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[Agora Deposit] B 21:8: Inhumation

Grave XII in notebook = RSY Grave 9 ... Just after the middle of the 6th. c. B.C ... Grave XII in notebook = RSY Grave 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 ... Grave 11 in notebook (E.L. Smithson: Grave XII: PG). Bones discarded.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:19: Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2 ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 55-67, figs. 1, 2, 37-42, 73 (Grave XII).

[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) ... Agora XII, p. 385.

[Agora Deposit] C 11:3: Pit

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

[Agora Deposit] L 20:2: Grave

Rectangular cutting, not entirely preserved, west of underground drain. Contained good black glazed pottery, some stamped, and a little coarse ware, along with bits of bone and part of a skull ... Third quarter 5th c. B.C.

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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 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 93-95, pl. 42 a-c (Grave 12) ... Agora XII, p. 385.

[Agora Deposit] N 18:4: Late 5th c. B.C. Child Grave

Grave 2. Shallow cutting, 1.00x0.47m, in bedrock; possibly a child's burial, but no skeletal remains preserved ... Late 5th c. B.C.

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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 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 87, pls. 35 d and 38 c, e (Grave 3) ... Agora XII, p. 385.

[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.

[Agora Deposit] D 16:9: Pit 4

Pit 4 in Grave area (= Cistern). Not completely cleared. Filling probably late Hellenistic, though with some earlier material ... Hellenistic

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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 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 88-89, fig. 7 and pls. 38 f, 39 a (Grave 5) ... Agora XII, p. 385.

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[Agora Deposit] B 21:5: Inhumation, probably young male

Grave VI in notebook = RSY Grave 10. PD 731-d Ptg. 251 ... Ca. 520-525 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 91-92, fig. 8 and pls. 40 a, 41 a (Grave 10) ... Agora XII, p. 385.

[Agora Deposit] B 21:21: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit V

Sacrificial Pit V in notebook = RSY Grave 19 ... Last quarter 6th. c. B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 100-101, pl. 46 a-b (Grave 19) ... Agora XII, p. 385.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:18: Urn-Burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 17 in notebook. No offerings. Amphora containing skeleton of small child was laid on its side in pit. RSY Lot Β 304 Fill over Grave 17 ... Early 6th century B.C (?) ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), p. 21, figs. 1, 7 (Grave I) ... Agora XII, p. 391.

[Agora Deposit] B 21:22: Cremation, Sacrificial Pit VI

Sacrificial Pit VI in notebook = RSY Grave 18 See also B 21:23 ... Ca. 525-500 B.C ... Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 100, pl. 45 c (Grave 18) ... Agora XII, p. 385.

[Agora Deposit] B 12:4: Pit

Filling in a sizeable pit. The objects, along with the dimensions of the cutting from which they came, might suggest offerings in a disturbed grave but there was no evidence of skeletal remains ... Ca. 430-415 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] E 19:4: Crevice in Rock

Crevice in Rock (Grave?) at 70/ΝΣΤ (below modern surface accumulation). Identified as a sacrificial pyre, with characteristic banded plates and saucers, by SIR ... 4th c. B.C./300-250 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] A 20:10: Infant burial(?)

Grave (?) under wall 4. Infant burial(?); a kados, P 16747, lying sideways with a tall cylindrical stand, P 16748, set over it as a cover; the upper parts of the pots cut away ... Late 6th. c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] D 16:8: Pit 2

Pit 2 in Grave area. Small deposit in a pit; a fragment of a red-figured nuptial lebes recalls the early Kerch style of the second quarter of the 4th c.; the deposit as a whole runs somewhat later ... Ca. 375-315 B.C.

[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] H 17:1: Child's urn burial

Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] G 12:1: Urn-burial of an Infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 1 in notebook. Slightly disturbed by the digging of Pit A. A large oil jar/amphora lay on its side with a flat stone stopping its mouth. The three small vases offered at the burial were found, together ... Ca. 600 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 21-23, figs. 1, 8-9. (Grave II) ... Agora XII, p. 391.

[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.

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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.

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[Agora Deposit] C 17:2: Pyre North of House G

North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13). Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 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.