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[Agora Deposit] E 19:1: Grave 1

Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent. Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:4: Pyre

Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. First quarter 4th. c. B.C. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Agora XII, p. 384 ... Agora XXIX, p. 437.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:4: Mask Cistern

Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C. Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C ... Sulla's sack in 86 B.C. Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills ... chronological differentiation (p ... #6-#17 11 March 1938 #3-#12 12 March 1938 #14-#29 14 March 1938 #7-#14 15 March 1938

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:4: Urn cremation

Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP] "Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:4: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII. Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ. Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 71 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 468-470 (with F 16:3) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 9, pp. 67-69, 529-530, figs. 2.14, 2.21, 2.22, 3.15, 3.16, pl.

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 345 ff ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora X, p. 67.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:17: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 16 in notebook. Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m. Skeleton of a woman , head at northwest end. Most of pots piled over feet and legs of skeleton at southeast end. An iron ... 750 B.C ... 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 ... -3.8m.

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[Agora Deposit] N 11:1: Cist Grave in Ο

N.A. Doenges Evelyn Lord Smithson ... "Near or in Grave" (width 0.50m) Grave to the east of the southeast corner of the great court of the Gymnasium. Shallow and superimposed on Well N 11:5. It is a simple cist oriented north and south, with ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora

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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 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 311 ... Agora XII, p. 390. ... Agora XXII, p. 100.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:7.2: Lower fill

Coins perhaps Hadrian 117-138 A.C. No XXVII lamps and no XX catalogued (but excavator notes their presence in fill) ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... E 14:7.2 ... E 14:7.2

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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 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 291, no. 2 (AA 27) ... Hesperia 87 (2018) p. 225 ... A.J.A. 39 (1935), p. 441, fig. 3.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:3: Well

Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary". Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) ... "arbitrary". Agora V, p. 126: ... filling of 3rd c (before 267); ... Coins: 4 April 1938 #8 (14.25m.)

[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 ... Late 3rd c.-earliest 4th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] P 14:3: Deposit over cobbled floor

Dumped debris filling east of East Building, badly shattered. There is a small amount of disturbance from the filling immediately above, but the bulk of the pottery is consistent, and very close to that ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... overlying an area 3

[Agora Deposit] P 8:5: Well

Well at 19/ΚΔ, beneath the west colonnade of the Square Market Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Diameter ca. 1.25m. Water level ca. -3.50m. The construction of the well was rather careless, ... Ca. 580-560 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:4: Pit tomb, inhumation of two children

James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit. PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ. [In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... Charitodines (1973), p. 34 (lekythoi) ... Lullies (1952), p. 17, under inv. 6084 (1316) (lekythoi) ... p. 350).

[Agora Deposit] C 18:6: Well

Well M: EG, under the south court of the Poros Building. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 144 (noted) ... Middle Geometric ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] C 18:3: Roman Bath - "Compartment"

Deposit in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, underlying a Roman bath. Pottery examined in June 1955; latest pieces noted: one fragment Pergamene and one fragment brittle ware; no certainly post-Sullan ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 347 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 180.

[Agora Deposit] R 14:1: Footing Trench of Venetian/Valerian Wall

Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification. Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D ... opposite Room 2. "Note: both ... (nb.p. 2314) ... #3

[Agora Deposit] H 17:3: Pit I

Pit I at 45/ΙΘ (= Well) (noted also 4th c. pocket in side of this pit). This is part of the Terracotta Deposit (H 17:4) and the objects listed here are also listed in H 17:4. Containers/lots for this ... Geometric-Protoattic ... H 17:3 ... H 17:3

[Agora Deposit] O 18:1: Well

The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total) contains a good deal of unglazed early Byzantine along with very late Roman. Below this begins a great mass of Roman pottery ... 4th-6th c. A.D. POU ... Coins: 1 June 1938 #6-#8 (illegible) 2 June 1938 #3-#4 3 June 1938 #1-#3 117 boxes ... The pottery of the first six meters (containers 1-3 of 117 containers total)

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[Agora Deposit] G 14:3: Cistern: Northern chamber

Not completely excavated due to instability of chamber walls and water. Sherds of all periods - Greek, Roman and Byzantine - were found in it [nbp. 424]. Re-examined in 2010. Photos and notes on NB pages ... 10th c. A.D ... G 14:3 ... G 14:3

[Agora Deposit] P 18:1.1: Upper fill

Containers 1-52. Top to 20.00m. = modern fill. Note a strong presence of W. Asia Minor (non-export-type) closed vessels here - did owner perhaps come from there? [JWH] Coins: 25 May 1938 #1-#2 ... Late Roman 5th-7th c. A.D ... -25.3--20m.

