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[Agora Deposit] J 3:8: Protogeometric/Early Geometric Well

David Scahill ... Protogeometric/Early Geometric well under floors in Room 1, Classical Building II, on north side of south ashlar wall. See J 3:9 for the burial within this well. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, ... 27 June 2001 17 July 2002 ... Protogeometric/Early Geometric well under floors in Room 1, Classical Building II, on north side of south ashlar wall. See J 3:9 for the burial within this well.

[Agora Deposit] T 21:3: Bedrock on Line of Early (Archaic) Peribolos Wall

Clearing bedrock on line of early (Archaic) peribolos wall, east of entrance on the south side, west end. Uncatalogued material: 50 sherds, 83 fragments. of plemochoai. Classical Ware : lekythos; plemochoai ... Early 2nd c. B.C.

[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.

[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] 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.

[Agora Deposit] T 20:3

Trial trench IV. A thin strip of undisturbed fill excavated on the north side of the upper terrace, just inside the line of the Archaic peribolos wall. Probably this small patch of clay represents part ... Protoattic ... A thin strip of undisturbed fill excavated on the north side of the upper terrace, just inside the line of the Archaic peribolos wall. Probably this small patch of clay represents part of the ground surface of the sanctuary in the 7th century, pressed into the high bedrock. ... Terracotta Figurines (6): 3 columnar type. Early Ware: Geometric; Protogeometric-Late Geometric; Protoattic.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 2-3:1: Fill

42-50/Ζ-ΙΑ: below uppermost Byz. Floor at level of top of railroad retaining wall (cf. also 50/Ι: from packing of floor). Coins: 24 March 1936 #18-#22 26 March 1936 #9-#10 ... Early Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] U 20:1: Deposit of plemochoai

Firm fill over bedrock on east edge of section, north of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall. Uncatalogued material: 10 sherds, 30 fragments of plemochoai. Deposit created by Margie Miles, 4 inventoried ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 3:1: Fill

N-S Cut on 20m. line (area of Road, area of Stoa, area N of Stoa) various levels and dates over the three areas. Investigations to the northwest of the market square in the area of the road that bordered ... Protogeometric to Late Roman ... Area of Stoa: Layer I: Early Roman Layer II: Hellenistic Layer III: 1st c. ... Plundered trench of early N-S wall: geometric to 4th c. ... Area North of Stoa: Habitation earth above gravel: gray minyan, protogeometric See also cut on 50m. line (E-F 2-3:2).

[Agora Deposit] K 3:1: Frankish Coin Hoard

Michael Laughy ... West and adjacent to Modern Wall 5, we excavated 12th-13th c. A.D. fill, in some places a half meter deep or more. The fill was remarkably uniform in content throughout. Typical pottery included: fine ... 12th-13th c. A.D ... West and adjacent to Modern Wall 5, we excavated 12th-13th c. ... At the time of this summary, the legible coins are Frankish, and date to the early 13th c. A.D. Coins: ΒΘ-96; ΒΘ-98 -128; ΒΘ-135 -145 Pottery lots: T 141, T 143 Notebook: ΒΘ VIII Baskets: 43, 57; pp. 1557, 1587 X-Section: pp. 1460, 1500 Grid: K/6,9-3/5,9 Elevation: 54.544-54.111m.

[Agora Deposit] T 19:3: Well

Well at 15/ΙΕ = Pocket in side of Turkish Pit at 15/ΙΔ. Shallow well on the lower slopes of the Acropolis, east of the Panathenaic Way, in the area later occupied by the Archaic Building. Located 3.5m ... 700-675 B.C. with intrusions ... Located 3.5m north of the Archaic peribolos wall, in a spot later covered by the Temple of Triptolemos. The pit was disturbed by two Ottoman pits on the east and north sides and by the wall of a modern cellar sunk through part of it ... Terracotta figurines: 7 catalogued. Other: 3 plaques; 1 shield; 2 columnar type; 2 animals; 1 leg; 1 handmade object.

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:3: Disturbed Urn Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII. The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I

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[Agora Deposit] K 3:2: Byzantine Layer with Complete Pots

James Artz Pirisino Daniele Kylindreas Miltiades ... Excavation in Room 3 of ΒΘ West revealed 5 ceramic vessels in a row against the eastern face of Wall 12. 3 complete vessels (ΒΘ 122, 124, and 125) were catalogued, along with the base of a plain glazed ... 9th-11th c. A.D ... Excavation in Room 3 of ΒΘ West revealed 5 ceramic vessels in a row against the eastern face of Wall 12. 3 complete vessels (ΒΘ 122, 124, and 125) were catalogued, along with the base of a plain glazed flat-bottomed basin (ΒΘ 121). In addition to the vessels along the face of Wall 12, 5 coins were found within the fill, as well as a bronze ring and fragments of painted plaster (ΒΘ 134) from a wall. ... Excavation in Room 3 was restricted to a small area south of and adjacent to Wall 23.

[Agora Deposit] T 21:4: Fill Around the Upper Block of the Southwest Corner of the Early (Archaic) Peribolos Wall

Fill around the upper block of the southwest corner of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall, south of the Propylon, and hard fill at the side of a trench for a modern wall. Uncatalogued material: 181 sherds ... 2nd c. B.C ... Fill around the upper block of the southwest corner of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall, south of the Propylon, and hard fill at the side of a trench for a modern wall. Uncatalogued material: 181 sherds (of which 49 fragments of plemochoai), 3 objects, 1 bone.

[Agora Deposit] I 18:4: Pit-Well

Well east of Geometric Grave. The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. Some evidence for period of use; little pottery. At the top a few Geometric ... Early Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] D-E 8-9:1: Theseion Cisterns A and B (1936)

Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR. Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... Abandonment of cistern and source of contents probaby attributable to an undetermined event in the early part of the decade 310 B.C. In the early 3rd c. B.C. very possibly ca. 277/6 (see Garden article), the southerly side of Kolonos, outside the Precinct Wall, was levelled off and the double cistern were cut down and filled p. 833 ... Coins: 4 February 1936 #1 5 February 1936 #1 6 February 1936 #1-#2 8 February 1936 #3 10 February 1936 #1-#3 12 February 1936 #1-#13 13 February 1936 #1-#6 14 February 1936 #1

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:6: Pyre in House N, Room 4

Pyre in House N, room 4 (RSY=Pyre 7), in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Pottery, mall pieces of calcined bone, log, wood cinders, and charcoal in diamond-shaped pit in floor sequence. The pyre ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:1: Well A

Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2). ... At 5.50 a group of fallen wall tiles arched over shaft which was empty to below 8.00 (at water level). ... Those as from the recommencement on 2/3 are clearly from the top of the well- ie at 3m below (see p. 58) Remark on p. 460 seems ambiguous.