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[Agora Deposit] H 17:1: Child's urn burial

Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 131, n. 136 ... Agora XII, p. 393. ... Agora XXIX, p. 456.

[Agora Deposit] A 20:10: Infant burial(?)

Grave (?) under wall 4. Infant burial(?); a kados, P 16747, lying sideways with a tall cylindrical stand, P 16748, set over it as a cover; the upper parts of the pots cut away ... Late 6th. c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 131, n. 136 ... Agora XII, p. 384.

[Agora Deposit] N 19:1.1: Upper fill

Baskets 1-21 (containers 1-20). The following objects, although listed in deposit notebook as being from level .1, are from depths within the .2 range: MC 318, MC 433-MC 437, T 1309, T 1394, T 1396, IL ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D ... 110 to early 1st c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] A 20:7: Refuse Pit

Scanty debris filling in a pit. The wishbone-handled bowl (P 16753) is of the middle of the third quarter of the 5th. c. century, as are also two red figured fragments, P 25820 and P 25821; the deposit ... Ca. 450-400 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 383 ... Agora XXX, p. 359.

[Agora Deposit] U 22:4: Kernos Deposit Below Floor

Kernos Deposit (?): below floor of Building A, over and in cutting at 33/ΚΗ P 30162-P 30172 added on 4 May 1973 ... 4th c. B.C ... Kernos Deposit (?): below floor of Building A, over and in cutting at 33/ΚΗ ... P 30162-P 30172 added on 4 May 1973.

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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 ... A.J.A. 43 (1939), p. 588 and fig. 20 ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330.

[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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376 ... Hesperia 25 (1956), p. 61, pl. 19 c-g ... Agora XII, p. 398.

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[Agora Deposit] H 6:7: Cistern

"From the phot. and description, p. 555, this appears to be a built pithos, rather than a cistern." [deposit nb] Grid 30/ΙΔ also mentioned ... 28 July-3 August 1931 ... description, p. 555, this appears to be a built pithos, rather than a cistern." [deposit

[Agora Deposit] F 6:3: West Chamber

The West Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 225-165 B.C ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 345 ff ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora X, p. 67.

[Agora Deposit] I 18:4: Pit-Well

Well east of Geometric Grave. The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. Some evidence for period of use; little pottery. At the top a few Geometric ... Early Protogeometric ... collapsed into a pit, cut into by ... and by a Byzantine wall ... top a few Geometric sherds,

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:2: Cistern Channel Fill

Filling in eastern channel at W. end of casting pit A 16:1. Early Roman (1st c. A.D.) but with some later disturbances (3rd. and 4th. c. A.D. and Byz.). P 25747 (VG thinks strayed from A 16:1) Estimated ... 1st. c. A.D ... Agora XXXII, p. 292 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 178.

[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 ... Possibly a short period of use but chiefly a debris filling including a ... Two pot fragments, believed to be from lower body of P 18525, added from

[Agora Deposit] O 18:5: Small Pit in Bedrock

Small Pit in bedrock (diameter 0.70m). " A handful of contemporary sherds found with it, discarded." p. 1238 ... July 1957 ... " A handful of contemporary sherds found with it, discarded." p. 1238

[Agora Deposit] G 12:6: Rubbish Pit

Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Agora XXIX, p. 453 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 359.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:8: The Tortoise's Grave

The Tortoise's Grave. Small deposit in the lower part of a wine-jar (P 21715) set down into the filling of a pit of the archaic period (O 7:9). Contains tortoise shell ... 425-400 B.C ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:8: Well 8

Well 8 (in Tholos), put out of use by a fall of the rock walls and replaced by well G 11:3. Scanty use filling at and near the bottom, separated by a mass of fallen rock from a debris filling in the upper ... Ca. 550-500 B.C. and 480 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Agora VIII, p. 127 ... Agora XII, p. 391.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:13: Rectangular Pit in Bedrock at 44/H

Shallow rectangular pit in bedrock at 44/Η. It contained a very small quantity of pottery, mostly coarse but including a few black glazed pieces, one stamped. Agora XII, p. 396. No container, pottery ... 450-400 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 396 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

[Agora Deposit] D 14:1: Well E

Nbp. 3104: When dug, the fill of the well divided itself into 3 deposits. Objects catalogued from the "earth" are: L 4838, P 21602, P 21603, P 21604. Dumped filling of Turkish times. Coins: 17 May 1937 ... Late 6th-7th c. A.D ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora XXII, p. 98.

