[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 ... 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.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:3.1: Layer I

Byzantine, 4th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:3.2: Layer II

Coins: 27 May 1936 #1-#2 ... 25-27 May 1936

[Agora Deposit] B 18:11: Pit

Pit in House T, Room 3 (through layer 6), in the industrial area west of Areopagus. Very likely pit may have been respectable archaic context, but nothing to go on beyond the two catalogued pieces (LT ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Pit in House T, Room 3 (through layer 6), in the industrial area west of Areopagus. ... No container for this pit, and also apparently none for layer 6? Layer 5 us described as "5th-4th c.

[Agora Deposit] N 6:4: Pyre at N/9-6/1,2

Pyre at N/9-6/1,2, layer 11a. No formal limits, apparent limits about 0.30-0.40m N-S; 0.50-0.60 E-W (cut into by trench at east) ... Late 575-550 B.C ... Pyre at N/9-6/1,2, layer 11a.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:5: Pyre

Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C ... Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ.

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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

[Agora Deposit] O 6:1: Archaic Dump

Trench at O/7,8-6/1,5. Layer 5 of Trench A cut in Rooms 1 and 2 of Greek House γ. Soft green clay with bones, ash, much pottery. Probably leveling fill ... Archaic ... Trench at O/7,8-6/1,5. Layer 5 of Trench A cut in Rooms 1 and 2 of Greek House γ.

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[Agora Deposit] H 13:6: Well

Laura Gawlinski ... Well in courtyard of Early Building I, adjacent to wall of Room B. Tile lined; upper course in situ, lower two collapsed probably in antiquity. Letters inscribed on rims (eta, phi, omicron, theta). Medium ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] I 5:2 BIS: Disturbed Cist Tomb

Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 2 (bis). Cut into by builders of I 5:2. No remains. Possible contents in I 4-5:1 Layer C (= layer 6, lower building fill), catalogued as ΒΓ 2065 - ΒΓ 2125 ... Middle Helladic or later Bronze Age (date uncertain) ... Possible contents in I 4-5:1 Layer C (= layer 6, lower building fill), catalogued as ΒΓ 2065 - ΒΓ 2125.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:6: Pyre

Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall. Coin 1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] N 6:3: Classical Dump

Classical dump at N/1,6-6/6,8. Layer 14 in Early Trench E. A tremendously thick layer of dumped fill with ceramic contents ranging down through the second half of the 5th century and into very early years ... Late 5th c. (Early 4th c.) ... Classical dump at N/1,6-6/6,8. Layer 14 in Early Trench E. A tremendously thick layer of dumped fill with ceramic contents ranging down through the second half of the 5th century and into very early years of the 4th century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 6:3: Early Roman Pit at P/7-6/4,6

Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6 layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon. Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4). Coin 5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman ... Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6 layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ ... Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4). Coin 5 June 1971 #395

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:4: Pyre

Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ. Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w). The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ. ... The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it ... No pottery remaining, bones in plastic bag in tin 212 (deposit P 6:3).

[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 ... 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.).

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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 ... The pyre came to light just below the surface of layer 4, with the pit going down into layer 5, the floor associated with phase 3 of the house. Layer 4 ran over the foundation of the wall between rooms 5 and 6; a layer of decayed mudbrick covered layer 4. The pyre seems to have been dug into layer 4, which was then patched and continued in use.

[Agora Deposit] Q 6:5: Collapsed Cistern at Q/9-6/9.

Layer 7 in South Peristyle of court of Roman House Ε. Irregular cutting in bedrock with sand, gravel, fallen bedrock. Some burning ... 275-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:3: Furnace Waste Pit "Cistern"

Within the precinct of the Hephaisteion, about 10m. north of the north stylobate of the temple. Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x 2.73m) probably originally intended as a cistern; used for dumping ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.-Byzantine

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:6: Pyre in Cut in E-W Street

Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus. RSY-Pyre. Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 6:2: Early Roman Pit at P/3-6/6,7

Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7 Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8. Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by ... 17 May 1971 ... Early Roman pit at P/3-6/6,7 Layer 4a in Room 6 of Greek House δ, area P/2,3-6/6,8. Pit in NW corner of Room 6 bounded by walls of Room to North and West, cut into preexisting layers to east, cutoff by Byzantine pithos to South.

