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[Agora Deposit] J 2:13: Hellenistic Pyre

Hellenistic Pyre below packed clay floors of Room 2; west of Late Roman wall extension, below tile platform terracotta drain installation, bordered on the north by bedding foundation stones of crosswall ... Ca. 300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 8, p. 111, figs. 22, 23, 33.

[Agora Deposit] R 16:1: Pit in Footing Trench, East Building

East Building, pit in footing trench. Coins: 20 April 1959 #5-#6 ... 2nd c. A.D ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] P 15:3: Sand Fill North of Base A

Sand fill N of Base A. ... Because of the uncertainty of ground level contemporary with Base A and of the possibility of missing a continuous strosis or disturbance in this soft sandy fill, I have kept ... Last quarter 2nd-first quareter 3rd c. A.D ... possible [p. 3062]. No

[Agora Deposit] M 20:2: Roman Well at 75/E

Well at 75/Ε. Dumped debris of Herulian destruction, including much material from the first half of the 3rd c ... 3rd c. A.D ... 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.

[Agora Deposit] F 5:3: Pit

Pit on north slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Traces of burning in the dirt fill; mixed in with this many fragments of fine pottery ... Ca. 450-420 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E 7:15: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XVII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XVII in notebook. Many tumbled bones. Neg. KK 347 ... 22 February 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 35).

[Agora Deposit] E 7:21: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXII in notebook. One skull with messy disintegrated bones ... 22 February 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 42).

[Agora Deposit] F 12:4: Well

Primarily late Roman material but some scrappy early Roman. Coins: 5 March 1934 #1-#4 6 March 1934 #1-#3 7 March 1934 #1-#2 8 March 1934 #1-#4 9 March 1934 #1-#4 10 March 1934 #1 ... Ca. A.D. 350 dumped fill ... -22.1m.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:11: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27c ... Agora XIII, pl. 79b.

[Agora Deposit] F 30:1: Martyr

Martyr at Δ6. Top strosis (Byzantine-Turkish) discarded. Strosis 2, late Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 21) Strosis 3, early Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 22) Strosis 4, to mid-4th c. B.C. (Lot ΔΕ 23) Nothing catalogued from ... To mid-4th c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 390 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 358.

[Agora Deposit] C 10:1: Manhole, Channel Mouth 1

Water channel in north part of section, giving access to water system. Channel Mouth 1. Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] Q 11:3: Ash and Carbon Dump

Ash and Carbon Dump in Corridor directly behind Room C of Brick Building. This material comprises what appears to have been a household dump associated with the period of use of the Brick Building, but ... To mid-2nd century ... Agora XXIX, p. 469 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 373 ... Agora XXVII, pp. 153-165, 205-206, 231 (selection of pottery).

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[Agora Deposit] I 3:1: Well Under Room I of Byzantine House

A tile lined well under Room I of Byzantine House. A concrete shaft belonging to the mill cut off the top of the well and left in place 3 complete sets of tiles and most of a fourth set. All but the lowest ... 17-18 c. A.D ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2.

[Agora Deposit] M 18:4: Well

Appears to be use filling from 3rd c. A.D., pre-Herulian into 4th c. or later. Lined with tiles. Coins: 6 May 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... Early 3rd-early 6th c ... Agora XXI, p. 99 ... Agora XXXII, p. 301 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 183.

[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 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:1: Well

Well on lower northwest slope of Areopagus. Dug to 6.60m. and abandoned because of danger. Single dumped deposit. Perhaps this context: P 528, P 1223 (JWH). Coins: 22 April 1932 #1 ... Second half 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Agora XXIX, p. 455 ... Agora XXXII, p. 298 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 361.

