[Agora Deposit] F 14:4: Trench

Trench at 11/ΚΕ cut into the stereo (length 1.40m, width 0.50m). Coins: 5 April 1932 #5 (illegible). Red figure pottery; coarse ware ... Mid-5th c. B.C ... Trench at 11/ΚΕ cut into the stereo (length 1.40m, width 0.50m).

[Agora Deposit] P 8:2: Trench

Narrow trench in bedrock; one section found to NE of Circular Building west of the Stoa of Attalos, another (Q 8:1) beneath the terrace of the Stoa of Attalos opposite Pier 19. A single filling in both ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. and shortly after ... Narrow trench in bedrock; one section found to NE of Circular Building west of the Stoa of Attalos, another (Q 8:1) beneath the terrace of the Stoa of Attalos opposite Pier 19.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:23: Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench T

Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C ... Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench T

[Agora Deposit] B 12:6: Footing trench

Pit along house wall foundations to south = footing trench. Uncertain context, possibly no later than ca. 425 B.C ... 450-400 B.C ... Pit along house wall foundations to south = footing trench. Uncertain context, possibly no later than ca. 425 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:2: Simple Trench Cremation

(Grave XXIX: EG). Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded. Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I ... Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west and measuring 1.10m long, 0.70m wide and under 0.30m deep. ... According to the excavator, cremated skull fragments were encountered at the east end of the trench, leg bones near the west end. Burned and unburned sherds representing at least nine vessels were found throughout the trench. The inclusion of the fragmentary cooking pot or chytra led Smithson to suggest that the deceased was a woman.

[Agora Deposit] H 11:3: Pillaging Fill of Building F

Dug as Tholos Trench V, Room E, burnt filling of plundered wall trench of S wall of court. See also lot Ζ 484 ... Late 6th c. B.C ... Dug as Tholos Trench V, Room E, burnt filling of plundered wall trench of S wall of court.

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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 ... Simple Trench Cremation

[Agora Deposit] P 16-17:1: Stone Water Channel and Above Trench

In stone water channel and trench above. A. Walker? ... In stone water channel and trench above.

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[Agora Deposit] I 4:1: Royal Stoa, North Annex Building Fill

Royal Stoa, N. Annex building fill, N Trench, Layer 7 ... 4th quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Annex building fill, N Trench, Layer 7.

[Agora Deposit] Q 8:1: Narrow Trench in Bedrock

Narrow trench in bedrock. Cf. Section Σ, p. 4358 (nb. XXII) same trench, same filling. EV notes that the cutting probably.. to the "narrow cutting in bedrock". The filling seemed to be ca. 425-420 B.C ... Third Quarter to Last Quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Narrow trench in bedrock ... XXII) same trench, same filling.

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[Agora Deposit] N 10:2: Filling in Footing Trench

Filling in footing trench at 63/ΝΔ Packing of coarse pottery, including numerous stamped jars and a small amount of kitchen ware ... Ca. 250-210 ... Filling in footing trench at 63/ΝΔ

[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 ... Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall.

[Agora Deposit] R 16:1: Pit in Footing Trench, East Building

East Building, pit in footing trench. Coins: 20 April 1959 #5-#6 ... 2nd c. A.D ... East Building, pit in footing trench.

[Agora Deposit] N 16:2: Rectangular Cutting

Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C ... Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench.

[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 ... 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 wall of Stoa. Also in Trench E the footing trench of Pier V, all layers; also Trench D, Pier III, all layers; also trench F, layers III and IV.

[Agora Deposit] M 18:5: Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ

Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ. The presence of a number of fairly well preserved vases of good quality suggested to the excavator the possibility that the cutting might once have contained a burial. No skeletal ... 325-300 B.C ... Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ

[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.

[Agora Deposit] Q 9:4: Foundation of South Stylobate of Square Building

Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building (between Piers 12-13) ... Late 3rd-early 2nd c. B.C ... Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building (between Piers 12-13).

[Agora Deposit] H 11:2: Well in Tholos Trench Q

A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?) ... Well in Tholos Trench Q

[Agora Deposit] M 11:2: Well at Southeast Corner of Court of Late Roman Building

Well at SE corner of Court of Late Roman Building (Trench C). Estimated Grid ... 12th c. A.D ... Well at SE corner of Court of Late Roman Building (Trench C).

[Agora Deposit] H 10-11:1: Grading fill of Old Bouleuterion

Lower fill: See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed. Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer III, no finds.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:12: A. Walker Coin Deposit in ΜΣ

Horos terrace trench Layer III, under line of tiles. Coins: 19 March 1953 #16-#17 ... 2nd c. A.D ... Horos terrace trench Layer III, under line of tiles.

