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Late fillings over early walls.
Tin 120 sherds put with those from the same fill dug 21 February 1934, just to the south. Coins:
21 February 1934 #3-#7
9 March 1934 #2 ... To 5th c. A.D ... Late Fill over Early Walls |
Deposit associated with early walls West of the Stoa of Attalos ... Late 5th c. B.C. (?)- early 4th c. B.C ... Deposit associated with early walls West of the Stoa of Attalos. |
Turkish well at 14-15/ΛΓ Marbles from walls not included ... April 1936 ... Marbles from walls not included. |
| Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LI in notebook.
No mention of bones. Neg. KK 363, XIX-8 (dismantling of the walls of the graves( ... 10 March 1939
16 March 1939 ... KK 363, XIX-8 (dismantling of the walls of the graves(. |
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 ... 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. |
Well at 73/ΜΓ.
The upper walls were of small stones but changed to tiles at a depth of ca. 12m which suggests that it perhaps was originally built in Late Roman times ... Byzantine ... The upper walls were of small stones but changed to tiles at a depth of ca. 12m which suggests that it perhaps was originally built in Late Roman times. |
Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic.
No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. Subdivisions:
.1=Upper fill
.2=Lower ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. |
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 ... 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. |
| 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. Forced to stop digging because of the rotten walls. There was still soft earth in the bottom (at ca. 6m.), but we had stopped getting pottery at 4.20m.
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Basin in rock at NW corner of Church of St. Athanasius. Walls lined with small stones and bricks and covered with plaster or mortar.
Dimensions length 1.99, width 0.37, depth 0.77. Coins:
1 April 1939 ... 3rd c. A.D ... Athanasius. Walls lined with small stones and bricks and covered with plaster or mortar.
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| Brian Martens ... It was partially excavated during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c ... LHIIIA ... The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c. B.C. walls (Walls 17 and 18). ... Leveling fill over Walls 17 and 18 indicates disuse within the first half of the 5th c. ... The insertion of Walls 17 and 18 apparently disturbed the burials, attested by mid 6th c. |
Filling between tongue walls to north of main apse in Late Roman complex, equals "Coroplasts' Dump" overlying Odeion south side.
Containers Ο 17-Ο 20 are from "debris of burnt building" [i.e. Odeion ... 267-ca. 350 A.D ... Filling between tongue walls to north of main apse in Late Roman complex, equals "Coroplasts' Dump" overlying Odeion south side.
... These finds include only those from "Late Roman fill between tongue walls" (the "brownish earth" indicated on nbp. 252 plan),and not from "debris of burnt building" which should fall under Destruction Debris of Odeion deposit L-M 9-12. |
Bottle-shaped cistern with dumped fillings on NW slopes of Areopagus; appears not to have been finished in antiquity: the walls and floor show no traces of stucco.
Lower filling, ca. 375-340 B.C.
Upper ... Ca. 375-275 B.C ... Bottle-shaped cistern with dumped fillings on NW slopes of Areopagus; appears not to have been finished in antiquity: the walls and floor show no traces of stucco.
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At the top was roughly square, but below was rounded. The walls were built of small stones laid without much effort where large ancient blocks ( some belonging to Great Drain) formed the sides. At the ... Turkish ... At the top was roughly square, but below was rounded. The walls were built of small stones laid without much effort where large ancient blocks ( some belonging to Great Drain) formed the sides. |
| Stephen G. Miller ... Irregular circular tomb (Diam. 2.20-2.60) with blocked dromos to northwest. Top of tomb lost in Archaic grading of area, center disturbed by Byzantine pit, overbuilt by northern-eastern walls of Room 3 ... LH III ... Top of tomb lost in Archaic grading of area, center disturbed by Byzantine pit, overbuilt by northern-eastern walls of Room 3 of Roman House E.
