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[Agora Image] 2009.03.0422 (Section Κ 274)

Modern burial from east ... Scanned 2005 for the 75th anniversary exhibition and publication. 2007 Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Feb 1953 ... Modern burial from east.

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[Agora Image] 2012.36.1037 (Section Κ 274)

Modern burial from east ... AMS 2007 Horizontal (normal) ... 27 Feb 1953 ... Modern burial from east.

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-11-7 (pp. 2005-2006)

Modern Burial. Sylvie's Agora Murder. House 635/5 ... Κ-11 2005, 2006 ... 2 March 1953 ... Modern Burial

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[Agora Image] 2012.32.0813 (Section ΓΓ 116)

Modern burial in trench behind House 633/6 ... AMS 353 Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Apr 1939 ... Modern burial in trench behind House 633/6.

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[Agora Image] 2012.35.0685 (Section Θ 48)

Burial. Skull in earth with modern wall to be removed beyond ... AMS Horizontal (normal) ... Burial. Skull in earth with modern wall to be removed beyond.

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[Agora Deposit] N 20:8: Cremation Burial in Ω

Margaret Crosby ... Grave, disturbed. Rectangular cutting in bedrock 1.70m long and 0.60m deep. The north half was cut away by a modern cellar wall and only 0.20-0.10m of fill was left. A the bottom there was a thick layer ... 510 - 490 B.C.

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0248 (XIV-72)

Amphora burials on strosis north of Wall Q: easternmost burial ... no deposit southeast 1576 ... 29 Jun 1938

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[Agora Image] 2012.50.1382 (XIV-72)

Amphora burials on strosis north of Wall Q: easternmost burial ... no deposit southeast 1576 Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Jun 1938

[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 ... The three small vases offered at the burial were found, together with a few of the bones of a small child, inside the amphora ... A bit of plaster A 443 probably a modern intrusion (RSY).

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-23-46 (pp. 4581-4582)

Modern Road Level. Late Roman Well. Burial. Geometric Cremation Burial. Collapsed Wall and Bedrock. Road Cut South of Southwest Fountain House Annex ... Κ-23 4581, 4582 H 16:6 ... 15 Jul 1967 ... Modern Road Level ... Burial ... Geometric Cremation Burial

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[Agora Notebook Page] Η-4-71 (pp. 710-711)

Burial. Mycenaean Grave at 12/ΙΖ ... Η-4 710, 711 Η 301 P 1977 Η 302 P 1978 Η 303 J 5 Η:1933.0511:22 N 21565 Η:1933.0511:23 Η:1933.0511:24 N 21566 Η:1933.0511:25 Η:1933.0511:26 N 21567 Η:1933.0511:27 Η:1933.0511:28 N 41583 N 41584 Lot Η 50 ... 1143-1180 A.D.

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΚΚ-1-95 (pp. 180-181)

Burial. Grave 16 at 24-25/ΞΓ ... ΚΚ-1 180, 181 ΚΚ:1936.0228:10 ΚΚ:1936.0228:11 ΚΚ:1936.0228:12 Lot ΚΚ 15 C 8:7 ... Modern

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[Agora Notebook Page] Ω-1-78 (pp. 142-143)

Burial. Bedrock middle terrace. Poros block at base of modern wall. Bedrock base of wall. Bedrock at north ... Ω-1 142, 143 P 11988 P 11989 Ω 75 N 20:8 Section Ω 12 Section Ω 11 ... 3 Feb 1938 ... Burial ... Poros block at base of modern wall

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΚΚ-2-51 (pp. 291-292)

Theseion Cut V. Christian Grave I. Burial ... ΚΚ-2 291, 292 ΚΚ:1936.0310:10 ΚΚ:1936.0310:11 N 31126 ΚΚ:1936.0310:12 N 42918 ΚΚ:1936.0310:13 ΚΚ:1936.0310:14 ΚΚ:1936.0310:15 ΚΚ:1936.0310:16 ΚΚ:1936.0310:17 Lot ΚΚ 227 D 8:2 Section ΚΚ 45 Section ΚΚ 46 ... Modern

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0082 (XVII-7)

Chapel of St. Spyridon: earlier period of the east end, showing second floor level with burial cuttings ... 2375 Horizontal (normal) ... May 1939

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[Agora Image] 2012.51.0134 (XVII-7)

Chapel of St. Spyridon: earlier period of the east end, showing second floor level with burial cuttings ... AMS 2375 ... May 1939

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-11-102 (pp. 2195-2196)

Demolition of Houses. Modern Burial. Late Wall; 39-49/ΛΘ-ΛΖ; Drain C. Poros Fragment Wall. Stoa to Steps Fillings. Fill South of Stoa Piers 1 and 2. Fill over Stepped Retaining Wall. South Edge of Section ... Κ-11 2195, 2196 ... Modern Burial

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0272 (LXXVI-36)

Early Geometric burial urn (P 24790) as found. Deposit N 16:3. Above the urn to the left, ancient house wall; in upper right, modern house foundations; in middle foreground, a cesspool ... southeast 5683 Horizontal (normal) ... 20 May 1955 ... Early Geometric burial urn (P 24790) as found. ... Above the urn to the left, ancient house wall; in upper right, modern house foundations; in middle foreground, a cesspool.

