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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.

[Agora Deposit] R 21:2: Cistern at 37/ΛΒ

Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C. Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] T 23:1: Storage Pit at 37/ΛΓ

Lower fill may be original. Part of North side cut away by modern bothros wall. Fragments of Pilgrim Jug of Grey Ware, related to Turkish Grey Ware? ... 12th or 13th c. A.D ... 12th or 13th c. A.D ... ΙΙ:37/ΛΓ

[Agora Deposit] H 12:19: Pocket in Floor of Middle Drain

See also H 12:1. Coins: 22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 13:4: Deposit of Late Unguentaria

Deposit of late unguentaria at ca. 37/ΛΖ plus black fill below deposit (cf. p. 945). Coins: 5 June 1935 #1 and cf. #2-#3 ... Mid-6th c. A.D ... Mid-6th c. A.D ... Π:37/ΛΖ

[Agora Deposit] A 21:1: Shaft with caves

Shaft (= well + caves) at 116-118/ΚΕ-ΚΣΤ Coins: 6 May 1939 #16-#21 8 May 1939 #35-#37 9 May 1939 #1 24 April 1940 #6 ... 2nd. quarter - mid-5th. c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] S 21:1: Well at 35/ΙΘ

A well outside the market square to the southeast, 20m west of the Panathenaic Way; Modern fill in upper 1.65m. with Early Roman dumped fillings below. Coins: 9 May 1939 #37 (dirt pile) 10 May 1939 #53 ... Late 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] A-B 18:1: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean tomb: Myc. III A:1-2. SAI Small rectangular chamber, 2.30m wide by 1.80m deep,, entered from the east through a dromos 1.10m wide which contracted to a doorway 0.92m. wide. the doorway preserved ... 2nd half of 14th c.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:1.2: POU

Containers 15-37. Masses of pots, largely water jars; fragments of Pergamene; Samian B; brittle ware; ER unguentaria. The following finds on deposit list as bottom fill (.2) are from depths of level .1: ... First half of 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] D 7:2: Theseion 'Street' Deposit

Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 18:2: Hedgehog Well

A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. Curbed with rough stones. Filling of a small shallow well which contained nothing from the POU and since no water was ... Ca. 350-320 B.C ... A small square well at 37/ΚΑ (about 0.60x0.70m), on the north slope of the Areopagus. ... One intrusive plate fragment probably dates in the 2nd c.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:4: Gravelly Pocket Beside Drain

Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766). Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D ... 3rd c. A.D ... Ζ:37/ΙΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] G 12:6: Rubbish Pit

Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Β:37

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:2: Small Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... Σ:37/ΙΖ

[Agora Deposit] D 16:1: Cistern A

Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C ... Notebook says "all one fill, late 4th c. B.C.", p. 1770. ... Coins: 7 April 1948 #35-#37 8 April 1948 #48 20 April 1948 #1

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:2: Cistern in ΠΘ

Report on sorting of pottery, August 1951, by H.S. Robinson [nb p. 3666]. Cistern discovered and dug to 1.60m., vi/10/36; dug to bottom iv/22/37-v/6/37. Diam. At mouth 0.26m.; neck begins to widen out ... 1st. c. B.C. to post-Herulian

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:1: Strosis

Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins: 9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D.

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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.

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:1: Early Roman Well

Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson). "Not a useful well" HSR. Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR) Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C. Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D. Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:7: Cistern at 67/ΙΗ

At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C ... Latest coin dates to 2nd or 1st c. Large numbers of bowls (49). ... Coins 15 February 1938 #14-#15 17 February 1938 #1 18 February 1938 #10-#11 1 March 1938 #1-#4 2 March 1938 #37-#38 8 March 1938 #27

[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 ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Β:36-37/Δ-Ε

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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 ... 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. B.C. walls (Walls 17 and 18). ... The insertion of Walls 17 and 18 apparently disturbed the burials, attested by mid 6th c. B.C. pottery churned amongst the tomb contents. ... For the animal bones see Basement-Center (animal bones), Drawer 37, 38 and 40.

[Agora Deposit] U 14:1: Well at U/10-14/4

Well at U/10-14/4, in Byzantine Room I. Well is ca. 1.20m in diameter, dug into bedrock. Excavated to depth of roughly -8.00m; sides started collapsing and thus did not dig to full depth. Some stone-lining, ... June 15-16, 17-31 July 1972 ... Classical dump fill of the 5th-4th c. B.C. dug for depth of ca. -2.60m. ... Lot ΡΡ' 111=Boxes 37-45.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] H-K 12-14: Middle Stoa Building Fill

Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Otherwise bowls similar to those in other deposits of early 2nd. c. Fragments of six molds ... Coins: Θ 1 March 1933 #14 2 March 1933 #3 6 March 1933 #3, #8 9 March 1933 #1-#3, #20 10 March 1933 #6-#7, #10, #15, #18, #20-#21, #26-#27, #31-#32, #35, #37 11 March 1933 #5, #7 14 March 1933 #34 16 March 1933 #1 17 March 1933 #4-#5, #26-#27 31 March 1933 #2-#3, #5-#8 12 May 1933 #11, #15-#16 13 May 1933 #1 15 May 1933 #2-#3, #6-#7 16 May 1933 #10 20 May 1933 #6 22 May 1933 #7 24 May 1933 #8-#11 27 May 1933 #9-#10 1 June 1933 #2-#3 Coins: Λ 24 April 1935 #1 3 May 1935 #2 4 May 1935 #1 6 May 1935 #1, #3 8 May 1935 #2 Coins: ΜΣ and K 19 February 1953 #1 24 February 1953 #1-#6 28 February 1953 #2-#9 2 March 1953 #4 (?)