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[Agora Deposit] T 15:1: Pit Grave, Adult Inhumation

John Camp ... Protogeometric Grave about 0.60m to the southeast of T 15:2. Unlined roughly rectangular-elliptical pit, oriented north-south, neatly cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.70m, with rounded corners. The pit ... Early-Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 42 (1973), p. 398-400, pl. 73, c, d.

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[Agora Deposit] O 16:3: Tiled Well at South Edge of EW Road

Tiled Well at S edge of E-W Road, 73/ΜΗ. Contemporary upper and lower fills separated by layer of sterile mud. Latest coin dates ca. 200. Koan amphora handle with stamped handle dates slightly after 200 ... 210-160 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 86, n. 14.

[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] F 15:2: Cistern

A cistern leading to the east of the road leading from the southwest corner of the market square. Filled all at one time, last quarter of 2nd. c. B.C. (nbp. 493). Included are the Hellenistic finds from ... Late 2nd c. B.C ... Late 2nd c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 21:4: Cistern at 53/NE

Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron). Lower diameter 2.73m. Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 100, nn. 15, 116.

[Agora Deposit] O 16:4: Pit

Pit in ancient road, ca. 73/ΜΣΤ The filling of this pit contained quantities of coarse pottery, principally fragmentary amphoras, but including also some glazed and semi-glazed pieces and fragments of ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... Ca. 350-325 B.C ... Τ:73/ΜΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] D 17:2: Bothros of Agonippos

A rubbish pit at the foot of the northwest slope of the Areopagus. Black figured, plain glazed vases and several lamps. A pair of lekythoi recall both in make and in style the products of the Haimon Painter ... Ca. 480-475 B.C ... Ca. 480-475 B.C ... ΟΟ:73/ΛΗ

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:4: Archaic Well

Initially uncovered with a diameter of c. 1.05m. Its south side extends under the south wall of the Classical structure and so clearly predates it. The highest preserved portion of the well shaft (at the ... 22 July-9 August 1994 26 June 1995 3-7 July 1995 ... Initially uncovered with a diameter of c. 1.05m ... constricted (c. 0.70m.). We removed

[Agora Deposit] B 19:7: Pit in House N Room 2

Pit in House N, Room 2 (RSY, House C). Filling thrown in behind the west wall of the Great Drain South at the time of the building of the drain and the extension of House C. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), pp ... Ca. 430-410 B.C ... extension of House C. Cf ... Pit in House N, Room 2 (RSY, House C). Filling

[Agora Deposit] C 19:2: Pit

Small pit in bedrock; nothing later than 3rd qtr. 4th. c. B.C ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... Small pit in bedrock; nothing later than 3rd qtr. 4th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:5.1: Upper fill

Containers 1-5. Coins: 8 April 1949 #17-#20 ... 150-100 B.C ... 150-100 B.C ... ΟΟ:73/ΛΖ

[Agora Deposit] B 19:12: Great Drain South

Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building. Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... ΝΝ:73-81/ΚΗ-Λ

[Agora Deposit] M-N 15:1: South Stoa II: Building Fill

South Stoa II Construction Fill. About 85 stamped amphora handles, many with parallels in building fills of Middle Stoa and Stoa of Attalos. Fragments of long-petal bowls confirm date after mid-2nd c ... To ca. 140 B.C ... mid-2nd c. Types 25 A', 33 A,

[Agora Deposit] D 17:5: Cistern

Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it. Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C ... 225-100 B.C ... ΟΟ:73/ΛΖ

[Agora Deposit] M 18:8: Well

Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus. Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Ca. 430-420 B.C ... Χ:73

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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 ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C ... Χ:73/ΛΘ

[Agora Deposit] D 17:5.2: Lower fill

Containers 6-9. Coins: 9 April 1949 #1-#6 ... 225-150 B.C.? ... 225-150 B.C.? ... ΟΟ:73/ΛΖ

[Agora Deposit] D 12:1: Well

Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D. Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549. Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century ... first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c.