[Agora Deposit] D 19:1: Cistern in House H in ΝΝ

Well in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. A flask-shaped cistern in House H with a dumped fill of the late fifth century brought from elsewhere and evidently deposited sometime in the 3rd c. B.C ... Ca. 420-400 B.C ... -3.95m.

[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 ... although it may be noted that in ... Coins: 14 February 1936 #1 15 February 1936 #2 21 February 1936 #1, #3 22 February

[Agora Deposit] O 17:7: Cistern with Cesspool in Ψ

Cistern and drawshaft connected by tunnel; used in modern times as cesspool. No stratigraphy noted, but pottery from first five boxes excavated is later than that from boxes 6-18. 11 stamped amphora handles ... Hellenistic and Late Hellenistic ... Agora XXII, p. 105 ... Agora XXIX, p. 466.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2: Well

Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C. 100-70 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] P 7:3

Geometric Well at ca. 21/Κ beneath the west colonnade of the Square Peristyle, west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos ... Late 8th century B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Agora XIII, p. 274 ... Agora XXVII, p. 227.

[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.

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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 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 390.

[Agora Deposit] D 18:1: Well

Late Roman, perhaps as late as 7th c., but excavator noted small amount of material made close dating impossible throughout. Nbpp. 2448-2449: The fill of this well throughout is mixed and there are numerous ... Early to Late Roman ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] G 11:2: Well in Cistern to West of Tholos

May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use. For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff. Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330, P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 125 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226.

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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 ... nbp. 786 for a note on the ... 5 April 1937 #1-#3 ... #1-#4 10 April 1937 #1-#3 12

[Agora Deposit] H 14:3: Strosis

Gravel above cobbled street surface ... Second half 2nd c. B.C ... Agora XXXIII, p. 361.

[Agora Deposit] S 17:3: Cutting in Bedrock

Cutting in bedrock (Panathenaic Way Cut II, Cutting C1); loose gravelly filling over bedrock including a number of terracotta figurines. Lot ΠΑ 61? P 26458 is probably a slip. One fragment noted as from ... 4th c. B.C ... See notebook entry , p. ... P 26458 is probably a slip. One fragment noted as

[Agora Deposit] H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30. Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] J 1:18: Late Archaic Pottery Concentration

Brian Martens ... This deep stratum (ca. 030m) is delayed Persian destruction cleanup deposited in the 470s B.C. it contains about one generation's worth of pottery, almost exclusively dating between about 500-470 B.C ... 29 June-19 July 2017 12–15 July 2022 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 625 (noted).

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:5: Funerary Deposit on Stone Pavement

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 4 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XLIV). No remains (not really a grave, note on p. 331). Roughly rectangular patch of unworked fieldstones, measuring about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid on bedrock, ... 19-21 March 1932 ... grave, note on p. 331) ... on bedrock, about 3m east of F 16:3 and F 16:4. The

[Agora Deposit] C 18:1: Well

POU 3.50-10.30m. dumped filling of 5th or 6th century. Coins: 10 May 1949 #1 16 May 1949 #1 17 May 1949 #1-#2 19 May 1949 #1-#2 20 May 1949 #1-#12 21 May 1949 #1-#4 from dump 23 May 1949 #1-#3 from dump ... 3rd-5th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora XXXII, p. 295.

[Agora Deposit] B 14:3: Cistern on Lower South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Cistern on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios; dumped filling, second half of first century after Christ. Coins: 9 June 1937 #3 11 June 1937 #1-#8 ... 50-100 A.D ... Coins: 9 June 1937 #3 11 June 1937 #1-#8

[Agora Deposit] C 14:7: Pit

Small deposit in bedrock. Coins: 20 April 1936 #2-#3 ... 4th c. B.C. to early 3rd c. B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] C 19:10: Well

Well (diameter 0.98m) in House H, Room 13. Two dumped fills apparently of the same date, but separated by a clay deposit of over 2.00m. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253. (noted) Subdivisions: .1=Upper ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 386 ... Agora XXX, p. 360.

