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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. |
| 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 |
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 ... Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff ... cistern ... lies 3.55m. below ... 2324-S 2330,
P 34894, P |
| 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 ... (bottom)-22.25m.
.2= Fill II = 22.25-21.30m.
.3= Fills III, IV, V = 21.30-1.50m.
.4= Fill VI = 1.50m to ... Containers 3-1 (ca. 21.00-20.20m ... HSR.
Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to |
Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 158 ... Agora XIII, pp. 177-178, 274, pls. 37, 81 (Tomb IV). |
Dromos of a Mycenaean Tomb at N end of Stoa Terrace (Burial 3). No remains. Perhaps to be associated with dromos of a Mycenaean chamber tomb (?) observed in this area (XIV, p. 2707).
Tomb found when workmen ... Myc. III A ... See footnote 1 in Agora XIII, p. 218, under Tomb XXII: "although there is no ... area (XIV, p. 2707).
Tomb ... Terrace (Burial 3). No remains. |
Mycenaean Grave W. of Circular Building. Measuring 1.40m by 0.55m and it was covered with a few rough stone covering slabs, under which lay the skeleton of an adult with the head to the north and the knees ... Myc. III A2-B ... Myc. III A2-B |
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 ... Subdivisions:
.1=Fill I
.2=Fill II
.3=Fill III
.4=Fill IV
.5=Fill V
.6=Fill VI ... recorded in a subdivision):
P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS ... time (p. 1874). Despite the |
Near paved building. No water. Diameter ca 0.80-0.85m ... 16-17 June 1937 ... Agora XIII, p. 275. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Burials ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Myc. III A:1-2 |
Well 10: Neolithic.
Diameter, ca. 0.80-0.90m. No water ... Neolithic ... Well 10: Neolithic.
Diameter, ca. 0.80-0.90m. No water. |
| Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Grave to W. of "Court Room" below Stoa Terrace with "Ballot Box" (Grave XXIX).
Unusual type, conforming neither to our pit nor to our cist graves, and consisted of two parts. The outer part was ... Mycenaean III A-B ... Agora XIII, pp. 231-232, 274, pls. 55, 77, 89 (Grave XXIX) ... Agora XXVII, p. 228. |
Well P: Late Neolithic. Diameter ca. 0.90m. Near Paved Building.
No water ... Late Neolithic ... Well P: Late Neolithic. Diameter ca. 0.90m. Near Paved Building.
No water. |
Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean burial (no offerings) in NW corner of Stoa Terrace (original north end).
" It consisted merely of an adult skeleton lying in an extended position with head to east and the left leg slightly flexed ... Mycenaean or Protogeometric ... Agora XIII, p. 232, pls. 55, 87 (Grave XXX). |
Mycenaean Grave inside NW corner of N extension of Stoa.
It was set deeply down, ca. 1.50m below the surface. Excavation revealed a single skeleton, extended, with head to east, and legs bent up at the ... Myc. III B ... Myc. III B |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Although badly disturbed at various times in antiquity, it was clearly a chamber tomb with the chamber little more than a cubby-hole at the end of a steep dromos, entered at the ... Myc. III A-B ... Myc. III A-B |
| Mycenaean Burial.
The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27 a-b ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103-105, tables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 |
Mycenaean Pit (Bothros?) opposite Pier 17.
Diameter at top 1.30m Estimated Grid ... Mycenaean IIIA:2-B ... Mycenaean Pit (Bothros?) opposite Pier 17.
Diameter at top 1.30m |
Mycenaean Grave below Stoa stylobate opposite pier 21, about 0.75m below the bottom of the Stoa conglomerate foundations. Although only the south side and the west end could be certainly fixed, the dimensions ... Myc. III A-early IIIB ... Myc. III A-early IIIB |
Child's Chamber Tomb opposite piers 16-17.
Miniature chamber tomb complete with a dromos and a door closed with stones, but with a chamber measuring only 0.50m by 0.70m and just large enough to contain ... Myc. III B ... measuring only 0.50m by 0.70m and ... offerings. Lying about 15m se of |
Well Q: Middle Helladic, West of Klepsydra. Water level -2.00m ... Middle Helladic ... Agora XIII, p. 275 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2. |
Depth: original at least 3.70m, depth preserved ca. 2.00m.
