[Agora Deposit] Q 19:3: Pit at 10/Β

Coins 20 May 1957 #1-#55 21 May 1957 #1-#79 P 26235 and P 26236 have nothing to do with the coins. Found in lower floor by pit ... Destroyed 267 A.D ... Agora XXVI, p. 316.

[Agora Deposit] M 20:4: Well

Well at 72/ΟΔ. Partially excavated to depth of 8m. Turkish fill in upper 3m. Hellenistic fill mostly of roof tiles and coarse pottery. Coin 12 February 1937 #4 (disintegrated) ... 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 79, n. 39 ... Agora XXIX, p. 461 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 365.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:14: Mycenaean Gully and Deposit in front of NE Stoa

Mycenaean Deposit (Gully) in front of NE Stoa (corrected from P 7:1). It consisted of a series of irregular pits, some gradually linked up with one another to form what seemed a natural gully. The largest ... Mycenaean IIIA-B ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Agora XIII, pp. 248-251, 274, pls. 60, 66-67, 79.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:4: The Kylix Pit

Mycenaean Grave (grave with kylikes). Small irregular pit (about 0.70m by 0.45m by 0.50m deep). it was full of Mycenaean sherds and fragmentary pots, mostly kylikes, but also contained occasional scraps ... Mycenaean IIIB-C ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... Agora XIII, pp. 252-253, 274, pls. 61, 66, 79 (The Kylix Pit).

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[Agora Deposit] N 21:5: Disturbed Tomb with Cist Grave

Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb. The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 291 ... Agora XIII, pp. 169-170, 274, pls. 34, 75, 79 (Tomb II).

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:7: Urn Cremation

John Camp ... Burial north of Roman temple, E. of polygonal wall. The tomb, as preserved, consisted of the cinerary urn, which stood in an upright position, its upper part damaged by later disturbance. It contained ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 596, n. 4 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 79, pp. 485-487, 555, figs. 2.370-2.373.

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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 ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 38, pp. 149, 150, figs. 78, 79.

[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 ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora XXI, p. 99 ... Agora XXII, p. 105.

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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 ... Agora XIII, pl. 79, b.

[Agora Deposit] E 6:2: West Chamber

Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 79, n. 39 ... Agora IV, p. 237 ... Agora XII, p. 388.

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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 ... Agora XIII, pl. 79b.

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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 ... Archaeology 4 (1951), p. 225 ... AJA LVI, 1952, p. 175 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:2: Small Chamber Tomb

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 103, tables 6.1, 6.2 (AA 132) ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 47, pl. 17 a,b ... Agora XXVII, p. 226.

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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 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... BCH LXXVI, 1952, p. 212.

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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 XIII, pls. 79,b, 83,b.

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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 ... Agora XXVII, p. 226 ... JHS LXXII, 1952, p. 96.

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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 ... Agora XIII, pp. 208-209, 274, pls. 48, 79 (Grave XVII).

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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 ... nb. p. 321.] JP

[Agora Deposit] N 18:5: Well Dug through Cistern at 79/MH

Well dug through N 18:1 (cistern at 79/ΜΗ) on the lower north slopes of Areopagus; the cistern was the northern chamber of a system; the southern chamber is at 84/ΝΣΤ (N 19:1). A single dumped deposit ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Well dug through N 18:1 (cistern at 79/ΜΗ) on the lower north slopes of Areopagus;

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[Agora Deposit] N 18:1: Bell Shaped Cistern

Cistern at 79/ΜΗ. A well dug through at a later date destroyed all cistern filling. No filling preserved. No typed list ... Probably 3rd cent. B.C ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora XXXII, p. 301.

[Agora Deposit] I 16:5: Cistern

Cistern at 79/Γ (= 80/Δ) on lower north slope of the Areopagus. Filling of 2nd c. B.C. with some later intrusions (Turkish pottery indicates disturbance). Single Knidian stamped amphora handle dates around ... Hellenistic-Turkish ... ΣΤ':79

[Agora Deposit] E 5:5: Pit

Pit at 79-83/ΜΒ-ΜΖ (or 81/ΜΣΤ=pit under floor of Room 11 in Roman Bldg. 2, 82/ΜΓ, 83/ΜΕ=well at 83/ΜΗ). Purpose of pit obscure. Evidently filled in Hellenistic times and disturbed in Roman times. Coins: ... 275-200 B.C. with later disturbance ... Pit at 79-83/ΜΒ-ΜΖ (or 81/ΜΣΤ=pit under floor of Room 11 in Roman Bldg. 2, 82/ΜΓ,

[Agora Deposit] J 2:1: Well West of N-S Street

Well West of N-S Street. Coin 2 August 1982 #704 ... Ca. 115-75 ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 200, table 2 ... Agora XXXIII, p. 363.

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[Agora Deposit] E 14:12: Disturbed inhumation

Geometric Burial. Burial B in notebook. Overlay E 14:13. Skeleton lay on smoothed bedrock, head southward, arms folded on chest, hands below chin. Legs, cut off by later disturbance, probably bent, with ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 306, no. 85 ... Hesperia 4 (1935), p. 364, fig. 20 ... Agora VIII, p. 126.

[Agora Deposit] B 19:9: Well

Diameter 0.80m. Water level -2m. Tiled well; height of tiles 0.67m. well in court (Room 3) of House N. Late Hellenistic destruction fill (Pergamene etc) to -7m; Sand without a well deposit (lamp Type ... 1st c. B.C. to 1st c. A.D ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), p. 153 ... Agora XXI, p. 96.

[Agora Deposit] E 17:1: Well

Use filling of early to late 2nd c. A.D., and dumped filling of late 2nd c. Coins: 16 April 1948 #1-#6 17 April 1948 #5 28 April 1948 #1 ... POU 2nd c. A.D ... Agora XXI, p. 97 ... Agora XXXII, p. 297 ... Agora XXXIV, p. 181.

[Agora Deposit] E 14:4: Disturbed cist grave

Rectangular shaft cut in rock with NE-SW orientation. Upper part of grave cut into fill over bedrock; this fill later swept away. Paving of small stones. Few human teeth and ribs. (Dimensions: L. 1.62m, ... 725-200 B.C ... Catalogue card (P 3569) writes grave 3. (SD)

[Agora Deposit] D-E 15:1: Great Drain Fillings

Great Drain: fillings in south part of section; Martyrs I, II and III, all layers (essentially no difference in the layers). Pottery sorted and recorded by H.A. Thompson 12 may 1950: "Having gone through ... Second half of 2nd c. B.C.-Early 1st c. B.C ... handles; latest of 79 coins date

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[Agora Deposit] E 14:13: Grave of a youth

Geometric burial. Burial A in notebook. Shaft in bedrock dug to 0.30m, oriented NE to SW. Upper part was disturbed by Grave XXIV. Skeleton of youth. L. as it lay 1.34m. Pots laid across grave at feet of ... 750-725 B.C ... Γ:77-79/ΚΕ

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[Agora Deposit] U 21:1: Well

Well cut into bedrock under late Roman building in ΕΛ. 1.2m in diameter with small cutting of unclear function at south edge about 0.2m wide. Walls cut straight down, tapering near bottom to 0.8m. Footholds ... Late Archaic ... Hesperia 83 (2014), p. 201, table 2 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376.