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| General plan of the Agora showing distribution of ostraka ... R.C. Anderson J. Travlos W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 2660 Horizontal (normal) ... 1990 |
| Enclosure within Roman Circular Building. The finds apparently reflect the entire area inside the enclosure. Pottery lot ΒΓ 515 identifies the deposit as layer 10 and coin #895 from layer 11 says "layer ... 12-18 August 1971
9-10 May 1972 |
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. |
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. |
Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C. |
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. |
Dumped debris filling east of East Building, badly shattered. There is a small amount of disturbance from the filling immediately above, but the bulk of the pottery is consistent, and very close to that ... Ca. 470-460 B.C. |
Well to N of Nymphaeum at 115/ΙΣΤ. A good water supply but no evidence for a period of use.
Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. |
Pit at 52/ΞΕ ... Ca. 520-480 B.C. |
A well outside the market square to the southeast, 20m west of the Panathenaic Way; Modern fill in upper 1.65m. with Early Roman dumped fillings below. Coins:
9 May 1939 #37 (dirt pile)
10 May 1939 #53 ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D. |
Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C. |
Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) Coins:
16 May 1935 #4-#5
17 May 1935 #1-#2
18 May 1935 #1-#2
20 May 1935 #1-#2
22 May 1935 #1
23 May 1935 #2-#6
24 May 1935 #1-#7
25 ... 16-25 May 1935
6 February 1936 |
Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D.
Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549.
Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century. |
Deposit of fine table ware and lekythoi, both black-figured and red; the plain wares closely resemble those from the well H 6:5 ... 470-450 B.C. |
Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman |
Construction and upper fills. Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ...
Filling ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D. |
Same filling as Theseion Street Deposit D 7:2 but separate list.
Perhaps also P 7904. Area disturbed by Turkish (50-56/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ).
This is 3-4 m. west of Hephaisteion, and the hole was probably filled at ... Ca. 500-470 B.C. |
Carefully cut in bedrock with firm footholds on either side. The use filling is represented by a few fragments of water jars (uninventoried), indicating a short period of use. The dumped filling, below ... Ca. 470-425 B.C. |
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. |
A well (diameter 1.10m) at the east edge of the valley road leading from the SW corner of the Agora, about 90m SW of the Tholos. The mouth of the well was subsequently covered by the east wall of the Great ... Ca. 500-480 B.C. |
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. |
A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493).
Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C. |
| 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. |
| Cistern in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Simple, flask-shaped chamber withdraw-shaft; no tunnels. Mouth cut away in Byzantine times. Lower filling, 3rd c. B.C. Coins:
25 ... 25-30 April 1947 |
House N, room 6=House T: Pit with Kalikia in Room 2W. Roughly rectangular pit, length 7.10m., possibly dug to obtain clay for flooring in nearby houses ... Ca. 500-480 B.C. |
Pit in House N, Room 2 (RSY, House C). Filling thrown in behind the west wall of the Great Drain South at the time of the building of the drain and the extension of House C.
Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp ... Ca. 430-410 B.C. |
Well (diameter shaft 0.95m) with POU and dumped fillings, separated by about 2.00m. of plain mud apparently fallen from the collapsed sides of the well. The fillings are, however, closely contemporary ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
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. |
Back fill in an unfinished well, originally dug only to a depth of 3.80m. Apparently dug in the 3rd. c. B.C. and refilled at once; the filling contained a scattering of 5th. and 4th. c. fragments as well ... To early 3rd century. |
Cistern with two fills. Lower fill in cone on floor, with dumped upper fill above. Coins:
27 April 1940 #3-#5
14 May 1940 #5-#6
15 May 1940 #3-#7
17 May 1940 #11-#13
20 May 1940 # 8-#9
21 May 1940 #1 ... Late Hellenistic |
Square pit in bedrock southwest of the Hephaisteion. Many marble chips from the construction of the temple of Hephaestus were found here together with a large quantity of pottery and other objects ... Ca. 450 B.C.
Ca. 390-380 B.C. |
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. |
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. |
| This filling is the largest deposit of its time found in the Agora. It may be compared with H 6:5 and with N 7:3.
Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m; footholds cut on opposite sides of the shaft ... Ca. 490-450 B.C. |
| A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C. |
See cistern system wells F 11:2 and F 12:3, part of Tholos water system. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 350-294 B.C. |
Well 8 (in Tholos), put out of use by a fall of the rock walls and replaced by well G 11:3. Scanty use filling at and near the bottom, separated by a mass of fallen rock from a debris filling in the upper ... Ca. 550-500 B.C. and 480 B.C. |
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 |
Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C.
Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C. |
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. |
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. |
Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later |
| Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C. |
| General plan of the Agora showing distribution of ostraka ... Richard C. Anderson John Travlos William B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... Scanned. DB: 120. Drafting Film Drafting Ink ... 1990 |
| Fragment from the bottom of a lamp, broken all around.
