[Agora Deposit] M 23:2: Grave 3

Grave 3 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine ... Grave 3

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[Agora Deposit] E 19:3: Grave 3, Inhumation of 24-Year-Old Man

Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C ... Grave 3, Inhumation of 24-Year-Old Man

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:11: Urn burial

Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3. Bones of a young child found inside. Discarded? ... 6th. c. B.C ... Grave XVI in notebook = RSY Grave 3.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:3: Urn-burial of an infant

Grave 3 in notebook. Grave partly destroyed by well B. Skeleton and offerings lost. The amphora mouth was doubly stopped by the bases of two other amphoras, one in its neck, the other in its mouth ... 750-725 B.C ... Grave 3 in notebook. Grave partly destroyed by well B.

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[Agora Deposit] B 20:3: Inhumation of a male

Grave XX in notebook = RSY Grave 16. PD 731-i ... Late 6th. c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:3: Inhumation of a male

Grave II in notebook = RSY Grave 17. PD 731-j ... Ca. 510-490 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] M 23:3: Grave 9

Grave 9 ... Dark Ages - Byzantine

[Agora Deposit] E 8:3: Grave South of Hephaisteion in Byzantine Cistern (Grave III)

Grave south of Hephaisteion, in Byzantine cistern. Grave III in notebook. Disturbed. One skeleton ... 30 March 1936

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[Agora Deposit] F-G 12:3: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 19 in notebook. Bones only AA 3. Length 2.15m; width 0.63m; depth 0.52m. Woman' skeleton with head at north. Cover slabs piled at foot of grave, probably by the diggers of Well J 18:8, who rifled ... Late Geometric ... Grave 19 in notebook. Bones only AA 3. Length 2.15m; width 0.63m; depth 0.52m. ... Cover slabs piled at foot of grave, probably by the diggers of Well J 18:8, who rifled grave.

[Agora Deposit] C 11:3: Pit

Perhaps originally a grave cutting ... Ca. 390-380 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] D-E 7:3: Grave in Opsithodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave L)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave L in notebook. Coin 9 March 1939 #14-#15 Neg. KK 364 Cf. container K 464 (under Grave L) ... 16 March 1939

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[Agora Deposit] R 10:3: Dog's Grave

Dog's Grave, the bones carefully disposed. It contained a small amount of contemporary pottery in the fill, of which some deposited nearby, may have been intended as offerings ... Third quarter of 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:3: Grave in North Peristyle of Temple of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXI)

Grave in north peristyle of Temple of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 25 February 1939 #4 27 February 1939 #5-#11 6 March 1939 #1 Negs. KK 376, KK 379 ... 25-27 February 1939 6 March 1939

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:3: Double Pit Grave

Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B). Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. We have dug to a maximum of about 0.06m below the top of Layer II ... Myc. IIIA/B

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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

[Agora Deposit] O 8:3: Cist Grave West of Circular Building

Mycenaean Grave W. of Circular Building. Measuring 1.40m by 0.55m and it was covered with a few rough stone covering slabs, under which lay the skeleton of an adult with the head to the north and the knees ... Myc. III A2-B

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[Agora Deposit] D 6:3: Urn cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 25 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave I: SM). Bones discarded. In some records as Grve XIV (JP)? Notebook says (p. 947) contents: hard earth, no bones. Lisa's list says bones discarded. Negs. X-75, ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:3: Pit tomb, inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 10 in notebook *(E.L. Smithson : Grave VI: PG). Bones discarded. Multiple inhumation of two children in an unlined trench in bedrock. No offerings. Nb. says two skeletons. JP *Note in nb.: we continue ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain)

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[Agora Deposit] J 3:9: Burial within Well

David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!" ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall ... "No grave goods!" ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora XXXVI, pp. 501-502.)

[Agora Deposit] N 14:3: Burial in mouth of well

Mycenaean well and grave. Single burial, that of a middle-aged man, had been made in the mouth of an unproductive well near the southeast corner of the South Square ... Myc. IIIB-C:1

[Agora Deposit] O 19:3: Fifth Century Pit

Pit at 57/ΚΑ; small pit on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, measuring 1.05x0.80mx0.80m deep. There were traces of burning and a few bones in it, since none of them are recognizably human it is probably ... 480 - 470 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] E 7:14: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXI)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXI in notebook. Disintegrated bones. Coins: 22 February 1939 #2-#3 ... 22 February 1939 ... Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXI in notebook. ... Coins: 22 February 1939 #2-#3

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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 ... Grave 1. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female 30-40 years old). Mentioned as Grave XVII in Deposit list. ... Also P 345 from sifting earth around grave. See also P 34860-P 34866 catalogued as "sherds overlying tombs F 16:3 & F 16:4".

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:3: Pithos Child Burial

Grave 2 in notebook. Child of about two (or 10?) months, body placed in plain pithos, which rested on its side at the bottom of a pit; the mouth closed with a stone slab. The burial forms a group with ... 750-725 B.C

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[Agora Deposit] D 16:4: Urn cremation

Evelyn Lord Smithson ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult male. Carbonized figs and grapes included in inventoried objects (no number). [JP] "Craftsman-Warrior" tomb: combination of weapons and ... Early Geometric I ... Grave 3: (Grave XXVII: EG). ... The burial forms a group with two other graves (D 16:2, D 16:3) set in angle formed by intersecting roads ... Animal bones: venile piglet less than 3 months old, sheep/goat astragalus, at least nine fragments of unidentified mammals.

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[Agora Deposit] Q 10:3: Chamber Tomb to West of Pier 12

Mycenaean Grave to W of Pier 12 (Burial 11). The northern part of the tomb had been cut away by the foundation trench for the south stylobate of the Square Building that preceded the Stoa, and the dromos, ... Myc. IIB-IIIA:1

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[Agora Deposit] N 16:3: Disturbed Urn Cremation

Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII. The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I

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[Agora Deposit] E 19:1: Grave 1

Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent. Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] M 18:6: Urn burial

Grave 3 in notebook. Outside Archaic cemetery, inhumation burial. Deposit list says black glaze pithos (P 8922) containing the bones of a child and four small vases. The pithos lay on its side with the ... Last quarter of 6th century B.C ... Grave 3 in notebook.

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:11: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXIX)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 7 March 1939 #12-#13 8 March 1939 #4-#5 10 March 1939 #3-#9 Neg. KK 367 ... 7-10 March 1939 ... Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXIX in notebook. ... Coins: 7 March 1939 #12-#13 8 March 1939 #4-#5 10 March 1939 #3-#9

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:4: Simple cremation pit (pyre)

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 11 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded. Burned deposit in a rectangular trench in bedrock. JP ... Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] I 5:3: Cist Τomb, Adult Inhumation

Susan I. Rotroff ... Burial 3 beneath the floor of the Stoa Basileios. It consisted of a rectangular pit cut into bedrock to a depth of 0.44m, lined on all sides and covered with an admixture of narrow stone slabs of soft ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Burial 3 beneath the floor of the Stoa Basileios. ... Most of the cover slabs were small, but the larger, main cover stone measured 0.46mx0.85m; it had collapsed on one side into the grave, but caused virtually no damage to the contents of the tomb.

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[Agora Deposit] D 7:5: Pit tomb, child/infant inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. Bones discarded. Notebook says: child bones (no skull), no offerings. Circular cutting in bedrock, about 3m south of D 6:3. Neg. KK 234 ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Grave 26. In some records as Grave I ter. ... Circular cutting in bedrock, about 3m south of D 6:3.

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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

[Agora Deposit] C 17:7: Fill South of Grave at 36/ΛΔ

Pocket of pottery to south of grave at 36/ΛΔ; uncertain context. Terracotta figurines resembling those from the Coroplast's Dump (S 19:3) No containers (cf. O 18:2). T 2468, T 2476, ST 412 from Hellenistic ... 350-320 B.C ... Pocket of pottery to south of grave at 36/ΛΔ; uncertain context. Terracotta figurines resembling those from the Coroplast's Dump (S 19:3)

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[Agora Deposit] L 2:4: Byzantine Baby's Grave

Anne McCabe ... Enchytrismos burial of an infant in Byzantine Room C, L/15-2/13, at 52.915m. Although disturbed by roots, the skeleton (AA 373) was articulated and lay parallel to Wall 1, with head at the NW and feet ... 14-15 June 2007

[Agora Deposit] I 18:4: Pit-Well

Well east of Geometric Grave. The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. Some evidence for period of use; little pottery. At the top a few Geometric ... Early Protogeometric ... Well east of Geometric Grave. The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. ... At the top a few Geometric sherds, perhaps displaced from I 18:3.

