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[Agora Deposit] G 12:4: Urn-burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 4 in notebook. Amphora, no other pots but carbonized remains of food offerings. Over urn two stone slabs, on top, mass of small stones containing Late Geometric sherd ... Late Geometric ... Agora

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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 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 72 ... Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 325 ... 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 XII, p. 385 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 93-95, pl. 42 a-c (Grave 12).

[Agora Deposit] H-I 14:1: Kleiner Coin Deposit III

Hellenistic fill South of Middle Stoa near NW corner of Heliaea. This fill contained material later in date than that which made up the middle Stoa Building Fill. Only the coins (and a few amphora handles ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Agora XXVI, p. 309 ... Agora XXXVII, pp. 78, 223.

[Agora Deposit] H-I 7-8:1: "Burnt Layer"

Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square. Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 209 ... #1-#4 8 March 1933 #1-#2 9 March 1933 #1-#12 10 March 1933 #1-#9 and #10-#12 11

[Agora Deposit] H 12:2: Pit

At the top was roughly square, but below was rounded. The walls were built of small stones laid without much effort where large ancient blocks ( some belonging to Great Drain) formed the sides. At the ... Turkish ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] J 5:2: Crossroads Enclosure

Enclosure within Roman Circular Building. The finds apparently reflect the entire area inside the enclosure. Pottery lot ΒΓ 515 identifies the deposit as layer 10 and coin #895 from layer 11 says "layer ... 12-18 August 1971 9-10 May 1972 ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] R 9:2: Double Well by E. Entrance to Square Building (Well A)

Double Well by E. Entrance to Square Building (Well A) (formely a O 8:1) Coin 21 April 1951 #1 (disintegrated) Carefull there is two O 8:1, the actual one is a filling around rubble wall at 35/ KE. Estimated ... 750 to early 7th century B.C ... R 9:2 ... R 9:2

[Agora Deposit] G-I 11-12: Investigations in the area of the Tholos

Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits. This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates ... G 12

[Agora Deposit] F 12:3: Well

Associated with the Tholos. Originally a well but after it had been in use for a short time the shaft was partially filled in and the upper part widened to form a large cistern. The pottery falls into ... 335-250 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 389.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:3: Pithos Child Burial

Grave 2 in notebook. Child of about two (or 10?) months, body placed in plain pithos, which rested on its side at the bottom of a pit; the mouth closed with a stone slab. The burial forms a group with ... 750-725 B.C ... Grave 2 in notebook ... stone slab. The burial forms ... graves (D 16:2, D 16:4) set in

[Agora Deposit] E 7:2: Ostrakon Pit

Same filling as Theseion Street Deposit D 7:2 but separate list. Perhaps also P 7904. Area disturbed by Turkish (50-56/ΜΓ-ΜΣΤ). This is 3-4 m. west of Hephaisteion, and the hole was probably filled at ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... as D 7:2 and formed part ... Street Deposit D 7:2 but separate list. Perhaps also P

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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 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII) ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 330 (mentioned) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 13, pp. 104-118, 531-533, figs. 2.55-2.64, 3.18-3.20, pl. V.

[Agora Deposit] I 14:2: Pithos Settling Basin

Located in front of west end of Stepped Retaining Wall, Heliaia. Filled in and covered in last stages of grading of area after construction of Middle Stoa. Pottery from settling basin nondescript. Single ... 175-150 B.C ... I 14:2 ... I 14:2

[Agora Deposit] E 12:2: Pit

A circular cutting in bedrock ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 387.

[Agora Deposit] Q 12:2: Well in Stoa Terrace Opposite Pier 2

Well in Stoa Terrace opposite Pier 2. Diameter 1.10m. Well cut with steps on both sides. No water. was probably not much used, although part of a well head was found at 4.50m Estimated Grid ... Into 600-575 B.C ... Q 12:2 ... Q 12:2

[Agora Deposit] H 12:19: Pocket in Floor of Middle Drain

See also H 12:1. Coins: 22 February 1938 #2-#37 ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... H 12:19 ... H 12:19

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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

[Agora Deposit] B 12:2: Drawshaft

Cistern system on Kolonos Agoraios; shaft leading to chamber (76/ΝΘ) Coins: 4 June 1936 #1-#4 ... 3rd. c ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] R 12:2: Geometric Well East of Stoa Room 4

Geometric Well East of Stoa Room 4. Diameter 1.10m; narrows at bottom. Rough-cut, with irregular footholds north-south and east-west sides. Little water; no use fill Estimated Grid ... 725-700 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 131 ... Agora XXVII, p. 232.

