[Agora Deposit] T 26-27:2: Klepsydra: Pits or Cuttings Beneath Paved Court

Klepsydra: Pits or cuttings beneath Paved Court ... Mycenaean ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] M 17:2: Damaged urn cremation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVI: PG). Bones discarded. Only the lower portion of the urn-hole was preserved in bedrock, roughly oval in outline, with a maximum preserved width at the top of 0.70m narrowing ... Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 325 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 7, pp. 62-65, fig. 2.18, 2.19, pl. V.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:4: Mask Cistern

Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C. Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora XXI, p. 99.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:23: Disturbed grave/inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... RSY/JP Disturbed Geometric burial over "Sacrificial Pit VI" (Grave B 21:22). Grave IX in notebook. Bones discarded? Pottery found in the upper filling of a sixth century cremation pit, which had perhaps ... Middle Geometric II/Transitional to Late Geometric ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 83-85, 100 (cf. Grave 18) and pl. 36 B-I and p. 103 ... Agora VIII, p. 125 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 25, pp. 237-245, figs. 2.146-2.155.

[Agora Deposit] D 16:1: Cistern A

Cistern (diameter 0.90m) with two channels; the fill of the cistern proper, below the scant upper (Byzantine) deposit, appears to have been dumped all at the same time, to 325-275 B.C. Notebook says "all ... 325-275 B.C ... Hesperia 53 (1984), pp. 343, 347, 349, pl. 16:7, 7-9 ... Agora XII, p. 387 ... Agora XXIX, p. 442.

[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 IV, p. 240 ... Agora XII, p. 392. ... Agora XXI, p. 98.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:12: Inhumation of a child

Grave XVII in notebook = RSY Grave 15. Only lower half of skeleton preserved. Bones discarded? ... Last quarter of the 6th. c. B.C ... B 21:12 ... B 21:12

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:1: Pit Tomb, Infant Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave III: SM). The close proximity and similarity of this tomb and tomb M 16-17:1 strongly suggests that they were intentionally laid out in relation to one another and were contemporary ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 325 ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 72 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 2, pp. 49-52, 527-528, figs. 2.8, 2.9, 3.11, 3.12.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:14: Inhumation, probably a female

Grave XXVI in notebook = RSY Grave 12 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. or sightly later ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:4: Mycenaean Pit Grave West of House N

Mycenaean grave to west of House N, room 5, with the burial of two young children. Rough rectangular cutting in soft stereo (0.95x0.64x0.28), lying under the western wall of a Geometric house, contained ... Myc. III C:1 ... Agora

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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 ... Pyre in Room 2, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 12). In courtyard.

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[Agora Deposit] B 19:6: Pyre in House N, Room 4

Pyre in House N, room 4 (RSY=Pyre 7), in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. Pottery, mall pieces of calcined bone, log, wood cinders, and charcoal in diamond-shaped pit in floor sequence. The pyre ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] E 18:1: Grave 5

Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at bottom). Fill shot through with cinders and wood ash. Skeleton of a male about 50 years old. Brann. PD 1065a ... 750-700 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 411-412, figs. 6-7, pls. 88, 91 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 277, noted.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:19: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit II

Sacrificial Pit II in notebook = RSY Grave 7 ... Ca. 540 B.C ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 89-90, pls. 40 b (Grave 7) ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 304 and fig. 44.

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:1: Strosis

Herulian Debris in a house on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs: House P = South House; Room 2 = Dining Room; Room 3 = Kitchen; Room 18; Room 23; Room 24. Coins: 9 August 1947 #1-#37, #47-#49 ... Mid 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXI, p. 96 ... Agora XXIII, p. 329.

