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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

[Agora Deposit] H-I 12:1: Burnt Layers

Burnt Layer inside retaining wall of Middle Stoa Terrace (Θ) and NW Corner of Middle Stoa, burnt debris inside terrace retaining wall (Ζ). Coins Ζ: Coins Θ: 1 June 1951 ... Mid-3rd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] C 13:2.1: Fill I

Turkish sherds from this level. No tins of pottery ... August 1951

[Agora Deposit] H 14:2: Drain North of Southwest Fountain House

Silt fill of early road drain to North of SW Fountain House. Coins: 10 August 1961 #5 ... 325-275 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 7:3

Geometric Well at ca. 21/Κ beneath the west colonnade of the Square Peristyle, west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos ... Late 8th century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 7:4: Well of Christian Lamp

Well of Christian Lamp; west of Stoa terrace wall near north end. Pottery spread out June 1952. A big amphora was made up (ΣΑ 1780), but nothing else went together. Fill appeared o be all of one period ... Late 5th-early 6th century A.D.

[Agora Deposit] P 14:2: Well at 53/IH

Well at 53/ΙΗ, east of the east Stoa Plateia. Diameter 1.40-1.50m. Shaft worked with chisel, tapers toward bottom. Plentiful water. Uniform fill with field-stones, perhaps including period of use ... 775-725 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 16:2: Kiln (Pit) at 110/ΛΘ

Kiln (pit) at 110/ΛΘ. Debris in a metal working pit in the area of the Mint. Lot Τ 26e and T 27 ... 1st century A.D.

[Agora Deposit] Q 10:4: Well by Stoa Pier 8

Well by Stoa Pier 8. Mouth of well discovered in 1950 (p. 2287). Dumped filling in the 4th c. B.C. but the bulk of the material of the 5th c. B.C. Fill contained much wood, bones, Mycenaean, Geometric, ... 5th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] Q 12:1: Well by Stoa Pier 3.

Well by Stoa Pier 3. Mouth was discovered in 1950 (p. 2273). Between first and second POU; no joins between the groups, which were separated by nearly sterile fill. No apparent chronological difference ... Mid-2nd c. B.C.

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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 7:4: The Kylix Pit

Mycenaean Grave (grave with kylikes). Small irregular pit (about 0.70m by 0.45m by 0.50m deep). it was full of Mycenaean sherds and fragmentary pots, mostly kylikes, but also contained occasional scraps ... Mycenaean IIIB-C

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:5: Tomb of the Niches

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb with niches. One of the few tombs found in the Agora that has an almost architectural regularity with squares chamber (1.75m wide by 2.10m deep) and axially centered dromos (4m long ... Myc. III A 1:2

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:6: Infant pot inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXVIII: PG) Shallow oval cutting in natural bedrock lintel of Mycenaean chamber tomb O 7:5, containing a large two-handled cooking pot. Within, the unburned bones of a foetal ... Developed-Later Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:7: Small Chamber Tomb

Eugene Vanderpool ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Although badly disturbed at various times in antiquity, it was clearly a chamber tomb with the chamber little more than a cubby-hole at the end of a steep dromos, entered at the ... Myc. III A-B

[Agora Deposit] O 7:8: The Tortoise's Grave

The Tortoise's Grave. Small deposit in the lower part of a wine-jar (P 21715) set down into the filling of a pit of the archaic period (O 7:9). Contains tortoise shell ... 425-400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:12: Hollow with Slit over West Niche of Mycenaean Tomb

Hollow with silt over niche of Mycenaean Tomb (O 7:5) ... 7th-early 6th century, some 5th century intrusions.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:13: Rectangular Pit in Bedrock at 44/H

Shallow rectangular pit in bedrock at 44/Η. It contained a very small quantity of pottery, mostly coarse but including a few black glazed pieces, one stamped. Agora XII, p. 396. No container, pottery ... 450-400 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:14: Deposit in front of NE Stoa

Mycenaean Deposit (Gully) in front of NE Stoa (corrected from P 7:1). It consisted of a series of irregular pits, some gradually linked up with one another to form what seemed a natural gully. The largest ... Mycenaean IIIA-B

[Agora Deposit] O 7:15: Irregular Pit in Bedrock

Irregular Pit in Bedrock, ca. 35/ΙΕ Coins: 28 May 1951 #4 ... 600-550 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:16: Pit Tomb, Infant Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... "Submycenaean" grave into Mycenaean gully. Rectangular trench cut partly in bedrock, partly through Mycenaean domestic filling. No pottery catalogued ... Late Helladic IIIC-Early Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] L 8:1: Well Τhrough Foundations of Altar of Ares

Well through foundations of Altar of Ares. Coins: 8 June 1950 #1 ... 8 June 1950 1-15 June 1951

