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Athens ... Sv. 81.1--6; Kleiner 1976, pl. 1:1.
[(N 20:6)] Coin no. 2. Cistern; dirt pile. Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet with wing. Α/Ε-Θ
Zeus, nude, standing r., holding thunderbolt in lowered r. hand, ... ca. 196--190 B.C. |
Athens ... Sv. 104.31--35.
[(N 20:4); uncertain AE 2 Demeter/Triptolemos type]
Eleusis, Money in Name of Athens. Weight: blistered
Coin no. 11. Cistern. Head of Demeter r., wearing veil; border of dots. Α-Θ/Ε
Triptolemos ... early 70's B.C. |
Ptolemaic Kings ... [(N 20:4)
Heavily Damaged] Coin no. 15. Cistern. Head of Zeus Ammon r. [πTOλEMAIOY BAςIλEως] Eagle stg. l. on thunderbolt, wings lifted. 413, 583 ... Unclassifiable Ptolemy I--IV, 3rd century B.C. |
Use filling of first half of 1st c.; dumped filling of late 1st c.(?). This well, near its mouth, cuts off the end of the upper passage of the cistern at 53/Ε. Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped filling
.2=POU ... First half of 1st c. A.D. POU |
Containers 1-14. Very fragmentary pottery. Some material earlier than late 1st c. A.D. Coins:
10 May 1939 #4-#5
11 May 1939 #4-#9
12 May 1939 #5
15 May 1939 #7-#9
17 May 1939 #1-#2
23 May 1939 #1 ... Late 1st c. A.D. |
Containers 15-37. Masses of pots, largely water jars; fragments of Pergamene; Samian B; brittle ware; ER unguentaria.
The following finds on deposit list as bottom fill (.2) are from depths of level .1: ... First half of 1st c. A.D. |
| Construction filling of well N 20:3 which was dug through this cistern; a few later sherds at upper levels may result from late repairs to well tiling. Coins:
6 April 1938 #14-#15
8 April 1938 #4 Some ... Second half 1st c. A.D. |
Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary".
Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C. |
Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus.
Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D.
Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins
9 April 1938 #2
9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D. |
Cistern at 60/ΙΕ; bell-shaped cistern with a channel 1.65m high and 4.60m long, leading to a dead end against bedrock. This channel runs north with a slight curve to the east and looks as though it was ... Second half of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd c. B.C. |
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. |
| Margaret Crosby ... Grave, disturbed.
Rectangular cutting in bedrock 1.70m long and 0.60m deep. The north half was cut away by a modern cellar wall and only 0.20-0.10m of fill was left. A the bottom there was a thick layer ... 510 - 490 B.C. |
East-West Street (63-64/ΙΣΤ, etc.)
Packing in line of ancient east-west street along Areopagus north slopes.
Lower fills, predominantly late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
Middle fills, last quarter of the 5th ... Various levels and dates |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble ... 1938 |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble ... 1938 |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble ... 1938 |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble ... 1938 |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble. View of chest and arms ... 1938 |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble ... 1938 |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble ... 1938 |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble ... Horizontal (normal) |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble |
| Neolithic statuette: reclining nude steatopygous. Pentelic marble |
| Edge of a grave cutting. The grave can be discerned just above the large poros block. Deposit N 20:8 ... AMS southeast 191 Horizontal (normal) ... 7 Feb 1938 |
| Edge of a grave cutting. The grave can be discerned just above the large poros block in the center. Deposit N 20:8 ... AMS east 190 Horizontal (normal) ... 7 Feb 1938 |
| Amphoras packed behind well tiles in cistern. Deposit N 20:2 ... 784 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Apr 1938 |
| Edge of a grave cutting. The grave can be discerned just above the large poros block. Deposit N 20:8 ... southeast 191 ... 7 Feb 1938 |
| Edge of a grave cutting. The grave can be discerned just above the large poros block in the center. Deposit N 20:8 ... east 190 ... 7 Feb 1938 |
Miscellaneous coarse selected ... Roman |
Miscellaneous coarse: selected rims, bases, micaceous water jugs ... Roman |
Miscellaneous coarse: fragments of two narrow-necked amphoras ... Roman |
Much selected; fragments of amphoras B.H.W.J or selected scraps of glass in envelope. Bone fragments (uncertain level) ... Roman |
Selected coarse ... Roman |
Fragments of hypocaust roof tile ... Roman |
Few scraps of finer (?) fabric in envelope ... Roman |
Few scraps of finer (?) fabric in envelope ... Roman |
| No original edge preserved.
Upper left half of circular stamp with winged figure, probably an eagle.
ADDENDA Provenience open to question: possibly from well at 55/ΝΕ. Well, fill III. Leica ... 1 April 1938 |
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