"Chronology","Redirect","Id","Collection","Type","Icon","dc-creator","dc-subject","dc-publisher","Name","dc-title","dc-description","dc-date","UserLevel"
"","","Agora:Deposit:G 12-13:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 12-13:1","Green Sand Drain Fill","This deposit represents the Hellenistic fill from 50-54/ΣΤ-Η. A mixed green sand drain fill exists a bit father south (nbp. 135).","14 May 1934",""
"Destroyed  267 A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:Q 19:3","Agora","Deposit","","","","","Q 19:3","Pit at 10/Β","Coins; 20 May 1957 #1-#55; 21 May 1957 #1-#79","",""
"150-100 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:H 12:1","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 of the Tholos. See nbpp. Section Β 2198-2199.; Twenty-five stamped amphora handles. Pottery similar to Thompson's Group E. Figured bowls have thick walls, small stamps, and were produced in worn molds of coarse workmanship. Half of bowls long-petal. One long-petal mold.","13-17 April 1937; 29 May-15 June 1937; 23-26 May 1938",""
"Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:M 21:1","Agora","Deposit","Agora:Image:1997.20.0433::/Agora/1997/1997.20/1997.20.0433.tif::608::968","","","","M 21:1","Komos Cistern","Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill.; ; Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an intrusive hoard. Largest group of moldmade relief ware, consisting of fragments of 183 bowls, one moldmade jug and nine molds. At least 119 bowls are products of Workshop of Bion; only 15 made by Workshop A. Great similarity among bowls, many with same stamps. Most were made in fresh molds. Four molds made by Workshop of Bion, one perhaps a practice piece made by unskilled apprentice.; These facts suggest M 21:1 represents debris from Workshop of Bion, located near by. Cistern N 21:4 , 20 meters to northeast, contained similar evidence of workshop activity.","20 May-24 June 1947",""
"2nd-3rd c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:F 10:2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 10:2","A. Walker Coin Deposit at 12/ΛΖ in Β","Red sandy earth at inner corner of heavy late wall at 12/ΛΖ.; A. Walker coin deposit.","27-28 March 1934",""
"Ca. A.D. 350 dumped fill","","Agora:Deposit:F 12:4","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 12:4","Well","Primarily late Roman material but some scrappy early Roman.","5-26 March 1934",""
"4th.-early 2nd. B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:G-H 5:1","Agora","Deposit","Agora:Image:2012.30.0076::/Agora/2012/2012.30/2012.30.0076.jpg::1309::2048","","","","G-H 5:1","Filling","Hellenistic filling in N.W. corner of Section (39-46/ΙΘ-ΚΓ inclusive).","13-25 July 1931; 29 February-12 March 1932",""
"Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c.","","Agora:Deposit:F 13:2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 13:2","Well 7","Dump, 4th c. Cut through a cistern which was probably constructed in the 4th c. B.C, near the southwest corner of the market square.","6 May-1 June 1935",""
"Ca. 350-294 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:F 11:2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 11:2","Well","Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling.","5 April-8 May 1934",""
"3rd c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:H 12:4","Agora","Deposit","","","","","H 12:4","Gravelly Pocket Beside Drain","Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766).; Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica 253-268 A.D. The pottery should then be late 3rd and possibly just pre-Herulian.","12 May 1933",""
"Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:D-E 15:1","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 some 40 tins of pottery saved from the three martyrs. ... Objects Γ 2648-Γ2656 were removed & catalogued. ... In view of the quantity of pottery & objects already recorded from the drain this pottery has been discarded.""; ; Twenty-five stamped amphora handles; latest of 79 coins date in last quarter of 2nd c.; pottery closely similar to that in Thompson's Group E; two molds, one for long-petal bowl.","7-13 June 1939",""
"1st-early 2nd c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:F 11:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 11:1","Well","Well cut through the floor of a cistern. Apparently a dumped fill in an unused well.","16-28 March 1934",""
"","","Agora:Deposit:F 13:3","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 13:3","Well 9","Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling.; Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C.; Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly after the middle of the century.; Dumped filling, second half of 2nd century B.C.; ; Seventy-four stamped amphora handles; over half of bowls long-petal.","10 April-31 May 1935",""
"3rd-2nd c. B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:H 12:19","Agora","Deposit","","","","","H 12:19","Pocket in Floor of Middle Drain","See also H 12:1.","19-22 February 1938",""
