[Agora Deposit] K 12:2: Well

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 ... Well L: PG, ELS. Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery ... Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B.

[Agora Deposit] E 3:3: Well

Coins: 6 May 1937 #2-#3 7 May 1937 #10 24 May 1937 #1 ... 13th-14th c. A.D ... 13th-14th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:2: Well D

Well at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Use filling of 1st c. A.D.; dumped fillings of 3rd c. and of early Byz. times. Coins: 15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth) 16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth) 17 June 1937 ... 1st c. A.D.=POU ... Well D

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:5: Pyre

Pyre in House T (= House D), Room 2 (5th c.) and fill east of pyre. Earlier than the other pyres of this house. Pottery, slivers of burnt bone, and heavy deposit of carbonized material and cinders in ... Ca. 420-410 B.C ... Pyre in House T (= House D), Room 2 (5th c.) and ... deposit lay under a hard red

[Agora Deposit] M 20:1.1: Top + Intermediate fills

Top fill to 1.00m. = dump of late Hellenistic ware mixed with some Roman of 2nd c. to early 3rd. c. Intermediate fill 1.20-2.00m. = dump with tiles and stucco, almost no sherds. Coins: 6 February 1937 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... Coins: 6 February 1937 #11-#13 8 February 1937 #8-#13

[Agora Deposit] R 21:1: Well at 34/ΚΔ

Well at 34/ΚΔ. a) Depth 13.60m. Little pottery (14 tins) and some of that made useless by loss of tickets during war. b) Top to 13.00m (upper and transitional fills) 4th century. LRP ware and a 4th century ... Late 2nd to middle of 3rd cent; 4th century ... Well at 34/ΚΔ. a) Depth 13.60m. Little pottery (14 ... during war. b) Top to 13 ... Coins: 13 June 1939 #13 14 June 1939 #8

[Agora Deposit] K 18:1.3: POU

Coins: 10 April #68-#78 12 April 1937 #1-#6, #9-#65 (found 10 April 1937) 13 April 1937 #2-#13 (found 10 April 1937) 13 April 1937 #14-#24 (found 12 April 1937) 19 April 1937 #1-#5 (found 10 and 12 April ... Early Roman, 1st c. A.D ... 12 April 1937 #1-#6 ... 13 April 1937 #2-#13 (found 10 April 1937) 13 April

[Agora Deposit] M 18:1: Well

Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus, dug early in the 1st c. B.C. [construction fill]; in use into the the 2nd c. A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No apparent stratification. Hellenistic ... 2nd c. A.D ... A.D.[well fill] (H Ms.) No ... Filling of a well on the lower north slopes of the

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[Agora Deposit] I 5:2: Cist Τomb, Adult Female Inhumation in ΒΓ

Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 2. Adult female inhumation. Grave extending under the south retaining wall of the Temenos of the Royal Stoa. It is oriented ne-sw, with head at sw. Grave built of slabs of schist, with packing of ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Hesperia 87 (2018), pp. 215-277, figs. 1-24 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 370-374, pls. 83a, 84 a-f ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 63, pp. 420-427, 549-550, figs. 2.290, 2.293, 2.294,

[Agora Deposit] D 15:1: Well

Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 434-435.

[Agora Deposit] A 18:5: Well and packing behind tiles

Note of 20-III-52 (deposit nb): Have looked up notebook pp. 1101 ff. The fill of this well was certainly Roman, also some part of the fill behind the tiles - but is that only a part tunneled as a passage ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... A 18:5 ... A 18:5

[Agora Deposit] D-E 8-9:1: Theseion Cisterns A and B (1936)

Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR. Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... #1-#3 12 February 1936 #1-#13 13 February 1936 #1-#6 14 ... by a tunnel, all filled at ... disturbance. Chamber A, to west at

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1: Soundings below floor of South Stoa II.

The data in the Deposit Notebook is presented by trench; an attempt is made here to accumulate data from similar layers across the trenches. Subdivisions: .1=Post Hadrianic cleanup .2=Marble working waste ... 2nd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... .6=Drain and drain

[Agora Deposit] R 13:1: Well

No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C. Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 374-375.