[Agora Deposit] D 7:4: Pit Grave

Disturbed pit with a skull. Pottery discarded. Late context; more likely Turkish than Geometric. See Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 303 for skull description ... 4 May 1936 ... 14 (1945), p. 303 for ... Disturbed pit with a skull. Pottery discarded. Late

[Agora Deposit] H 12:14: Ostrakon Pit

Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 54 ... Agora XII, p. 393 ... Agora XXIII, p. 332.

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:3: Well

Hole (Well) and adjoining water channel with 4th c. pottery, probably a dumped fill. At a depth of about -5.70m we started yielding some very crude potsherds, clearly not made on the wheel (maybe Prehistoric) ... Prehistoric-Roman ... A 16:3 ... A 16:3

[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(?) ... A well in room A of the ... yielded a handful of plain potsherds and the oinochoe P

[Agora Deposit] A 18:7: Pit/Drain A

A drain pit with red gravely fill. Coins: 5 April 1939 #1-#8 Pottery continuing to at least 3rd c. A.D. ADDENDA: See also tins Lot ΝΝ 70, ΝΝ 71. ADDENDA: P 14822 probably also belongs ... Mixed Hellenistic to Roman ... A 18:7 ... A 18:7

[Agora Deposit] D 18:6: A. Walker Coin Deposit in House C in ΟΟ

House C, Room 5, small hoard. Deposit created by A.W. and first appears in his thesis (Biblio. below). "Another small hoard or purse of Herulian date", A.Walker (1980), p. 127. Coins: 23 June 1947 #7-#13 ... Ca. 267 A.D ... A. Walker Coin Deposit in House C in ΟΟ

[Agora Deposit] J 3:6: Coin Hoard

Area IV, surface fill. Group of 5 bronze coins corroded into one lump. Coins: 20 July 1981 #302-#306 (Anonymous Byzantine Coins (Bronze) 976-1030/1035 A.D., Cf. DOC III, pt. 2, p. 649ff (Class A2) ... 976-1030/1035 A.D ... 976-1030/1035 A.D.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:2: Inhumation

RSY Grave 49. Outside Archaic Cemetery ... 550-525 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 108, pls. 47 c, 48 a (Grave 49) ... Agora XXIII, p. 329.

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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 ... A 17:2 ... A 17:2

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:3: Well

Although separated by a sterile rocky fill the two use fillings are apparently one continuous accumulation (GRE). Packing around well includes SS 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision ... 350-300 B.C. to ca. 225 B.C ... Although separated by a ... 14261, P 25943-P 25953. These are not given a subdivision

[Agora Deposit] S 17:3: Cutting in Bedrock

Cutting in bedrock (Panathenaic Way Cut II, Cutting C1); loose gravelly filling over bedrock including a number of terracotta figurines. Lot ΠΑ 61? P 26458 is probably a slip. One fragment noted as from ... 4th c. B.C ... See notebook entry , p. ... P 26458 is probably a slip. One fragment noted as ... over bedrock including a

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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 ... side at the bottom of a pit; the mouth closed with a ... a group with two other

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C ... times. (Hesperia. 3 (1934), p. ... The East Chamber of a ... simultaneously and served for a short

[Agora Deposit] I-J 14-15: Filling

Exploration in the peristyle of the Heliaea (1960); evidence for rebuilding in the third quarter of the 4th c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as 1st-2nd c. A.D. Date of reconstruction ca. 325 B.C ... Ca. 350- 325 B.C ... 325 B.C. (nbp. p. 3607). Three areas included: a) Deep ... as late as 1st-2nd c. A

[Agora Deposit] H 5-6.3: c) Stoa and Stoa Annex Filling

Fillings immediately antedating the building of the Stoa. Cf. Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 20 and the debris of a pottery works behind the Stoa (H 7:1) ... p. 20 and the debris of a

[Agora Deposit] I 7:1: Late Lime Pit

L 1079 and L 1080 are identified as from a pit at 29/ΝΓ. L 1082 and P 2130 are from a pit at 26-29/ΜΘ-ΝΑ. Probably the same pit as indicated on a note in deposit cardex. The finds are recorded together ... 5th c ... Agora XXXII, p. 299.

