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[Agora Deposit] M 21:2: Tomb of the Bronzes

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Burials ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 154-158 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), pp. 381-396 ... Agora XIII, pp. 170-177, 274, pls. 34-36, 66-67, 76-77, 81 (Tomb III).

[Agora Deposit] M 21:3: Disturbed Chamber Tomb

Small Mycenaean Chamber Tomb ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 158 ... Agora XIII, pp. 177-178, 274, pls. 37, 81 (Tomb IV).

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:1: Pit Tomb, Adolescent Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Rectangular pit, oriented east-west, cut party into filling of Early Protogeometric pit-well (I 18:4), to a preserved depth of about 0.30m. A late Byzantine wall founded below the floor of the grave destroyed ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 158-159, pl. 41, 1 ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 352-359, pls. 75b, 76, 77a ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 18, pp. 185-199, figs. 2.107-2.115.

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[Agora Deposit] A-B 18:1: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean tomb: Myc. III A:1-2. SAI Small rectangular chamber, 2.30m wide by 1.80m deep,, entered from the east through a dromos 1.10m wide which contracted to a doorway 0.92m. wide. the doorway preserved ... 2nd half of 14th c ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 163-165 ... Agora XIII, pp. 178-180, 274, pls. 37, 76, 82 (Tomb V).

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:2: Simple Trench Cremation

(Grave XXIX: EG). Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded. Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 359-362, pl. 77, b-e ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 159 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 19, pp. 199-204, figs. 2.116-2.118.

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[Agora Deposit] J 18:4: Pit B

Thamneus' Cellar, a storage cellar on the north slope of the Areopagus. Lower filling of mid-6th c. B.C., upper filling of last quarter of 6th c. B.C ... 6th c. B.C ... ΑΡ:17

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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 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 170-171, fig. 7 ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 366-367 ... Agora XIV, pp. 189-190, fig. 48, pl. 97c.

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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 ... #1-#17 22 March 1948 #1-#33, #36-#40 5 April 1948 #18 7 April 1948 #1 4 May 1949

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:3: Simple Trench Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 43 (1974), pp. 362-365, pl. 78, a-d ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 159 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 20, pp. 204-213, 537-538, figs. 2.119-2.125, pl. VIII.

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:1: Komos Cistern

Komos Cistern at 66/Κ, on the north slope of the Areopagus. Homogeneous fill. Thirty-four stamped amphora handles. Eight Histiaian tetrobols, dating 170-160 at the earliest, found near top, possibly an ... Last quarter of 3rd c. B.C.-Early 2nd century B.C ... Coins: 14 May 1947 #1-#5 15 May 1947 #1-#4 16 May 1947 #1-#5 17 May 1947 #1-#4

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[Agora Deposit] C 17:2: Pyre North of House G

North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13). Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 166-167 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 129-130, pl. 54 a (Pyre 13) ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 37, pp. 146, 147, figs. 4, 6, 67, 76, 77.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18-19:1: Ostrakon Area

Pit (6x10) in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of the Nymphs. Large cutting in bedrock with 540 ostraka, mainly of the late eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. Much pottery, principally of the early ... Ca. 500-450 B.C ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 193 ... Agora XXV, pp. 20-22, 163 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253.

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:4: Pit tomb, inhumation of two children

James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit. PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ. [In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 303-304, 350-351, no. 75 (AA 29) pl. LI (read ΠΘ where KK on ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 23-24, figs. 21-22 (PD 429) ... Desborough (1952), pp. 71-74, 85 ("an early tomb"), pp. 99-100.

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[Agora Deposit] A 17:1: Well on Lower Slope of Hill of the Nymphs

A well on the lower slope of the Hill of the Nymphs, (diam. 1.20m -water level -7m), to 7.90m. The scanty use filling at the bottom contained water jars and pitchers as well as the inventoried objects; ... Second quarter of 6th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 17 (1948), p. 184, pl. 65, 2-3 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:3: Drawshaft, "Kybele Cistern"

Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios. Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic. Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... Hesperia 35 (1966), pp. 252-259 ... Agora XXVI, pp. 306-307 ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 352-353.

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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 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 275-297, figs. 2-12, pls. 66-72. ... Coldstream (1968), pp. 10-13, pl. I, a-j ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 11, pp. 77-101, figs. 2.31-2.52, 3.17, pl. VI.