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[Agora Deposit] G 5:3: "Bone Well"

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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 1-157 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 190, 221, nn. 3, 54 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 238-239.

[Agora Deposit] K 20:1: Late Roman Hole

Upper fill (top to around 4.50m.) was in a pit of large dimensions above the preserved well shaft. From the bottom and shaft proper no catalogued pottery. No tiling in place in well but fragments of tiles ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... -13.5m.

[Agora Deposit] U 19:1: Well at 58/ΝΑ

Well in the southeast corner of the section, at 58/ΝΑ. It must have been originally made in the Roman period to judge from the character of the curbing tiles. It was however cleaned out and reused in ... 10th-Early 11th c. A.D ... among a number of Byzantine water-jars, a fine archaic figurine (T 1097).

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:4: Well

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 ... Hesperia 25 (1956), pp. 53-57.

[Agora Deposit] H 10:2: Pit in NE Corner of Metroon Pit Η

A pit, perhaps a well, extending beneath the foundations of [Building D, the Primitive Bouleuterion] the Hellenistic Metroon. Not completely dug due to its position. A dumped filling so far as dug, apparently ... Ca. 575-525 B.C ... A pit, perhaps a well, ... of [Building D, the ... dug due to its position. A

[Agora Deposit] C 12:1: Well

(Roman Group J). The upper fill to a depth of ca. 16.00m. was of earth scooped up elsewhere and thrown in ... The latest piece noted from this fill was a TC fragment dated late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. From ... 2nd.-3rd. c. A.D ... Agora V, pp. 50-57, 124.

[Agora Deposit] C 13:2: Well

Roman well, stratified. Finds from the earth (not recorded in a subdivision): P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS 6338, IL 483, IL 486, BI 309, BI 310, BI 314. According to the excavator the shaft had been cleaned ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... recorded in a subdivision): P ... a vothros over a long ... bottom), a rather large number

[Agora Deposit] Q 13:4: Roman Water Mill Destruction Fill

Roman Water Mill: Destruction fill on floor and in pit. Includes also fill from mill drain and in manhole at 14/ΛΣΤ, plus gravel fill of gully formed after construction and probably after destruction of ... Second half 6th c. A.D ... Q 13:4 ... Q 13:4

[Agora Deposit] D 7:2: Theseion 'Street' Deposit

Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C ... the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a ... a sanctuary destroyed by

[Agora Deposit] T 19:3: Well

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 ... in a spot later covered by ... the wall of a modern cellar ... No evidence for a period of use; a single dumped filling including a number of

[Agora Deposit] B 13:7: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Stratified deposit. Coins: 8 May 1937 #3 14 May 1937 #1 Coins from dump: 27 May 1937 #2-#9 28 May 1937 #3-#11 Subdivisions: .1=16.00-17.00m. .2=17.00-18.00m. .3=18.00-19.00m ... 3rd. c. B.C.-3rd. c. A.D ... Delos XXVII, pp. 294, 302-303 under E1 and E5.

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:4: Pyre

Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. First quarter 4th. c. B.C. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the ... dug from a higher level.

[Agora Deposit] F 19:1: Stratified well

Roman Group L. Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90). Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90). Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Agora V, pp. 73-81, 125.

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[Agora Deposit] H 13:6: Well

Laura Gawlinski ... Well in courtyard of Early Building I, adjacent to wall of Room B. Tile lined; upper course in situ, lower two collapsed probably in antiquity. Letters inscribed on rims (eta, phi, omicron, theta). Medium ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... H/6,7-13/7,8

[Agora Deposit] R 10:1: Well East of Stoa Room 11

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 ... Agora XXIX, pp. 470-471.

