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[Agora Monument] Great Drain and Its Branches

Hydraulic Unknown Limestone (Polygonal Masonry) Good, long stretches preserved ... Ca. 500 B.C.

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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0441 (86-610)

Cover slabs of the Great Drain at J/3-5/6,10, showing inscribed stele I 7295 before removal. Exposed slabs are Late Roman repairs. At upper right is the open drain where much damaged cover slabs were removed ... northwest 1228 ... 21 May 1971

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0487 (86-610)

Cover slabs of the Great Drain at J/3-5/6,10, showing inscribed stele I 7295 before removal. Exposed slabs are Late Roman repairs. At upper right is the open drain where much damaged cover slabs were removed ... AMS northwest 1228 ... 21 May 1971

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[Agora Object] I 7295: Decree

Inscribed stele. Complete. Decree honoring Kallias, son of the Thymochares, of Sphettios, in the archonship of Sosistratos. Similar decree honors his brother. Pentelic marble. Cf. IG II2, no. 682. Finished ... 270/69 B.C. (?).

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[Agora Drawing] PD 2286 (DA 4232)

Isometric drawing of the Great Drain west of Eponymous Heroes ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... 87-533 87-533 Dirty Heavy Tracing Paper Drafting Ink ... 1974

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[Agora Drawing] PD 2286 (DA 4233)

Isometric drawing of the Great Drain west of Eponymous Heroes ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... 87-533 87-533 ... 1974

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0291 (87-532)

Great Drain west of the Eponymous Heroes. Isometric drawing ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 2286 Horizontal (normal) ... 1974

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[Agora Image] 1997.09.0102 (LVIII-2)

Area cleared to Early Roman level (Strosis 5). The slabs in foreground overlie junction of the Great Drain and its East Branch ... 1043 ... 11 Apr 1953

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.1232 (87-532)

Great Drain west of the Eponymous Heroes. Isometric drawing ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 2286 AMS ... 1974

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0894 (LVIII-2)

Area cleared to Early Roman level (Strosis 5). The slabs in foreground overlie junction of the Great Drain and its East Branch ... AMS 1043 Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Apr 1953

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[Agora Drawing] PD 861-a (DA 91)

Working plans of section Ζ in 1954. Earlier periods ... John Travlos Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Original missing. Old grid. Not an accurate plan! Faint Diazotype Drafting Ink Pencil Pen ... 1954

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[Agora Drawing] PD 861-a (DA 92)

Working plans of section Ζ in 1954. Earlier periods ... John Travlos Dorothy Burr Thompson ... 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.09.0101 (LVI-99)

Earlier and later branches of the Great Drain, West Branch, and its junction with the Middle Stoa drain (marked by position of well in Section Ζ: 34/ΙΣΤ). At left, the area west of the poros blocks dug ... west 588 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Apr 1953

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0794 (LVI-99)

Earlier and later branches of the Great Drain, West Branch, and its junction with the Middle Stoa drain (marked by position of well in Section Ζ: 34/ΙΣΤ). At left, the area west of the poros blocks dug ... AMS west 588 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Apr 1953

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0261 (2-210)

Wall of the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 7 May 1932

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0262 (2-41)

Great Drain with inscribed stelae used as cover ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 February 1932

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0263 (2-42)

Stelae over the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 10 February 1932

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0264 (3-289)

The stele of Philonos in situ in the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 26 June 1933

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0265 (31-E-42)

Cover slabs over the Great Drain ... Nomlas (31-E-42) Horizontal (normal) ... 20 July 1931

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0266 (31-E-48)

Investigating the Great Drain ... 31-E-48 (Nomlas.) Horizontal (normal) ... 22 July 1931

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0267 (4-113)

View of the Great Drain ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 21 March 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0268 (4-114)

Wall of the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 21 March 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0269 (4-115)

Wall of the Great Drain ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 21 March 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0270 (4-230)

Trench to the west of the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 5 May 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0271 (4-231)

Trench to the west of the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 5 May 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0272 (4-232)

Trench to the west of the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 5 May 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0273 (4-285)

View of the Great Drain and the related channels ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 May 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0274 (4-286)

Amphora packing over tiles of the Great Drain ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 May 1934

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0277 (5-163)

View of the Great Drain in front of the Metroon ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 15 May 1935

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0278 (5-308)

View of the Great Drain ... southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 29 June 1935

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0279 (7-218)

New course of the Great Drain ... northeast Horizontal (normal) ... 1937

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0280 (7-219)

New course of the Great Drain, as found. The fork is visible in the middle foreground ... south Horizontal (normal) ... 1937

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0281 (7-220)

West Branch of the Great Drain; the new course to the right, the old course to the left beneath Building C ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 1937

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0282 (7-510)

Polygonal wall beneath later course of Great Drain ... east Horizontal (normal) ... June 1937

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0283 (8-86)

The West Branch of the Great Drain in its early and late courses ... southwest Horizontal (normal) ... June 1938

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0284 (82-674)

Great Drain opposite the northeast corner of the Metroon, detail of masonry ... southwest 1470 Horizontal (normal) ... 19 July 1961

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0285 (85-338)

Section opposite south part of the Eponymous Heroes. Cover slabs removed ... west 1903 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1967

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0286 (85-339)

Section opposite south part of the Eponymous Heroes. Cover slabs removed ... southwest 1905 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1967

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0287 (85-340)

Section opposite the south part of the Eponymous Heroes. Cover slabs removed. Details of wall ... west 1907 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1967

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[Agora Image] 1997.04.0288 (85-341)

Section opposite the south part of the Eponymous Heroes. Cover slabs removed. Details of wall ... west 1908 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1967