1. Byzantine wall scraps. 2. Large vaulted-roof drain. 3. Barren trench. 4. Sections of east-west water pipe. 5. Southeast corner of tomb at 47-49/ΙΘ. In center of picture, Well at 53/ΙΗ, recently found. From the north.
4th B.C. Hole; Miscellaneous 4th B.C. Hole; Trial Cut on Bedrock Shelf Above 4th B.C. Hole; Layer I Above 4th B.C. Hole; Layer II Miscellaneous; Turkish Well at 01/ΛΘ Miscellaneous; Trench of Long East-West Late Roman Wall Miscellaneous; Martyra under Drain 6 Miscellaneous; Cleaning Terrace Wall Later than Red Fill; Byzantine Walls; Wall near Rectangular Pit
8-27 Mar 1952 28 Mar 1952 11 Mar 1952 14 Apr 1952 4 Mar 1952 6 Mar 1952 13 Mar 1952
Second half of 4th B.C. Middle Helladic-4th B.C. Late 4th B.C. Late Turkish 2nd A.D. 1st A.D. Latest Roman-Byzantine
7-11/ΜΔ-ΜΖ; Byzantine House South Side; From under Floor Strosis 6-8/ΛΒ-ΛΕ; Under Strosis i.e. Floor of Byzantine House 15-19/ΜΒ-ΜΔ; Over Mouth of 17/ΜΒ Well; Upper Strosis Well 15-19/ΜΒ-ΜΔ; Over Mouth of 17/ΜΒ Well; Lower Strosis Well at 17/ΜΒ; Early Byzantine Fill Tomb at 26-28/ΜΕ; Sherds from Pocket in Bedrock behind South Wall of Tomb Tomb at 26-28/ΜΕ; Sherds from Inside Area 8-17/ΝΗ-ΞΒ; Sherds from Cuttings in Bedrock
26 Feb 1937 13 Feb 1937 23 Mar 1937 24 Mar 1937 24 Mar-5 Apr 1937 18 feb 1937 18 Feb 1937 26 Jan 1937
Early Byzantine Late Roman-Early Byzantine Late Roman= Early Byzantine Protogeometric
7.20m to south wall of Southwest Fountain House Later Roman Wall Line of Modern House Wall Red Brick Floor Estimated Size and Position of Poros Rim Tunnel Cut Through by Well Section of Well Continues on Opposite Page
30 Jun 1967 1 Jul 1967 3 Jul 1967 4 Jul 1967 6 Jul 1967 26 Jun 1967 27 Jun 1967 28 Jun 1967 29 Jun 1967
10/ΙΔ; Roman Level 10/ΙΔ; Below Roman 10/ΙΔ; Above Floor of Second Period of Building D; Around Well Head; Layer Above Burning 10/ΙΔ; Burnt Layer Lying on Floor of second Period of Building D Trial Cut at 15/Η 15/Η; On Strosis I 15/Η; /.../ Deposit Coins 15/Η; In and Below Strosis I 15/Η; Black Earth at Centre of and on Strosis II Pyre In and Below Strosis II Well Below Strosis II; To Top of Strosis III; Also Beside Early Wall Lucy Talcott, Barbara Philippaki et al., Small objects from the Pnyx II, Hesperia Supplement 10, 1955
Mar 14 1933 Mar 15 1933 1933 May 15 1933 May 16 1933
Roman - Late Helladic Helladic Late Helladic 3rd A.D. Late 4th B.C.
42/Η Test Cut Cleaning East Face of Wall C at Lowest Level Footing Trench for Wall C along East Face; Earth Grave Area; Fill to Level of Floor of Terrace Fill over Grave 18; Building Fill Fill Overlying Late Roman Strosis over Mouth of Well 3 and over Part of Grave Area Surface of Grave Area; From Well 3 to Grave 8; Disturbed by Byzantine Wall Bit.
23-25 Apr 1935 3 Mar 1935 15 Mar 1935 9 Apr 1935 25 Feb 1935 12 Apr 1935
6th B.C. Geometric-7th B.C. 6th-5th B.C. Hellenistic-Late Roman 5th-6th A.D. Byzantine
96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ. From south. 1= Fragment of mosaic in situ. 2= Strosis which covered north-south trench and the top of one early wall. 3= Fill with stones and broken marble. 4= Original north-south trench through area after removal of loose stones. 5= Well. 6= Northeast-southwest early wall.
96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ. From south. Close-up. 1= Fragment of mosaic in situ. 2= Strosis which covered north-south trench and the top of one early wall. 3= Fill with stones and broken marble. 4= Original north-south trench through area after removal of loose stones. 5= Well. 6= Northeast-southwest early wall.