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:10: Urn cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 3 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIII: PG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female. JP Rectangular trench, measuring approximately 1.10x0.45m, but which may have been larger, cut through ... Late Protogeometric ... Grave 3 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIII: PG). Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female. ... The roughly circular urn-hole was located to the east; the bedrock dipped sharply along the west side of the grave. Much of the trench and the upper part of the urn-hole were destroyed by Classical and Hellenistic builders.

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[Agora Deposit] F 16:5: Funerary Deposit on Stone Pavement

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 4 in notebook. (E.L. Smithson: Grave XLIV). No remains (not really a grave, note on p. 331). Roughly rectangular patch of unworked fieldstones, measuring about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid on bedrock, ... 19-21 March 1932 ... Grave 4 in notebook. ... Smithson: Grave XLIV). No remains (not really a grave, note on p. 331). Roughly rectangular patch of unworked fieldstones, measuring about 1.20x0.80m neatly laid on bedrock, about 3m east of F 16:3 and F 16:4. The similarity of this feature to funerary deposit/ Q 8:12 in the cemetery along the south bank of the Eridanos, and in close proximity to Mycenaean and Early Iron Age graves, suggests that both deposits are funerary in nature.

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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 ... 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, in floor sequence.

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[Agora Deposit] O 17:8: Pit tomb, infant inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Infant grave near Phaidon street cistern. No offerings. Roughly rectangular, almost elliptical cutting in bedrock, measuring 0.70m long, 0.35m wide, and 0.40m deep, oriented south-southwest to north-northeast ... Late Helladic III C/Early Protogeometric (date uncertain)

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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 ... Grave 20 (E.L. Smithson: Grave X: PG). ... Little ash and carbon in the filling, but the grave offerings were unburned. ... It was in this layer that five of the six pots associated with the grave were encountered, toward the SE corner.

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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 ... Grave 2. Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). ... See also P 34860-P 34866 catalogued as "sherds overlying tombs F 16:3 & F 16:4" ... Papadopoulos (nbp. 293) says small pieces of charred wood found with the burned material of this grave are stored with the human remains of AA 283.

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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

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[Agora Deposit] A 18:9: Sacrificial Pyre over Drain A1

Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c ... Grave over drain A1 (House A). ... The pyre was excavated in two parts: the first in 1939 (A 18:3) and the second in 1940. ... Published together with A 18:3 in Hesperia 47.

[Agora Deposit] I 13:5: Late Geometric Burial

Burial disturbed. Located in Middle Stoa, north aisle, "upper trench", piers 3 and 4. Two individuals: small child (ca. 5 yrs. old) and adult female. In its disturbed state the burial was found (at elevation ... First half of 7th c. B.C ... Located in Middle Stoa, north aisle, "upper trench", piers 3 and 4. Two individuals: small child (ca. 5 yrs. old) and adult female. ... Either at this date or during a later disturbance, the grave "cairn" was leveled, with the cobblestones strewn downward over the earthen slope of the bedrock escarpment.

[Agora Deposit] B-C 10-11:1: Hellenistic-Early Roman Fill over Bedrock

Hellenistic-Early Roman fill over bedrock, along west side of Kolonos Agoraios. Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not ... 26-29 February 1936 2-12 March 1936 ... Consistent dumped filling; occasionally there is a late Roman fragment intruded from the filling above, but this seems not to affect the deposit which suggests some large scale operation, serving to level the area and to fill in the pits and grave cuttings of earlier periods ... Coins: 26 February 1936 #5-#18 (surface 24-28/ΜΕ-ΞΔ) 27 February 1936 #13-#19 29 February 1936 #20-#21 (surface 28-32/ΜΕ-ΞΔ) 2 March 1936 #4-#13 3 March 1936 # 8-#18 4 March 1936 #9-#17 5 March 1936 #6-#18 (surface 32-36/ΜΕ-ΞΔ, #7-#18) 6 March 1936 #6-#20 7 March 1936 #5-#17 9 March 1936 #4-#23 10 March 1936 #5-#9

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[Agora Deposit] R 20:1: Urn Cremation

John Travlos ... (Grave XXXII: EG) Urn cremation (trench-and-hole). Published as cremation burial of a warrior. The tomb was probably originally oriented north-south, with the urn-hole at the south end. The north side ... Transitional Early Geometric II-Middle Geometric I