[Agora Deposit] C 17:6: Well

No objects catalogued ... Late 4th c. B.C ... No objects catalogued.

[Agora Deposit] F 5:6: Casting Pit B

Bits of broken molds and iron waste; no objects catalogued ... 4th-3rd c. B.C ... Bits of broken molds and iron waste; no objects catalogued.

[Agora Deposit] G 17:2: Pit

No independently datable objects. Coins: 17 February 1932 #29 18 February 1932 #4 ... 325-300 B.C ... No independently datable objects.

[Agora Deposit] R 20:2: Well at 3/ΛΔ

Excavation terminated at 7.39m. due to danger of collapse. All the objects are from section Ω ... Ca. 50-1 B.C ... All the objects are from section Ω.

[Agora Deposit] S-T 20:1: Packing Below Paving Block of Panathenaic Way

Exploration of packing below paving blocks of Panathenaic Way. Uncatalogued material: 66 sherds, 2 objects (50A) and 43 sherds (50B). Coins: 26 April 1960 #1-#2 3 May 1960 #1-#4, #6-#9 Deposit created ... 1st c. A.D ... Uncatalogued material: 66 sherds, 2 objects (50A) and 43 sherds (50B) ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, 6 inventoried objects.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:25: Inhumation, Probably of a Man

Grave 21 in notebook. Grave twice disturbed. Of the skeleton only the thigh bones were found. No offerings. Objects listed in nb. as from Grave 21 are taken to be with grave 20 (probably pyre objects) ... Late Geometric ... No offerings. Objects listed in nb. as from Grave 21 are taken to be with grave 20 (probably pyre objects) and are recorded with deposit G 12:24.

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[Agora Deposit] E 8:4: Grave South of Hephaisteion (Grave II)

Grave south of Hephaisteion. Grave II in notebook. One skeleton. No objects. Pottery in container 201 from filling around grave II ... 12 March 1936 ... One skeleton. No objects. Pottery in container 201 from filling around grave II.

[Agora Deposit] T 18:5: Fill in Lower Terrace of Abandoned Cistern

Fill in abandoned cistern, lower terrace adjacent yo the Eleusinion on the north. Uncatalogued material: 189 sherds, 4 objects. Many kernoi fragments. Objects : loom weights; lamp. Early ware : Gray Minyan; ... Mid. 4th c. B.C ... Uncatalogued material: 189 sherds, 4 objects ... Many kernoi fragments. Objects : loom weights; lamp. ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, 4 inventoried objects.

[Agora Deposit] E 29:4: House of Greek Mosaic

Stroses I, II, III, IV in Court J (below marble chip layer), House of Greek Mosaic. No independently datable objects. Estimated Grid ... Early 3rd c. B.C ... No independently datable objects.

[Agora Deposit] T 21:2: Pocket on the Line of the Early (Archaic) Peribolos Wall at Entrance, on the South Side

Pocket on the line of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall at entrance on the south side. Uncatalogued material: 215 sherds, 186 + frags. plemochoai and 4 objects. Classical Ware : black glaze; mug; rilled-rim ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... Uncatalogued material: 215 sherds, 186 + frags. plemochoai and 4 objects. Classical Ware : black glaze; mug; rilled-rim plate; lekythos; miniatures. ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, 4 inventoried objects.

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[Agora Deposit] T 20:4: Shallow Pit in Bedrock in ΕΛ

Shallow pit in bedrock on the upper terrace, ca. 3m. southeast of the Rocky Outcrop. Uncatalogued material: 46 sherds, 61 terracotta figurines and 4 objects. Early ware : Neolithic; Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; ... Archaic with intrusions ... Uncatalogued material: 46 sherds, 61 terracotta figurines and 4 objects. Early ware : Neolithic; Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Middle-Late Geometric: Protoattic; kalathos; Corinthian type kotyle. ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, no catalogued objects in 1998. Objects were catalogued in 2018 by Michael Laughy, jr.

[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 ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, 4 inventoried objects.

[Agora Deposit] C 9:6: Marble Chips Pit

Square pit in bedrock southwest of the Hephaisteion. Many marble chips from the construction of the temple of Hephaestus were found here together with a large quantity of pottery and other objects ... Ca. 450 B.C. Ca. 390-380 B.C ... Many marble chips from the construction of the temple of Hephaestus were found here together with a large quantity of pottery and other objects.

