[Agora Deposit] O 7:15: Irregular Pit in Bedrock

Irregular Pit in Bedrock, ca. 35/ΙΕ Coins: 28 May 1951 #4 ... 600-550 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:7: Well C

A small concentration of pottery in lowest 1.80m., possibly a use fill. Three fills above, with little pottery, ranging from Hellenistic to late Roman in date. Coins: 26 February 1934 #4-#6 27 February ... 325-200 B.C.

[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

[Agora Deposit] D 7:15: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LIV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LIV in notebook. No bones mentioned in description. Photo on p. 1847 (KK 369) is probably Grave LVI and photo on p. 1851 (KK 388) is probably Grave LIV ... 9-11 March 1939

[Agora Deposit] B 15:3: Catch Basin in Building P, Room 7

Catch Basin in Building P, Room 7. Coins: 26 April 1948 #20-26 ... 3rd. c. A.D. to pre-Herulian

[Agora Deposit] E 15:2: Drawshaft, Part of Cistern System at 94/Θ

Part of cistern system at 94/Θ. Coins: 12 March 1934 #7-#9 14 March 1934 #38-#41 ... 275-200 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 15:2: Catch Basin in ΠΠ

Deposit of black glazed table ware found with a mass of bones, iron waste and burning. Coins (from above Hellenistic/associated floor): 7 April 1948 #10-#11 ... 375-325 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 15:5: Strosis

South House, Room 12, over pebble mosaic floor. Herulian destruction debris in a house. Coins: 29 April 1956 #1-#7 2 May 1956 #1-#3 9 May 1956 #1 26 May 1956 #1-#4 2 June 1956 #1-#4 PD 1350 ... 9 May 1956

[Agora Deposit] H 16:7: Manhole at Collapsed Poros Gutter

Includes area labeled "Deposit around collapsed section of poros gutter, road cut south of annex of SWFH." Coins: 28 June 1967 #2 13 July 1967 #1-#6 14 July 1967 #1 15 July 1967 #1 (?) Estimated Grid ... 325-275 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:7: Strosis

"Red earth": Herulian destruction debris over Roman House and east of cistern B. Coins: 30 May 1935 #1-#8 31 May 1935 #1-#15 Sherds stored in container Lot ΠΘ 4b ... 27 May 1935 31 May 1935 3 June 1935

[Agora Deposit] J 7:4: Filling

Byzantine Building: Room XV (loose black filling). Coins: 12 April 1933 #5-#15 13 April 1933 #1 ... Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] N 20:7: Cistern at 67/ΙΗ

At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C.

[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

[Agora Deposit] F 15:2: Cistern

A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493). Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 15:2: Well to the North of Nymphaeum

Well to N of Nymphaeum at 115/ΙΣΤ. A good water supply but no evidence for a period of use. Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects ... Ca. 420-400 B.C.

[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 Deposit] D 15:1: Well

Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman

[Agora Deposit] F 7:2: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXII)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXII in notebook. No mention of bones. Pottery discarded. Coins: 11 March 1939 #15 14 March 1939 #5 Neg. KK 385 ... 18 March 1939

[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 Deposit] E 7:9: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXII)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXII in notebook. Loose earth and bones filling. Coins: 25 February 1939 #5-#6 6 March 1939 #2-#4 15 March 1939 #1 Neg. 378 ... 25 February 1939 6 March 1939

[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 Deposit] B 19:15: Fill in House N Room 4

House N, Room 4: Fillings in and over floors (Layers 7 and 8). Lower level probably antedating the building of the Great Drain in this area; the upper level apparently contemporary with remodeling of the ... 425-400 B.C.

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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

[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 Deposit] O-R 7-10: Construction Fill

Square Peristyle (Square Building) Constructions fill + other (square peristyle area); fragmentary and with some earlier material but in the main, where undisturbed, a homogenous deposit. Coins: 26 May ... Βefore 300 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:20: George Watson's Tomb

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion with cover slab with inscription (I 5885). Grave XXXIV in notebook. One skeleton and two leg bones. The remains of G. Watson were replaced in his original position. Pottery ... 15 August 1810

[Agora Deposit] H-I 7-8:1: "Burnt Layer"

Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square. Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] R 13:6

Pit at 9/Ε Coins: 7 March 1933 #15-#23 ... Classical to Turkish

[Agora Deposit] H-I 7:1: Late Roman Lamp Deposit

Lamps all found together at the southeast corner of the excavated area, in a deposit running in part under the dike of earth which has been left against the wall of the street. Includes 10 lamps in Section ... 17-18 June 1931 15 May 1933

[Agora Deposit] F 17:1: North Hypocaust Furnace Dump

Furnace Dump from N. Hypocaust in Bath to East of Poros Building. Coins: 26 March 1948 #4-#8 27 March 1948 #1-#3 29 March 1948 #2-#7 1 April 1948 #2-#3 3 April 1948 #14-#15 7 April 1948 #16-#27 8 April ... Second half 3rd c.-first half 4th c. A.D.

