[Agora Deposit] R 14:2: Sculptor's Workshop

Sculptor's Workshop at 37-40/Β-ΣΤ Coins 20 April 1933 #1-#20 21 April 1933 #37-#41 24 April 1933 #97-#100 1 May 1933 #5-#8 4 May 1933 #2 12 May 1933 #8-#9 15 May 1933 #8 S 343, S 407-S 413, S 390: Fragments ... Ca. 267 A.D ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 269.

[Agora Deposit] H 18:1: Well

Well on the north slope of the Areopagus; depth at 9.65m; scanty dumped fillings. From about 3.20m to the bottom, little but tile fragments appeared; in the fillings above, the lower is characterized by ... Ca. 350-290 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 148.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:8: Pit in House N Room 4

House N, Room 4, Pit through layers 5-6. Debris filling, mixed context. Estimated Grid ... Late 4th. c. B.C. into early 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 342, under no. 140.

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[Agora Deposit] E 18:1: Grave 5

Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at bottom). Fill shot through with cinders and wood ash. Skeleton of a male about 50 years old. Brann. PD 1065a ... 750-700 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 277, noted ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 411-412, figs. 6-7, pls. 88, 91.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:4: Mycenaean Pit Grave West of House N

Mycenaean grave to west of House N, room 5, with the burial of two young children. Rough rectangular cutting in soft stereo (0.95x0.64x0.28), lying under the western wall of a Geometric house, contained ... Myc. III C:1 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 215 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 598, n. 12.

[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 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 342, no. 139.

[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 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 345, under no. 165.

[Agora Deposit] O 22:1: Cistern at 31/ΚΑ

Unfinished cistern at 31/ΚΑ ... Ca. 360-325 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 342, no. 141.

[Agora Deposit] M 18:8: Well

Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 344, no. 156 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30.

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:2: Well in Industrial Area of Areopagus

A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c ... Hesp. 18 (1949), p. 125, no.

[Agora Deposit] P 8:2: Trench

Narrow trench in bedrock; one section found to NE of Circular Building west of the Stoa of Attalos, another (Q 8:1) beneath the terrace of the Stoa of Attalos opposite Pier 19. A single filling in both ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. and shortly after ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 146.

[Agora Deposit] B 15:1: Well on Lower South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. Coins: ... 425-400 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), 298-351.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:3: Cistern

A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous ... 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 149.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:2: Urn cremation

Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male? [JP] Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 275-297, figs. 2-12, pls. 66-72.

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6: Fillings

Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels. Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), no. 157 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 12-20, figs. 3 and 7.

[Agora Deposit] G 18:1: Well

Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... G 18:1 ... G 18:1

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:1: Strosis

Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins: 9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room ... #36-#40 5 April 1948 #18 7 April 1948 #1 4 May 1949 #1-#3 5 May 1949 #1 30 March

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2: Well

Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C. 100-70 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 145 ... Hesperia 84 (2015), p. 476 ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 208.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:5: Unfinished Well, Well G

Found in 13/06/1935. Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 345, no. 163 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 31 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375.

[Agora Deposit] D 16:7: Well

Tiled well cleared only to a depth of 6.60m. where fallen tiles and broken bedrock made further work impossible. So far as dug, a dumped filling as late as the 6th c. A.D. Coins: 16 May 1949 #2 18 May ... As late as 6th c. A.D ... Coins: 16 May 1949 #2 18 May 1949 #1 23 May 1949 #1 (dump)

[Agora Deposit] K 6:2: Filling West of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods

4th century sandy fill west of Peribolos of the Twelve Gods, with animal bones, metal waste and much pottery. Estimated Grid ... 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 8 (1949), p. 99.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:26: Pyre

Mike Laughy ... This pyre was found within an otherwise mostly sterile fill directly under a white floor surface in the southern section of Area IV. It was located ca. 0.50m. east of a similar deposit, Pyre J 2:25. The ... 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 18, pp. 119, 121, figs. 22, 45-47.

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6.2: b) Post-Persian Pre-Stoa

Filling accumulated between the time of the Persian sack and the building of the Stoa. Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 14-18 and H 6:5 ... Stoa. Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 14-18 and H 6:5.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:6: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LVII)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LVII in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 10 March 1939 #2 Neg. KK 389 ... 9-11 March 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 18).

