[Agora Deposit] O 7:8: The Tortoise's Grave

The Tortoise's Grave. Small deposit in the lower part of a wine-jar (P 21715) set down into the filling of a pit of the archaic period (O 7:9). Contains tortoise shell ... 425-400 B.C ... Small deposit in the lower part of a wine-jar (P 21715) set down into the filling of a pit of the archaic period (O 7:9).

[Agora Deposit] A 16:4.2: Lower filling

Chronology based VG's analysis of jars and stamps, 12 June 1957. P 25802: Pergamene and Arretine fragments, recorded along with the wine jars, but the pottery apparently not kept separate and these pieces ... To ca. 140 B.C ... P 25802: Pergamene and Arretine fragments, recorded along with the wine jars, but the pottery apparently not kept separate and these pieces may have come from the upper filling.

[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 ... Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects.

[Agora Deposit] C 9:7: Cistern

A large chamber cistern filled in the second c. BC when a well (C 9:16) was dug through its floor. Well tiles were run up from the floor of the cistern to just below its neck; a double layer of complete ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Well tiles were run up from the floor of the cistern to just below its neck; a double layer of complete wine amphorae was packed over the floor around the well tiles to hold them in place.

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:1: Bronze Casting Pit and Workshop

Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC. The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:3: Well

Well dug through cistern at 64/Γ. Seems to have been stratified; four fills recorded but here treated as one as divisions are rather "arbitrary". Agora V, p. 126: Constructed in late 1st c.; use filling ... 3rd c. A.D. POU (before 267 A.D.) ... When the well was built, the lower part of the cistern chamber behind the well tiles was filled with large wine amphoras, of which 18 whole ones were found.

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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 ... This was sorted all together, and regrouped by "Kind', lettered under these numbers, as follows (6 tins). a) Large black glaze amphora; other large pots. b) Wine jars; black glaze. c) Cooking ware. d), e), f) Roof tiles, pithoi, tubs.