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[Agora Deposit] J 3:4: Byzantine Well at J/3-3/3,4 in ΒΖ

A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House of Period II. The well was covered by a large squared poros wellhead and a marble puteal (apparently neither inventoried). Within the well shaft, the ... 14 July-9 August 1989 2-13 July 1990 ... A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House of Period II. ... Within the well shaft, the stratified deposit produced two dumped filings of debris that resulted from two distinct destructions, and these were separated by a filling that had accumulated during the Byzantine period of use. ... Finds not from well fill but from Byzantine fill around well: A 4801, J 195, S 3414, SS 14948, ST 866, Coin 31 July 1990 #254, container ΒΖ 198.