[Agora Deposit] A 14:2.1: Upper Fill (post-Herulian) not shelved as group

"baskets" 1-5 Coins: 22 April 1937 #7 23 April 1937 #17-#18 24 April 1937 #1 coins from Dump: 28 May 1937 #31-#32 ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition ... post-Herulian ... ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus

[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 ... C 18:4 ... C 18:4

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[Agora Deposit] C 17:2: Pyre North of House G

North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13). Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... C 17:2 ... C 17:2

[Agora Deposit] N 18:7: Well Not Completely Dug at 32/ΣΤ

Well at 32/ΣΤ ... Late 6th c. B.C ... Late 6th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] C 17:5: Pit or Well Under Building A, Room 2

Pit (Well?) under Building A, Room 2. Coins: 9 May 1949 #1-#2 11 May 1949 #4 12 May 1949 #3 (not a coin, bronze fragment in lotted metal tins ΠΠ 295). Estimated Grid Remains of coloring matter found with ... Hellenistic-Early Roman ... C/12,13-17/11,12

[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 ... Ca. 440-420 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] V 24:2: Archaic Well in OA

Well 2: archaic. Diameter, top ca. 1.00; bottom ca. 0.90m. Water level:ca -7.00m In the use filling, along with the plain water pots was a black-figured neck amphora assigned to the Edinburgh painter ... Last quarter of the 6th c. B.C ... Upper Fill: Early 5th c. B.C ... Middle Fill: Late 6th c. B.C., at latest ... Bottom Fill: Late 6th c. B.C., at latest.

[Agora Deposit] C 8:2: Manhole and Gallery

Cistern System #1b: Shaft/manhole and gallery at 18-19/ΞΑ-ΞΓ. Objects divided between the two features, shaft and gallery, according to deposit notebook list, not according to remarks on cards. 22 February ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... C 8:2 ... C 8:2

[Agora Deposit] C 14:2: Cistern

According to the excavator " a pre-herulian filling dumped in to fill the cistern some few years after the Herulian destruction". Coins: 10 June 1936 #2-#6 11 June 1936 #1-#19 12 June 1936 #23-#27 P 11936 ... A.D. 267 to mid 3rd c ... C 14:2 ... C 14:2

[Agora Deposit] C 8:5: Well

Cistern System #1e: Shaft at 11/ΞΑ. Agora XXIX: "Well (not cistern shaft, as in Agora XII) ... Communicates with water system through small hole (see C 8:1) probably fortuitously. Single fill, mostly of ... 350-300 B.C ... "Well (not cistern shaft, as ... through small hole (see C 8:1)

[Agora Deposit] B 13:7.1: Dump

Coins from dump: 27 May 1937 #2-#9 28 May 1937 #3-#11 Not later than 3rd. c. A.D ... 3rd. c. A.D ... 3rd. c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:17: Pit tomb, adult inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 8 in notebook. Bones discarded. Fragments of an iron pin found on the chest and a fragment of a Protogeometric krater base found beside the body were not inventoried. JP Unlined roughly rectangular ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... beside the body were not ... apparently not in situ. of the human remains, which were not

[Agora Deposit] C 17:1: Fills

Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits. Coins: 9 May 1947 #2-#5 16 ... 1st c. A.D ... 1st c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] C 14:3: Sacrificial Pyre

Artifacts, burnt bone, ash, cinders and charcoal in pit in bedrock. The pyre lay directly under mosaic floor A. the deposit is not badly disturbed, however, and it is possible that it was laid immediately ... Early second quarter of 4th c. B.C ... C 14:3 ... C 14:3

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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 ... C 11:4 ... C 11:4

[Agora Deposit] G 7:1: Ancient Pit behind Poros Bench on Kolonos

Cf. P 3736, from the original "packing behind poros benches". Not from the pit itself it is therefore not listed with this deposit ... 5th c. B.C ... benches". Not from the pit itself it is therefore not listed

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:1: Pit tomb, child inhumation (?)