[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 ... Footing Trench of Venetian/Valerian Wall

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:22: Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench E

Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III. Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2. Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5 Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench E

[Agora Deposit] M 11:1: Pit

Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K). Brann Well or Pit O. Estimated Grid ... To ca. 725 B.C ... Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K). Brann Well or Pit O.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:9: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 2 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XV: PG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female. JP It consists of a roughly rectangular pit or trench cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.35m., measuring ... Late Protogeometric ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female. JP It consists of a roughly rectangular pit or trench cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.35m., measuring 1.12m long and 0.67m wide. The trench was oriented east-west, urn-hole to the east.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:17: "Furnace" in House

From kiln in house of 7th c. B.C. (=Building A), to southeast of Tholos. Tholos Trench U, furnace ... 675-625 B.C ... Tholos Trench U, furnace.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:13: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). JP Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). JP Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately 1m long and 0.50m wide. Trench oriented southeast-northwest, with the urn-hole adjoining the southeast corner. ... The rectangular trench yielded pyre refuse that was recovered in two distinct layers.

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:4: Urn cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, southern burial. In some records as Grave XLVI. Neat trench, rectangular as preserved, but may have originally been square, cut partly through ... Early Geometric I ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, southern burial. ... The north side of the trench was destroyed by the a Turkish cess pit. As preserved, the trench measured ca. 1.05x 0.60m, and was presumably oriented east-west, but as the north side was destroyed it is possible that the trench extended toward the north and may, therefore, have had a north-south orientation.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:16: Pit Tomb, Infant Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... "Submycenaean" grave into Mycenaean gully. Rectangular trench cut partly in bedrock, partly through Mycenaean domestic filling. No pottery catalogued ... Late Helladic IIIC-Early Protogeometric ... Rectangular trench cut partly in bedrock, partly through Mycenaean domestic filling.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:10: Pit Below Early Road-Drain, Tholos Trench L

Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095). Contemporary ... SubMycenaean ... Pit Below Early Road-Drain, Tholos Trench L

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:4: Simple cremation pit (pyre)

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 11 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded. Burned deposit in a rectangular trench in bedrock. JP ... Late Protogeometric ... Burned deposit in a rectangular trench in bedrock. JP

[Agora Deposit] H 8-10: Fillings

Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers). Locations include: SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Footing trench of the Primitive Bouleuterion and from filling accumulated during the period of use of the Primitive Bouleuterion. ... B.C. but with much earlier material - back fill in footing trench of Hellenistic Metroon=footing trench of Period IV of mixed fill ... Coins: 20 April 1934 #1 (from Pit F, footing trench of Period IV, foundation of colonnade) - #2 (Pit E, from dump, probably from footing trench of Period IV).

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:14: Cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 7 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXI: PG). Bones discarded. Disturbed and damaged cremation (originally trench-and-hole), the east end cut away, probably contained the burial urn. JP It consisted ... Late Protogeometric ... Disturbed and damaged cremation (originally trench-and-hole), the east end cut away, probably contained the burial urn. JP It consisted of a rectangular trench cut through hard-packed fill and slightly into bedrock to a depth of 0.48m. the trench oriented east-west, had a preserved length of 0.70m and a width of 0.60m. ... The trench contained pyre debris, including fragments of burned bone, alongwith ash and burned and unburned sherds.

[Agora Deposit] L 12:1: Well near Southwest Corner of Burned Building

Well near SW corner of Burned Building. Depth of well 1.50m. below the bottom of the trench of the Burnt Bldg. Estimated Grid ... Turkish ... Depth of well 1.50m. below the bottom of the trench of the Burnt Bldg.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:9: Early North-South road to Southeast of Tholos

Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road). Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, containers 510-515). The same for Trench Y, road area (no finds, containers 555-557). ... Trench L conts. 380-391 Q 447-452 V 502, 516-530, but not 520

[Agora Deposit] H 17:6: Pocket in Bedrock

Pocket in bedrock, 50/Λ (= Trench, 50-54/Λ), measuring 4.00x0.60m, 0.60-0.90m deep; possibly cutting for wall foundation Coins: 22 April 1932 #1 ... 330-300 B.C ... Pocket in bedrock, 50/Λ (= Trench, 50-54/Λ), measuring 4.00x0.60m, 0.60-0.90m deep; possibly cutting for wall foundation

[Agora Deposit] J 11-12:1: Burned filling

Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ Coins: 28 March 1933 #25-#28 29 March 1933 #16-#21 30 ... 28-30 March 1933 5-6 April 1933 ... Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ ... Coins: 28 March 1933 #25-#28 29 March 1933 #16-#21 30 March 1933 #13-#17(NW Trench Centre) 5 April 1933 #8-#21 6 April 1933 #12-#16, #18(dump)

[Agora Deposit] H 12:8: Strosis

A strosis into which were set the foundations of house of 7th c. B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i) ... 8th-7th c. B.C ... B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i).

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[Agora Deposit] I 12:3: Pyre in Horos Terrace Trench, West End, Set in Strosis 5

Pyre in Horos Terrace Trench, East end, set into Strosis 5. In room 1 (court), near north wall. Concentration in stratum, no pit discerned; described as a "little nest of pots" within layer V (Lot ΜΣ ... 350-325 B.C ... Pyre in Horos Terrace Trench, West End, Set in Strosis 5