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[Agora Deposit] B 21:7: Inhumation, probably of a female

Grave X in notebook = RSY Grave 14. PD 731-g ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 96, fig. 11 and pl. 43 b-c (Grave 14).

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[Agora Deposit] E 7:5: Grave in Opisthodomos of Hephaisteion (Grave XLIX)

Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave XLIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 9 March 1939 #8-#13 Neg. KK 365 ... 9 March 1939 16 March 1939 ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 14).

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:14: Inhumation, probably a female

Grave XXVI in notebook = RSY Grave 12 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C. or sightly later

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:6: Urn cremation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 14 in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. Cremation: bones in pit (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXIV: PG). Bones discarded. [JP] Nb. says at 16-17/ΞΖ and 16/ΞΖ on cards and on deposit list.(SD) ... Early Geometric I ... Grave 14 in notebook. ... Smithson: Grave XXIV: PG). Bones discarded.

[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

[Agora Deposit] D 7:14: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXVI)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 7 March 1939 #1-#6 Neg. KK 355 ... 7-19 March 1939

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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.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:15: Inhumation a Man

Grave 14 in notebook. Length of shaft 2.12m; width 0.46m; depth from cover 0.60m. Man's skeleton stretched NE-SW with head at NE. Offering at foot of shaft, with the skyphos in the mouth of the pitcher ... 750-725 B.C ... Grave 14 in notebook. ... On the NE edge of the cover slabs was a small flat stone, perhaps to support a grave marker.

[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

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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

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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 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 98-99, fig. 14 and pl. 45 a-b (Grave 17).

[Agora Deposit] E 14:14: Cutting in Bedrock

The almost complete red figure hydria set into this cutting suggests the possibility of a 5th c. burial put into a much earlier grave cutting; however, the remainder of the filling appears thoroughly disturbed ... 450-425 B.C- Late Roman disturbance

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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 Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 99-100 and figs. 70-71 (Grave XXIV).

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:5: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 5 in notebook. The grave had been somewhat disturbed by the digging of Well B. The hydria lay on its side; in it was found the skeleton of a small child lying on its side with the knees drawn up ... Late 8th-early 7th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 26-28, figs. 1, 14-15 (Grave V).

[Agora Deposit] E 7:7: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXI)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXI in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 11 March 1939 #12-#14 13 March 1939 #4 14 March 1939 #2-#4 Neg. KK 393 ... 11-13 March 1939 18 March 1939 ... Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXI in notebook. ... Coins: 11 March 1939 #12-#14 13 March 1939 #4 14 March 1939 #2-#4

[Agora Deposit] E 7:27: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXVI)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVI in notebook. Loose earth with bones. Coins: 14 March 1939 #1 ... 25 February 1939 18 March 1939 ... Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXVI in notebook. ... Coins: 14 March 1939 #1

[Agora Deposit] D 7:4: Pit Grave

Disturbed pit with a skull. Pottery discarded. Late context; more likely Turkish than Geometric. See Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 303 for skull description ... 4 May 1936

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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 ... Grave in opisthodomos of Hephaisteion. Grave L in notebook ... Coin 9 March 1939 #14-#15

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:7: Cist grave/adult inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton. In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I

[Agora Deposit] D 7:13: Grave in West Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXVII)

Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVII in notebook. No mention of bones. Orlandos Grave A. Coins: 7 March 1939 #7-#10 Neg. KK 354 ... 7-10 March 1939 ... Αρχειον II (1936), pp. 214-216, figs. 6, 14 ... V, 1941, p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 8).

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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 ... 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 burial area and obliterated the urn and urn-hole of LPG grave C 9:14." ... P 6723, although surely an urn, rust-stained inside from the iron jewelry and within a meter of Grave C 9:14, is much earlier than the offerings in that grave and must have come from still another burial trench in the line of the water channel; a narrow burned strip along the edge of the channel opposite the fragments may be part of that trench. ... Agora XXXVI mentions (p. 298) as part of Grave 5 (should read 7)

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:14: Cremation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 7 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXI: PG). Bones discarded. Disturbed and damaged cremation (originally trench-and-hole), the east end cut away, probably contained the burial urn. JP It consisted ... Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] E-F 8:1: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXIII)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXIII in notebook. Filling: decayed bones. Coins: 13 March 1939 #5-#20 14 March 1939 #6 Neg. XV-87 ... 13 March 1939 ... Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXIII in notebook. ... Coins: 13 March 1939 #5-#20 14 March 1939 #6

[Agora Deposit] E 8:2: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXIV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXIV in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 13 March 1939 #21-#23 14 March 1939 #7 Neg. KK 395 ... 13-15 March 1939 ... Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXIV in notebook. ... Coins: 13 March 1939 #21-#23 14 March 1939 #7

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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 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 305, no. 82 (Grave XXXI) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), p. 98 and figs. 1, 29-30, 68 (Grave XXI).

[Agora Deposit] F 12:1: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Shallow round pit scraped out of bedrock. Grave 18 in notebook. The confusion here is that P 5347 found in the grave was catalogued in B' but the large bowl fragment (P 6482) was catalogued in B (see nb ... 700-650 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 77 (Grave XVIII) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 23-24, figs. 1 and 10 (Grave III).

