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[Agora Deposit] D 7:7: Pit tomb, infant inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 22 in notebook. No offerings. Disturbed grave of baby ... LH IIIC/EPG (date uncertain) ... Grave 22 in notebook. No offerings. Disturbed grave of baby.

[Agora Deposit] D 6:7: Well

Well dug through bedrock-settling basin of cistern at 69/ΜΗ. Coins: 21 May 1936 #24-#26 22 May 1936 #14 29 May 1936 #2-#4 2 June 1936 #1-#3 3 June 1936 #2-#4 4 June 1936 #4-#6 Cf. also container ΚΚ 336 ... 3rd c. A.D ... Coins: 21 May 1936 #24-#26 22 May 1936 #14 29 May 1936 #2-#4 2 June 1936 #1-#3

[Agora Deposit] D 11:3: Drawshaft

Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:2: Well

Construction and upper fills. Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ... Filling ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:3: Cistern

A small flask-shaped cistern on the lower southeast slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Lined with hydraulic cement and containing a large quantity of glazed table ware and a fair amount of coarse ware; a homogeneous ... 350-325 B.C ... D 15:3 ... D 15:3

[Agora Deposit] D 16:5: Well I

Abandoned digging at 6.25m. due to water level. Tile well could be associated with a bit of late Roman wall to the south, with floor level about one meter above that of pebble floor. Well tiles were not ... 14-22 April 1948 ... D 16:5 ... D 16:5

[Agora Deposit] D 17:3: Cistern at 65/KH

Cistern at 65/ΚΗ (and Channel). Cistern in the northwest room of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. Part of the same system as D 17:4 and D 17:5, the chambers connected by long tunnels ... 300-250 B.C ... D 17:3 ... D 17:3

[Agora Deposit] D 4:1: West Chamber

Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m. The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C ... filling second half 1st c. A.D ... 1st-early 2nd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:4: Pit

Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. B. C. and earlier, but perhaps dumped in 3rd c. B.C. Upper filling mixed to Roman (4th c. A.D.). Pottery in container (9-22-58) is mostly second half of 4th ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with late-3rd-century disturbance ... D 15:4 ... D 15:4

[Agora Deposit] D 10:1: Thiseion Cistern A (1935)

Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) Coins: 16 May 1935 #4-#5 17 May 1935 #1-#2 18 May 1935 #1-#2 20 May 1935 #1-#2 22 May 1935 #1 23 May 1935 #2-#6 24 May 1935 #1-#7 25 ... 16-25 May 1935 6 February 1936 ... Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) ... 22 May 1935 #1 23 May 1935

[Agora Deposit] D 12:1: Well

Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D. Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549. Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century ... D 12:1 ... D 12:1

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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 ... inscription. According to Young

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:6: Pyre in Cut in E-W Street

Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus. RSY-Pyre. Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C ... D 16:6 ... D 16:6

[Agora Deposit] D 12:1.5: Well Deposit, Bottom Fill 2

22-23 May 1936 ... D 12:1.5 ... D 12:1.5

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1.4: Fill D.

Scanty filling on floor of lower chamber and from mud in north passage. Estimated Grid ... 2nd c. A.D ... 2nd c. A.D ... U/15,16-22/15,16

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:5: Inhumation, probably young male

Grave VI in notebook = RSY Grave 10. PD 731-d Ptg. 251 ... Ca. 520-525 B.C ... Inhumation, probably young male

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:11: Urn burial

Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3. Bones of a young child found inside. Discarded? ... 6th. c. B.C ... Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3. Bones of a young child found inside.

[Agora Deposit] D-E 18-19: Road

West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman ... D-E 18-19 ... D-E 18-19

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers). Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... #1-#22

[Agora Deposit] U 22:3: Well at 20/ΙΔ

A great shaft 2.65m in diameter and over 10m deep cut out in the mid 1st c. to serve in some connection with the Brick Shaft system (U 22:1). Filled in to top (layer 2) in late 1st- early 2nd c. A.D. with ... 18 March 1937, 1-13 April 1937, 24 May-14 June 1937 ... 22:1). Filled in to top (layer ... c. A.D. with a fill of ... century A.D. (with Hellenistic

[Agora Deposit] S 22:2: Well at 43/ΙΕ

Well at the southeast corner, almost on the line of the east-west street. Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill. Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D. Coin 30 March 1939 #34 ... 7th-Late 6th century ... Upper Fill: Late Roman dumped fill. Lower Fill: Dark Age: ca. 7th c. A.D. Coin

