[Agora Deposit] G 14:1: Turkish pit in Δ

Called a Turkish pit, located under a Byzantine wall and filled with an upper level of Byzantine material under which a level of Roman material. Coins: 5 April 1932 #1-#3 6 April 1932 #1-#5 7 April 1932 ... 6-11 April 1932 ... Δ ... Δ:10/ΚΑ

[Agora Deposit] F 15:1: Well

Coins: 26 April 1932 #1 27 April 1932 #1-#2 Only the pottery from last 1.00m of fill retained. Finds recorded in both Δ and Δ'. See Δ nbp. 114 for division of Δ into two parts, northern (Δ) and southern ... 4th c. A.D ... Finds recorded in both Δ and Δ'. See Δ nbp. 114 for division of Δ into two parts, northern (Δ) and southern (Δ').

[Agora Deposit] F 16:2.2: Dump/Well in Δ - 4th c. A.D.

Coins: 4 May 1932 #1-#8 (#8 from dump) ... 4th c. A.D ... Δ ... Δ:51/Κ

[Agora Deposit] F 16:2.4: Dump/Well in Δ - 2nd c. A.D.

Bottom of well plus dump. Coins: 4 May 1932 #8 5 May 1932 #8-#42 'from mud', #42 uncertain ... 2nd. c. A.D ... Dump/Well in Δ - 2nd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] F 16:2.3: Dump/Well in Δ - 3rd c. A.D.

Coins: 5 May 1932 #1-#7 Laughing faun found at this level with pottery similar to that of group K (miniature) ... 3rd c.-267 A.D ... Dump/Well in Δ - 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] G 15:3: Brown Fill

Brown fill (Lebes fill) over bedrock, (28)30-32/Δ-Ε. Some later disturbances. Coins: 1 March 1932 #9-#10 ... Early 6th c. B.C ... Δ' ... Δ':30-32/Δ

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:5: Pyre

Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C ... Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ.

[Agora Deposit] F 16:6: Rectangular Shaft

Rectangular shaft at northwest foot of Areopagus; dumped filling of second half of 4th c. B.C. Pit at 16/Δ-Ε recorded one time as an extension of shaft 17/Δ-Ε (see L 506 and nb.p. 395), but items from ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... ΣΤ:17/Δ

[Agora Deposit] S 23:1: Byzantine Well

Well at 73/Δ Coins: 24 April 1939 #1 (stuck to sherd in bottom container) A box (4B) and three tins of pottery have been kept (T5-T7). The rest discarded ... Byzantine ... Well at 73/Δ

[Agora Deposit] G 14:4

Now G 13:9. Asterisk: G 14:4* ... Δ

[Agora Deposit] I 16:5: Cistern

Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance). Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:6: Pyre

Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall. Coin 1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C ... Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ.

[Agora Deposit] P 6:7: Amphora Dump

Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8. Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ. Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6. Fragments of amphorai, tiles. No coins ... Early Hellenistic ... Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ. Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:9: Herm Cistern

Formerly deposit G 14:4. Turkish context; pottery discarded ... 10 March 1932 ... Δ ... Δ:03/ΙΕ

[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:2: Road Fills

Area of early road and Geometric Cemetery: late, disturbed or uncertain levels. Includes Geometric/Proto Attic material thrown in the Turkish well at 35/Δ. Includes between road and bedrock in Β'. Four ... 5 May 1934 19-23 March 1935 2 April 1935 ... Includes Geometric/Proto Attic material thrown in the Turkish well at 35/Δ. Includes between road and bedrock in Β'.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:8: Burnt Layer

The following objects may be from this level or from the 'Mixed Classical Level at 10/Δ: SS 449, SS 450, SS 451 (nbp. 186, 2819). Coins: 4 March 1933 #1-#6 (cf. #7-#13) 7 March 1933 #39 ... 150-86 B.C ... The following objects may be from this level or from the 'Mixed Classical Level at 10/Δ: SS 449, SS 450, SS 451 (nbp. 186, 2819).

[Agora Deposit] P 6:3: Early Roman Pit at P/7-6/4,6

Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6 layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon. Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4). Coin 5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman ... Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6 layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ.

[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 ... Soft, loose destruction fill of Street Drain in front of Greek House δ. Represents closing of drain in preparation for construction of Basilica.

[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 ... Δ ... Δ:8/Η

[Agora Deposit] G 15:1: Well, "western extension"

Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ near the SW corner of the market square, about 10m west of the Southwest Fountain House (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity). ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Δ ... Δ:24/ΙΓ ... Δ:26/ΙΑ

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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 ... Δ ... Δ:3/ΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] G 14:6: Filling

Two narrow trenches at right angles to each other. Small deposit in bedrock cutting Good black glaze ware ... 430-420 B.C ... Δ ... Δ:9/ΙΒ

[Agora Deposit] G 15:5: Geometric Deposit

No description in Deposit folders ... Geometric ... Δ' ... Δ':27-30/ΣΤ-ΙΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] G 15:2: Well

Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ near the SW corner of the market square, about 10m west of the Southwest Fountain House (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity). Use filling middle to third quarter ... Ca. 550-525 B.C ... Δ ... Δ:26/ΙΑ ... Δ:24/ΙΓ

[Agora Deposit] F 14:2: Closed Deposit

Small compact deposit. Cutting. High proportion of good black glaze; 21 loom weights (19 pyramidal, 2 lentoid); a very large red-figured skyphos somewhat recalls the style of earlier work of the Dinos ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Δ ... Δ:22/ΚΗ

[Agora Deposit] F 14:4: Trench

Trench at 11/ΚΕ cut into the stereo (length 1.40m, width 0.50m). Coins: 5 April 1932 #5 (illegible). Red figure pottery; coarse ware ... Mid-5th c. B.C ... Δ ... Δ:11/ΚΕ

[Agora Deposit] G 15:4: Pit

Coins: 20 February 1932 #1-#2 ... 4th c., with Roman intrusion ... Δ' ... Δ':36/Β

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:4: Pyre

Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ. Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w). The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ. Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).