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[Agora Deposit] D 17:8: Sacrificial Pyre in Poros Building, Northwest Room

Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1). Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 387 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 114-115, pl. 50 a (Pyre I) ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 32, pp. 142, 143, figs. 7, 67, 69, 70.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:4: Inhumation of a female

Grave V in notebook = RSY Grave 5. PD 731-c, Ptg. 244 ... Second quarter of the 6th. c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] M 16-17:1: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave II: SM). Unlined trench, roughly the size of the deceased, cut into bedrock to a depth of just over 1.50m. Oriented north-south, the tomb pit measured 1.69m in length (length ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... Hesperia XIV, 1945, p. 301, no. 54 (AA 9) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 1, pp. 45-49, figs. 2.5-2.7, 3.10, pl. 1.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:8: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 7b in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery; The skeleton positioned directly below the male in Grave 7, but with direction reversed, i.e., head at southeast end. Most grave offerings at lower ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 305-307, no. 83, figs. 7, 8, pl. LIII (Grave XX) ... Agora VIII, p. 127.

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[Agora Deposit] C 19:3: Bronze Casting Pit in House H, Room 13

Located in House H, Room 13 on the lower northwest slope of the Areopagus ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 235 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 136, fig. 1 and p. 269.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:7: Inhumation of a Man

Grave 7 in notebook. Area disturbed in Roman times; outlines of the shaft had been obliterated. The northwest end, however, was preserved in a cutting in the rock of the sloping hillside. This cutting, ... 750-700 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 306, no. 86, figs. 7, 8, pl. LIII (Grave XIX) ... Agora VIII, p. 127 ... Hesperia 5 (1936), p. 29, fig. 27.

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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

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[Agora Deposit] G 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C ... G/3,4-6/7,8

[Agora Deposit] R 7:1: Chamber Tomb under Valerian Wall, Burial 12

Mycenaean Tomb under Valerian wall (Burial 12). It was impossible to fix the limits of the tomb in any direction, since at the north and south it was cut by the wall, an operations could not be extended ... Myc. III B ... Chamber Tomb under Valerian Wall, Burial 12

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:11: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] R 12:3: Well in Stoa Shop 2

Well in Stoa Shop 2. Diameter at top 1.20m. P 2527, P 25280 and P 25281 found at the bottom indicated a short period of use. The dumped filling above consisted in large part of clay of different colors, ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... R 12:3 ... R 12:3

[Agora Deposit] G-H 11-12

G-H 11-12 was probably extended to G-I and is hereafter G-I 11-12. Asterisk: G-H 11-12* ... Agora IV, p. 240 ... Agora X, p. 137 ... Agora XIII, p. 274.

[Agora Deposit] H-K 12-14: Middle Stoa Building Fill

Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14) This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 129 ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXII, p. 102.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:9: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 8 in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery. Length of shaft 1.75m; Width at upper end 0.95m; Depth from cover 0.70m. One end cut into sloping rock. Skeleton of a woman, with head southeast. Most ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:7: Inhumation, probably of a female

Grave X in notebook = RSY Grave 14. PD 731-g ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 96, fig. 11 and pl. 43 b-c (Grave 14).

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:7: Cist grave/adult inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton. In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] H 12:15: Well

Well A, early 5th c. B.C. Near the Agora Boundary Stone, northwest corner of Middle Stoa; diameter at top 0.92m, widening to 1.15m and more below. Shaft neatly faced with stones to a depth of 0.70m below ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:7: Small Chamber Tomb

Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Although badly disturbed at various times in antiquity, it was clearly a chamber tomb with the chamber little more than a cubby-hole at the end of a steep dromos, entered at the ... Myc. III A-B ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 106-107, pl. 25 b, c ... Archaeology 4 (1951), p. 225.

[Agora Deposit] D 7:4: Pit Grave

Disturbed pit with a skull. Pottery discarded. Late context; more likely Turkish than Geometric. See Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 303 for skull description ... 4 May 1936 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 303-304, no. 74, fig. 6, pl. LI.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:3: Cist Grave in Σ

Mycenaean Burial. The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27 a-b ... Agora XIII, pp. 208-209, 274, pls. 48, 79 (Grave XVII).