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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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 1, pp. 98-100, figs. 6, 7, 15-18 ... Agora XXIX, p. 467.

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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

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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 Deposit] B 22:4.1: Upper fill

Sullan destruction debris. Coins: 27 April 1940 #3-#5 14 May 1940 #5-#6 15 May 1940 #3-#7 17 May 1940 #11-#13 ... 3rd. to 1st. c. B.C.

[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 Deposit] F 11:1: Well

Well cut through the floor of a cistern. Apparently a dumped fill in an unused well. Coins: 16 March 1934 #15 (illegible) 17 March 1934 #2 19 March 1934 #1-#4 20 March 1934 #1-#3 22 March 1934 #1 23 March ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] L 2:2: Well

Anne McCabe ... Adjacent to the SW face of Byzantine Wall 14. The circular cutting, 0.90m in diameter, appeared at 53.504m under a layer of loose rubble (Lot 481). Wall of the well roughly built, consisting at the top ... 11-19 July 2006 24 June-21 July 2009

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] G 13:3: Pyre

In room A. Concentration of artifacts and burning in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre lay below a Late Hellenistic fill with a smooth earth surface. It is described as a black patch of earth with sherds, ... 350-250 B.C.

[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

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[Agora Deposit] D 4:1.2: Middle filling

Includes finds from layer II and III of cistern passage. Coins: 1 April 1937 #1 (east end of passage) 14 April 1937 #2-#8 15 April 1937 #1-#7 16 April 1937 #1 ... Second half 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:2.3: Bottom fill, POU at 94/ΛΕ in Γ

Containers 24-72. Masses of pottery; including many BHWJ's; lamps XVIII and XXIV Coins: 12 June 1937 #14-#53 13 June 1937 #1-#7 (from earth of 12 June) 13 June 1937 #8 14 June 1937 #1-#3 15 June 1937 ... First half 1st c. A.D.

[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 ... 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 with no chronological differentiation (p. 580). ... Coins: 7 March 1938 #16-#17 8 March 1938 #23-#25 9 March 1938 #8 10 March 1938 #6-#17 11 March 1938 #3-#12 12 March 1938 #14-#29 14 March 1938 #7-#14 15 March 1938 #10-#11 10 May 1938 #1-#10

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[Agora Deposit] Q 12:3: Stoa Gutter Well

Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1. Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora well-deposits both for the high quality and the good conditions of pottery of all sorts. It represents the stock of a ... Ca. 520-490 B.C.

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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 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 Deposit] T 17:3: Channel J

Channel J (in ΗΗ) Cutting that probably originally held a drain. Packed with amphoras and other coarse pottery. It tapped the poros aqueduct wall just East of our explanatory trench at the East end of ... 1st c. B.C. - early 1st. A.D.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:1.1: Dumped filling

Containers 1-14. Very fragmentary pottery. Some material earlier than late 1st c. A.D. Coins: 10 May 1939 #4-#5 11 May 1939 #4-#9 12 May 1939 #5 15 May 1939 #7-#9 17 May 1939 #1-#2 23 May 1939 #1 ... Late 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] F 5:1: Cistern

Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned. Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 15, 17, 18, 71, 153, nn. 32, 7 ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Agora XII, p. 389.

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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 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 Deposit] T 19:3: Well

Well at 15/ΙΕ = Pocket in side of Turkish Pit at 15/ΙΔ. Shallow well on the lower slopes of the Acropolis, east of the Panathenaic Way, in the area later occupied by the Archaic Building. Located 3.5m ... 700-675 B.C. with intrusions

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4.3: Lower fill

'Lower fill' on deposit list. Containers 8-33, (34 mouth of lower passage). Coins: 9 May 1939 #1-#3, #5, #7, #9 10 May 1939 #1 11 May 1939 #1-#2 12 May 1939 #1-#2 13 May 1939 #2-#3(?) 15 May 1939 #1-#6 ... Ca. 250-215 B.C.

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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 ... Hesperia 73 (2004), pp. 7-38, figs. 2-13 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 15, pp. 124-176, figs. 2.70-2.100, 3.21-3.24, pls.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:1: Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain

Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] K 9-10:1: Red Fill West of Odeion

"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins: 17 April 1936 #10-#13 18 April 1936 #1 20 April 1936 #13-#17 21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D.

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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 ... Hesperia 15 (1946), pp. 265-336, pls. 25-69 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora X, p. 67.

[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 Deposit] L 19:2: Cistern

A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:1: Strosis

Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins: 9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] L 2:3: Infant Burial in Pot

Enchytrismos burial of an infant at the E. corner of Byzantine Room G. The burial was in brown fill flecked with charcoal and containing brown-glazed pottery (Lot ΒΗ 472). The pot was embedded upside ... Byzantine 10th/11th c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:1: Early Roman Well

Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson). "Not a useful well" HSR. Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR) Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C. Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D. Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine.

[Agora Deposit] N 19:1.1: Upper fill

Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range: MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] O-Q 18-19: Destruction Debris

Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21). Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D.

[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.