[Agora Deposit] P 14:1: Turkish Pit at 41/ΙΣΤ

Turkish Pit at 41/ΙΣΤ ... 3 April 1935 ... Agora

[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 ... 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c ... 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] A 18:5: Well and packing behind tiles

Note of 20-III-52 (deposit nb): Have looked up notebook pp. 1101 ff. The fill of this well was certainly Roman, also some part of the fill behind the tiles - but is that only a part tunneled as a passage ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... Nb. p. 1110: Apparently all the pottery from the well lost its tickets during ... Note of 20-III-52 (deposit nb): Have looked up ... Note that there are pairs,

[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.

[Agora Deposit] J 14:3: Well in the Northeast Corner of the early Peribolos

Located in the NE corner of the early peribolos. Probably originally 1.00-1.50m. deeper, the bedrock above having been cut back in late times. Scanty pottery remains; some evidence for a period of use ... Ca. 600-570 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Agora VIII, p. 129 ... Agora XII, p. 394.

[Agora Deposit] B 14:6: Cistern in ΠΘ

Coins: 9 April 1937 #3-#4 10 April 1937 #3-#4 12 April 1937 #2 13 April 1937 #1-#3 ... Ca. 300-140 ... Coins: 9 April 1937 #3-#4 10 April 1937 #3-#4 12 ... #1-#3

[Agora Deposit] F 14:3: Rectangular Pit over Bedrock in North part of East Building

Rectangular pit over bedrock in north part of E. Building. Broken jars and household basins with a few black glazed and black-figured fragments (uninventoried). The figured pieces indicate the lower limit ... Late 6th-ca. 480 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 389.

[Agora Deposit] C 19:8: Well at 65/ΙΒ

Well, unfinished? The shallow depth, small diameter, lack of water and any use fill make it possible that this was not a well, although the character of the cutting is difficult to explain otherwise. The ... Ca. 440-420 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 386 ... Agora XXX, p. 360.

[Agora Deposit] B 14:1: Well

The well had two upper fills and a stratified deposit at the bottom. The well deposit is divided into two parts, 3rd. c. and 2nd. c. (with perhaps late 1st. c.).; dumped filling of 5th century. Coins: ... 1st.-3rd. c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora XXI, p. 96.

[Agora Deposit] C 12:1: Well

(Roman Group J). The upper fill to a depth of ca. 16.00m. was of earth scooped up elsewhere and thrown in ... The latest piece noted from this fill was a TC fragment dated late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. From ... 2nd.-3rd. c. A.D ... 2nd.-3rd. c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] E 19:3: Grave 3, Inhumation of 24-Year-Old Man

Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C ... E 19:3 ... E 19:3

[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 ... J 3:3 ... J 3:3

[Agora Deposit] O 17:2: Dealer's Dump at 10/Θ

Dealer's Dump at 10/Θ. Debris filling beneath a modern house floor, apparently from the shop of an antiquities' dealer; otherwise unrelated to the Agora area. Compare similar dumps, K 14:1 and N 10:1 ... Modern context ... Agora X, p. 137 ... Agora XXIII, p. 334 ... Agora XXX, p. 365.

[Agora Deposit] K 20:1: Late Roman Hole

Upper fill (top to around 4.50m.) was in a pit of large dimensions above the preserved well shaft. From the bottom and shaft proper no catalogued pottery. No tiling in place in well but fragments of tiles ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Hayes (1972), p. 95, n. 2.

[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 XIII, p. 247, pl. 61 (Grave XLI) ... Hesperia 35 (1966), p. 45.

[Agora Deposit] C 14:2: Cistern

According to the excavator " a pre-herulian filling dumped in to fill the cistern some few years after the Herulian destruction". Coins: 10 June 1936 #2-#6 11 June 1936 #1-#19 12 June 1936 #23-#27 P 11936 ... A.D. 267 to mid 3rd c ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXI, p. 97 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294.

[Agora Deposit] I 7:1: Late Lime Pit

L 1079 and L 1080 are identified as from a pit at 29/ΝΓ. L 1082 and P 2130 are from a pit at 26-29/ΜΘ-ΝΑ. Probably the same pit as indicated on a note in deposit cardex. The finds are recorded together ... 5th c ... L 1082 and P 2130 are ... indicated on a note in deposit ... Coins: 3 June 1933 #10-#32

[Agora Deposit] D 17:12: Well

Unfinished well, south of the annex to the Poros Building, west of the Areopagus. The shaft was apparently never used as a well. The lower dumped filling contained a quantity of clean red clay, as if from ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... -14.9m.