[Agora Deposit] Q 12:4: Tiled Well in Stoa Terrace opposite Shop 2

Tiled well in Stoa Terrace opposite Shop 2 Estimated Grid ... Byzantine ... Tiled well in Stoa Terrace opposite Shop 2

[Agora Deposit] F 10:2: A. Walker Coin Deposit at 12/ΛΖ in Β

Red sandy earth at inner corner of heavy late wall at 12/ΛΖ. A. Walker coin deposit. Coins: 27 March 1934 #1-#12 28 March 1934 #1-#2 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... Coins: 27 March 1934 #1-#12 28 March 1934 #1-#2 ... Red sandy earth at inner corner of heavy late wall at 12/ΛΖ. A. Walker coin deposit.

[Agora Deposit] I 12:2: North Pit

Civic Offices, North Pit, Room 1. Filling mixed to Hellenistic; some archaic material ... Prehistoric- 6th c. B.C.- Hellenistic ... Agora XII, p. 393.

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[Agora Deposit] F 5:2: Sacrificial Pyre under Room 18 in House 3

Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos: In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Agora XII, p. 389 ... Agora XXIX, p. 448.

[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 ... Agora XXII, p. 97 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294.

[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 ... Coins: 8 April 1936 #1-#2 9 April 1936 #1 25 May 1936 #1 26 May 1936 #1

[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 ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Agora XII, p. 396 ... Agora XXIII, p. 334.

[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 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXXII, p. 299.

[Agora Deposit] Q 13:4: Roman Water Mill Destruction Fill

Roman Water Mill: Destruction fill on floor and in pit. Includes also fill from mill drain and in manhole at 14/ΛΣΤ, plus gravel fill of gully formed after construction and probably after destruction of ... Second half 6th c. A.D ... Agora VII, p. 228 ... Agora XXXII, p. 303 ... Hayes (1972), p. 345.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:2: Road Fills

Area of early road and Geometric Cemetery: late, disturbed or uncertain levels. Includes Geometric/Proto Attic material thrown in the Turkish well at 35/Δ. Includes between road and bedrock in Β'. Four ... 5 May 1934 19-23 March 1935 2 April 1935 ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Agora XII, p. 390 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 105-138.

[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 ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXXII, p. 293 ... Agora XXXIV, pp. 12-13, 178.

[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 ... Coins: 12 March 1934 #7-#9 14 March 1934 #38-#41

[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/3,4-12/6,7 ... -12.3m.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:6: Well

Coins: 19 July 1995 #1254 20 July 1995 #1252 21 July 1995 #1268 Three additional finds, A 4916, IL 1909, T 4387, are from outside the well proper and not in the finds list but cf. pp. 7243, 7245 and section ... 4th-12th c. A.D ... J 2:6 ... J 2:6

[Agora Deposit] H-I 12:1: Burnt Layers

Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ: 1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226 ... Agora XXXII, p. 299.

[Agora Deposit] Q 18:2: Well

5th-6th c. A.D ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] D 12:2: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C ... pottery in D 12:2 and D 11:4 ... the 1st c. A.D. (p. 3149) ... Coins: 25 February 1936 #2-#3 26 February 1936 #1 27

[Agora Deposit] H 16:2: Cistern Chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ)

Cistern chamber at 52/Θ (53/Θ). Part of the H-I 16-17 system. Cf. S.E. Tunnel (container 147) and west and north passages (container 156). Upper fill: (packing for LR mosaic floor) Lower fill: Hellenistic ... Hellenistic-Late Roman ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] G 13:12: Coin Deposit in Ζ

Sandy Intrusion. Coins: 15 May 1933 #1-#25 A. Walker coin deposit ... 2nd c. A.D ... G 13:12 ... G 13:12

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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

[Agora Deposit] C 14:2: Cistern

According to the excavator " a pre-herulian filling dumped in to fill the cistern some few years after the Herulian destruction". Coins: 10 June 1936 #2-#6 11 June 1936 #1-#19 12 June 1936 #23-#27 P 11936 ... A.D. 267 to mid 3rd c ... Agora VII, p. 224 ... Agora XXI, p. 97 ... Agora XXXII, p. 294.