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:15: Inhumation a Man

Grave 14 in notebook. Length of shaft 2.12m; width 0.46m; depth from cover 0.60m. Man's skeleton stretched NE-SW with head at NE. Offering at foot of shaft, with the skyphos in the mouth of the pitcher ... 750-725 B.C ... G 12:15 ... G 12:15

[Agora Deposit] B 12:1: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins: 23 March 1936 #5-#6 31 March 1936 #3 30 April 1936 #1 1 May 1936 #6 2 May 1936 #2 5 May 1936 #8 6 May 1936 #15-#16 14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 234 ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora XXIX, p. 435.

[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 ... Q/7,8-9/5,6

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:8: Menon's Cistern and Well

Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins: 5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973) 6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 451 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 87, n. 157 ... Hesperia 43 (1974), p. 194-245.

[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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] P 8:7

(now Q 8:12) Asterisk: P 8:7* ... P 8:7 ... P 8:7

[Agora Deposit] O 7:12: Hollow with Slit over West Niche of Mycenaean Tomb

Hollow with silt over niche of Mycenaean Tomb (O 7:5) ... 7th-early 6th century, some 5th century intrusions ... Hollow with silt over niche of Mycenaean Tomb (O 7:5).

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:12: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXVIII)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVIII in notebook. Layer VI over rock. Coins: 7 March 1939 #11 Neg. KK 353 ... 7-10 March 1939 ... D 7:12 ... D 7:12

[Agora Deposit] S 21:2: Well at 20/ΙΕ

A well outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way; Diameter 1.10m ... 600-550 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 131 ... Agora XII, p. 399 ... Agora XXI, p. 100.

[Agora Deposit] R 11:2: Well East of Stoa Room 6

Well East of Stoa Room 6 (well with Siana Cup); scanty dumped filling. No water. Well never used. Estimated Grid ... 600-550 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] P 7:7: Wall and Below Floor of Late Roman Building

Late Roman Building to W of N end of Stoa (from its wall and below floor) Coins: July 12 1950 #1-#4 ... 11-12 July 1950 ... P 7:7 ... P 7:7

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[Agora Deposit] N 7:2: Lily Bowl Grave

Mycenaean grave. Small pit grave (0.50m by 1.35m by 0.75m deep) containing the skeleton of an infant girl. Although a simple grave with a single interment, the pit was packed with gifts. These consisted ... No later than mid-15th c ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 107-108, pl. 26 c. ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 122.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:2: Urn cremation

Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male? [JP] Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I ... Negs. XXVIII-87 to 92, OO 242, 245, 248, 249, 250, 253 ... southwest of the Agora horos ... Agora, was made in a pit cut

[Agora Deposit] T 24:5: Well D in ΟΑ

Well D: Archaic Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Debris filling with scanty pottery remains; most of the pottery is earlier than the lower limit. Diameter at top ca. 1.20m; bottom ca. 1.10m ... End of 6th c. B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] B 21:22: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit VI

Sacrificial Pit VI in notebook = RSY Grave 18 See also B 21:23 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 100, pl. 45 c (Grave 18).

[Agora Deposit] R 10:4: Disturbed Grave

Mycenaean Grave, disturbed, in scarp E of Stoa, a little to the south of the group of tombs clustered around Pier 12. No remains (perhaps a child's grave whose bones had completely disintegrated). Small ... Myc. IIIA:2-B ... Agora XXVII, p. 231 ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 326, pl. 100 d ... Agora XIII, pp. 236-237, 275, pl. 57 (Grave XXXVI).

[Agora Deposit] E 7:12: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XVIII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XVIII in notebook. At least three skeletons ... 21 February 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 32).