[Agora Deposit] H 7:3: Construction Filling

Undisturbed filling inside foundations of small Rectangular Building = Temple of Zeus and Athena. Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Household pottery, both fine and coarse, and other objects, together with working chips from the construction of the temple.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14.2: b) Undisturbed fill to north of the building

Some objects listed in deposit nb. V are not on this list because they in fact come from disturbed fills or are part of the material from above well 2 (G 12:21) ... 20 February-1 March 1935 6 March 1935 11 March 1935 20 March 1935 25 March 1935 ... Some objects listed in deposit nb.

[Agora Deposit] B 12:4: Pit

Filling in a sizeable pit. The objects, along with the dimensions of the cutting from which they came, might suggest offerings in a disturbed grave but there was no evidence of skeletal remains ... Ca. 430-415 B.C ... Filling in a sizeable pit. The objects, along with the dimensions of the cutting from which they came, might suggest offerings in a disturbed grave but there was no evidence of skeletal remains.

[Agora Deposit] T 18:4: North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building

North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building. 14 inventoried items, 22 objects, 325 sherds. Objects : terracottas; handmade object; large figurine; lamps. Early ware : Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; ... 6th c. B.C. and earlier ... 14 inventoried items, 22 objects, 325 sherds. Objects : terracottas; handmade object; large figurine; lamps.

[Agora Deposit] C 14:6: Cistern

Cistern through which well G 14:4 was dug. Filling in cistern, early Byzantine, but with various objects resembling those from the upper dumped filling in the well, below the cistern floor (5th c. A.D.) ... Early Byzantine ... Filling in cistern, early Byzantine, but with various objects resembling those from the upper dumped filling in the well, below the cistern floor (5th c.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:6: Urn Cremation/The Rich Athenian Lady

Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97. Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97. Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ.

[Agora Deposit] N 18:8: Great Hole at 33/Z

Great Hole at 33/Ζ = Area of early wells Some of the objects may have come from N 18:7 or from a neighboring 7th c, well, not separately cleared, but no definite association is possible ... 7th-5th c. B.C ... Some of the objects may have come from N 18:7 or from a neighboring 7th c, well, not separately cleared, but no definite association is possible.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:2: Road Fills

Area of early road and Geometric Cemetery: late, disturbed or uncertain levels. Includes Geometric/Proto Attic material thrown in the Turkish well at 35/Δ. Includes between road and bedrock in Β'. Four ... 5 May 1934 19-23 March 1935 2 April 1935 ... Includes between road and bedrock in Β'. Four objects are from section Β'.

[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 ... 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).

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:13: Vaulted Tomb

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XX in notebook. This deposit includes also an infant grave at the corner of Grave XX (cf. pp. 1714, 2141 and catalogued objects B 673 and B 674). Many bones, skulls ... 22 February 1939 ... This deposit includes also an infant grave at the corner of Grave XX (cf. pp. 1714, 2141 and catalogued objects B 673 and B 674).

[Agora Deposit] N 21:1.2: Lower fills

Containers ca. 140-207. From containers ca. 170 to bottom, catalogued objects seem to represent a gradual accumulation from 1st c. A.D. to mid-3rd c. Divisions between are arbitrary and therefore combined ... Mixed post-pre-Herulian ... From containers ca. 170 to bottom, catalogued objects seem to represent a gradual accumulation from 1st c.

[Agora Deposit] D 14:1: Well E

Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits. Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604. Dumped filling of Turkish times. Coins: 17 May 1937 ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D ... Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits. Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604.

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[Agora Deposit] E 14:12: Disturbed inhumation

Geometric Burial. Burial B in notebook. Overlay E 14:13. Skeleton lay on smoothed bedrock, head southward, arms folded on chest, hands below chin. Legs, cut off by later disturbance, probably bent, with ... Late Geometric ... Legs, cut off by later disturbance, probably bent, with raised knees. No objects.

