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[Agora Deposit] J 5:2: Crossroads Enclosure

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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E 12:1: Disturbed Inhumation Tomb (?)

Eugene Vanderpool ... Disturbed burial: Pocket in bedrock (Grave 11: PG). In some records as Grave XI. No remains. No cutting or traces of burning nearby The coin listed here was found "cleaning bedrock", presumably at the ... Developed to Late Protogeometric ... Agora

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:11: Disturbed Adult Inhumation Pit Tomb

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 10 in notebook. No remains. Probably grave of a woman. Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction ... Middle Geometric II ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] O 19:1: Well

Coins: 19 May 1938 #1 (illegible) 20 May 1938 #3-#5, #12-#20 (Dump) ... 4th-6th c. A.D ... Coins: 19 May 1938 #1 (illegible) 20 May 1938 #3-#5, #12-#20 (Dump)

[Agora Deposit] G 14:6: Filling

Two narrow trenches at right angles to each other. Small deposit in bedrock cutting Good black glaze ware ... 430-420 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 128 ... Agora XII, p. 391.

[Agora Deposit] A-B 19-20:1: Great Drain South

Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C ... 1939 #1-#12 23 May 1939 # 2-#12 24 May 1939 #9-#14 25 ... 1939 #1-#12 29 May 1939 #

[Agora Deposit] E 11:2: Well

Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235. Coins: 6 April 1936 #18-#21 7 ... First half of 1st c. A.D. 4th-early 5th c. A.D ... 12 June 1936 #1-#22 (dump, lower earth) 12 June 1936

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14.3: c) Building fill in disturbed places

See I 870, a piece of which was found in disturbed red fill in Β' southeast of Tholos. Although apparently from the same context as P 5339 (tins 24-26, undisturbed fill), P 5336-P 5338 are recorded from ... 27 February-8 April 1935 ... E-F 12-14.3 ... E-F 12-14.3

[Agora Deposit] H 12:10: Pit Below Early Road-Drain, Tholos Trench L

Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095). Contemporary ... SubMycenaean ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:12: Funerary Deposit

Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Grave under Stoa Terrace, at original north end of Stoa; and PG vases on patches of stones over this burial, and to NE (formerly P 8:7). Cf. Q 8:13. No remains. In some records as Grave XLV ... 1 December 1953 ... (formerly P 8:7). Cf. Q 8:13. No

[Agora Deposit] E 14:7: Well C

Two periods of use. Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D. Coins: 26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.] 9 June 1937 #2-#4 ... 10 -11 June 1935 20 May-20 June 1937 ... 1937 #31 [to 17.60m] 12 June ... 1937 #1 17 June 1937 #12

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:2: Pyre in House C, Room 12

Pyre in House C, Room 12 (RSY=Pyre 9) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Notebook refers to House N. Beside west wall of room 12. Pottery, burnt bone, and cinders in a roughly round pit; disturbed ... Ca. 250 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] H-I 7-8:1: "Burnt Layer"

Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square. Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... Agora

[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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] B 14:2: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Use filling of late 1st. to late 2nd. c. A.D.; dumped filling of 4th. c. A.D. Coins: 24 April 1937 #2 27 April 1937 #6-#12 28 April 1937 #2 29 April 1937 #2 8 May ... 1st.-4th c. A.D ... Coins: 24 April 1937 #2 27 April 1937 #6-#12 28 April 1937 #2 29 April 1937

[Agora Deposit] O 17:1: Early Roman Cistern

Early Roman, late 1st c. A.D. with some later fragments. Coins: 31 May 1938 #1-#12 1 June 1938 #1-#5 2 June 1938 #1-#2 ... Late 1st c. B.C ... Coins: 31 May 1938 #1-#12 1 June 1938 #1-#5 2 June 1938 #1-#2

[Agora Deposit] Q 9:4: Foundation of South Stylobate of Square Building

Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building (between Piers 12-13) ... Late 3rd-early 2nd c. B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] C 9:15: Koukla Pit

Irregular pit in bedrock; deposit chiefly of terracotta figurines, with a small amount of pottery ... 6th c. B.C ... ΠΘ:12/ΝΑ

[Agora Deposit] G 11:4: Well to West of Tholos.

