[Agora Deposit] P 10:2.2: Lower fill

Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle ... 1st c. A.D ... Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle.

[Agora Deposit] N 14:2: Byzantine Well at 19/IA

Well at 19/ΙΑ (corrected from O 13:2) Incised bowl Graffito bowl Water jug x2 Small amphora Amphora x2 Canteen x2 Tins 132-138 (not found in notebook) ... 12th c. A.D ... Incised bowl Graffito bowl Water jug x2 Small amphora Amphora x2 Canteen x2

[Agora Deposit] B 18:12: Well

Diameter 0.83m. Water level -4.20m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.60m. Heavy deposit of pottery throughout; stamped amphora handles, five Knidian; one Rhodian; one Parian. Semi-coarse stamnos; funnel-mouthed ... Ca. 120 B.C ... Heavy deposit of pottery throughout; stamped amphora handles, five Knidian; one Rhodian; one Parian. ... Subdivisions: .1=upper fill (seven amphora handles, Type 37B lamp). .2=lower fill (no amphora handles or coins).

[Agora Deposit] Q 17:9: Manhole South of Well G

Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles ... Late 2nd-1st c. B.C ... Manhole-square pit providing access to aqueduct; the dumped filling includes many fragments of coarse pottery, including 5 stamped amphora handles.

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[Agora Deposit] B 10:1: Infant Pot Inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Disturbed burial (no remains), probably an infant pot inhumation. Inhumation grave 17 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIX: PG). Shallow oval cutting containing a banded amphora on its side, mouth ... LPG ... Shallow oval cutting containing a banded amphora on its side, mouth to west, sheathed in a large two-handled cooking jar, split irregularly lengthwise, south to east. ... Both pots Protogeometric, the amphora probably intrusive in the 4th. c. ... JP Young: "It is possible that a baby whose bones have completely disappeared was placed in the larger coarse amphora, and that the other amphora was a Beigabe (offering)" The fact that no precedent exists in Athens at this time for a full-sized amphora as an offering in an infant or child grave renders such a suggestion unlikely.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:10: Urn-Burial of a Small Child

Urn Burial in Tholos Cemetery. Grave 9 in notebook. Amphora containing bones of a small child. Little pots had been put under its neck ... Late 8th-Early 7th c. B.C ... Grave 9 in notebook. Amphora containing bones of a small child.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:4: Drawshaft

Cistern shaft southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Unstratified fill. Ten stamped amphora handles; Type 34A lamp; many fragments of long-petal b suggesting material deposited ca. 140 or later. Cf. Pireus ... Ca. 200-125 B.C ... Ten stamped amphora handles; Type 34A lamp; many fragments of long-petal b suggesting material deposited ca. 140 or later. ... Pireus cistern for occurrence of long-petal bowls with amphora handles of early second quarter of 2nd c. owls,

[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 ... Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal.

[Agora Deposit] P 6:7: Amphora Dump

Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8. Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ. Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6. Fragments of amphorai, tiles. No coins ... Early Hellenistic ... Amphora Dump

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:3: Amphora Deposit

Marcie Handler ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. The neck and one handle of one of the amphorae (BZ 1213) had been poking ... Ca. 1st c. A.D ... We removed two layers of fill in the area around this amphora, the first of which (lot 1540) was highly contaminated and contained material dating from the Late Geometric through the Byzantine periods. The second layer of fill (lot 1541) excavated around the amphora dated to the early Roman period (c. 1st century A.D.), and after we removed this layer of fill we revealed the outlines of five more amphorae and one micaceous water jar. ... BZ 669 was given the number BZ 1213 during the 2005 season (the excavator did not know that a section number was given to the in situ amphora). The remaining fragments of amphora BZ 756 can be found in the pottery tins BZ 1540-1541.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:1: Urn-burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 1 in notebook. Slightly disturbed by the digging of Pit A. A large oil jar/amphora lay on its side with a flat stone stopping its mouth. The three small vases offered at the burial were found, together ... Ca. 600 B.C ... A large oil jar/amphora lay on its side with a flat stone stopping its mouth. The three small vases offered at the burial were found, together with a few of the bones of a small child, inside the amphora.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:18: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 17 in notebook. No offerings. Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. RSY Lot Β 304 Fill over Grave 17 ... Early 6th century B.C (?) ... No offerings. Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:4: Urn-burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. Over urn two stone slabs, on top, mass of small stones containing Late Geometric sherd ... Late Geometric ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30. Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls.

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[Agora Deposit] F 13:5: Hellenistic (?) Amphora Deposit

Laura Gawlinski ... Ovoid pit cut into bedrock or sterile fill just north of preserved floor surfaces in the so-called Strategeion. Length (west-east) 2.6m; widens at 1.25m from the east scarp so that at west pit is 0.75m ... 4th B.C ... Hellenistic (?) Amphora Deposit

[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 ... Coins: 20 February 1936 #2-#3 Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold.

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[Agora Deposit] I 5:1: Pit Τomb, Child Inhumation

Susan Rotroff ... Grave 1. Burial of a child perhaps 6 years old, covered by broken amphora. Skeleton lay extended on its back, oriented N-S, with head at south. No grave gifts. PD 2207 ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Burial of a child perhaps 6 years old, covered by broken amphora. Skeleton lay extended on its back, oriented N-S, with head at south.

[Agora Deposit] N 12:3: Geometric and Protogeometric Well

Well at 15/ΜΓ (Well E: PG, ELS). Supplementary filling around its top Small partly glazed one handler Fragment of black figured kylix Small protogemetric cup Fragment of skyphos Rim fragment of Large Open ... Protogeometric-6th - 5th c. B.C ... Small partly glazed one handler Fragment of black figured kylix Small protogemetric cup Fragment of skyphos Rim fragment of Large Open Vase Protogeometric Oinochoe Handmade wide-mouthed amphora Fragmentary oinochoe Hnadmade pitcher x3 Vertibrae strung on rib bone Conical foot Amphora (?)

[Agora Deposit] G 12:2: Urn-burial of an Infant

Grave 2 in notebook. The burial was destroyed by the digging of Pit A, at the edge of which was found a mass of sherds belonging to the grave amphora. Among the sherds were found small cups, fragments ... Late Geometric ... The burial was destroyed by the digging of Pit A, at the edge of which was found a mass of sherds belonging to the grave amphora. Among the sherds were found small cups, fragments of a skyphos, and a kantharos, together with a few remnants of a small child's skeleton. A coarse pitcher and an oinochoe were found in the undisturbed filling just beside the broken amphora, which lay at the very edge of Pit a. there can be no doubt that the body of the child, with the small vases, had been placed in the amphora, and that the coarse pitcher and oinochoe stood beside the shoulder or the neck of the burial urn.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:5: Cistern

Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance). Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around 108.