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[Agora Deposit] D 7:10: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XLI)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XLI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 8 March 1939 #6-#20 Neg. XVI-19 ... 10 March 1939 ... Coins: 8 March 1939 #6-#20 ... Neg. XVI-19

[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 ... ΑΑ:18-20/Λ-ΛΓ ... -8m.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:12: Great Drain South

Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building. Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... 20-21:1 and B 19:7. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 247, ... Coins: 8 July 1947 #3

[Agora Deposit] C 18:14.2: Sand fill, south end continuing to north

Coins: 30 July 1947 #3-#11 31 July 1947 #4-#19 1 August 1947 #1-#9 4 August 1947 #1-#20 5 August 1947 #3-#20 6 August 1947 #1-#38 7 August 1947 #1-#21 8 August 1947 #1-#41 9 August 1947 #3-#6 57-59/* 66-67/* ... 28-31 July 1947 6-9 August 1947 ... #3-#11 31 July 1947 #4-#19 1 ... 1947 #1-#20 5 August 1947 #3-#20 6 August 1947 #1-#38 7

[Agora Deposit] B 14:2: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Use filling of late 1st. to late 2nd. c. A.D.; dumped filling of 4th. c. A.D. Coins: 24 April 1937 #2 27 April 1937 #6-#12 28 April 1937 #2 29 April 1937 #2 8 May ... 1st.-4th c. A.D ... #2 8 May 1937 #1-#2 19 May ... .1=0.00-19.50m. dumped fill (15.40-19.50m. produced nothing). .2=19.50-20.70m. POU.

[Agora Deposit] H 11:1: Well

A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump. Coins: 19 May 1933 #14 20 May 1933 #3 22 May 1933 #1-#2 23 May 1933 #2 24 May 1933 #1 30 May 1933 #1 Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Lower fill ... 19 May-7 June 1933 ... A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump ... Coins: 19 May 1933 #14 20 May 1933 #3 22 May 1933 #1-#2 23 May 1933 #2 24 May

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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 ... #1-#2 18 March 1937 #1-#3 19 ... Also noted as 20/ΜΓ.

[Agora Deposit] A 19:3: Pit

Pits ( A 19:3, A 19:4, A 19:5, A 19:6 in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Sometimes called as "Pit 2". Pit with reddish black fill ... 350-300 B.C ... A 19:3 ... A 19:3

[Agora Deposit] F 15:5: Well

Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor. POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... Coins: 19 March 1934 #8 20 March 1934 #1-#3 21 ... 1934 #1-#3, #6-#8 30 March

[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 ... O-Q 18-19 ... O-Q 18-19

[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 ... 1933 #6-#20 (#19, #20 from ... #6-#16 and #17-#19 and #20 ... #1-#4 8 March 1933 #1-#2 9

[Agora Deposit] B 20:9: Pit

Pits at 95/ΚΑ and 97/ΚΑ, in bottom of Post Sullan drain. Sandy filling in two pits in the bedrock, about 2.00m. apart, at the bottom of the so-called Post-Sullan drain, which replaced the abandoned section ... To ca. 86 B.C ... B 20:9 ... B 20:9

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[Agora Deposit] 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 ... 225-190 B.C ... #1-#12 17 May 1969 #1-#12 19 May 1969 #1-#8 20 May 1969 ... #1-#8

[Agora Deposit] D-E 18-19: Road

West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 145-149.

[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:8

[Agora Deposit] M 11:2: Well at Southeast Corner of Court of Late Roman Building

Well at SE corner of Court of Late Roman Building (Trench C). Estimated Grid ... 12th c. A.D ... M/19,20-11/17,18 ... -8.85m.