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 19 (In some records as Grave VIII). No remains, no burned matter or traces of burning. JP A small cutting with a single offering. The pit may have been for a simple child/infant inhumation, with ... Early Protogeometric ... classified "Geometric" (not

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:9: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 2 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XV: PG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female. JP It consists of a roughly rectangular pit or trench cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.35m., measuring ... Late Protogeometric ... but not the rectangular

[Agora Deposit] C 13:2: Well

Roman well, stratified. Finds from the earth (not recorded in a subdivision): P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS 6338, IL 483, IL 486, BI 309, BI 310, BI 314. According to the excavator the shaft had been cleaned ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... C 13:2 ... C 13:2

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:13: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). JP Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric ... not quite deep enough to

[Agora Deposit] C 19:5: House R Fillings

House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and C 19:17. a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c. b) Used ... Ca. 5th and 4th c. B.C ... C 19:5 ... C 19:5

[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 ... this seems not to affect the

[Agora Deposit] M 20:1.3: POU

"Not much earlier than middle fill" Coins: 12 February 1937 #5-#7 ... Fourth quarter of 2nd c. B.C ... Fourth quarter of 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 16:6: Rectangular Shaft

Rectangular shaft at northwest foot of Areopagus; dumped filling of second half of 4th c. B.C. Pit at 16/Δ-Ε recorded one time as an extension of shaft 17/Δ-Ε (see L 506 and nb.p. 395), but items from ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... Ca. 325-275 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:10: Urn burial of an infant

Grave XV in notebook = RSY Grave 1. Part of a burial jar with bones of 18-month-old child. Position of body not determinable. Foot of jar had been broken to insert body of child and stopped with stones ... Second half of 8th. c. B.C ... Second half of 8th. c. B.C.

[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 ... 6th c. B.C. - not later ... and 7th c. B.C. - early 6th c. B.C. with much earlier

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:3: Well

Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE). Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 17:2: Well at ΜΣΤ,ΜΗ/112

Well at ΜΣΤ,ΜΗ/112. Collapsing bedrock prevented us from reaching bottom. Not A. Walker but same scenario ... 7th-Mid 6th c. B.C ... 7th-Mid 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:3: Well

Hole (Well) and adjoining water channel with 4th c. pottery, probably a dumped fill. At a depth of about -5.70m we started yielding some very crude potsherds, clearly not made on the wheel (maybe Prehistoric) ... Prehistoric-Roman ... c. pottery, probably a ... potsherds, clearly not made on the

[Agora Deposit] N-P 20:1: Dump

East-West Street (63-64/ΙΣΤ, etc.) Packing in line of ancient east-west street along Areopagus north slopes. Lower fills, predominantly late 6th-early 5th c. B.C. Middle fills, last quarter of the 5th ... Various levels and dates ... predominantly late 6th-early 5th c. ... quarter of the 5th c. Upper fills, 4th to 3rd c. B.C ... they do not affect the dates

[Agora Deposit] L 20:2: Grave

Rectangular cutting, not entirely preserved, west of underground drain. Contained good black glazed pottery, some stamped, and a little coarse ware, along with bits of bone and part of a skull ... Third quarter 5th c. B.C ... Third quarter 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 18:8: Great Hole at 33/Z

Great Hole at 33/Ζ = Area of early wells Some of the objects may have come from N 18:7 or from a neighboring 7th c, well, not separately cleared, but no definite association is possible ... 7th-5th c. B.C ... from a neighboring 7th c, well, not separately cleared,

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:7: Well G in ΠΑ

Well G, just south of Room D. It was finally filled in the 6th c. A.D. with some attractive sculpture. Its contents suggest that the building was not used for metal work, but was purely domestic containing ... 3rd-6th c. A.D ... 3rd-6th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] F 19:2: Cistern

