[Agora Deposit] C 18:2: Well

Stratified well. Coins: 22 July 1947 #1 Subdivisions: .1=top to -5.20m. .2=5.20-7.80m. .3=7.80-10.30m ... Second half 1st-early 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] C 8:2.1: Shaft/Manhole

Coins: 22 February 1936 #4-#13 26 February 1935 #1-#2 27 February 1936 #1-#4 28 February 1936 #3-#5

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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.

[Agora Deposit] C 9:2: Well A

Cistern System #1f: Shaft at 1/ΝΘ = Well A. Scanty dumped filling. Coins: 19 February 1936 #2-#3 20 February 1936 #16-#20 21 February 1936 #5-#7 22 February 1936 #1 ... Mid-4th to 3rd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] C 10:3: Well

Well with 4th. c. fill, no well deposit at the bottom. Coins: 2 April 1936 #1 3 April 1936 #8-#19 4 April 1936 #11 8 April 1936 #3-#4 22 May 1936 #5 25 May 1936 #2 27 May 1936 #2 28 May 1936 #2-#5 29 May ... Second half A.D. 4th. c ... Well with 4th. c. fill, no well deposit at the bottom ... Coins: 2 April 1936 #1 3 April 1936 #8-#19 4 April 1936 #11 8 April 1936 #3-#4 22 May 1936 #5 25 May 1936 #2 27 May 1936 #2 28 May 1936 #2-#5 29 May 1936 #1

[Agora Deposit] C 8:2: Manhole and Gallery

Cistern System #1b: Shaft/manhole and gallery at 18-19/ΞΑ-ΞΓ. Objects divided between the two features, shaft and gallery, according to deposit notebook list, not according to remarks on cards. 22 February ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.

[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 ... Between this point and bottom at -9.70m it produced quantities of pitchers and amphorai, many complete, of the 5th-6th c. A.D ... Coins: 22 July 1947 #1 23 July 1947 #2-#3

[Agora Deposit] C 13:1: Late Roman Cistern in ΠΘ

Late Roman mixed destruction fill. The fill in both the staircase and the cistern chamber was the same mixed destruction fill containing a large quantity of Hellenistic pottery mixed in with late 3rd-early ... 4th. c. A.D ... The fill in both the staircase and the cistern chamber was the same mixed destruction fill containing a large quantity of Hellenistic pottery mixed in with late 3rd-early 4th c. A.D ... Coins: 21 April 1936 #1-#2 22 April 1936 #1 24 April 1936 #1-#4 25 April 1936 #1-#5 27 April 1936 #1-#9 28 April 1936 #1

[Agora Deposit] C 17:1: Fills

Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits. Coins: 9 May 1947 #2-#5 16 ... 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] C 10:1: Manhole, Channel Mouth 1

Water channel in north part of section, giving access to water system. Channel Mouth 1. Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C ... ΠΘ:21-22/ΛΣΤ-ΛΖ

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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

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1.3: Fill C.

Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers. Coins: 31 March 1938 #1 9 May 1939 #1-#2 20 June 1939 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd-earliest 3rd c. A.D ... Late 2nd-earliest 3rd c. A.D ... U/15,16-22/15,16

[Agora Deposit] B 22:1: RSY Grace XXVII

Grave XXVII in notebook = RSY Grave 8. Possibly a child's grave ... Ca. middle of the 6th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:3: Well at 20/ΙΔ

A great shaft 2.65m in diameter and over 10m deep cut out in the mid 1st c. to serve in some connection with the Brick Shaft system (U 22:1). Filled in to top (layer 2) in late 1st- early 2nd c. A.D. with ... 18 March 1937, 1-13 April 1937, 24 May-14 June 1937 ... A great shaft 2.65m in diameter and over 10m deep cut out in the mid 1st c. to serve in some connection with the Brick Shaft system (U 22:1). Filled in to top (layer 2) in late 1st- early 2nd c. A.D. with a fill of mostly Hellenistic sherds (dump). Above this dump was an accumulation of late 2nd- early 3rd c. period (layer 1).

