[Agora Deposit] P 8:2: Trench

Narrow trench in bedrock; one section found to NE of Circular Building west of the Stoa of Attalos, another (Q 8:1) beneath the terrace of the Stoa of Attalos opposite Pier 19. A single filling in both ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. and shortly after

[Agora Deposit] I-J 14-15: Filling

Exploration in the peristyle of the Heliaea (1960); evidence for rebuilding in the third quarter of the 4th c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as 1st-2nd c. A.D. Date of reconstruction ca. 325 B.C ... Ca. 350- 325 B.C ... Date of reconstruction ca. 325 B.C. (nbp. p. 3607). Three areas included: a) Deep stony fill in middle of peristyle (p. 3471) and from clearing trench of inner rectangle in peristyle court (p. 3551). b) Footing trench of SE pier of peristyle (p. 3468) and footing trench of second pier from west in south aisle (p. 3469). c) Other areas, period of peristyle (pp. 3461, 3463, 3465, 3557).

[Agora Deposit] P 16-17:1: Stone Water Channel and Above Trench

In stone water channel and trench above. A. Walker?

[Agora Deposit] Q 8:1: Narrow Trench in Bedrock

Narrow trench in bedrock. Cf. Section Σ, p. 4358 (nb. XXII) same trench, same filling. EV notes that the cutting probably.. to the "narrow cutting in bedrock". The filling seemed to be ca. 425-420 B.C ... Third Quarter to Last Quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Narrow trench in bedrock ... Section Σ, p. 4358 (nb. XXII) same trench, same filling.

[Agora Deposit] H 10-11:1: Grading fill of Old Bouleuterion

Lower fill: See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed. Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer III, no finds.

[Agora Deposit] B 12:6: Footing trench

Pit along house wall foundations to south = footing trench. Uncertain context, possibly no later than ca. 425 B.C ... 450-400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:23: Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench T

Kitchen Dump in Tholos Trench T ... 375-350 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 6:7: Amphora Dump

Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8. Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ. Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6. Fragments of amphorai, tiles. No coins ... Early Hellenistic ... Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8. Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ. Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6.

[Agora Deposit] Q 7:3: Trench Behind Stoa Stylobate

Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. Herulian destruction debris at the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 20 February 1954 #1-#2 22 February ... Late 3rd c. A.D ... Soft Trench behind Stoa Stylobate, opposite Piers 21 and 22, along W face of Shop front wall. ... Crosby, Agora X, p. 121, pl. (30), no. ... Agora X, p. 120, no. L 319.

[Agora Deposit] C 17:8: Pit

Rectangular pit (in Trench IX); dumped filling of late 5th. c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as Early Roman. P 18559 and P 18510 from above this pit ... 5th c. B.C ... Rectangular pit (in Trench IX); dumped filling of late 5th. c. ... P 18559 and P 18510 from above this pit.

[Agora Deposit] H 11:2: Well in Tholos Trench Q

A well in room A of the Archaic House. Well with very irregular outline, cut down in the bedrock some 10m NE of the Tholos. Its filling yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P 13256 of ... Sub-Mycenaean(?)

[Agora Deposit] H 11:3: Pillaging Fill of Building F

Dug as Tholos Trench V, Room E, burnt filling of plundered wall trench of S wall of court. See also lot Ζ 484 ... Late 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:6: Pyre

Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall. Coin 1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:22: Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench E

Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III. Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2. Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5 Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III. ... Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2.