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[Agora Deposit] F 19:6: Well

Unfinished well-shaft with debris filling (apparently of the Sullan sack), on the lower NW slopes off the Areopagus. Abandoned due to poor quality of bedrock. Three closely contemporary fills, considered ... End 2nd c. B.C.-second quarter 1st c. B.C ... Joins between objects in all three fills

[Agora Deposit] L 17:3: Well B

Located in Room IV, strosis 3, of SW House. Archaic, later disturbed, filling in and over undug well. See also L-M 17-18:1 where objects SS 14318 and T 3576 are actually from the filling over the undug ... 6th-5th c. B.C ... See also L-M 17-18:1 where objects SS 14318 and T 3576 are actually from the filling over the undug well, i.e. strosis 3, Room IV in Southwest House.

[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 ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, no catalogued objects.

[Agora Deposit] S 20:1: Geometric Well in Panathenaic Way.

Geometric Well on the west side, in the line of the Roman Panathenaic way; 3.70m below paving block of street that overhangs well. It was neatly cut, 1.05m. in diameter, but it was dug only to a depth ... Late Geometric, end of 8th century B.C ... 86 objects, 9 bones, 398 sherds. Large assortment of household pottery, with an admixture of early sherds, a few fragments of Corinthian ware, and household items such as loom weights, spindle whorls, iron objects, stone grinders.

[Agora Deposit] T 19:6: Pocket in Bedrock South West of Archaic Temple

S.W. of Archaic Temple : Pocket in bedrock. The pocket was cut through a red clay floor. 71 sherds. Objects: loom weights; lamp. Early ware: Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; Protogeometric-Late Geometric; Subgeometric; ... Early 6th c. B.C. and earlier ... 71 sherds. Objects: loom weights; lamp.

[Agora Deposit] Q 15:2: Well to the North of Nymphaeum

Well to N of Nymphaeum at 115/ΙΣΤ. A good water supply but no evidence for a period of use. Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects ... Ca. 420-400 B.C ... Exceptionally heavy dumped filling, including much fine tableware, many wine- jar fragments and other objects. Some of this material was stained with black or reddish soot as if from industrial activity

[Agora Deposit] B-C 9-10:1: Fill Along West side of Kolonos Agoraios

Cleaning over bedrock along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Context Protogeometric-Geometric disturbed. Objects from ΠΘ 24-28/ΝΗ-ΞΔ are added because P 8141 is published in Hesp. Suppl. 20, p. 153 as this ... To 2nd. c. B.C ... Objects from ΠΘ 24-28/ΝΗ-ΞΔ are added because P 8141 is published in Hesp.

[Agora Deposit] E 19:6: Well or Pit

Well or Pit at ΓΓ:65/Ν or ΓΓ:65/ΝΔ (area 64-70/ΝΒ-ΝΖ). Objects P 14805, P 14939 and P 14940 are noted on page E 19:6 as at top of well at 65/Ν, but are recorded in Deposit E 19:7. Otherwise, no container, ... 19 April 1936 ... Well or Pit at ΓΓ:65/Ν or ΓΓ:65/ΝΔ (area 64-70/ΝΒ-ΝΖ). Objects P 14805, P 14939 and P 14940 are noted on page E 19:6 as at top of well at 65/Ν, but are recorded in Deposit E 19:7.

[Agora Deposit] J 2:29: Disturbed Pyre

Classical commercial building, room 3, against south wall. Small fragments of pottery dispersed in fill overlying two floor levels (at 51.897 and 51.941 masl). Five objects of pyre type: ribbon-handled ... 4th c. B.C ... Small fragments of pottery dispersed in fill overlying two floor levels (at 51.897 and 51.941 masl). Five objects of pyre type: ribbon-handled plate, plate with concave rim (P 36558), and uninventoried fragments of a ribbon-handled plate and three small pyre saucers.

[Agora Deposit] H 13:4: Well

Formerly G 13:5. Cleared to a depth of 8.50m. where further collapse made work impossible. Use filling not reached. Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211. Upper ... Ca. 425-375 B.C ... Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211.

[Agora Deposit] C 8:2: Manhole and Gallery

Cistern System #1b: Shaft/manhole and gallery at 18-19/ΞΑ-ΞΓ. Objects divided between the two features, shaft and gallery, according to deposit notebook list, not according to remarks on cards. 22 February ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Cistern System #1b: Shaft/manhole and gallery at 18-19/ΞΑ-ΞΓ. Objects divided between the two features, shaft and gallery, according to deposit notebook list, not according to remarks on cards.

