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[Agora Report Page] 1934 Β, s. 16

Section Β 1934; Index for Volumes I-VI. Tholos. Summary of season 1934. Pottery Lists. Coin Lists. Floor. Fallen bricks and tiles on floor. Lamps Type XXVIII from fill on floor. Wall and wall trench. Isolated ... 1934 Β ... Late pits in and about Tholos ... Late pits in and about Tholos; in foundation trench ... Late pits in and about Tholos; on floor

[Agora Lot] Ν 105: In and About Rectangular Pits; East of Pit 2; 1/ΜΘ Fill a

Late Roman ... In and About Rectangular Pits; East of Pit 2; 1/ΜΘ Fill a

[Agora Object] I 2418: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. About eight lines of the inscription preserved. Pentelic marble. Found in late context about 20.00m., southwest of the Tholos. Leica ... 16 February 1935 ... Found in late context about 20.00m., southwest of the Tholos ... Inscribed fragment. Inscribed face only preserved. About eight lines of the

[Agora Object] Agora XXIX, no. 642

About one-fourth of rim restored. Curved resting surface; nippled underside. Slightly angular profile, with rim offset at top. Five linked, nine-petaled palmettes within rouletting, around central circle ... 325-300 (late in span?) ... 325-300 (late in span?)

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[Agora Object] I 1250: Marble Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Broken on all sides and probably behind. Law about weights and measures. Fifteen lines of the inscription preserved. Hymettian (?) marble; fine grained, bluish-white. Found in a late ... Late 2nd. century B.C ... Found in a late wall, northeast of the Tholos ... Inscribed fragment. Broken on all sides and probably behind. Law about

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[Agora Image] 2012.45.0455 (Section ΣΑ 91)

Foundations of large monument base in front of Stoa and about on its axis, as seen in the side of a late pit. From north ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... monument base in front of Stoa and about on its axis, as seen in the side of a late

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[Agora Image] 2012.45.0456 (Section ΣΑ 92)

Foundations of large monument base in front of Stoa and about on its axis, as seen in the side of a late pit. From northeast ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... monument base in front of Stoa and about on its axis, as seen in the side of a late

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[Agora Image] 2012.45.0457 (Section ΣΑ 93)

Foundations of large monument base in front of Stoa and about on its axis, as seen in the side of a late pit. From northwest ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... monument base in front of Stoa and about on its axis, as seen in the side of a late

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[Agora Notebook Page] Ν-7-97 (pp. 1358-1359)

Miscellaneous Roman Fills Under Line of Eponymon Street; Cleaning 56.50 Strosis, East of East Altar; Below 56.50 Strosis. Miscellaneous Roman Fills Under Line of Eponymon Street; 013/ΛΖ -3.50 to -3.60 ... Ν-7 1358, 1359 Ν:1936.0612:1 N 35196 Ν:1936.0612:2 N 35197 Ν:1936.0612:3 Ν:1936.0612:4 Ν:1936.0612:5 N 35198 Lot Ν 99 Lot Ν 100 Lot Ν 101 Lot Ν 102 Lot Ν 103 Lot Ν 104 Lot Ν 105 Lot Ν 106 Lot Ν 95 Lot ... Late Roman ... In and About Rectangular Pits; Between Pit 2 and Wall ... In and About Rectangular Pits; North of Pit 2; Fills a and b ... In and About Rectangular Pits; East of Pit 2; 1/ΜΘ Fill a

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[Agora Publication] Late Geometric Graves and a Seventh-Century Well in the Agora

Young, R. S ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The entire contents of a small Geometric period (900-700 B.C.) cemetery of twenty graves, found just south of the Tholos in the Athenian Agora, are catalogued in this book. Three additional graves, a well, ... 1939 ... south of the Tholos in the ... in this book. Three ... observations about Attic ceramics at

[Agora Object] P 2505: Bowl

Late Roman C bowl. Mended from seven pieces. About one-quarter of the rim missing; restored in plaster. Very low ring base; sides flaring, with an angle immediately above the foot; projecting and downturned ... 7 June 1933 ... Late lime pit ... Late Roman C bowl ... About one-quarter of the rim missing; restored in plaster.

