references:"Agora:Report:2015 Excavations"

Well
Pyre
S. Rotroff, Industrial Religion, Hesperia Supplement 14, 2013, pp. 11, 102-119
S. Rotroff, Industrial Religion, Hesperia Supplement 14, 2013, p. 102
M. Moore, Agora 30, Attic Red-Figured and White-Ground Pottery, 1997, nos. 1353, 1396, and 1397
M. Moore, Agora 30, Attic Red-Figured and White-Ground Pottery, 1997, no. 1353
Burial
S. Immerwahr, The Athenian Agora, Volume 13: The Neolithic and Bronze Ages, pp. 103-104, Plates 87-89

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Two squat aryballoi (bottom one intact) discovered in Mycenaean Tomb J 1:13. At top P 37564, at bottom P 37563.

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Two courses of well-worked squared limestone blocks, foundations for the third interior Ionic column, from the west, of the Painted Stoa, still in situ.

J 1:13

Tomb

LHIIB-LHIIIA:1

P 37545

Stemless cup

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S. Immerwahr, The Athenian Agora, Volume 13: The Neolithic and Bronze Ages, pp. 103-104, Plates 87-89
Section ΟΟ
L. Talcott and B. Sparkes, Agora 12, Black and Plain Pottery
S. Rotroff, Agora 29.1. Hellenistic Pottery
L. Talcott and B. Sparkes, Agora 12, Black and Plain Pottery, nos. 1046-1060
S. Rotroff, Agora 29.1. Hellenistic Pottery, nos. 631-650
L. Talcott and B. Sparkes, Agora 12, Black and Plain Pottery, nos. 825-842
S. Rotroff, Agora 29.1. Hellenistic Pottery, nos. 965-992
L. Talcott and B. Sparkes, Agora 12, Black and Plain Pottery, nos. 1061-1076
S. Rotroff, Agora 29.1. Hellenistic Pottery, nos. 1061-1076

J 2:30

Ritual Pyre

375-350 B.C.

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Pyre J 2:30 with small-scale cooking pots (chytra and lopadion), saucers and dishes, a lamp, and drinking cups. Fourth row: P 37547, P 37545, L 6174, P 37543. Third row: P 37546, P 37553, P 37550, P 37540, P 37552. Second row: P 37548, P 37556, P 37542, P 37539. First row: P 37544, P 37554, P 37557, P 37541, P 37549.

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Pyre J 2:30 in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building.

J 1:15

Probable Well

Third quarter of 5th c. B.C.

ΟΟ-17

Pottery

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Plan of Section ΟΟ. Excavations were carried out in the section, last explored in the late 1940s.

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Plan of Section ΒΘ East and West illustrating Byzantine walls and the Painted Stoa beneath.

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plan 1
fig. 1

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Mycenaean Tomb J 1:13 discovered beneath the floor of Room 5 of the Classical Commercial Building.

J 1:11

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

LHIIIA

2015.19.0159

Matt Baumann (left) and James Herbst (right), pilot and co-pilot of the drone used for aerial documentation of the excavations.

ΟΟ-17-88 (pp. 3366-3367)

House E; West of Room 4; West of Conglomerate Wall
Poros Drain Channel; Fill Under Terracotta Pipe
House E; Room 4; Fill East of Basin; Wall Y
House E; East of Room 3 (cistern tank); Loose Fill
House E; East of Pebble Floor; Pit; Cleaning
Pit

Classical
Late Roman-Byzantine
End of 4th B.C.

ΟΟ-17-85 (pp. 3360-3361)

House E; Room 2; Pebble Floor Bedding
House E; Room 2; Fill Over Cistern
House E; East of Room 2; Pit in Baulk
House E; East of Room 2; Grey Fill
House E; East of Room 2; Fill Over Pit
House E; East of Room 2; Fill Over Wall

3rd quarter 4th B.C.
Late Classical-Early Hellenistic
Late Classical
Hellenistic

ΟΟ-17-86 (pp. 3362-3363)

House E; East of Room 2; South of Wall
Pit
House E; East of Room 2; Pit; Layer I
House E; East of Room 2; Pit; Layer II (Ashy Fill)
House E; East of Room 2; Pit; Layer IIIA

3rd B.C.
3rd quarter 4th B.C.
End 4th B.C.
325-300 B.C.

ΟΟ-17-87 (pp. 3364-3365)

House E; East of Room 2; Pit; Layer IIIB (North Scarp)
Pit
House E; East of Room 3 (cistern tank); Loose Fill
House E; East of Room 3 (cistern tank); Fill in Cutting
House E; Room 4; Fill North of Basin
House E; Room 4; Fill Northeast of Basin
House E; West of Room 4; Fill Over Western Walls

325-300 B.C.
Late Roman-Byzantine
Hellenistic-Late Roman
3rd-2nd B.C.
225 B.C.
End 4th B.C.

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fig. 9
Burial
fig. 10

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fig. 6
Pyre
fig. 7
fig. 8

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fig. 5
Burial
Well
Plan 3

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fig. 4
Plan 2
Pyre
Burial

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fig. 2
fig. 3

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Explorations in ΒΘ East.

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Drawing showing locations of Pithos 3 of Section ΒΘ West, Pyre J 2:30 of Section ΒΖ and Tomb J 1:11 and Tomb J 1:13 of section ΒΖ.

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Daniele Pirisino supervising the removal of the marble slab covering the opening of Pithos 3 of Section ΒΘ West.

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Cross-section of Tomb J 1:11 and Well J 1:12 of Section ΒΖ.

P 37563

Alabastron

P 37564

Alabastron

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Agora Excavations; Season Summary
Stoa Poikile; Section ΒΘ
Classical Commercial Building; Section ΒΖ
Well
E. Brann, Agora 8, Late Geometric and Protoattic Pottery, nos. 147, 148

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Aerial photograph (photo mosaic) of Section ΒΘ East and West showing Byzantine walls with Painted Stoa.

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A red-figured stemless cup from Pyre J 2:30 with looping handles.

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A collection of a half-dozen or so black-glazed rolled-rim plates of the 4th century B.C. , discovered at the extreme south near the road in Section ΟΟ.

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