[Agora Deposit] R 12:5: Pre-Stoa Pit beneath Floor of Shop I

Pre-Stoa Pit beneath floor of Shop I ... 2nd c. B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] K 10:1: Turkish Pit

Coins: 2 May 1935 #1-#4 ... Turkish ... Coins: 2 May 1935 #1-#4

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[Agora Deposit] P-Q 7-8:1: Artisan Grave

Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Grave to W. of "Court Room" below Stoa Terrace with "Ballot Box" (Grave XXIX). Unusual type, conforming neither to our pit nor to our cist graves, and consisted of two parts. The outer part was ... Mycenaean III A-B ... Agora

[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.?) ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora XXI, p. 96 ... Agora XXXII, p. 292.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:19: Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2 ... Late Geometric ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] B 18:12: Well

Diameter 0.83m. Water level -4.20m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.60m. Heavy deposit of pottery throughout; stamped amphora handles, five Knidian; one Rhodian; one Parian. Semi-coarse stamnos; funnel-mouthed ... Ca. 120 B.C ... B 18:12 ... B 18:12

[Agora Deposit] M 11:3: Well

7th c. well below east part of Odeion Cavea Trench K). Use filling negligible; dumped filling of the second half of the 7th c. B.C. Brann Well H. Diameter 1.10m. Cut into bedrock. During excavation seepage ... 650-600 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] H 12:12: A. Walker Coin Deposit in ΜΣ

Horos terrace trench Layer III, under line of tiles. Coins: 19 March 1953 #16-#17 ... 2nd c. A.D ... Walker (1980), p.78, no. 73.

[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 ... Agora XII, p. 391 ... Agora XXIII, p. 332 ... Agora XXX, p. 363.

[Agora Deposit] B 12:6: Footing trench

Pit along house wall foundations to south = footing trench. Uncertain context, possibly no later than ca. 425 B.C ... 450-400 B.C ... B 12:6 ... B 12:6

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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

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:24: Inhumation with Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric ... and Hesp. Suppl. 2, p. 44). Originally F 12:2 ... 20, recorded with G 12:24 (P 5497-P 5504). Pyre ... but recorded with G 12

[Agora Deposit] F 12:6: Well 3

Possibly a short period of use but chiefly a debris filling including a number of fragments from disturbed early burials. Two pot fragments, believed to be from lower body of P 18525, added from Well 3 ... Ca. 575-550 B.C ... F 12:6 ... F 12:6

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:22: Refuse Dump in Tholos Trench E

Located in Tholos Trench E, beneath floor, beneath layer III. Diameter 1m. Cf. P 4952 with fragment from this deposit and E-F 12-14.2. Similar the well filling, H 6:5 Originally called H 12:5 Ann Steiner ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] B 14:2: Well on South Slope of Kolonos Agoraios

Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Use filling of late 1st. to late 2nd. c. A.D.; dumped filling of 4th. c. A.D. Coins: 24 April 1937 #2 27 April 1937 #6-#12 28 April 1937 #2 29 April 1937 #2 8 May ... 1st.-4th c. A.D ... Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Use filling of late 1st. to late 2 ... Coins: 24 April 1937 #2 27 April 1937 #6-#12 28 April 1937 #2 29 April 1937 ... .2=19.50-20.70m. POU.

[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 ... R/10,11-12/9,10

[Agora Deposit] B 20:7: Well

Grid notation in error as 99/ΚΑ sometimes. A well (diameter 1.20m; diameter inside tiles at bottom 0.85m) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, at the bottom of the valley, about 10.00m. east of ... 3rd. c. B.C ... depth of over 2m., forming an ... Subdivisions: .1=Fills 1, 2, 3 .2=Fills 4, 5 .3=Fill 6, POU

[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? ... XXXVII. Cf. M 12:1.

[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 ... Θ:12-16/Β-Ι

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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.) ... See nb. p. 1465 to find grid=7m. east of NW corner of temple ... formed an irregular triangle ... the north: 2.00m wide by 2.85m long. The roof had

[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.

