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[Agora Deposit] C 9:19: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Destroyed urn cremation. No remains. Originally assigned as part of Tomb C 9:14 (Grave 7) JP "Large fragments of an urn were found in the packing of a Hellenistic water channel which cut through a LPG ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean

[Agora Deposit] C 17:8: Pit

Rectangular pit (in Trench IX); dumped filling of late 5th. c. B.C. with some disturbance as late as Early Roman. P 18559 and P 18510 from above this pit ... 5th c. B.C ... 5th c. B.C ... ΠΠ:38-39/ΛΘ

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[Agora Deposit] C 11:2: Pit tomb, inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 20 (E.L. Smithson: Grave X: PG). Bones discarded. Pit tomb, inhumation (on bier or in coffin?), perhaps of a child. Little ash and carbon in the filling, but the grave offerings were unburned. JP ... Developed Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] B 22:1: RSY Grace XXVII

Grave XXVII in notebook = RSY Grave 8. Possibly a child's grave ... Ca. middle of the 6th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 90, pls. 39 c, 40 c (Grave 8).

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:4: Inhumation of a female

Grave V in notebook = RSY Grave 5. PD 731-c, Ptg. 244 ... Second quarter of the 6th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] L 19:1: Well

Dumped fill. Well lining collapsed at ca. 0.60m. from bottom, apparently at start of POU, forcing abandonment. Pottery described as mixed to "latest Roman", including combed and gouged; all very fragmentary; ... Late Roman ... Lot Υ 13 for pottery from fill in channel leading to well 39/ΞΔ (late 4th c.

[Agora Deposit] I 13:2: Backfill of Demolition of Great Monument beneath Middle Stoa

Backfill of demolition of Great Monument beneath Middle Stoa. [Soft pit below Layer II of south aisle (=fill of early "Great Drain")] ... Early 4th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 2:28: Pyre J 2:28

Handler ... Found in an area of disturbed fill north of a floor surface in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building. The floor surface (n. 3 on the west side of Room 4) was preserved at 52.503-52.544 masl., and ... 2nd half 4th c. B.C.

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] R 18:1: Pyre

Small pit (in Layer I) = Grave ("Pyre") Identified as pyre by SIR. Pottery and burning ("pit filled with black") in pit slightly west of Panathenaic Road, dug into layer I (lot AA 180, much earlier 6th ... 275-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 7:2: Well at 8/IA-IB

Well at 8/ΙΑ-ΙΒ, beneath the north colonnade of the Square Peristyle, just west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Quite uniform fill. Diameter 1.15m. No P.O.U. Coins: 4 April 1938 #39 ... 650-600 B.C. 5th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] F 20:1: Pyre

Identified as Pyre by SIR. Debris filling of the middle of the 4th c. B.C. including the remains of a sacrificial pyre. Objects dispersed in red-clay fill uncovered in removal of modern staircase. A broken ... 4th c. B.C. disturbed ... 4th c. B.C. disturbed ... ΓΓ:39-43/ΞΓ-ΞΕ

[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.

[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 ... Mycenaean IIIB-C ... Σ:39

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[Agora Deposit] B 18:4: Pyre

Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus. First quarter 4th. c. B.C. Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 39, pp. 150, 151, figs. 78, 80 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 116-117, pl. 50 c (Pyre 3).

[Agora Deposit] N 11:4: Well

Well (diameter 1.10m). Neatly cut. Footholds on east and west at intervals of ca. 0.50m. Plentiful water ... Late 8th - Early 7th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:10: Urn-Burial of a Small Child

Urn Burial in Tholos Cemetery. Grave 9 in notebook. Amphora containing bones of a small child. Little pots had been put under its neck ... Late 8th-Early 7th c. B.C ... Late 8th-Early 7th c. B.C ... Β:39

[Agora Deposit] F 15:5: Well

Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor. POU is 15.80-16.35m ... First half of 1st c. A.D ... Actually 1 meter into section Δ, the well lies under a filling of primarily Hellenistic date which had been thrown in as underpinning for the support of a 2nd c. A.D. Roman tile-mosaic floor. ... Coins: 19 March 1934 #8 20 March 1934 #1-#3 21 March 1934 #3-#5 23 March 1934 #1-#3, #6-#8 30 March 1934 #39

[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.

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[Agora Deposit] F 5:2: Sacrificial Pyre under Room 18 in House 3

Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos: In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C.

[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.