Bottle-shaped cistern with dumped fillings on NW slopes of Areopagus; appears not to have been finished in antiquity: the walls and floor show no traces of stucco. Lower filling, ca. 375-340 B.C. Upper ... Ca. 375-275 B.C ... Ca. 375-275 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 13:4: Well

Formerly G 13:5. Cleared to a depth of 8.50m. where further collapse made work impossible. Use filling not reached. Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211. Upper ... Ca. 425-375 B.C ... Ca. 425-375 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 19:1: Well at 9/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ

Well at 9/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ has been cleaned and stripped of its tiles and original filling and bedrock thrown back into shaft. Joins between sherds from all levels. No coins or lamps. Containers examined 5 March ... 1st c. B.C ... Hellenistic, not later than 2nd c. B.C. (J.W.H). 15 April 1961

[Agora Deposit] B 13:5: Well

Dumped filling in the upper part of a well, to a depth of 6.65m. (the excavation could not be completed and the use filling was not reached). Homogeneous fill dumped from nearby. Coins: 1 June 1936 #1 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] T 18:3: Fill in Room 3 of Roman Building North of Eleusinion

North of Eleusinion: Fill in Room 3 of Roman Building. 614 sherds (6 miniature shapes, 20 intrusive sherds). Objects : terracottas; loom weights; spindle whorls; disks; handmade tray; lamps. Early ware ... First half of 6th c. B.C.-Mixed Fill to ca. 480 B.C ... First half of 6th c. B.C.-Mixed Fill to ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:1: Well

Homer A. Thompson ... Well at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling of the Roman period. After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2m of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century

[Agora Deposit] H 17:5: Filling

A filling lying over a cobbled floor in a house-complex on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late ... 375-275 B.C ... 375-275 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:13: Well

Dug bedrock filling in a well of unusually large diameter (1.35m.), possibly the original source of water for a factory for making terracotta figurines (water for the workshop with waterproofed floor and ... 4th. c. B.C ... 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 14:2: Byzantine Well at 19/IA

Well at 19/ΙΑ (corrected from O 13:2) Incised bowl Graffito bowl Water jug x2 Small amphora Amphora x2 Canteen x2 Tins 132-138 (not found in notebook) ... 12th c. A.D ... 12th c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:3: Sacrificial Pyre in NN

Sacrificial pyre, disturbed; a small pyxis (P 14864) is close to that from B 18:4. First half of 4th. c. B.C., perhaps first quarter. West of House C. Pottery and cinders in pit in stratum. The pyre was ... First half 4th. c. B.C ... 18:4. First half of 4th. c. B.C., perhaps first quarter. West of House C. Pottery and

[Agora Deposit] D 5:1: Stuccoed Pit

Stuccoed pit, 2m x 2.50 m, rock-cut. Coins: 26 March 1937 #1 (not a coin) ... Ca. 400-350 B.C ... Ca. 400-350 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:1: Well

Coins: 16 June 1981 #89 17 June 1981 #94-#95, #100 (not a coin). 19 June 1981 #103-#104, #335-#336 23 June 1981 #111-#112 ... 9th-13th c. A.D ... 9th-13th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:3: Drawshaft

Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern

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[Agora Deposit] F 13:4: Coin Hoard

Laura Gawlinski ... Coin hoard of Athenian tetradrachms. Dug into fill under floor (floor level not preserved) on east side of Strategeion near the NE corner of room formed by the eastern poros block wall and an east-west ... Second half of 4th c. B.C ... Second half of 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:28: Pyre J 2:28

Handler ... Found in an area of disturbed fill north of a floor surface in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building. The floor surface (n. 3 on the west side of Room 4) was preserved at 52.503-52.544 masl., and ... 2nd half 4th c. B.C ... half of the 4th c. B.C ... the floor surface was not ... AS 1396.3 in Study Collections-Case No. 99C-2 box V, while a bone bag now stored in