[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 ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora VI, p. 98.

[Agora Deposit] B 12:4: Pit

Filling in a sizeable pit. The objects, along with the dimensions of the cutting from which they came, might suggest offerings in a disturbed grave but there was no evidence of skeletal remains ... Ca. 430-415 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] A 16:4.2: Lower filling

Chronology based VG's analysis of jars and stamps, 12 June 1957. P 25802: Pergamene and Arretine fragments, recorded along with the wine jars, but the pottery apparently not kept separate and these pieces ... To ca. 140 B.C ... Agora

[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 ... Agora

[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 ... F-G 12:1 ... F-G 12:1

[Agora Deposit] B 18:13: Cistern in Room 12

Cistern in Room 12, House C=House N. Simple flask-shaped chamber with draw shaft, in House M, Room 1; no tunnels. Excavated as single fill, but later analysis of material suggested two fills. Coins: 24 ... 4th. c. B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 437 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 345 ... Agora XXXVII, p. 218.

[Agora Deposit] F 12:8: Disturbed Burial Set into a Cutting in Hardpan

Disturbed burial set into a cutting in hardpan. No lot ... 2nd half of 5th c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:13: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 6 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXII: PG). Bones discarded. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). JP Roughly rectangular trench cut through hard earth into bedrock to a depth of about 0.35m, approximately ... Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 368 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 52, pp. 358-370, figs. 2.180, 2.251-2.256, pl. IV.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:2: Drawshaft

Drawshaft of a complex cistern system with two chambers (D 11:4, E 11:1), two more drawshafts (D 11:3, D 12:2), and two blind tunnels, all of which were filled later than D 11;2. Coins: 26 March 1936 #1 ... 300-215 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14: Building Fill in B'

Fillings in and to the north of Building A/Poros Building/Greek Building ("Strategeion"), the accumulation mostly a late archaic dump, but not deposited till near the middle of the century. Most of the ... First half of 5th c. to ca. 460-450 B.C ... E-F 12-14 ... E-F 12-14

[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.

[Agora Deposit] I 9:1: Metroon-Drain Cut

Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road. For levels in the same road further south, see F-G ... 575-525 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] C 12:3: Pit

Fillings in an irregular cutting, the context at one end is of the early 5th. c. and at the other end of the second half of the 5th. c ... Early 5th c. B.C ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] E 19:3: Grave 3, Inhumation of 24-Year-Old Man

Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 403-407, pls. 88, figs. 1 and 2.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:7: Pit Tomb, Child (?) Inhumation

Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave north of Stoa Pier 19 (Grave 6). In some records as Grave XLIII. Unlined rectangular pit cut into a shallow depression in bedrock that was formed by the collapse of the roof of Mycenaean Chamber ... Developed Protogeometric ... Agora XXVII, p. 229 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 58 (noted) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 71, pp. 450-453, figs. 2.328, 2.329, 2.332, 2.337, 2.338.

[Agora Deposit] S 19:1: Well at 19/ΛΓ

Well at 19/ΛΓ. The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5. Top to -8.5m: Byzantine dump to 11-12th c. A.D. -8.50m to -15.00m: 4th ... Mid 3rd century A.D ... Agora V, p. 127 ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:4: Gravelly Pocket Beside Drain

Actually in 38/ΙΕ, nbp. 766). Pit contained at top much pottery and a few coins; sand for about 0.70m below, produced little pottery but many coins including some 2nd century Imperial and one of Salonica ... 3rd c. A.D ... some 2nd century Imperial ... Coins: 10 May 1933 #84-#86 11 May 1933 #1-#76 12 May 1933 #8-#16

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[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:3: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 19 in notebook. Bones only AA 3. Length 2.15m; width 0.63m; depth 0.52m. Woman' skeleton with head at north. Cover slabs piled at foot of grave, probably by the diggers of Well J 18:8, who rifled ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 305, no. 82 (Grave XXXI) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), p. 98 and figs. 1, 29-30, 68 (Grave XXI) ... Agora VIII, pp. 126-127.

[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 ... Agora XXIII, p. 331 ... Agora XXIX, p. 450.