[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 ... Masses of broken mud brick and numerous roof tiles show that this dump was debris from some house or shop. Objects P 9255-P 9258, P 21333, SS 11145 are from the lower filling, but from immediately below the later drains and belong to their context. Objects P 34998 and P 34999 are from this deposit but no fill indicated.

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[Agora Deposit] D 17:13: Pocket with burning

Pocket with burning at 60/ΚΗ. "Is this perhaps a disturbed pyre burial." [Nbp. 2928]. Identified as pyre by SIR. Near north end of corridor, beside its west wall. Concentration of artifacts, tiny scraps ... 4th c. B.C ... Concentration of artifacts, tiny scraps of bone, and carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the objects lay under an uneven strosis level with the bottom of the rebuilt west wall of the corridor, perhaps dug into a layer topped with marble chips. ... Clay balls like the ones found here have come to light in two other pyres, but this assemblage lacks most characteristic pyre objects, and its skyphos is full-size (rare but not unknown in pyres).

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers). Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through some 40 tins of pottery saved from the three martyrs. ... Objects Γ 2648-Γ2656 were removed & catalogued. ... In view of the quantity of pottery & objects already recorded from the drain this pottery has been discarded."

[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 ... ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff. Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330, P 34894, P 34898. Objects from the Dump (no subdivision): P 10775, P 34895.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:1: Well

Well at 115/ΣΤ (all the 5th c. fills of 116/ΣΤ). The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian ... Ca. 500-480 B.C.-Roman ... The lower part of the shaft contained a heavy deposit of pottery and other objects of the late archaic period, both coarse and finer wares; probably a post-Persian clean-up. ... Deposit Lists file has the 5th c. objects from this deposit listed together with those fallen in from D 15:2.

[Agora Deposit] N 18:5: Well Dug through Cistern at 79/MH

Well dug through N 18:1 (cistern at 79/ΜΗ) on the lower north slopes of Areopagus; the cistern was the northern chamber of a system; the southern chamber is at 84/ΝΣΤ (N 19:1). A single dumped deposit ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... It included marbles, a window tile, a millstone, and a well-head as well as pottery and other objects: destruction debris.

[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 ... This is part of the Terracotta Deposit (H 17:4) and the objects listed here are also listed in H 17:4.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:24: Inhumation with Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric ... Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. ... -Grave 21 found inside Grave 20, recorded with G 12:24 (P 5497-P 5504). Pyre objects (?) considered to be from Grave 21 in notebook but recorded with G 12:24 (P 6483-P 6485, T 807, T 841).

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, SS 5336, SS 5343, SS 5438, SS 5441, SS 5442, SS 5444, SS 5446, SS 5635, SS 5740 LL 2130, L 2132, L 2188 T 1045, T 1067 P 7138 Nineteen stamped amphora handles; many late 2nd c. lamps.

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:1: Well on Lower Slope of Hill of the Nymphs

A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; above it was about 5.00m. of collapsed bedrock with no pottery whatsoever. The dumped filling, mixed with the broken bedrock above a depth of 2.40m., appears to be of the same date as the use filling, and yielded most of the inventoried objects - black figured and black glazed, as well as coarse ware, lamps, figurines, and loom weights; to be especially noted are a child's commode (P 18010, Hesp. 17 (1948), pp. 154-155), and an inscribed well head (P 18276, Hesp. 18 (1949), p. 125, no. 7).

[Agora Deposit] E 14:3: Drawshaft, "Kybele Cistern"

Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic. Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... A revised list of assigned objects prepared by GRE is followed here to sort objects found in the cistern system 88/ΛΔ - 95/ΚΘ - 100/ΚΘ. ... E 14:1 and E 15:3. Objects either from 95/ΚΘ (middle fill) or 88/ΛΔ (lower Hellenistic fill), but uncertain which (they are in the finds lists of both but not assigned to subdivisions PAF) are the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, S 574, L 1788, IL 193, SS 4091.

[Agora Deposit] E 11:2: Well

Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235. Coins: 6 April 1936 #18-#21 7 ... First half of 1st c. A.D. 4th-early 5th c. A.D ... Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235.