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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 ... It was of the normal 4th c. type, its walls cut from the soft bedrock and plastered with gray hydraulic cement. |
Well 8 (in Tholos), put out of use by a fall of the rock walls and replaced by well G 11:3. Scanty use filling at and near the bottom, separated by a mass of fallen rock from a debris filling in the upper ... Ca. 550-500 B.C. and 480 B.C ... Well 8 (in Tholos), put out of use by a fall of the rock walls and replaced by well G 11:3. |
Well. Construction, use and dumped fillings of the Hellenistic period. Tile-lined well with a packing of jars behind the tiles; the well cut through (Fill 4) the passage of a cistern (B 21:25). At 9.00m ... Hellenistic ... At 9.00m. a threatened collapse of the walls caused abandonment of the excavation work at the point when the use-filling had just been reached. |
Rodney Young ... Grave. RSY Grave 50. Outside archaic cemetery on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs, cremation burial. Roughly square pit (0.80x1.00m). This pit contained a heavy deposit of cinders and ash; its ... Beginning of the last quarter of the 6th century ... This pit contained a heavy deposit of cinders and ash; its walls and floor were reddened and hardened by fire, which must have burned on the spot. |
Well at 115/ΜΘ.
Careful stone curbing around the upper walls, the presence of footholds in the sides, an adequate water supply and the fragments of a terracotta well-head in the filling indicate that the ... 600-550 B.C ... Careful stone curbing around the upper walls, the presence of footholds in the sides, an adequate water supply and the fragments of a terracotta well-head in the filling indicate that the well served as a water source, but only a few fragments of water jars give any direct evidence of a period of use. |
| In NE corner of Room D. In a Byzantine vessel=P 34464.
The position of the vessel in the corner of the room suggests that the burial was made after the construction of Byzantine Walls G and E. This type ... 10th-11th c. A.D ... The position of the vessel in the corner of the room suggests that the burial was made after the construction of Byzantine Walls G and E. This type of burial is unique in this time period; the examination of the child's bones has indicated that it may have been miscarried.
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Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed.
Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C ... Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. |
West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C ... Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. |
Debris, Room I of Street Stoa (R/16,20-13/10,15).
The lack of any rooftiles and similar architectural debris suggests that perhaps it was brought in from an adjacent area and dumped in the room. This is ... 6-8 May 1975 ... One would be that after the Herulian sack the upper walls were so badly damaged that it proved easier to cut down the floor level rather than rebuild the walls (cf. refurbishing of the Metroon). |
A total of 79 ostraka was recovered from Room 5 of the Classical Building.
More of this deposit was excavated in the 2021 season on the opposite side of the scarp of Wall R, up against the face of Wall ... 500-475 B.C ... The collapse of Walls G’ and R allowed us to excavate more of this deposit in the 2022 season. |
| An area about 10m2. on the lower northwest slopes of the Areopagus, southeast of the archaic fountain house. A dumped fill to the end of the 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C., containing many votives, overlying ... 7th c. - 625 B.C ... B.C., containing many votives, overlying the fallen clay walls of the houses of Geometric times. |
Enchytrismos burial of an infant at the E. corner of Byzantine Room G.
The burial was in brown fill flecked with charcoal and containing brown-glazed pottery (Lot ΒΗ 472). The pot was embedded upside ... Byzantine 10th/11th c. A.D ... The pot was embedded upside down in the corner formed by Walls 15 and 16. Around the pot was a concentration of broken tiles and rubble, possibly placed there as a support.
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| "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 ... Hastings Street, bounded by the NE and SE walls of basement).
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| Not completely excavated due to instability of chamber walls and water. Sherds of all periods - Greek, Roman and Byzantine - were found in it [nbp. 424].
Re-examined in 2010. Photos and notes on NB pages ... 10th c. A.D ... Not completely excavated due to instability of chamber walls and water. Sherds of all periods - Greek, Roman and Byzantine - were found in it [nbp. 424].
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Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... Twenty stamped amphora handles; long petal bowls; figured bowls with thick walls and small indistinct figures must date in second quarter of 2nd c. |
Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7
Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8.
Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by ... 17 May 1971 ... Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by Byzantine pithos to South. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches.
One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2 ... The tomb had not been robbed or disturbed in post-Mycenaean times, for the doors of the main chamber and the niches were found closed with rough rubble walls. |
Well 12: Archaic.
It lies on a rocky ledge about thirty meters north of the Klepsydra, just east of the Panathenaic street. In spite of its depth, it produced little pottery and its contents were of slight ... 6th c. B.C.? ... In the well were not merely the usual quantities of domestic wares, pithoi, tubs and the like, of broken up terracotta rooftiles and crude brick; there was also a number of building stones: three large blocks of poros from some archaic structure, and many small carefully dressed blocks of Acropolis limestone from a polygonal wall or walls. |
| 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 ... Strosis II, on which the pyre rested, covered the walls of Room A, demonstrating that the pyre postdates a change of plan or abandonment of this part of the building, other parts of which survived to the Late Hellenistic period. |
| Mycenaean Grave at SE corner of Pier 12 (Burial 9).