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:1: Pit Tomb, Adult Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXV. Adult female inhumation. Deposit summary and notebook write at 31/Θ-I ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Early Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] O 7:9: Archaic Pit at 25/ΙΓ

Archaic Pit at 25/ΙΓ, near the northeast corner of the market square. Filling in upper part of shaft, cleared only to a depth of 3.10m because of rock conditions ... 600-550 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] O 7:10: Pit

Small Pit or Well at 25/ΚΑ with a small quantity of fine and coarse household pottery, much of it whole, or nearly so ... Ca. 450-425 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] O 7:11: Pit Tomb, Child Inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] P 7:8: Pit

Deposit associated with early walls West of the Stoa of Attalos ... Late 5th c. B.C. (?)- early 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 7:9: Pit

Pit in Bedrock South of Large Monument Base, just West of the Stoa of Attalos ... First half of 6th c. B.C.

[Agora Deposit] P 8:1: Circular Building Fills

Building Fill NE of Circular Building 13-17/ΚΓ-ΚΣΤ (Roman Group H) and Connecting Cut NE of Circular Bldg ... First half 2nd c. A.D.

[Agora Deposit] P 8:2: Trench

Narrow trench in bedrock; one section found to NE of Circular Building west of the Stoa of Attalos, another (Q 8:1) beneath the terrace of the Stoa of Attalos opposite Pier 19. A single filling in both ... Ca. 450-425 B.C. and shortly after

[Agora Deposit] P 9:1: Well

Byzantine Well at 22/ΜΕ ... 24 February 1936 16 June 1951

[Agora Deposit] M 7:1: Well Cutting

Well at 35/ΛH. In the northern part of the market square, north of the altar of Ares. Stony fill with late Geometric sherds. Not dug ... Late 8th century B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] N 7:2: Lily Bowl Grave

Mycenaean grave. Small pit grave (0.50m by 1.35m by 0.75m deep) containing the skeleton of an infant girl. Although a simple grave with a single interment, the pit was packed with gifts. These consisted ... No later than mid-15th c.

[Agora Deposit] N 7:3: Skytha Well

Well at 45/Θ (Skytha Well) near the north side of the market square. No period of use was distinguished, since it was impossible to clear the well to the bottom. The considerable quantity of dumped filling ... Ca. 460-440 B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 9:2: Double Well by E. Entrance to Square Building (Well A)

Double Well by E. Entrance to Square Building (Well A) (formely a O 8:1) Coin 21 April 1951 #1 (disintegrated) Carefull there is two O 8:1, the actual one is a filling around rubble wall at 35/ KE. Estimated ... 750 to early 7th century B.C.

[Agora Deposit] R 9:3: Double Well by Entrance to Square Building (Well B)

Double Well by Entrance to Square Building (Well B) Wall A (R 9:2) was Late Geometric or transitional well, into one-half of which a bothros had been sunk in Turkish times (16th c. A.D.)-R 9:3. This bothros ... ca. 17th century A.D.

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[Agora Deposit] J 7:1: Child Inhumation

E.D. Townsend Vermeule ... Protogeometric Grave no. 2 at North of Temple of Ares (Grave XXXVII). Rectangular stone-lined pit in filling of Mycenaean chamber tomb (J 7:2); the skeleton of a boy. Cf. P 21275 which is from the "preliminary ... Middle Protogeometric

[Agora Deposit] J 7:1 BIS: Destroyed Cremation Tomb

E.D. Townsend Vermeule ... PG grave no. 1. Mycenaean Chamber tomb under Temple of Ares. No remains, but cf. P 21275. Cf. under J 7:2 (PG grave no. 1), Agora XIII, pp. 183-190 ... Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] J 7:2: Chamber Tomb under the Temple of Ares

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares, towards its west end.(1951). The tomb had a hasty and unfinished appearance oddly at variance with its long history and the quality of the pottery ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.)

[Agora Deposit] J 7:3: Lekythos Deposit

Fifth century lekythos deposit in area of Mycenaean Tomb. Lot Η 81a ... 5th c. B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:1: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Rebecca Wood Robinson ... Mycenaean Grave C. Lisa's list mentions also Grave D ... Myc. IIIA 1:2

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[Agora Deposit] J 8:2: Disturbed Chamber Tomb (?)

Mycenaean Grave F. It seemed to be more as a collection of bones and offerings, presumably swept aside to make room for later burials; they are east of and slightly higher than children's graves A and ... Myc. IIIA

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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

[Agora Deposit] K 7:1: Hellenistic Fill

Hellenistic fill, north of Temple of Ares, on either side of wall running east-west over 50/ΙΓ. Mostly coarse pottery including many stamped amphora handles. Cf. also nb. P XII, pp. 2297-2298. Coins: 13 ... 275-200 B.C.