[Agora Deposit] V 23:1: Archaic Well G in OA

Well G: Archaic (lower fill) on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Diameter top to bottom ca 1.0. Coins 22 April 1937 #1-#2 Top fill, to 3.50m; dark Age: nothing catalogued ... 500 - 490 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] F 12:5: Well 1

Unfinished well cut in bedrock to the southwest of the Tholos; dumped filling containing much material of the 7th c. B.C. but extending into the 6th ... 7th-ca. 570 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:1: Well

Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:1: Well

Use filling of first half of 1st c.; dumped filling of late 1st c.(?). This well, near its mouth, cuts off the end of the upper passage of the cistern at 53/Ε. Subdivisions: .1=Dumped filling .2=POU ... First half of 1st c. A.D. POU ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] B 12:1: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins: 23 March 1936 #5-#6 31 March 1936 #3 30 April 1936 #1 1 May 1936 #6 2 May 1936 #2 5 May 1936 #8 6 May 1936 #15-#16 14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... .2=3.50-22.20m.=Original fill dumped back in; ... .3=22.20-23.25m.=POU Second half of 1st. c.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:6: Rubbish Pit

Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 453 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 359.

[Agora Deposit] E 10:1: Manhole, Channel Mouth 4

Water channel in north part of Section: Channel Mouth 4. Coins: 22 February 1936 #16-#18 24 February 1936 #1-#2 Twenty stamped amphora handles; type 38 lamp; type 56 A lamp; over half of bowls long-petal ... 120-86 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E 5:2: Cistern in ΛΛ

Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 388 ... Agora XXII, p. 98.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:18: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 17 in notebook. No offerings. Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. RSY Lot Β 304 Fill over Grave 17 ... Early 6th century B.C (?) ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] R 13:11: Tile-Lined Well in NE room (R/18,19-13/20)

Tile-lined Well in NE room (R/18,19-13/20). Homogenous dump ... 350-325 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] O-P 15:1: Foundry Dumps

Foundry dumps north of Church of Holy Apostles. Coins 27 March 1952 #3-#6 28 March 1952 #1-#3 29 March 1952 #1-#7 14 April 1952 #15-#17 15 April 1952 #7 22 April 1952 #5-#6 29 April 1952 #1 9 May 1952 ... #7 22 April 1952 #5-#6 29

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[Agora Deposit] I 9:2: Burial in Metroon Drain Cut

Side-chamber at the bottom of a circular shaft. AA 27; ST 103 from shaft above burial. PD 427 ... Neolithic ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] C 10:3: Well

Well with 4th. c. fill, no well deposit at the bottom. Coins: 2 April 1936 #1 3 April 1936 #8-#19 4 April 1936 #11 8 April 1936 #3-#4 22 May 1936 #5 25 May 1936 #2 27 May 1936 #2 28 May 1936 #2-#5 29 May ... Second half A.D. 4th. c ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:5: Roman Well at 74/I

Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D. Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins 9 April 1938 #2 9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VI, p. 99.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 2-3:1: Fill

42-50/Ζ-ΙΑ: below uppermost Byz. Floor at level of top of railroad retaining wall (cf. also 50/Ι: from packing of floor). Coins: 24 March 1936 #18-#22 26 March 1936 #9-#10 ... Early Byzantine ... Coins: 24 March 1936 #18-#22 26 March 1936 #9-#10

[Agora Deposit] C 9:2: Well A

Cistern System #1f: Shaft at 1/ΝΘ = Well A. Scanty dumped filling. Coins: 19 February 1936 #2-#3 20 February 1936 #16-#20 21 February 1936 #5-#7 22 February 1936 #1 ... Mid-4th to 3rd c. B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 304.

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:3: Well

Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE). Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] S 28:1: Late Neolithic Well H in ΟΑ

Well H: Late Neolithic. West of Klepsydra. Diameter, top ca. 0.90m; at -4.50m ca 0.75. Water level ca. -2.00m 1) Some extremity bones of Bos sp. 2) Cardium sp. shells ... Late Neolithic ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] K 2:1: Byzantine Built Pithos

Original bottom of pithos was damaged (probably by ground water) and a second, higher bottom consisting of squarish terracotta tiles laid. Fill above second, higher floor was unusually rich in pottery ... Byzantine ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2.

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:13: Vaulted Tomb

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XX in notebook. This deposit includes also an infant grave at the corner of Grave XX (cf. pp. 1714, 2141 and catalogued objects B 673 and B 674). Many bones, skulls ... 22 February 1939 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E 8:1: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXV in notebook. Coins: 13 March 1939 #24 14 March 1939 #8 (Vandal, not kept?) Notebook says: wall of LXIV rests on bones. Neg. KK 396 ... 13-14 March 1939 16 March 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 22).