There are no traces of dromos, which must have been located at the north and have been cut away by the trench four the south stylobate of the Square ... Myc. III A:1 ... The dimensions of the chamber are 1.60m east-west by a preserved length of 1.40m north-south. The walls were preserved to a height of 0.065m, and the grave was full of broken bedrock with a little soft brown silt around the bones. |
| This filling is the largest deposit of its time found in the Agora. It may be compared with H 6:5 and with N 7:3.
Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m; footholds cut on opposite sides of the shaft ... Ca. 490-450 B.C ... An ample supply of water, encountered (in may) at a depth of 5.30m, along with the relatively sound condition of the rock walls, suggested that the well could have been used. |
| A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c ... The earth filling of the top 1.90m., where the walls of the well had broken out to form a pit, contained very scanty pottery, of the same date as that of the use filling. |
| Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles.
Also from Trench L.
13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner
The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Lot Ζ 694 (425-400 B.C.E)
Well walls collapse on east (?) side, leaving a meter or so at the bottom with the original walls intact. Four curbing stones at top of well sink, with two sinking deeper than the other two, leaving a large depression at top that is significantly larger than circumference of well.
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Well 19: Latest Mycenaean. Near Klepsydra. Diameter mouth 1.25-1.35m., narrowing about a third of the way down and becoming rectangular, 0.90-1.0 to a side. Muddy at m; water collecting rapidly at 8.m ... Late Mycenaean ... Above, two dumped strata of domestic debris, storage pithoi, architectural fragments, quantities of stones from walls (in upper), grindstones; commonest and latest pottery post-fountain.
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| Matt McCallum ... Plaster lined cistern. The cistern seems to have been bottle shaped; the walls are narrower at the preserved top, which is broken along its entire circuit, and gradually widen until about a third of the ... 12th c. AD ... The cistern seems to have been bottle shaped; the walls are narrower at the preserved top, which is broken along its entire circuit, and gradually widen until about a third of the way down, at which point they remain consistently vertical until they hit the flat bottom floor. |
| Mycenaean Grave to W of Pier 12 (Burial 11).
The northern part of the tomb had been cut away by the foundation trench for the south stylobate of the Square Building that preceded the Stoa, and the dromos, ... Myc. IIB-IIIA:1 ... The chamber was small with an original east-west dimension of 1.60m and a preserved north-south dimension of 1.20m, the walls preserved to a maximum height of 0.90m. |
Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned.
Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Moldmade bowls with thick walls and small indistinct figures similar to those on bowls in G 5:3 and some examples in Thompson's Group C. |
Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... Figured bowls have thick walls, small stamps, and were produced in worn molds of coarse workmanship. |
| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole).
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Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric ... The ground around the mouth of the trench, its rims and walls, were reddened and baked hard by burning in situ. |
| Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... The ceiling collapsed over the center of the tomb in antiquity, but large segments are preserved along the walls indicating that the chamber was at least 1.25 m high.
... Two articulated skeleton, both adult females (one with fetus in utero), were found along the northern and southern walls of the chamber, respectively. |
Well in Coletti Garden.
Diameter 1m. There were no traces of hand holes in its walls. At 5.2m depth below datum on the S-E side of the shaft, a small underground stream emptied into the well. The stratigraphy ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... There were no traces of hand holes in its walls. At 5.2m depth below datum on the S-E side of the shaft, a small underground stream emptied into the well. |
| Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... Late Archaic ... Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb below Middle Stoa Terrace.
The tomb was entered from the west by a stepped dromos, at least 4.20m long by 1.10 to 1.50m. wide, splaying slightly toward the doorway, which was 1.26m ... Myc. IIIA:1 ... Although the roof had collapsed, the walls were preserved to an average height of 1.35m.
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| Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male?
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Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I ... A deeper hole at the southwest corner of the pit, going to a total depth of 0.80m, served to hold the amphora containing the ashes, which was placed upright in it and packed around with small stones to keep it in place. Rough walls of dry stone were built up to east and west of the deep hole containing the ash-urn; these served to support the ends of slab of a bluish-grey limestone placed as a cover to protect the amphora with its ashes. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... Neither of these walls disturbed the tomb proper in any way.
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