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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 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), pp. 330-345, fig. 12 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 325-327 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 108-128, fig. 12.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:4: Well

Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C ... fill in upper 3 ... last quarter of 3rd c. No ... Coins: 13 March 1933 #1 at well head (#2-#3) 21 March 1933 #1 (dump) (not a

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

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:4: Urn cremation

Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP] "Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), pp. 10-11, figs. 14, 15 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 13, pp. 104-118, 531-533, figs. 2.55-2.64, 3.18-3.20, pl. V ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII).

[Agora Deposit] F 6:3: West Chamber

The West 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 ... 225-165 B.C ... F 6:3 ... F 6:3

[Agora Deposit] F 15:2: Cistern

A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493). Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia 3 (1934), pp. 392-427 ... Hesperia 34 (1965), pp. 50-52 ... Agora XXII, pp. 100, 110.

[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 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 208 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 453-454, fig. 2 (selection of pottery) ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 133-134.

[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 ... Ca. 200 B.C ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 345 ff ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 74, 100, nn. 19, 117 ... Agora XXII, pp. 100, 109.

[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 ... maximum depth of 3.80m. Fourth ... #11 27 February 1932 #3 29 ... 1932 #3-#8 2 March 1932 #18-#19, #22-#29 7 March 1932 #3

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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 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 369-392 ... Agora XXII, pp. 102, 109-110.

[Agora Deposit] F 11:2: Well

Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins: 5 April 1934 #1-#4 10 April 1934 #1-#2 11 April 1934 #1 12 April 1934 #1 18 April 1934 #1-#2 19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Coins: 5 April 1934 #1-#4 10 April 1934 #1-#2 11 April 1934 #1 12 April 1934

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[Agora Deposit] L 17:7: Aischines Street Cistern: South Chamber

Date of filling early third c. B.C. Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins: 12 August ... 310-220 B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), pp. 362, 364-365 ... Agora XXXVII, pp. 68, 224 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 221 (deposit XXXI).

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:3: Pithos Child Burial

Grave 2 in notebook. Child of about two (or 10?) months, body placed in plain pithos, which rested on its side at the bottom of a pit; the mouth closed with a stone slab. The burial forms a group with ... 750-725 B.C ... D 16:3 ... D 16:3

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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 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 301, 317 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), pp. 95, 107-108, nos. 1-6, p. 108, no. 1 ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 363-364.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:9: Well

An unfinished well in the northwest room of the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. Dumped filling. Chips from marble-working, variety of plain and figured wares ... Ca. 400-385 B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), pp. 200, 232, n. 74, table 2 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 179-180 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330.

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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 ... -.3m.

[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 ... F 12:3 ... F 12:3

[Agora Deposit] H 7:3: Construction Filling

Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... H 7:3 ... H 7:3

[Agora Deposit] H-I 14:1: Kleiner Coin Deposit III

Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill. Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C ... See Hesperia 57 (1988), pp. ... Coins: 5 April 1954 #1-#4 6 April 1954 #1-#3 + N ... #40-#42 4 June 1954 #1-#3 + N

[Agora Deposit] S 19:3: Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ

Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ (Coroplasts' Dump) outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way. Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to ... To ca. 330-320 B.C ... To ca. 330-320 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] C 18:4: Construction Fillings

Fillings below the courtyard floor of the Poros Enclosure west of the Areopagus. The lowest layer, over bedrock, is of the archaic period and may have accumulated on the spot before the start of building ... First half of 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 178-179 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330.

[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 ... well G 11:3. Scanty use

[Agora Deposit] D 19:1: Cistern in House H in ΝΝ

Well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. A flask-shaped cistern in House H with a dumped fill of the late fifth century brought from elsewhere and evidently deposited sometime in the 3rd c. B.C ... Ca. 420-400 B.C ... -3.95m.

[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 ... #14 2 March 1933 #3 6 March 1933 #3, #8 9 March 1933 #1-#3, #20 10 March 1933

[Agora Deposit] K 14:1: Collector's Dump

Pottery Deposit at 57/ΙΔ (also 57/ΙΣΤ and 63-66/Κ-ΚΕ). Contents of pit range from Mycenaean to Turkish; apparently the dump of a modern antiquities dealer ... Modern Context ... Hesperia 31 (1962), pp. 367-377.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:4: Cistern at 70/ΚΕ

Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C ... Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was ... Subdivisions: .1=Top fill .2=Middle fill .3=Lower fill POU

[Agora Deposit] E 14:4: Disturbed cist grave

Rectangular shaft cut in rock with NE-SW orientation. Upper part of grave cut into fill over bedrock; this fill later swept away. Paving of small stones. Few human teeth and ribs. (Dimensions: L. 1.62m, ... 725-200 B.C ... Catalogue card (P 3569) writes grave 3. (SD)

[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 ... Coins: 20 April 1934 #1 (from Pit F, footing trench of Period IV, foundation

[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 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 207-208 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 126-128, figs. 13-14 and p. 454 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 77.

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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) ... E/2,3-16/3,6