[Agora Deposit] K-N 9-12: Investigations in the Area of the Odeion (Trenches A-Q)

Investigations in the area of the Odeion: lettered Odeion Trenches not otherwise specified. The trenches were excavated by layers; these layers could be compared across the area to determine correlation ... 1st c. B.C ... Investigations in the area of the Odeion: lettered Odeion Trenches not otherwise

[Agora Deposit] P 7:5: Archaic Well

Archaic Well at 10/ΚΒ, directly west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Well, not cleared. a small amount of pottery gathered from the top of the shaft ... 600-550 B.C ... Well, not cleared. a small

[Agora Deposit] M 7:1: Well Cutting

Well at 35/ΛH. In the northern part of the market square, north of the altar of Ares. Stony fill with late Geometric sherds. Not dug ... Late 8th century B.C ... Geometric sherds. Not dug.

[Agora Deposit] O 20:2: Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ

Cistern at 70/ΛΣΤ in the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Part of system with two chambers and well. Homogeneous fill. 13 stamped amphora handles. Latest lamp type 46 B. N 72206 (Ω-344), picked up near ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C ... Second half of 3rd c. - Early 2nd c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:5: Tomb of the Niches

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches. One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2 ... offerings. The tomb had not been

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[Agora Deposit] E 18:6: Herulian Destruction Debris

Roman Bath, Herulian destruction debris in A3. The high proportion of vessels for eating suggests that this was not the actual bath fill but was probably dumped in from the ruined houses higher on the ... Second half of 3rd and into 4th c. A.D ... suggests that this was not the

[Agora Deposit] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:6: Rubbish Pit

Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably

[Agora Deposit] I 16:7: Square Settling Basin

Located beneath line of Poros Gutter, from a square settling basin cut in bedrock at the north end of Trench II, South of Theseion, 1.30m below the modern road surface. The basin is lined with rough-picked ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C.-early 4th c. B.C ... material and quality, if not

[Agora Deposit] B 13:6: Well

Fillings in a well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. The shaft reached a depth of 20.28m., but produced no use filling. The lower part, from water level at 12.60m. to bottom, provided only mud and gravel ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... of the 5th. c. The lower ... 5th. c. Supplementary upper ... 8442, dated ca. 420-400 B.C

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:9: Sacrificial Pyre over Drain A1

Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c ... First half of 4th. c. B.c.

[Agora Deposit] Q 21:3: Well in Room 5 of Roman House H

Well in Room 5 of Roman House H. Under cement border of andron of Greek House G. Diameter 1.10m, cut through bedrock. water at ca. 3.55m. Hand or foot holes along one side. 0-7.25m crushed bedrock fill ... 5th c. B.C ... 5th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:4: Byzantine Well at J/3-3/3,4 in ΒΖ

A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House of Period II. The well was covered by a large squared poros wellhead and a marble puteal (apparently neither inventoried). Within the well shaft, the ... 14 July-9 August 1989 2-13 July 1990 ... Finds not from well fill but from Byzantine fill around well: A 4801, J 195, S

[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 ... last quarter of 3rd c. No ... fill but not in subdivision ... Coins: 13 March 1933 #1 at well head (#2-#3) 21 March 1933 #1 (dump) (not a

[Agora Deposit] F 16:7: Child's Burial- Pyre

Child's burial in south wall of Marble Worker's House. Bones examined 20 June 1975 and found to be an immature animal, not human (canid-puppy?). Identified as pyre by SIR. Set into a shallow roughly ovoid ... Late 4th c ... Late 4th c.

