandoned. ... There was still soft earth in the bottom (at ca. 6m.), but we had stopped getting pottery at 4.20m.
Much of pottery has been burned. |
Pit on north slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Traces of burning in the dirt fill; mixed in with this many fragments of fine pottery ... Ca. 450-420 B.C ... Traces of burning in the dirt fill; mixed in with this many fragments of fine pottery. |
Trench at 11/ΚΕ cut into the stereo (length 1.40m, width 0.50m). Coins:
5 April 1932 #5 (illegible).
Red figure pottery; coarse ware ... Mid-5th c. B.C ... Red figure pottery; coarse ware. |
Disturbed pit with a skull. Pottery discarded. Late context; more likely Turkish than Geometric.
See Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 303 for skull description ... 4 May 1936 ... Disturbed pit with a skull. Pottery discarded. Late context; more likely Turkish than Geometric.
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| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Roughly circular pit with scraps of bone and traces of carbonized material. Four similar empty pits nearby with a little Geometric pottery ... Early Geometric ... Four similar empty pits nearby with a little Geometric pottery. |
Fifth century Pit E of Stoa Room 11 with coarse pottery and a few black-glazed, some with stamping and red-figured pieces ... Ca. 450-425 B.C ... Fifth century Pit E of Stoa Room 11 with coarse pottery and a few black-glazed, some with stamping and red-figured pieces. |
Pit in floor of cellar of House 634/19. Contents mixed to late Roman. Pottery 4th c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. discarded ... 25 April 1958 ... Pottery 4th c. B.C. to 4th c. |
Square Peristyle (Square Building) Constructions fill + other (square peristyle area); fragmentary and with some earlier material but in the main, where undisturbed, a homogenous deposit. Coins:
26 May ... Βefore 300 B.C ... Agora XXVII, pp. 143-153,178-185, 227 (selection of pottery). |
Small Pit or Well at 25/ΚΑ with a small quantity of fine and coarse household pottery, much of it whole, or nearly so ... Ca. 450-425 B.C ... Small Pit or Well at 25/ΚΑ with a small quantity of fine and coarse household pottery, much of it whole, or nearly so. |
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. |
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 2 (1933), pp. 453-454, fig. 2 (selection of pottery). |
Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle (beneath Stoa).
122 stamped amphora handles. Many parallels with handles from cistern M 21:1. Latest coin dates ca. 200. latest lamp types 33 A and 34 A. Fragment ... 200 B.C ... Agora XXVII, pp. 153-165, 189-199, 229 (selection of pottery). |
Flask-shaped cistern (1959) (Cistern under Room 4 in NE corner of Section). Upper filling soft silt with a little pottery. Lower filling hard silt, almost no pottery.
1.35m in diameter at the floor with ... End of the 4th c. B.C ... Upper filling soft silt with a little pottery. Lower filling hard silt, almost no pottery.
1.35m in diameter at the floor with short blind extensions toward NW and SE. |
| 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 ... 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 c. material with later disturbances), and directly under post-antique deposits. No bone was recorded but some is preserved with the context pottery.
Organic material: animal bone. |
East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. Some evidence of burning on pottery ... Ca. 460 B.C ... Some evidence of burning on pottery and in fill. Large deposit of fragmentary pottery. Black glaze, cooking and coarse wares, including a very fine example of a large askos (P 33570). |
Fillings immediately antedating the building of the Stoa.
Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 20 and the debris of a pottery works behind the Stoa (H 7:1) ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 20 and the debris of a pottery works behind the Stoa (H 7:1). |
| A well at the northeast corner of Classical Building, behind back wall. Dumped fill appears to have occurred as a single event as there are joining sherds throughout.
POU date ca. first half 5th c. B.C.; ... 5th c. B.C ... B.C.; pottery in fill spans ca. last quarter 6th c.-430 B.C.; out of use ca. 430 B.C ... Pottery primarily of the mid 5th c. with the latest sherds dating to just before the last quarter of the century. Two lesbian amphoras, ca. 430's B.C. Pottery includes much black glaze plus good examples of black figure and red figure, several lekythoi. |
Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXII in notebook.
No mention of bones. Pottery discarded. Coins:
11 March 1939 #15
14 March 1939 #5 Neg. KK 385 ... 18 March 1939 ... No mention of bones. Pottery discarded. |
| Dog's Grave, the bones carefully disposed. It contained a small amount of contemporary pottery in the fill, of which some deposited nearby, may have been intended as offerings ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C ... It contained a small amount of contemporary pottery in the fill, of which some deposited nearby, may have been intended as offerings. |
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 ... Pottery Deposit at 57/ΙΔ (also 57/ΙΣΤ and 63-66/Κ-ΚΕ). |
Nbp. 3104: Container includes a miscellaneous accumulation of Greek and Roman pottery with some fragments of Byzantine brown glaze. No joins were observed between this layer and Layer II ... 16-24 May 1937 ... Nbp. 3104: Container includes a miscellaneous accumulation of Greek and Roman pottery with some fragments of Byzantine brown glaze. |
Geometric Well East of Stoa Room 10 Pottery mended May 1950, in two tins. Nothing discarded. Slight disturbance throughout became of proximity of Roman well (p. 1252). Estimated Grid ... 725-700 B.C ... Pottery mended May 1950, in two tins. |
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 ... Hellenistic fill mostly of roof tiles and coarse pottery. |
| 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. |
Archaic Well at 10/ΚΒ, directly west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos.