[Agora Deposit] C 18:11: Early Drain Channel Pit

Ostrakon deposit, sand fill in a shallow channel in bedrock at the bottom of the Great Drain in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of Nymphs. This group of ostraka may well come from a single ... Ca. 490-480 B.C ... C 18:11 ... C 18:11

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:1: Pit Tomb, Adolescent Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Rectangular pit, oriented east-west, cut party into filling of Early Protogeometric pit-well (I 18:4), to a preserved depth of about 0.30m. A late Byzantine wall founded below the floor of the grave destroyed ... Middle Geometric I ... Protogeometric pit-well (I 18:4), to a ... inhumation in situ in Tomb 18 was

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:10: Urn-Burial of a Small Child

Urn Burial in Tholos Cemetery. Grave 9 in notebook. Amphora containing bones of a small child. Little pots had been put under its neck ... Late 8th-Early 7th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 28-31, figs. 1, 16-18 (Grave VI).

[Agora Deposit] B 21:22: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit VI

Sacrificial Pit VI in notebook = RSY Grave 18 See also B 21:23 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 100, pl. 45 c (Grave 18).

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:4: Pyre

Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ. Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w). The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 1, pp. 98-100, figs. 6, 7, 15-18.

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:2: Damaged urn cremation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVI: PG). Bones discarded. Only the lower portion of the urn-hole was preserved in bedrock, roughly oval in outline, with a maximum preserved width at the top of 0.70m narrowing ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 325 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 7, pp. 62-65, fig. 2.18, 2.19, pl. V.

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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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 50, pp. 163, 164, fig. 98.

[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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 15, 17, 18, 71, 153, nn. 32, 7 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10, p. 152.

[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 Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 77 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 207-208.

[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 ... times. (Hesperia. 3 (1934), p.

[Agora Deposit] D 18:4: Casting pit on line of Poros Building S. wall.

The deposit notebook lists S 1439 here, but the following information on that card indicates that D 18:4 could be considered with D 18:3 and not as a separate deposit. "Excavation of pit, which partly ... card indicates that D 18 ... 18:3 and not as a separate ... Further, Hesperia 46 (1977), p.

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:8: Well of Roman Bath.

Fill in stone-curbed well P 35772 possibly belongs to this deposit, Lot 899 ... 3rd. c. A.D ... B 18:8 ... B 18:8

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:6: Urn Cremation/The Rich Athenian Lady

Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97. Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... Hesperia 73 (2004), pp. 7-38, figs. 2-13 ... Hesperia 37 (1968), pp. 58-59, fig. 8 ... Hesperia 37 (1968), pp. 77-116, pls. 18-33.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:3: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 468-470, fig. 18.

[Agora Deposit] C 18:1: Well

POU 3.50-10.30m. dumped filling of 5th or 6th century. Coins: 10 May 1949 #1 16 May 1949 #1 17 May 1949 #1-#2 19 May 1949 #1-#2 20 May 1949 #1-#12 21 May 1949 #1-#4 from dump 23 May 1949 #1-#3 from dump ... 3rd-5th c. A.D ... Coins: 10 May 1949 #1 16 May 1949 #1 17 May 1949 #1-#2 19 May 1949 #1-#2 20

[Agora Deposit] D 17:18: Drainin Corridor of Poros Building

Drain in corridor of Poros Building. Deposit is from the period of use of the drain. Cf. also containers 140 and 602 ... Late 5th-early 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 174-175.

[Agora Deposit] D 18:3: Bronze Casting Pit near Southeast Corner of Poros Building

Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 375-376.

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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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 50, pp. 163, 164, fig. 98.

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[Agora Deposit] I 9:2: Burial in Metroon Drain Cut

Side-chamber at the bottom of a circular shaft. AA 27; ST 103 from shaft above burial. PD 427 ... Neolithic ... Hesperia 87 (2018) p. 225 ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), pp. 54-62, pl. 9 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 291, no. 2 (AA 27).

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:23: Disturbed grave/inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... RSY/JP Disturbed Geometric burial over "Sacrificial Pit VI" (Grave B 21:22). Grave IX in notebook. Bones discarded? Pottery found in the upper filling of a sixth century cremation pit, which had perhaps ... Middle Geometric II/Transitional to Late Geometric ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 83-85, 100 (cf. Grave 18) and pl. 36 B-I and p. 103

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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 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII) ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 330 (mentioned) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 13, pp. 104-118, 531-533, figs. 2.55-2.64, 3.18-3.20, pl. V.