96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ. Late Roman Wall at 100/Ν before removal. From northeast. 1= 100/Ν wall. 2= Early northeast-southwest wall. 3= Large martyra. 4= Well located under fallen mosaic fragments. 5= Pit near northwest face of northeast-southwest wall. 6= Surface fill. 7= Reddish fill. 8= Red-brown earth with ash. 9= Strosis… extending southeast to line of wall at 94-99/ΜΕ-ΜΣΤ. 10= Pit.
96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ. Late Roman Wall at 100/Ν before removal. From southeast. 1= 100/Ν wall. 2= Early northeast-southwest wall. 3= Large martyra. 4= Well located under fallen mosaic fragments. 5= Pit near northwest face of northeast-southwest wall.
96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ. Original north-south trench, before removal of loose stones. From south. 1= Mosaic fragment in situ. 2= Well. 3= Loose stones. 4= Stone-packing in House G, Room III.
2021 Excavations; Athenian Agora Excavations Summary for 2021 Hesperia 89, 2020, pp. 595-657 2021 Excavations; Athenian Agora Excavations Summary for 2021; Classical Commercial Building Well Hesperia 68, 1999, pp. 266-267
A. Delivorrias et al., LIMC II, 1984, pp. 113-114, s.v. Aphrodite Bérard, Anodoi, pp. 67-69 Cistern Well Fill Dump ARV² 1477, 6 M. Farnsworth, AJA 64, 1960, p. 75, H and I, and pl. 16 H.A. Thompson, Hesperia 23, 1954, pl. 24
A. E. Klein, Child Life in Greek Art, New York, 1932 Brann F 18 Brann H 16 Ohly, Goldbleche, pp. 89-90, pl. 20 Fragment of Babies' Commode Pit Fragment of Pithos Well J.H.S., LXXIV, 1954, p. 164, pl. VIII, 2 Fragment of Incised Pithos Fragment of Decorated Pithos Hesperia, IV, 1935, p. 241, fig. 14, 36 Graef, Akropolis Vasen, pl. 11, no. 327 Well Head Brann S 30 Hesperia, VII, 1938, p. 402, fig. 38 Brann H 78 Ath. Mitt., XVIII, 1893, p. 134, fig. 30 Hesperia, XVIII, 1949, pls. 7-8 B.S.A., XLIV, 1949, p. 55, pl. 20, 3 Hesperia, IX, 1940, p. 253, fig. 56 Fragment of a Stamped Fenestrated Stand
2nd half of 7th B.C. 8th B.C. 7th B.C. Late 8th B.C. Before 6th B.C.
Above and Beside Channel 62 when it Passes Through North-South Foundation of Large Blocks Hellenistic Fill in Cutting for Channel 64 and Stele Κ 3070 Fill in Trench above Lead Pipe Trench for Drain C Near Where it Falls into Fountain House Drain Pit with Wall Sherds from Wall Pit with Wall; Top (Before Removal of Wall) Well Below Roman Wall Well Well and Wall Above: Dump Varia
30 April 1954 10 May 1954 4 May 1954 20 May 1954 24 May 1954 25 May 1954 May 1954 1954 June 2006
ABV 153-154, 41-46 Paralip. 64, 41-45 Bothmer, Amasis Painter, pp. 154-162, cat. nos. 33-36 Taleides Painter ABV 174, 3 and 4 Phrynos Painter Boston, M.F.A. 98.923 ABV 169, 3 Paralip. 71, 3 Oinochoai; Oinochoai; Shape 3; Chous CVA, Boston 1 [USA 14], pl. 25 [647] Other Well E. Vanderpool, Hesperia 7, 1938, no. 16, pp. 385-387, figs. 21, 23 North Slope Group ABV 129, 5 Pit Painter of the Nicosia Olpe Louvre F 28 Paralip. 196 Athens, N.M. 19175 Dot-ivy Group E. Vanderpool, Hesperia 8, 1939, p. 259, no. 10 and p. 260, fig. 16 Paralip. p. 296 D. von Bothmer, JHS 71, 1951, pp. 42-43, nos. 1-23 Amasis Painter
ABV 404, 6 Paralip. 175, 6 New York, M.M.A. 56.171.4 Painter of the Warsaw Panathenaic ABV 291 Paralip. 127, 1 Leagros Group Taranto, inv. no. 9887 ABV 369, 113 J. Brandt, Acta Norvegiae 8, 1978, pl. 9:a New York, M.M.A. 07.286.80 ABV 369, 114 Paralip. 162, 114 New York, M.M.A. 16.71 Panathenaic Amphorae; Uncertain if Prize or Non-Prize Vases ABV 404, 6 and 8 Paralip. 175, 6 and 8 New York, M.M.A. 56.171.5 Group of Copenhagen 99 Copenhagen 99 Paralip. 175, - Mastos Painter J. Brandt, Acta Norvegiae 8, 1978, p. 5, no. 30 ABV 403, 1 Well Munich 1416 ABV 367, 90 Paralip. 162, 90 Painter of Munich 1519 Munich 1519 ABV 394, 11
520-510 B.C. Late 6th B.C. 4th quarter of 6th B.C. Late 6th-Early 5th B.C. 500 B.C. 500-490 B.C.
