[Agora Deposit] C-D 17-18: Poros Building Fill

Filling associated with construction of Poros Building. A small amount of fragmentary pottery found in the clay filling of the original floor; perhaps deposited as late as ca. 425-400 B.C. Cf. 18:4 and ... Ca. 475-450 B.C. or later ... Filling associated with construction of Poros Building. A small amount of fragmentary pottery found in the clay filling of the original floor; perhaps deposited as late as ca. 425-400 B.C. Cf. 18:4 and C 18:7.

[Agora Deposit] C 17:5: Pit or Well Under Building A, Room 2

Pit (Well?) under Building A, Room 2. Coins: 9 May 1949 #1-#2 11 May 1949 #4 12 May 1949 #3 (not a coin, bronze fragment in lotted metal tins ΠΠ 295). Estimated Grid Remains of coloring matter found with ... Hellenistic-Early Roman ... under Building A, Room 2 ... Estimated Grid Remains of coloring matter found with 4th c. sherds.

[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 Deposit] C 18:7: Pit with Stony Fill

Construction filling of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Patch of stony fill beneath the courtyard. Accumulation of the second quarter of the 5th c., deposited in the last quarter ... Ca. 475-450 B.C. and later ... Construction filling of the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. ... Accumulation of the second quarter of the 5th c., deposited in the last quarter.

[Agora Deposit] C 18:4: Construction Fillings

Fillings below the courtyard floor of the Poros Enclosure west of the Areopagus. The lowest layer, over bedrock, is of the archaic period and may have accumulated on the spot before the start of building ... First half of 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] C 17:4: Well

This is associated with Building A. It had a circular marble well-head with a rectangular well slab beneath. The construction throughout was of well tiles. It produced little to a depth of -8.60m. Between ... 4th c. A.D ... This is associated with Building A. It had a circular marble well-head with a rectangular well slab beneath. ... Between this point and bottom at -9.70m it produced quantities of pitchers and amphorai, many complete, of the 5th-6th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] C 19:5: House R Fillings

House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and C 19:17. a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c. b) Used ... Ca. 5th and 4th c. B.C ... House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and C 19:17. a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c. b) Used as marble-workers' shop from beginning of 4th. c. to near middle of century. Rebuilt as an industrial establishment about middle of 4th. c. c) Area built over in Hellenistic times. A small amount of material can probably be associated with the original period of the house (cont. 662) and at some points where the excavation was carried to bedrock pottery of the 6th c. was found. Most of the material comes however from the second and third phases noted above: either the marble-workers' shop, or the heavy filling of dumped earth and marble chips thrown in over the area when the level was raised for the remodelling of the building at about the middle of the 4th c.

[Agora Deposit] M 11:2: Well at Southeast Corner of Court of Late Roman Building

Well at SE corner of Court of Late Roman Building (Trench C). Estimated Grid ... 12th c. A.D ... Well at SE corner of Court of Late Roman Building (Trench C).

[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 ... c) Building fill in disturbed places

[Agora Deposit] D 18:3: Bronze Casting Pit near Southeast Corner of Poros Building

Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3. Combined with D 18:4 ... 1st c. B.C.-1st c. A.D ... Casting pit near SE corner of Poros Building, Room C 3.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:17: "Furnace" in House

From kiln in house of 7th c. B.C. (=Building A), to southeast of Tholos. Tholos Trench U, furnace ... 675-625 B.C ... From kiln in house of 7th c. B.C. (=Building A), to southeast of Tholos.

[Agora Deposit] O 19:5: Well at 56/ΚΖ

Well at 56/ΚΖ, just south of the south wall of the northern Late Roman Building ... Second half of 2nd c. - early 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6.3: c) Stoa and Stoa Annex Filling

Fillings immediately antedating the building of the Stoa. Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 20 and the debris of a pottery works behind the Stoa (H 7:1).

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14: Building Fill in B'

Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building ("Strategeion"), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. Most of the ... First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C ... Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building ("Strategeion"), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. ... These, too, are now incorporated into this building fill deposit, per the pottery lots on p. ... Subdivisions: .1=a) Undisturbed filling of the building. .2=b) Undisturbed filling to north of the building. .3=c) Building fill in disturbed places.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:2: Well East of Circular Building

Well East of Circular Building, at 25/ΙΗ. Well dug originally in 5th c. B.C. and probably had POU fill. In 2nd c. A.D. the shaft was intersected by a horizontal vaulted brick tunnel belonging to the Brick ... 5th c. B.C.(?) ... Well East of Circular Building, at 25/ΙΗ. Well dug originally in 5th c. B.C. and probably had POU fill. In 2nd c. A.D. the shaft was intersected by a horizontal vaulted brick tunnel belonging to the Brick Shaft system and the earlier fill above the line of the proposed tunnel floor was dug out. After construction of tunnel the old well shaft was filled up again, this time with a Roman dumped filling of second half of 2nd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:8: Strosis

A strosis into which were set the foundations of house of 7th c. B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i) ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... A strosis into which were set the foundations of house of 7th c. B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i).

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[Agora Deposit] F 13:1: Disturbed Sacrificial Pyre

"Perhaps a cremation burial ... " nbp. 811. "Sacrificial pyre, disturbed," GRE, deposit nb. In room on east side of building. Concentration of artifacts, fragments of bone, and abundant cinders in stratum, ... Early 3rd c. B.C.-Ca. 250 B.C ... In room on east side of building. Concentration of artifacts, fragments of bone, and abundant cinders in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre was found while excavating an undated red fill that lay over the 5th c. building fill. It cannot be related to any event in the life span of the building.

[Agora Deposit] M-N 15:1: South Stoa II: Building Fill

South Stoa II Construction Fill. About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C ... About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c. Types 25 A', 33 A, 35 B, and 44 A lamps.

[Agora Deposit] Q 11:3: Ash and Carbon Dump

Ash and Carbon Dump in Corridor directly behind Room C of Brick Building. This material comprises what appears to have been a household dump associated with the period of use of the Brick Building, but ... To mid-2nd century ... Ash and Carbon Dump in Corridor directly behind Room C of Brick Building. This material comprises what appears to have been a household dump associated with the period of use of the Brick Building, but probably dating just prior to its abandonment, since it included a a few roof tiles, presumably from the demolition of the Brick Building. The dump is located in the corridor between the back wall of the Brick Building and the retaining wall behind the building , immediately east of the line of the dividing wall between Rooms B and C [City Grid: Q/18-11/2]

[Agora Deposit] D 5:3: Pocket in bedrock

Excavations in Byzantine Building ... 2nd quarter 4th c. B.C.