[Agora Deposit] K 17:3: Hole by Heavy Wall on West Street

Refuse pit in rock by heavy wall on West Street ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] K 6:4: Pit

Found while cleaning wall running east-west over 57. Contained late glazed pottery ... Byzantine

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[Agora Deposit] K 1:3: Pyre

The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light brown soil contained some ash and bone and 5 nearly complete pots or saucers ... First half 3rd. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] K 12:2: Well

Well L: PG, ELS. Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery appears less consistent than that in the pit at 70/ΜΕ. Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B. PD 2780 ... Protogeometric ... Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery appears less consistent than that in the pit at 70/ΜΕ ... Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B.

[Agora Deposit] K 7:1: Hellenistic Fill

Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles. Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins: 13 ... 275-200 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] K 2:5: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1

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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. ... Many fragments of a deep bowl with poorly preserved glaze (ΒΘ 171) were wedged between the wall of the pithos and the southern face of Wall 23.

[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. ... 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.

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[Agora Deposit] J-K 2:2: Chamber Tomb Below Floor of Room 2 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1

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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 ... Excavations | 2005 | Trenches | Handler | Area north of Wall K | Deposit of Amphoras J 1:3

[Agora Deposit] B 21:17: Fill in House K

House K: Brown fill (publ. House U). Filling between terrace wall and house wall at the extreme west end of the Areopagus; a brown gravelly filling of early Roman date found here undisturbed but occurring ... Early Roman ... House K: Brown fill (publ. ... Filling between terrace wall and house wall at the extreme west end of the Areopagus; a brown gravelly filling of early Roman date found here undisturbed but occurring also throughout this general vicinity, sometimes with later intrusions.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:5: Coroplast Deposit

Terracotta deposit in SW corner of Room K and E of Roman Wall L. Roman layer of red, compact earth. Baskets 50,52,54. Coins: 18 July 2002 #1282 19 July 2003 #1295 ... 4th c. A.D ... Terracotta deposit in SW corner of Room K and E of Roman Wall L.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:19: Tomb

David Scahill ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. Chamber cut through bedrock. The northeast corner of chamber defined ... LHIII A:1 ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. ... Rest of tomb runs under later wall foundations to the south and west. ... Partially articulated skeleton laid out against the north wall of the tomb, with feet to the east.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:11: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. ... The skeleton along the southern wall wore a necklace of carnelian and glass-paste beads, which was excavated in situ. ... At the end of season, a strip of fill remained atop the blocking wall. Cf. Hesperia 87 (2018), p. 663.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:10: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Brian Martens ... It was partially excavated during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c ... LHIIIA ... B.C. walls (Walls 17 and 18). N-S Wall 17 and E-W Wall 18 were found during the 2012 excavation season and were excavated below their lowest courses. ... A strip of fill at the north side of the cutting, just below the scarp of Wall L remained unexcavated at the end of the season (J/17,18-1/10,11; 51.290-51.376 masl.) 2018: We removed a final strip of fill in the chamber below the scarp under Wall K (J/17,19-1/10,11). ... Scarping revealed the blocking wall of the chamber.

[Agora Deposit] S 19:1: Well at 19/ΛΓ

Well at 19/ΛΓ. The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5. Top to -8.5m: Byzantine dump to 11-12th c. A.D. -8.50m to -15.00m: 4th ... Mid 3rd century A.D ... B.C. fill from adjacent well, fallen in when tiles of this well removed and bedrock wall between two wells collapsed. -15.00m to -17.00m: Fill of broken well tiles, bedrock and some pottery, none catalogued. -17.00m to -17.30m: Original POU-Mid 3rd c., parallels to Group K.