[Agora Deposit] C 13:2: Well

Roman well, stratified. Finds from the earth (not recorded in a subdivision): P 7995, P 8036, P 21834, SS 6338, IL 483, IL 486, BI 309, BI 310, BI 314. According to the excavator the shaft had been cleaned ... 2nd-4th c. A.D ... Agora XII, p. 386 ... Agora XXI, p. 97 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330.

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[Agora Deposit] O 19:2: Cistern at 53/ΚΓ

Cistern at 53/ΚΓ and channels. The pottery in the cistern and in the two channels was a thoroughly mixed lot of broken material from 5th c. B.C. to 4th c. A.D. and all seemed the same except the bottom ... 5th c. B.C.-4th c. A.D ... manhole (nb. p. 616) which was ... pre-Herulian (nb. p. 782). See ... was a thoroughly mixed lot

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[Agora Deposit] H 14:1: Pyre

Pocket, identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR. Possibly disturbed. Outside south wall of building. Concentration of pottery in a small pocket below a "Hellenistic" fill. There is no mention of bone or ... First quarter 4th c. B.C ... A miniature black glazed lekanis (P 1465) and a small ... pottery in a small pocket below a "Hellenistic" fill ... miniature chytra (P 1470).

[Agora Deposit] H 10-11:1: Grading fill of Old Bouleuterion

Lower fill: See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed. Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P ... Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no ... (Section Β), P 5878, L 1866.

[Agora Deposit] O 13:1: Byzantine Pit at 23/ΚΣΤ

Pit at 23/ΚΣΤ Coins: 9 May 1935 #2-#17 "In addition to the catalogued pieces, it contained some coarse ware and a few glazed sherds, either painted or with simple sgraffito design" These all thrown. Hesperia ... 1100 A.D ... Hesperia VII, p. 434. Nb IV p. ... some coarse ware and a few

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:9: Burial within Well

David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!" ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, n. 10.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:1: Well A

Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... 3rd-4th c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] O-P 6:1: Drain Fill

Area I; layer I. Soft, loose destruction fill of Street Drain in front of Greek House δ. Represents closing of drain in preparation for construction of Basilica. Top elevation 55.40m at west, 55.96m at ... 1st c. A.D ... O-P 6:1 ... O-P 6:1

[Agora Deposit] N 20:5: Roman Well at 74/I

Well at 74/Ι, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. Use fill from early 1st to 3rd c. A.D. Dump fill from 4th c. A.D. Coins 9 April 1938 #2 9 May 1938 #1 Container 20 (lost) p. 1529 ... 1st c. to 3d c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VI, p. 99.

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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 ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 58, pl. 16a-c ... Agora XIV, p. 13, pl. 19a-c ... Agora XXVII, p. 229.

[Agora Deposit] B 21:21: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit V

Sacrificial Pit V in notebook = RSY Grave 19 ... Last quarter 6th. c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 100-101, pl. 46 a-b (Grave 19).

[Agora Deposit] E 14:14: Cutting in Bedrock

The almost complete red figure hydria set into this cutting suggests the possibility of a 5th c. burial put into a much earlier grave cutting; however, the remainder of the filling appears thoroughly disturbed ... 450-425 B.C- Late Roman disturbance ... ground lekythos P 6052, Γ 1754, Volume XXX, p. 2064 ... possibility of a 5th c. burial put into a much earlier grave

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:3: Double Pit Grave

Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B). Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. We have dug to a maximum of about 0.06m below the top of Layer II ... Myc. IIIA/B ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 41.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 10-11: Bouleuterion Plateia Fills

Accumulated fillings in the Bouleutrion Plateia beginning in late 5th c. B.C. and continuing into the 3rd c. A.D., reaching a depth of 0.20-0.30m. (Hesp. 6 (1937), p. 168. Subdivisions: .1=Layer I .2=Layer ... 5th c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 168 ... Agora IV, p. 239.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:9: Inhumation of adult

Grave XIV in notebook = RSY Grave 13. PD 731-f ... Late 6th. c. B.C ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 95-96, fig. 10 and pl. 43 a (Grave 13).

[Agora Deposit] R 13:1: Well

No period of use. Below the upper (Early Roman) dump extending down to ca. 6.10m. was a dumped fill of broken pottery in great quantity, including a high proportion of red-figured fragments. Masses of ... Ca. 430-400 B.C. Late 1st c. B.C.-mid 1st c. A.D ... Hesperia 24 (1956), p. 282, no. 1 ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora V, p. 127.

