[Agora Deposit] F 9:3: Water Channel

Water channel in scarp above Bouleuterion Plateia; north passage, from mouth ... Latest 2nd or early 1st c. B.C ... Water channel in scarp above Bouleuterion Plateia; north passage, from mouth.

[Agora Deposit] R 9:5: Northern Manhole to Water Channel

Northern Manhole to Water Channel [R 9-10], East of Shop 14 ... 2nd c. B.C ... Northern Manhole to Water Channel

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

In stone water channel and trench above. A. Walker? ... Stone Water Channel and Above Trench

[Agora Deposit] N 8:2: On and Over the Poros Water Channel

On and over poros water channel (area of Room XX) ... 450-425 B.C ... On and Over the Poros Water Channel

[Agora Deposit] D 10:2: Channel Mouth 2

Water channel on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins: 20 February 1936 #1 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... Water channel on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios.

[Agora Deposit] C 10:1: Manhole, Channel Mouth 1

Water channel in north part of section, giving access to water system. Channel Mouth 1. Six stamped amphora handles; two-thirds of bowls long-petal ... Late 2nd century-Early 1st c. B.C ... Water channel in north part of section, giving access to water system. Channel Mouth 1.

[Agora Deposit] B 10:3: Channel Mouth 5

Water channel in north part of section. Hellenistic and Early Roman pottery. No inventoried finds ... 13-14 March 1936 ... Water channel in north part of section.

[Agora Deposit] B 11:1: Channel Mouth 6

Water channel in north part of section. Pottery late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C. Coins: 14 March 1936 #8 ... Late 2nd.-1st. c. B.C ... Water channel in north part of section.

[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 ... 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 deposit at the bottom, belonging to the period of use, is consistently of the second and early third centuries, although coins of Gallienus in the upper part of the filling show that the channel was not abandoned before the time of the Heruli. The channel actually extends over a considerable area (E-F 5-6).

[Agora Deposit] D 10:3: Channel Mouth 3

Water channel in north part of section. Coins: 20 February 1936 #2-#3 Five stamped amphora handles; Type 48 A lamp; one-third of bowls long-petal; one long-petal mold ... Second half of 3rd c.-Early third quarter of 2nd c ... Water channel in north part of section.

[Agora Deposit] E 10:1: Manhole, Channel Mouth 4

Water channel in north part of Section: Channel Mouth 4. Coins: 22 February 1936 #16-#18 24 February 1936 #1-#2 Twenty stamped amphora handles; type 38 lamp; type 56 A lamp; over half of bowls long-petal ... 120-86 B.C ... Water channel in north part of Section: Channel Mouth 4.

[Agora Deposit] Q 13:1: Manhole

Dumped fill in a shaft which served as means of access leading to a water channel south of the Stoa of Attalos. Coins: 29 June 1933 #1 (disintegrated) 29 April 1936 #1-#3 4 May 1936 #1 ... Early 1st c. A.D ... Dumped fill in a shaft which served as means of access leading to a water channel south of the Stoa of Attalos.

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[Agora Deposit] N 19:2: Roman Well at 52/I

Well at 52/Ι, on the lower northeast slopes of the Areopagus. It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel. Use fill of 1st to early 2nd c. Dump fill 5th to ... Early to Late Roman ... It was cut down and re-used in the late Roman period, in connection with the water channel.

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:3: Well

Hole (Well) and adjoining water channel with 4th c. pottery, probably a dumped fill. At a depth of about -5.70m we started yielding some very crude potsherds, clearly not made on the wheel (maybe Prehistoric) ... Prehistoric-Roman ... Hole (Well) and adjoining water channel with 4th c. pottery, probably a dumped fill.

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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 ... 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 burial area and obliterated the urn and urn-hole of LPG grave C 9:14." ... 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 Deposit] C 18:11: Early Drain Channel Pit

Ostrakon deposit, sand fill in a shallow channel in bedrock at the bottom of the Great Drain in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of Nymphs. This group of ostraka may well come from a single ... Ca. 490-480 B.C ... Ostrakon deposit, sand fill in a shallow channel in bedrock at the bottom of the Great Drain in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of Nymphs. This group of ostraka may well come from a single ostrakophoria, but there is always the possibility that the water of the drain may have carried down earlier or later pieces.

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[Agora Deposit] R 11:5: Pyre in Stoa Shop VI

Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre) Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? ... Layer II in turn covered a cobbled surface flush with a water channel. Two other pits with ash were found, but without pottery.

[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).

[Agora Deposit] C 19:11: Well

Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west. Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). ... The upper part of the well was lined with tiles in the second half of the 4th. c. for use as a collecting basin for a water system, a channel of which entered the well shaft. ... P 18400, although found in the drain channel, appears to be a good 5th c. collar rim type,and was perhaps dislodged in this same disturbance.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:14: Cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 7 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXI: PG). Bones discarded. Disturbed and damaged cremation (originally trench-and-hole), the east end cut away, probably contained the burial urn. JP It consisted ... Late Protogeometric ... The east end where the cinerary urn would have originally been located in an urn-hole, was almost completely cut away by the Hellenistic water channel that skirted the tomb to the south. evidence of heavy burning, in the form of reddened earth, was noted on the ground around the mouth, rim, floor and three sides of the trench.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:11: Casting pit

Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain. Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock. 2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C. (Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... Appears to be cut into fill at south, but that area is disturbed by a modern water pipe from the landscaping of the Agora. ... We reached a maximum depth of 59.781m by the end of the 2016 season, but more remains to be excavated. 2017-2018: Upper level disturbed by modern water pipe at southwest and Wall A (probably Hellenistic) at east. ... An iron rod projects from the center, traces of pouring channel at top, originally connected to some of the mold fragments.

[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 ... 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. ... At 5.50 a group of fallen wall tiles arched over shaft which was empty to below 8.00 (at water level). Lower fill 9.10-9.60m, 4th c.