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:3: Simple Trench Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I

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[Agora Deposit] N 10:2: Filling in Footing Trench

Filling in footing trench at 63/ΝΔ Packing of coarse pottery, including numerous stamped jars and a small amount of kitchen ware ... Ca. 250-210

[Agora Deposit] N 16:2: Rectangular Cutting

Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 16:1: Pit in Footing Trench, East Building

East Building, pit in footing trench. Coins: 20 April 1959 #5-#6 ... 2nd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:2: Simple Trench Cremation

(Grave XXIX: EG). Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded. Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6: Fillings

Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels. Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M 18:5: Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ

Drain Trench at 62/ΜΗ. The presence of a number of fairly well preserved vases of good quality suggested to the excavator the possibility that the cutting might once have contained a burial. No skeletal ... 325-300 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 14:1: Footing Trench of Venetian/Valerian Wall

Filling in the footing trench of the late Roman Fortification. Includes Layer 1 and Layer 2 of Library Colonnade opposite Room 2. "Note: both these layers are fill thrown into V.W. footing trench." (nb.p ... End 3rd. c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] Q 9:4: Foundation of South Stylobate of Square Building

Trench for foundation of south stylobate of Square Building (between Piers 12-13) ... Late 3rd-early 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:12: A. Walker Coin Deposit in ΜΣ

Horos terrace trench Layer III, under line of tiles. Coins: 19 March 1953 #16-#17 ... 2nd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] H-I 10:1: Stoa Pit G

Exploratory excavation trench between east front of Hellenistic Metroon and Great Drain. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1941), p. 106. Cf. also Metroon Drain Cut I 9:1 and F-G 12:1 and H 12:9 ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... Exploratory excavation trench between east front of Hellenistic Metroon and Great Drain. ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1941), p. 106. Cf. also Metroon Drain Cut I 9:1 and F-G 12:1 and H 12:9.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:10: Pit Below Early Road-Drain, Tholos Trench L

Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095). Contemporary ... SubMycenaean

[Agora Deposit] M 11:1: Pit

Unstratified pit below east part of Odeion Cavea (Trench K). Brann Well or Pit O. Estimated Grid ... To ca. 725 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:17: "Furnace" in House

From kiln in house of 7th c. B.C. (=Building A), to southeast of Tholos. Tholos Trench U, furnace ... 675-625 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:16: Pit Tomb, Infant Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... "Submycenaean" grave into Mycenaean gully. Rectangular trench cut partly in bedrock, partly through Mycenaean domestic filling. No pottery catalogued ... Late Helladic IIIC-Early Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] H 12:9: Early North-South road to Southeast of Tholos

Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road). Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 17:6: Pocket in Bedrock

Pocket in bedrock, 50/Λ (= Trench, 50-54/Λ), measuring 4.00x0.60m, 0.60-0.90m deep; possibly cutting for wall foundation Coins: 22 April 1932 #1 ... 330-300 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 11-12:1: Burned filling

Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ Coins: 28 March 1933 #25-#28 29 March 1933 #16-#21 30 ... 28-30 March 1933 5-6 April 1933 ... Burned filling over area of NW Temple (apparently Herulian destruction debris) = Trench I, 18-22/ΛΑ-ΜΣΤ and northwest trench, center at 15-19/ΛΣΤ-Μ ... Coins: 28 March 1933 #25-#28 29 March 1933 #16-#21 30 March 1933 #13-#17(NW Trench Centre) 5 April 1933 #8-#21 6 April 1933 #12-#16, #18(dump) ... T 422-T 423, L 873-L 874, L 876, SS 1180-SS 1184, SS 1195-SS 1197, P 1849 are not identified as coming from the 'burned area' but generally match the grid coordinates.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:13: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). JP Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] H 8-10: Fillings

Investigations in the Hellenistic Metroon, various levels. Stoa Pits A, B, C, D, E, F, H and I (various layers). Locations include: SW corner of Primitive Bouleuterion; from contemporary filling alongside ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... B.C. but with much earlier material - back fill in footing trench of Hellenistic Metroon=footing trench of Period IV of mixed fill ... Coins: 20 April 1934 #1 (from Pit F, footing trench of Period IV, foundation of colonnade) - #2 (Pit E, from dump, probably from footing trench of Period IV) ... See also P 4639.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:8: Strosis

