[Agora Deposit] L 19:1: Well

Dumped fill. Well lining collapsed at ca. 0.60m. from bottom, apparently at start of POU, forcing abandonment. Pottery described as mixed to "latest Roman", including combed and gouged; all very fragmentary; ... Late Roman ... 39/ΞΔ (late 4th c. B.C.).

[Agora Deposit] E 11:2: Well

Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235. Coins: 6 April 1936 #18-#21 7 ... First half of 1st c. A.D. 4th-early 5th c. A.D ... #28-#30 (dump, upper earth)

[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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 25, 28-30.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:17: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 16 in notebook. Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m. Skeleton of a woman , head at northwest end. Most of pots piled over feet and legs of skeleton at southeast end. An iron ... 750 B.C ... 750 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] E 18:1: Grave 5

Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at bottom). Fill shot through with cinders and wood ash. Skeleton of a male about 50 years old. Brann. PD 1065a ... 750-700 B.C ... 750-700 B.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 ... between the end of the 4th B.C. and the 1st c. A.D ... May 1932 #4 30 May 1932

[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 ... pottery chiefly of the 3rd c. ... half of 3rd c. but evidence ... 29 May 1935 #1-#4 30 May

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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 ... 4th-12th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] G 16:1: Well

Well on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. The pottery apparently belongs to a filling of one period, since it exhibited no marked difference in character to the bottom. No where was the deposit very ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... Ca. 410-390 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I 4:2: Building Fill in ΒΓ

Fill against back wall foundations of Royal Stoa I/6,9-4/8,14. Dug separately, these many fills contain material which joined horizontally and vertically all along back wall of Royal Stoa. Fill seems to ... 2nd/3rd quarters of 5th c.-420s ... 2nd/3rd quarters of 5th c.-420s

[Agora Deposit] N 19:1.1: Upper fill

Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range: MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] O 18:1: Well

The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU ... c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] R 8:2: Well behind Stoa Shop 18

Well behind Stoa Shop 18 (Well G: EB). Provides useful antecedents for many later shapes both black and plain. Diameter at bottom 0.88m. Eight pairs of footholds preserved. The influx of water during excavation ... 650-625 B.C ... 7th century B.C., with a

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[Agora Deposit] K 1:5: Well

Tom Milbank ... An unlined and relatively narrow (ca. 0.82m. in diameter) well cut through hard-pack and bedrock. Although three periods of use can be discerned in the stratigraphy of the well below a depth of ca. 5.47m., ... Middle Geometric I ... second half of the 9th c. B.C.. Friable bedrock exposed ... years of the 8th c. B.C. and

[Agora Deposit] A-B 21-22:1: Terrace fillings

West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C ... of the 5th. c. but with ... the 5th. c. and a little

[Agora Deposit] C 14:4: Well

Well in the bottom of chamber cistern at 106/ΛΓ, stratified. A soft spot in the bedrock at the west side of the well caved in and was packed with typical coarse Roman first century amphoras; the well was ... A.D. 200-150 ... Coins: 16 May 1937 #1 17 May 1937 #1 28 May 1937 #30 29 May 1937 #1 31 May 1937

[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 ... ca. 500-480(?) B.C., Upper ... B.C. or soon after in Agora

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[Agora Deposit] G 13:3: Pyre

In room A. Concentration of artifacts and burning in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre lay below a Late Hellenistic fill with a smooth earth surface. It is described as a black patch of earth with sherds, ... 350-250 B.C ... 350-250 B.C.

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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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 6, pp. 108, 109, figs. 22-24, 29, 30.

[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 ... Coins: 24 April 1940 #1-#3 25 April 1940 #1-#6 27 April 1940 #1-#7 30 April

[Agora Deposit] R 9:2: Double Well by E. Entrance to Square Building (Well A)

Double Well by E. Entrance to Square Building (Well A) (formely a O 8:1) Coin 21 April 1951 #1 (disintegrated) Carefull there is two O 8:1, the actual one is a filling around rubble wall at 35/ KE. Estimated ... 750 to early 7th century B.C ... Hesperia 30 (1961), pp. 136-141.

[Agora Deposit] S 18:1: Well at 29/ΛΕ

Well at 29/ΛΕ, to the SE of the market square, west of the Panathenaic Way. Circular shaft, caved in at mouth. Diameter 1.20m. Diameter narrows to 0.50m at bottom of shaft, which is slightly concave. No ... Late 8th century B.C ... Late 8th century B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:4: Cistern in ΠΠ

Listed in notebook as at 6/ΛΗ but later found to be at 12/ΛΗ. Originally B 16:1. Large cistern distinguished by a short (1.75m) blind tunnel running SW from its floor, and a shallow (ca. 0.80m originally) ... Ca. 150 B.C ... Ca. 150 B.C.

[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 ... down-dated to 440 B.C. because of ... ca. 440 B.C. For a similar

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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 ... preserved depth of about 0.30m. A ... cremated adult (AA 52c). the

[Agora Deposit] M 18:8: Well

Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Ca. 430-420 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] E 14:13: Grave of a youth

Geometric burial. Burial A in notebook. Shaft in bedrock dug to 0.30m, oriented NE to SW. Upper part was disturbed by Grave XXIV. Skeleton of youth. L. as it lay 1.34m. Pots laid across grave at feet of ... 750-725 B.C ... Geometric burial. Burial A in notebook. Shaft in bedrock dug to 0.30m, oriented

[Agora Deposit] H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30. Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... 260-210 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:3: 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 ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C ... #1 29 May 1935 #5-#7 30

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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 ... of 0.30m below the level ... bottom was about 0.30m. a