Well, not cleared. a small amount of pottery gathered from the top of the shaft ... 600-550 B.C ... Well, not cleared. a small amount of pottery gathered from the top of the shaft. |
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. |
Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. Coins:
4 May 1950 #1-#3
15 May 1950 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Well East of Stoa Room 11; no appreciable change in pottery top to bottom; dumped fill of Augustan times. |
Well at 73/Δ Coins:
24 April 1939 #1 (stuck to sherd in bottom container) A box (4B) and three tins of pottery have been kept (T5-T7). The rest discarded ... Byzantine ... A box (4B) and three tins of pottery have been kept (T5-T7). |
Square pit in bedrock southwest of the Hephaisteion. Many marble chips from the construction of the temple of Hephaestus were found here together with a large quantity of pottery and other objects ... Ca. 450 B.C.
Ca. 390-380 B.C ... Many marble chips from the construction of the temple of Hephaestus were found here together with a large quantity of pottery and other objects. |
Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction of the temple. |
Trench at O/7,8-6/1,5. Layer 5 of Trench A cut in Rooms 1 and 2 of Greek House γ. Soft green clay with bones, ash, much pottery. Probably leveling fill ... Archaic ... Soft green clay with bones, ash, much pottery. Probably leveling fill. |
P.H. 1.98m; greatest diameter 1.70; wall thickness 0.20. The walls are of rubble set in clay, and the bottom is flat. Pottery was coarse Byzantine sherds but discarded except for one graffito ... 25 May 1956 ... Pottery was coarse Byzantine sherds but discarded except for one graffito. |
Well in north aisle of Stoa. Almost empty, either not used very long or well cleaned out. It contained plaster, roof tiles, pebble mosaic. The little pottery may be Hellenistic. No finds recorded ... 26-29 July 1972 ... The little pottery may be Hellenistic. |
Geometric Well under Rubble Wall of Predecessor.
Classical pit above a Geometric well with a small amount of pottery from the late 6th to the middle of the 4th c. B.C. Estimated Grid ... Late 8th century B.C ... Classical pit above a Geometric well with a small amount of pottery from the late 6th to the middle of the 4th c. |
A fair-sized pit in bedrock in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 18, which contained a good deal of pottery mostly coarse. A little additional material as late as second quarter 4th. c. B.C ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... A fair-sized pit in bedrock in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 18, which contained a good deal of pottery mostly coarse. |
'Mouth and upper passage' on deposit list. Containers 1 and 2. Pottery in mouth of cistern in upper tunnel. Coins:
5 May 1939 #1
9 May 1939 #10-#11
12 May 1939 #4 ... 1st c. with earlier material ... Containers 1 and 2. Pottery in mouth of cistern in upper tunnel. |
| 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 ... 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 layer Ia (lot Ω 462, second half of 4th c., possibly into 3rd c., containing more fragments of pyre pottery probably from this pyre). ... There were extensive traces of burning, and teh pottery has been burnt. |
Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance).
Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance).
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Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... At 6.50m. begins use filling with numerous BHWJs and other water ... Late 1st c. to early 3rd cent. and of 4th and 5th cents ... Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... |
Located in the NE corner of the early peribolos. Probably originally 1.00-1.50m. deeper, the bedrock above having been cut back in late times. Scanty pottery remains; some evidence for a period of use ... Ca. 600-570 B.C ... Scanty pottery remains; some evidence for a period of use near bottom. |
Pit in ancient road, ca. 73/ΜΣΤ The filling of this pit contained quantities of coarse pottery, principally fragmentary amphoras, but including also some glazed and semi-glazed pieces and fragments of ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... The filling of this pit contained quantities of coarse pottery, principally fragmentary amphoras, but including also some glazed and semi-glazed pieces and fragments of three red-figured vases. |
A drain pit with red gravely fill. Coins:
5 April 1939 #1-#8
Pottery continuing to at least 3rd c. A.D. ADDENDA: See also tins Lot ΝΝ 70, ΝΝ 71.
ADDENDA: P 14822 probably also belongs ... Mixed Hellenistic to Roman ... Coins:
5 April 1939 #1-#8
Pottery continuing to at least 3rd c. |
Well L: PG, ELS. Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery appears less consistent than that in the pit at 70/ΜΕ. Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B. PD 2780 ... Protogeometric ... Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery appears less consistent than that in the pit at 70/ΜΕ. |
It was impossible to return to the digging of this well either in 1939 or 1940 [due to collapse of stereo] (nbp. 1432).
HAT compares pottery to that of Square Building fill. Coins
26 May 1939 #1 ... Second half of 4th c. B.C ... HAT compares pottery to that of Square Building fill. |
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 52, pp. 278-282, 295-297 (selection of pottery). |
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 ... From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... |
Filling associated with construction of Poros Building. A small amount of fragmentary pottery found in the clay filling of the original floor; perhaps deposited as late as ca. 425-400 B.C. Cf. 18:4 and ... Ca. 475-450 B.C. or later ... A small amount of fragmentary pottery found in the clay filling of the original floor; perhaps deposited as late as ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Original bottom of pithos was damaged (probably by ground water) and a second, higher bottom consisting of squarish terracotta tiles laid. Fill above second, higher floor was unusually rich in pottery ... Byzantine ... Fill above second, higher floor was unusually rich in pottery and was thus given a deposit number. |
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