[Agora Deposit] B 21:22: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit VI

Sacrificial Pit VI in notebook = RSY Grave 18 See also B 21:23 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1

Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine ... U/15,16-22/15,16

[Agora Deposit] B 22:2: Grave of a dog

RSY Fido's Grave ... Hellenistic

[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.(?)

[Agora Deposit] S 22:2: Well at 43/ΙΕ

Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street. Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill. Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D. Coin 30 March 1939 #34 ... 7th-Late 6th century

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[Agora Deposit] T 22:1: Kernos Pit 1 under Valerian Wall

Kernos Pit #1 under Valerian Wall. P 30173-P 30174 added on May 7, 1973 ... 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:4: Kernos Deposit Below Floor

Kernos Deposit (?): below floor of Building A, over and in cutting at 33/ΚΗ P 30162-P 30172 added on 4 May 1973 ... 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 22:4.2: Lower fill

In use up to the time of Sulla? Coins: 20 May 1940 # 8-#9 21 May 1940 #1 ... 1st. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] T 22:2: Pit

Kernos Pit #2 at 33/ΛΑ. P 30175-P 30186 (ΙΙ 635-ΙΙ 646) added on 7 May 1973 ... Early 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1.4: Fill D.

Scanty filling on floor of lower chamber and from mud in north passage. Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D ... 2nd c. A.D ... U/15,16-22/15,16

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1.2: Fill B.

Fill in shaft; upper fill in lower chamber; fill in vaulted chamber. Coins: 29 April 1937 #1-#8 5 May 1937 #1-#27 26 May 1937 #1-#12 27 May 1937 #1-#10 28 May 1937 #1-#6 24 March 1938 #3-#7 12 June 1939 ... Late 4th c. A.D.

[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] J 2:22: Filling under Layer of N-S Road

Filling under North-South Road surface, apparently to raise the level of the road as thickness of fill varies depending on height of road. Fill sits on earliest, cobbled road layer. The road surface set ... Mid-6th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:5: Trial Cut

Trial cut at 26/ΙΣΤ-ΙΖ, Layer I; Circular Building, 22m south of Eleusinion. P 30171, P 30172, L 5818 added on 7 May 1973 ... 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] A-B 21-22:1: Terrace fillings

West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 22:5: Pit

Pit in east Terrace. Cf. container ΝΝ 109 ... 1st. c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:1: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Rebecca Wood Robinson ... Mycenaean Grave C. Lisa's list mentions also Grave D ... Myc. IIIA 1:2

[Agora Deposit] I 7:2: Lime pit

Coins: 22 March 1933 #1-#44 ... Late Roman- Mid 5th c ... Late Roman- Mid 5th c ... Η':22/ΝΓ

[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 ... Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. B. C. and earlier, but perhaps dumped in 3rd c. ... Upper filling mixed to Roman (4th c. A.D.) ... Pottery in container (9-22-58) is mostly second half of 4th c., but note some earlier and little battered, as the red-figured chous and the lamp.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:2.1: Upper fill

Coins: 4 June 1936 #12 22 June 1936 #1-#3 ... 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:19: Pocket in Floor of Middle Drain

See also H 12:1. Coins: 22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:2: Well

Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c. Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins: 21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. ... (and 5th.?) c. Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water ... Coins: 21 May 1937 #5-#31 22 May 1937 #2-#4 4 June 1936 #12 22 June 1936 #1-#3 From dump: 28 May 1937 #1, #12-#24, #26-#28 1 June 1937 #1 12 June 1937 #1-#7

[Agora Deposit] A 14:1.2: Fill II

Coins: 22 April 1937 #1-#5 Containers 7-5 ... Second half of 1st. c. A.D. POU

[Agora Deposit] F 30:1: Martyr

Martyr at Δ6. Top strosis (Byzantine-Turkish) discarded. Strosis 2, late Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 21) Strosis 3, early Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 22) Strosis 4, to mid-4th c. B.C. (Lot ΔΕ 23) Nothing catalogued from ... To mid-4th c. B.C ... Strosis 2, late Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 21) Strosis 3, early Hellenistic (Lot ΔΕ 22) Strosis 4, to mid-4th c.

