[Agora Deposit] F-G 10-11: Bouleuterion Plateia Fills

Accumulated fillings in the Bouleutrion Plateia beginning in late 5th c. B.C. and continuing into the 3rd c. A.D., reaching a depth of 0.20-0.30m. (Hesp. 6 (1937), p. 168. Subdivisions: .1=Layer I .2=Layer ... 5th c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 168 ... Agora IV, p. 239.

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:3: Double Pit Grave

Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B). Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. We have dug to a maximum of about 0.06m below the top of Layer II ... Myc. IIIA/B ... of bones of a M. about 40 ... children. Cf. Agora XIII, p. 195, ... in Layer II. We laid a

[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, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... 2324-S 2330, P 34894, P ... (no subdivision): P 10775, P 34895. Containers ... Nb.p. 2331: We shall

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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 ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora X, p. 136 ... Agora XXIX, p. 433.

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[Agora Deposit] F 13:5: Hellenistic (?) Amphora Deposit

Laura Gawlinski ... Ovoid pit cut into bedrock or sterile fill just north of preserved floor surfaces in the so-called Strategeion. Length (west-east) 2.6m; widens at 1.25m from the east scarp so that at west pit is 0.75m ... 4th B.C ... 57.59-56.78m.

[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 ... recorded in a subdivision): P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS ... time (p. 1874). Despite the ... Subdivisions: .1=Fill I .2=Fill II .3=Fill III .4=Fill IV .5=Fill V .6=Fill VI

[Agora Deposit] P 8:5: Well

Well at 19/ΚΔ, beneath the west colonnade of the Square Market Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Diameter ca. 1.25m. Water level ca. -3.50m. The construction of the well was rather careless, ... Ca. 580-560 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 212 ... Agora IV, p. 244.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:7: Pyre in Room 1 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C ... 51.558-51.442m.

[Agora Deposit] M-N 15:1: South Stoa II: Building Fill

South Stoa II Construction Fill. About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 74, n. 19 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Rotroff (1987a), p. 188.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:2: Sacrificial Pyre II

Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II. Found right beneath the stuccoed channel built for sluicing in the 1st c. A.D., and must have been partly disturbed when the channel was constructed. It may ... Ca. 250 B.C ... Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II. Found right beneath the stuccoed

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[Agora Deposit] G 13:13: Pit

Laura Gawlinski ... Circular pit uncovered in Early Building II, south of Room E latrine, adjacent to the preserved latrine floor surface. Continues beneath the latrine surface and the western scarp (unexcavated). Fill relatively ... Late 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 137.

[Agora Deposit] F 19:5: Unfinished Well Shaft

A well on the NW slope of the Areopagus; unfinished well-shaft dug to a depth of only 3.05m., and refilled with broken pottery and other debris. The shaft clearly was begun with the intention of digging ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... to 1.75m.; and Fill II, 1.75-3.05m.) appear to be ... depth of only 3.05m., and ... -1.75m (Fill I), black glaze

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:1: Well

Just east of Building II near its south end. The tiles were in place. Upper filling (to 3.00m.) of Hellenistic-Byzantine dump all discarded. POU fill a gradual accumulation of typical Justinianian ware ... 6th c. A.D. POU-7th c. A.D ... Just east of Building II near its south end. The ... filling (to 3.00m.) of

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:9: Burial within Well

David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!" ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to ... "No grave goods!" ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:8: Protogeometric/Early Geometric Well

David Scahill ... Protogeometric/Early Geometric well under floors in Room 1, Classical Building II, on north side of south ashlar wall. See J 3:9 for the burial within this well. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, ... 27 June 2001 17 July 2002 ... 51.243-49.259m.

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[Agora Deposit] R 11:5: Pyre in Stoa Shop VI

Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... II, into which it had been ... as late as layer II, and ... Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under

[Agora Deposit] H 10:6: Well in Metroon Porch to East of Room II

Found while excavating Stoa Pit E in 1933. See also I 849 (Ε 329) found in the North Well in Stoa Pit E (Deposit H 9:1). Fragment Ε 496 of this inscription, listed with the finds of H 10:6, is likely from ... 8-10 May 1933 17 May 1935 18-26 May 1937 ... -6.85m.

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[Agora Deposit] J-K 2:2: Chamber Tomb Below Floor of Room 2 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1 ... Building II; bordered on east ... diameter ca. 2m. roughly square.

[Agora Deposit] K 2:6: Early Classical Pit

East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. Some evidence of burning on pottery ... Ca. 460 B.C ... East of Classical Building II backwall, above ... large askos (P 33570).

[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 ... the north end of Trench II, South of Theseion, 1.30m ... 0.20-0.30m thickness, closely

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:8: Chamber Tomb to Northwest of Pier 19, Burial 7

Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Tomb to NW of Pier 19 (Burial 7). The chamber was roughly square in shape (2.70m wide by 2.10m deep), oriented northeast to southwest across in transverse axis. The entrance was at the northwest ... Myc. II-IIIA:1 ... shape (2.70m wide by 2.10m ... of the doorway (0.80m ... height of about 0.60m above

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:16: Pyre against North Face of Polygonal Wall, Room 2

Pyre against north face of polygonal wall, Room 2, Classical Building II. No floor preserved above, but the pyre is below floor level 51.820masl, preserved just to the east and above patchy floor with ... Ca. 275-260 B.C ... 51.8m.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 2-3:2: Fill

N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas. Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road running out ... Prehistoric to Roman ... N-S Cut on 50m. line ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. Layer II ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D. Layer II: 1st

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:11: Disturbed Adult Inhumation Pit Tomb

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 10 in notebook. No remains. Probably grave of a woman. Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction ... Middle Geometric II ... Coldstream (1968), p. 21 ... Agora VIII, p. 127.

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[Agora Deposit] P 9:4: Chamber Tomb Opposite ΣΑ Pier 15

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb opposite ΣΑ pier 15. It was discovered about 20m to the west of Pier 15 of the Stoa of Attalos and almost in a line and a few meters south of Tomb XX. although the entire upper part ... Myc. II-IIIA/B ... P 9:4 ... P 9:4

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:1: Well

Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D ... M 17:1 ... M 17:1

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:19: Tomb

David Scahill ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. Chamber cut through bedrock. The northeast corner of chamber defined ... LHIII A:1 ... 51.953-51.427m.

[Agora Deposit] D 14:1: Well E

Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits. Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604. Dumped filling of Turkish times. Coins: 17 May 1937 ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D ... 2=Layer II

[Agora Deposit] O 20:3: Well at 67/ΛΓ

Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2. Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin 28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C ... II. -11.00m to -14.30m. Drinking cups advanced over those in level I, but absence ... I. -14.30m to -15.30m. No independently datable material, but none of the pottery ... III. -7.25m to -11.00m.

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[Agora Deposit] M 16-17:1: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave II: SM). Unlined trench, roughly the size of the deceased, cut into bedrock to a depth of just over 1.50m. Oriented north-south, the tomb pit measured 1.69m in length (length ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... Hesperia XIV, 1945, p. 301, no. 54 (AA 9).

[Agora Deposit] E 6:3: Furnace Waste Pit "Cistern"

Within the precinct of the Hephaisteion, about 10m. north of the north stylobate of the temple. Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x 2.73m) probably originally intended as a cistern; used for dumping ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.-Byzantine ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 178, no. 3 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 388.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:3: Pyre I

Sacrificial Pyre I, Classical Building II. The pyre was set through the original floor level of the northern room of the Classical Building and apparently is the remainder of a ritual conducted when the ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Sacrificial Pyre I, Classical Building II. The pyre was set through the ... 755= P 31817, which appears

[Agora Deposit] F 5:1: Cistern

Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned. Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... after Layer II, and having ... Layer II: dug bedrock with no objects. May reflect the cutting of wall

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[Agora Deposit] I 13:4: Geometric Well in Middle Stoa

Located in Middle Stoa, west, south aisle, beneath pressure pipe (cf. A 4900). The siting of the well is remarkable in its proximity to Well I 13:3, also Geometric in date, which was found in 1968 only ... Second half of 8th c B.C ... -9.25m.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:3: Well

Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary". Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) ... "arbitrary". Agora V, p. 126: ... cistern is at -2.90m. When the ... found at a depth of -13.50m

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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 ... (Hesp. 66 (1997), p. 528) ... of Period II. The well was

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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 ... II.(85.93-85.58m) dark brown rubble ... ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with ... 0.2m wide. Walls cut

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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 ... tomb. The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m

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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 ... Charitodines (1973), p. 34 (lekythoi) ... Lullies (1952), p. 17, under inv. 6084 (1316) (lekythoi) ... p. 350).

[Agora Deposit] F 19:1: Stratified well

Roman Group L. Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90). Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90). Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... -15.95m.