Diameter: top ca. 0.80x1.15, bottom ca. 0.75m.
Water level ca. -1.50m ... 8-9 March 1939 ... 3.70m, depth preserved ca. 2.00m.
Diameter: top ca. 0.80x1.15, bottom ca. 0.75m.
Water |
Well M: Middle Helladic. West of Klepsydra.
Diameter, top c. 1x0.80m; bottom ca. 0.75m. No water ... Middle Helladic ... Well M in ΟΑ |
A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) ... the bedrock some 10m NE of ... potsherds and the oinochoe P ... Helladic III shape. |
| Mycenaean Grave at SE corner of Pier 12 (Burial 9).
There are no traces of dromos, which must have been located at the north and have been cut away by the trench four the south stylobate of the Square ... Myc. III A:1 ... 1.60m east-west by a preserved length of 1.40m ... preserved to a height of 0.065m |
Well S: Late Neolithic, West of Klepsydra. Water level ca. -2.80 ... Late Neolithic ... -4.75m. |
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: 1st-2nd c. A.D.
Layer III ... layer V), #3 (road, layer VI) |
Well X: Late Neolithic. Southwest of Klepsydra.
Diameter, top ca. 0.90m (max), bottom less than 0.70m. No water ... 13-15 June 1937 ...
Diameter, top ca. 0.90m (max), bottom less than 0.70m. No |
Well 8: Archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis.
Depth from surface of rock, -16.10m.
Diameter top ca. 0.90; bottom ca 0.80m. Water level, ca. -9m ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C ... -16.10m.
Diameter top ca. 0.90; bottom ca 0.80m. Water level, ca. -9m. |
Well in Stoa Shop 2. Diameter at top 1.20m. P 2527, P 25280 and P 25281 found at the bottom indicated a short period of use. The dumped filling above consisted in large part of clay of different colors, ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Agora XXVII, p. 232 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 25 (1956), p. 61, pl. 19 c-g. |
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 ... -5.9m. |
| 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 ... Myc. III A:1 |
Well T: Middle Helladic. Close to Paved Building. Diameter ca. 0.75-0.80m.
No apparent water, but a thin layer of sand at the bottom ... Middle Helladic ... -2.3m. |
Geometric Well at ca. 21/Κ beneath the west colonnade of the Square Peristyle, west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos ... Late 8th century B.C ... P 7:3 ... P 7:3 |
| Mycenaean Grave to W of Pier 12 (Burial 11).
The northern part of the tomb had been cut away by the foundation trench for the south stylobate of the Square Building that preceded the Stoa, and the dromos, ... Myc. IIB-IIIA:1 ... dimension of 1.60m and a ... of 1.20m, the walls ... 0.90m. A single skeleton lay |
| 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 ... (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long by 1.10m wide tapering |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... 0.20m of the chamber was ... square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), entered by a sloping |
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 ...
.3=Layer III, bottom ... 10m. north of the north ...
Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x 2.73m) probably originally |
Mycenaean Chamber Tomb W. of Circular Building (at Σ:30/ΛΕ?)
It had been badly disturbed by a fourth-century B.C. pit which cut into the northeast part of the chamber (rectangular, ca. 1.80m by 1.30m) ... Myc. III A 2 ... Agora XXVII, p. 227 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103-108, figs. tables, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 (AA ... Agora XIII, pp. 209-211, 274, pls. 48-49, 65, 67, 86 (Tomb XVIII). |
| Plundered Chamber Tomb. (Tomb XII). A few meters SE of the great white marble altar. The chamber is an irregular rectangle, oriented roughly N-S, with dromos leading in at a very gentle slope from the ... LH III A ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 41 ... Agora XIII, pp. 196-199, 274, pls. 43, 75, 85 (Tomb XII). |
| 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, ... of about 0.06m below the |
| Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5
Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III.
Diameter 1m ... Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.
