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[Agora Deposit] F 16:4: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). In some records as XXIII. Variously labeled as grid 7/Δ, 7/Γ and 7/Γ-Δ. Rectangular pyre trench cut through earth into bedrock, with only the lowest 0.04m surviving ... Transitional Late Protogeometric/Early Geometric I ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 9, pp. 67-69, 529-530, figs. 2.14, 2.21, 2.22, 3.15, 3.16, pl ... Hesperia 2 (1933), pp. 468-470 (with F 16:3).

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[Agora Deposit] P 6:6: Pyre

Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall. Coin 1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C ... Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:2: Cistern in ΛΛ

Cistern connected by tunnel to another chamber filled in Byzantine period. Small Hellenistic deposit on floor. somewhat contaminated by Byzantine fill above No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; ... 250-190 B.C ... No stamped amphora handles later than 3rd c.; latest ... to those in M 21:1 and P ... Coins: 16 February 1937 #7-#9 22 February 1937 #23-#26

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[Agora Deposit] N 18:3: Cistern at 77/M

Cistern at 77/Μ on lower north slopes of the Areopagus. Bottom diameter of 2m connected by tunnel to cistern M-N 18:1. Only stamped amphora handle dates slightly after 240. Latest coin dates about 200 ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C ... 3rd c. B.C.-196/190 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 10:4: Well by Stoa Pier 8

Well by Stoa Pier 8. Mouth of well discovered in 1950 (p. 2287). Dumped filling in the 4th c. B.C. but the bulk of the material of the 5th c. B.C. Fill contained much wood, bones, Mycenaean, Geometric, ... 5th c. B.C ... Agora XIII, p. 275 ... Agora XXI, p. 100 ... Agora XXIII, p. 335.

[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 ... Agora

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[Agora Deposit] M 16-17:1: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave II: SM). Unlined trench, roughly the size of the deceased, cut into bedrock to a depth of just over 1.50m. Oriented north-south, the tomb pit measured 1.69m in length (length ... Late Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Earliest Protogeometric ... Agora

[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 ... Agora VI, p. 99 ... Agora XXI, p. 98 ... Agora XXXII, p. 299.

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[Agora Deposit] A 14:1: Early Roman Well

Extract from notebook ΠΘ XIX, pp. 3644-3646. Well at 105/ΝΗ (report on sorting of pottery, July 19, 1951 - H.S. Robinson). "Not a useful well" HSR. Well dug to 1.50m., vi/9/36; dug from 1.50m. to bottom ... Early Roman; use fillings of 2nd. c. B.C. and 1st. and 4th. c. A.D.; dumped filling of late 4th. c. (HSR) Fill I: 2nd. c. B.C. Fill II-V: to second half of 4th. c. A.D. Fill VI: mixed to Byzantine ... Agora V, p. 124 ... Agora X, p. 136 ... Agora XXIX, p. 433.

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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 ... I 9:2 ... I 9:2

[Agora Deposit] F 16:1: Demeter Cistern

Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on plan), at the NW foot of the Areopagus, some 200m to the west of the Coroplast's Dump. It had evidently belonged to one of the small houses in that thickly populated residential ... Second half 4th c. B.C ... Cistern at 9/Β (10/Β on ... maximum depth of 3.80m. Fourth ... deposit and no subdivision

[Agora Deposit] N 20:4: Mask Cistern

Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C. Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora XXI, p. 99.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:1: 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 ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C. Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C. Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D ... 4th-early 3rd c. B.C ... 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c ... 3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] E 15:6: Well F

A well (diameter 1.10m) at the east edge of the valley road leading from the SW corner of the Agora, about 90m SW of the Tholos. The mouth of the well was subsequently covered by the east wall of the Great ... Ca. 500-480 B.C ... Group. 3. From -6m to -9m : a ... SW corner of the Agora ... wall of the Great Drain. No

[Agora Deposit] N 21:1: Well

Dumped filling of 6th c. A.D. Coins: 3 May 1939 #1-2 (red earth above well) 9 June 1939 #1 10 June 1939 #1 12 June 1939 #1-#5 13 June 1939 #1 19 June 1939 #1-#2, #3 (Dump) 7 May 1940 #1 9 May 1940 #1 27 ... Early 1st-5th c. A.D. POU ... Delos XXVII, p. 333 (under no. E 96), 381 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora VI, p. 99.

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4.3: Lower fill

'Lower fill' on deposit list. Containers 8-33, (34 mouth of lower passage). Coins: 9 May 1939 #1-#3, #5, #7, #9 10 May 1939 #1 11 May 1939 #1-#2 12 May 1939 #1-#2 13 May 1939 #2-#3(?) 15 May 1939 #1-#6 ... Ca. 250-215 B.C ... N 21:4.3 ... N 21:4.3

[Agora Deposit] B 21:16.1: Fill 1

Coins: 9 May 1940 #1-#2 ... 1st. c. A.D ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] N 21:9: Cistern at 61/ΙΒ

Mouth and upper part of chamber cut away in modern times; two short passages, one to SW, encroaching on Mycenaean chamber tomb; here the builders apparently found the fill too soft for tunneling, so they ... Early third quarter of 3rd c. B.C ... Agora XII, p. 395 ... Agora XXIII, p. 334 ... Agora XXIX, p. 465.

[Agora Deposit] O-Q 18-19: Destruction Debris

Destruction debris in Late Roman Buildings on Lower N slope of Areopagus (see summaries under M-Q 17-21). Over 130 coins came from this filling, of which some 51 survived in a condition to permit accurate ... 6th c. A.D ... Agora

[Agora Deposit] N 21:4.2: Middle fill

'Upper fill' on deposit list. Containers 3-8. Terminus post quem in 190s given by coins. Some mixing with upper fill. Coins: 9 May 1939 #4, #6, #8 10 May 1939 #2-#3(?) 11 May 1939 #3 12 May 1939 #3 13 ... Ca. 225-175 B.C ... N 21:4.2 ... N 21:4.2