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[Agora Deposit] G 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C.

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[Agora Image] 2012.22.0220 (4-52)

Red figure fragments ... AMS Horizontal (normal)

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[Agora Image] 1997.03.0166 (5-226)

Objects from Perserschutt (Persian Debris) beneath the Stoa of Zeus ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1935

[Agora Deposit] O-R 7-10: Construction Fill

Square Peristyle (Square Building) Constructions fill + other (square peristyle area); fragmentary and with some earlier material but in the main, where undisturbed, a homogenous deposit. Coins: 26 May ... Βefore 300 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 12:3: Stoa Gutter Well

Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1. Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora well-deposits both for the high quality and the good conditions of pottery of all sorts. It represents the stock of a ... Ca. 520-490 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 13:1: Well

No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C. Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] O 16:1-2: Construction Filling

South Stoa I: 75-76/ΚΗ-Λ South Shop Building Layer g (O 16:1) and South Stoa I: Stony Fill below floor level (O 16:2). (merged from O 16:1 and O 16:2) Coins: 11 May 1953 #29 (illegible) Merged from two ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. and earlier

[Agora Deposit] E 14:11: Great Drain South, Associated with Southwest and North Buildings

Fillings associated with Southwest and North Buildings (78-99/ΙΣΤ-ΚΘ) and early walls to west of Great Drain. pottery p. 1189, vol VII ... Subdivisions: .1=Filling over bedrock. .2=Fillings behind retaining ... Various levels and dates

[Agora Deposit] E 14:11.3: Dump Fill Associated with Great Drain Construction

Dumped fillings probably to be associated with the construction of the Great Drain in this area. Green fill under North Building ... Ca. 400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14: Building Fill in B'

Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building ("Strategeion"), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. Most of the ... First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] I 6:1: Cut to East of Exedra

Cut to east of Exedra. Accumulated road packing between the Stoa of Zeus and the early altar to the east, various levels and dates, as late as early as 6th c. B.C. and as late as 5th c. A.D ... 15-17 April 1935

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[Agora Image] 2012.23.0385 (5-226)

Objects from Perserschutt (Persian Debris) beneath the Stoa of Zeus ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1935

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[Agora Drawing] DA 13005

Red figure cup (interior) ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 219 ff. Exhibited at the Benaki Museum, 15 November 2006 to 7 January 2007. XXXV-58 XXXV-58

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[Agora Drawing] PD 3082 (DA 12762)

South Fountain House pottery ... Anne Hooton ... For Jessica Paga. Digital file ... 2013

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[Agora Drawing] DA 10532

Red figure cup (interior). Woman and dwarf ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 15 (1946), pl. 31, no. 40. Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... 1933

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[Agora Drawing] DA 10538

Red figure cup (profile) ... Piet de Jong ... Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor

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[Agora Drawing] DA 10685

Misc. sherds ... Mary Wyckoff ... Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor

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[Agora Drawing] DA 10694

Red figure cup (exterior). Arming of warriors and elders gathered for libation to assure success in battle ... Piet de Jong ... Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 216 ff. Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor

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[Agora Drawing] DA 10695

Red figure cup (interior and exterior) ... Mary Wyckoff ... Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 216 ff. XXXV-59 XXXV-59 Fragile Dirty Watercolor Paper Watercolor ... 1931

[Agora Deposit] O 19:4: Well at 55/ΚΕ

Well at 55/ΚΕ Period of Use dated to the last quarter of 5th c. B.C., Upper fill dated to the same (deposited later) in Agora XXX. Coins 1 April 1938 #10 ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 8:11: Pit

A fair-sized pit in bedrock in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 18, which contained a good deal of pottery mostly coarse. A little additional material as late as second quarter 4th. c. B.C ... Ca. 425-400 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] R 11:1: Symbolon Pit

"Symbolon Pit" (Rectangular Pit in bedrock E of Stoa, Room 5). Preserved depth 0.45m, original depth estimated at ca. 1.65m., the upper part having been cut away by successive building operations in the ... Third quarter of 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 12:1: ΘΡΑ Well East of Stoa Room 2

Thra (ΘΡΑ) Well (East of Stoa Room 2). Heavy dumped filling, including figured, black and plain wares, and also a quantity of animal bones, mostly skulls of oxen. On many of these the horns had been sawn ... Ca. 520-480 B.C.

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[Agora Image] 2000.06.0194

Red figure cup, detail of tondo ... Misc Horizontal (normal)

[Agora Deposit] J 18:6: Pit D

Scanty filling over the top of a pit. Selected fragments. Black figure fragments ... Late 6th to early 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] K 13:1: Pocket

Small pocket with R.F. sherds and terracottas, perhaps thrown up by the diggers of a modern well nearby ... Ca. 375-350 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] K 14:1: Collector's Dump

Pottery Deposit at 57/ΙΔ (also 57/ΙΣΤ and 63-66/Κ-ΚΕ). Contents of pit range from Mycenaean to Turkish; apparently the dump of a modern antiquities dealer ... Modern Context

[Agora Deposit] L-M 17-18:1: Southwest House and Central House (1958)

Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates. Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] M 17:4: Well

Big well at 61/ΙΖ. A well on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter 2m ... Ca. 520-475 and shortly after

[Agora Deposit] M 18:8: Well

Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M-N 15:1: South Stoa II: Building Fill

South Stoa II Construction Fill. About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 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] N 10:1: Cellar

"Fauvel Collection" Collector's dump? Debris in the cellar of a modern house, probably once that of F.S. Fauvel. The collection included vases of all periods, from Geometric to Turkish; a number of the ... Modern Context

[Agora Deposit] N-P 20:1: Dump

East-West Street (63-64/ΙΣΤ, etc.) Packing in line of ancient east-west street along Areopagus north slopes. Lower fills, predominantly late 6th-early 5th c. B.C. Middle fills, last quarter of the 5th ... Various levels and dates

[Agora Deposit] O 18:2: Hedgehog Well

A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. Curbed with rough stones. Filling of a small shallow well which contained nothing from the POU and since no water was ... Ca. 350-320 B.C.