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[Agora Deposit] J 3:2: Sacrificial Pyre II

Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II. Found right beneath the stuccoed channel built for sluicing in the 1st c. A.D., and must have been partly disturbed when the channel was constructed. It may ... Ca. 250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 3:3: Road fill

Road SE of altar, below 51.56m. In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick and we hit another surface, at 51.56m. which we take as Layer XV. Fairly loose gravelly fill under surface, sandy, greenish ... 1st c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:5: Urn Cremation

Julia Shear ... Burial. Roman Temple south half, in fill south of temple crosswall and norh of polygonal wall, layer 37a. Small, roughly circular pit. The diameter of the pit appeared to be only slightly greater than ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean

[Agora Deposit] J 3:6: Coin Hoard

Area IV, surface fill. Group of 5 bronze coins corroded into one lump. Coins: 20 July 1981 #302-#306 (Anonymous Byzantine Coins (Bronze) 976-1030/1035 A.D., Cf. DOC III, pt. 2, p. 649ff (Class A2) ... 976-1030/1035 A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:7: Pyre in Room 1 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:9: Burial within Well

David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!" ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric

[Agora Deposit] J 5:1.2: Upper accumulation

Represents excavated levels II-III ... 275-150 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 5:1.3: POU

Represents excavated level IV. Coins: 2 July 1971 #851-#856 ... 300-275 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 5:1.4: Lower Accumulation and POU

Represents excavated levels V-IX. Coins: 5 July 1971 #857 ... Late 5th c.-300 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 7:1: Child Inhumation

E.D. Townsend Vermeule ... Protogeometric Grave no. 2 at North of Temple of Ares (Grave XXXVII). Rectangular stone-lined pit in filling of Mycenaean chamber tomb (J 7:2); the skeleton of a boy. Cf. P 21275 which is from the "preliminary ... Middle Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] J 7:1 BIS: Destroyed Cremation Tomb

E.D. Townsend Vermeule ... PG grave no. 1. Mycenaean Chamber tomb under Temple of Ares. No remains, but cf. P 21275. Cf. under J 7:2 (PG grave no. 1), Agora XIII, pp. 183-190 ... Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] J 7:2: Chamber Tomb under the Temple of Ares

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares, towards its west end.(1951). The tomb had a hasty and unfinished appearance oddly at variance with its long history and the quality of the pottery ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.)

[Agora Deposit] J 7:3: Lekythos Deposit

Fifth century lekythos deposit in area of Mycenaean Tomb. Lot Η 81a ... 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 7:4: Filling

Byzantine Building: Room XV (loose black filling). Coins: 12 April 1933 #5-#15 13 April 1933 #1 ... Byzantine

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:1: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Rebecca Wood Robinson ... Mycenaean Grave C. Lisa's list mentions also Grave D ... Myc. IIIA 1:2

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:2: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Mycenaean Grave F. It seemed to be more as a collection of bones and offerings, presumably swept aside to make room for later burials; they are east of and slightly higher than children's graves A and ... Myc. IIIA

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:3: Double Pit Grave

Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B). Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. We have dug to a maximum of about 0.06m below the top of Layer II ... Myc. IIIA/B

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:4: Disturbed Chamber Tomb

Disturbed Mycenaean chamber tomb. It was the first Mycenaean burial found in the Agora. It is situated about 20m due south of Tomb VII, only a few meters beyond the south edge of the Augustan foundation ... Myc. IIIA (1st half of 14th c.)

[Agora Deposit] J 8:5: Pit

Coins: 12 April 1933 #1-#2 ... Early 12th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] J 8:6: Filling North of Temple of Ares

Filling in Classical Floor of Agora, to the north of the Temple of Ares; possibly a disturbed pyre ... Early 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 9:1: Simple Cremation

Rebecca Wood Robinson ... Damaged Protogeometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XL). Small corner only preserved, cut in part into the filling of the Submycenaean Grave J 9:2. In this corner, and spilling into the disturbed upper ... Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] J 9:2: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Evelyn L. Smithson ... Submycenaean grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIV). The skeleton of a 30 year's old female ... Submycenaean

[Agora Deposit] J 9:3: Byzantine Pit

A circular pit below Byzantine floor. It Is 1.28m deep and its bottom rests upon virgin soil, a gray clay formed by the disintegrated native rock. It is constructed for about 0.30m at the top with tiles, ... 12th c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] J 10:1: Unfinished Chamber Tomb

Plundered Chamber Tomb. (Tomb XII). A few meters SE of the great white marble altar. The chamber is an irregular rectangle, oriented roughly N-S, with dromos leading in at a very gentle slope from the ... LH III A

[Agora Deposit] J 11:1: Fourth Century Hole

Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins: 11 March 1952 #10 12 March 1952 #1-#5 13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 11:2: Well

Coins: 8 April 1936 #13 1 May 1936 #21 ... Byzantine-Turkish

[Agora Deposit] J 12:1: Well

Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... At 6.50m. begins use filling with numerous BHWJs and other water ... Late 1st c. to early 3rd cent. and of 4th and 5th cents

[Agora Deposit] J 12:2: Well

Empty to 4.00m. From there to 9.20m. much coarse pottery, stucco fragments, animal bones, lead defixiones. ... The presence of fragments of stelae and architectural members near bottom point to dumped ... Late 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] J 12:3: Hole

Hole in bedrock; dumped filling used in leveling. Probably a natural water line, tending to wash out, has been cut back for various purposes, and finally all filled in to make level bedding for 4th c., ... Ca. 350-270 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 13-14:1: Polygonal Drain

Water deposit in Polygonal Drain (43-44/Γ-Ζ and martyra)immediately south of the south foundations of the Middle Stoa. Early branch of the original course of Great Drain. P 2248 added to this deposit by ... Ca. 420-390 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 13:1: Late Geometric Well

Late Geometric well ... Late Geometric

[Agora Deposit] J 14:1: Pit A

A pit running E-W under Holy Apostle St., about 1.20m. square and 0.90m. deep. Built with stones about the size of a man's head. Coins: 24 April 1935 #12-#13 ... 18th c.

[Agora Deposit] J 14:2: Protogeometric Well

Located just north of the stepped retaining wall between the Great Drain and the Poros Monument (Propylon). Short period of use; dumped filling above, mostly cemetery debris ... Early Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] J 14:3: Well in the Northeast Corner of the early Peribolos

Located in the NE corner of the early peribolos. Probably originally 1.00-1.50m. deeper, the bedrock above having been cut back in late times. Scanty pottery remains; some evidence for a period of use ... Ca. 600-570 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 14:4: Well

One of two late wells [the other at 59/ΙΗ] cutting the line of the east wall of the peribolos and the line of the Byzantine enclosure. The shafts of the two were close together and in their upper parts ... Turkish

[Agora Deposit] J 14:5: Well

Upper part collapsed (diameter 1.25m). Uniform fill with water jars. Sorted June 1956. 4 tins thrown out. Joins from all boxes, but pithos fragments and water jars mostly from boxes 6-16 ... 750-700 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 14:6: Pocket

Pocket in bedrock behind stepped retaining wall ... 7th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] J 14:7: Protogeometric Well

Apparently an unsuccessful well. P 37220-P 37224 (Κ 4519-Κ 4523) Catalogued on October 2012 (JPK, SS) P 37741-P 37742 (Κ 4549-Κ 4550) Catalogued on April 2017 (BL) ... Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] J 15:1: Well

Well E (diameter 1.10-1.20m) just outside the northwest corner of the southwest Fountain House. Dug initially as a pit (J 15:2) partially covered by an early Roman wall ... Early 7th c. B.C.