Addenda and Corrigenda, p. 1135 to ARV1 80-81 Addenda and Corrigenda, p. 1135 to ARV¹ 80-81 Well ARV² 135 [a] Addenda 177 ARV² 133, 10-11 ARV² 133, 9 Pottery and Glass (November 1954), p. 349 H.A. Thompson, Hesperia 24, 1955, pp. 64-66, fig. 4 and pl. 30 M. Robertson, AJA 62, 1958, pls. 6, 7, figs 1-5 Guide (1962), p. 161 and pl. 16 D.B. Thompson, An Ancient Shopping Center (Agora Picture Book 12), Princeton 1971, fig. 67 (I) Agora 24, pl. 87 Beck, Album, pl. 60:307 (I) ARFV: Archaic, fig. 48 Guide (1976), p. 245, fig. 128 C. Cardon, AJA 83, 1979, pls. 22:1, 23:4, 5, 24:8, 25:12 G. Pinney, AJA 85, 1981, pl. 30:5 (I) D.C. Kurtz, JHS 103, 1983, pls. 3, 4 LIMC I, 1981, p. 178, no. 830, pl. 138 (A), s.v. Achilleus S. Roberts, Hesperia 55, 1986, p. 18, fig. 10:25 S. Roberts, Hesperia 55, 1986, p. 23, fig. 13:25 and pl. 4:25 J. McK Camp, The Athenian Agora: Excavations in the Heart of Classical Athens, London 1986, pl. 8, pop. p. 135 (I) LIMC III, 1986, p. 460, no. 428, pl. 349 (B), s.v. Dionysos LIMC III, 1986, p. 782, no. 310 s.v. Eos Human Figure, pp. 142-145, cat. no. 51 Robertson, AVP, p. 83, fig. 72 (A) M. Kilmer, Greek Erotica on Attic Red-Figure Vases, London 1993, cat. no. R 351.1 ARV² 206, 132 Paralip. 343, 132 Addenda 194 A. Kossatz-DeissmannLIMC I, 1981, pp. 175-181, s.v. Achilleus ARV² 213, 242 Paralip. 344, 242 Addenda 196 AJA 62, 1958, pp. 55-66 The Berlin Painter (Melbourne 1964), pp. 1, 12, 13
Addenda and Corrigenda, p. 1951 Well C. Clairmont, Das Parisurteil in der antiker Kunst, Zurich 1951, p. 56, cat. no. K 175, pl. 34:b I. Raab, Zu den Darstellungen des Parisurteil in der griechischen Kunst, Franfort-am-Main 1972, p. 180, cat. no. B 21 fig. 44 Pit CVA, Bruxelles 1, Belgique 1, pl. 4 [40]:3:c Other
Addenda and Corrigenda, p. 1958, no. 8 bis Fill Ostraka Hoffmann, Sexual and Asexual Pursuit, p. 13, cat. no. Na 1-3 Hoffmann, Sexual and Asexual Pursuit, p. 13, cat. no. Na 1 ARV2 661, 85 Well ARV² 777, 2 Hoffmann, Sexual and Asexual Pursuit, p. 12, cat. no. Ha 1-6 ARV¹ 595, 40 ARV² 906, 117
440-430 B.C. Late 5th B.C. 480-470 B.C. Late 5th-early 4th B.C. Mid 5th B.C. 470-450 B.C. 470 B.C. 450 B.C.
Aerial photograph showing Thiseia Avenue on the west side of the Temple of Hephaistos (Theseion), Thission Cinema (lower left), and the remnants of Thiseia Street on the east slope of Kolonos Agoraios (right), as well as Section Α partly excavated.
Aerial view of the Agora, August 3, 1951. Although more excavations would continue in the Agora (defined by box), the layout of the ancient marketplace was well enough studied by 1953 to permit planning for landscaping the site and designing paths and walkways.
