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[Agora Deposit] D 16:6: Pyre in Cut in E-W Street

Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus. RSY-Pyre. Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 16:10: Pit 6

Pit 6 in Grave area. South cut, Metroon Section. Pit with burning ... Late 5th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 5:1: Stuccoed Pit

Stuccoed pit, 2m x 2.50 m, rock-cut. Coins: 26 March 1937 #1 (not a coin) ... Ca. 400-350 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:11: Casting pit

Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain. Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock. 2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C. (Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock. 2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, first excavated in 1949. ... Appears to be cut into fill at south, but that area is disturbed by a modern water pipe from the landscaping of the Agora. ... Three steps cut into bedrock at north.

[Agora Deposit] D 15:2: Well

Construction and upper fills. Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ... Filling ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D ... Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ... ... Deposit Lists file has the 'fallen-in' objects from this deposit listed together with D 15:1.

[Agora Deposit] D 17:5: Cistern

Built against the south wall of the annex to the Poros Building west of the Areopagus. At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it. Part of same system as ... 225-100 B.C ... At the west the upper layer of marble chips carried against it, the lowest were cut by it. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:4.

[Agora Deposit] D 10:1: Thiseion Cistern A (1935)

Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) Coins: 16 May 1935 #4-#5 17 May 1935 #1-#2 18 May 1935 #1-#2 20 May 1935 #1-#2 22 May 1935 #1 23 May 1935 #2-#6 24 May 1935 #1-#7 25 ... 16-25 May 1935 6 February 1936 ... Cistern A for 1935 (there is another Cistern A, for 1936, D-E 8-9:1) ... Also, from rock-cut channel leading south from cistern (27/8/1961) S 589, S 590, SS 4316, IL 254, IL 258, IL 286, T 885, T 901, A 578, P 5947, P 6449 and coins ΠΘ-34, ΠΘ-35.

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:2: Urn cremation

Margaret Crosby ... Grave 1 (Grave XXVI: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male? [JP] Boots or Booties Grave. Near the west branch of the Great Drain, about 100m to the southwest of the Agora horos inscription ... Early Geometric I

[Agora Deposit] D-E 18-19: Road

West Road and Drain. (Road, drain and closely related cuts.) Packing in line of ancient road running along the northwest shoulder of the Areopagus. Includes excavation of 1957 titled "Road Area to North", ... Late 6th c. B.C. - Roman

[Agora Deposit] D-E 8-9:1: Theseion Cisterns A and B (1936)

Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR. Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] L 2:5: Pithos D

Anne McCabe ... Pithos D, adjacent to Pithos A at the NE, is built of stone and broken tile, beehive-shaped, unlined, with no floor. The wall of Pithos D appears to have been cut by the construction of the mortar wall ... 4-6 July 2007 31 July 2007 ... Pithos D, adjacent to Pithos A at the NE, is built of stone and broken tile, beehive-shaped, unlined, with no floor. The wall of Pithos D appears to have been cut by the construction of the mortar wall of Pithos A, and both vessels were damaged by the modern basement. ... The damaged upper courses of the wall of Pithos D were dismantled from 53.911m.

[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 6:3: Rectangular Rock-Cut Shaft

A cave-in not long after the digging of this shaft destroyed its possible usefulness as a well and thereafter it was used as a dump. Two principle periods of such use were noted, and within these several ... Ca. 575-480 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] C 19:1: Urn burial of an infant

RSY Grave 51. The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house. Cutting:the pit cut in ... Archaic period/6th or 7th c.

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[Agora Deposit] T 15:1: Pit Grave, Adult Inhumation

John Camp ... Protogeometric Grave about 0.60m to the southeast of T 15:2. Unlined roughly rectangular-elliptical pit, oriented north-south, neatly cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.70m, with rounded corners. The pit ... Early-Developed Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] I 5:5: Cist Tomb, adult inhumation

Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 5. Adult (female?) inhumation. Cist grave lined and covered with slabs of limestone, sandstone and schist. Cut into virgin soil under Royal Stoa at I/12,13-5/3,4. Grave measures 1.79x0.39-0.49x ca ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:3: Urn Cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. Consisted of a roughly circular pit, approximately 0.30-0.40m in diameter, cut into ... Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] I 18:3: Simple Trench Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... (Grave XXX: EG) Rectangular cutting with burned bones of a female 40-45 years old, and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 0.80m long, 0.40m wide, with ... Middle Geometric I

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[Agora Deposit] L 2:6: Cistern at L/11-2/11

The cistern was lined with stones at the top with an opening 0.80 m in diameter. For the most part, it seemed to cut into bedrock except along its northern edge where some 5th c. B.C fill remains and main ... 2-19 July 2010

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[Agora Deposit] F 13:5: Hellenistic (?) Amphora Deposit

Laura Gawlinski ... Ovoid pit cut into bedrock or sterile fill just north of preserved floor surfaces in the so-called Strategeion. Length (west-east) 2.6m; widens at 1.25m from the east scarp so that at west pit is 0.75m ... 4th B.C ... Ovoid pit cut into bedrock or sterile fill just north of preserved floor surfaces in the so-called Strategeion. ... It appears likely that this pit cut into at least the lower floor layers to the south. ... Pottery Lots: Γ VII T386 A-D, T387