See cistern system wells F 11:2 and F 12:3, part of Tholos water system. Estimated Grid ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 17:11: Well

Upper fill early Roman. Lower fill latest Hellenistic. No house walls clearly associated with it, and apparently no attempt made to assign it to any particular house. Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Lower ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] P 8:9: Mycenaean Pit or Bothros Opposite Pier 17

Mycenaean Pit (Bothros?) opposite Pier 17. Diameter at top 1.30m Estimated Grid ... Mycenaean IIIA:2-B ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] U 26:3: Pit in Bedrock Below Balanos' Road

Pit in bedrock below Balanos' road = gully Coin 20 June 1939 #1 12 April 1939 #2-#4 14 April 1939 #4-#5 20 April 1939 #1-#2 ... Hellenistic ... Agora XXIII, p. 336.

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[Agora Deposit] H 12:6: Rubbish Dump

Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles. Also from Trench L. 13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... H/4,5-12/14,15

[Agora Deposit] Q 13:3: Roman Water Mill Construction Fill

Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins: 24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95 25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D ... 1933 #6-#10, #12-#23 15 May ... #1-#12, #14-#15, #18

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[Agora Deposit] F 20:1: Pyre

Identified as Pyre by SIR. Debris filling of the middle of the 4th c. B.C. including the remains of a sacrificial pyre. Objects dispersed in red-clay fill uncovered in removal of modern staircase. A broken ... 4th c. B.C. disturbed ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] S 21:2: Well at 20/ΙΕ

A well outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way; Diameter 1.10m ... 600-550 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] P 6:3: Early Roman Pit at P/7-6/4,6

Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6 layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon. Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4). Coin 5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman ... P 6:3 ... P 6:3

[Agora Deposit] B 14:3: Cistern on Lower South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Cistern on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios; dumped filling, second half of first century after Christ. Coins: 9 June 1937 #3 11 June 1937 #1-#8 ... 50-100 A.D ... Agora IV, p. 234 ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora VII, p. 224.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:6: Well

Fillings in a well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. The shaft reached a depth of 20.28m., but produced no use filling. The lower part, from water level at 12.60m. to bottom, provided only mud and gravel ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... at 12.60m. to bottom, ... 3.00m. to 12.60m. including ... limit is set by a chous, P

[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 ... are listed with D 12:2. The ... 2188 T 1045, T 1067 P 7138 ... From "earth": 12 March 1936

[Agora Deposit] D 11:2: Drawshaft

Drawshaft of a complex cistern system with two chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D 12:2), and two blind tunnels, all of which were filled later than D 11;2. Coins: 26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C ... 12:2), and two blind tunnels,

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:5: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 5 in notebook. The grave had been somewhat disturbed by the digging of Well B. The hydria lay on its side; in it was found the skeleton of a small child lying on its side with the knees drawn up ... Late 8th-early 7th c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:8: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 7b in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery; The skeleton positioned directly below the male in Grave 7, but with direction reversed, i.e., head at southeast end. Most grave offerings at lower ... 750-725 B.C ... G 12:8 ... G 12:8

[Agora Deposit] S 27:1: Well M in ΟΑ

Well M: Middle Helladic. West of Klepsydra. Diameter, top c. 1x0.80m; bottom ca. 0.75m. No water ... Middle Helladic ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] R 20:2: Well at 3/ΛΔ

Excavation terminated at 7.39m. due to danger of collapse. All the objects are from section Ω ... Ca. 50-1 B.C ... Agora XXXII, p. 304.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:2: Bothros of Agonippos

A rubbish pit at the foot of the northwest slope of the Areopagus. Black figured, plain glazed vases and several lamps. A pair of lekythoi recall both in make and in style the products of the Haimon Painter ... Ca. 480-475 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora XII, p. 387 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330.

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[Agora Deposit] G-H 5:1: Filling

Hellenistic filling in N.W. corner of Section (39-46/ΙΘ-ΚΓ inclusive). Coins: 14 July 1931 #42, #64 15 July 1931 #6 but grid 42/ΚΔ, #34-#37 16 July 1931 #15-#16 17 July 1931 #4-#12 18 July 1931 #1-#5, ... 4th.-early 2nd. B.C ... #4-#12 18 July 1931 #1-#5, ... Cf. P 138, P 139, SS 108, T 93

[Agora Deposit] H 11:1: Well

A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump. Coins: 19 May 1933 #14 20 May 1933 #3 22 May 1933 #1-#2 23 May 1933 #2 24 May 1933 #1 30 May 1933 #1 Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Lower fill ... 19 May-7 June 1933 ... -12m.

[Agora Deposit] R 11:2: Well East of Stoa Room 6

Well East of Stoa Room 6 (well with Siana Cup); scanty dumped filling. No water. Well never used. Estimated Grid ... 600-550 B.C ... Agora