Similar the well |
| Well in Stoa Shop 3. Diameter at top 1.20m. The mouth o the well was overlaid by a large conglomerate block placed by the Stoa builders to seal it. Masses of pottery including many water-jars filled the ... Ca 520-480 B.C ... R/2,3-12/14,15 ... -13.25m. |
Well in Stoa Shop 6 (5th century).
No evidence for period of use. Considerable dumped filling of fragmentary black and plain vases; no figured fragments are preserved, but the small amount of impressed ... 450-425 B.C ... R 11:3 ... R 11:3 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. Bones discarded.
Notebook says: child bones (no skull), no offerings.
Circular cutting in bedrock, about 3m south of D 6:3. Neg. KK 234 ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 34, p. 288, fig. 2.191. |
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.) |
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 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are ... Tiled well, ca. 30m ... Coins:
13 March 1933 #1 at well head (#2-#3)
21 March 1933 #1 (dump) (not a |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Infant grave near Phaidon street cistern. No offerings.
Roughly rectangular, almost elliptical cutting in bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, oriented south-southwest to north-northeast ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain) ... bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, |
| David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1 ... 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m ... appears to be LH III A:1 with |
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 ... G 11:3 ... G 11:3 |
Well by Stoa Pier 8.
Mouth of well discovered in 1950 (p. 2287).
Dumped filling in the 4th c. B.C. but the bulk of the material of the 5th c. B.C. Fill contained much wood, bones, Mycenaean, Geometric, ... 5th c. B.C ... Agora XIII, p. 275 ... Agora XXI, p. 100 ... Agora XXIII, p. 335. |
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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 173 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70. |
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.) ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
| 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 ...
III.(85.57-85.30m) more stony rubble ... wood
XIII.(75.71-74.84m ... ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave III: SM).
The close proximity and similarity of this tomb and tomb M 16-17:1 strongly suggests that they were intentionally laid out in relation to one another and were contemporary ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... Grave III: SM).
The close ... tomb and tomb M 16-17:1 ... preserved depth of 0.30m |
Well 6: archaic. Diameter 1.20m
Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis, below the Klepsydra.
There are three fills, all thrown into the unfinished well at the same time (end of 6th- beginning of ... Last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... Well 6: archaic. Diameter 1.20m
Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis, |
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 ... Diameter ca. 1.25m. Water level ca. -3.50m. The ... T 1653 and P 12680 suggest that the well-diggers may have cut through a |
Well 15: Mycenaean. It was situated about 35 meters down the slope northwest of the exit of the Mycenaean Fountain.
Well circular or roughly oval in section.
Diameter max. width to -4.0: ca. 1.50, below ... Late Mycenaean ... -6.2m. |
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 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXI, p. 98. |
| 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 ... iii) POU fill, 0.60m deep, thirty-three items catalogued (ΜΣ 1434-1466). Heavy ... i) Initial fill, 0.27m deep, nothing catalogued ... ii) Principal post-use fill, 6.58m deep, twelve items catalogued (ΜΣ |
Note of 20-III-52 (deposit nb): Have looked up notebook pp. 1101 ff. The fill of this well was certainly Roman, also some part of the fill behind the tiles - but is that only a part tunneled as a passage ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... Nb. p. 1110: Apparently all the pottery from the well lost its tickets during ... Note of 20-III-52 (deposit nb): Have looked up ... abandoned [at 13.00m.] without |
Thra (ΘΡΑ) Well (East of Stoa Room 2). Heavy dumped filling, including figured, black and plain wares, and also a quantity of animal bones, mostly skulls of oxen. On many of these the horns had been sawn ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Agora XXVII, p. 232 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376. |
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 ... Layer III: fine red earth. It was put in to fill the cistern immediately |
| 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 ... undisturbed fill between Pithos III ... 755= P 31817, which appears |
| 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 ... slightly to about 2.40m. Its ... 1.50m. The floor of the dromos ... doorway is about 2.90m but |
| 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 ... nb. p. 321.]
JP ... deposit.
PG grave about 25m. SW ... of 0.30m below the level |
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