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[Agora Deposit] N 21:5: Disturbed Tomb with Cist Grave

Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb. The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 291.

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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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), pp. 274-291, fig. 15 ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Arch Anz, 1940, cols. 155ff.

[Agora Deposit] Q-R 14:1: Library of Pantainos - Bone factory

First trial east Stoa colonnade, N. of S. wall III, layer 12. Note quantities of cattle bones, the knuckles sawn off and many worked bits. Evidently a bone implement factory near by. [nbp. 2139] Coins: ... Late 3rd c.-earliest 4th c. A.D ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 295 ... Agora VI, p. 100 ... Agora VII, p. 228.

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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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 408-409, figs. 3-4 and pl. 88.

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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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 403-407, pls. 88, figs. 1 and 2.

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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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 304 and fig. 44 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 89-90, pls. 40 b (Grave 7).

[Agora Deposit] D 19:2: Well

Well on the lower west slope of the Areopagus. Tiled well. The tiles were carefully made and clamped together with lead, two clamps at each joint. Several fills but apparently all 2nd c. Material in lowest ... Late 2nd to early 1st c. B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 304 ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora XXIX, p. 444.

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

Klepsydra: Pits or cuttings beneath Paved Court ... Mycenaean ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 7 ... Hesperia 12 (1943), pp. 205ff, 223 ... Hesperia 10 (1941), pp. 7-8.

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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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 303, fig. 43 ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 88-89, fig. 7 and pls. 38 f, 39 a (Grave 5).

[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.

[Agora Deposit] S 22:1: Well at 37/Α

Well at 37/Α, on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of the Panathenaic Way ... 600-550 B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 269, fig. 5 ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Agora XII, p. 399.

[Agora Deposit] G 3:1: Pit

Pit with burned debris north of the ancient road leading from the Agora to the Dipylon Gate, probably to be associated with the Persian sack [deposit notebook]. Also includes a similar filling lying over ... Ca. 500-470 B.C ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 300 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora IV, p. 239.

[Agora Deposit] G 18:1: Well

Dumped filling in a well on the west slope of the Areopagus (apparently separate, no mends between them, but differing little in date) the bottom filling apparently thrown in towards the beginning of the ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. and earlier ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 272 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 343, no. 150 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30.

[Agora Deposit] E 2:3: Foundry Pit

"Foundry Pit": N-S Cut on 50m. line (area of Stoa, Layer VII, with slag). A foundry pit in the courtyard of a small metalworking establishment outside the Agora to the northwest. Both the courtyard and ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... Coins: 9 March 1939 #2

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[Agora Deposit] I 9:2: Burial in Metroon Drain Cut

Side-chamber at the bottom of a circular shaft. AA 27; ST 103 from shaft above burial. PD 427 ... Neolithic ... Hesperia 87 (2018) p. 225 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 291, no. 2 (AA 27) ... A.J.A. 39 (1935), p. 441, fig. 3.

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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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), pp. 301-303, and figs. 41-42 ... A.J.A. 43 (1939), p. 588 and fig. 20 ... Agora XII, p. 385.

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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 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 292 (noted), fig. 34 and marked on plan p. 279, fig ... Agora VIII, p. 130 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 412-413, pls. 88, 91-92.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:3: Sacrificial Pyre in NN

Sacrificial pyre, disturbed; a small pyxis (P 14864) is close to that from B 18:4. First half of 4th. c. B.C., perhaps first quarter. West of House C. Pottery and cinders in pit in stratum. The pyre was ... First half 4th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51 ... Agora XII, p. 383 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 50, pp. 163, 164, fig. 98.

[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 ... 1933 #3, #8 9 March 1933 ... May 1933 #9-#10 1 June 1933 ... 1953 #2-#9 2 March 1953 #4

[Agora Deposit] L 19:2: Cistern

A 3rd. c. B.C. cistern and an unfinished rectangular cutting of the 2nd c. B.C. which destroyed some of its upper part. These two features are combined in this deposit; the following objects are identified ... 3rd-2nd c. B.C ... Agora XXII, p. 103 ... Agora XXIX, p. 460 ... Agora XXVI, p. 312.

[Agora Deposit] A 21:1: Shaft with caves

Shaft (= well + caves) at 116-118/ΚΕ-ΚΣΤ Coins: 6 May 1939 #16-#21 8 May 1939 #35-#37 9 May 1939 #1 24 April 1940 #6 ... 2nd. quarter - mid-5th. c. A.D ... Coins: 6 May 1939 #16-#21 8 May 1939 #35-#37 9 May 1939 #1 24 April 1940

[Agora Deposit] B 21:16: Well

Early Roman well with four fills. fill 1: well sealed 1st. c. A.D. fill 2: more bones than pots. fill 3: nothing later than 1st. c. B.C.=POU fill 4: similar to fill 3, a little earlier? Coins: 7 May 1940 ... Early Roman ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 279 ... Agora XXIX, p. 438 ... Agora XXXII, p. 293.

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:9: Sacrificial Pyre over Drain A1

Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c ... 18:3) and the second in 1940 ... Originally A 20:2. Published together with A 18:3 in Hesperia 47.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:9: Early North-South road to Southeast of Tholos

Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road). Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1940), p. 106 ... Agora IV, p. 241 ... Agora VIII, p. 128.

[Agora Deposit] K-L 18-20:1: Drain System

Accumulated fillings in a system of underground drains at west end of section ΔΔ with northward continuation into and across Section Υ. The filling in the "underground passages" in section ΔΔ appears to ... 3rd c. B.C. 2nd c A.D ... #1-#2 9 May 1940 #1-#5 ... 10 May 1940 #6 24 February

[Agora Deposit] F 11:2: Well

Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins: 5 April 1934 #1-#4 10 April 1934 #1-#2 11 April 1934 #1 12 April 1934 #1 18 April 1934 #1-#2 19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 217 (deposit) X) ... Hesperia Suppl 4 (1940), pp. 98-101, 135-135, fig. 75 (marked A) ... Agora IV, p. 238.

[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 IV, p. 241 ... Agora XXIX, p. 455 ... Agora XXVI, p. 308.