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[Agora Deposit] J-K 2:2: Chamber Tomb Below Floor of Room 2 of Classical Building II

David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1 ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 595, n. 3 ... Hesperia 72 (2003), pp. 254-262, figs. 8, 9, 16-27.

[Agora Deposit] E 5:3: Cistern

The following pieces from E 6:4 exhibit joins with pottery from this cistern and could be listed here as well: P 7836-P 7839. Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 19, n. 51. Coins: 15 March 1937 #1 16 March ... Mid-Late Byz ... (2018), p. 19, n. 51 ... here as well: P 7836-P 7839 ... Coins: 15 March 1937 #1 16 March 1937 #1 20 March 1937 #1-#3 22 March 1937

[Agora Deposit] L 11:1: Well in a West Part of Odeion Cavea

Well a in west part of Odeion Cavea, probably unfinished. The dumped fill mostly potters' refuse including test pieces. Well D. Diameter ca. 0.90m ... Early Protogeometric ... Hesperia 19 (1950), p. 37, n. 2., pl. 16.

[Agora Deposit] C 17:1: Fills

Great Drain fills, including "packing over elliptical tiles" and "gravel fills". The central drain area covered by the sections below; other sections are with other deposits. Coins: 9 May 1947 #2-#5 16 ... 1st c. A.D ... Agora XXXII, p. 294 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 179.

[Agora Deposit] F 6:3: West Chamber

The West Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... 225-165 B.C ... Hesperia 3 (1934), p. 345 ff ... Agora IV, p. 239 ... Agora X, p. 67.

[Agora Deposit] H 10-11:1: Grading fill of Old Bouleuterion

Lower fill: See Deposit G-I 11-12, where the finds are again listed. Dug as Tholos Trench A, Layer VI, no finds. Dug as Tholos Trench C, Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N, Layer ... 6th c. B.C ... G-I 11-12, where the finds ... Layer IV+Va, A 756, A 757, P 10507. Dug as Tholos Trench N

[Agora Deposit] G 6:2: Cistern East Chamber

The East Chamber of a double cistern lying between the northeast corner of the Theseion and the Annex to the Stoa of Zeus Eleftherios. ... Both chambers went out of use as water containers simultaneously ... Ca. 200 B.C ... times. (Hesperia. 3 (1934), p. ... together with those from G 6:2 ... 230, P 366, P 367, P 403-P

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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 Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 617 (noted).

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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 ... Agora X, p. 137 ... Agora XXXVII, p. 222.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:24: Inhumation with Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric ... Bones in the Museum of Natural History, N.Y. (nbp. 912 and Hesp. Suppl. 2, p. 44) ... 20, recorded with G 12:24 (P 5497-P 5504). Pyre ... but recorded with G 12:24

[Agora Deposit] A-B 21-22:1: Terrace fillings

West Terrace, South End, Layers IV and V. Heavy dumped filling associated with terrace walls at the extreme south end of the excavations in the Areopagus industrial area. The proportion of figured and ... Ca. 420-390 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 30 ... Hesperia 16 (1947), p. 210, pl. 47, 1 and 3 ... Agora XII, p. 384.

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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 ... F 16:4 ... F 16:4

[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 ... #1-#4 6 April 1954 #1-#3 + N 31011 7 April 1954 #1-#9 + N 31012- N 31015 8 April 1954

[Agora Deposit] E 14:3: Drawshaft, "Kybele Cistern"

Cistern-shaft 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 ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic. Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C. Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... passage running almost due N ... the following: P 5655, P 5656, P 5657, P 5659, BI 154, ... (-2.00-2.80) 14 May 1935 #1-#16

[Agora Deposit] G-H 10-11: Passage between Metroon and Tholos

Investigations to the south of the Metroon, in the passageway between the Metroon and the Tholos; accumulated layers, from the Geometric and earlier periods to the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C. Cf. Hesperia ... Geometric to second c. B.C ... G-H 10-11 ... G-H 10-11

[Agora Deposit] G 16:1: Well

Well on the lower north slope of the Areopagus. The pottery apparently belongs to a filling of one period, since it exhibited no marked difference in character to the bottom. No where was the deposit very ... Ca. 410-390 B.C ... G 16:1 ... G 16:1

[Agora Deposit] P 15:3: Sand Fill North of Base A

Sand fill N of Base A. ... Because of the uncertainty of ground level contemporary with Base A and of the possibility of missing a continuous strosis or disturbance in this soft sandy fill, I have kept ... Last quarter 2nd-first quareter 3rd c. A.D ... Sand fill N of Base A. ... Because of the uncertainty of ... possible [p. 3062]. No ... Coins: 29 March 1952 #8-#16(?) 3 April 1952 #5-#6 5 April 1952 #25-#26 12 April

[Agora Deposit] O 16:1-2: Construction Filling

South Stoa I: 75-76/ΚΗ-Λ South Shop Building Layer g (O 16:1) and South Stoa I: Stony Fill below floor level (O 16:2). (merged from O 16:1 and O 16:2) Coins: 11 May 1953 #29 (illegible) Merged from two ... Ca. 420-400 B.C. and earlier ... Hesperia 23 (1954), p. 42 ... Agora XII, p. 396 ... Agora XXI, p. 99.

