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[Agora Deposit] C 8:10: Pit tomb, adult inhumation.

Homer A. Thompson ... Grave XIII in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. One skeleton. Bones discarded. No offerings. JP ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain)

[Agora Deposit] B-C 10-11:1: Hellenistic-Early Roman Fill over Bedrock

Hellenistic-Early Roman fill over bedrock, along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not ... 26-29 February 1936 2-12 March 1936

[Agora Deposit] N 18:7: Well Not Completely Dug at 32/ΣΤ

Well at 32/ΣΤ ... Late 6th c. B.C ... Late 6th c. B.C ... Ψ:32/ΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] D 18:2: Pottery dump

House C, Room 4 (Pottery dump of stamnos wall and fill below floor). Coins: 1 July 1947 #13 2 July 1947 #1 Coins from House IV: 14 May 1947 #1-#2 19 May 1947 #6-#7 20 May 1947 #32 ... First half 3rd c. B.C ... House C, Room 4 (Pottery dump of stamnos wall and fill below floor) ... Coins: 1 July 1947 #13 2 July 1947 #1 Coins from House IV: 14 May 1947 #1-#2 19 May 1947 #6-#7 20 May 1947 #32

[Agora Deposit] G 15:3: Brown Fill

Brown fill (Lebes fill) over bedrock, (28)30-32/Δ-Ε. Some later disturbances. Coins: 1 March 1932 #9-#10 ... Early 6th c. B.C ... Early 6th c. B.C ... Δ':30-32/Δ-Ε

[Agora Deposit] A 14:2.1: Upper Fill (post-Herulian) not shelved as group

"baskets" 1-5 Coins: 22 April 1937 #7 23 April 1937 #17-#18 24 April 1937 #1 coins from Dump: 28 May 1937 #31-#32 ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition ... post-Herulian ... Coins: 22 April 1937 #7 23 April 1937 #17-#18 24 April 1937 #1 coins from Dump: 28 May 1937 #31-#32 ... ADDENDA Top-early 4th. c. consistent with coins of Licinius and Maximinus in good condition.

[Agora Deposit] G 19:3: Cistern

Also noted as 32-33/Μ. The N wall collapsed. A very shallow deposit of ancient fill over its stuccoed floor. Coins: 10 May 1939 #3-#4 ... Hellenistic, 4th-early 3rd, Roman, 4th c. A.D ... Hellenistic, 4th-early 3rd, Roman, 4th c. A.D ... ΓΓ:29-32/ΛΘ-ΜΑ

[Agora Deposit] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D ... The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to be not later than 3rd c. B.C.; but drain channels, pits and cuttings, etc. in Υ are partly Early Roman, some mixed to Late Roman or later. ... Section Υ: pit at 31-32/ΜΘ-Ν, 31-32/ΜΣΤ-ΜΖ, 36-38/ΞΔ, 33/ΝΒ, 31-32/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ, 31/ΜΑ-ΜΓ two fragments of semi-glazed bowls with everted rim (late 2nd c.?) ... More extensive disturbance in east branch indicated by fragments of dipper, 2nd c. plate, at least five moldmade bowls, a Roman lamp.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:11: Casting pit

Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain. Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock. 2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C. (Late Archaic/ Early Classical)

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[Agora Deposit] D 17:8: Sacrificial Pyre in Poros Building, Northwest Room

Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1). Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I 7:1: Late Lime Pit

L 1079 and L 1080 are identified as from a pit at 29/ΝΓ. L 1082 and P 2130 are from a pit at 26-29/ΜΘ-ΝΑ. Probably the same pit as indicated on a note in deposit cardex. The finds are recorded together ... 5th c ... 5th c ... Η':26-32/ΜΗ-ΝΓ

[Agora Deposit] P 10:2: Cistern

With cistern at 18/Π (P 10:1), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C. 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ ... 17 April 1937 27-28 May 1937 ... A slight accumulation of infiltrative material of 1st c. A.D. was found at the top (P 19718), probably introduced when the top of the cistern was broken in. ... Latest lamp type 32. Fragments of only two moldmade bowls ... Subdivisions: .1=Upper fill-1st c. A.D with some mixing between the two .2=Lower fill-Hellenistic

[Agora Deposit] F 5:1: Cistern

Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned. Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] L 2:3: Infant Burial in Pot

Enchytrismos burial of an infant at the E. corner of Byzantine Room G. The burial was in brown fill flecked with charcoal and containing brown-glazed pottery (Lot ΒΗ 472). The pot was embedded upside ... Byzantine 10th/11th c. A.D.

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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 ... Enchytrismos burial of an infant in Byzantine Room C, L/15-2/13, at 52.915m. ... 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. ... AA 373 (premature birth at ca. 32 weeks). No catalogued objects.

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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] N 21:4: Satyr Cistern

Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:1: Komos Cistern

Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill. Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] 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.

[Agora Deposit] 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

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[Agora Deposit] 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.

[Agora Deposit] H-K 12-14: Middle Stoa Building Fill

Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Otherwise bowls similar to those in other deposits of early 2nd. c. Fragments of six molds ... Coins: Θ 1 March 1933 #14 2 March 1933 #3 6 March 1933 #3, #8 9 March 1933 #1-#3, #20 10 March 1933 #6-#7, #10, #15, #18, #20-#21, #26-#27, #31-#32, #35, #37 11 March 1933 #5, #7 14 March 1933 #34 16 March 1933 #1 17 March 1933 #4-#5, #26-#27 31 March 1933 #2-#3, #5-#8 12 May 1933 #11, #15-#16 13 May 1933 #1 15 May 1933 #2-#3, #6-#7 16 May 1933 #10 20 May 1933 #6 22 May 1933 #7 24 May 1933 #8-#11 27 May 1933 #9-#10 1 June 1933 #2-#3 Coins: Λ 24 April 1935 #1 3 May 1935 #2 4 May 1935 #1 6 May 1935 #1, #3 8 May 1935 #2 Coins: ΜΣ and K 19 February 1953 #1 24 February 1953 #1-#6 28 February 1953 #2-#9 2 March 1953 #4 (?) ... 17 May 1954 #13-#34 20 May 1954 #6-#10, #12-#13 25 May 1954 #1-#19, #21-#25, #27-#59 5 June 1965 #2-#7 18 June 1965 #1-#6 1 July 1965 #1-#3 2 July 1965 #1 17 July 1965 #7-#8 22 July 1965 #1-#3 29 July 1965 #1-#14 26 June 1967 #1-#2 27 June 1967 #2 29 June 1967 #1-#2 11 July 1967 #1 12 July 1967 #2-#5 13 July 1967 #1, #3 14 July 1967 #1 24 July 1967 #1 28 July 1967 #1 Coins : Κ 14 March 1953 #1, #3-#7, #9-#12, #14 18 March 1953 #3-#5 27 March 1953 #3-#4, #7, #10-#12 11 April 1953 #1 18 April 1953 #3, #6-#7 23 April 1953 #7 24 April 1953 #2-#5, #7 25 April 1953 #14-#16, #20, #25-#27, #30-#32, #34-#36, #38 29 April 1953 #1-#3 30 March 1954 #2-#3 31 March 1954 #1-#3 1 April 1954 #1, #3-#4