[Agora Deposit] I 4-5:1: Building Fill of Royal Stoa

The Building Fill had been badly disturbed and has been divided into several different lots, resulting in two main divisions: layer 5 (upper building fill) and layer 6 (lower building fill). Later investigation ... 23 June-16 July 1973 ... The Building Fill had been badly disturbed and has been divided into several different lots, resulting in two main divisions: layer 5 (upper building fill) and layer 6 (lower building fill).

[Agora Deposit] O-P 6:1: Drain Fill

Area I; layer I. Soft, loose destruction fill of Street Drain in front of Greek House δ. Represents closing of drain in preparation for construction of Basilica. Top elevation 55.40m at west, 55.96m at ... 1st c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] L 2:6: Cistern at L/11-2/11

The cistern was lined with stones at the top with an opening 0.80 m in diameter. For the most part, it seemed to cut into bedrock except along its northern edge where some 5th c. B.C fill remains and main ... 2-19 July 2010

[Agora Deposit] F-G 10-11.2: Bouleuterion Plateia Layer II

Accumulated filling over Bouleuterion Plateia, Layer II. Coins: 8 May 1935 #1 ... 1st or 2nd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:6: Disturbed Pyre

Marcie Handler ... The remnants of a disturbed pyre in a layer of dumped Hellenistic fill. The fill was found in the area on top of and east of the eastern wall of the Classical Commercial Building at its north end. Fragmentary ... Ca. 225 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] A 20:6: House fillings

Fills from construction and reconstruction of a house. "Brown House" = House A (RSY Hesp. 20) (and pit under Layer 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Under the original floor of this house ... Second half of the 5th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:5: Pyre in House N, Room 2, Layer 5

Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8). Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C ... Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8). Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor laid over it. Young identified layer 6 as the latest house floor and concluded that this pyre was buried after the abandonment of the house.

[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. ... Apparently the burnt layer runs through sections Α, ΟΕ and Ε as well. ... 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

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:6: Cist Tomb, Child Inhumation

Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave to NW of Stoa Pier 19 (Tomb no. 5 in notebook). In some records as Grave XLII. It consisted of a rectangular pit, oriented north-south, cut into bedrock. The sides of the pit were lined and the ... Earlier-Developed Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] F-G 10-11: Bouleuterion Plateia Fills

Accumulated fillings in the Bouleutrion Plateia beginning in late 5th c. B.C. and continuing into the 3rd c. A.D., reaching a depth of 0.20-0.30m. (Hesp. 6 (1937), p. 168. Subdivisions: .1=Layer I .2=Layer ... 5th c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... A.D., reaching a depth of 0.20-0.30m. (Hesp. 6 (1937), p. 168 ... Subdivisions: .1=Layer I .2=Layer II .3=Layer III .4=Scraping Bedrock

[Agora Deposit] G 13:8: Burnt Layer

The following objects may be from this level or from the 'Mixed Classical Level at 10/Δ: SS 449, SS 450, SS 451 (nbp. 186, 2819). Coins: 4 March 1933 #1-#6 (cf. #7-#13) 7 March 1933 #39 ... 150-86 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 2-3:2: Fill

N-S Cut on 50m. 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 running out ... Prehistoric to Roman

[Agora Deposit] T-U 19:1: Fill East of Archaic Temple

Undisturbed filling to E of Archaic Temple in Eleusinion; fill consisted of a layer of working chips of Kara limestone above a layer of mud brick ... Late 6th c. B.C. and earlier

[Agora Deposit] G 11:2: Well in Cistern to West of Tholos

May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use. For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff. Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330, P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... Subdivisions: .1=Layer VIII .2=Layer VII .3=Layer VI .4=Layer V .5=Layer IV .6=Layer III .7=Layer II .8=Layer I Estimated Grid

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[Agora Deposit] U 13:1: Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15

Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15. Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 ... Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15. ... Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the so-called Upper Dump fill. ... In this layer the bulk of sherds and vases was greater than the bulk of earth.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:3: Pyre in House C

Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6). Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C ... Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6). Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders from pyre in layer 2. These strata lay above the first floor of the third phase of the house.

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:4: Pyre in Room 1

Pyre in Room 1, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 11). Early in the third quarter of the 4th. c. B.C. In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in irregular pit in floor sequence. The pit had been dug into ... 350-330 B.C.

[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 ... Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. ... 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] B 18:4: Pyre

Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. First quarter 4th. c. B.C. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. ... The pyre was found in digging layer 7, probably the floor associated with the second phase of the house.