[Agora Deposit] G 4:1: Well

Well at 16/Γ = Well at 15/Β. Dug to 14.90m. and abandoned due to influx of water. Coins: 15 May 1936 #1 20 May 1936 #2-#5 18 June 1936 #1, dump ... 3rd c. B.C ... Well at 16/Γ = Well at 15/Β. Dug to 14.90m. and abandoned due to influx of water.

[Agora Deposit] G 13:1: Pocket in Bedrock

Green Earth at 03-04-05/ΚΑ-ΚΔ, to at least -3.50m. near the southwest corner of the market square. Terracotta figurines; lamps; fragmentary pottery ... Ca. 500-475 B.C. and later ... G 13:1 ... G 13:1

[Agora Deposit] N 16:2: Rectangular Cutting

Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 23 (1989), p. 70 ... Hesperia 48 (1979), p. 218 (deposit XIX) ... Hesperia 25 (1956), p. 11, no. 48.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:16: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 15 in notebook. Skeleton of infant inside the hydria which lay on its side, its mouth stopped by cup; a pitcher stood by the neck of the hydria ... 750-725 B.C ... Agora VIII, p. 128.

[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:1: Road Fills

Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench. For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in ... see F-G 12:2. For

[Agora Deposit] G-I 11-12: Investigations in the area of the Tholos

Investigations in the area around the Tholos, especially to the east and south of the building, between it and the Great Drain, and not otherwise specified as deposits. This "deposit" has no form. It ... various levels and dates ... G-I 11-12 ... G-I 11-12

[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 ... 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly ... but cf. e.g. Nbp. Α 124.

[Agora Deposit] F 17:1: North Hypocaust Furnace Dump

Furnace Dump from N. Hypocaust in Bath to East of Poros Building. Coins: 26 March 1948 #4-#8 27 March 1948 #1-#3 29 March 1948 #2-#7 1 April 1948 #2-#3 3 April 1948 #14-#15 7 April 1948 #16-#27 8 April ... Second half 3rd c.-first half 4th c. A.D ... Hayes (1972), p. 95, n. 1 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 183 ... Agora VI, p. 99.

[Agora Deposit] G 14:5: Cistern: Southern chamber

Connected with G 14:3. There was a layer of Late Roman fill. It rested over a layer of 2nd c. B.C Hellenistic and then another of 4th c. B.C Hellenistic; the passage between the two cisterns contained ... Late Hellenistic ... G 14:5 ... G 14:5

[Agora Deposit] E 14:5: Unfinished Well, Well G

Found in 13/06/1935. Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 21, n. 31 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 345, no. 163.

[Agora Deposit] N 13:1: Well in Π Late Roman to Turkish

Well at 16/ΚΗ, in SW corner of Gymnasium complex. Lowest Roman deposit. 9th-10th century Byzantine and Turkish Coins: 24 April 1935 #3 Envelope 4 in Tin 14 ... 5th c. A.D. - 10th c. A.D ... Π:16/ΚΗ

[Agora Deposit] G 5:2: Cistern

Essentially uniform fill of III-IV c. A.D. with a Byzantine upper fill. Coins: 14 June 1937 #1-#3 15 June 1937 #2 16 June 1937 #1 17 June 1937 #1-#2 18 June 1937 #1-#4 19 June 1937 #1-#4 9 June 1938 #1-#3 ... Late 3rd-mid-4th c. A.D ... G 5:2 ... G 5:2

[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 ... F 16:1 ... F 16:1

[Agora Deposit] F 16:7: Child's Burial- Pyre

Child's burial in south wall of Marble Worker's House. Bones examined 20 June 1975 and found to be an immature animal, not human (canid-puppy?). Identified as pyre by SIR. Set into a shallow roughly ovoid ... Late 4th c ... F 16:7 ... F 16:7

[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 ... G 18:1 ... G 18:1

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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 ... Grave 16 in notebook. Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:19: Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2 ... Late Geometric ... G 12:19 ... G 12:19

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[Agora Deposit] P 16:1: Well at 99/ME

Well at 99/ΜΕ. Just outside of SE corner of Fountain House. This well was used in at least two periods; the marble well curb of the second period, certainly Byzantine, was found in place. The fill was ... 5 May 1952 5-14 July 1952 ... P 16:1 ... P 16:1

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:16: Pit Tomb, Infant Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... "Submycenaean" grave into Mycenaean gully. Rectangular trench cut partly in bedrock, partly through Mycenaean domestic filling. No pottery catalogued ... Late Helladic IIIC-Early Protogeometric ... O 7:16 ... O 7:16

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:8: Menon's Cistern and Well

Cistern and well in Marble Worker's House. Coins: 5 August 1968 #1-#6 (#5 and #6 disintegrated. Missing 19/7/1973) 6 August 1968 #1bis-#25 (#5 in Lot 503 not a coin but bronze bits of nail. #6 not a coin ... 325-275 B.C ... F 16:8 ... F 16:8

[Agora Deposit] G 12:12: Inhumation of an Adult

Grave 11 in notebook. Grave disturbed by diggers of pit A. Only skull and left arm of man's skeleton remained in position, head toward N.E. Cover slabs were piled near head ... Late Geometric ... Agora VIII, p. 127.

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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 ... N 18:3 ... N 18:3