[Agora Deposit] G 13:7: Pebble and cement floor deposit

First half 4th c. B.C ... Δ ... Δ:02/ΙΣΤ-ΙΗ

[Agora Deposit] F 15:4: Well

Well just outside the southwest corner of the market square ... Late 7th-early 6th c. B.C ... Δ' ... Δ':44/ΙΗ

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2.1: Upper fill

Late first quarter 1st c. B.C ... Δ ... Δ:14/ΙΣΤ

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[Agora Deposit] G 15:5 BIS: Pit inhumation

Lucy Talcott ... Light-boned person. Bones discarded. No grave goods ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Δ' ... Δ':29-30/Ζ-Η

[Agora Deposit] G 15:6: Filling

Filling on bedrock.; accumulation extending to about the middle of the 6th c. with earlier material. Some later intrusions to late Roman (?) ... Ca. 600-550 B.C ... Δ ... Δ:26-28/ΙΖ-ΙΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14.2: b) Undisturbed fill to north of the building

Some objects listed in deposit nb. V are not on this list because they in fact come from disturbed fills or are part of the material from above well 2 (G 12:21) ... 20 February-1 March 1935 6 March 1935 11 March 1935 20 March 1935 25 March 1935 ... Β:35-38/Δ

[Agora Deposit] G 13:1: Pocket in Bedrock

Green Earth at 03-04-05/ΚΑ-ΚΔ, to at least -3.50m. near the southwest corner of the market square. Terracotta figurines; lamps; fragmentary pottery ... Ca. 500-475 B.C. and later ... Δ ... Δ:03-05/ΚΑ-ΚΔ

[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 ... Δ ... Δ:14/ΙΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] F 16:2: Well of the Laughing Faun

Nbp. 661: Dug in 1st c. Cleaned out almost to bottom shortly after the middle of the 3rd c. and used for a few years. During Herulian invasion of 267, Laughing Faun broken up and thrown in. Thereafter ... 1st-5th c. A.D., 2nd c. A.D.=POU ... Δ ... Δ:51/Κ

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2.2: Middle fill

Coins: 16 April 1932 #1 ... First quarter 4th. c.-2nd c. B.C ... Δ ... Δ:14/ΙΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] G 13:6: Hellenistic Fill at North East Corner

Hellenistic filling at NE corner of section. Estimated Grid ... Hellenistic ... Δ

[Agora Deposit] F 15:5: Well

Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor. POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... Γ:95/-Δ

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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 ... ΟΟ:58/Δ

[Agora Deposit] E 3:2: Pithos

13th c. A.D ... ΜΜ:49/Δ

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:4: Pithos

Pithos ay the bottom of the north slope of the Areopagus with single fill; Part of Hellenistic Group D. One stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 146. Latest coin dates in first two decades of 2nd ... 160-130 B.C ... ΣΤ':53/Δ

[Agora Deposit] B 15:4: Well

Diameter 0.95m; water level -9.10m. Plais shaft cut in stereo from bottom of slender flask-shaped cistern. Scanty fill from house destruction in 5th c. A.D.; Christian lamps; unfinished statuette of Castor ... Late Roman ... ΠΠ:13/Δ

[Agora Deposit] L 19:4: Well

A well, apparently unfinished, with footholds in east and west sides ... 2nd c. A.D ... ΔΔ:102/Δ

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:19: Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2 ... Late Geometric ... Β:36-38/Δ

[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 ... ΝΝ:66/Δ

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:6: Urn Cremation/The Rich Athenian Lady

Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97. Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... Κ:5/-Δ

[Agora Deposit] J 15:3: Red Fill

Red fill with burning over south part of Heliaea. Post Herulian Metal- Worker's establishment. Coins: 20 May 1953 #1-#2 4 May 1953 #1 P 30199 (Κ 4282), B 1544-1546 (Κ 4281, Κ4283-4284) catalogued on May ... Late 3rd. c. A.D ... Κ:36-48/Δ

[Agora Deposit] P 6:2: Early Roman Pit at P/3-6/6,7

Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7 Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8. Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by ... 17 May 1971 ... Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7 Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8.

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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 ... Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ.

[Agora Deposit] B 22:5: Pit

Pit in east Terrace. Cf. container ΝΝ 109 ... 1st. c. B.C ... ΝΝ:123-124/Δ

[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:1: Road Fills

Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench. For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Β:36-37/Δ

[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 ... Θ:5-6/Δ-Ζ ... Θ:7/Δ

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... Also 42/Δ)