[Agora Deposit] H 19:1: Rockcut Pit

Dimensions 2.86x1.50x0.70m in depth; stratified fill in rockcut pit (three rockcut steps leading down at one end) which apparently served as a rubbish dump (pottery fragments with carbon and ash). Coins: ... Ca. 410-250 B.C ... Coins: 17 May 1939 #2-#3 22 May 1939 #4

[Agora Deposit] H 13:1: Well in Road West of Middle Stoa

Located in road west of Middle Stoa. It was 4.80m deep. Owing to its shallowness, it was probably kept clean. The southernmost block of the N-S peribolos (?) wall west of the Middle Stoa partly covered ... 200-165 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 11:3: Drawshaft

Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Coins: 22 February 1936 #1 25 February 1936 #1

[Agora Deposit] D 17:3: Cistern at 65/KH

Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northwest room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora XII, p. 387 ... Agora XXI, p. 97.

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[Agora Deposit] K 2:5: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 617 (noted).

[Agora Deposit] Q 10:1: Filling of Outer Foundation of Square Building

Filling of S outer foundation of Square Building. 310-275 B.C., with substantial amount of residual early material. Coins: 25 August 1953 #1-#3 ... 325-300 B.C. (?) ... P-R 6-12

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[Agora Deposit] K 12:1: Well

Well I: PG, ELS. The collapsed well north of the Middle Stoa Terrace. This pit, or shallow well, into which a Turkish storage pit lined with stones was set, produced purely Proto-Geometric pottery and ... Protogeometric ... From the disturbed filling overlying mouth of well, P 26312.

[Agora Deposit] N 14:3: Burial in mouth of well

Mycenaean well and grave. Single burial, that of a middle-aged man, had been made in the mouth of an unproductive well near the southeast corner of the South Square ... Myc. IIIB-C:1 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:4: Inhumation of a female

Grave V in notebook = RSY Grave 5. PD 731-c, Ptg. 244 ... Second quarter of the 6th. c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 303, fig. 43.

[Agora Deposit] O-P 6:1: Drain Fill

Area I; layer I. Soft, loose destruction fill of Street Drain in front of Greek House δ. Represents closing of drain in preparation for construction of Basilica. Top elevation 55.40m at west, 55.96m at ... 1st c. A.D ... Lead, bronze, plaster. Coin 22 June 1971 #439

[Agora Deposit] C 18:11: Early Drain Channel Pit

Ostrakon deposit, sand fill in a shallow channel in bedrock at the bottom of the Great Drain in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of Nymphs. This group of ostraka may well come from a single ... Ca. 490-480 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 6:7: Well

Well dug through bedrock-settling basin of cistern at 69/ΜΗ. Coins: 21 May 1936 #24-#26 22 May 1936 #14 29 May 1936 #2-#4 2 June 1936 #1-#3 3 June 1936 #2-#4 4 June 1936 #4-#6 Cf. also container ΚΚ 336 ... 3rd c. A.D ... Agora X, p. 136.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:28: Pyre J 2:28

Handler ... Found in an area of disturbed fill north of a floor surface in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building. The floor surface (n. 3 on the west side of Room 4) was preserved at 52.503-52.544 masl., and ... 2nd half 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 13, p. 115, figs. 22, 39.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:14: Ostrakon Pit

Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXIII, p. 332 ... Agora XXV, p. 164.

[Agora Deposit] Q-R 14:1: Library of Pantainos - Bone factory

First trial east Stoa colonnade, N. of S. wall III, layer 12. Note quantities of cattle bones, the knuckles sawn off and many worked bits. Evidently a bone implement factory near by. [nbp. 2139] Coins: ... Late 3rd c.-earliest 4th c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228 ... Agora XXXII, p. 303.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:8: Well 8

Well 8 (in Tholos), put out of use by a fall of the rock walls and replaced by well G 11:3. Scanty use filling at and near the bottom, separated by a mass of fallen rock from a debris filling in the upper ... Ca. 550-500 B.C. and 480 B.C ... Cf. from fill over well mouth: P 5278, P 5279.

