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[Agora Deposit] J 1:7: Hellenistic Cistern Shaft

Marcie Handler ... The contents of this Hellenistic cistern shaft were excavated in a series of layers: the preserved top of the shaft, six layers in the shaft and the fill within the tunnel. At the bottom of the shaft on ... POU: Mid-3rd c. BC Dumped fill: after 225 BC ... Excavations | 2007 | Trenches | Handler | Room M | East of Wall 7 | Cistern J 1:7

[Agora Deposit] P 7:7: Wall and Below Floor of Late Roman Building

Late Roman Building to W of N end of Stoa (from its wall and below floor) Coins: July 12 1950 #1-#4 ... 11-12 July 1950

[Agora Deposit] O 19:7: Deposit beside Rubble Wall

Deposit at 42/ΙΕ beside rubble wall under modern cellar wall ... 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 17:7: Pocket

Small pocket between the tumbled wall of large conglomerate blocks and Drain 2 ... 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 7:1: Trial Pit behind Stoa Retaining Wall

Filling behind retaining wall of Stoa of Zeus. The remains of unfired clay adhering to the interior of various pieces make it probable that the material in this filling is a mass of debris from the floor ... Ca. 435-425 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 7:1: Chamber Tomb under Valerian Wall, Burial 12

Mycenaean Tomb under Valerian wall (Burial 12). It was impossible to fix the limits of the tomb in any direction, since at the north and south it was cut by the wall, an operations could not be extended ... Myc. III B

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:7: Small Chamber Tomb

Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Although badly disturbed at various times in antiquity, it was clearly a chamber tomb with the chamber little more than a cubby-hole at the end of a steep dromos, entered at the ... Myc. III A-B

[Agora Deposit] N 11:7: Well

Byzantine Well at 66/ΛΑ. Semi-curbed well at the west wall of the Byzantine room. From the mouth of the well, a few brown glazed sherds ... Byzantine

[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

[Agora Deposit] K 7:1: Hellenistic Fill

Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles. Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins: 13 ... 275-200 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:7: Urn Cremation

John Camp ... Burial north of Roman temple, E. of polygonal wall. The tomb, as preserved, consisted of the cinerary urn, which stood in an upright position, its upper part damaged by later disturbance. It contained ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean

[Agora Deposit] B 19:7: Pit in House N Room 2

Pit in House N, Room 2 (RSY, House C). Filling thrown in behind the west wall of the Great Drain South at the time of the building of the drain and the extension of House C. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp ... Ca. 430-410 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F 16:7: Child's Burial- Pyre

Child's burial in south wall of Marble Worker's House. Bones examined 20 June 1975 and found to be an immature animal, not human (canid-puppy?). Identified as pyre by SIR. Set into a shallow roughly ovoid ... Late 4th c.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:7: Pyre in Room 1 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 21:7: Pit

Refuse pit at 51/Ζ; it had been partly cut away at the north by the late Roman retaining wall; the dumped filling a homogeneous deposit of figured, black and plain wares. Red figure oinochoe in the style ... Ca. 450-420 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 7:5: Late Roman Lamp Deposit

Deposit beneath re-used poros blocks. Fragments of 2 ancient blocks of soft, white poros were reused here for a later foundation. the course of the late wall cannot be traced beyond the length of the two ... 15-17 July 1931

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[Agora Deposit] R 13:7: Disturbed Pyre in Northeast Stoa Area

Disturbed pyre in NE stoa area. In western room of westernmost shop building. A patch of ash i or at the level of layer 2 (lot Ι 189d), partially destroyed by modern wall. Pottery from layer 2 dates ... 400-350?

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[Agora Deposit] J 7:2: Chamber Tomb under the Temple of Ares

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares, towards its west end.(1951). The tomb had a hasty and unfinished appearance oddly at variance with its long history and the quality of the pottery ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.)