[Agora Deposit] F 15:2: Cistern

A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493). Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... F 15:2 ... F 15:2

[Agora Deposit] C 12:1: Well

(Roman Group J). The upper fill to a depth of ca. 16.00m. was of earth scooped up elsewhere and thrown in ... The latest piece noted from this fill was a TC fragment dated late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. From ... 2nd.-3rd. c. A.D ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] K 12:1: Well

Well I: PG, ELS. The collapsed well north of the Middle Stoa Terrace. This pit, or shallow well, into which a Turkish storage pit lined with stones was set, produced purely Proto-Geometric pottery and ... Protogeometric ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), p. 152, n. 39.

[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] G 12:12: Inhumation of an Adult

Grave 11 in notebook. Grave disturbed by diggers of pit A. Only skull and left arm of man's skeleton remained in position, head toward N.E. Cover slabs were piled near head ... Late Geometric ... G 12:12 ... G 12:12

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:25: Inhumation, Probably of a Man

Grave 21 in notebook. Grave twice disturbed. Of the skeleton only the thigh bones were found. No offerings. Objects listed in nb. as from Grave 21 are taken to be with grave 20 (probably pyre objects) ... Late Geometric ... Agora VIII, p. 128 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), p. 98, figs. 1, 29, 31 (Grave XXII).

[Agora Deposit] D 11:8: Cistern C

Cistern C (pit) in West Room of late Roman House. Mixed dump of material, with a little Classical, much Roman dating at least as late as 3rd century A.D., and large amount of late Hellenistic. Coins: 1 ... Late Hellenistic and Roman ... D/12,13-11/11,12 ... -2.7m.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:10: Pit Below Early Road-Drain, Tholos Trench L

Beneath layer 11. "Despite its extreme irregularity this pit may be an early well, for it would seem definitely to be an artificial cutting and sherds were found in its lowest part," (Nbp. 2095). Contemporary ... SubMycenaean ... -2.2m.

[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

[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 (?) ... Agora

[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 ... 12 June 1936 #1-#22 (dump, lower earth) 12 June 1936 ... Subdivisions: .1=second POU. .2=first POU.

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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) ... B 10:2 ... B 10:2

[Agora Deposit] H 15:2: Well

Well (Hole) at 19/Ι(ΙΑ). Collapsed well creating a hole above; mixed fill in hole, early Byzantine in well proper. Coins: 26 April 1934 #12 27 April 1934 #28 28 April 1934 #38 1 May 1934 #3 ... Early Byz ... Agora XXIX, p. 455.

[Agora Deposit] D 11:4: Drawshaft

Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Objects with context as "cistern 44ΙΓ, mouth of 46/ΙΑ" are listed with D 12:2. The following objects are from "earth", i.e. no context layer: SS 5334, ... Late Hellenistic-Early Roman ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora X, p. 67 ... Agora XII, p. 387.

[Agora Deposit] R 20:2: Well at 3/ΛΔ

Excavation terminated at 7.39m. due to danger of collapse. All the objects are from section Ω ... Ca. 50-1 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E 14:7: Well C

Two periods of use. Outside the SW corner of the market square, to the west of the north-south road; lower use of filling, of 1st to early 2nd c. A.D. Coins: 26 May 1937 #1 [to 8.30m.] 9 June 1937 #2-#4 ... 10 -11 June 1935 20 May-20 June 1937 ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 353.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:11: Well

A well about 2.00m. SE of the Tholos precinct wall. The presence of the water-clock strengthens the probability, suggested by its location, that the well served one of the public buildings in the neared ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] E 17:1: Well

Use filling of early to late 2nd c. A.D., and dumped filling of late 2nd c. Coins: 16 April 1948 #1-#6 17 April 1948 #5 28 April 1948 #1 ... POU 2nd c. A.D ... POU 2nd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] S 19:5: Pit at 18-20/Λ-ΛΓ

Pit at 18-20/Λ-ΛΓ. The cistern S 19:3 and the well S 19:8, together with a Roman well, S 19:1, had collapsed to form a large pit S 19:5. The upper part of the pit was dug to a depth of ca. -8m as deposit ... 7-8 April 1938 28 April-26 May 1938 ... Agora XII, p. 399, under S 19:3 ... Agora XXIX, p. 472.