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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.

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.

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

E 8:2: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXIV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXIV in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 13 March 1939 #21-#23 14 March 1939 #7 Neg. KK 395 ... 13-15 March 1939

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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.

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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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.

F 12:1: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Shallow round pit scraped out of bedrock. Grave 18 in notebook. The confusion here is that P 5347 found in the grave was catalogued in B' but the large bowl fragment (P 6482) was catalogued in B (see nb ... 700-650 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 77 (Grave XVIII) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 23-24, figs. 1 and 10 (Grave III) ... Agora VIII, p. 126.

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M 12:1: Cist Grave in

Mycenaean Grave. One of the first Mycenaean burials found in the Agora. It consisted of a regular cist, carefully cut with vertical sides and a flat bottom, measuring 1.90m by 0.55m. There were apparently ... LH III (c. 1200) ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 296-297 (no. 37) ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 21-23, figs. 19-20 ... Agora XIII, pp. 240, 247, pls. 58, 76, 82 (Grave XXXVII).

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.

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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 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 303-304, 350-351, no. 75 (AA 29) pl. ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 23-24, figs. 21-22 (PD 429) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 44, pp. 314-321, 544, figs. 2.216-2.223, pls.

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H 16:3: Cistern System

An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C.