On the inside an inscription; perhaps an ostrakon.
On inside, good black glaze; on underside, black circles on a polished ground.
Type II (?) of ... Early 5th. century B.C. |
Fragment from the bottom of a lamp. There is no foot; the bottom rises slightly toward the center.
Inscribed on the inside: "ΚΑΛ[Λ]ΙΧ[ΕΝΟΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΟ]ΝΥΜΟ[Υ]".
The outside finished smooth, unglazed; the inside ... 7 June 1935 |
Fragment of bottom of lamp, incised on outside.
Type 21A of Agora collection.
Late fill. Leica, XXV-77 ... 23 April 1937 |
| Two joining fragments preserve much of a kylix foot; good black glaze above and below; profiled edge reserved.
Inscribed on the top of the foot: Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Αριστείδου Λυσιμάχου. Προέρχεται ... 8 April 1953 |
Fragment from the foot of a large vase (column krater?) moulded in two degrees.
Inscribed on the top.
Black glaze, much chipped, on upper surface.
Joins the ostraka P 17915 + P 19209, i.e. from the ... 8 April 1953 |
| Fragment from foot of semi-glazed krater.
Inscribed around lower edge of foot:
Glaze red inside, dull black on the outside of the flaring foot. Horos Terrace Trench, heavy stone packing, lower level ... 9 April 1953 |
Two joining fragments from the wall of a semi-glazed krater; the join strengthened with plaster.
Inscribed through the black glaze on the inside: Horos Terrace Trench, heavy stone packing, lower level ... 9, 10 April 1953 |
| Fragment from the base of a semi-glazed krater; slightly flaring foot; underside concave.
Inscribed on inside:
Black glaze on interior; thin red wash on outside of foot. Horos Terrace Trench, heavy ... 9 April 1953 |
The upper part of the handle and a little of the wall of a storage amphora or pitcher.
Incised under handle:
A streak of thin brown glaze on the top of the handle; pinkish clay with white bits. Horos ... 9 April 1953 |
| A flat fragment, suggesting a burned brick, one face neatly smoothed; the other left rough.
Inscribed on the smooth side:
Pinkish-buff fabric. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica, LIX-1 ... 10 April 1953 |
Small fragment from a slab of brick, like P 23001 (ΜΣ 492).
Inscribed on the smooth face: Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica ... 10 April 1953 |
Fragment from the shoulder of a large unglazed pot, finished smooth.
Inscribed on the outside. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica ... 10 April 1953 |
Fragment from the lower wall of a large semi-glazed krater(?); remains of glazed band on outside.
Inscribed on outside: Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581, 619 Leica, LIX-1 ... 10 April 1953 |
| Rim fragment from a heavy unglazed krater; rim flat on top.
Inscribed on wall inside:
Coarse pink clay; light surface. Όστρακο οστρακοφορίας Αριστείδου Λυσιμάχου. Προέρχεται από το χείλος μεγάλου κρατήρα ... 10 April 1953 |
From the wall of a large unglazed pot.
Inscribed on inside:
Coarse pink clay, light buff at outer surface. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica, LIX-1 ... 10 April 1953 |
From the wall of an unglazed wine jar.
Inscribed on the outside: Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica, LIX-1 ... 10 April 1953 |
Wall fragment from a coarse unglazed jar.
Inscribed on the outside: Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica ... 10 April 1953 |
Wall fragment from a pithos(?).
Inscribed on outside:
Coarse micaceous brown clay; orange at core. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica ... 10 April 1953 |
Wall fragment from a semi-glazed krater.
Inscribed on inside:
Brownish-black glaze on inside and bands outside; all much worn. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581 Leica ... 10 April 1953 |
Large wall fragment.
Inscribed outside:
Thin dull glaze outside. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581, 623 Leica ... 10 April 1953 |
Wall fragment from a semi-glazed krater.
Inscribed on inside:
Black glaze inside. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 581, 624 Leica ... 10 April 1953 |
Fragment from the edge of a roof tile; red glaze on upper surface.
Inscribed on upper surface: Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 580, 631 Leica ... 8-10 April 1953 |
Wall fragment from a plain wine jar.
Inscribed outside: Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 580, 631 Leica ... 8-10 April 1953 |
Two joining fragments from the wall of a large storage jar.
Inscribed on the outside:
Thin streaky black glaze on the outside. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 580, 632 Leica ... 8-10 April 1953 |
Fragment from lower wall of a large pot, with start of base preserved.
Incised inside:
Black glaze on exterior. Horos Terrace Trench, ostrakon pit. 580, 632 Leica ... 8-10 April 1953 |
| Two joining fragments from base of semi-glazed krater with slightly concave bottom. Inside and edge of foot glazed red to black.
Inscribed on the bottom: South Terrace, cut V, south; thrown in bedrock ... 13 April, 1 May 1953 |
| Base of stemless cup or large heavy-walled cup skyphos; molded ring foot, a light above a heavy molding.