[Agora Deposit] H-K 12-14: Middle Stoa Building Fill

Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Θ:5-6/Δ-Ζ ... Θ:11-13/Γ-Ε

[Agora Deposit] K 18:1.2: Late Roman Fill

Coins: 5 April 1937 #1 8 April 1937 #3 (disintegrated) 9 April 1937 #1 10 April 1937 #9-#67 12 April 1937 #3-#6 13 April 1937 #1, (found 7 April 1937), # 24 14 April 1937 #1-#2 (found 8 April 1937) 16 ... Late Roman, 4th-early 5th. c. A.D ... Late Roman, 4th-early 5th. c. A.D ... -23.5--13.8m.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:13: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). JP Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric ... Grave 6 in notebook ... to a depth of about 0.35m, ... the trench. A fire-hardened

[Agora Deposit] D 17:1: Well

Displaced curbing stone had fallen into top of shaft; fill with and around it is presumably second half of 2nd c. A.D. Below tumbled filling at top, shaft was empty to 10.80m. Tiles were missing to ca ... Late 1st-early 2nd c ... D 17:1 ... D 17:1

[Agora Deposit] H 8-10: Fillings

Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers). Locations include: SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 117-138, and 120, fig. 64 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 8-15, fig. 9.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:1: Chamber Cistern

Part of cistern system 76/ΝΖ-76/ΝΘ-81/ΝΘ on Kolonos Agoraios with lower dumped filling of 3rd. c. B.C. and upper dumped filling of first half of 1st. c. A.D. Coins: 4 June 1936 #5 5 June 1936 #3 6 June ... 3rd. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D ... of 1st. c. A.D ... Coins: 4 June 1936 #5 5 June 1936 #3 6 June 1936 #4 Although this filling dates

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:2: Well at 115/ΜΘ

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 ... -5.6m.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:2: Urn cremation

Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male? [JP] 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 ... Coldstream (1968), pp. 10-13, pl. I, a-j ... Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 275-297, figs. 2-12, pls. 66-72. ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 11, pp. 77-101, figs. 2.31-2.52, 3.17, pl. VI.

[Agora Deposit] F 12:3: Well

Associated with the Tholos. Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern. The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 165-166 ... Lawall (2004), pp. 447-448 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 98-101, fig 75 (Marked C).

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[Agora Deposit] H 12:15: Well

Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 453-455 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 51-54, pl. 15.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:2: West Chamber

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 ... Agora XXII, pp. 98-99 ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 351-352.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:6: Cistern at 60/ΙΕ

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 ... In Tin Ω 237-Unworthy fill: fragments of eaves tile pp. 1432, 1458 ... bell-shaped cistern with a channel ... leading to a dead end against

[Agora Deposit] E 15:7: Well C

A small concentration of pottery in lowest 1.80m., possibly a use fill. Three fills above, with little pottery, ranging from Hellenistic to late Roman in date. Coins: 26 February 1934 #4-#6 27 February ... 325-200 B.C ... Agora XXIX, pp. 447-448.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:6: Cist Tomb, Child Inhumation

Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave to NW of Stoa Pier 19 (Tomb no. 5 in notebook). In some records as Grave XLII. It consisted of a rectangular pit, oriented north-south, cut into bedrock. The sides of the pit were lined and the ... Earlier-Developed Protogeometric ... Homer A. Thompson

[Agora Deposit] H-I 12:1: Burnt Layers

Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ: 1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 361-362 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 115.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:10: Well

Well under Poros Building Drain at 62/ΛΣΤ, west of the Areopagus. Digging abandoned at 6.10m due to a collapse of the soft bedrock at the west. Small amount of supplementary filling was added in the upper ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... -6.1m.

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

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 ... D-E 15:1 ... D-E 15:1

[Agora Deposit] K 9-10:1: Red Fill West of Odeion

"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins: 17 April 1936 #10-#13 18 April 1936 #1 20 April 1936 #13-#17 21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... 1st-2nd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] I 5:5: Cist Tomb, adult inhumation

Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 5. Adult (female?) inhumation. Cist grave lined and covered with slabs of limestone, sandstone and schist. Cut into virgin soil under Royal Stoa at I/12,13-5/3,4. Grave measures 1.79x0.39-0.49x ca ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Hesperia 87 (2018), pp. 216, 227 ... Hesperia 44 (1975), pp. 372-373, pls. 83,d, 84,g ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 61, pp. 413-416, 546-549, figs. 2.290-2.292, 2.295-2.297, 3.33-3.35.