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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 ... eighties of the 5th. c. B. C. ... the early 5th. c., but with

[Agora Deposit] D-E 18-19: Road

West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman ... ΓΓ:73/ΙΣΤ

[Agora Deposit] C 15:2: Fill over and in Manhole of South West Drain

Filling over and in manhole of South West Drain. Coins: 27 April 1948 # 73-#76 ΠΠ-706 and ΠΠ-707 from the environs of the "manhole" down to west Great Drain packing ... To mid-3rd c. A.D ... C 15:2 ... C 15:2

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:7: Cist grave/adult inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton. In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I ... C 8:7 ... C 8:7

[Agora Deposit] H 12:12: A. Walker Coin Deposit in ΜΣ

Horos terrace trench Layer III, under line of tiles. Coins: 19 March 1953 #16-#17 ... 2nd c. A.D ... Walker (1980), p.78, no. 73.

[Agora Deposit] G 11:7: Tholos Kitchen

Investigations in Room to N of Tholos, various layers and periods. ... 470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse ... 470 B.C.-post-Herulian reuse

[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 ... Second half 3rd c.-early 5th c. A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] B 17:4: Pyre in Room 1

Pyre in Room 1, area west of street (RSY=Pyre 11). Early in the third quarter of the 4th. c. B.C. In courtyard. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in irregular pit in floor sequence. The pit had been dug into ... 350-330 B.C ... quarter of the 4th. c. B.C. In

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:5: Pyre

Pyre in House T (= House D), Room 2 (5th c.) and fill east of pyre. Earlier than the other pyres of this house. Pottery, slivers of burnt bone, and heavy deposit of carbonized material and cinders in ... Ca. 420-410 B.C ... Ca. 420-410 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] H 16:6: Urn Cremation/The Rich Athenian Lady

Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97. Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 20:7: Cistern at 67/ΙΗ

At 67/ΙΗ, at the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Cistern with drawshaft, 4.60m deep. The drawshaft had been cleared to bottom in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, and some of the fill in the main ... Most second half of 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 73, 79, nn. 14, 39.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:15: Inhumation a Man

Grave 14 in notebook. Length of shaft 2.12m; width 0.46m; depth from cover 0.60m. Man's skeleton stretched NE-SW with head at NE. Offering at foot of shaft, with the skyphos in the mouth of the pitcher ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 71-73, figs. 1, 22, 45-46 (Grave XIV).

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[Agora Deposit] F 17:4: Cistern

Stucco-lined bottle-shaped cistern, with tunnel and subsidiary manhole, in SW Baths, Room Α 10. Homogeneous dumped fill, mostly of mold-made bowls and and molds for terracotta figurines. Sixteen stamped ... 225-190 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 73, n. 15.

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[Agora Deposit] O 17:8: Pit tomb, infant inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Infant grave near Phaidon street cistern. No offerings. Roughly rectangular, almost elliptical cutting in bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, oriented south-southwest to north-northeast ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain) ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain)

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:9: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 8 in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery. Length of shaft 1.75m; Width at upper end 0.95m; Depth from cover 0.70m. One end cut into sloping rock. Skeleton of a woman, with head southeast. Most ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 87-93, figs. 1, 58-64, 73 (Grave XVIII).

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:17: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 16 in notebook. Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m. Skeleton of a woman , head at northwest end. Most of pots piled over feet and legs of skeleton at southeast end. An iron ... 750 B.C ... 750 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4: Satyr Cistern

Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated. Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... second half of 3rd c. Latest ... 3rd c. Fragments of two ... 1st centuries B.C

[Agora Deposit] E 6:3: Furnace Waste Pit "Cistern"

Within the precinct of the Hephaisteion, about 10m. north of the north stylobate of the temple. Flask-shaped pit (W. (bottom) 3.14 x 2.73m) probably originally intended as a cistern; used for dumping ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.-Byzantine ... Ca. 375-310 B.C.-Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] P-R 6-12: Stoa Construction Fill

Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12) Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Before ca. 150 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:7: Inhumation of a Man

Grave 7 in notebook. Area disturbed in Roman times; outlines of the shaft had been obliterated. The northwest end, however, was preserved in a cutting in the rock of the sloping hillside. This cutting, ... 750-700 B.C ... 750-700 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] M 12:1: Cist Grave in

Mycenaean Grave. One of the first Mycenaean burials found in the Agora. It consisted of a regular cist, carefully cut with vertical sides and a flat bottom, measuring 1.90m by 0.55m. There were apparently ... LH III (c. 1200) ... LH III (c. 1200)

[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 ... First half of 5th c. A.D.