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[Agora Object] I 1947: Decree Fragment

Inscribed fragment. Rough picked back preserved; otherwise broken. A freshly broken fragment joins at the lower right. The surface worn. About twelve lines of the inscription preserved; stoichedon. Pentelic ... 10 May 1934 ... Found in the wall of a late pit, in the Bouleuterion Plateia ... worn. About twelve lines of

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[Agora Deposit] T 15:2: Pit Grave, Adult Inhumation

John Camp ... Protogeometric grave (female inhumation) located about 0.60m northwest of T 15:1. It consisted of a roughly rectangular pit, with the corners slightly rounded, oriented approximately north-south. The pit ... "Submycenaean"/Early Protogeometric ... Pit Grave, Adult Inhumation

[Agora Deposit] V 24:1: Mycenaean Well in OA

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 ... Late Mycenaean

[Agora Object] I 4791: Dedication Fragment

Inscribed fragment of base. Parts of front, bottom, and both sides remain. Simple mouldings both top and bottom on both front and sides. Rectangular dowel hole in bottom. Inscription on front. Two fragments; ... 7 May 1937 ... in bottom. Inscription on ... about two between at the ... Found in foundations of late Roman House, to southeast of the Tholos.

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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 ... Pit Tomb, Adolescent Inhumation

[Agora Object] L 4575: Lamp Fragment with Graffito

About half preserved. Very low base, pierced socket in center; beginning of second nozzle at edge of break. Ligature scratched on bottom. Firm black glaze, bottom and rim reserved, with a reversal line ... 2 May 1949 ... Edge of late pit ... About half preserved. Very low base, pierced socket in center; beginning of

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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 ... Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

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[Agora Deposit] R 11:5: Pyre in Stoa Shop VI

Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... in pit in stratum. The ... Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre)

[Agora Deposit] E 6:3: Furnace Waste Pit "Cistern"

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 ... the Hephaisteion, about ... Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x ... pottery, had been dumped in over

[Agora Object] P 2153: Bowl with Paint Decoration: Canakkale Ware

About half the base and a quarter of the rim preserved. Mended from two pieces. Walls nearly straight, sloping in slightly at top. Pink clay, cream colored glaze, discolored on interior. On exterior, ... 18th. c. A.D ... Late pit, layer 1 (top) ... About half the base and ... sloping in slightly at top.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:4: Gravelly Pocket Beside Drain

Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766). Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D ... Pit

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[Agora Object] P 2104: Ostrakon of Kallixenos Aristonymou Xypetaion

A low heavy foot about two-thirds preserved, with the start of the cup above. Two scraped grooves around the bottom of the stem; the rounded outer edge of the foot reserved, colored pink; elsewhere, fair ... 2 June 1933 ... Late pit, just above burnt layer in wall of pit. Found with P 2103 ... A low heavy foot about two-thirds preserved, with the ... such person in the

[Agora Deposit] H 12:11: Well

A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct ... in the neared

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:8: Urn cremation

Grave 1 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXV: PG). No remains. Probable trench-and-hole. JP Roughly circular pit measuring 0.39m in diameter cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.72m. Pyre refuse-described ... Late PG/EG I ... pit measuring 0.39m in ... Grave 1 in notebook ... throughout the tomb pit, below,

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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 ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I

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[Agora Notebook Page] Ω-8-19 (pp. 1429-1430)

Cistern. Cistern at 67/ΙΗ. AS-926. AS-981. AS-929. AS-982. Miscellaneous Classical; Pit in Bedrock at 66/ΙΗ. North of Ancient Street in Center of Section; Classical; House Floor. North of Ancient Street ... Ω-8 1429, 1430 Ω 1103 P 14482 Ω 186 P 12069 Ω 187 P 12070 Ω 188 L 3299 Ω 189 P 12071 Ω 190 B 532 Lot Ω 151 Lot Ω 152 Lot Ω 153 Lot Ω 154 Lot Ω 155 Lot Ω 156 Lot Ω 157 Lot Ω 158 Lot Ω 159 Lot Ω 160 Lot ... 5th B.C ... Late 5th B.C.