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[Agora Deposit] N 12:4: Tomb with coffins

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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103, 105, tables 6.1, 6.2 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), pp. 45, 55-78, pls. 19-24 ... Agora XIII, pp. 242-247, 274, pls. 59, 75, 90 (Tomb XL).

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:11: Casting pit

Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain. Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock. 2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C. (Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... Hesperia 89 (2020), pp. 627-628, fig. 32, n. 43.

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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 ... century A.D. Five pots were ... under a layer of mixed fill ... 1333) in a shallow pit

[Agora Deposit] H 12:18: Archaic House

Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C. Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C ... beneath floors (Layers a and b ... a=Between original and second

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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 ... the 1st c. A.D., and must ... Coins: 6 August 1982 #663

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.6: Drain and drain channels/trenches at Stoa back wall

Material from trenches: a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa. b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa. c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa. d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa. e) 79.00-81.00m. from ... 2nd c. B.C ... I-O 15:1.6 ... I-O 15:1.6

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:24: Inhumation with Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 44-55, figs. 1, 29-31, 32-36, 73 (Grave XI).

[Agora Deposit] P 21:4: Cistern at 53/NE

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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 100, nn. 15, 116 ... Hesperia 42 (1973), pp. 154-156, pl. 33 (selection of pottery) ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 371-372.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:4: Pithos

Pithos ay the bottom of the north slope of the Areopagus with single fill; Part of Hellenistic Group D. One stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 146. Latest coin dates in first two decades of 2nd ... 160-130 B.C ... of Hellenistic Group D. ... Coins: 12 April 1932 #6-11 13 April 1932 #1-#2 16 April 1932 #10 18 April 1932

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:4: Disturbed Chamber Tomb

Disturbed Mycenaean chamber tomb. It was the first Mycenaean burial found in the Agora. It is situated about 20m due south of Tomb VII, only a few meters beyond the south edge of the Augustan foundation ... Myc. IIIA (1st half of 14th c.) ... Hesperia 4 (1935), pp. 318-320 ... Agora XIII, pp. 190-193, 274, pls. 41, 77, 84 (Tomb VIII).

[Agora Deposit] G 11:2: Well in Cistern to West of Tholos

May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use. For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff. Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330, P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] C 19:1: Urn burial of an infant

RSY Grave 51. The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house. Cutting:the pit cut in ... Archaic period/6th or 7th c ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 109, pl. 48 c, d (Grave 51), plan pl. 33.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:6: Well H

Upper fill was early Roman dated by AWP to the 1st c. A transitional fill was later assigned to the upper level. Nbp. 2913: The history may have been that the well was cleaned out at the time that it was ... 3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date ... Agora XXIX, pp. 446-447.

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.5: Construction fill of South Stoa II

Material from trenches: a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa. b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa, with some disturbed fill including 1st c. A.D. material. c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa. d) ... 2nd c. B.C ... including 1st c. A.D. material ... a) 1.00-7.00m. from East ... End of Stoa. d

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[Agora Deposit] I 13:4: Geometric Well in Middle Stoa

Located in Middle Stoa, west, south aisle, beneath pressure pipe (cf. A 4900). The siting of the well is remarkable in its proximity to Well I 13:3, also Geometric in date, which was found in 1968 only ... Second half of 8th c B.C ... I 13:4 ... I 13:4

[Agora Deposit] B 14:1: Well

The well had two upper fills and a stratified deposit at the bottom. The well deposit is divided into two parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c. (with perhaps late 1st. c.).; dumped filling of 5th century. Coins: ... 1st.-3rd. c. A.D ... The well had two upper fills and a stratified deposit at the bottom. The well ... #1 14 April 1937 #1 13 May 1937 #1-#6 25 May 1937 #1-#5

[Agora Deposit] Q 7:3: Trench Behind Stoa Stylobate

Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 20 February 1954 #1-#2 22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D ... Late 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:4: Channel F, water deposit

Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] A-B 19-20:1: Great Drain South

Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 15-19, pls. 1-4 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 262-263 ... Agora X, pp. 67, 135-136.