"3rd-2nd c. B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:L 19:2","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 as from the rectangular cutting: P 16675, P 16676, P 30434, P 30435, ; L 4038.; ; Upper cistern and shaft fill: 14 stamped amphora handles. Latest coins date in first two decades of 2nd c. Type 35 B lamp. One-fourth of bowls long-petal.; Lower cistern fill: 3 Rhodian amphora handles. latest coin dates in last quarter of 3rd c. Only one fragment of moldmade bowl (imbricate)","07-17 May 1940",""
"Ca. 200 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:G 6:2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 6:2","Cistern East Chamber","The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously and served for a short time as refuse dumps ... this occurred in Hellenistic times. (Hesperia. 3 (1934), p. 345). Hell. Group C.; The following objects are published together with those from G 6:2 but were found in the west chamber of the cistern system which is deposit F 6:3: A 230, P 366, P 367, P 403-P 407, P 2387-P 2393, L 459, L 461, L 462, L 464, L 1114, L 1115, T 133, T 134.; ; One stamped amphora handle of ca. 200. Date based on comparison with F 5:1 and G 5:3.","23 February-16 March 1932",""
"Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:G 11:2","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, P 34898.; Objects from the Dump (no subdivision): P 10775, P 34895.; Containers representing various depths (no subdivision): Β 586, 587.","18 May-10 June 1937",""
"2nd c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:G 13:12","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 13:12","Coin Deposit in Ζ","Sandy Intrusion.","15 May 1933",""
"","","Agora:Deposit:J 4:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","J 4:1","Slavic Deposit","Hoard of coins dated 6th c. A.D. down to end of Slavic invasion. Presumably a deposit hidden from the invaders, likely buried 582/3 ; A.D. Nbpp. 496, 1375. A fragmentary bronze situla was also found nearby.","26 May 1971",""
"Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:E 19:7","Agora","Deposit","","","","","E 19:7","House Fillings","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 P 14805, P 14939 and P 14940 are noted on deposit nbp. E 19:6 as at top of well at 65/Ν (these are better placed here), also coin #1 from 20 April 1939.","17 April-9 May 1939",""
"","","Agora:Deposit:F 13:2.5","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 13:2.5","Well 7, earth","Coins: ; 1 June 1935 #1-#11; 3 June 1935 #1-#14","1-3 June 1935",""
"5th c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:G 11:2.2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 11:2.2","Layer VII","Coins: ; 2 June 1937 #1","",""
"470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse","","Agora:Deposit:G 11:7","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 11:7","Tholos Kitchen","Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ; Layer XI.1 Original construction ca. 470 B.C.; Layer VI-X.2 Repairs at the end of 5th c. or early 4th c. B.C.; Layer V.3 Second period; reconstruction in third quarter of 4th c. B.C.; .4 Third period; rebuilding in early 3rd c. B.C., towards end of first quarter.; Layer III and IV.5 Debris over Hellenistic floor; end of 2nd. c. B.C. Possibly the result of Sulla's sack.; Layers I and II. Fourth Period. Post-Sullan repair.","22 April 1935; 22-24 April 1937",""
"First half 3rd. c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:G 19-20:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 19-20:1","House A, destruction debris","House A destruction debris over floors. All floors (rooms 1-7) dug in 1939. Re-examination of House A in 1967 (nbpp. 648 ff.).","27 February-5 April 1939",""
"various levels and dates","","Agora:Deposit:G-I 11-12","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G-I 11-12","Investigations in the area of the Tholos","Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits.; ; This ""deposit"" has no form. It is comprised of several trenches in the area of the Tholos, labeled Trench A-Trench BB. Some features in the labeled trenches have separate deposit numbers.; e.g. Road areas in Trenches ; ; It would be appropriate to compare across layers in each trench, matching context dates. This information can be found in the Deposit Notebook as word documents. Herewith the objects are simply listed as found throughout the area within these trenches [pf, VII 2007]","",""
"To ca. 180 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:H-K 12-14","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; left for later in the interest of time (Dec 2007/pf); ; Date based on Grace's analysis of ca. 1500 stamped amphora handles in fill. Latest coins date 200-180. Five fragments of long-petal bowls and one fragment of figured bowl of M Monogram Class come from disturbed area of fill at west end of building. Otherwise bowls similar to those in other deposits of early 2nd. c. Fragments of six molds.","",""