[Agora Deposit] J 3:3: Road fill

Road SE of altar, below 51.56m. In 1981, p. 1883: "A single pass, ca. 0.03m. thick and we hit another surface, at 51.56m. which we take as Layer XV. Fairly loose gravelly fill under surface, sandy, greenish ... 1st c. B.C ... Road SE of altar, below 51.56m. In 1981, p. 1883: "A ... A note on p. 1961 of the field notebook: "Same as Layer XV, p. 1883" justifies ... south at a level of ca.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:3: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric ... Consisted of a roughly circular ... excavator as limestone, to a depth of about 0.35m. P 325

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[Agora Deposit] B 20:5: Inhumation of a young female

Grave XXV in notebook = RSY Grave 4. PD 731-b ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 125 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 87-88, fig. 6 and pl. 38 a-c (Grave 4).

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:3: Inhumation of a male

Grave II in notebook = RSY Grave 17. PD 731-j ... Ca. 510-490 B.C ... Agora XXIII, p. 329 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 98-99, fig. 14 and pl. 45 a-b (Grave 17).

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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 ... Agora XXIII, p. 330 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 96-97, fig. 12 and pl. 44 a-b (Grave 15).

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:2: Inhumation of adult female

Grave I in notebook = RSY Grave 2. Inhumation burial in Cemetery on West Slope of Areopagus. Outline of grave disturbed by later cutting. Outstretched skeleton, probably of adult female. PD 731-a ... Late 8th century B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 125 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 85-87, fig. 5 and pl. 37 a-b (Grave 2).

[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 VIII, p. 130.

[Agora Deposit] N 10:1: Cellar

"Fauvel Collection" Collector's dump? Debris in the cellar of a modern house, probably once that of F.S. Fauvel. The collection included vases of all periods, from Geometric to Turkish; a number of the ... Modern Context ... Hesperia 25 (1956), pl. 9 a. ... Agora VIII, p. 129 ... Agora XII, p. 395.

[Agora Deposit] H 13:4: Well

Formerly G 13:5. Cleared to a depth of 8.50m. where further collapse made work impossible. Use filling not reached. Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211. Upper ... Ca. 425-375 B.C ... Formerly G 13:5. Cleared to a depth of 8.50m ... B.C., with objects P 24209, P

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[Agora Deposit] M 18:6: Urn burial

Grave 3 in notebook. Outside Archaic cemetery, inhumation burial. Deposit list says black glaze pithos (P 8922) containing the bones of a child and four small vases. The pithos lay on its side with the ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C ... says black glaze pithos (P ... a child and four small ... by a late fifth century

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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 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 83-85, 100 (cf. Grave 18) and pl. 36 B-I and p. 103 ... Agora VIII, p. 125.

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[Agora Deposit] J 9:1: Simple Cremation

Rebecca Wood Robinson ... Damaged Protogeometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XL). Small corner only preserved, cut in part into the filling of the Submycenaean Grave J 9:2. In this corner, and spilling into the disturbed upper ... Late Protogeometric ... with the burned bones of a ... fragmentary vases. A joining fragment of P 21239, was found

[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) ... 258, IL 286, T 885, T 901, A 578, P 5947, P 6449 and

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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.

[Agora Deposit] E-F 12-14.3: c) Building fill in disturbed places

See I 870, a piece of which was found in disturbed red fill in Β' southeast of Tholos. Although apparently from the same context as P 5339 (tins 24-26, undisturbed fill), P 5336-P 5338 are recorded from ... 27 February-8 April 1935 ... See I 870, a piece of ... from the same context as P ... undisturbed fill), P 5336-P 5338

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[Agora Deposit] Q 8:12: Funerary Deposit

Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Grave under Stoa Terrace, at original north end of Stoa; and PG vases on patches of stones over this burial, and to NE (formerly P 8:7). Cf. Q 8:13. No remains. In some records as Grave XLV ... 1 December 1953 ... Agora XXVII, p. 229.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 17:6: Urn burial

Homer A. Thompson ... Child's grave, Geometric. The bones of a child about one month old had been placed into P. 25787, which was lying on its side. The upper side of the pot was cut away in later times. The mouth was closed ... Late 8th c. B.C ... Homer A. Thompson

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:19: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Destroyed urn cremation. No remains. Originally assigned as part of Tomb C 9:14 (Grave 7) JP "Large fragments of an urn were found in the packing of a Hellenistic water channel which cut through a LPG ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... the packing of a ... through a LPG burial area and ... P 6723, although surely

[Agora Deposit] K 2:6: Early Classical Pit

East of Classical Building II backwall, above Mycenaean chamber tomb K 2:5. Rough circular pit of reddish brown fill cut into geometric fill that extends down inside tomb. Some evidence of burning on pottery ... Ca. 460 B.C ... a very fine example of a large askos (P 33570).