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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 ... d) Lot 670 : 50.004-49.554 masl., sandy layer with pottery, tile and other objects.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1

Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine ... All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ.

[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 ... Uncatalogued material: 181 sherds (of which 49 fragments of plemochoai), 3 objects, 1 bone.

[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 ... Deposit created by Margie Miles, no catalogued objects.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:2: Well

Construction and upper fills. Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ... Filling ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D ... Deposit Lists file has the 'fallen-in' objects from this deposit listed together with D 15:1.

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[Agora Deposit] C 17:2: Pyre North of House G

North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13). Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... It was found in digging "Hellenistic" fill; no further information about the stratigraphy or about the pottery from that fill is available. although the pyre was apparently not burnt in situ, the objects lay in a compact mass, not much disturbed, and they are mostly complete.

[Agora Deposit] N 19:1.2: Middle fill

Baskets 22-53 (containers 21-47). Abandonment of cistern. Includes finds from NW channel leading out of 84/ΝΣΤ (containers 50-51). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from ... 125-86 B.C ... The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .2, are from depths within the .3 range: P 9680, P 11828, MC 350, T 1414.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:1: Road Fills

Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench. For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Three objects are from section Ζ in the NE corner of the cemetery, clearly the same fill as in section Β (LT).

[Agora Deposit] E 19:7: House Fillings

Exploration of area of small early house walls on the NW slopes of Areopagus. Considerable deposits of late 6th-early 5th c. B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed. Objects ... Late 6th-Early 5th c. B.C ... B.C., but some later (all periods) and some early levels, disturbed. Objects P 14805, P 14939 and P 14940 are noted on deposit nbp.

[Agora Deposit] S 21:3: Well at 20/ΙΘ

Well outside market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way. Accumulated use filling from first half of 1st c. A.D. to early 3rd c. Top to 14.65m. 4th c. dump; nothing significant catalogued ... POU First half of 1st c.-early 3rd c. A.D ... The well is stratified but subdivisions thought to be unnecessary. Objects P 14993, P 15700, A 1061, L 3951, IL 852 are either upper fills or dirt pile finds.

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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 ... It was noted at the time the well was dug that objects seem to come out in groups, i.e. ... It produced 12 boxes of pottery and 4 catalogued objects. Layer 4. 49.93m-48.13m (boxes 78-80) was a fill of almost solid cut bedrock which produced 5 boxes of pottery and no catalogued objects. ... These objects were thrown back into the well.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:4: Urn cremation

Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP] "Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number).

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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 ... This large deposit encompasses H 16:6, H 17:2, H 17:3, H 17:7 and the objects are listed both here and in their separate deposits.

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[Agora Deposit] F 20:1: Pyre

Identified as Pyre by SIR. Debris filling of the middle of the 4th c. B.C. including the remains of a sacrificial pyre. Objects dispersed in red-clay fill uncovered in removal of modern staircase. A broken ... 4th c. B.C. disturbed ... B.C. including the remains of a sacrificial pyre. Objects dispersed in red-clay fill uncovered in removal of modern staircase.

[Agora Deposit] T 18:3: Fill in Room 3 of Roman Building North of Eleusinion

North of Eleusinion: Fill in Room 3 of Roman Building. 614 sherds (6 miniature shapes, 20 intrusive sherds). Objects : terracottas; loom weights; spindle whorls; disks; handmade tray; lamps. Early ware ... First half of 6th c. B.C.-Mixed Fill to ca. 480 B.C ... 614 sherds (6 miniature shapes, 20 intrusive sherds). Objects : terracottas; loom weights; spindle whorls; disks; handmade tray; lamps.

[Agora Deposit] C 19:5: House R Fillings

House R, fill under drain tiles and fillings associated with house K in industrial area, including what was C 19:15, plus C 19:16 and C 19:17. a) House built as dwelling in second half of 5th.c. b) Used ... Ca. 5th and 4th c. B.C ... It is not always possible to distinguish between these two periods; the objects from both, mostly of the late 5th into the first half of the 4th c., have been listed together ... Only the containers with catalogued objects are listed but additional intervening numbers in the series 612-690 belong here.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: Cistern

Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D ... A revised list of assigned objects prepared by GRE is followed here to sort objects found in the cistern system 88/ΛΔ - 95/ΚΘ - 100/ΚΘ. ... E 14:3 and E 15:3. Objects either from 95/ΚΘ (middle fill) or 88/ΛΔ (lower Hellenistic fill), but uncertain which (they are in the finds lists of both but not assigned to subdivisions PAF) are the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, S 574, L 1788, IL 193, SS 4091.