[Agora Deposit] P 7:4: Well of Christian Lamp

Well of Christian Lamp; west of Stoa terrace wall near north end. Pottery spread out June 1952. A big amphora was made up (ΣΑ 1780), but nothing else went together. Fill appeared o be all of one period ... Late 5th-early 6th century A.D.

[Agora Deposit] Q 7:3: Trench Behind Stoa Stylobate

Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 20 February 1954 #1-#2 22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] H-I 7:1: Late Roman Lamp Deposit

Lamps all found together at the southeast corner of the excavated area, in a deposit running in part under the dike of earth which has been left against the wall of the street. Includes 10 lamps in Section ... 17-18 June 1931 15 May 1933 ... Lamps all found together at the southeast corner of the excavated area, in a deposit running in part under the dike of earth which has been left against the wall of the street. ... L 955-L 965 are also listed in deposit H-I 7-8:1 because they fall within the burnt layers of that deposit.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:14: Deposit in front of NE Stoa

Mycenaean Deposit (Gully) in front of NE Stoa (corrected from P 7:1). It consisted of a series of irregular pits, some gradually linked up with one another to form what seemed a natural gully. The largest ... Mycenaean IIIA-B ... Mycenaean Deposit (Gully) in front of NE Stoa (corrected from P 7:1). It consisted of a series of irregular pits, some gradually linked up with one another to form what seemed a natural gully. The largest pit measuring 1.70m east-west by about 1.20m north-south and having a maximum depth of 0.90m was situated from five to ten meters northeast of the gully proper and was cut at the north by the back wall of Northeast Stoa, which was set down a little into it. ... The gully has been assigned a new number: O 7:17. Additionally, the title of O 7:14 has been changed from Mycenaean Gully and Deposit in front of NE Stoa to Deposit in front of NE Stoa.

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[Agora Deposit] T 22:1: Kernos Pit 1 under Valerian Wall

Kernos Pit #1 under Valerian Wall. P 30173-P 30174 added on May 7, 1973 ... 4th c. B.C ... Kernos Pit #1 under Valerian Wall ... P 30173-P 30174 added on May 7, 1973.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:8: Pyre J 1:8

Marcie Handler ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved ... 4th c. B.C ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved only as a stub on the east side of the area), and possibly Wall 8 or Wall 6 on the north. 2.5 meters SW of the pyre, a patch of floor surface at J/10-1/20 at 52.188 masl. was found.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:8: Chamber Tomb to Northwest of Pier 19, Burial 7

Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Tomb to NW of Pier 19 (Burial 7). The chamber was roughly square in shape (2.70m wide by 2.10m deep), oriented northeast to southwest across in transverse axis. The entrance was at the northwest ... Myc. II-IIIA:1 ... Mycenaean Tomb to NW of Pier 19 (Burial 7). The chamber was roughly square in shape (2.70m wide by 2.10m deep), oriented northeast to southwest across in transverse axis. The entrance was at the northwest side where a row of sizable fieldstones rested on the floor of the tomb and indicated the lowest course of the original blocking wall of the doorway (0.80m wide). At the inner northeast corner of the chamber the side wall began to arch over at a height of about 0.60m above the floor.

[Agora Deposit] R 14:1: Footing Trench of Venetian/Valerian Wall

Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification. Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D ... Coins: 23 March 1933 #16-#19 24 March 1933 #4-#5(below layer of bricks 1.00m. east of Ven. wall 24/ΙΗ) 26 April 1933 #1-#5 1 May 1933 #5-#8 (yellow fill against Venetian wall 36/ΙΑ) 27 May 1939 #6-#7 13 June 1939 #3

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[Agora Deposit] P 21:1: Osteotheke

Osteotheke. (Group N). Coin 7 May 1938 #7 83/ΜΔ (83-84/ΜΓ-ΜΕ: If I judge from p. 811, this grid would be the concrete retaining wall). Somebody else wrote the following grid on page 878: 83-85/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ ... Early 7th cent ... Coin 7 May 1938 #7 ... 83/ΜΔ (83-84/ΜΓ-ΜΕ: If I judge from p. 811, this grid would be the concrete retaining wall). Somebody else wrote the following grid on page 878: 83-85/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ possibly of Room 2.

