More than 10,000 Stone Inscriptions Were Excavated from the Ancient Agora of Athens

During twentieth century excavations of the Ancient Agora of Athens more than 10,000 stone inscriptions were identified and inventoried. The texts included diplomatic agreements, commemorative plaques for athletic victories, records of court judgments, boundary stones identifying different buildings, and fragmentary inscriptions featuring names of over 30,000 individual Athenians. That so many inscriptions on stone survived in this single location was significant in itself; another aspect was that so many inscriptions remained to be excavated from one of the world's most famous places. 

Thompson & Wycherley, The Agora of Athens: The History, Shape, and Uses of an Ancient City Center (1972).