[Agora Deposit] G 8:1: Well

Well on Slopes of Kolonos, apparently with two periods of active service. The earlier dating from ca. the turn of the era well down into the 1st c. A.D. Probable that the well was never cleaned out in ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D.

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[Agora Image] 1997.14.0122 (83-85)

Stepped retaining wall (block marked "X" is modern) ... east 3544 Horizontal (normal) ... 8 Sep 1961

[Agora Deposit] O 20:1: Cistern at 63/ΛΑ

Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078. Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 20:1.1: Upper fill

Roman Dump/Cesspool ... Second half 1st c.-1st half 2nd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] P 10:1: Cistern

With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C.

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] P 16:1: Well at 99/ME

Well at 99/ΜΕ. Just outside of SE corner of Fountain House. This well was used in at least two periods; the marble well curb of the second period, certainly Byzantine, was found in place. The fill was ... 5 May 1952 5-14 July 1952

[Agora Deposit] P 17:1: Well at 112/N

Well at 112/Ν. Shallow well with a short period of use. The scattering of fragments in the upper dumped filling is consistently earlier. Lot Τ 12 (all sherds saved) and Lot Τ 13a (Dirt Pile) ... 520-500 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 19:1: Well at 52/ΛΣΤ

Tile well at 52/ΛΣΤ, in the northern late Roman building in the room with the apse. The top was covered by a large stone, and the well had never been filled after the last period of use. water stood to ... Late 1st (?) cent.-early 3rd to 6th cent.

[Agora Deposit] Q 10:4: Well by Stoa Pier 8

Well by Stoa Pier 8. Mouth of well discovered in 1950 (p. 2287). Dumped filling in the 4th c. B.C. but the bulk of the material of the 5th c. B.C. Fill contained much wood, bones, Mycenaean, Geometric, ... 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 12:2: Well in Stoa Terrace Opposite Pier 2

Well in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 2. Diameter 1.10m. Well cut with steps on both sides. No water. was probably not much used, although part of a well head was found at 4.50m Estimated Grid ... Into 600-575 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 15:2: Well to the North of Nymphaeum

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.

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:2: Well at 115/ΜΘ

Well at 115/ΜΘ. Careful stone curbing around the upper walls, the presence of footholds in the sides, an adequate water supply and the fragments of a terracotta well-head in the filling indicate that the ... 600-550 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:3: Well at 123/ΝΑ

Well at 123/ΝΑ. At the bottom a few water jars; above , a dumped filling with a small amount of pottery; at the top supplementary fill with scattered sherds. POU, ca. 500 B.C. Dumped filling, of ca. 500 ... 6th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:8: Well L in ΠΑ

Well L. Use filling and well-head; abandonment filling chiefly of mud and stones, with a scattering of pottery ... ca. 575-550 B.C.-To early 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 18:4: Stone-Curbed Well at 18/ΞΓ

Stone-curbed well at NE corner of 18/ΞΓ ... 2nd c., at least as late as ca. 140 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] R 12:4: Well in Stoa Shop 3

Well in Stoa Shop 3. Diameter at top 1.20m. The mouth o the well was overlaid by a large conglomerate block placed by the Stoa builders to seal it. Masses of pottery including many water-jars filled the ... Ca 520-480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 17:5: Well A

Well A Mostly uniform dumped fill. use level probably late. The well head (A 2753) had evidently been broken up and thrown in as soon as the well went out of use. Dumped filling, second quarter of 7th ... 7th century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] S 21:3: Well at 20/ΙΘ

Well outside market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way. Accumulated use filling from first half of 1st c. A.D. to early 3rd c. Top to 14.65m. 4th c. dump; nothing significant catalogued ... POU First half of 1st c.-early 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] T 24:3: Well 8 in ΟΑ

Well 8: Archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Depth from surface of rock, -16.10m. Diameter top ca. 0.90; bottom ca 0.80m. Water level, ca. -9m ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:3: Well at 20/ΙΔ

A great shaft 2.65m in diameter and over 10m deep cut out in the mid 1st c. to serve in some connection with the Brick Shaft system (U 22:1). Filled in to top (layer 2) in late 1st- early 2nd c. A.D. with ... 18 March 1937, 1-13 April 1937, 24 May-14 June 1937

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0090 (Leica A 1418)

Terracotta well-heads. 4th/3rd centuries B.C. Photograph and profile drawing of A 1418 (from south cistern at 18/Π), and restored profile of P 4072-4073 from a cistern at 45/Β. Hellenistic Group B ... PD 487 Misc Horizontal (normal)

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0091 (88-459)

Terracotta well-heads. 6th and 5th centuries B.C. Section to show drum-shaped well-head in place on stone-lined well ... Misc /Leica/no PD. Horizontal (normal)

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0092

Terracotta well-heads. 6th and 5th centuries B.C. Profiles of eight well-heads. Various proveniences and dates ... Misc. A 957-L. Unknown negative number. Horizontal (normal)

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0185 (LV-96)

Top: section of terracotta roof tiles (A 1911, A 1913 and A 1914). Center: terracotta well-head (A 1916), section and elevation. Bottom: shallow dish on stand (P 21957), section and elevation. From Well ... M.R.H ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 677 Misc Horizontal (normal) ... 1952

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0259 (XLIX-67)

Well-head set up to show use: boy pulling up the water jar. Well by Attalos Pier 8, 2nd half of 5th c. B.C ... Misc Horizontal (normal) ... 1951

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0260 (XLIX-68)

Well-head set up to show use: boy drawing water from a terracotta well-head. Well by Attalos Pier 8, 2nd half of 5th c. B.C ... Misc See 2017.01.0006 for higher resolution copy Horizontal (normal) ... 1951

[Agora Deposit] J 12:1: Well

Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... At 6.50m. begins use filling with numerous BHWJs and other water ... Late 1st c. to early 3rd cent. and of 4th and 5th cents

[Agora Deposit] J 12:2: Well

Empty to 4.00m. From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... The presence of fragments of stelae and architectural members near bottom point to dumped ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] K 2:3: Well in Byzantine Room 9

Well in Byzantine Room 9. Excavation of the well terminated at 49.00m. due to cave-in danger. Topped by a stone sill and marble putael, the upper part of well is of Byzantine-period stone masonry; lower ... Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] M 10:1: Byzantine Well at 54/ΜΣΤ

Byzantine Well at 54/ΜΣΤ, belonging to the house over the eastern part of the Odeion. Coins: 3 May 1935 #5 4 May 1935 #1 ... Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] M 11:3: Well

7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C. Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 7:3: Skytha Well

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.

[Agora Deposit] B 18:13: Cistern in Room 12

Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N. Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins: 24 ... 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 18:13.1: Upper fill

Fill perhaps from the dismantling of House N when it was abandoned; full of small stones and broken roof tiles (nb.p. 4398) ... Ca. 150 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:3: Pit

Pit, partly cleared; dumped filling of first half of 3rd. c. B.C., but with considerable material of the 4th. c. Hellenistic. Its rotten schist walls collapsed some time near then and it was filled up ... 4th-3rd c. B.C.

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[Agora Drawing] PD 487 (DA 3435)

Profiles of terracotta well-heads ... H.S. Whipple ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1948

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[Agora Drawing] PD 488 (DA 3436)

Profile of base of well-head ... Cf. Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 118, fig. 3, no. 13. Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink