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[Agora Deposit] G 12:14: Urn-Burial of Two Infants

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 13 in notebook. Two skeletons of small children lay in a pithos which had been put on its side; its mouth was stopped by a stone slab. Most offerings were inside the pithos, but two kantharoi and ... Late Geometric ... Most offerings were inside the pithos, but two kantharoi and two oinochoai were placed outside. An animal bone was found under a coarse pitcher left outside the pithos at its mouth; carbonized matter, perhaps from a food offering, was found in one of the kantharoi. No evidence of re-opening, hence this was probably a double funeral.

[Agora Deposit] H 12:11.1: Upper fill

The absence of certain shapes (no kantharoi or cup-kantharoi) may be due to the nature of the establishment from which the material came. Also, absence of rouletting save for one example. The lack of these ... Ca. 390-375 B.C ... The absence of certain shapes (no kantharoi or cup-kantharoi) may be due to the nature of the establishment from which the material came.

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[Agora Deposit] R 13:7: Disturbed Pyre in Northeast Stoa Area

Disturbed pyre in NE stoa area. In western room of westernmost shop building. A patch of ash i or at the level of layer 2 (lot Ι 189d), partially destroyed by modern wall. Pottery from layer 2 dates ... 400-350? ... (kernos, no kantharoi or rouletted fragments).

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[Agora Deposit] O 16:3: Tiled Well at South Edge of EW Road

Tiled Well at S edge of E-W Road, 73/ΜΗ. Contemporary upper and lower fills separated by layer of sterile mud. Latest coin dates ca. 200. Koan amphora handle with stamped handle dates slightly after 200 ... 210-160 ... Coins: 15 December 1955 #1-#8 Large number of baggy kantharoi of incised wave group.