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:1: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXV. Adult female inhumation. Deposit summary and notebook write at 31/Θ-I ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Early Protogeometric ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] A 20-21:1: Drain cutting

Early cutting beside Great Drain: 103-111/Λ-ΛΓ (= "Deep cutting" Pit at 107/ΛΑ). Abandonment filling in channel for early drain; the fragment of a red figured bell krater, P 17000, probably to be dated ... Ca. 425-395 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 384 ... Agora XXI, p. 96 ... Agora XXX, p. 359.

[Agora Deposit] F 12:7: Cistern Passage/Drawshaft

Part of cistern system with mouths at 47/ΛΒ, 60/ΜΖ and 51/ΜΓ. Last 1.50m. of 47/ΛΒ probably cut in modern times, contained modern fill in bottom. Coins: 10 March 1934 #2-#7 12 March 1934 #9-#14 16 March ... Hellenistic and modern ... Coins: 10 March 1934 #2-#7 12 March 1934 #9-#14 16 March 1935 #16 13 April 1935

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:2: Well in Industrial Area of Areopagus

A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c ... Agora

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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 ... tomb (J 7:2); the skeleton ... Cf. P 21275 which is from the "preliminary ... belonging to J 7:1 BIS.

[Agora Deposit] B 21:21: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit V

Sacrificial Pit V in notebook = RSY Grave 19 ... Last quarter 6th. c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 100-101, pl. 46 a-b (Grave 19).

[Agora Deposit] Q 7:5: Cist (?) Grave

Mycenaean Grave inside NW corner of N extension of Stoa. It was set deeply down, ca. 1.50m below the surface. Excavation revealed a single skeleton, extended, with head to east, and legs bent up at the ... Myc. III B ... Agora XXVII, p. 229 ... Agora XIII, pp. 230, 275, pl. 54 (Grave XXVII).

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:17: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 16 in notebook. Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m. Skeleton of a woman , head at northwest end. Most of pots piled over feet and legs of skeleton at southeast end. An iron ... 750 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 128 ... Agora XIII, p. 77, no. 283, p. 274 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 76, pl. LI (Grave XVII).

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:5: Funerary Deposit on Stone Pavement

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 4 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XLIV). No remains (not really a grave, note on p. 331). Roughly rectangular patch of unworked fieldstones, measuring about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid on bedrock, ... 19-21 March 1932 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 12, pp. 102-104, figs. 2.53-2.54, pl. V.

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[Agora Deposit] B 10:2: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 18 in notebook. Adult inhumation; skeletal material; no offerings. Submycenaean? JP In some records as Grave XIX bis. (see Agora XXXVI, Tomb 31, p. 284) ... LH IIIC/EPG (date uncertain) ... In some records as Grave XIX bis. (see Agora XXXVI, Tomb 31, p. 284).

[Agora Deposit] O 12:2: Olive Tree Well

Olive Tree Well at 92/ΙΘ. Cleanly cut, with footholds at northeast and southwest sides ... 7th c. B.C. to first quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 7th c. B.C. to first quarter of 6th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:5: Tomb of the Niches

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches. One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 105-106, fig. 4, pl. 25 b, c ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 178.

[Agora Deposit] N 7:3: Skytha Well

Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C ... Agora

[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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] U 23:2: Well I in ΟΑ

Well I: archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis below the Klepsydra. Diameter ca. 1.10m. Water level ca. -9.50m. Substantial use filling in the lower 0.75m. In the upper debris filling both the ... End of 6th c. B.C. - Early Byzantine ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Agora XII, p. 399 ... Agora XXI, p. 100.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:1: Fill of Early West Branch of Great Drain=Middle Drain

Filling of Middle Drain (Tr. H+F in Section Ζ). Sand and gravel filling of the old course of the west branch of the Great Drain, a large (ca. 1.00m. deep and 1.30m. wide) underground channel in the area ... 150-100 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] F 12:5: Well 1

Unfinished well cut in bedrock to the southwest of the Tholos; dumped filling containing much material of the 7th c. B.C. but extending into the 6th ... 7th-ca. 570 B.C ... 7th-ca. 570 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] E 19:1: Grave 1

Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent. Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 408-409, figs. 3-4 and pl. 88 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted.

