Context: Deposit K 1:4

Context Type:   Deposit
Title:   Pit
Deposit:   K 1:4
Category:   Pit
Description:   The pit consists of an unlined, circular shaft measuring 1.10m. in diameter and at least 2.23m. in depth. The sides of the shaft have roughly cut hand-/foot-holds at irregular intervals and locations. The highest fill dates to the end of the 4th. c. A.C. and included a great deal of tile and debris (e.g. bones with cut marks, painted plaster, fragments of marble plaques and vessels). Below 50.90 masl, but still of the late 4th c. A.C. the fill yielded larger fragments of pots and a greater concentration of cooking ware, bones and ash. The character of the fill appears to be domestic.
Contents:   Coins:
5 July 1996 #1412
25 July 1996 #1436-#1437, #1439, #1442, #1444, #1446-#1447
29 July 1996 #1449, #1462-#1464, #1471

Cf. also coins #1428-#1429
Chronology:   Late Roman to end of 4th c. A.D.
Dates Excavated:   2 July-1 August 1996
Section:   ΒΕ
Grid:   K/2,3-1/10
Elevations:   52.85-50.90m.
Longitude:   23.7227
Latitude:   37.97673
ZAverage:   51.875
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Excavations in the Athenian Agora are conducted by the American School of Classical Studies.
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