[Agora Deposit] A 19:6: Pit

Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall. dMax. depth 0.20m.d. Many fills in areas ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... A 19:6 ... A 19:6

[Agora Deposit] B-C 10-11:1: Hellenistic-Early Roman Fill over Bedrock

Hellenistic-Early Roman fill over bedrock, along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not ... 26-29 February 1936 2-12 March 1936 ... ΠΘ:20-40/ΜΕ-ΞΔ

[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 ... A-B 19-20:1 ... A-B 19-20:1

[Agora Deposit] Q 13:3: Roman Water Mill Construction Fill

Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins: 24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95 25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D ... #11 8 May 1933 #4-#8 9 May ... #1-#2, #4-#6, #13 20 June 1933 ... #1-#3, #6-#19 27 June 1933

[Agora Deposit] A 19:4: Pit

Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Pit with bones. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to the fills in these ... 350-300 B.C ... Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in ... half. LT 8-11-58.

[Agora Deposit] S 20:1: Geometric Well in Panathenaic Way.

Geometric Well on the west side, in the line of the Roman Panathenaic way; 3.70m below paving block of street that overhangs well. It was neatly cut, 1.05m. in diameter, but it was dug only to a depth ... Late Geometric, end of 8th century B.C ... closed at the end of the 8

[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 ... -3.8m.

[Agora Deposit] A 19:5: Pit

Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area). Scanty debris filling in a pit. Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to ... 325-300 B.C ... Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in ... half. LT 8-11-58.

[Agora Deposit] R 21:2: Cistern at 37/ΛΒ

Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C. Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C ... #1-#3 19 June 1939 #2-#4 20 ... #1-#14 8 June 1939 #6-#7 9

[Agora Deposit] G 19:1: Pit

Middle Helladic Pit at NW corner of church of St. Athanasius Estimated Grid ... Middle Helladic ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 144.

[Agora Deposit] P 8:4: Pit

Pit at 18/ΚΔ-ΚΕ Coins: 22 April 1936 #67-#73 24 April 1936 #2-#3 ... 22-24 April 1936 ... P 8:4 ... P 8:4

[Agora Deposit] C 19:8: Well at 65/ΙΒ

Well, unfinished? The shallow depth, small diameter, lack of water and any use fill make it possible that this was not a well, although the character of the cutting is difficult to explain otherwise. The ... Ca. 440-420 B.C ... C 19:8 ... C 19:8

[Agora Deposit] Q 19:1: Courtyard Well

East (service) courtyard. A break ca. 540 was followed by an accumulation of nearly a meter of snail shells, and on top a small amount of pottery running down to the end of the 6th century. Coins(?): cf ... POU mid 3rd to late 6th c ... Coins(?): cf. nbp. 1987 ff. 3 August 1957 #5-#6 8 August 1957 #3-#10 (dump) 9

[Agora Deposit] K 2:2: Pit

Room 8, Pit 1 in Layer 2. Notebook ΒΕ XII is missing ... 11th c. A.D ... Room 8, Pit 1 in Layer 2.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:15: Fill in House N Room 4

House N, Room 4: Fillings in and over floors (Layers 7 and 8). Lower level probably antedating the building of the Great Drain in this area; the upper level apparently contemporary with remodeling of the ... 425-400 B.C ... (Layers 7 and 8). Lower level ... Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:1.2: POU

Containers 15-37. Masses of pots, largely water jars; fragments of Pergamene; Samian B; brittle ware; ER unguentaria. The following finds on deposit list as bottom fill (.2) are from depths of level .1: ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... N 20:1.2 ... N 20:1.2

[Agora Deposit] I 16:1.2: Second POU

Coins: 3 June 1932 #1 8 June 1932 #1-#9 ... 5th c. A.D ... Coins: 3 June 1932 #1 8 June 1932 #1-#9

[Agora Deposit] C 19:10: Well

Well (diameter 0.98m) in House H, Room 13. Two dumped fills apparently of the same date, but separated by a clay deposit of over 2.00m. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253. (noted) Subdivisions: .1=Upper ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... 2.00m. Cf. Hesperia 20

[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 ... N 19:1.1 ... N 19:1.1

[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 ... Coins: 8 May 1937 #3 14 May 1937 #1 Coins from dump: 27 May 1937 #2-#9 28 ... Subdivisions: .1=16.00-17.00m. .2=17.00-18.00m. .3=18.00-19.00m. .4=19

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:3: Pyre in House C

Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6). Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 120-121, pl. 51 c (Pyre 6).