[Agora Deposit] T 20:1

Cistern at 27/ΚΔ Coins: 22 April 1937 #9 23 April 1937 #1 ... 10th or 11th c.

[Agora Deposit] H 11:1: Well

A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump. Coins: 19 May 1933 #14 20 May 1933 #3 22 May 1933 #1-#2 23 May 1933 #2 24 May 1933 #1 30 May 1933 #1 Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill .2=Lower fill ... 19 May-7 June 1933 ... A well with POU 7th-8th c. A.D. and 10th c. dump ... Coins: 19 May 1933 #14 20 May 1933 #3 22 May 1933 #1-#2 23 May 1933 #2 24 May 1933 #1 30 May 1933 #1

[Agora Deposit] N 17:1.3: Well at 18/Η

Containers 43-47. Coins: 22 April 1939 #1-#2 25 April 1939 #1 15 May 1939 #1 ... 3rd c. A.D ... 3rd c. A.D ... -22--21m.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:27: Pyre J 2:27

Marcie Handler ... It was situated in the NW corner of Room 3 in the Classical Commercial Building, just S of Wall 11, the cross-wall that divides Room 3 from Room 4 to the north. The pyre pots were found surrounded by ... Late 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] K 16:1: Iron Waste Pit

"Iron Pit" beneath house 634/20 and in the upper part of a well. Coins: 22 April 1958 #1-#3 (illegible) 23 April 1958 #1 25 April 1958 #1 (illegible) ... 1st C. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] A 14:2.1: Upper Fill (post-Herulian) not shelved as group

"baskets" 1-5 Coins: 22 April 1937 #7 23 April 1937 #17-#18 24 April 1937 #1 coins from Dump: 28 May 1937 #31-#32 ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition ... post-Herulian ... Coins: 22 April 1937 #7 23 April 1937 #17-#18 24 April 1937 #1 coins from Dump: 28 May 1937 #31-#32 ... ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition.

[Agora Deposit] B 13:2.2: Lower fill

Coins: 21 May 1937 #5-#31 22 May 1937 #2-#4 from dump: 28 May 1937 #1, #12-#24, #26-#28 1 June 1937 #1 12 June 1937 #1-#7 ... Late 1st. c.-earliest 3rd. c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] H 11:1.1: Upper fill, dump

Coins: 19 May 1933 #14 20 May 1933 #3 22 May 1933 #1-#2 23 May 1933 #2 24 May 1933 #1 30 May 1933 #1 ... 10th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] F 19:1: Stratified well

Roman Group L. Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90). Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90). Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90). Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90). Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 to 11.90).

[Agora Deposit] J 2:29: Disturbed Pyre

Classical commercial building, room 3, against south wall. Small fragments of pottery dispersed in fill overlying two floor levels (at 51.897 and 51.941 masl). Five objects of pyre type: ribbon-handled ... 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:1: Well

Well on lower northwest slope of Areopagus. Dug to 6.60m. and abandoned because of danger. Single dumped deposit. Perhaps this context: P 528, P 1223 (JWH). Coins: 22 April 1932 #1 ... Second half 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1.5: Construction fill of South Stoa II

Material from trenches: a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa. b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa, with some disturbed fill including 1st c. A.D. material. c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa. d) ... 2nd c. B.C ... Material from trenches: a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa. b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa, with some disturbed fill including 1st c. A.D. material. c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa. d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa. e) 79.00-81.00m. from East End of Stoa ... Coins: 22 July 1960 #1 ΜΣ: 9 July 1965 #5-#6

[Agora Deposit] B 15:1: Well on Lower South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

A well on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX. Coins: ... 425-400 B.C ... Last quarter of the 5th. c. B.C. But upper fill dated to 3rd. to mid-2nd. century B.C. and lower fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C. in Agora XXX ... Coins: 22 May 1937 #1 ... Subdivisions: .1=3rd. to mid-2nd. c. B.C. .2=425-400 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:8: Pyre J 1:8

Marcie Handler ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved ... 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:28: Pyre J 2:28

Handler ... Found in an area of disturbed fill north of a floor surface in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building. The floor surface (n. 3 on the west side of Room 4) was preserved at 52.503-52.544 masl., and ... 2nd half 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 17:1: Well

Stratified well; very late Roman verging on Byzantine. Coins 19 April 1939 #1-#8 22 April 1939 #1-#2 25 April 1939 #1 15 May 1939 #1 Subdivisions: .1=0.00-15.25m. .2=15.25-21.00m. .3=21.00-22.00m ... 3rd-5th c. A.D. 9th c A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] K 1:3: Pyre

The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light brown soil contained some ash and bone and 5 nearly complete pots or saucers ... First half 3rd. c. B.C.