[Agora Deposit] B 18:6: Well in House T, Room 2W

A well in House T, Room 2W (Publ. House D), industrial area west of the Areopagus. Lower filling of dug bedrock including a small amount of pottery of the Geometric period. Gravelly filling in collapsed ... 3rd. quarter of 8th. c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 20 (1951) pp. 144-145, 218.

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:1: Well on Lower Slope of Hill of the Nymphs

A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... Hesp. 18 (1949), p. 125, no.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:1: Well

Displaced curbing stone had fallen into top of shaft; fill with and around it is presumably second half of 2nd c. A.D. Below tumbled filling at top, shaft was empty to 10.80m. Tiles were missing to ca ... Late 1st-early 2nd c ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 283, no. 11 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 277.

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[Agora Deposit] C 18:13: Pit

Pit with traces of burning ... Probably 3rd qtr. 5th c. B.C ... C 18:13 ... C 18:13

[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 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 ... Coins: 12 June 1937 #1-#3 18 June 1937 #1-#5 21 ... 20 June 1949 #1-#2

[Agora Deposit] D 17:5: Cistern

Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it. Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C ... Coins: 8 April 1949 #17-#20 9 April 1949 #1-#6

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[Agora Deposit] D 17:6: Filling

Hole at 57/ΛΣΤ = Pottery Dump at 57/ΛΣΤ. May well have accumulated on the spot where it was found, its fragmentary state being attributable to the later rubble wall laid over it. Cf. also P 19982 (ΟΟ ... Ca. 400-375 B.C ... Coins: 15 June 1949 #1-#2 Consistent collection of black glazed and

[Agora Deposit] D 17:15: Rectangular shaft

Rectangular shaft neighboring the well D 17:12. Dug only to a depth of 4.40m. and provided with two galleries or channels extending from it. Apparently never intended as a well. Refilled with the dug bedrock ... 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:12: Well

Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 182.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18-19:1: Ostrakon Area

Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C ... A 18-19:1 ... A 18-19:1

[Agora Deposit] C 17:3: Well

A tiled well with POU from 9.30-10.80m. and dumped fill above 9.30m. The dumped fill differs from lower fill only in the less frequent appearance of fragments of micaceous water jars and the occurrence ... 3rd c. A.D. with destruction at 267 A.D ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 134, n. 2.

[Agora Deposit] B 18:9: Geometric Well

Well P: EG ... Middle Geometric ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 144, (noted).

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:18: Mudbrick Foundry

Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 359-363.

[Agora Deposit] C 18:6: Well

Well M: EG, under the south court of the Poros Building. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 144 (noted) ... Middle Geometric ... C 18:6 ... C 18:6

[Agora Deposit] B 18:13: Cistern in Room 12

Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N. Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins: 24 ... 4th. c. B.C ... B 18:13 ... B 18:13

[Agora Deposit] C-D 17-18: Poros Building Fill

Filling associated with construction of Poros Building. A small amount of fragmentary pottery found in the clay filling of the original floor; perhaps deposited as late as ca. 425-400 B.C. Cf. 18:4 and ... Ca. 475-450 B.C. or later ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 179.

[Agora Deposit] Q 18:1: Well at 19/ΝΒ

Well at 19/ΝΒ, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus ... 550-525 B.C ... Q 18:1 ... Q 18:1

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

Well at 32/ΣΤ ... Late 6th c. B.C ... N 18:7 ... N 18:7

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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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 33, p. 143, figs. 67, 71.

[Agora Deposit] Q 8-9:1: Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle

Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle (beneath Stoa). 122 stamped amphora handles. Many parallels with handles from cistern M 21:1. Latest coin dates ca. 200. latest lamp types 33 A and 34 A. Fragment ... 200 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 74, 146 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 54 (1985), p. 23, n. 9.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:18: Grave in Cella of hephaisteion (Grave XLVI)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XLVI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 9 March 1939 #1-#4 ... 8 March 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 38).

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:18: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit I

Sacrificial Pit I in notebook = RSY Grave 20 ... Ca. 510-490 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 101-102, pl. 46 c-d (Grave 20).

