[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 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] J 18:4: Pit B

Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... Agora

[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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 12-14 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 241.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:15: Inhumation a Man

Grave 14 in notebook. Length of shaft 2.12m; width 0.46m; depth from cover 0.60m. Man's skeleton stretched NE-SW with head at NE. Offering at foot of shaft, with the skyphos in the mouth of the pitcher ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 71-73, figs. 1, 22, 45-46 (Grave XIV) ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 78, pl. LII (Grave XIV) ... Agora VIII, p. 128.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:9: Cave Cistern

Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... Α:14

[Agora Deposit] N 7:3: Skytha Well

Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C ... Archaeology 10 (1957), pp. 191-197 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 59-115, pls. 21-41 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376.

[Agora Deposit] L 14:1: Bronze Casting Workshop

North of east branch of Great Drain. Coins: 21 June 1973 #1 ... 4th c. A.D ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 369-372.

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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 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), pp. 41-42 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 68, pp. 438-441, figs. 2.324-2.327.

[Agora Deposit] C 8:8: Pit

Listed in nb. as 15/ΞΤ. Pit with bronze casting debris ... To 3rd quarter of 5th c. B.C ... ΚΚ:14-15/ΞΘ

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:14: Urn-Burial of Two Infants

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 13 in notebook. Two skeletons of small children lay in a pithos which had been put on its side; its mouth was stopped by a stone slab. Most offerings were inside the pithos, but two kantharoi and ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 36-41, figs. 1, 22-25, 73 (Grave IX) ... Agora VIII, pp. 127-128.

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[Agora Deposit] C 19:3: Bronze Casting Pit in House H, Room 13

Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Agora

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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.) ... Myc. IIIA (1st half of 14th c.)

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[Agora Deposit] Q 13:5: Well Below Stoa Terrace Fountain

Well below Stoa Terrace Fountain. Heavy dumped filling, including a great variety of figured and plain wares. Never completed in antiquity because of hard bedrock. Estimated Grid ... 575-550 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E 14:5: Unfinished Well, Well G

Found in 13/06/1935. Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 439-440 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 237.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:22: Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench E

Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III. Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2. Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5 Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] T 18:1: Well

Well at 40/Λ, in the "plataia" ca. 600m north of the terrace wall and ca. 10m east of the Valerian wall. Top diameter of 1.00m, bottomm diameter 0.95m The shallowness of the shaft, and the fallen condition ... 550-500 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] G 11:8: Well 8

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 ... G/14,15-11/1,2

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:14: Well at the Northeast Corner of Classical Building

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 ... Agora

[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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 234.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] R 12:4: Well in Stoa Shop 3

Well in Stoa Shop 3. Diameter at top 1.20m. The mouth o the well was overlaid by a large conglomerate block placed by the Stoa builders to seal it. Masses of pottery including many water-jars filled the ... Ca 520-480 B.C ... Hesperia 25 (1956), pp. 62-64, pls. 21-22 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Agora XII, p. 398.

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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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Agora XXIX, pp. 441-442 ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora X, p. 67.

[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 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 225.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:4: Well

Well at 62/ΙΑ, 63/ΙΑ, at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling in the lowest meter of the shaft. The upper part of the shaft was filled with clay containing only occasional fragments of pottery; ... Ca. 600-540 B.C ... Agora

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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 ... H/14,15-12/10,11

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:4: Pit tomb, inhumation of two children

James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit. PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ. [In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 303-304, 350-351, no. 75 (AA 29) pl. LI (read ΠΘ where KK on ... Desborough (1952), pp. 71-74, 85 ("an early tomb"), pp. 99-100 ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 23-24, figs. 21-22 (PD 429)

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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) ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:1: Pit Tomb, Adolescent Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Rectangular pit, oriented east-west, cut party into filling of Early Protogeometric pit-well (I 18:4), to a preserved depth of about 0.30m. A late Byzantine wall founded below the floor of the grave destroyed ... Middle Geometric I ... 12-14 years at death. The

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:2: Small Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.)

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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 ... Agora

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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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 190, 198, 201, 226-231, 238, nn. 2, 66, 82, figs. 7, 8, ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376.