A strosis into which were set the foundations of house of 7th c. B.C. to SE of Tholos (=Building A and Trench W, layers h + i) ... 8th-7th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] L 5:2: Debris Pit

"Debris Pit" beneath starting line in Panathenaic Way. Dug as Trench B (1971), pp. 1631-1649 (notebook not seen, PF); finds record both Layer 28 and beneath Layer 28. Trench I, pit 16a, (1973), pp. 3010-3022 ... 2 August 1971 4-6 July 1973 27 June-11 July 1980

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:19: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Destroyed urn cremation. No remains. Originally assigned as part of Tomb C 9:14 (Grave 7) JP "Large fragments of an urn were found in the packing of a Hellenistic water channel which cut through a LPG ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... P 6723, although surely an urn, rust-stained inside from the iron jewelry and within a meter of Grave C 9:14, is much earlier than the offerings in that grave and must have come from still another burial trench in the line of the water channel; a narrow burned strip along the edge of the channel opposite the fragments may be part of that trench. ... Agora XXXVI mentions (p. 298) as part of Grave 5 (should read 7)

[Agora Deposit] H 12:14: Ostrakon Pit

Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later ... Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. ... A single fragment of a red-figured lid (P 23018) indicates that the filling of the pit must have taken place as late as the last years of the century (Deposit nb). ... Included here, P 23024, P 23025.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:4: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII. Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ. Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII. ... The pyre trench measured about 1.25m long and was 0.52 m wide. ... See also P 34860-P 34866 catalogued as "sherds overlying tombs F 16:3 & F 16:4".

[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

[Agora Deposit] H 12:18: Archaic House

Archaic house with Distyle Porch (= Building J) in southeast of section: packing beneath floors (Layers a and b of Tholos Trench S.Layer b=Beneath original floor dated to ca. 500 B.C. Layer a=Between original ... 6th-early 5th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:3: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). ... Virtually nothing of the pyre trench survived, but it's presence was indicated by hard red-colored burned earth packed tightly against the rim of the amphora along the northwest side. ... See also P 34860-P 34866 catalogued as "sherds overlying tombs F 16:3 & F 16:4".

[Agora Deposit] G-H 10-11: Passage between Metroon and Tholos

Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 131, fig. 71, for a section of the layers, and notebook p. 1169 for a sketch plan of the area delineated by this deposit. ... Not included in this deposit are disturbed areas west of Propylon and footing trench of south face of Metroon but cf. S 1869t, S 1870, I 6686, I 6687, P 24285, BI 741.

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:5: Pyre in Room 2

Pyre in Room 2, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 12). In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, ash, carbon, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The rectangular pit was cut into a white strosis with marble chips (ΠΠ ... 315-300 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:7: Square Settling Basin

Located beneath line of Poros Gutter, from a square settling basin cut in bedrock at the north end of Trench II, South of Theseion, 1.30m below the modern road surface. The basin is lined with rough-picked ... Last quarter of 5th c. B.C.-early 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:21: Pit

Pit in Tholos Trench V (below Layer e). In plan it would seem to have been oval, though its east end is c/../ by the south wall of the North Archaic Home. Its N-S width is 1.25m, its E-W length is 1.40m ... 7th-early 6th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] I-O 15:1: Soundings below floor of South Stoa II.

The data in the Deposit Notebook is presented by trench; an attempt is made here to accumulate data from similar layers across the trenches. Subdivisions: .1=Post Hadrianic cleanup .2=Marble working waste ... 2nd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] T 17:3: Channel J

Channel J (in ΗΗ) Cutting that probably originally held a drain. Packed with amphoras and other coarse pottery. It tapped the poros aqueduct wall just East of our explanatory trench at the East end of ... 1st c. B.C. - early 1st. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] M 11:3: Well

7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C. Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 9:1: Disturbed Burial

Mycenaean burial, disturbed (Piers 12-13 east). Plan unclear. Bones discarded. It was found in the trench for the east stylobate of the Square Building. It was so badly disturbed by the Classical builders ... Myc. IIIA:2

[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.