[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 ... 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 with upper fill but not in subdivision .1.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:4: Cistern at 70/ΚΕ

Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C ... The following objects are from the dirt pile and have no subdivision: G 397, S 1436, ST 470, T 2927.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:1: Well

Homer A. Thompson ... Well at the northwest foot of the Areopagus. Use filling of the Roman period. After the abandonment of the well and the collapse of the well-curb, the upper 2m of the shaft were filled with a dump apparently ... 1st-3rd c. A.D., 5th century ... Several objects are from unknown depth or containers and do not appear in subdivisions.

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[Agora Deposit] J 5:1: Crossroads Well

Located at the bifurcation of the Panathenaic Way and West Road.Byzantine fill (9th-10th century) in upper 5.70m. with a series of Classical to Hellenistic accumulations below. Coins: 10 July 1971 #861 ... 14 June-27 July 1971 ... Objects that are listed in the notebooks as "redigging" upper or middle levels, etc., are not assigned to subdivisions because their level is uncertain; they appear only in the parent J 5:1.

[Agora Deposit] D 12:2: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C ... (p. 3149). Objects listed as "mouth of cistern 46/ΙΑ" are included here.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:2: West Chamber

Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... E 6:1 and E 6:2 (lower fill): Joins between objects in both chambers and tunnel between them indicate fill the same.

[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 ... B.C. Objects T 122, T 145, L 453 and L 454 are from the dump and not assigned subdivisions.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:4: Channel F, water deposit

Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... The channel actually extends over a considerable area (E-F 5-6). Objects from section ΚΚ channel F are not in this deposit (JH) and include P 7841, P 8530, P 8531, L 2404.

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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 ... Bronze objects in northeast corner.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18-19:1: Ostrakon Area

Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C ... During October 2018, 470 objects were found in this deposit, of these 406 were ostraka.

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[Agora Deposit] G 5:3: "Bone Well"

Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth. The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585.

[Agora Deposit] L 19:2: Cistern

A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified as from the rectangular cutting: P 16675, P 16676, P 30434, P 30435, L 4038.

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[Agora Deposit] A 19:1: Sacrificial Pyre in House N

Pyre(?) in House N, S.W. Room. (=House C, Room 10) In room 10. Vessels from an earlier pyre were found dispersed in the makeup of the latest "floor" in the room, with tile fragments trodden into its surface ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... However that may be, it was subsequently disturbed and some of the objects tossed into later floor makeup/debris.

[Agora Deposit] G-I 11-12: Investigations in the area of the Tholos

Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits. This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates ... Herewith the objects are simply listed as found throughout the area within these trenches [pf, VII 2007]

[Agora Deposit] N 19:1.1: Upper fill

Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range: MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D ... The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range: MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL 517, IL 548, IL 549, IL 1076, S 864, S 865, A 711, A 712, P 8939-P 8941, P 9033, P 9034, P 9514, P 9515, P 9540, P 9541, P 9814, P 11813-P 11815, P 11817, P 11824-P 11826, P 11832, P 11842, P 11843, P 11857, P 11867, P 11868, P 11876, P 11884, P 11886, P 11888, P 11889, P 11891, P 11893, P 11895, P 11898, P 11910, P 11911, P 20511-P 20513

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[Agora Deposit] L 2:4: Byzantine Baby's Grave

Anne McCabe ... Enchytrismos burial of an infant in Byzantine Room C, L/15-2/13, at 52.915m. Although disturbed by roots, the skeleton (AA 373) was articulated and lay parallel to Wall 1, with head at the NW and feet ... 14-15 June 2007 ... No catalogued objects.

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C ... The following objects are published together with those from G 6:2 but were found in the west chamber of the cistern system which is deposit F 6:3: A 230, P 366, P 367, P 403-P 407, P 2387-P 2393, L 459, L 461, L 462, L 464, L 1114, L 1115, T 133, T 134.

