[Agora Publication] Late Geometric Well Groups from the Athenian Agora

Brann, Eva ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia 30.2 2 93-146 10.2307_147205 ... 1961 ... Brann, Eva

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[Agora Object] J 2: Gold Pendant or Earring

A curving band of gold, shaped like the letter C. Triangular in section and tapering toward a small round knob at each tip, is suspended from its center by a triple grooved loop, flat in section, the pointed ... 9 March 1932 ... c. B.C. Cf. J 7 ... Leica, 2-205, 79-4-1, 78-7-28(27), 78-7-29, 79-3-18, 79-3-19

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[Agora Deposit] J 5:2: Crossroads Enclosure

Enclosure within Roman Circular Building. The finds apparently reflect the entire area inside the enclosure. Pottery lot ΒΓ 515 identifies the deposit as layer 10 and coin #895 from layer 11 says "layer ... 12-18 August 1971 9-10 May 1972 ... deposit") The Bone bags from J 5:2 were analyzed by

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:2: Coin Hoard in BZ

Marcie Handler ... Continued from 2000 season, 10-12 July 2000; BZ XXIII p. 4472. The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the ... 10-12 July 2000 21-22 July 2003 ... Road | Room F | Coin Hoard J 1:2 | Fill

[Agora Deposit] J 15:2: Pit with Wall

Above well at 48/ΙΕ (J 15:1) ... Early Roman ... J 15:2 ... J 15:2

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:2: Strosis

Classical Building II, Layer 7B ... 1st c. A.D ... J/19,20-2/18

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:2: Sacrificial Pyre II

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 ... Dated by S. Rotroff. AS 1719.1 in Study Collections-Case No. 99C-2 box V.

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[Agora Deposit] J 9:2: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Evelyn L. Smithson ... Submycenaean grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIV). The skeleton of a 30 year's old female ... Submycenaean ... J 9:2 ... J 9:2

[Agora Deposit] J 12:2: Well

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 ... J 12:2 ... J 12:2

[Agora Deposit] J 14:2: Protogeometric Well

Located just north of the stepped retaining wall between the Great Drain and the Poros Monument (Propylon). Short period of use; dumped filling above, mostly cemetery debris ... Early Protogeometric ... J 14:2 ... J 14:2

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[Agora Deposit] J 18:2: Well

Upper mixed dumped fill (last quarter 3rd c.-4th c.) with Roman POU below 10.40m. Coins: 16 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated) 17 February 1937 #1 (disintegrated) 8 April 1937 #5-#10 (dump) 9 April 1937 ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D ... 2nd half of 1st c.-first half of 3rd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] J 7:2: Chamber Tomb under the Temple of Ares

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares, towards its west end.(1951). The tomb had a hasty and unfinished appearance oddly at variance with its long history and the quality of the pottery ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.) ... the north: 2.00m wide by 2.85m long. The roof had

[Agora Deposit] J 11:2: Well

Coins: 8 April 1936 #13 1 May 1936 #21 ... Byzantine-Turkish ... J 11:2 ... J 11:2

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:2: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Mycenaean Grave F. It seemed to be more as a collection of bones and offerings, presumably swept aside to make room for later burials; they are east of and slightly higher than children's graves A and ... Myc. IIIA ... J 8:2 ... J 8:2

[Agora Deposit] J 18:1.2: Roman POU

Estimated Grid ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... J/2,3-18/10,11

[Agora Deposit] J 5:1.2: Upper accumulation

Represents excavated levels II-III ... 275-150 B.C ... J 5:1.2 ... J 5:1.2

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:27: Pyre J 2:27

Marcie Handler ... It was situated in the NW corner of Room 3 in the Classical Commercial Building, just S of Wall 11, the cross-wall that divides Room 3 from Room 4 to the north. The pyre pots were found surrounded by ... Late 4th c. B.C ... (J/13,14-2/7,8; 52.20 masl.). The pyre

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:28: Pyre J 2:28

Handler ... Found in an area of disturbed fill north of a floor surface in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building. The floor surface (n. 3 on the west side of Room 4) was preserved at 52.503-52.544 masl., and ... 2nd half 4th c. B.C ... excavated in Lot ΒΖ 1758 (2 ... AS 1396.3 in Study Collections-Case No. 99C-2 box V, while a bone bag now stored in

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:11: Pit tomb

Kevin Daly ... Grave in north room of Roman temple, west of well J 2:4; adult inhumation ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Grave in north room of Roman temple, west of well J 2:4; adult inhumation.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:19: Tomb

David Scahill ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. Chamber cut through bedrock. The northeast corner of chamber defined ... LHIII A:1 ... J 2:19 ... J 2:19

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:9: Pyre

Excavation of this pit began in 1995, tentatively identified as a pyre. This proved to be so with continued excavation in 1996. The deposits J 2:8 and J 2:9 were combined to become J 2:9. Miniature vessels ... Ca. 300 B.C ... J/16,17-2/11

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:18: Well in the South Section of Room E in the Byzantine Building East of the North-South Road