[Agora Deposit] E 3:1: Cistern at 44/Η

Cistern with considerable dumped fill at the north foot of Kolonos Agoraios. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C. Multiple vessels share same stamps, and painted ... Ca. 325-250 B.C ... April 1936 #13-#14 (Dump) 22

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:3: Inhumation of a male

Grave II in notebook = RSY Grave 17. PD 731-j ... Ca. 510-490 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:6: Infant pot inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXVIII: PG) Shallow oval cutting in natural bedrock lintel of Mycenaean chamber tomb O 7:5, containing a large two-handled cooking pot. Within, the unburned bones of a foetal ... Developed-Later Protogeometric ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 74 ... Agora XIII, pls. 79,b, 83,b.

[Agora Deposit] C 13:1: Late Roman Cistern in ΠΘ

Late Roman mixed destruction fill. The fill in both the staircase and the cistern chamber was the same mixed destruction fill containing a large quantity of Hellenistic pottery mixed in with late 3rd-early ... 4th. c. A.D ... Agora XXXII, p. 294 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 179.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:1: Well A

Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... (see p. 58) Remark on p. 460 ... packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st ... Coins: 22 February 1934 #1-#8 23 February 1934 #1-#20

[Agora Deposit] E 14:3: Drawshaft, "Kybele Cistern"

Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic. Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XXI, p. 97.

[Agora Deposit] C 9:16: Well

Well cut through cistern at 6/ΝΕ (C 9:7). The stele I 3244 in position in the cistern over the mouth of the well is listed with the cistern deposit C 9:7. Coins: 26 February 1936 #2-#4 27 February 1936 ... A.D. 1st ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:4: Cistern

Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C ... Agora XXII, p. 100 ... Agora XXIX, p. 452 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 357.

[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

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:4: Well

Outside the market square, near the southeast corner, on the south edge of the east-west road, where it passes to the south of the Mint. There is no doubt that the pottery from the well is "stratified" ... Early 1st to 6th c. and of 8th c. A.D ... -22m.

[Agora Deposit] C 17:1: Fills

Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits. Coins: 9 May 1947 #2-#5 16 ... 1st c. A.D ... Agora XXXII, p. 294 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 179.

[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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 15:4: Pit

Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. B. C. and earlier, but perhaps dumped in 3rd c. B.C. Upper filling mixed to Roman (4th c. A.D.). Pottery in container (9-22-58) is mostly second half of 4th ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with late-3rd-century disturbance ... Agora XII, p. 387 ... Agora XXIX, p. 442 ... Agora XXX, p. 361.

[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 ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora XXI, p. 97.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:8: Well South of Kolonos Agoraios

A well toward the south end of Kolonos Agoraios. Period of use fill dated to ca. 325-260 B.C. and upper fill dated to ca. 250-225 B.C. in Agora XXX. Diameter 1.10m, water level 6.90m. Kernoi and many lead ... Ca. 325-260 B.C ... -22.7m.

[Agora Deposit] D 10:1: Thiseion Cistern A (1935)

Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) Coins: 16 May 1935 #4-#5 17 May 1935 #1-#2 18 May 1935 #1-#2 20 May 1935 #1-#2 22 May 1935 #1 23 May 1935 #2-#6 24 May 1935 #1-#7 25 ... 16-25 May 1935 6 February 1936 ... 22 May 1935 #1 23 May 1935 ... 578, P 5947, P 6449 and

[Agora Deposit] T 18:4: North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building

North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building. 14 inventoried items, 22 objects, 325 sherds. Objects : terracottas; handmade object; large figurine; lamps. Early ware : Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; ... 6th c. B.C. and earlier ... Agora

[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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 246, 200, table 2.

[Agora Deposit] Q-R 10-11:3: Destruction Layer

Destruction Layer, Brick Building. It represents material from the layer of fallen brick covering the floor and wall socles of the Brick Building and therefore marking the destruction of the structure ... To ca. 165 ... Coins: 14 February 1936 #1 15 February 1936 #2 21 February 1936 #1, #3 22 February

[Agora Deposit] B 19:13: Well

Dug bedrock filling in a well of unusually large diameter (1.35m.), possibly the original source of water for a factory for making terracotta figurines (water for the workshop with waterproofed floor and ... 4th. c. B.C ... Agora

[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 ... Agora VII, p. 227 ... Agora XXI, p. 100 ... Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 88.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:25: Pyre

Matt McCallum ... The pyre was uncovered in a small, triangular area between the BZ Building foundations (but at a lower level) and the northern scarp of the current excavation area. It rested in a patch of orange-brown ... 1-7 August 2006 ... Agora

[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 XII, p. 394 ... Agora XXIII, p. 333.