[Agora Deposit] A 14:1.1: Fill I

Coins: 23 April 1937 #1-#16 d22.80m. (bottom)-22.25m.d ... 2nd. c. B.C. POU ... d22.80m. (bottom)-22.25m.d.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:2: Well East of Circular Building

Well East of Circular Building, at 25/ΙΗ. Well dug originally in 5th c. B.C. and probably had POU fill. In 2nd c. A.D. the shaft was intersected by a horizontal vaulted brick tunnel belonging to the Brick ... 5th c. B.C.(?) ... U 22:2 ... U 22:2

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1

Well C - Passage, belongs with II - Brick Shaft. All dumped fills. No objects catalogued from Well C of section ΟΑ. One object (I 5422) catalogued from modern fill in shaft, one from dump (I 5545). Coins: ... 2nd c. A.D.- Byzantine ... Subdivisions: .1=Fill A. .2=Fill B. .3=Fill C. .4=Fill D. Estimated Grid

[Agora Deposit] A 18:2: Cremation in NN

Rodney Young ... Grave. RSY Grave 50. Outside archaic cemetery on the lower slopes of the Hill of the Nymphs, cremation burial. Roughly square pit (0.80x1.00m). This pit contained a heavy deposit of cinders and ash; its ... Beginning of the last quarter of the 6th century ... Rodney Young

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1.2: Fill B.

Fill in shaft; upper fill in lower chamber; fill in vaulted chamber. Coins: 29 April 1937 #1-#8 5 May 1937 #1-#27 26 May 1937 #1-#12 27 May 1937 #1-#10 28 May 1937 #1-#6 24 March 1938 #3-#7 12 June 1939 ... Late 4th c. A.D ... U 22:1.2 ... U 22:1.2

[Agora Deposit] U 22:1.3: Fill C.

Lower fill in shaft; upper and lower drain filling; shaft, in upper chambers. Coins: 31 March 1938 #1 9 May 1939 #1-#2 20 June 1939 #1 Estimated Grid ... Late 2nd-earliest 3rd c. A.D ... U 22:1.3 ... U 22:1.3

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:14: Urn-Burial of Two Infants

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 13 in notebook. Two skeletons of small children lay in a pithos which had been put on its side; its mouth was stopped by a stone slab. Most offerings were inside the pithos, but two kantharoi and ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 36-41, figs. 1, 22-25, 73 (Grave IX).

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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 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 41.

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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 ... ILN, July 22, 1939.

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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 ... Rodney S. Young

[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 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 39, pl. 16a (marked D).

[Agora Deposit] A 14:1.2: Fill II

Coins: 22 April 1937 #1-#5 Containers 7-5 ... Second half of 1st. c. A.D. POU ... Second half of 1st. c. A.D. POU ... -22.25--21.3m.

[Agora Deposit] M 17:1.10: Well

Containers 17-22. Coins: 5 April 1937 #1-#2 (disintegrated) ... 2nd half 5th c. A.D ... 2nd half 5th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] N 17:1: Well

Stratified well; very late Roman verging on Byzantine. Coins 19 April 1939 #1-#8 22 April 1939 #1-#2 25 April 1939 #1 15 May 1939 #1 Subdivisions: .1=0.00-15.25m. .2=15.25-21.00m. .3=21.00-22.00m ... 3rd-5th c. A.D. 9th c A.D ... Coins 19 April 1939 #1-#8 22 April 1939 #1-#2 25 April 1939 #1 15 May 1939 #1 ... Subdivisions: .1=0.00-15.25m. .2=15.25-21.00m. .3=21.00-22.00m.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:18: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 17 in notebook. No offerings. Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. RSY Lot Β 304 Fill over Grave 17 ... Early 6th century B.C (?) ... Rodney S. Young

[Agora Deposit] N 17:1.3: Well at 18/Η

Containers 43-47. Coins: 22 April 1939 #1-#2 25 April 1939 #1 15 May 1939 #1 ... 3rd c. A.D ... Coins: 22 April 1939 #1-#2 25 April 1939 #1 15 May 1939 #1

[Agora Deposit] B 13:2: Well

Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c. Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins: 21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... -22.5m.

[Agora Deposit] C 13:2.6: Fill VI

One fragment of "A" ware; no "D" ware or gouged ware; several basket-handled water jars and two amphorae ... 2nd. c. A.D ... 2nd. c. A.D ... -23.35--22.38m.

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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 ... the 1st c. A.D., and must