"6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:L-M 17-18:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","L-M 17-18:1","Southwest House and Central House (1958)","Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates. ; ; Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have later histories. ; Southwest House, Rooms I-VIII, 42-55/ΚΖ-ΜΖ:; The earliest house had a court on the west with a Well (B) and two small rooms at the north. A pit at 54/ΛΓ (M 17:7) served the area and a good water pipe... The latest period of the house is the Herulian destruction.; Central House, Rooms IX-XI, 42-55/ΙΖ-ΚΖ; ; From 1957 excavations of these houses see P 25888, P 25895, L 5298.","12-21 April 1957; 22 July 1957; 12-21 March 1958; 7 April-13 May 1958; 17-20 June 1958",""
"End 3rd. c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:R 14:1","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. 2314)","23 March-2 May 1933; 25-27 May 1939",""
"Ca. 267 A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:R 14:2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","R 14:2","Sculptor's Workshop","Sculptor's Workshop at 37-40/Β-ΣΤ","20 April 1933,; 23 May 1939,; 9 June 1939",""
"Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:S 21:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","S 21:1","Well at 35/ΙΘ","A well outside the market square to the southeast, 20m west of the Panathenaic Way; Modern fill in upper 1.65m. with Early Roman dumped fillings below.","18 April-5 May 1939",""
"Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.; Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.; Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment","","Agora:Deposit:E 14:3","Agora","Deposit","","","","","E 14:3","Drawshaft, ""Kybele Cistern""","Cistern-shaft 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 course of the passage to the east and opening into it. ; A revised list of assigned objects prepared by GRE is followed here to sort objects found in the cistern system 88/ΛΔ - 95/ΚΘ - 100/ΚΘ.; Cf. E 14:1 and E 15:3.; Objects either from 95/ΚΘ (middle fill) or 88/ΛΔ (lower Hellenistic fill), but uncertain which (they are in the finds lists of both but not assigned to subdivisions PAF) are the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, S 574, L 1788, IL 193, SS 4091.; ; Only middle fill contained moldmade relief bowls. Twenty stamped amphora handles. Over two-thirds of bowls long-petal.","9-22 May 1935; 1 June 1935",""
"3rd-2nd century B.C and Roman date.","","Agora:Deposit:E 14:6","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 tiled (1st c. B.C.); the broken bedrock fell in while the tiles were being built in, perhaps because the diameter of the shaft had to be increased. The original fill was then thrown in...the well was then used for a short time in the first century B.C. and filled in the first century A.D....The lower fill of the third century B.C. suggests that the well was first dug early in the Hellenistic period.","19-26 May 1936; 4-5 June 1936",""
"1st c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:E 14:6.1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","E 14:6.1","Upper and 'transitional' filling","Coins:; 19 May 1936 #1-#2","19-22 May 1936",""
"First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:E-F 12-14","Agora","Deposit","","","","","E-F 12-14","Building Fill in B'","Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building (""Strategeion""), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. Most of the material prior to 480 but with some material as late as 450-440 B.C. Excavated areas were kept separate as follows but ""LT is uncertain if useful or desirable to keep any or all of these areas separate ... the inventoried material from c is of the same sort as that from a and b."" (LT, 12 April 1964, Deposit nb. V).","27 February-9 April 1935; 12-20 June 1937; 18-22 June 1949",""
"Hellenistic and modern.","","Agora:Deposit:F 12:7","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 12:7","Cistern Passage/Drawshaft","Part of cistern system with mouths at 47/ΛΒ, 60/ΜΖ and 51/ΜΓ.; Last 1.50m. of 47/ΛΒ probably cut in modern times, contained modern fill in bottom.","10 March-14 April 1934",""
"2nd c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:F 13:2.3","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 13:2.3","Well 7, Middle Fill","Coins:; 25 May 1935 #2; 28 May 1935 #1-#3; 29 May 1935 #1-#3; 30 May 1935 #1-#2","",""
"1st c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:F 13:2.4","Agora","Deposit","","","","","F 13:2.4","Well 7, Lower Fill","Coins:; 31 May 1935 #1","",""
"225-190 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:F 17:4","Agora","Deposit","Agora:Image:1997.18.0243::/Agora/1997/1997.18/1997.18.0243.tif::701::916","","","","F 17:4","Cistern","Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped amphora handles; Type 45C lamp. Large number of bowls  (ca. 40) resemble those in M 21:1 and P 21:4.","13-23 May 1969",""
