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[Agora Deposit] J 8:2: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Mycenaean Grave F. It seemed to be more as a collection of bones and offerings, presumably swept aside to make room for later burials; they are east of and slightly higher than children's graves A and ... Myc. IIIA ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 41 ... Agora XIII, pp. 194-195, 274, pls. 42, 67, 84 (Tomb X).

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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 XIII, pp. 195-196, 274, pls. 42, 65, 84 (Grave XI).

[Agora Deposit] K 9-10:1: Red Fill West of Odeion

"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins: 17 April 1936 #10-#13 18 April 1936 #1 20 April 1936 #13-#17 21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 42 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora VII, p. 226.

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[Agora Deposit] G-H 5:1: Filling

Hellenistic filling in N.W. corner of Section (39-46/ΙΘ-ΚΓ inclusive). Coins: 14 July 1931 #42, #64 15 July 1931 #6 but grid 42/ΚΔ, #34-#37 16 July 1931 #15-#16 17 July 1931 #4-#12 18 July 1931 #1-#5, ... 4th.-early 2nd. B.C ... Α:39-42/ΙΑ-Κ

[Agora Deposit] D 4:1: West Chamber

Cistern-chamber on the northwest side of Kolonos Agoraios, 10 to 12m west of the end of the Hellenistic Building. Dimensions at bottom 2.50m x 2.75m. The west chamber of a cistern system composed of two ... Use filling early 1st-2nd c. B.C ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 325, no. 6 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 47 ... Agora IV, p. 236.

[Agora Deposit] F 19:1: Stratified well

Roman Group L. Layer I (cont. 59-64) Pre-Herulian second half of 3rd c. (bottom, 15.95-13.90). Layer II (cont. 42-58) 4th c.-first quarter of 4th c. (11.90-13.90). Layer III (cont. 17-41) -4th c. (10.00 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D ... Coins: 16 May 1939 #3 (?) p. 2424. 24 May 1939 ... 15.95-13.90). Layer II (cont. 42 ... earth) 22 June 1939 #7-#18(#7

[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 ... #22-#42 5 May 1933 #1-#22 6 May ... and #52-#59 22 March 1933

[Agora Deposit] L-M 17-18:1: Southwest House and Central House (1958)

Fillings associated with early houses on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus; various levels and dates. Both houses were built in the 6th century B.C. and destroyed by the Persians; both also have ... 6rd c. B.C.-3rd c. A.D ... Agora XII, p. 394 ... Agora XXIII, p. 333.

[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 ... (e.g. indicated on p. 3270 (4 ... #40-#42 4 June 1954 #1-#3 + N ... intermed. strosis 22/ΛΒ; 20/ΛΔ

[Agora Deposit] D 11:3: Drawshaft

Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42/Θ. This is part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. Thirteen stamped amphora handles; fragments of Arretine pottery; over half of bowls long-petal ... 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... Shaft fill, not mouth fill, of drawshaft at 42 ... system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42 ... Coins: 22 February 1936 #1 25 February 1936 #1

[Agora Deposit] E-F 2-3:1: Fill

42-50/Ζ-ΙΑ: below uppermost Byz. Floor at level of top of railroad retaining wall (cf. also 50/Ι: from packing of floor). Coins: 24 March 1936 #18-#22 26 March 1936 #9-#10 ... Early Byzantine ... ΜΜ:42-50/Ζ-ΙΑ

[Agora Deposit] E 7:21: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXII)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXII in notebook. One skull with messy disintegrated bones ... 22 February 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 42).

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:1: Well

Well on lower northwest slope of Areopagus. Dug to 6.60m. and abandoned because of danger. Single dumped deposit. Perhaps this context: P 528, P 1223 (JWH). Coins: 22 April 1932 #1 ... Second half 1st c. B.C.-early 1st c. A.D ... ΣΤ:42

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:6: Infant pot inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXVIII: PG) Shallow oval cutting in natural bedrock lintel of Mycenaean chamber tomb O 7:5, containing a large two-handled cooking pot. Within, the unburned bones of a foetal ... Developed-Later Protogeometric ... Hesperia 73 (2004), p. 26, n. 74 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

[Agora Deposit] Q 13:3: Roman Water Mill Construction Fill

Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins: 24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95 25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D ... #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 26 ... 22 June 1933 #1-#3 23 June

[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 ... Hesperia 75 (2006), p. 367 ... Finkielsztejn (1995), p. 280 ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 69.