[Agora Deposit] D-E 8-9:1: Theseion Cisterns A and B (1936)

Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR. Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... down and filled p. 833 ... 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14 ... half of the 3rd c., probably

[Agora Deposit] P 8:3: Well

PG Well opposite ΣΑ Pier 18 Container 1, chiefly 6th c. B.C. discarded. Estimated Grid ... Protogeometric-Early Geometric ... Agora XXVII, p. 228.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:2: Well D

Well at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Use filling of 1st c. A.D.; dumped fillings of 3rd c. and of early Byz. times. Coins: 15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth) 16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth) 17 June 1937 ... 1st c. A.D.=POU ... dumped fillings of 3rd c. and ... Coins: 15 June 1937 #1-#2 (earth) 16 June 1937 #14-#20 (earth) 17 June 1937 ... Subdivisions: .1=Early Byzantine destruction fill. .2=Transitional upper fill. .3

[Agora Deposit] D 14:1: Well E

Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits. Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604. Dumped filling of Turkish times. Coins: 17 May 1937 ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora XXII, p. 98.

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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 ... K/1,3-2/5,6

[Agora Deposit] E 14:7: Well C

Two periods of use. Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D. Coins: 26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.] 9 June 1937 #2-#4 ... 10 -11 June 1935 20 May-20 June 1937 ... E 14:7 ... E 14:7

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] R 18-19:1: Pyre

Grave (?). Identified as pyre by SIR. Pyre pots dispersed in fill over a pebble floor, with pottery ranging from the 5th c. B.C. to 3rd c. A.D. (lot ΑΑ 168), and lying directly below modern fill. No burning ... 400-350 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 65, p. 177, fig. 117.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:14: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXI)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXI in notebook. Disintegrated bones. Coins: 22 February 1939 #2-#3 ... 22 February 1939 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] N 18:3: Cistern at 77/M

Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1. Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 21:2: Cistern at 37/ΛΒ

Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C. Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] M 21:3: Disturbed Chamber Tomb

Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 158 ... Agora XIII, pp. 177-178, 274, pls. 37, 81 (Tomb IV).

[Agora Deposit] F 15:3: Well D

Well at 96/Ι in arm of cistern at 94/Θ (F 15:2). Probably the rebuilding of an earlier well. P 3149, P 3150, P 3154 are jars from packing in cistern arm; construction fill - early Roman. P 4588 is listed ... Second half of 3rd c. A.D.=POU ... Second half of 3rd c. A.D.=POU ... -14m.

[Agora Deposit] R 8:2: Well behind Stoa Shop 18

Well behind Stoa Shop 18 (Well G: EB). Provides useful antecedents for many later shapes both black and plain. Diameter at bottom 0.88m. Eight pairs of footholds preserved. The influx of water during excavation ... 650-625 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Agora XII, p. 398.

[Agora Deposit] E 19:7: House Fillings

Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed. Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 389 ... Agora XXIII, p. 331 ... Agora XXX, p. 362.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:5: Cistern: Southern chamber

Connected with G 14:3. There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... Connected with G 14:3. There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a ... Coins: 16 April 1932 #4 18 April 1932 #1-#3 19 ... 1932 #1-#3 21 April 1932

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[Agora Deposit] U 13:1: Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15

Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15. Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] I 17:3: Well

Digging terminated at 14.50m. due to falling bedrock. Scanty pottery remains at 10.00m. In the mouth and upper part of the shaft was a heavy dumped filling of much shattered fragments, for the most part ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXX, p. 364.

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[Agora Deposit] I-J 2-3:1: Destruction fill in Channel of Apsidal Building

Destruction Fill in channel of Apsidal Building. Cf. nb.p. 989 for continued digging in this channel. Coins: 24 July 1990 #202, #204, #208 27 July 1990 #219-#222 30 July 1990 #226 31 July 1009 #236 1 August ... 14 June-3 August 1990 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] J 14:2: Protogeometric Well

Located just north of the stepped retaining wall between the Great Drain and the Poros Monument (Propylon). Short period of use; dumped filling above, mostly cemetery debris ... Early Protogeometric ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), p. 152, n. 38.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:4: Infant burial

In NE corner of Room D. In a Byzantine vessel=P 34464. The position of the vessel in the corner of the room suggests that the burial was made after the construction of Byzantine Walls G and E. This type ... 10th-11th c. A.D ... In NE corner of Room D. In a Byzantine vessel=P 34464. The position of the ... Note that the grid is slightly different for P 34464.

[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

[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 XII, p. 394 ... Agora XIII, p. 274 ... Agora XXIII, p. 333.