[Agora Deposit] R 10:4: Disturbed Grave

Mycenaean Grave, disturbed, in scarp E of Stoa, a little to the south of the group of tombs clustered around Pier 12. No remains (perhaps a child's grave whose bones had completely disintegrated). Small ... Myc. IIIA:2-B ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 326, pl. 100 d.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:18: Archaic House

Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C. Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 477-480 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 34-38; p. 41 (plan).

[Agora Deposit] P 8:4: Pit

Pit at 18/ΚΔ-ΚΕ Coins: 22 April 1936 #67-#73 24 April 1936 #2-#3 ... 22-24 April 1936 ... Pit at 18/ΚΔ-ΚΕ

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[Agora Deposit] J 18:4: Pit B

Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... J 18:4 ... J 18:4

[Agora Deposit] P-R 6-12: Stoa Construction Fill

Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12) Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 77, n. 32 ... Hesperia 71 (2002), pp. 303, 315, 319, n. 39 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989).

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[Agora Deposit] D 17:14: Disturbed Pyre

Disturbed Pyre at 59/ΚΗ (ΚΖ), in the area of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Against east wall of room 5 west. concentration of artifacts, ash, carbon and a few bones in stratum, no pit discerned ... 3rd c. B.C ... Coins: 19 April 1949 #8-#9 Organic material: one small burnt fragment of bone

[Agora Deposit] M 18:10: Well

Well at 66/ΛΖ. Homogeneous fill. 14 stamped amphora handles. Rhodian and Knidian handles find parallels in Middle Stoa building fill. Type 27 D lamp agrees with this date. Fragments of 50 bowls and one ... 225-175 B.C ... M 18:10 ... M 18:10

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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 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 301, 317 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), pp. 95, 107-108, nos. 1-6, p. 108, no. 1.

[Agora Deposit] C 18:2: Well

Stratified well. Coins: 22 July 1947 #1 Subdivisions: .1=top to -5.20m. .2=5.20-7.80m. .3=7.80-10.30m ... Second half 1st-early 3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 134, n. 2.

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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 ... Hesperia 19 (1950), pp. 330-331, pl. 104 a-c.

[Agora Deposit] M 18:3: Late Roman Tomb

Tomb at 53-54/ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ-ΛΗ (Late Roman), on the lower north slope of the Areopagus Nb. says ΛΕ-ΛΗ. Deposit list and deposit DB say: ΛΕ-ΛΣΤ ... 350-400 A.D ... M 18:3 ... M 18:3

[Agora Deposit] P 18:2: Well at 30/ΛΣΤ

Well at 30/ΛΣΤ Coins (none useful) 25 May 1938 #3-#6 26 May 1938 #3-#4 ... Early 3rd cent and of 4th-6th cent. A.D ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 214-215.

[Agora Deposit] A 18:8: Tiled shaft and pit

This shaft in the NE corner of House A, Room III, depth of one tile, is perhaps connected with drain A. Coins: 13 May 1940 #1-#13 14 May 1940 #2-#101 ... Early 3rd. c. B.C ... Hesperia 11 (1942), p. 223.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:10: Well

Well under Poros Building Drain at 62/ΛΣΤ, west of the Areopagus. Digging abandoned at 6.10m due to a collapse of the soft bedrock at the west. Small amount of supplementary filling was added in the upper ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 436-438 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 174.

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[Agora Deposit] M 18:7: Pit

Pit at 74/ΜΑ (1.10x0.58). Debris filling containing a quantity of animal bones; probably a household refuse pit Animal bones (domestic animals); cow, pig, goat, sheep, hen, dog, and several varieties ... Ca. 525-470 B.C. 480-440 B.C ... M 18:7 ... M 18:7

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[Agora Deposit] R 18-19:1: Pyre

Grave (?). Identified as pyre by SIR. Pyre pots dispersed in fill over a pebble floor, with pottery ranging from the 5th c. B.C. to 3rd c. A.D. (lot ΑΑ 168), and lying directly below modern fill. No burning ... 400-350 B.C ... R 18-19:1 ... R 18-19:1

[Agora Deposit] S 18:1: Well at 29/ΛΕ

Well at 29/ΛΕ, to the SE of the market square, west of the Panathenaic Way. Circular shaft, caved in at mouth. Diameter 1.20m. Diameter narrows to 0.50m at bottom of shaft, which is slightly concave. No ... Late 8th century B.C ... S 18:1 ... S 18:1

[Agora Deposit] D 18:2: Pottery dump

House C, Room 4 (Pottery dump of stamnos wall and fill below floor). Coins: 1 July 1947 #13 2 July 1947 #1 Coins from House IV: 14 May 1947 #1-#2 19 May 1947 #6-#7 20 May 1947 #32 ... First half 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 136 (plan), 183, 277 where House C=House P.