[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 ... Layer II: dug bedrock with no objects. May reflect the cutting of wall trenches and leveling operations preparatory to laying the foundations for Hellenistic Building.

[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 ... Basically a single dumped filling; the presence in the filling of a few later objects ... possibly as late as the second half of the 3rd c., probably indicates a supplementary filling.

[Agora Deposit] F 6:3: West Chamber

The West Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 225-165 B.C ... The following objects are published together with those from G 6:2 but were found in the west chamber of the cistern system: A 230, P 366, P 367, P 403-P 407, P 2387-P 2393, L 459, L 461, L 462, L 464, L 1114, L 1115, T 133, T 134.

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[Agora Deposit] L 17:5: Pyre 2

Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, animal bone. In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no ... 290-275 B.C ... In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no pit discerned; pots not clearly clustered. The objects were found in digging a hard floor with a white clay surface (strosis 9, lot Φ 217), the earliest floor associated with phase 3 of the house and probably dating in the second quarter of the 4th c.

[Agora Deposit] P 10:1: Cistern

With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C ... With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C. with a miscellaneous collection of tiles, coarse pottery and other household objects, with a few good black-glazed pieces and two dateable coins. 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ continued in use until ca. 250 B.C. when it was filled up at one time with an apparently contemporary group of discarded household pottery.

[Agora Deposit] T 18:2: Well AB in ΕΛ

Well ΑΒ located on the lower terrace to the north of the sanctuary(diameter 1.10m). Foot-holes were cut into the shaft at intervals of ca. 0.40m. The fill consisted mostly of small stones, dug bedrock, ... Second quarter of the 6th century B.C ... Objects : terracotta; loom weights; spindle whorl; cut disk; handmade-coarse ware; lamps.

[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 ... (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2). Objects SS 2040, SS 2041, SS 2043, P 3143, P 3144, MC 73, I 1454 are included with F 15:2, cistern fill (pp. 81, 573).

[Agora Deposit] G 8:1: Well

Well on Slopes of Kolonos, apparently with two periods of active service. The earlier dating from ca. the turn of the era well down into the 1st c. A.D. Probable that the well was never cleaned out in ... POU Early to second half 1st c. A.D ... A.D., began later use in Byzantine times and finally filled with earth and rubbish. Two objects: BI 123 and L 1509 are from the Dump and are not given a subdivision.

[Agora Deposit] L-M 17-18:1: Southwest House and Central House (1958)

Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates. Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... See also L 17:3 where objects SS 14318 and T 3576 are listed as part of the well deposit but are actually from the filling over the undug well, i.e. strosis 3, Room IV in Southwest House (nbp. 1393).

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[Agora Deposit] N 21:5: Disturbed Tomb with Cist Grave

Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb. The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c ... A terracotta Roman drain cuts across the chamber from SE to NW and its bottom is slightly below the floor of the chamber. The objects were found lying on or just above the floor of the chamber, close to the wall.

[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 ... Other: 3 plaques; 1 shield; 2 columnar type; 2 animals; 1 leg; 1 handmade object. Objects: loom weights; spindle whorls; handmade tray; object with incised pattern; cut disks; horn-tip; lamps.

[Agora Deposit] S 13:2: Mycenaean Well (S/1,2-13/20,14/1)

Mycenaean Well (S/1,2-13/20,14/1). Underneath the NE Room of the Library of Pantainos, along its S side, as a cutting in bedrock containing reddish fill with bits of green bedrock. The feature is rectangular ... 30 June-23 July 1975 ... Depth measurements for objects found in Layer IV assume 66.100m.

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[Agora Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... When we removed the wall we were able to support the crumbly bedrock roof with plaster and iron rods. No objects of any sort were found either in or under the wall. ... Group of objects: a) on the east bench, a little north of its center (BI 511, P 15234-15239) b) on the floor in the northeast corner of the chamber just to the left of the door (B 704, P 15358-15359) c) on the floor of the chamber, about 0.40m from the south wall, near its mid-point (B 705, BI 513, BI 514, BI 530 d) on the floor in the northwest part of the chamber, at the foot of the bench about midway between the grave and the north wall of the chamber (J 64, J 65, J 68)

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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 ... All of the 2013 cataloged objects included in Deposit K 3:2 were found in the fill above this floor, with the pithos and some of the coins resting on it.