[Agora Deposit] M 12:2: Mycenaean (?) Grave

Grave of 38 year-old female, head NW, legs drawn up. Apparently unlined cist in bedrock or hard-packed dug-bedrock, its outlines no longer distinguishable from surrounding fill. Above skeleton, a number ... Mycenaean? ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] P 8:9: Mycenaean Pit or Bothros Opposite Pier 17

Mycenaean Pit (Bothros?) opposite Pier 17. Diameter at top 1.30m Estimated Grid ... Mycenaean IIIA:2-B ... P/11,12-8/3,4

[Agora Deposit] U 25:2: Well 6 in ΟΑ

Well 6: archaic. Diameter 1.20m Well on the northwest slope of the Acropolis, below the Klepsydra. There are three fills, all thrown into the unfinished well at the same time (end of 6th- beginning of ... Last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... -7.5m.

[Agora Deposit] N 11:4: Well

Well (diameter 1.10m). Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 39, pl. 16a (marked D).

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:1: Pit tomb, child inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 23 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave IV: SM). Few bones: discarded. JP says 46/ΜΖ-MΗ Negs. KK 99, KK 100, KK 101, X-61, X-62, X-63 PD 433 ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 36, pp. 289-293, figs. 2.193-2.198, pl. 1 ... Kerameikos I, p. 132, as "ein spätes submykenisches Grab".

[Agora Deposit] P-R 6-12: Stoa Construction Fill

Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12) Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Agora

[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 ... Agora

[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 ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora VIII, p. 131 ... Agora XII, p. 398.

[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

[Agora Deposit] G 12:21: Well 2

Circular well cut through the old road after it had gone out of use, and filled probably at the time of the building of the drain and building A, and the throwing of fill over the road ... Ca. 430-400 B.C ... G 12:21 ... G 12:21

[Agora Deposit] P 6:3: Early Roman Pit at P/7-6/4,6

Early Roman pit at P/7-6/4,6 layer Ia in Room 7 of Greek House δ. Black earth fill with much carbon. Plaster, nails, glass, bones (also bones from deposit P 6:4). Coin 5 June 1971 #395 ... Early Roman ... P/7-6/4,6 ... 55.35-55.12m.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:7: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXI)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 11 March 1939 #12-#14 13 March 1939 #4 14 March 1939 #2-#4 Neg. KK 393 ... 11-13 March 1939 18 March 1939 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:11: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXIX)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 7 March 1939 #12-#13 8 March 1939 #4-#5 10 March 1939 #3-#9 Neg. KK 367 ... 7-10 March 1939 ... Coins: 7 March 1939 #12-#13 8 March 1939 #4-#5 10 March 1939 #3-#9

[Agora Deposit] B 15:5: Strosis

South House, Room 12, over pebble mosaic floor. Herulian destruction debris in a house. Coins: 29 April 1956 #1-#7 2 May 1956 #1-#3 9 May 1956 #1 26 May 1956 #1-#4 2 June 1956 #1-#4 PD 1350 ... 9 May 1956 ... South House, Room 12, over pebble mosaic floor. Herulian destruction debris in a ... Coins: 29 April 1956 #1-#7 2 May 1956 #1-#3 9 May 1956 #1 26 May 1956 #1-#4 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 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] C 17:5: Pit or Well Under Building A, Room 2

Pit (Well?) under Building A, Room 2. Coins: 9 May 1949 #1-#2 11 May 1949 #4 12 May 1949 #3 (not a coin, bronze fragment in lotted metal tins ΠΠ 295). Estimated Grid Remains of coloring matter found with ... Hellenistic-Early Roman ... C/12,13-17/11,12

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:6: Infant pot inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXVIII: PG) Shallow oval cutting in natural bedrock lintel of Mycenaean chamber tomb O 7:5, containing a large two-handled cooking pot. Within, the unburned bones of a foetal ... Developed-Later Protogeometric ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 74 ... Agora XIII, pls. 79,b, 83,b.