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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 ... Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Report] 2008 Excavations: Preliminary Report on the 2008 Excavation Season

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in three sections, two north of Hadrian Street (ΒΗ and ΒΘ) and one in the old area south of the Tholos (Γ). In Section ΒΗ, layers in, over and behind the building identified as the ... 10 Jun-1 Aug 2008 ... common in the late Roman ... in three sections, two ... and ΒΘ) and one in the old

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[Agora Object] L 1635: Lamp Fragment

About half the back part, preserved; mended from several pieces. Shallow flat-bottomed lamp, with outward sloping rim and large looped strap handle, base to outer edge of rim. Incised on rim, double zigzag ... 11 February 1935 ... About half the back ... rim, pits made by sharp ... ADDENDA: Restored in plaster

[Agora Webpage] Birth of Democracy: The Prytaneis

http://agathe.gr/democracy/the_prytaneis.html

The Prytaneis (Executive Committee) The senators administered their meetings themselves. Each tribal contingent in the Boule served in rotation for a period of 35 or 36 days as the Prytaneis, or Executive ... in the Tholos, a large ... The Tholos, about 470-460 ... in the Boule served in

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[Agora Object] I 863: Monument

Left corner, and top of pediment of stele broken away; otherwise complete save for minor fractures on surface and edges. The front of the stele is rough at the bottom for 0.39m. and uninscribed for 0.39m ... 283/2 B.C ... Found built into the wall of the late pit, east of the Tholos, about ... in the history of the time. The year falls in that

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[Agora Object] I 1750: Mining Inscription Fragments

Fragments of an opisthographic stele. "POLETAI" record. Archonship of Aristodemos and Thoudemos. Fragment Β 494 (a), part of one side, the right side of face A, is preserved, tooth chisseled; otherwise ... 353/2 B.C., and 352/1 B.C ... 1519a-f), found in late ... Tholos. (B 1829), found in ... surface is eaten in places by

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[Agora Object] I 657: Honorary Decree Fragment

Fragment from upper right part of inscribed pedimental stele with relief. About half of the pediment top, and the upper part of the relief preserved. Preserved close to the right corner. Back rough picked ... 346/5 B.C ... Found in late context, southeast of the Tholos ... About half of the pediment ... letters. Below , in low relief,

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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

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[Agora Report] 1937 Χ: Section Χ 1937

Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 ... garbage pit from about 480 ... were two graves of the late ... houses in the area during this

[Agora Deposit] U 26:1: Oinochoe Deposit

Washed-in filling at the base of the Acropolis cliffs, some 7m. east of the Klepsydra; the fill was characterized by teh fragments of a series of red-figured oinochoai of special shape, of the late 5th ... Late 3rd c. B.C ... Washed-in filling at the ... the late 5th c. B.C., but ... roughly 1.50m, in diameter,

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 4 2004: Standard Weights and Measures

http://agathe.gr/democracy/standard_weights_and_measures.html

Standard Weights and Measures The Controllers of Measures (Metronomoi) have also left us many samples of their work. One set of bronze weights (34), inscribed as standard weights of the Athenians, are ... weights, found near the Tholos ... on the Acropolis, in the Tholos, at Eleusis, and at

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[Agora Object] P 4646: Three-Handled Jar

About one-half of vase preserved. Broken, especially at foot, in many fragments. Profile complete and two handles preserved. Restored in plaster. From the high shoulder, the body tapers with a concave ... 14 February 1935 ... About one-half of vase ... foot, in many fragments ... handles preserved. Restored in

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[Agora Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

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 ... about 20 cm lower in front of ... ΕΕ; lies about half way up ... about eleven meters. It was

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[Agora Report] 1936 ΚΚ: ΚΚ Excavation Report 1936

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Section ΚΚ, the area inside the modern fence around the so-called Theseion, was cleared to bedrock in order to determine the entire history of that portion of Kolonos Agoraios. Excavation revealed that ... 10 Feb-13 Mar 1936 ... filled in at about 1890 by the ... cleared to bedrock in order to ... area in earlier times was

[Agora Webpage] AgoraPicBk 16 2003: History of the Agora

http://agathe.gr/guide/history_of_the_agora.html

History of the Agora The excavations of the Athenian Agora have uncovered about thirty acres on the sloping ground northwest of the Acropolis (Fig. 3). Material of all periods from the Late Neolithic to ... of the square late in the ... have uncovered about thirty ... from the Late Neolithic to