[Agora Deposit] P 21:4: Cistern at 53/NE

Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron). Lower diameter 2.73m. Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] T 18:4: North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building

North of Eleusinion: Loose fill in pit outside Roman Building. 14 inventoried items, 22 objects, 325 sherds. Objects : terracottas; handmade object; large figurine; lamps. Early ware : Gray Minyan; Mycenaean; ... 6th c. B.C. and earlier ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] P 20:3: Pyre

Pyre in north central room of house, measuring 0.50m east-west by 0.35m north-south. Pottery, bone, and burnt material in pit dug into layer IIb (crushed bedrock floor: lot Ω 464, 4th c.) and covered by ... 350-325 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] K 6:1: Well East of Roman Building

Diameter of top of well 0.80m. An early well east of Roman Building, north of Temple of Ares and thus in the region of the Mycenaean cemetery. Sherds almost entirely Mycenaean with nothing later and a ... Mycenaean ... Hesperia 92 (2023), pp. 115, 173, 174, n. 257, fig. 1 ... Agora XIII, pp. 253-254, 274, pl. 61.

[Agora Deposit] O 13-14:1: Destruction Fill in Octagonal Room of Gymnasium and Rooms to North, including basement Room F

Destruction fill in octagonal room of Gymnasium and Rooms to North; also basement room F of late Roman Gymnasium ... Late Roman ... Agora XXXIV, pp. 14-15, 184.

[Agora Deposit] H 10:3: Filling on Original Floor of Building D

Filling on original floor of Primitive Bouleuterion = Building D. Metroon pit η. H 10:2 is also contemporary with the construction of the building ... Third quarter 6th c. B.C ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, pp. 14-15.

[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(?) ... Hesperia 92 (2023), pp. 115, 120, 173, 174, n. 46, fig. 1 ... Agora XIII, pp. 254-255, 274, pl. 61.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:10: Well

Well under Poros Building Drain at 62/ΛΣΤ, west of the Areopagus. Digging abandoned at 6.10m due to a collapse of the soft bedrock at the west. Small amount of supplementary filling was added in the upper ... Ca. 520-480 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] T 24:3: Well 8 in ΟΑ

Well 8: Archaic. On the northwest slope of the Acropolis. Depth from surface of rock, -16.10m. Diameter top ca. 0.90; bottom ca 0.80m. Water level, ca. -9m ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 15, p. 126, 134 ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Agora X, p. 68.

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:5: Pyre

Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 2, pp. 100-101, figs. 4, 15, 19, 20 ... Agora XXIX, p. 467.

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[Agora Deposit] U-V 19:1: Well South of Soft Yellow Poros Foundation

Well South of Soft Yellow Poros Foundation. Dumped filling of a collapsed well, that, due to hazardous conditions, could not be cleared below- 2.50m. The well was partly cut on the east side by a Byzantine ... Protogeometric-Early Geometric II, ca. 850 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] F 5:1: Cistern

Evidence of stratification into five layers, although joins between the layers. Layer VI added when the construction of the Roman building above required it. No subdivisions assigned. Flask-shaped cistern ... Early 3rd-late 2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 15, 17, 18, 71, 153, nn. 32, 7 ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Agora XII, p. 389.

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[Agora Deposit] B 14:5: Pit

A flask-shaped storage pit or cellar, cut in the rock at the south edge of the levelled top of Kolonos Agoraios. Filled late in first quarter of 6th. c. B.C. (2.95m from east to west by 2.70m from north ... First quarter 6th. c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:5: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 5 in notebook. The grave had been somewhat disturbed by the digging of Well B. The hydria lay on its side; in it was found the skeleton of a small child lying on its side with the knees drawn up ... Late 8th-early 7th c. B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] H 6:5: Well by Stoa Pier 3

A very homogeneous dumped filling and no period of use. Apparently a failure as a well. T 263-T 289 resorted and reduced August 1967. Cf. BI 157 "from behind the curbing of the well by Stoa pier 3." Estimated ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:4: Pyre

Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ. Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w). The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 1, pp. 98-100, figs. 6, 7, 15-18 ... Agora XXIX, p. 467.

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:4: Cistern

Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C ... Agora

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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 ... Grave XVII in notebook = RSY Grave 15. Only lower half of skeleton preserved.

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[Agora Deposit] M 12:1: Cist Grave in

Mycenaean Grave. One of the first Mycenaean burials found in the Agora. It consisted of a regular cist, carefully cut with vertical sides and a flat bottom, measuring 1.90m by 0.55m. There were apparently ... LH III (c. 1200) ... 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 ... Agora

[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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), pp. 8-15, fig. 9 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora XII, p. 392.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:6: Urn Cremation/The Rich Athenian Lady

Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97. Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 15, pp. 124-176, figs. 2.70-2.100, 3.21-3.24, pls. VI,

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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 ... H/14,15-12/10,11

[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] 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

[Agora Deposit] O-R 7-10: Construction Fill

Square Peristyle (Square Building) Constructions fill + other (square peristyle area); fragmentary and with some earlier material but in the main, where undisturbed, a homogenous deposit. Coins: 26 May ... Βefore 300 B.C ... Agora Guide, pp. 76-78, fig. 15 (plan) ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora XII, p. 396.

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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 ... Hesperia 15 (1946), pp. 265-336, pls. 25-69 ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora X, p. 67.

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[Agora Deposit] N 21:6: Disturbed inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Bones discarded. Burial lies over dromos of Mycenaean chamber tomb N 21-22:1. The roots of a tree had upturned the bones, but the head probably lay at the northeast ... Middle Geometric II ... Agora

[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] 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 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... the Agora area. The dromos ... width; 0.15m thickness), lay

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4: Satyr Cistern

Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 73, n. 15 ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora XII, p. 395.

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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

[Agora Deposit] R 13:10: Courtyard Well

Courtyard Well (R/15-13/20). The well went out of use as a result of the Herulian sack of 267 A.D. in the upper part of the well the well-head itself was found, one of the finest in the Agora collection ... 27 June-15 July 1975 ... Courtyard Well (R/15-13/20). The well went out of ... of the finest in the Agora

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:6: Cist Tomb, Child Inhumation

Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave to NW of Stoa Pier 19 (Tomb no. 5 in notebook). In some records as Grave XLII. It consisted of a rectangular pit, oriented north-south, cut into bedrock. The sides of the pit were lined and the ... Earlier-Developed Protogeometric ... Agora XIV, p. 13, pl. 19a-c ... Agora XXVII, p. 229 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 70, pp. 445-450, figs. 2.328, 2.329, 2.332-2.337.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:18: Drainin Corridor of Poros Building

Drain in corridor of Poros Building. Deposit is from the period of use of the drain. Cf. also containers 140 and 602 ... Late 5th-early 4th c. B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] K 15:1

Now I-O 15:1. Asterisk: K 15:1* ... K 15:1 ... K 15:1

[Agora Deposit] H 12:15.1: Well POU

Estimated Grid ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] H 12:15.4: Upper dumped fill

Estimated Grid ... H/14,15-12/10,11