[Agora Deposit] B 18:11: Pit

Pit in House T, Room 3 (through layer 6), in the industrial area west of Areopagus. Very likely pit may have been respectable archaic context, but nothing to go on beyond the two catalogued pieces (LT ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... B 18:11 ... B 18:11

[Agora Deposit] G 12:18: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 17 in notebook. No offerings. Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. RSY Lot Β 304 Fill over Grave 17 ... Early 6th century B.C (?) ... G 12:18 ... G 12:18

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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 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 303-304, 350-351, no. 75 (AA 29) pl. LI (read ΠΘ where KK on ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 23-24, figs. 21-22 (PD 429) ... Kerameikos IV, p. 20 and n. 18 (lekythoi).

[Agora Deposit] J 1:18: Late Archaic Pottery Concentration

Brian Martens ... This deep stratum (ca. 030m) is delayed Persian destruction cleanup deposited in the 470s B.C. it contains about one generation's worth of pottery, almost exclusively dating between about 500-470 B.C ... 29 June-19 July 2017 12–15 July 2022 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 625 (noted).

[Agora Deposit] B 20:1: Well

Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings. Subdivisions: .1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine .2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37) .3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz ... 18-37) .3=Fill 4 (baskets

[Agora Deposit] M-Q 17-21

Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower north slope of Areopagus (see summaries) see now O-Q 18-19. See Agora VII, p. 227 and lists in JP's file (JP is Judith Perlzweig) Deposit list under ... O-Q 18-19 ... Deposit list under O-Q 18

[Agora Deposit] T 18:1: Well

Well at 40/Λ, in the "plataia" ca. 600m north of the terrace wall and ca. 10m east of the Valerian wall. Top diameter of 1.00m, bottomm diameter 0.95m The shallowness of the shaft, and the fallen condition ... 550-500 B.C ... T 18:1 ... T 18:1

[Agora Deposit] A 18:2: Cremation in NN

Rodney Young ... Grave. RSY Grave 50. Outside archaic cemetery on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs, cremation burial. Roughly square pit (0.80x1.00m). This pit contained a heavy deposit of cinders and ash; its ... Beginning of the last quarter of the 6th century ... A 18:2 ... A 18:2

[Agora Deposit] J 18:8: Well

Well on the north slope of the Areopagus. Unfinished, probably because of hardness of rock, and refilled at once, perhaps with sanctuary dump and with collapsed rock from the shaft itself. Diameter 1.15m ... 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C ... J 18:8 ... J 18:8

[Agora Deposit] K 18:1: Roman Well Re-Used in Byzantine Times

Roman well re-used in Byzantine times. Subdivisions: .1=0.00-13.80m. .2=13.80-23.50m. .3=23.50-25.00m ... Late 1st-early 2nd, 4th-5th, 11th centuries ... K 18:1 ... K 18:1

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[Agora Deposit] M 18:6: Urn burial

Grave 3 in notebook. Outside Archaic cemetery, inhumation burial. Deposit list says black glaze pithos (P 8922) containing the bones of a child and four small vases. The pithos lay on its side with the ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C ... M 18:6 ... M 18:6

[Agora Deposit] C 18:8: Well

Well, neatly stone-curbed to bottom. Diameter 0.70m. The use filling, from about 3.50m to bottom, consisted chiefly of water-jars with a few small vases and some black-figured fragments. Upper filling, ... Use filling of ca. 575-550 B.C ... C 18:8 ... C 18:8

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[Agora Deposit] N 18:3: Cistern at 77/M

Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1. Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C ... N 18:3 ... N 18:3

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[Agora Deposit] R 18:1: Pyre

Small pit (in Layer I) = Grave ("Pyre") Identified as pyre by SIR. Pottery and burning ("pit filled with black") in pit slightly west of Panathenaic Road, dug into layer I (lot AA 180, much earlier 6th ... 275-250 B.C ... R 18:1 ... R 18:1