Impressed on the top, rays; outside them a simple braid pattern. The resting surface of the foot ... 14 August 1953 |
Half of kylix foot.
Last letters of the patronymic preserved:
Buff clay. Outside N.W. corner of Civic Offices, strosis 13, beside Drain 5. 1098 Leica ... 24 April 1953 |
From the wall of an unglazed pot.
Incised outside:
Attic clay, buff at the surface. Gravelly red fill; 5th. c. 4316 Leica PD 636-8 ... 23 April 1947 |
From a black glazed column krater.
Incised inside:
Good glaze; traces of a purple line inside the rim. Gravelly red fill; 5th. c. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
Fragment of a roof tile with part of the edge.
Incised through the glaze:
Thin brownish glaze on the upper face. Gravelly red fill; 5th. c. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
From a semi-glazed krater?
Incised inside:
Good black glaze inside; none outside.
Another small non-joining fragment added from ostrakon fill giving the ΘΕ of Themistokles and the Ε(?) of Neokleous? ... 25 April 1947 |
From a plain unglazed pot.
Incised outside: Red fill. 4324 Leica ... 25 April 1947 |
From a plain unglazed pot.
Incised outside: Red fill. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
From the wall of an amphora; traces of thin streaky glaze wash outside.
Incised outside: Red fill. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
Fragment of a plain unglazed pot, mended from two pieces.
Incised outside: Red fill. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
| From the rim of a heavy semi-glazed krater; red glaze on inside and on rim, mostly peeled.
Incised inside: Red fill. 4316 Leica, XXXIII-51 ... 23 April 1947 |
From the wall of a plain unglazed pot.
Incised outside: Red fill. 4316 Leica ... 23 April 1947 |
From a black glazed one-handler rim. The stump of a handle preserved; the rim flat on top, slightly projecting. Good red glaze inside; streaky red to black outside; the upper face of the lip, the inside ... 24-25 April 1947 |
From the wall of a plain unglazed pot.
Incised outside: Sand fill. 4324 Leica ... 24-25 April 1947 |
| From a black glazed skyphos with ring foot.
Incised on bottom inside foot: Sand fill. 4324 Leica PD 636-25, PD 1153-22g ... 24-25 April 1947 |
From a geometric amphora, glazed black and decorated with a group of reserved horizontal bands.
Incised inside: "West of house L, early red fill over stereo behind 87/Wall. 4351 Leica ... 26 April 1947 |
From a kylix foot. Two non-joining fragments, put together with plaster.
Incised underneath and on top: Red gravelly fill. 4358 Leica ... 28 April 1947 |
Fragment of black glazed kylix foot; edge reserved.
Incised on the underside: Red gravelly fill. 4358 Leica ... 28 April 1947 |
From the floor of a kylix; stem broken away underneath.
Incised inside:
Black glaze inside and out. Red gravelly fill. 4358 Leica ... 28 April 1947 |
| Red figure oinochoe fragment mended from four fragments; a few chips missing. Part of the rim and wall of a mug (oinochoe shape VIII). On the exterior, the upper part of a youth looking right; his cloak ... 28 April 1947 |
| Part of a kylix foot and stem.
Incised underneath:
Good black glaze inside and out. Red gravelly fill. Leica PD 1153-23a ... 26 April 1947 |
From a plain micaceous ware pot.
Incised outside: West of house L, early red fill over stereo behind 87/Wall. 4351 Leica ... 26 April 1947 |
From the floor of a black glazed kylix. A joining fragment added from ostrakon fill gives the initial letters.
Incised inside: Cistern, fill 2, dug stereo. 4367 Leica ... 29 April 1947 |
| Rim fragment of a semi-glazed krater.
Incised below the rim inside:
Dull black glaze inside, band outside. Finished Red gravelly fill. 4378 Leica, 84-8-31 ... 29 April 1947 |
From the wall of a semi-glazed krater. A joining fragment added from the ostrakon fill gives the end of the lines.
Incised outside:
Dull black glaze inside, band outside. Red gravelly fill. 4376 Leica ... 29 April 1947 |
From the wall of an amphora; glaze band outside.
Incised inside: Red gravelly fill. 4376 Leica ... 29 April 1947 |
From a closed pot (semi-glazed oinochoe?) with ring foot.
Incised inside:
Brownish glaze wash outside only. Red gravelly fill. 4376 Leica ... 29 April 1947 |
Floor fragment of black glazed kylix, with part of stem.
Incised on floor: Red gravelly fill. 4376 Leica ... 29 April 1947 |
Tile fragment.
Incised through the glaze:
Dull red glaze on upper face. Red gravelly fill. 4376 Leica ... 29 April 1947 |
From the rim and upper wall of a semi-glazed krater.
Incised inside:
Glaze peeled, except for a little on the rim. Red gravelly fill. 4376 Leica ... 29 April 1947 |
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