Marcie Handler ... Located in the south section of Room E in the Byzantine Building east of the North-South Road. The uppermost 1.5 meters of well lining was built of well-coursed stones (some reused marble blocks) and tiles ... 12th c. A.D ... J/14-2/2 ... J/13,15-1/2,3

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:15: Coin Hoard, Room 2 in ΒΖ

Coin hoard. Room 2: soft soil north of floor surface. Coins: 23 July 1999 #924-#944. Anonymous folles with the head of Christ on the obverse dating between 770-1059 ... 23 July 1999 ... J 2:15 ... J 2:15

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:21: Coin Hoard

Marcie Handler ... Fill within the drain from the basin on the west side of Roman Room B through Wall A. After we removed the fill within the basin on the west side of Roman Room B (BZ XXVII p. 5325), we began excavating ... Late Roman ... Hoard J 2:21

[Agora Deposit] J 2:1: Well West of N-S Street

Well West of N-S Street. Coin 2 August 1982 #704 ... Ca. 115-75 ... Coin 2 August 1982 #704

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:16: Pyre against North Face of Polygonal Wall, Room 2

Pyre against north face of polygonal wall, Room 2, Classical Building II. No floor preserved above, but the pyre is below floor level 51.820masl, preserved just to the east and above patchy floor with ... Ca. 275-260 B.C ... Pyre against North Face of Polygonal Wall, Room 2

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:24: Hellenistic Pyre

Marcie Handler ... This pyre was found in the fill under Pyre J 2:23. Unfortunately, no floor surface was found between the two pyres. There were no complete vessels in this pyre. The sherds of the pyre vessels were mixed ... 275-250 B.C ... the fill under Pyre J 2 ... and east of Pyre J 2:23 on ... pyre, J 2:23 (1st quarter of

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:4: Archaic Well

Initially uncovered with a diameter of c. 1.05m. Its south side extends under the south wall of the Classical structure and so clearly predates it. The highest preserved portion of the well shaft (at the ... 22 July-9 August 1994 26 June 1995 3-7 July 1995 ... J/6,7-2/20, we attempted to leave ... Human bones associated with Grave J 2:11

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:26: Pyre

Mike Laughy ... This pyre was found within an otherwise mostly sterile fill directly under a white floor surface in the southern section of Area IV. It was located ca. 0.50m. east of a similar deposit, Pyre J 2:25. The ... 4th c. B.C ... J/3-2/4

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:30: Ritual Pyre

Marcie Handler ... Pyre under floor no. 9 in the center of Room 4. It was adjacent to the southern face of Wall 4, but at lower elevation than the lowest course of the wall foundation (which was found at 52.250 masl.), suggesting ... 375-350 B.C ... J 2:30 ... J 2:30

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:10: Pit tomb

David Scahill ... Roman temple north. Adult male inhumation. Pit tomb, partially stone-lined ... Late Mycenaean or Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... J 2:10 ... J 2:10

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:7: Urn Cremation

John Camp ... Burial north of Roman temple, E. of polygonal wall. The tomb, as preserved, consisted of the cinerary urn, which stood in an upright position, its upper part damaged by later disturbance. It contained ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... J/14-2/14,15

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:6: Well

Coins: 19 July 1995 #1254 20 July 1995 #1252 21 July 1995 #1268 Three additional finds, A 4916, IL 1909, T 4387, are from outside the well proper and not in the finds list but cf. pp. 7243, 7245 and section ... 4th-12th c. A.D ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:23: Hellenistic Pyre

Marcie Handler ... The pyre was revealed under a layer of mixed fill with pottery dating from the 3rd century B.C. to the 1st century A.D. Five pots were immediately visible (BZ 1318-1321, 1333) in a shallow pit surrounded ... 23 June-4 July 2006 ... and the remains of pyre J 2:24, which was found lower

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:13: Hellenistic Pyre

Hellenistic Pyre below packed clay floors of Room 2; west of Late Roman wall extension, below tile platform terracotta drain installation, bordered on the north by bedding foundation stones of crosswall ... Ca. 300 B.C ... Hellenistic Pyre below packed clay floors of Room 2 ... between rooms 2 and 3.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:12: Classical Pyre

Classical Pyre between floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II. Below floor at 51.66 7masl. Broken pyre pots in fill of ash and carbon, from 51.541-51.513, resting on next floor at 51.513 masl, next ... Ca. 400-390 B.C ... Classical Pyre between floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II. Below floor at ... between rooms 2 and 3.

[Agora Deposit] J 2:5: Pit

Small pit north of Wall C (appr. 0.50 E-W x 0.35m N-S). Coins: 11 August 1994 #1125-#1127 ... 3rd c. B.C ... J/18-2/6

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:17: Coin Hoard

A closely compacted group of 431 bronze coins found at ca. 52.50m., against the east brick wall. No sign of a container. Others dribbled down against the channel wall in a restricted area to as deep as ... Late Roman ... J 2:17 ... J 2:17

[Agora Deposit] J 2:22: Filling under Layer of N-S Road

Filling under North-South Road surface, apparently to raise the level of the road as thickness of fill varies depending on height of road. Fill sits on earliest, cobbled road layer. The road surface set ... Mid-6th c. B.C ... J/11,14-2/19,3/2