[Agora Deposit] S 21:3: Well at 20/ΙΘ

Well outside market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way. Accumulated use filling from first half of 1st c. A.D. to early 3rd c. Top to 14.65m. 4th c. dump; nothing significant catalogued ... POU First half of 1st c.-early 3rd c. A.D ... Agora IV, p. 245 ... Agora V, p. 127 ... Agora VI, p. 100.

[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 ... Grid notation in error as 99/ΚΑ sometimes. A well ... bedrock had broken out, to a

[Agora Deposit] C 19:11: Well

Well (diameter 0.91m, water level -7m) in House H, Room 10 (and pit over). Plain shaft cut in stereo; pit at mouth of well,reused as drainage pit at start of tile drain running west. Scanty use filling ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 386.

[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 ... Agora IV, p. 238 ... Agora VIII, p. 126 ... Agora XII, p. 389.

[Agora Deposit] Q 7:2: Dromos of Chamber Tomb

Dromos of a Mycenaean Tomb at N end of Stoa Terrace (Burial 3). No remains. Perhaps to be associated with dromos of a Mycenaean chamber tomb (?) observed in this area (XIV, p. 2707). Tomb found when workmen ... Myc. III A ... area (XIV, p. 2707). Tomb ... See footnote 1 in Agora XIII, p. 218, under Tomb XXII: "although there is no ... Dromos of a Mycenaean

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:21: Coin Hoard

Marcie Handler ... Fill within the drain from the basin on the west side of Roman Room B through Wall A. After we removed the fill within the basin on the west side of Roman Room B (BZ XXVII p. 5325), we began excavating ... Late Roman ... Wall A. After we removed ... Room B (BZ XXVII p. 5325), ... Wall A. The cutting was

[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 ... A.D. 267 to mid 3rd c.

[Agora Deposit] P 10:2: Cistern

With cistern at 18/Π (P 10:1), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C. 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ ... 17 April 1937 27-28 May 1937 ... With cistern at 18/Π (P ... by a passage. 18/Π went ... discarded household pottery. A

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[Agora Deposit] D 17:6: Filling

Hole at 57/ΛΣΤ = Pottery Dump at 57/ΛΣΤ. May well have accumulated on the spot where it was found, its fragmentary state being attributable to the later rubble wall laid over it. Cf. also P 19982 (ΟΟ ... Ca. 400-375 B.C ... P 19982 (ΟΟ 1047) from ... figured table-ware, with a few coarse amphoras and a lamp

[Agora Deposit] C 19:10: Well

Well (diameter 0.98m) in House H, Room 13. Two dumped fills apparently of the same date, but separated by a clay deposit of over 2.00m. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 253. (noted) Subdivisions: .1=Upper ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... (1951), p. 253. (noted) ... a clay deposit of over

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[Agora Deposit] G 5:3: "Bone Well"

Second century B.C. fill with early 13th c. A.D. fill in mouth. The Byzantine objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower fill contained bones of many infants and dogs. The bones from this ... Mid-2nd c. B.C ... Well dug to -21.45m: June 17, 1938 (Nb. p. 1582); not finished ... with early 13th c. A.D. fill ... objects from the mouth are P 13713-P 13718, L 3585. Lower

[Agora Deposit] N 21:8: Pit in Bedrock, Possible Disturbed Child's Grave

Pit in bedrock (disturbed child's grave?). No bones or ashes. No lots. No coins listed. P 14520 was certainly from the north end, doubtless a grave offering; few sherds (first half of 5th century) came ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C ... P 14520 was certainly from the north end, doubtless a grave offering; few

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:4: Byzantine Well at J/3-3/3,4 in ΒΖ

A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House of Period II. The well was covered by a large squared poros wellhead and a marble puteal (apparently neither inventoried). Within the well shaft, the ... 14 July-9 August 1989 2-13 July 1990 ... (Hesp. 66 (1997), p. 528) ... A well in the courtyard (Room 8) of a Byzantine House ... Finds not from well fill but from Byzantine fill around well: A 4801, J 195, S

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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 ... Inhumation of a female

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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 ... A.J.A. 39 (1935), p. 441, fig. 3 ... Hesperia 87 (2018) p. 225 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 291, no. 2 (AA 27).