Aerial view of the west end of Section ΒΓ showing the east end of the Two-aisled Roman Stoa at the left, the Royal Stoa in the center, the Crossroads Well and the Crossroads Enclosure at right.
Aerial view of the west end of Section ΒΓ showing the east end of the Two-aisled Roman Stoa at the left, the Royal Stoa in the center, the Crossroads Well and the Crossroads Enclosure at right.
Aerial view of the west end of Section ΒΓ showing the east end of the Two-aisled Roman Stoa at the left, the Royal Stoa in the center, the Crossroads Well and the Crossroads Enclosure at right.
After cleaning, showing big block C. The tile drain. Note space between rubble wall, and the block, as well as the relation between the rubble wall and the Venetian.
After partial removal of eastern lining of Well J 2:18 in Basket 7, and before excavation of strip of fill between Wall 4 and the scarp of Wall R in Basket 11.
After removal of all backfill from area south of EB II, Room B, with line of old excavation trench (red arrows) and ancient fill next to well (blue arrow). [After Basket 34; Before Basket 37]
After removal of all backfill from area south of EB II, Room B, with line of old excavation trench (red arrows) and ancient fill next to well (blue arrow). [After Basket 34; Before Basket 37]
After removal of all backfill from area south of EB II, Room B, with line of old excavation trench and ancient fill next to well. [After Basket 34; Before Basket 37]
Agora Boundary stone Temple of Ares Great Drain The Herms Temple of Athena Nike Middle Stoa Sanctuary possibly of Hekate Temple of Dionysos South Stoa II Themistoklean Wall Southeast Building Theseion Southeast Temple Well Augustan workmanship in Athenian sculpture Aulis Aianteion Altar of Eleos Altar of Pythian Apollo Babullia Varilla Altar of the Twelve Gods Bassae Asklepieion Bouleuterion Belela City Gate, pre-Persian Bellerophon Eleusinion in the City Birds Boreas and Oreithyia Erechtheion Boupalos Eurysakeion Boustrophedon Gymnasium of Ptolemy Brauron: sanctuary of Artemis Hadrianic aqueduct Bridles Hekatompedon Bryaxis base Bull-nosed chisel Bulls Hephaisteion Burials within the City Herakleion at Kynosarges Capaneus Shield of Athena Parthenos Heroon of Aigeus Caryatids Cnidian Treasury Hieron of Antiochos Siphnian Treasury Kerameikos Cavalieri Late Roman Fortification Cavetto capitals Law courts Cecrops Leokoreion Cement Metroon Chairedemos Odeion of Agrippa Chariot groups Charites Chimera Older Parthenon Chisels Panathenaic Way Parthenon, east frieze Chiton Peisistratid Temple of Athena Chlaina Phorbanteion Chlamys Propylaia Prytanikon Choregic monument bases Roman Agora Chronology of archaic sculpture Stadion Cicero Stoa of Attalos Claudius Claudius as Apollo Patroos Claw chisel Stoa Basileios Club Stoa of the Herms Cock Stoa Poikile Coiffures Stoa of Zeus Coins Street of the Hermoglyphs Ainos Temple of Aphrodite Ourania
Agora 2, no. 18 Agora 5, G 182 Well Kroll 1973, p. 324, no. 1 Walker 1980, p. 63, no. 36 Cistern P.E. Corbett, Attic Pottery of the Later Fifth Century from the Athenian Agora, Hesperia 18, 1949 (pp. 298-351), p. 343, no. 140 Young 1951, p. 182 Fill D.B. Thompson, Three Centuries of Hellenistic Terracottas: V the Mid-Second Century B.C., VI Late Second Century B.C. to 86 B.C., Hesperia 34, 1965 (pp. 34-71), pp. 50 P.E. Corbett, Palmette Stamps from an Attic Black-Glaze Workshop, Hesperia 24, 1955 (pp. 172-186), p. 178, no. 2 Kroll 1973, pp. 325-327, no. 7 Walker 1980, pp. 69, 113-115, no. 49
Time of Hadrian Mid 1st A.D. 2nd quarter 4th B.C.-4th quarter 4th B.C. 3rd quarter 2nd B.C. Early 3rd B.C.
Agora 004, no. 82 Vessel Fragment: Official Measure Well Agora 010, no. DM 39, p. 52 Ship's Eye Fragment Dump Αρχαιολογική Εφημερίς, 1978. p. 119-135 K. De Vries and M.L. Katsev, 1972, "Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician Ships and Shipping", in G. Bass (ed.), A History of Seafaring based on Underwater Archaeology, London