[Agora Deposit] D 14:1.2: Well Deposit: Layer II- POU

Nbpp. 3104-3105: Represents well deposit; the [baskets] from this layer showed no stratification. Containers marked "earth" presumably represent primarily Layer II. ... it is presumed that the sherds of ... Late 6th-7th c ... III, not differing

[Agora Deposit] A 16:4.2: Lower filling

Chronology based VG's analysis of jars and stamps, 12 June 1957. P 25802: Pergamene and Arretine fragments, recorded along with the wine jars, but the pottery apparently not kept separate and these pieces ... To ca. 140 B.C ... apparently not kept separate and

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:8: Menon's Cistern and Well

Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins: 5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973) 6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C ... Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a

[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 ... First half of 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] M 20:3: Well

Well at 69/ΟΒ (Late 5th c.) Lower fill dated to 420-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. There were no use filling and the well was apparently not a success as a water-supply: there was no concentration of water-jars ... 420-400 B.C ... 420-400 B.C.

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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 ... proper and not in the finds

[Agora Deposit] U 26:1: Oinochoe Deposit

Washed-in filling at the base of the Acropolis cliffs, some 7m. east of the Klepsydra; the fill was characterized by teh fragments of a series of red-figured oinochoai of special shape, of the late 5th ... Late 3rd c. B.C ... Late 3rd c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:8: Pyre in Pithos Y.

Contents of Pithos Y; probably belonging to sacrificial pyre III. In northern corner of courtyard. Characteristic pyre pottery in fill of one of two pithoi set into the floor of the courtyard as part ... 400-350 B.C ... as part of 4th c. ... probably not all from the pyre ... Lot Φ 231c.

[Agora Deposit] Q 12:2: Well in Stoa Terrace Opposite Pier 2

Well in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 2. Diameter 1.10m. Well cut with steps on both sides. No water. was probably not much used, although part of a well head was found at 4.50m Estimated Grid ... Into 600-575 B.C ... Into 600-575 B.C.

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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 ... Mid-2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 6:1: East Chamber

East Chamber of Cistern System #2. The fill in layers, but probably a destruction fill with layering not significant. Coins: 4 May 1936 #1-#6 5 May 1936 #1-#7 6 May 1936 #2-#6 LRD pottery and gouged ware ... Late 5th-early 6th c. A.D ... fill with layering not

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[Agora Deposit] L 17:5: Pyre 2

Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, animal bone. In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no ... 290-275 B.C ... 4th c. The pyre is ... first half of the 3rd c. B.C ... not clearly clustered. The

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:5: Pyre in Room 2

Pyre in Room 2, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 12). In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, ash, carbon, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The rectangular pit was cut into a white strosis with marble chips (ΠΠ ... 315-300 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 128-129, pl. 53 c (Pyre 12).

[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 ... Hellenistic Metroon. Not completely

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:1: Rubbish Pit/Pyre

Rubbish Pit . Pit cut through a house floor. In courtyard, beside door to room 3. Artifacts, bone and scattering of large cinders in roughly rectangular pit dug through floor bedding and covered by red, ... 325-300 B.C ... not take place on the spot ... not ordinary household

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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-J 12-13: Middle Stoa Building Fill.

Middle Stoa Building Fill. Cf. also H-I-J 14-15, H-K 12-14 (ask SIR) (unsolved) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Before ca. 150 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:8: Cremation Burial

C.G. Thomas ... Geometric grave. Bones discarded. Tomb located about 2m west/west-southwest of the EG1 child inhumation, beneath the restored line of a hypothetical wall connecting the western "apse' and the south wall ... Middle Geometric II ... "house" could not be ... (August 1995 not found, nor any

[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 ... Ca. 375-160 B.C.