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[Agora Image] 2012.54.1222 (LXXVI-36)

Early Geometric burial urn (P 24790) as found. Deposit N 16:3. Above the urn to the left, ancient house wall; in upper right, modern house foundations; in middle foreground, a cesspool ... AMS southeast 5683 Horizontal (normal) ... 20 May 1955 ... Early Geometric burial urn (P 24790) as found. ... Above the urn to the left, ancient house wall; in upper right, modern house foundations; in middle foreground, a cesspool.

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[Agora Deposit] C 10:2: Pot inhumation, probably infant

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 9 (E.L. Smithson: Grave XVIII: PG). Bones discarded. JP Roughly circular pit, about 0.59m in diameter, cut into soft bedrock to a depth of 0.42m. Tomb encountered only about 0.12-0.15m below the ... Protogeometric

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[Agora Deposit] N 21:5: Disturbed Tomb with Cist Grave

Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb. The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c.

[Agora Object] P 1955: Unguentarium

Mended from four pieces; chip of rim missing. Pear-shaped body with flat bottom, long neck and flaring lip. Micaceous pinkish-buff clay; traces of buff slip. ADDENDA: All breaks modern. Source uncertain-ware/type ... 29 April 1933 ... ADDENDA: All breaks modern. Source uncertain-ware/type not closely paralleled here. ... Lower part of large amphora set into stereo, with P 1956 and frags. of others. Burial?

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[Agora Notebook Page] Ω-1-100 (pp. 186-187)

Apollodorus Street. Conglomerate wall. Areopagus Street. Modern Turkish cesspool. Room 3. Room 5. Room 7. St. Dionysius Street. Concrete retaining wall. Room 1. Room 2. Burial. House F. Kiln. Room 6a ... Ω-1 186, 187 P 21:1 ... Modern Turkish cesspool ... Burial

[Agora Object] J 133: Necklace

Seven beads. Two small beads of blue glass paste, one of white glass paste, two small of black glass paste (?) and two of carnelian; also one of gold, together with fragments of other white glass paste ... 9 January 1954 ... Preserved with these, from this burial, is a small sea-shell (conus mediterraneus) ... Mycenaean chamber tomb opposite Stoa of Attalos, pier 15; in modern drainage ditch; pit under skeleton 4.

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[Agora Deposit] G 12:11: Disturbed Adult Inhumation Pit Tomb

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 10 in notebook. No remains. Probably grave of a woman. Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction ... Middle Geometric II

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-23-56 (pp. 4601-4602)

Pottery from Road Cut South of Southwest Fountain House Annex. Area and Level of Geometric Burial Pit to bedrock; South of 4th c. B.C. Walls; Road Cut South of Southwest Fountain House Annex. First Layer ... Κ-23 4601, 4602 Lot Κ 405 Lot Κ 406 Lot Κ 407 ... 5th-early 4th B.C ... Area and Level of Geometric Burial Pit to bedrock; South of 4th c. ... First Layer below Modern House Basement; North End of Road-Cut South of Southwest Fountain House ... Hellenistic Cistern; South End of Road-Cut South of Southwest Fountain House Annex; West Side of Geometric Burial

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[Agora Report Page] 1934 Β, s. 17

Section Β 1934; Index for Volumes I-VI. Varia. Plan of modern houses. Demolition of modern houses. Boundaries of section. Layout of section (numbers and letters). Section Β'. Modern cellars. Late burial ... 1934 Β ... Plan of modern houses ... Demolition of modern houses ... Modern cellars

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-23-20 (pp. 4529-4530)

Annex of Southwest Fountain House. Mixed Fill. Fallen Section of Poros Gutter and Deposit of Pottery and Ash. Modern House Cellar. Ancient Road. 4th c. B.C. Roads. Byzantine Pithoi. Manhole with Tunnel ... Κ-23 4529, 4530 Lot Κ 395 H 16:6 ... 14 Jun 1967 ... Modern House Cellar ... Area of Geometric Burial ... Burial

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-23-16 (pp. 4521-4522)

South Modern House Wall. Backfill of 1932; ΣΤ Excavation. Geometric Cremation Burial. 4th B.C. Wall. Red Clay Floors. Line of Poros Gutter. Line of Roman House Wall just to East. Byzantine Pithos. Southwest ... Κ-23 4521, 4522 ... 12 Sep 1966 ... South Modern House Wall ... Geometric Cremation Burial

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[Agora Deposit] C 9:17: Pit tomb, adult inhumation

Rodney S. Young ... Grave 8 in notebook. Bones discarded. Fragments of an iron pin found on the chest and a fragment of a Protogeometric krater base found beside the body were not inventoried. JP Unlined roughly rectangular ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain)

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[Agora Object] P 24777: Lekanis with Lid