[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 ... 1933 #2-#11, #14-#15 10 May ... 22 June 1933 #1-#3 23 June ... #1-#3, #6-#19 27 June 1933

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[Agora Deposit] K 18:2: Cistern on Lower North Slope of Areopagus

Cistern on lower north slope of Areopagus. Latest of thirteen amphora handles dated ca.199; twelve legible coins, the latest dating ca. 196-190. Three intrusive pieces:two semiglazed fragments and piece ... 260-190 B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 460 ... Agora XXVI, p. 311 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367.

[Agora Deposit] P 20:2: Cistern at 72/ΛΘ

Cistern at 72/ΛΘ. Under NW corner of Roman House H. Stucco-lined, bottle-shaped cistern, poor condition. Diameter at bottom -2m. Two tunnels, one leading east, one west, ca. 1.65m high and 0.80m across ... 150-110 B.C. with a few earlier pieces ... Agora XXII, p. 106 ... Agora XXIX, p. 468 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 371.

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[Agora Deposit] C 14:3: Sacrificial Pyre

Artifacts, burnt bone, ash, cinders and charcoal in pit in bedrock. The pyre lay directly under mosaic floor A. the deposit is not badly disturbed, however, and it is possible that it was laid immediately ... Early second quarter of 4th c. B.C ... C 14:3 ... C 14:3

[Agora Deposit] B 22:4: Late Hellenistic Cistern in ΝΝ

Cistern with two fills. Lower fill in cone on floor, with dumped upper fill above. Coins: 27 April 1940 #3-#5 14 May 1940 #5-#6 15 May 1940 #3-#7 17 May 1940 #11-#13 20 May 1940 # 8-#9 21 May 1940 #1 ... Late Hellenistic ... Coins: 27 April 1940 #3-#5 14 May 1940 #5-#6 15 May 1940 #3-#7 17 May 1940

[Agora Deposit] I-J 9:1: Late Roman Gully

8/ΛΘ to 14/ΛΒ. Coins: 12 February 1932 #2-#3, #13-#14, #25-#28 13 February 1932 #8, #31-#33 15 February 1932 #7-#12, #13-#27, #28-#42 16 February 1932 #5-#10 ... Late Roman- Ca. A.D. 520-540 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] G 18:1: Well

Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... fillings were noted, divided by ... CF. P 16566 "probably an intrusion from well at 32/ΛΑ". Coins: 15 June 1939 #1 ... Subdivisions: .1=top fill .2=middle fill .3=lower fill .4=dump

[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 ... Agora XXXII, p. 302.

[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 ... 2-#12 24 May 1939 #9-#14 25 ... 1939 #1-#2, #3-#5 27 May ... 3-#12 31 May 1939 #1 1 June

[Agora Deposit] J 18:3: Pit A

Pit A lies tangent to Pit B (J 18:4) and cuts into its loose fill. Small deposit ... Second half of 5th c. B.C ... J 18:3 ... J 18:3

[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 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:2: Cistern in ΠΘ

Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666]. Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora X, p. 136.

[Agora Deposit] G 4:1: Well

Well at 16/Γ = Well at 15/Β. Dug to 14.90m. and abandoned due to influx of water. Coins: 15 May 1936 #1 20 May 1936 #2-#5 18 June 1936 #1, dump ... 3rd c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] D-E 7:3: Grave in Opsithodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave L)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave L in notebook. Coin 9 March 1939 #14-#15 Neg. KK 364 Cf. container K 464 (under Grave L) ... 16 March 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. V, 1941, p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 13).

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14.3: c) Building fill in disturbed places

See I 870, a piece of which was found in disturbed red fill in Β' southeast of Tholos. Although apparently from the same context as P 5339 (tins 24-26, undisturbed fill), P 5336-P 5338 are recorded from ... 27 February-8 April 1935 ... from the same context as P ... undisturbed fill), P 5336-P 5338

[Agora Deposit] O-P 20-21

Late Roman Fills: SE Building, Conglomerate Wall. (see O-Q 18-19)Deposit list under O-Q 18-19 Coins 21 May 1938 #14 23 May 1938 #1-#2 24 May 1938 #2, #3-#4 25 May 1938 #3 Asterisk: O-P 20-21* ... Coins 21 May 1938 #14 23 May 1938 #1-#2 24 May 1938 #2, #3-#4 25 May 1938 #3 ... Asterisk: O-P 20-21*