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[Agora Deposit] B 22:3: Burned Deposit

Burned deposit: Middle Terrace, south of Archaic cemetery. RSY: Pyre 10. Pottery, burnt bone, charred logs, and heavy burning, recovered by tunneling under the cement floor of a Late Hellenistic workshop, ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... of a Late Hellenistic

[Agora Deposit] P 15:3: Sand Fill North of Base A

Sand fill N of Base A. ... Because of the uncertainty of ground level contemporary with Base A and of the possibility of missing a continuous strosis or disturbance in this soft sandy fill, I have kept ... Last quarter 2nd-first quareter 3rd c. A.D ... Last quarter 2nd-first quareter 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] C 19:9: Well in House R of Industrial Area West of Areopagus

Well in house R of industrial area west of the Areopagus. This well, originally tiled, was abandoned and filled at the time of the conversion of the house into a stone-cutters' workshop. Tiled well but ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... conversion of the house into a ... thereafter, it has a large square lifting hole (A 1370). The well

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[Agora Deposit] A 16:1: Bronze Casting Pit and Workshop

Debris filling in a bronze casting pit and workshop, characterized by mold fragments but including also a few plain vases and fragments of wine jars. Third quarter of 4th. c. BC. The pit was cut into the ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... A 16:1 ... A 16:1

[Agora Deposit] E 15:7: Well C

A small concentration of pottery in lowest 1.80m., possibly a use fill. Three fills above, with little pottery, ranging from Hellenistic to late Roman in date. Coins: 26 February 1934 #4-#6 27 February ... 325-200 B.C ... We should check the grid reference of this well, a note (Section Γ, nb. VI, p. 1097) ... A small concentration of pottery in lowest 1.80m., possibly a use fill. Three fills

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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 ... Inhumation, probably a female

[Agora Deposit] P 10:1: Cistern

With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage. 18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora XII, p. 397 ... Agora XXIX, p. 468.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:2: Well in Cistern to West of Tholos

May be of Hellenistic origin when cistern system went out of use. For a general note on the cistern see Nb. ΟΕ III, pp. 246 ff. Objects from B 586 various depths (no subdivision): S 2324-S 2330, P 34894, ... Late 2nd-early 6th c. A.D ... went out of use. For a ... 2324-S 2330, P 34894, P ... (no subdivision): P 10775,

[Agora Deposit] C 19:8: Well at 65/ΙΒ

Well, unfinished? The shallow depth, small diameter, lack of water and any use fill make it possible that this was not a well, although the character of the cutting is difficult to explain otherwise. The ... Ca. 440-420 B.C ... Agora XII, p. 386 ... Agora XXX, p. 360.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:4: Channel F, water deposit

Drain channel system along the line of an ancient north-south road, the channel in part at the surface and in part tunneled and accessible by shafts. Over a considerable part of this channel the hard water ... 2nd-early 3rd c. A.D ... Agora VI, p. 98 ... Agora VII, p. 225 ... Agora XXXII, p. 296.

[Agora Deposit] U 19:1: Well at 58/ΝΑ

Well in the southeast corner of the section, at 58/ΝΑ. It must have been originally made in the Roman period to judge from the character of the curbing tiles. It was however cleaned out and reused in ... 10th-Early 11th c. A.D ... among a number of Byzantine water-jars, a fine archaic figurine ... away, April 4 1956 (p. 763).

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:3: Pyre I

Sacrificial Pyre I, Classical Building II. The pyre was set through the original floor level of the northern room of the Classical Building and apparently is the remainder of a ritual conducted when the ... Ca. 375-350 B.C ... remainder of a ritual conducted ... in a thin strip of ... and a Byzantine pit. Bits

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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 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:3: Cistern

Cistern 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 off the ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C.-86 B.C ... united by a long straight ... A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is ... This cistern contained a

[Agora Deposit] D 17:19: A. Walker Coin Deposit North of Court F in ΟΟ

North of court F, around well head only. Deposit created by A.W. and first appears in his thesis (Biblio. below). Cf. nbpp. 2204 and 2234 and lot 350 for court F and p. 2127 for north of court. Coins: ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... A. Walker Coin Deposit North of Court F in ΟΟ

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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 ... A 17:1 ... A 17:1