[Agora Deposit] O-P 6:1: Drain Fill

Area I; layer I. Soft, loose destruction fill of Street Drain in front of Greek House δ. Represents closing of drain in preparation for construction of Basilica. Top elevation 55.40m at west, 55.96m at ... 1st c. A.D ... O/19,P/3-6/10,11

[Agora Deposit] I 18:4: Pit-Well

Well east of Geometric Grave. The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. Some evidence for period of use; little pottery. At the top a few Geometric ... Early Protogeometric ... -5.5m.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1

Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine ... belongs with II - Brick Shaft ... (I 5422) catalogued from ... dump (I 5545).

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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 ... J 3:8 ... J 3:8

[Agora Deposit] F 12:3: Well

Associated with the Tholos. Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern. The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... -23.1m.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:5: Cistern

Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance). Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora XXII, p. 103.

[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 ... Well in Metroon Porch to East of Room II

[Agora Deposit] F 19:2: Cistern

Bottle-shaped cistern with dumped fillings on NW slopes of Areopagus; appears not to have been finished in antiquity: the walls and floor show no traces of stucco. Lower filling, ca. 375-340 B.C. Upper ... Ca. 375-275 B.C ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Lower fill .3=Dump

[Agora Deposit] E 2:3: Foundry Pit

"Foundry Pit": N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Stoa, Layer VII, with slag). A foundry pit in the courtyard of a small metalworking establishment outside the Agora to the northwest. Both the courtyard and ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... "Foundry Pit": N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Stoa, Layer VII, with slag).

[Agora Deposit] F 15:2: Cistern

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 ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Agora XII, p. 390 ... Agora XXIX, p. 450.

[Agora Deposit] F 13:2: Well 7

Dump, 4th c. Cut through a cistern which was probably constructed in the 4th c. B.C, near the southwest corner of the market square. Coins: 25 May 1935 #1 (with L 1809) (disintegrated) Subdivisions: .1=Upper ... Second half 1st c.-end 2nd c ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Transitional fill .3=Middle fill .4=Lower fill

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[Agora Deposit] F 19:4: Well

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 ... 7:3. Dug in soft bedrock to a depth of 11.40m ... to 5m. The lowest filling,

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[Agora Deposit] G 5:3: "Bone Well"

Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth. The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... -21.45m.

[Agora Deposit] F 13:3: Well 9

Well near southwest corner of market square; successive use fillings, and dumped filling. Lower use filling, second half of 4th century B.C. Main use filling, second quarter of 2nd century B.C. to shortly ... 10 April-31 May 1935 ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 389.

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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 XXXVI, Tomb 1, pp. 45-49, figs. 2.5-2.7, 3.10, pl. 1.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:1: Well

Homer A. Thompson ... Well at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling of the Roman period. After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2m of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century ... well-curb, the upper 2m of the ... subdivisions. Same deposit with I ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill=Dump .2=Second POU .3=First POU Container 86 at unknown

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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 ... -8.3m ... J/3-3/3,4

[Agora Deposit] E 15:6: Well F

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 ... Group. 3. From -6m to -9m : a ... A well (diameter 1.10m ... about 90m SW of the Tholos.

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:3: Simple Trench Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I ... approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, ... 0.20m, cut through earth,

[Agora Deposit] R 14:1: Footing Trench of Venetian/Valerian Wall

Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification. Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D ... Agora I, p. 91 ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228.

[Agora Deposit] I 17:1: Well

Well at 75/ΚΖ (75/ΚΗ, 76/ΚΣΤ-ΚΖ). A dumped filling; an accumulation for the most part of the late 6th and early 5th centuries. Tiled well; of the lining only a single set of tiles, of unusual make, remained ... Ca. 450-425 B.C ... I 17:1 ... I 17:1

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:5: Pit tomb, child/infant inhumation

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.

[Agora Deposit] F 11:2: Well

Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins: 5 April 1934 #1-#4 10 April 1934 #1-#2 11 April 1934 #1 12 April 1934 #1 18 April 1934 #1-#2 19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... #3-#5

[Agora Deposit] C 9:16: Well

Well cut through cistern at 6/ΝΕ (C 9:7). The stele I 3244 in position in the cistern over the mouth of the well is listed with the cistern deposit C 9:7. Coins: 26 February 1936 #2-#4 27 February 1936 ... A.D. 1st ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 134, n. 2 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 179.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:5: Roman Well at 74/I

Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D. Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins 9 April 1938 #2 9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D ... -22.9m.

[Agora Deposit] H 17:3: Pit I

Pit I at 45/ΙΘ (= Well) (noted also 4th c. pocket in side of this pit). This is part of the Terracotta Deposit (H 17:4) and the objects listed here are also listed in H 17:4. Containers/lots for this ... Geometric-Protoattic ... -10--1.21m.

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[Agora Deposit] F 5:2: Sacrificial Pyre under Room 18 in House 3

Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos: In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... in House 3, plus burned ... house 3. 35 artifacts, bone ... in the lowest 0.08m of the

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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] L-M 11-12:1: "Coroplasts' Dump"

Filling between tongue walls to north of main apse in Late Roman complex, equals "Coroplasts' Dump" overlying Odeion south side. Containers Ο 17-Ο 20 are from "debris of burnt building" [i.e. Odeion ... 267-ca. 350 A.D ... L-M 11-12:1 ... L-M 11-12:1

[Agora Deposit] E 15:3: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C ... Rotroff (1987a), p. 193 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), p. 267 ... Agora XXI, p. 97.

[Agora Deposit] D 4:1: West Chamber

Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m. The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C ... Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the ... 2.50m x 2.75m. The west ... layer I=bottom and the

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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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376.

[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 ... Agora IV, p. 240 ... Agora XII, p. 392. ... Agora XXI, p. 98.

[Agora Deposit] R 20:1: Urn Cremation

John Travlos ... (Grave XXXII: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). Published as cremation burial of a warrior. The tomb was probably originally oriented north-south, with the urn-hole at the south end. The north side ... Transitional Early Geometric II-Middle Geometric I ... approximately 0.70m and a preserved depth of at least 0.63m. The

[Agora Deposit] H 15:2: Well

Well (Hole) at 19/Ι(ΙΑ). Collapsed well creating a hole above; mixed fill in hole, early Byzantine in well proper. Coins: 26 April 1934 #12 27 April 1934 #28 28 April 1934 #38 1 May 1934 #3 ... Early Byz ... -9.5m.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:4: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII. Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ. Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I

[Agora Deposit] P 10:3: Tiled Well in Square Building Foundations

Tiled Well in Square Building Foundations, equipped with evenly spaced hand-holds, with a good supply of water. There was no period of use represented and the dumped fill consisted mostly of chunks of ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C ... P 10:3 ... P 10:3

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:3: Damaged Urn Cremation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (adult female). (In some records as Grave XXXI). The tomb was partly destroyed in antiquity; there are sherds of all periods down to Late Roman (and later) note din the fill immediately above it ... Middle Geometric I ... Middle Geometric I

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... "earth", i.e. no context layer: ... 2188 T 1045, T 1067 P 7138 ... #3 (from mouth) 2 March 1936 #1 3 March 1936 #7 5

[Agora Deposit] H-K 12-14: Middle Stoa Building Fill

Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Finkielsztejn (1995), p. 280 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69.