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[Agora Deposit] G 5:3: "Bone Well"

Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth. The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... "Bone Well"

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[Agora Deposit] K 1:5: Well

Tom Milbank ... An unlined and relatively narrow (ca. 0.82m. in diameter) well cut through hard-pack and bedrock. Although three periods of use can be discerned in the stratigraphy of the well below a depth of ca. 5.47m., ... Middle Geometric I ... Well

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 11, s. 201, p. 182

Herms; Attachment of arms. Herms; Back hair. Herms; Beardless, used as supports. Herms; Body modelled to hips. Epigram of Praxagoras. Herms; Bronze-headed. Herms with white heads and colored shafts. Herms; ... Agora 11 182 G 5:3 ... Infants' bones in Hellenistic well ... Hippothon, sanctuary in Eleusis ... Well

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[Agora Report] 2010 Excavations: Preliminary Report on the 2010 Excavation Season

John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in five sections: ΒΗ, ΒΘ, ΒΖ, Γ and Δ. In Section ΒΗ, excavation continued and late fills overlying the Stoa Poikile were cleared. A good cross-section of the stoa foundations was ... 15 Jun-6 Aug 2010 ... Hellenistic in date and was ... in five sections: ΒΗ, ΒΘ, ΒΖ, Γ and Δ. In Section ΒΗ,

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[Agora Object] BI 1411: Bone Die

Very well preserved but for one edge lightly chipped. Rhombic hexaedron (or trigonal trapezohedron) in shape. Flat sides with drilled dots misaligned on all faces. Highly polished. Stained light green ... Probably Hellenistic ... Bone Die

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:10: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Brian Martens ... It was partially excavated during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c ... LHIIIA ... III in the NE area of ... anomaly in the soil: the ... children, an infant, and fetuses)

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[Agora Deposit] J 5:1: Crossroads Well

Located at the bifurcation of the Panathenaic Way and West Road.Byzantine fill (9th-10th century) in upper 5.70m. with a series of Classical to Hellenistic accumulations below. Coins: 10 July 1971 #861 ... 14 June-27 July 1971 ... fill (9th-10th century) in ... Classical to Hellenistic ... high number of dog bones

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html

Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... especially in wells and cisterns ... shown in photographs, as well ... in a well on the North

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[Agora Object] P 7901: Red Figure Cup Fragments: Type C and Inscribed

Most of rim and one handle preserved; little of floor. Offset rim. Of the medallion, framed by a single reserved line, remains only, at left, a heel, right, and the end of a staff(?); at right, an aryballos, ... 28 May 1936 ... Hellenistic Pottery and Wheelmade Table Ware | Vessels For Other Purposes |

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[Agora Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... about 20 cm lower in front of ... preserved depth in front of the ... considerably cut down here in modern