[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] J 2:26: Pyre

Mike Laughy ... This pyre was found within an otherwise mostly sterile fill directly under a white floor surface in the southern section of Area IV. It was located ca. 0.50m. east of a similar deposit, Pyre J 2:25. The ... 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:1: Well A

Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Lower fill 9.10-9.60m, 4th c. (dump?). No coins. ... It seems more likely that tiles were robbed in late 4th c., one 1st c. amphora of packing fell in and then a 4th c. dump was dropped in, capped by tile fragments; later a 5th c. dump on top. ... Coins: 22 February 1934 #1-#8 23 February 1934 #1-#20

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:2: Sacrificial Pyre II

Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II. Found right beneath the stuccoed channel built for sluicing in the 1st c. A.D., and must have been partly disturbed when the channel was constructed. It may ... Ca. 250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:3: Drawshaft

Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:1: 'Pottery Deposit'

A dumped filling including red figured fragments of the second quarter of the 4th c. B.C. Coins: 25 June 1931 #12 (in strosis above pottery deposit) 15 November 1952, going through the containers Tin 59-Box ... Ca. 375-350 B.C.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:2: Well

Construction and upper fills. Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ... Filling ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18-19:1: Ostrakon Area

Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:24: Hellenistic Pyre

Marcie Handler ... This pyre was found in the fill under Pyre J 2:23. Unfortunately, no floor surface was found between the two pyres. There were no complete vessels in this pyre. The sherds of the pyre vessels were mixed ... 275-250 B.C.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:5: Well B

Digging abandoned at 17.10m. Nbp. 2863: The fill in the mouth to -6.50 was a dump of mixed hellenistic and late roman sherds. From -6.50 to -11.00m. small stones with a few late roman sherds 4th-5th c ... 4th-5th c. A.D ... From -6.50 to -11.00m. small stones with a few late roman sherds 4th-5th c. From -11m. the well deposit started and was very heavy and continuous to abandonment depth, 4th-5th c. A.D. pots and 4th c. coins. A third century phase was beginning to appear at time of abandonment ... Coins: 17 May 1935 #1-#6 20 May 1937 #1 22 May 1937 #1 27 May 1937 #2 28 May 1937 #1-#26 29 May 1937 #1-#6 3 June 1937 #1-#6 (earth of 1-2 June) 4 June 1937 #1-#3 (earth)

[Agora Deposit] D 6:7: Well

Well dug through bedrock-settling basin of cistern at 69/ΜΗ. Coins: 21 May 1936 #24-#26 22 May 1936 #14 29 May 1936 #2-#4 2 June 1936 #1-#3 3 June 1936 #2-#4 4 June 1936 #4-#6 Cf. also container ΚΚ 336 ... 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:2: Cistern in ΛΛ

Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; latest lamp type 45C; fragments of many bowls (ca. 40), similar to those in M 21:1 and P 21:4 ... Coins: 16 February 1937 #7-#9 22 February 1937 #23-#26

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:3: Well

Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE). Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C ... These are not given a subdivision and are dated to third quarter 4th c. B.C ... Coin: 22 May 1957 #1

[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] 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.

[Agora Deposit] D 4:1: West Chamber

Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m. The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 11:4: Well

Well (diameter 1.10m). Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C.

[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. ... 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] ... Coin 22 July 1950 #1 (disintegrated)

[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] E 11:2: Well

Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235. Coins: 6 April 1936 #18-#21 7 ... First half of 1st c. A.D. 4th-early 5th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] Q 7:3: Trench Behind Stoa Stylobate

Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 20 February 1954 #1-#2 22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] T 18:4: North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building

North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building. 14 inventoried items, 22 objects, 325 sherds. Objects : terracottas; handmade object; large figurine; lamps. Early ware : Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; ... 6th c. B.C. and earlier.