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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] Q 13:3: Roman Water Mill Construction Fill

Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins: 24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95 25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] H 12:6: Rubbish Dump

Rubbish Dump in mouth of abandoned well in Tholos Trench F, Kitchen. Filled with ash, charcoal, broken pottery, roof tiles. Also from Trench L. 13 March 2014 by Ann Steiner The deposit has four components ... Ca. 425-400 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 1:2: Coin Hoard in BZ

Marcie Handler ... Continued from 2000 season, 10-12 July 2000; BZ XXIII p. 4472. The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the ... 10-12 July 2000 21-22 July 2003 ... Continued from 2000 season, 10-12 July 2000; BZ XXIII p. 4472. The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the stones of Wall A, and was thought to be the bottom of a foundation trench for the wall. ... Foundation trench of N/S street wall, in ash pit. 53.505m-53.089m.

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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

[Agora Deposit] T 21:1: Hellenistic Fill Beneath Floors

Laura Gawlinski ... Pebble floors of Roman date covered the northern half of a 6x6m square trench in ΕΛ, bounded to the west by the post-Herulian Wall and to the east by a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A) to the east ... Hellenistic/ 220-150 B.C ... Pebble floors of Roman date covered the northern half of a 6x6m square trench in ΕΛ, bounded to the west by the post-Herulian Wall and to the east by a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A) to the east. ... Also, in Agora XXXI, p. 151, a deposit T 21:1 was created by Margie Miles, changed to T 21:4 in the Database.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 10:2: Chamber Tomb at Southeast Corner of Pier 12

Mycenaean Grave at SE corner of Pier 12 (Burial 9). There are no traces of dromos, which must have been located at the north and have been cut away by the trench four the south stylobate of the Square ... Myc. III A:1

[Agora Deposit] Q-R 10-11:1: Construction Fill Below Floor of Brick Building

Construction fill below floor of Brick Building. Areas involved: a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor. b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room. c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end ... Areas involved: a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor. b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room. c) Fill over water channel in smaller, southern room B; channel discovered by builders of Brick Building,rebuilt by them and covered over. d) Foundation trench of earlier building beneath Brick Building, filled and covered by builders of Brick Building. e) "Apparently from below floor of building" (nb.p. 1282). ... Lot 20 "Ash, Carbon and Slag Fill, against the west face of dividing wall between Rooms A and B" of 1936 excavations including P 19790, SS 5379 and coin ΣΑ-16. ... However, HAT digging in the same area in 1950 (p. 2245), describes what appears to be the same stratum (he does not specifically mention the earlier excavations) as lying on the floor of Brick Building here.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 10:3: Chamber Tomb to West of Pier 12

Mycenaean Grave to W of Pier 12 (Burial 11). The northern part of the tomb had been cut away by the foundation trench for the south stylobate of the Square Building that preceded the Stoa, and the dromos, ... Myc. IIB-IIIA:1

[Agora Deposit] R 7:2: Chamber Tomb to East of Stoa Shop 19

Mycenaean Tomb to E of Stoa Shop 19 (ΣΑ 2). Found while digging just east of Stoa Shop XIX, when came upon some bones, Mycenaean sherds and a pot. As the excavation was enlarged the legs of two skeletons ... Myc. III A:2 (2nd half of 14th c.)

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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 ... Half of a dish with poorly preserved glaze (ΒΘ 179) was found in the northern scarp of the trench. An illegible coin (ΒΘ-239) was found in the fill within the pithos (ΒΘ 178). ... While excavating the western portion of the high baulk (Lots ΒΘ 954, 958), we documented and removed the majority of the tile concentration lying at K/6,8-3/1,2 as postulated in the 2016 season report (ΒΘ West, p. 11). Ceramic material from this removal dates the layer from the 11th-13th century AD.