Small lekanis: intact. Low ring foot; rim flanged at inner edge to receive lid. Brown glaze inside and out save for reserved bottom. Lid: two joining fragments, one segment of rim missing. Flat-topped ... 2 May 1955 ... This lekanis-pyxis and the miniature chytra P 24778 (Τ 3209) were found at the edge of a modern wall; with them, fragments of at least two banded saucers. ... Disturbed pyre burial.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 350, p. 334

Well. Cistern. Agora XII, p. 395. Dump. Agora XXI, p. 99. Pit. Fill. Agora XII, p. 396. Burial. Agora VIII, p. 130. Other. Agora XIII, p. 274. Hesperia 8, 1939, p. 215 ... Agora 23 334 M 18:8 N 21:9 M 20:3 N-P 20:1 O 7:9 M-N 15:1 O 7:12 N 7:3 O 7:15 N 10:1 O 12:1 O 12:2 N 12:3 O 17:2 N 18:2 O 19:3 N 18:5 O 19:4 N 18:6 O 19:7 N 18:7 O 22:1 N 18:8 O-Q 16-17 N 20:8 O-R 7-10 ... 430-420 B.C.

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[Agora Deposit] N 21-22:1: Tomb of the Ivory Pyxides

Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1

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[Agora Notebook Page] Κ-23-57 (pp. 4603-4604)

House Cellar. Fill above Bedrock at Northeast Corner. Roman well; South End of Road-Cut South of Southwest Fountain House Annex. Fill of Southeast-Northwest; Tunnel with Water Channel beneath House Cellar ... Κ-23 4603, 4604 Lot Κ 408 Lot Κ 409 Lot Κ 410 Lot Κ 411 Lot Κ 412 Lot Κ 413 Lot Κ 414 Lot Κ 415 Lot Κ 416 ... Late 5th B.C ... Pottery from Trench of Tunnel with Water Channel Southeast-Northwest beneath Modern House Basement; South of Southwest Fountain House Annex ... Below Modern Road Surface beside 4th B.C. Walls; East Side of Geometric Burial Area South of Southwest Fountain House

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 23, s. 349, p. 333

Pit. Well. Agora XII, p. 394. Agora XII, p. 393. Agora XXI, p. 98. Fill. Agora VIII, pp. 128-129. Other. Road. Hesperia 27, 1958, pp. 148-153. Agora XXI, p. 99. Burial. Agora XII, p. 395 ... Agora 23 333 H 12:21 J 14:3 H 13:4 J 18:2 H 13:5 J 18:4 H 17:4 K 13:1 H-I 10:1 K 14:1 H-K 12-14 K 17:1 L 18:2 I 9:1 I 10:1 L-M 7:1 I 14:1 L-M 17-18:1 I 16:1 M 11:3 I 16:4 M 17:4 I 17:1 M 17:7 I 17:2 M ... 7th-Early 6th B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 12.2, s. 21, p. 394

Pyre. Cistern. Pit. Well. ARV 1217, 4. ARV 1190, 3. Choes, no. 163 and no. 164, fig. 111. Agora, 8, p. 129. Fill. Burial. Drain. Hesperia, 32, 1963, pp. 113-137, pls. 36-53. Hesperia, 16, 1947, p. 210 ... Agora 12 394 P 1050 P 1052 P 1051 P 1049 P 17397 P 9281 P 9282 P 9271 L 17:4 L 17:6 I-J 18:1 L 17:7 L 18:2 J 11:1 L 20:2 L-M 17-18:1 J 12:3 J 13-14:1 J 14:3 J 18:4 M 11:3 M 17:1 J 18:5 J 18:7 M 17:4 K ... 1st quarter 4th B.C.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 12.2, s. 22, p. 395

Fill. Burial. Other. Pit. Cistern. Well. Hesperia, 18, 1949, p. 344, under no. 156. Agora, 5, pp. 10-21. Hesperia, 34, 1965, pp. 66-67. Corbett, Hesperia, 18, 1949, p. 342, under no. 139. Hesperia, 32, ... Agora 12 395 P 15034 N 16:2 M 18:6 N 18:2 M 18:7 N 18:3 M 18:8 N 18:4 N 18:6 M 18:10 N 18:7 M 20:3 N 19:1 N 20:1 N 21:1 M 21:1 N 21:2 N 7:3 N 21:4 N 21:7 N 8:3 N 21:9 N 10:1 N 22:1 N-P 20:1 K 14:1 O 17:3 ... 3rd quarter 4th B.C.

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[Agora Report] 2006 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2006 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... This summer the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the excavations and the 50th anniversary of the reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos were celebrated. Excavation were concentrated on two areas: northwest ... 13 Jun-4 Aug 2006 ... Section ΒΗ was expanded to the east, following the demolition of modern buildings. Walls, pithoi, pits, a burial, and two wells were revealed, dating to the years around 1000 A.D.

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

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Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... Using original materials and techniques, the modern builders learned much about the construction and purpose of stoas, a ubiquitous classical building type. ... Its color plates also provide a useful guide to identifying modern Greek vegetation. ... Over 150 ancient burial places have been found by excavators, and a few of the more remarkable are described here.