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:3: Disturbed Urn Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII. The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I

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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.

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[Agora Deposit] I 3:1: Well Under Room I of Byzantine House

A tile lined well under Room I of Byzantine House. A concrete shaft belonging to the mill cut off the top of the well and left in place 3 complete sets of tiles and most of a fourth set. All but the lowest ... 17-18 c. A.D.

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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

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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.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:2: Small Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.)

[Agora Deposit] D 12:1: Well

Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D. Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549. Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century ... Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. ... Coins: 20 May 1936 #1 21 May 1936 #1-#9 [#1-#2 in 18 May baskets, #3-#8 in 20 May baskets] 22 May 1936 #1-#4 [#1-#3 found in 20 May baskets] 29 May 1936 #5-#18 [earth, lower fills] 30 May 1936 #1-#9 [earth, lower fills] 1 June 1936 #2-#4 [#2 in 24 May basket, #3-#4 in earth, lower fill] 2 June 1936 #2 [earth, lower fill] 9 June 1936 #1 [earth, above water] 11 June 1936 #20 [earth, above water]

[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] 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 ... Twenty-five stamped amphora handles; latest of 79 coins date in last quarter of 2nd c.; pottery closely similar to that in Thompson's Group E; two molds, one for long-petal bowl ... Coins: 7 June 1939 #1-#13 8 June 1939 #1-#19 9 June 1939 #1-#19 10 June 1939 #1-#33 12 June 1939 #1-#22

[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] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D ... The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to be not later than 3rd c. B.C.; but drain channels, pits and cuttings, etc. in Υ are partly Early Roman, some mixed to Late Roman or later. ... More extensive disturbance in east branch indicated by fragments of dipper, 2nd c. plate, at least five moldmade bowls, a Roman lamp ... Probably other containers (22-25) and grid lines in section Υ to be included.

[Agora Deposit] L-M 17-18:1: Southwest House and Central House (1958)

Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates. Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D.

[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] 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.

[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] H-I 14:1: Kleiner Coin Deposit III

Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill. Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Descriptions on coin envelopes: Hell fills of middle stoa and s of drain c (lowest); Hell fill over intermediate strosis + cutting intermed. strosis 22/ΛΒ; 20/ΛΔ Hell fill.

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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] 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 ... T 220 when opened in 1981 found to contain pottery chiefly of the 3rd c. A.D. - discarded. ... Most of pottery dates in second half of 3rd c. but evidence of disturbance includes coins and Knidian handles, early Roman pottery, lamp, and glass, "Pergamene" ware and fragments of 18 long-petal bowls. ... Coins: 21 May 1935 #6-#9 (from 95/ΚΘ, N passage upper fill, therefore here) (no 6 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083). 22 May 1935 #1-#3 (ditto) (no 2 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083). 23 May 1935 #11-#12 (ditto) (no 12 was reassigned to E 14:3 Nbpp 3082-3083). 25 May 1935 #5-#10 27 May 1935 #1-#3 28 May 1935 #1-#3 29 May 1935 #1-#4 30 May 1935 #1-#5 31 May 1935 #1-#2 1 June 1935 #1-#6 3 June 1935 #1-#4 (#3-#4 from earth) 4 June 1935 #1-#3 (from earth) 5 June 1935 #1-#8 (from earth) 7 June 1935 #14-#18 (from earth) 8 June 1935 #2-#3 (from earth)

[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

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:2: Coin Hoard in BZ

Marcie Handler ... Continued from 2000 season, 10-12 July 2000; BZ XXIII p. 4472. The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the ... 10-12 July 2000 21-22 July 2003 ... Coin hoard (mostly illegible) 4th c. A.D. Foundation trench of N/S street wall, in ash pit. 53.505m-53.089m. ... Coins: 10 July 2000 #979, #1005 11 July 2000 #1001-#1004, #1006-#1068 12 July 2000 #1069-#1113 21 July 2003 #1410-#1412, #1418-#1428 22 July 2003 #1429-#1434