[Agora Deposit] H-I 12:1: Burnt Layers

Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ: 1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 110 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), p. 115 ... Agora VI, p. 99.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:7: Small Chamber Tomb

Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Although badly disturbed at various times in antiquity, it was clearly a chamber tomb with the chamber little more than a cubby-hole at the end of a steep dromos, entered at the ... Myc. III A-B ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 175 ... BCH LXXVI, 1952, p. 210 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 106-107, pl. 25 b, c.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:5: Tomb of the Niches

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches. One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2 ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 178 ... BCH LXXVI, 1952, p. 212 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 105-106, fig. 4, pl. 25 b, c.

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[Agora Deposit] N 7:2: Lily Bowl Grave

Mycenaean grave. Small pit grave (0.50m by 1.35m by 0.75m deep) containing the skeleton of an infant girl. Although a simple grave with a single interment, the pit was packed with gifts. These consisted ... No later than mid-15th c ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 122 ... JHS LXXII, 1952, p. 96 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 107-108, pl. 26 c.

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[Agora Deposit] J 7:2: Chamber Tomb under the Temple of Ares

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares, towards its west end.(1951). The tomb had a hasty and unfinished appearance oddly at variance with its long history and the quality of the pottery ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.) ... See nb. p. 1465 to find grid=7m. east of NW corner of temple.

[Agora Deposit] S 19:3: Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ

Cistern at 17-18/ΛΑ (Coroplasts' Dump) outside the market square to the southeast, west of the Panathenaic Way. Upper and lower fill distinguished during excavation, but material from both appears to ... To ca. 330-320 B.C ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 120-164 ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora XII, p. 399.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:1: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXV. Adult female inhumation. Deposit summary and notebook write at 31/Θ-I ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Early Protogeometric ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:11: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27c ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:3: Cist Grave in Σ

Mycenaean Burial. The cutting was roughly rectangular (1.60 by 0.50m) and was once covered with rough stone slabs, two of which were found over the body. The skeleton, presumably that of a man, lay in ... Myc. III A-B ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 108, pl. 27 a-b ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), pp. 103-105, tables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

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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 ... Hesperi 21 (1952), pp. 104-108, fig. 4 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:4: Urn cremation

Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP] "Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII) ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 330 (mentioned).

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:4: Pit tomb, inhumation of two children

James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit. PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ. [In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... Lullies (1952), p. 17, under inv. 6084 (1316) (lekythoi) ... Charitodines (1973), p. 34 (lekythoi) ... p. 350).

[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 ... March 1952 #8-#15 21 March ... April 1936 #13-#17 21 April ... March 1952 #1-#6 10 March

[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 Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Grace (1979), p. 126 ... Hesperia 40 (1971), pp. 63-64, nn. 26, 31, p. 78, n. 66.

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[Agora Deposit] M 21:2: Tomb of the Bronzes

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb Burials ... Myc. III A:1-2 ... M 21:2 ... M 21:2

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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.

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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.