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[Agora Deposit] E 14:13: Grave of a youth

Geometric burial. Burial A in notebook. Shaft in bedrock dug to 0.30m, oriented NE to SW. Upper part was disturbed by Grave XXIV. Skeleton of youth. L. as it lay 1.34m. Pots laid across grave at feet of ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 101-103 and figs. 1, 70-72 (Grave XXV) ... Hesperia 4 (1935), pp. 364-365 and figs. 20-21.

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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 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 100-101 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), pp. 217-218, pl. 41 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 149-196, 178, 192.

[Agora Deposit] J 11:1: Fourth Century Hole

Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins: 11 March 1952 #10 12 March 1952 #1-#5 13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C ... Hesperia 48 (1979), pp. 217-218 (deposit XVI) ... Hesperia 40 (1971), pp. 63-64, nn. 26, 31, p. 78, n. 66 ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), pp. 132-133, no. 29.

[Agora Deposit] H 6:4: Bronze Head Well

A well behind the Stoa of Zeus. Noted as the finding place of the bronze head of Nike, B 30. Two Rhodian stamped amphora handles. Fragments of only two bowls ... 260-210 B.C ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 453-454, fig. 2 (selection of pottery) ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 133-134 ... Rotroff (2006a), pp. 364-365.

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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 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), pp. 345-346 ... Hesperia 32 (1963), pp. 276-292 ... Hesperia 17 (1948), pp. 160-161.

[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 ... #26-#27, #31-#32, #35, #37 11 ... March 1933 #4-#5, #26-#27 31 ... #1-#3, #6-#23, #25-#26 #28 6

[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 ... 1938 #1-#60 26 May 1938

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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 ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 350-356 ... Hesperia 26 (1957), p. 100, pls. 28 a-b ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 156, n. 51.

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[Agora Deposit] K 2:5: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1 ... Hesperia 72 (2003), pp. 254, 263-273, figs. 8-10, 28-29 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 617 (noted) ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16.

[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 XXXIII, pp. 374-375.

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[Agora Deposit] N 12:4: Tomb with coffins

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb below Middle Stoa Terrace. The tomb was entered from the west by a stepped dromos, at least 4.20m long by 1.10 to 1.50m. wide, splaying slightly toward the doorway, which was 1.26m ... Myc. IIIA:1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103, 105, tables 6.1, 6.2 ... Hesperia 35 (1966), pp. 45, 55-78, pls. 19-24 ... Agora XIII, pp. 242-247, 274, pls. 59, 75, 90 (Tomb XL).