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[Agora Deposit] L 2:2: Well

Anne McCabe ... Adjacent to the SW face of Byzantine Wall 14. The circular cutting, 0.90m in diameter, appeared at 53.504m under a layer of loose rubble (Lot 481). Wall of the well roughly built, consisting at the top ... 11-19 July 2006 24 June-21 July 2009

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[Agora Deposit] Q 6:4: Well at Q/14-6/11

"Koumanoudes' Well. Tile-lined well (diam. 0.85m) at SE corner of courtyard of Roman House E, at top built wall of stones and mortar, bedrock at bottom. Coin 7 August 1971 #495-#500 13 August 1971 #507 ... 28 July-6 August 1971 ... Tile-lined well (diam. 0.85m) at SE corner of courtyard of Roman House E, at top built wall of stones and mortar, bedrock at bottom ... Coin 7 August 1971 #495-#500 13 August 1971 #507

[Agora Deposit] G 14:1: Turkish pit in Δ

Called a Turkish pit, located under a Byzantine wall and filled with an upper level of Byzantine material under which a level of Roman material. Coins: 5 April 1932 #1-#3 6 April 1932 #1-#5 7 April 1932 ... 6-11 April 1932 ... Called a Turkish pit, located under a Byzantine wall and filled with an upper level of Byzantine material under which a level of Roman material ... Coins: 5 April 1932 #1-#3 6 April 1932 #1-#5 7 April 1932 #1-#2

[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] Q 6:2: Plaster Dump

Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9. Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. Layer resting on bedrock and covered partially by good strosis (55.26m.). Fill was red with mudbricks, tiles, much plaster ... Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. ... Coins 7 July 1971 #461-#474 8 July #475 ... The plaster fragments were restored into a large panel exhibited on the inner wall of the Upper Colonnade.

[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 ... 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. ... A 20-21:1 and B 19:7. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 247, 256.

[Agora Deposit] H-I 12:1: Burnt Layers

Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ: 1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ) ... Coins Ζ: Coins Θ: 1 June 1951 #2-#5 8 July 1947 #1-#4 2 June 1951 #1-#2 9 July 1947 #1-#4 4 June 1951 #1-#4 5 June 1951 #1-#2 6 June 1951 #1-#4 7 June 1951 #1-#2 8 June 1951 #1 9 June 1951 #1

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6: Fillings

Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels. Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C.

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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.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:11: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. ... The skeleton along the southern wall wore a necklace of carnelian and glass-paste beads, which was excavated in situ. ... The southern edge of the dromos, cutting into the marl bedrock, was excavated up to Wall 7. Only a small portion of the northern edge, cutting into the rocky red virgin fill, could be revealed; the remainder is presently concealed under the scarp of still-standing Wall P. the stomion and its intact blocking wall were found behind a thin layer of fill centered at the western side of the chamber.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:14: Ostrakon Pit

Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later ... Some joins also from Strosis 6-7 against polygonal terrace wall, outside pit.

[Agora Deposit] Q 13:3: Roman Water Mill Construction Fill

Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins: 24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95 25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D ... Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall ... Coins: 24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95 25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 26 April 1933 #16-#21, #23-#28, #30-#31 28 April 1933 #6-#9, #11 8 May 1933 #4-#8 9 May 1933 #2-#11, #14-#15 10 May 1933 #6-#10, #12-#23 15 May 1933 #4-#7 23 May 1933 #1-#2, #4-#6, #13 20 June 1933 #4, #6 21 June 1933 #9-#10 22 June 1933 #1-#3 23 June 1933 #10-#11 26 June 1933 #1-#3, #6-#19 27 June 1933 #3-#5 28 June 1933 #2 6 July 1933 #6-#7 7 July 1933 #1-#12, #14-#15, #18

[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 ... It tapped the poros aqueduct wall just East of our explanatory trench at the East end of ΗΗ. ... Coins : (from report) 15 April 1959 #4-#7