[Agora Deposit] M 11:3: Well

7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C. Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C ... collapsed, forming a crater with a

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[Agora Deposit] Q 20:4: Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H

Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H. Concentration of artifacts, bone, and flecks of carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the pyre lay within a red fill apparently contemporary with it, but with some later ... 300-290 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 62, pp. 175, 176, figs. 1, 6, 109, 114.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:3: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 6, pp. 57-62, 528-529, figs. 2.14-2.17, 2.21:d, 3.14, pl. IV ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 468-470, fig. 18.

[Agora Deposit] H-I 7-8:1: "Burnt Layer"

Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square. Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 115.

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[Agora Deposit] U 13:1: Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15

Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15. Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... 49.93m-48.13m (boxes 78-80) was a ... Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13 ... 277. Lot ΡΡ' 396-now only a sack see U 13:1 tin report

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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 ... 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap ... illegible) 4th c. A.D. Foundation

[Agora Deposit] H 12:1: Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain

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 ... branch of the Great Drain, a ... 13 April 1937 #2-#5 4 June ... June 1937 #1-#13

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... and the 1st c. A.D ... was covered with a single ... by a wall of field stones

[Agora Deposit] R 14:1: Footing Trench of Venetian/Valerian Wall

Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification. Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D ... End 3rd. c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] K 18:2: Cistern on Lower North Slope of Areopagus

Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C ... Coins: 12 March 1937 #5-#8 13 March 1937 #1-#8 15 March 1937 #1-#5 16 March

[Agora Deposit] L 19:2: Cistern

A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c ... (Hell. fill) 9 May 1940 #6 ... #1-#4 13 May 1940 #4 14 May 1940 #1 15 May 1940 #1-#6 17

[Agora Deposit] C 20:1: Tiled Well in House H

"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 ... Use filling of early 2nd-mid.-3rd c. A.D ... -10.6m.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:3: Well

Well (stone-curbed shaft) near middle of Tholos which served the prior building. Period of Use dated to ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper fill dated to ca. 480-470 B.C. or soon after in Agora XXX (a gradual ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... XXX (a gradual ... dumped fill of 6.00m. included

[Agora Deposit] U 19:2: Well Y North of the West End of the Yellow Poros Foundation

Well Y, in area North of the West end of the Yellow Poros Foundation. The shaft had cut through the wall of an earlier well and the cavity had been packed with stones by the diggers of the new well. In ... Earth 5th c. B.C ... stones. Over top of well, a

[Agora Deposit] E 15:1: Well A

Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... -9.6--3m.

[Agora Deposit] U 14:1: Well at U/10-14/4

Well at U/10-14/4, in Byzantine Room I. Well is ca. 1.20m in diameter, dug into bedrock. Excavated to depth of roughly -8.00m; sides started collapsing and thus did not dig to full depth. Some stone-lining, ... June 15-16, 17-31 July 1972 ... the 13th century A.D. A ... floor a later collar added in ... for a depth of ca. 0.60m

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[Agora Deposit] H 12:6: Rubbish Dump

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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 95-96, 129-132.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:2: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G). Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave). Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... between pits A and D, and was ... into bedrock to a preserved ... skeleton of a child (4 years old

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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 ... 12th c. A.D ... J/13,15-1/2,3

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:31: Cist Grave

Marcie Handler ... Cist grave for two infants. The grave was cut into a sterile rocky layer on its southern and western sides, and a sterile fill layer on its northern and eastern sides. No obvious grave marker was present, ... Early Iron Age ... J/13,14-2/6,7

[Agora Deposit] F 16:1: Demeter Cistern

Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 194-198 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), pp. 87-88.