[Agora Deposit] C 13:2.4: Fill IV

Tins 8-12. 27 lamp fragments, a "D" ware plate and an early (?) gouged jug, micaceous water jars and amphorae. Some joins were noted between fills III and IV, but in general the fills are distinct ... Mid-3rd. c. A.D ... -20.75--19.85m.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:5: Pyre in House N, Room 2, Layer 5

Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8). Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C ... B 19:5 ... B 19:5

[Agora Deposit] I 16:1.3: First POU

Coins: 8 June 1932 #2-#9 9 June 1932 #1-#14 10 June 1932 #1-#13 11 June 1932 #1-#9 13 June 1932 #1-#3, #6 (dump) ... 1st-3d c. A.D ... -26.5--20.5m.

[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 ... R/18,19-9/17,18

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:4: Chamber Tomb Northeast of Pier 19, Burial 1

Mycenaean Tomb to NE of Pier 19 (Burial #1) Most of the doorway and the dromos had been cut away by the ancient Stoa builders. The dimensions of the chamber were 2.90m wide by 1.60m deep. Unusual features ... Myc. III A:1 ... Q 8:4 ... Q 8:4

[Agora Deposit] E 14:7: Well C

Two periods of use. Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D. Coins: 26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.] 9 June 1937 #2-#4 ... 10 -11 June 1935 20 May-20 June 1937 ... -20.3m.

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:1: Early Roman Well

Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson). "Not a useful well" HSR. Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR) Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C. Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D. Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine ... pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S ... (Container 8 - ca. 22.25m. - is ... Containers 3-1 (ca. 21.00-20.20

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:5: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave to NW of Pier 19 (Grave 4). It consisted of a rectangular pit, oriented north-south, cut into bedrock. Only the lowest part of the tomb pit was preserved; the upper part was cut away in the Classical ... Earlier-Developed Protogeometric ... Q 8:5 ... Q 8:5

[Agora Deposit] B 21:1: Cistern

Cistern in valley west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling of late 1st. to early 2nd. c. and of 5th to 6th century. Coins: 7 June 1939 #12 8 June 1939 #18-#19 9 June 1936 #26 ... 1st.-2nd. c. A.D ... Coins: 7 June 1939 #12 8 June 1939 #18-#19 9 June 1936 #26

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[Agora Deposit] U 21:1: Well

Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... Late Archaic ... bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... XI.(80.19-77.74m) sandy, enormous stones ... This deposit should be called U 20-22: but won't be changed for practical reason.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:5: Funerary Deposit on Stone Pavement

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 4 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XLIV). No remains (not really a grave, note on p. 331). Roughly rectangular patch of unworked fieldstones, measuring about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid on bedrock, ... 19-21 March 1932 ... about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid ... funerary deposit/ Q 8:12 in the

[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 ... Late Hellenistic ... Δ:8

[Agora Deposit] U 26:4: Latest Mycenaean Well C in OA

Well 19: Latest Mycenaean. Near Klepsydra. Diameter mouth 1.25-1.35m., narrowing about a third of the way down and becoming rectangular, 0.90-1.0 to a side. Muddy at m; water collecting rapidly at 8.m ... Late Mycenaean ... Well 19: Latest ... rapidly at 8.m. Three strata in ... Contemporary Agora wells O 8:5; H

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[Agora Deposit] M 2:1: Well in Byzantine Room J.

Johanna Hobratschk ... South end of Byzantine Room J, adjacent to Pithos B and under St. Philip's st scarp. Built lining at the E and N side, roughly constructed of some large square blocks and slabs, smaller field stones of ... 21 July-3 August 2006 2011 28 June 2012-16 July 2012 ... 0.8m.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:3: Amphora Deposit

Marcie Handler ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. The neck and one handle of one of the amphorae (BZ 1213) had been poking ... Ca. 1st c. A.D ... J/16,19-1/5,8