[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 ... First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C ... First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 8:1: Well

Well on Slopes of Kolonos, apparently with two periods of active service. The earlier dating from ca. the turn of the era well down into the 1st c. A.D. Probable that the well was never cleaned out in ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] B 22:3: Burned Deposit

Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery. RSY: Pyre 10. Pottery, burnt bone, charred logs, and heavy burning, recovered by tunneling under the cement floor of a Late Hellenistic workshop, ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... Ca. 325-300 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] A 20:4: Pyre

A compact group of four complete vases and a lamp, found on a house floor; possibly the remains of a sacrificial pyre but without evidence of burning or the characteristic votive vases. Layer II, "nest ... 425-400 B.C ... 425-400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] T 25:2: Well 12 in ΟΑ

Well 12: Archaic. It lies on a rocky ledge about thirty meters north of the Klepsydra, just east of the Panathenaic street. In spite of its depth, it produced little pottery and its contents were of slight ... 6th c. B.C.? ... In the well were not

[Agora Deposit] M 17:7: Pit

Rectangular pit at 54/ΛΓ. The pit's plan is irregular; its measurements approximately 2.00x1.10x1.15m. The wall foundations run a little over a meter deep at 53/ΛΓ-ΛΕ, consist of irregularly shaped and ... Ca. 450-425 B.C ... Ca. 450-425 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 20:4: Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H

Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H. Concentration of artifacts, bone, and flecks of carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the pyre lay within a red fill apparently contemporary with it, but with some later ... 300-290 B.C ... 300-290 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:9: Early North-South road to Southeast of Tholos

Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road). Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] D 17:13: Pocket with burning

Pocket with burning at 60/ΚΗ. "Is this perhaps a disturbed pyre burial." [Nbp. 2928]. Identified as pyre by SIR. Near north end of corridor, beside its west wall. Concentration of artifacts, tiny scraps ... 4th c. B.C ... 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] S 17:2: Circular Pit and Irregular Cutting

Circular pit and irregular cutting north of it. Diam. of pit ca. 0.80m; Dimension of irregular cutting ca. 1.00x1.20m. The pit was dug into bedrock and filled with red earth which was packed with undisturbed ... Second half of 7th c. B.C ... Second half of 7th c. B.C.

[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.). Coins: 27 February 1939 #5-#9 7 March 1939: #1 9 March 1939 #4-#6 11 March ... First half 3rd. c. A.D ... Container 660 not specifically mentioned as destruction debris but catalogued

[Agora Deposit] E 18:3: Well

Dumped filling above well, 4th-5th c. A.D., container 699. A tiled well. Instead of the usual three sections in each ring, there were four. The fourth was extra, making the well larger, more elliptical ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Dumped filling above well, 4th-5th c. A.D., container 699. A tiled well ... Not dug to bottom because faulty construction made digging too dangerous

[Agora Deposit] U 14:1: Well at U/10-14/4

Well at U/10-14/4, in Byzantine Room I. Well is ca. 1.20m in diameter, dug into bedrock. Excavated to depth of roughly -8.00m; sides started collapsing and thus did not dig to full depth. Some stone-lining, ... June 15-16, 17-31 July 1972 ... 5th-4th c. B.C. dug for depth ... collapsing and thus did not dig ... pottery, not kept. POU, for

[Agora Deposit] I 15:3: Coin Hoard

Pit in SW corner of Heliaia Peristyle (mint). The four Athenian imperial coins (Κ-1641 - Κ-1644) belong to the Athenian Imperial Group III, a series that can be very closely dated to the middle of the ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... Mid 3rd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] O 20:6: Disturbed Pyre in Room 5, House D

Disturbed pyre dispersed in fill of Room 5, House D. Pyre pots in very fragmentary condition were noticed by Barbara Tsakirgis in later analysis of pottery that had been excavated in 1938; no mention of ... 14 June 1938 ... related to the 4th c. B.C ... do not match and there are

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4: Satyr Cistern

Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... second half of 3rd c. Latest ... 3rd c. Fragments of two ... bottom not excavated. Chamber

[Agora Deposit] E 5:4: Channel F, water deposit

Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] G 14:3: Cistern: Northern chamber

Not completely excavated due to instability of chamber walls and water. Sherds of all periods - Greek, Roman and Byzantine - were found in it [nbp. 424]. Re-examined in 2010. Photos and notes on NB pages ... 10th c. A.D ... 10th c. A.D.