[Agora Deposit] G 3:3: Bothros

Bothros at 18/ΙΒ (= 18/ΙΓ) ... Middle Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] F 9:3: Water Channel

Water channel in scarp above Bouleuterion Plateia; north passage, from mouth ... Latest 2nd or early 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 10:3: Channel Mouth 3

Water channel in north part of section. Coins: 20 February 1936 #2-#3 Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold ... Second half of 3rd c.-Early third quarter of 2nd c.

[Agora Deposit] B 14:3: Cistern on Lower South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Cistern on the lower south slope of Kolonos Agoraios; dumped filling, second half of first century after Christ. Coins: 9 June 1937 #3 11 June 1937 #1-#8 ... 50-100 A.D.

[Agora Deposit] C 20:3: Cistern

Cistern with mixed dumped filling uniform throughout cistern and two short blind channels. Coins: 16 May 1939 #6-#7 17 May 1939 #1 ... 6th-1st c. 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] B 10:3: Channel Mouth 5

Water channel in north part of section. Hellenistic and Early Roman pottery. No inventoried finds ... 13-14 March 1936

[Agora Deposit] B 15:3: Catch Basin in Building P, Room 7

Catch Basin in Building P, Room 7. Coins: 26 April 1948 #20-26 ... 3rd. c. A.D. to pre-Herulian

[Agora Deposit] T 17:3: Channel J

Channel J (in ΗΗ) Cutting that probably originally held a drain. Packed with amphoras and other coarse pottery. It tapped the poros aqueduct wall just East of our explanatory trench at the East end of ... 1st c. B.C. - early 1st. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] G 14:3: Cistern: Northern chamber

Not completely excavated due to instability of chamber walls and water. Sherds of all periods - Greek, Roman and Byzantine - were found in it [nbp. 424]. Re-examined in 2010. Photos and notes on NB pages ... 10th c. A.D ... Photos and notes on NB pages listed below. 2010 Final Report Cistern G 14:3 is plaster lined and built with stone, at least in its upper portion, and contains a series of footholds at the northeast and southwest. Around its mouth is the remains of a square platform of tile, stone and mortar, with a segment of a square ceramic drain running along the northeast. ... Coins: 16 April 1932 #2-#3

[Agora Deposit] H 4:3: Well in Room 1 of South Aisle of Stoa

Well in Room 1 of south aisle of Stoa. The well is lined with bricks and tile. This lining is preserved to a level of 52.733 m., which is approximately the same as the level off the late threshold of the ... 5th-6th c. A.D ... It was ca. 0.60 m. wide, and led from Well H 4:3 to a well in Shop IIa to the west. Broken drain tiles were found further up in the channel.

[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 ... 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 time of Sulla. 134 stamped amphora handles; latest lamp is type 35A ... Coins: 17 May 1939 #10 18 May 1939 #4-#6 22 May 1939 #1-#12 23 May 1939 # 2-#12 24 May 1939 #9-#14 25 May 1939 # 111-#112 26 May 1939 #1-#2, #3-#5 27 May 1939 #1-#12 29 May 1939 # 3-#12 31 May 1939 #1 1 June 1939 # 8-#14 2 June 1939 # 3-#19 5 June 1939 #5-#8 8 June 1939 #14-#15 9 June 1939 # 1-#14 10 June 1939 #1-#2 17 June 1939 #1-#13 3 April 1947 #1-#28 10 April 1947 #1-#2 15 April 1947 #1-#2 16 April 1947 #3-#67 17 April 1947 #1-#30 7 May 1947 #4-#5 8 May 1947 #1-#119 9 May 1947 #1-#21 16 July 1947 #2-#3 17 July 1947 #2 19 July 1947 #2-#13 21 July 1947 #2-#43 22 July 1947 #1-#60 23 July 1947 #9-#20 24 July 1947 #1-#4 29 July 1947 #3-#23

[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] H 12:10: Pit Below Early Road-Drain, Tholos Trench L

Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095). Contemporary ... SubMycenaean

[Agora Deposit] B 19:12: Great Drain South

Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building. Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building. ... Coins: 8 July 1947 #3

[Agora Deposit] H 12:1: Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain

Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area of the Tholos. ... Coins: Section Ζ Coins: Section B 2 June 1937 #1 13 April 1937 #2-#5 4 June 1937 #1-#19 15 April 1937 #1-#25 5 June 1937 #1-#13 16 April 1937 #1-#3 7 June 1937 #1-#12 17 April 1937 #1-#3 8 June 1937 #1-#4 9 June 1937 #1 14 June 1937 #1-#17 15 June 1937 #1-#21 19 February 1938 #1-#4 21 February 1938 #1-#3 22 February 1938 #1 25 May 1938 #1-#60 26 May 1938 #1-#17 28 May 1938 #1-#6

[Agora Deposit] B 14:6: Cistern in ΠΘ

Coins: 9 April 1937 #3-#4 10 April 1937 #3-#4 12 April 1937 #2 13 April 1937 #1-#3 ... Ca. 300-140

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:9: Sacrificial Pyre over Drain A1

Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c ... Grave over drain A1 (House A). ... The pyre was excavated in two parts: the first in 1939 (A 18:3) and the second in 1940. ... Published together with A 18:3 in Hesperia 47.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4.1: Upper fill

Coins: 29 February 1936 #3 2 March 1936 #1 3 March 1936 #7 5 March 1936 #4-#5 6 March 1936 #1-#3 ... 29 February-6 March 1936

[Agora Deposit] C 18:14.2: Sand fill, south end continuing to north

Coins: 30 July 1947 #3-#11 31 July 1947 #4-#19 1 August 1947 #1-#9 4 August 1947 #1-#20 5 August 1947 #3-#20 6 August 1947 #1-#38 7 August 1947 #1-#21 8 August 1947 #1-#41 9 August 1947 #3-#6 57-59/* 66-67/* ... 28-31 July 1947 6-9 August 1947

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[Agora Deposit] I 9:2: Burial in Metroon Drain Cut

Side-chamber at the bottom of a circular shaft. AA 27; ST 103 from shaft above burial. PD 427 ... Neolithic

[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] B 13:1.2: Lower fill

Coins: 4 June 1936 #5 5 June 1936 #3 Estimated Grid ... 3rd. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] A-B 19-20:2: Great Drain South in Southern Part of the Area West of the Areopagus

Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. B.C. to Sullan destruction. Coins: 26 July 1946 #1-#2 30 July ... Late 6th. c. B.C.-1st. c. A.D ... Fillings to either side of the Great Drain, in the southern part of the area west of the Areopagus; various levels, late 6th. and early 5th c. ... Coins: 26 July 1946 #1-#2 30 July 1946 #1-#3 31 July 1946 #1 1 August 1946 #1= IL 1189 7 August 1946 #1 9 August 1946 #1 10 August 1946 #1-#3

[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 ... West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) ... Coins: 19 April 1939 #2 24 April 1939 #4-#9 25 May 1939 #2-#3 29 May 1939 #1-#3 30 May 1939 #16 31 May 1939 #1-#4 5 June 1939 #1 13 June 1939 #1-#2 16 June 1939 #1 17 June 1939 #1-#2 20 June 1939 #1-#3 21 June 1939 #15-#22 22 June 1939 #1-#6 23 June 1939 #1-#8 17 April 1957 #2-#3 30 April 1957 #2, #7-#8 7 May 1957 #2-#3 9 May 1957 #1-#3 10 May 1957 #1-#3 11 May 1957 #1-#7 13 May 1957 #1-#5 14 May 1957 #1-#20 15 May 1957 #8 16 May 1957 #1 20 May 1957 #6 (east of road against east face of road) 25 May 1957 #1-#4 (late drain in A9 ... around lead pipe) 29 May 1957 #2 (E-W drain next to South Wall of A2) 30 May 1957 #2 (East drain in road ca. ΙΔ) 11 August 1967 [page 2982, "in bottom of lower road drain ... "]

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1: Soundings below floor of South Stoa II.

The data in the Deposit Notebook is presented by trench; an attempt is made here to accumulate data from similar layers across the trenches. Subdivisions: .1=Post Hadrianic cleanup .2=Marble working waste ... 2nd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Subdivisions: .1=Post Hadrianic cleanup .2=Marble working waste .3=Iron working waste .4=Industrial period .5=Construction fill of South Stoa II .6=Drain and drain channels/trenches at Stoa back wall

[Agora Deposit] P 10:2.1: Upper fill

Small fill; most pottery Hellenistic but a few fragments of early Roman present. Coins: 27 May 1937 #3-#4 ... 265-200 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman

[Agora Deposit] I 16:6: Cistern Shaft at 61/Β

Cistern Shaft at 61/Β and south passage to E.W. drain. Part of H-I 16-17 system. Coins: 8 April 1932 #14 9 April 1932 #1-#8 11 April 1932 #1-#3 12 April 1932 #1 ... 8-16 April 1932 ... Cistern Shaft at 61/Β and south passage to E.W. drain. Part of H-I 16-17 system ... Coins: 8 April 1932 #14 9 April 1932 #1-#8 11 April 1932 #1-#3 12 April 1932 #1

[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

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4.2: Middle fill

Brown earth with occasiional small stones, quite distinct from upper and lower fills. Pottery mostly Hellenistic with an occasional late Roman sherd scattered through it at all levels. [nbp. 3112] Coins: ... Mostly 1st c. with some Roman.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:2: Drawshaft

Drawshaft of a complex cistern system with two chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D 12:2), and two blind tunnels, all of which were filled later than D 11;2. Coins: 26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C.