[Agora Deposit] L 2:3: Infant Burial in Pot

Enchytrismos burial of an infant at the E. corner of Byzantine Room G. The burial was in brown fill flecked with charcoal and containing brown-glazed pottery (Lot ΒΗ 472). The pot was embedded upside ... Byzantine 10th/11th c. A.D ... infant of an age of 30

[Agora Deposit] F 15:3: Well D

Well at 96/Ι in arm of cistern at 94/Θ (F 15:2). Probably the rebuilding of an earlier well. P 3149, P 3150, P 3154 are jars from packing in cistern arm; construction fill - early Roman. P 4588 is listed ... Second half of 3rd c. A.D.=POU ... Coins: 27 February 1934 #14-#15 28 February 1934 #15 1 March 1934 #21-#30 2 March

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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 ... extensive oval-shaped pit, c. ... 6th-late 5th c. B.C) Component ... C. 400: Kitchen Dump used

[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 ... (30), no. L 323. 1 of them ... 120-121, pl. (30), no. L 320,

[Agora Deposit] G 18:1: Well

Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... 415-410 B.C.. [LT, 17 May 1954,

[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 ... of early 2nd. c. Fragments ... #30-#32, #34-#36, #38 29 April 1953 #1-#3 30 March 1954

[Agora Deposit] L 18:1: Well

A well lined with a very well built stone wall, carefully made and fitted to the curve of the well cutting, with footholds running down its N and S faces. This wall, of small stones, runs to 7.30m. from ... 23-29 March 1937 ... to 7.30m. from the well

[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 ... 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 ... last quarter of 1st c. B.C. Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment

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[Agora Deposit] O 12:1: Well at 89-90/ΙΗ-ΙΘ

Well at 89-90/ΙΗ-ΙΘ (diameter at top 1.10m), between the southeast corner over the mouth of of the Odeion and the Panathenaic Way. the well lay a thin layer of dug bedrock containing a few Hellenistic ... 650-625 B.C ... 650-625 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] F 19:4: Well

This filling is the largest deposit of its time found in the Agora. It may be compared with H 6:5 and with N 7:3. Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m; footholds cut on opposite sides of the shaft ... Ca. 490-450 B.C ... Ca. 490-450 B.C.

[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 ... April 1947 #1-#30 7 May 1947

[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 ... April 1952 #1 30 April 1952

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[Agora Deposit] N 11:1: Cist Grave in Ο

N.A. Doenges Evelyn Lord Smithson ... "Near or in Grave" (width 0.50m) Grave to the east of the southeast corner of the great court of the Gymnasium. Shallow and superimposed on Well N 11:5. It is a simple cist oriented north and south, with ... 750-725 B.C ... 750-725 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] U-V 19:1: Well South of Soft Yellow Poros Foundation

Well South of Soft Yellow Poros Foundation. Dumped filling of a collapsed well, that, due to hazardous conditions, could not be cleared below- 2.50m. The well was partly cut on the east side by a Byzantine ... Protogeometric-Early Geometric II, ca. 850 B.C ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 29, pp. 268-281, 542-543, figs. 2.174-2.178, 3.29, 3.30.

[Agora Deposit] S 13:2: Mycenaean Well (S/1,2-13/20,14/1)

Mycenaean Well (S/1,2-13/20,14/1). Underneath the NE Room of the Library of Pantainos, along its S side, as a cutting in bedrock containing reddish fill with bits of green bedrock. The feature is rectangular ... 30 June-23 July 1975 ... intervening periods (5th-4th c. B.C.) seems to indicate that ... Lot ΡΡ 608. LHIIIA (layer IV) 1st c. A.D. (layers I-III), Roman pottery from ... ca. 400 B.C. The presence

[Agora Deposit] O-Q 18-19: Destruction Debris

Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21). Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D ... 6th c. A.D.

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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 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 58, pl. 16a-c ... Agora XIV, p. 13, pl. 19a-c.

[Agora Deposit] S 16:1: Well

Well in Coletti Garden. Diameter 1m. There were no traces of hand holes in its walls. At 5.2m depth below datum on the S-E side of the shaft, a small underground stream emptied into the well. The stratigraphy ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:1: Strosis

Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins: 9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... #1-#3 5 May 1949 #1 30 March

[Agora Deposit] S 19:5: Pit at 18-20/Λ-ΛΓ

Pit at 18-20/Λ-ΛΓ. The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5. The upper part of the pit was dug to a depth of ca. -8m as deposit ... 7-8 April 1938 28 April-26 May 1938 ... Coins 3 March 1938 #7-#8 7 April 1938 #5-#6 9 April 1938 #1-#3 30 April

[Agora Deposit] R 7:2: Chamber Tomb to East of Stoa Shop 19

Mycenaean Tomb to E of Stoa Shop 19 (ΣΑ 2). Found while digging just east of Stoa Shop XIX, when came upon some bones, Mycenaean sherds and a pot. As the excavation was enlarged the legs of two skeletons ... Myc. III A:2 (2nd half of 14th c.) ... Myc. III A:2 (2nd half of 14th c.)

[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 ... 1.30m. wide) underground

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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 ... was found 30 cm higher in ... 1000 B.C.), with one newly

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[Agora Deposit] N 21:5: Disturbed Tomb with Cist Grave

Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb. The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c.

[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 ... burning) and #30-#44 and #45-#48 ... 30 May 1933 #1-#5 and

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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.

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[Agora Deposit] K 3:2: Byzantine Layer with Complete Pots

James Artz Pirisino Daniele Kylindreas Miltiades ... Excavation in Room 3 of ΒΘ West revealed 5 ceramic vessels in a row against the eastern face of Wall 12. 3 complete vessels (ΒΘ 122, 124, and 125) were catalogued, along with the base of a plain glazed ... 9th-11th c. A.D ... 9th-11th c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... N-S dimension 4.30m, max ... (B 704, P 15358-15359) c