[Agora Deposit] L-M 11-12:1: "Coroplasts' Dump"

Filling between tongue walls to north of main apse in Late Roman complex, equals "Coroplasts' Dump" overlying Odeion south side. Containers Ο 17-Ο 20 are from "debris of burnt building" [i.e. Odeion ... 267-ca. 350 A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 134.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:3: Sacrificial Pyre in NN

Sacrificial pyre, disturbed; a small pyxis (P 14864) is close to that from B 18:4. First half of 4th. c. B.C., perhaps first quarter. West of House C. Pottery and cinders in pit in stratum. The pyre was ... First half 4th. c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 383 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51.

[Agora Deposit] J 3:3: Road fill

Road SE of altar, below 51.56m. In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick and we hit another surface, at 51.56m. which we take as Layer XV. Fairly loose gravelly fill under surface, sandy, greenish ... 1st c. B.C ... Road SE of altar, below 51.56m. In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick ... A note on p. 1961 of the field notebook: "Same as Layer XV, p. 1883" justifies

[Agora Deposit] F 19:1: Stratified well

Roman Group L. Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90). Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90). Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Coins: 16 May 1939 #3 (?) p. 2424. 24 May 1939 ... earth) 22 June 1939 #7-#18(#7

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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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 12:1: Well

Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D. Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549. Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora VI, p. 98.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora VI, p. 98 (upper fill).

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers). Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora XXII, p. 98 ... Agora XXIX, p. 444.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:5: Well B

Digging abandoned at 17.10m. Nbp. 2863: The fill in the mouth to -6.50 was a dump of mixed hellenistic and late roman sherds. From -6.50 to -11.00m. small stones with a few late roman sherds 4th-5th c ... 4th-5th c. A.D ... Agora XXI, p. 97 ... Agora XXXII, p. 297 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 181.

[Agora Deposit] H 10-11:1: Grading fill of Old Bouleuterion

Lower fill: See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed. Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P ... (Section Β), P 5878, L 1866.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:3: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C ... Agora XXI, p. 97. ... Agora XXII, p. 99 ... Agora XXIX, p. 447.

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[Agora Deposit] J-K 2:2: Chamber Tomb Below Floor of Room 2 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 595, n. 3.

[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 ... p. Β' 1228 ff ... A few pieces (e.g. P 4810, P 4812) were found

[Agora Deposit] G-I 11-12: Investigations in the area of the Tholos

Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits. This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates ... 22 May 1937 #1-#2 28 May

[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 VIII, p. 129 ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXII, p. 102.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:6: Pyre in Cut in E-W Street

Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus. RSY-Pyre. Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora XXIX, p. 443 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 52, p. 165, figs. 67, 100.

[Agora Deposit] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] F 16:1: Demeter Cistern

Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:3: Pyre I

Sacrificial Pyre I, Classical Building II. The pyre was set through the original floor level of the northern room of the Classical Building and apparently is the remainder of a ritual conducted when the ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... 755= P 31817, which appears

[Agora Deposit] D-E 18-19: Road

West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman ... Agora XII, p. 388 ... Agora XXIII, p. 331.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:2: Coin Hoard in BZ

Marcie Handler ... Continued from 2000 season, 10-12 July 2000; BZ XXIII p. 4472. The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the ... 10-12 July 2000 21-22 July 2003 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:16: Pyre against North Face of Polygonal Wall, Room 2

Pyre against north face of polygonal wall, Room 2, Classical Building II. No floor preserved above, but the pyre is below floor level 51.820masl, preserved just to the east and above patchy floor with ... Ca. 275-260 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] N 19:1.2: Middle fill

Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of cistern. Includes finds from NW channel leading out of 84/ΝΣΤ (containers 50-51). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from ... 125-86 B.C ... Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of ... within the .3 range: P 9680, P