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:13: Hellenistic Pyre

Hellenistic Pyre below packed clay floors of Room 2; west of Late Roman wall extension, below tile platform terracotta drain installation, bordered on the north by bedding foundation stones of crosswall ... Ca. 300 B.C ... Hellenistic Pyre below packed clay floors of Room 2; west of Late Roman wall extension, below tile platform terracotta drain installation, bordered on the north by bedding foundation stones of crosswall between rooms 2 and 3.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:4: Channel F, water deposit

Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. ... Coins: 13 February 1937 #4-#10 5 March 1937 #1 18 March 1937 #1-#3

[Agora Deposit] D 12:2: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:2: West Chamber

Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J-K 2:2: Chamber Tomb Below Floor of Room 2 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1

[Agora Deposit] Q 15:1

Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). Coins 8 June 1933 #4 9 June 1933 #5-#6 10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16 13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29 14 June 1933 #3-#4 15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8 17 June ... Mid 3rd century ... Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K) ... Coins 8 June 1933 #4 9 June 1933 #5-#6 10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16 13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29 14 June 1933 #3-#4 15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8 17 June 1933 #1-#4 26 May 1936 #1 27 May 1936 #1-#2 28 May 1936 #1

[Agora Deposit] G 14:5: Cistern: Southern chamber

Connected with G 14:3. There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... Connected with G 14:3. There was a layer of Late Roman fill. ... Therefore, it appears that this cistern had several periods of use: Hellenistic (at least one phase contemporary with the 2nd century B.C, phase of House E to the north), Late Roman (probably associated with the amphora and perhaps also maybe the platform and the drain), and finally Byzantine. ... Coins: 16 April 1932 #4 18 April 1932 #1-#3 19 April 1932 #1-#2 20 April 1932 #1-#3 21 April 1932 #1-#4

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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

[Agora Deposit] B 20:7: Well

Grid notation in error as 99/ΚΑ sometimes. A well (diameter 1.20m; diameter inside tiles at bottom 0.85m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, at the bottom of the valley, about 10.00m. east of ... 3rd. c. B.C ... A well (diameter 1.20m; diameter inside tiles at bottom 0.85m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, at the bottom of the valley, about 10.00m. east of the Great Drain. At the bottom of the well four series of well-tiles were found in place; at the top the bedrock had broken out, to a depth of over 2m., forming an irregular pit. ... Subdivisions: .1=Fills 1, 2, 3 .2=Fills 4, 5 .3=Fill 6, POU

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[Agora Deposit] I 13:4: Geometric Well in Middle Stoa

Located in Middle Stoa, west, south aisle, beneath pressure pipe (cf. A 4900). The siting of the well is remarkable in its proximity to Well I 13:3, also Geometric in date, which was found in 1968 only ... Second half of 8th c B.C ... The siting of the well is remarkable in its proximity to Well I 13:3, also Geometric in date, which was found in 1968 only some 1.70m to the northwest (under the Klepsydra Drain).

[Agora Deposit] E 15:6: Well F

A well (diameter 1.10m) at the east edge of the valley road leading from the SW corner of the Agora, about 90m SW of the Tholos. The mouth of the well was subsequently covered by the east wall of the Great ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... The mouth of the well was subsequently covered by the east wall of the Great Drain. No difference in date was discerned in the pottery from different depths, although there were several changes in the character of the filling. It was filled at about the time the Great Drain was built. 1. ... Dumped filling characterized by ten ostraka of the 480's and two black figured lekythoi assigned to the Haimon Group. 3. From -6m to -9m : a substantial deposit of potter's clay containing cinders and including a few water pots. 4.

[Agora Deposit] C 19:11: Well

Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west. Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west. ... P 18400, although found in the drain channel, appears to be a good 5th c. collar rim type,and was perhaps dislodged in this same disturbance ... Subdivisions: .1=Pit above well .2=Fills 1, 2 and 3

[Agora Deposit] G 14:2: Well

Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery ... 4th-2nd c. B.C. 100-70 B.C ... Tiled well near the SW corner of the market square between the Southwest Fountain House and the Great Drain, three fills noted: lower fill of earth and stones with a few fragments only of coarse pottery (none inventoried, containers 66-71); middle filling a heavy deposit primarily of table ware, apparently a gradual accumulation; upper supplementary fill. ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill. .2=Middle fill. .3=Lower fill (no finds inventoried).

[Agora Deposit] G-I 11-12: Investigations in the area of the Tholos

Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits. This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates ... Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits. ... Coins: 16 April 1937 #1 21 April 1937 #1 28 April 1937 #1-#3 21 May 1937 #1-#2 22 May 1937 #1-#2 28 May 1937 #1-#2 29 May 1937 #1-#2 3 June 1937 #2 16 February 1938 #1 31 May 1938 #1

[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 ... Coins: 5 April 1954 #1-#4 6 April 1954 #1-#3 + N 31011 7 April 1954 #1-#9 + N 31012- N 31015 8 April 1954 #1-#2 9 April 1054 #1-#14 + N 31016-N 31026 10 April 1954 #40-#42 4 June 1954 #1-#3 + N 31027 ... 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] L 2:4: Byzantine Baby's Grave

Anne McCabe ... Enchytrismos burial of an infant in Byzantine Room C, L/15-2/13, at 52.915m. Although disturbed by roots, the skeleton (AA 373) was articulated and lay parallel to Wall 1, with head at the NW and feet ... 14-15 June 2007 ... Work in the northern part of Room C in 2003-2005 revealed few clues about the use of the space; however the fact that Drain 1 emptied into the "room" may indicate that it was a courtyard. Another infant burial was found nearby in 2006 (Deposit L 2:3).