[Agora Deposit] F 12:4: Well

Primarily late Roman material but some scrappy early Roman. Coins: 5 March 1934 #1-#4 6 March 1934 #1-#3 7 March 1934 #1-#2 8 March 1934 #1-#4 9 March 1934 #1-#4 10 March 1934 #1 ... Ca. A.D. 350 dumped fill ... Coins: 5 March 1934 #1-#4 6 March 1934 #1-#3 7 March 1934 #1-#2 8 March 1934

[Agora Deposit] E 12:1: Disturbed Inhumation Tomb (?)

Eugene Vanderpool ... Disturbed burial: Pocket in bedrock (Grave 11: PG). In some records as Grave XI. No remains. No cutting or traces of burning nearby The coin listed here was found "cleaning bedrock", presumably at the ... Developed to Late Protogeometric ... E 12:1 ... E 12:1

[Agora Deposit] A-B 19-20:1: Great Drain South

Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 384 ... Agora XXI, p. 96 ... Agora XXII, p. 96.

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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 ... Well below Stoa Gutter opposite Pier 1. Heavy dumped filling remarkable among Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 5:2: Drawshaft

Cistern system, 88/ΝΓ (shaft and passages). Apparently a dumped filling of Roman times, drawn mostly from some Hellenistic deposit. Coins: 31 March 1937 #1-#5 1 April 1937 #4-#5 3 April 1937 #1-#2 5 April ... Hellenistic and Roman, 4th c. A.D ... Agora XXII, p. 97 ... Agora XXIX, p. 441 ... Agora XXXII, p. 295.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:2: Small Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] R 12:4: Well in Stoa Shop 3

Well in Stoa Shop 3. Diameter at top 1.20m. The mouth o the well was overlaid by a large conglomerate block placed by the Stoa builders to seal it. Masses of pottery including many water-jars filled the ... Ca 520-480 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:4: Grave in Opisthodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave LI)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave LI in notebook. No mention of bones. Neg. KK 363, XIX-8 (dismantling of the walls of the graves( ... 10 March 1939 16 March 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 12)

[Agora Deposit] E 15:2: Drawshaft, Part of Cistern System at 94/Θ

Part of cistern system at 94/Θ. Coins: 12 March 1934 #7-#9 14 March 1934 #38-#41 ... 275-200 B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 447 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 353.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 10:6: Chamber Tomb by Stoa Pier 12, Burial 10

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb by Stoa Pier 12 (Burial 10). The entire north side of the chamber had been cut away by Stoa Pier 12 and most of the depth by leveling operations in connection with Square Building, ... Early Myc. IIIA ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] C 12:2: Well

A well on Kolonos Agoraios. The upper dumped filling, a heavy deposit of pottery, was separated from the lower filling of similar character by several meters of plain mud. No use filling. Coins: 8 April ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with disturbance of 250-225 B.C ... -18.12m.

[Agora Deposit] E 11:2: Well

Well cut through cistern at 40/Θ on Kolonos Agoraios (E 11:1). Two use periods plus an upper dumped fill from which the following objects: B 319, I 3994, SS 5745, T 1235. Coins: 6 April 1936 #18-#21 7 ... First half of 1st c. A.D. 4th-early 5th c. A.D ... #18-#21 7 April 1936 #1-#7 28 ... 12 June 1936 #1-#22 (dump, lower earth) 12 June 1936

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14.1: a) Undisturbed filling of the building

P 5302 may be from disturbed fill ("soft spot", container B 57, nbp. 1246) ... 12 March-6 April 1935 7 May 1935 ... P 5302 may be from disturbed fill ("soft spot", container B 57, nbp. 1246).