[Agora Deposit] F 7:2: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXII)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXII in notebook. No mention of bones. Pottery discarded. Coins: 11 March 1939 #15 14 March 1939 #5 Neg. KK 385 ... 18 March 1939 ... Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXII in notebook. ... Coins: 11 March 1939 #15 14 March 1939 #5

[Agora Deposit] E 7-8:1: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXVI)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXVI in notebook. Burned layer with bones, skulls. Coins: 13 March 1939 #25 14 March 1939 #9-#10 Neg. KK 394 ... Byzantine ... Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXVI in notebook. ... Coins: 13 March 1939 #25 14 March 1939 #9-#10

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[Agora Deposit] J 9:2: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Evelyn L. Smithson ... Submycenaean grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIV). The skeleton of a 30 year's old female ... Submycenaean

[Agora Deposit] E 8:1: Grave in South Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LXV)

Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXV in notebook. Coins: 13 March 1939 #24 14 March 1939 #8 (Vandal, not kept?) Notebook says: wall of LXIV rests on bones. Neg. KK 396 ... 13-14 March 1939 16 March 1939 ... Grave in south peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LXV in notebook ... Coins: 13 March 1939 #24 14 March 1939 #8 (Vandal, not kept?)

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:24: Inhumation with Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 306, no. 83 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 44-55, figs. 1, 29-31, 32-36, 73 (Grave XI).

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:8: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 7b in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery; The skeleton positioned directly below the male in Grave 7, but with direction reversed, i.e., head at southeast end. Most grave offerings at lower ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 305-307, no. 83, figs. 7, 8, pl. LIII (Grave XX) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 94-97, figs. 1, 65-67 (Grave XX).

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[Agora Deposit] B 10:2: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 18 in notebook. Adult inhumation; skeletal material; no offerings. Submycenaean? JP In some records as Grave XIX bis. (see Agora XXXVI, Tomb 31, p. 284) ... LH IIIC/EPG (date uncertain)

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[Agora Deposit] F 9:1: Pit tomb, child inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 15 in notebook. Burial of child (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIV: PG). Single bone. Nb. says: few bones. Skull fragment, few ribs and fingers (bones discarded). Negs. KK 24 and KK 30 431 ... Developed to Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:7: Inhumation of a Man

Grave 7 in notebook. Area disturbed in Roman times; outlines of the shaft had been obliterated. The northwest end, however, was preserved in a cutting in the rock of the sloping hillside. This cutting, ... 750-700 B.C ... Grave 7 in notebook. ... The earlier burial, Grave XX, occupied the bottom of the cutting; the later, Grave XIX, rested on a filling of ash 0.38m above it. ... See Hesperia 14, no. 86 (AA 5).

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[Agora Deposit] C 8:10: Pit tomb, adult inhumation.

Homer A. Thompson ... Grave XIII in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. One skeleton. Bones discarded. No offerings. JP ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain)

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[Agora Deposit] J 9:1: Simple Cremation

Rebecca Wood Robinson ... Damaged Protogeometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XL). Small corner only preserved, cut in part into the filling of the Submycenaean Grave J 9:2. In this corner, and spilling into the disturbed upper ... Late Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:9: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 8 in notebook. Inhumation in Tholos Cemetery. Length of shaft 1.75m; Width at upper end 0.95m; Depth from cover 0.70m. One end cut into sloping rock. Skeleton of a woman, with head southeast. Most ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), no. 77, p. 304, pl. ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 87-93, figs. 1, 58-64, 73 (Grave XVIII).

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:17: Inhumation of a Woman

Grave 16 in notebook. Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m. Skeleton of a woman , head at northwest end. Most of pots piled over feet and legs of skeleton at southeast end. An iron ... 750 B.C ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 76, pl. LI (Grave XVII) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 76-87, figs. 1, 2, 51-57, 73 (Grave XVII).

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[Agora Deposit] H 17:2: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Child's Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXVIII: G). Cf. Container Lot ΣΤ 165 (fill over geometric grave). Neat, rectangular, unlined trench, cut into bedrock to a preserved depth of 0.20m,below the level ... Early Geometric I

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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 ... AgoraPicBk 24 (1998), pp. 10-11, figs. 14, 15 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 379-293, figs. 1-2, pls. 73-75 (Grave XXVII).

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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 ... 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. ... Lot ΠΠ 246, over saucer grave.

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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] I 18:1: Pit Tomb, Adolescent Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Rectangular pit, oriented east-west, cut party into filling of Early Protogeometric pit-well (I 18:4), to a preserved depth of about 0.30m. A late Byzantine wall founded below the floor of the grave destroyed ... Middle Geometric I ... A late Byzantine wall founded below the floor of the grave destroyed the entire eastern half of the earlier burial. ... Reanalysis of the human remains in 2000 suggested a child aged 12-14 years at death. ... A single preserved cover slab (not recorded) protected the grave and its offerings; originally the entire body would have been covered by slabs.

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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). ... In it, a neck-handled amphora , which served as cinerary urn, was placed in an upright position; it contained the cremated remains of an individual described as an adolescent aged 10-14 years at death. ... 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.