[Agora Deposit] H 17:3: Pit I

Pit I at 45/ΙΘ (= Well) (noted also 4th c. pocket in side of this pit). This is part of the Terracotta Deposit (H 17:4) and the objects listed here are also listed in H 17:4. Containers/lots for this ... Geometric-Protoattic ... Hesperia 2 (1933), 542-640.

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:2: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G). Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave). Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 552-554, figs. 10-11.

[Agora Deposit] R 14:2: Sculptor's Workshop

Sculptor's Workshop at 37-40/Β-ΣΤ Coins 20 April 1933 #1-#20 21 April 1933 #37-#41 24 April 1933 #97-#100 1 May 1933 #5-#8 4 May 1933 #2 12 May 1933 #8-#9 15 May 1933 #8 S 343, S 407-S 413, S 390: Fragments ... Ca. 267 A.D.

[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 ... "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", etc. Cf. Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 209. ... Coins: 4 March 1933 #1-#4 8 March 1933 #1-#2 9 March 1933 #1-#12 10 March 1933 #1-#9 and #10-#12 11 March 1933 #1-#17 (Below burning) 13 March 1933 #1-#3 and #4-#7 and #8 14 March 1933 #1-#3 15 March 1933 #1-#4 16 March 1933 #1-#29 (above burning) and #30-#44 and #45-#48 17 March 1933 #1-#68 and #69-#88 18 March 1933 #1-#14 (above burning) and #15-#17 20 March 1933 #36-#50 and #51-#53 21 March 1933 #1-#51 and #52-#59 22 March 1933 #45-#92 and #106-#108 23 March 1933 #1-#12 24 March 1933 #1-#20 28 March 1933 #1-#29 31 March 1933 #1-#7 1 April 1933 #3-#13 3 April 1933 #1-#3 and #4-#7 5 April 1933 #22 10 April 1933 #3-#27 (SE corner of Dorpfeld's Stoa Bas.) 11 April 1933 #1-#38 12 April 1933 #38-#39 (SE corner of Dorpfeld's Stoa Bas.) 20 April 1933 #7-#14 21 April 1933 #13-#17 22 April 1933 #6-#20 (#19, #20 from dump) 24 April 1933 #2-#6 25 April 1933 #2-#4 26 April 1933 #1-#3 27 April 1933 #1-#7 and #8-#12 28 April 1933 #1-#6 3 May 1933 #5-#123 4 May 1933 #1-#21 and #22-#42 5 May 1933 #1-#22 6 May 1933 #1-#2 8 May 1933 #26 9 May 1933 #5-#6 12 May 1933 #1-#73 13 May 1933 #1-#9 15 May 1933 #1-#22 16 May 1933 #1-#13 and #17-#18 17 May 1933 #6-#16 and #17-#19 and #20-#32 18 May 1933 #1-#10 (Lowest layer above class. floor) 19 May 1933 #1-#15 and #16-#19 20 May 1933 #1-#21 and #22-#29 22 May 1933 #1-#62 23 May 1933 #1-#34 and #35-#36 24 May 1933 #1-#6 27 May 1933 #1-#25 and #26-#28 29 May 1933 #1-#31 and #32-#33 30 May 1933 #1-#5 and #6-#11 31 May 1933 #1-#5 and #6-#8 1 June 1933 #1-#15 and #19-#22 2 June 1933 #16-#33 and #35-#37 3 June 1933 #1-#9 5 June 1933 #1-#22 and #23-#25 and #27-#28 6 June 1933 #1-#3 and #9-#11 and #12 7 June 1933 #29 (disintegrated) 8 June 1933 #24 9 June 1933 #1-#2 15 June 1933 #9-#13

[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.

[Agora Deposit] F 16:2: Well of the Laughing Faun

Nbp. 661: Dug in 1st c. Cleaned out almost to bottom shortly after the middle of the 3rd c. and used for a few years. During Herulian invasion of 267, Laughing Faun broken up and thrown in. Thereafter ... 1st-5th c. A.D., 2nd c. A.D.=POU ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 465, 535-536, 541.

[Agora Deposit] H 9:1: North Well in Stoa Pit E

In front of room III from the South. Coins: 28 June 1933 #1 1 July 1933 #1 8 July 1933 #1 (dump) 12 July 1933 #1 (dump)-#2 (dump) 3 May 1934 #1 12 May 1934 #1 Estimated Grid ... Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] Q 15:1

Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). Coins 8 June 1933 #4 9 June 1933 #5-#6 10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16 13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29 14 June 1933 #3-#4 15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8 17 June ... Mid 3rd century

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:4: Terracotta Deposit

An area about 10m2. on the lower northwest slopes of the Areopagus, southeast of the archaic fountain house. A dumped fill to the end of the 3rd quarter of the 7th c. B.C., containing many votives, overlying ... 7th c. - 625 B.C ... Hesperia 87 (2018), pp. 633-679 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 542-640.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:3: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 468-470, fig. 18.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:4: Well

Well at 62/ΙΑ, 63/ΙΑ, at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling in the lowest meter of the shaft. The upper part of the shaft was filled with clay containing only occasional fragments of pottery; ... Ca. 600-540 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 472.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] G 15:1: Well, "western extension"

Wells at 24/ΙΓ at 26/ΙΑ near the SW corner of the market square, about 10m west of the Southwest Fountain House (the party wall between them broken through in antiquity). ... Ca. 500 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 465.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:4: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII. Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ. Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 71 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 468-470 (with F 16:3).

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:3: Simple Trench Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 362-365, pl. 78, a-d ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 159 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 470.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:11: Well

A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C.

[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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 133-134 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 335, n. 53 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 453-454, fig. 2 (selection of pottery).

[Agora Deposit] G 13:4: Well

Tiled well, ca. 30m south of the Tholos. Associated with Building D. Hellenistic Group A with Late Roman fill in upper 3.00m. Objects A 245 and P 4597 are from fill on floor around well-head, contemporary ... 325-260 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 62 (1993), pp. 445-449 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 456-459.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:9: Cave Cistern

Cistern-system west of the Stoa of Zeus. Two chambers connected by a tunnel, each with two fills. Lower fill in south chamber contemporary with upper fill in north chamber, at the end of the 4th c. B.C ... Ca. 375-160 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 18, 77 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 126-128, figs. 13-14 and p. 454.

[Agora Deposit] R 13:1: Well

No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C. Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D.