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[Agora Deposit] L 17:7: Aischines Street Cistern: South Chamber

Date of filling early third c. B.C. Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles. Latest coin dates in first third of 3rd c. One small fragment of moldmade bowl of undetermined type. Coins: 12 August ... 310-220 B.C ... Date of filling early third c. ... Little pottery. Seven stamped amphora handles.

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers). Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through some 40 tins of pottery saved from the three martyrs. ... ... In view of the quantity of pottery & objects already recorded from the drain this pottery has been discarded." Twenty-five stamped amphora handles; latest of 79 coins date in last quarter of 2nd c.; pottery closely similar to that in Thompson's Group E; two molds, one for long-petal bowl.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:10: Well

A well (diameter 1m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in the area later occupied by House C. Water level 1.50-2.m Dumped filling of broken bedrock with considerable fragmentary pottery in ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Water level 1.50-2.m Dumped filling of broken bedrock with considerable fragmentary pottery in the upper meter and a half. No evidence of period of use and no distinction in date in the filling.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:14: Well at the Northeast Corner of Classical Building

A well at the northeast corner of Classical Building, behind back wall. Dumped fill appears to have occurred as a single event as there are joining sherds throughout. POU date ca. first half 5th c. B.C.; ... 5th c. B.C ... Dumped fill appears to have occurred as a single event as there are joining sherds throughout. POU date ca. first half 5th c. B.C.; pottery in fill spans ca. last quarter 6th c.-430 B.C.; out of use ca. 430 B.C ... Pottery primarily of the mid 5th c. with the latest sherds dating to just before the last quarter of the century.

[Agora Deposit] F 12:3: Well

Associated with the Tholos. Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern. The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern. The pottery falls into three distinct groups ... however, the groups are fairly closely contemporary in date.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:7: Well C

A small concentration of pottery in lowest 1.80m., possibly a use fill. Three fills above, with little pottery, ranging from Hellenistic to late Roman in date. Coins: 26 February 1934 #4-#6 27 February ... 325-200 B.C ... A small concentration of pottery in lowest 1.80m., possibly a use fill. Three fills above, with little pottery, ranging from Hellenistic to late Roman in date.

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[Agora Deposit] R 11:5: Pyre in Stoa Shop VI

Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. ... Two other pits with ash were found, but without pottery. The pyre must date at least as late as layer II, and probably not too much later. No contemporary structures, wells, or cisterns were preserved in this area, but it is about 10m south of the mudbrick commercial building that functioned in the second quarter of the 2nd c., and had a predecessor of unknown date. One pot shows signs of burning.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:23: Disturbed grave/inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... RSY/JP Disturbed Geometric burial over "Sacrificial Pit VI" (Grave B 21:22). Grave IX in notebook. Bones discarded? Pottery found in the upper filling of a sixth century cremation pit, which had perhaps ... Middle Geometric II/Transitional to Late Geometric ... Bones discarded? Pottery found in the upper filling of a sixth century cremation pit, which had perhaps cut through a Geometric inhumation to which the disturbed human bones close by may have belonged ... Excavation date more likely 31 May 1939 (p. 1929).