"Early 3rd. c. B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:A 18:8","Agora","Deposit","","","","","A 18:8","Tiled shaft and pit","This shaft in the NE corner of House A, Room III, depth of one tile, is perhaps connected with drain A.","13-14 May 1940",""
"4th. c.-86 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:A-B 19-20:1","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 time of Sulla.; ; 134 stamped amphora handles; latest lamp is type 35A.","May-June 1939; April-May 1947; July 1947",""
"","","Agora:Deposit:B 15:5","Agora","Deposit","","","","","B 15:5","Strosis","South House, Room 12, over pebble mosaic floor. Herulian destruction debris in a house.","9 May 1956",""
"4th c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:G 11:2.3","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 11:2.3","Layer VI","Coins:; 7 June 1937 #1-#7","",""
"Ca. 340-295 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:G 12:20","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 12:20","Pits in Floor of Tholos","From disturbances in original floor of Tholos with ash and burning. Probably reflects the military and political conditions of 307 B.C. ; The broken pottery, both that left lying on the floor of the building and that swept up into various neighboring deposits, represents the household equipment of the Tholos during the preceding generation (third quarter of 4th c. B.C.)","23-30 May 1938",""
"","","Agora:Deposit:G 13:11","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 13:11","Coin Deposit at 9/I","9/Ι at 59.00m. General.","8-9 May 1933",""
"4th-2nd c. B.C.; 100-70 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:G 14:2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 14:2","Well","Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery (none inventoried, containers 66-71); middle filling a heavy deposit primarily of table ware, apparently a gradual accumulation; upper supplementary fill. Although carefully constructed this shaft seems never to have served as a well but only as a rubbish dump for neighboring establishments. ; ; Finds from the Dump (no subdivision): MC 621, T 2177, IL 824; Depth uncertain (no subdivision): A 115; ; Upper fill: Two Knidian amphora handles. Most of bowls long-petal.; Middle fill: No coins or datable stamped amphora handles. Lamps indicate broad range of date. Long-petal bowls found at all depths, suggesting fill was dumped rather that accumulated over a period of time. Most of bowls long-petal.","8-25 April 1932",""
"First quarter 4th. c.-2nd c. B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:G 14:2.2","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 14:2.2","Middle fill","Coins:; 16 April 1932 #1","",""
"Late Hellenistic","","Agora:Deposit:G 14:5","Agora","Deposit","","","","","G 14:5","Cistern: Southern chamber","Connected with G 14:3.; There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained Hellenistic material. Therefore, it appears that this cistern had several periods of use: Hellenistic (at least one phase contemporary with the 2nd century B.C, phase of House E to the north), Late Roman (probably associated with the amphora and perhaps also maybe the platform and the drain), and finally Byzantine.; ; Only stamped amphora handle dates ca. 125. Half of bowls long-petal.","15-22 April 1932",""
"Ca. 375-160 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:H 6:9","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.; ; Objects T 122, T 145, L 453 and L 454 are from the dump and not assigned subdivisions.; ; Twelve stamped amphora handles. Fragments of Roman lamp and bowl indicate disturbance. small fragments of bowls of M Monogram Class; one mold.","21 July-8 August 1931; 3 February-14 March 1932; 25-31 May 1934",""
"Mid-3rd c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:H-I 12:1","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).","1-9 June 1951 (Ζ); 8-9 July 1947 (Θ)",""
"575-525 B.C.","","Agora:Deposit:I 9:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","I 9:1","Metroon-Drain Cut","Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road. ; ; For levels in the same road further south, see F-G 12:1 and H 12:9.","4-16 April 1935",""
"Late Roman- Ca. A.D. 520-540","","Agora:Deposit:I-J 9:1","Agora","Deposit","","","","","I-J 9:1","Late Roman Gully","8/ΛΘ to 14/ΛΒ.","11-16 February 1932; 23 April 1932; 26 April 1932",""
"17-18 c. A.D.","","Agora:Deposit:I 3:1","Agora","Deposit","Agora:Image:2012.72.0803::/Agora/2012/2012.72/2012.72.0803.jpg::2048::1377","","","","I 3:1","Well Under Room I of Byzantine House","A tile lined well under Room I of Byzantine House. ; A concrete shaft belonging to the mill cut off the top of the well and left in place 3 complete sets of tiles and most of a fourth set. All but the lowest set of tiles were cracked and pushed slightly out of alignment, as a result of subsequent construction.","22 June-1 July 1981",""