[Agora Deposit] H 5-6.1: a) (Pre-)Persian

Deposits containing much ash and charcoal, probably to be associated with the Persian sack. Layers IV-VI of trial pit between Stoa piers IV and V ... 1st quarter 5th c. B.C ... Deposits containing much ash and charcoal, probably to be associated with the Persian sack. Layers IV-VI of trial pit between Stoa piers IV and V.

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6.2: b) Post-Persian Pre-Stoa

Filling accumulated between the time of the Persian sack and the building of the Stoa. Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 14-18 and H 6:5 ... Filling accumulated between the time of the Persian sack and the building of the Stoa.

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[Agora Deposit] G 3:1: Pit

Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook].

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[Agora Deposit] Q 12:3: Stoa Gutter Well

Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1. Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora well-deposits both for the high quality and the good conditions of pottery of all sorts. It represents the stock of a ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... It represents the stock of a retail potter's shop near the edge of the square, damaged in the Persian sack and deliberately discarded by the owner immediately thereafter.

[Agora Deposit] Q 21:3: Well in Room 5 of Roman House H

Well in Room 5 of Roman House H. Under cement border of andron of Greek House G. Diameter 1.10m, cut through bedrock. water at ca. 3.55m. Hand or foot holes along one side. 0-7.25m crushed bedrock fill ... 5th c. B.C ... B.C., indicating that the well was probably filled not long after the Persian sack. There is no intrusive period of use of fill, though P 28780 and P 28781 from near bottom suggest a date of ca. 500 B.C. for the lower fill.

[Agora Deposit] R 12:1: ΘΡΑ Well East of Stoa Room 2

Thra (ΘΡΑ) Well (East of Stoa Room 2). Heavy dumped filling, including figured, black and plain wares, and also a quantity of animal bones, mostly skulls of oxen. On many of these the horns had been sawn ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... This deposit has much in common with the more spectacular Q 12:3; here the black-figure supports the association with the Persian sack.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:6: Well F

A well (diameter 1.10m) at the east edge of the valley road leading from the SW corner of the Agora, about 90m SW of the Tholos. The mouth of the well was subsequently covered by the east wall of the Great ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Over the top of the well the filling showed some disturbance of the Hellenistic period when terracotta drains were laid in the area.Presumably the well was open at the time of Persian sack and filled up immediately thereafter. 2.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 382, p. 366

Red-bodied. Re-used in antiquity. Myrrhinous. Rhodes. Riding crop. Nebris. Rim, figures on top of. Ring. "Neck-piece" of chiton. Rock. Necklace. Roof tiles. Okladias. Sakkos. Olympieion. Samos. Oriental ... Agora 23 366 ... Persian Sack