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Coins:
17 May 1937 #1 ... Second half 4th. c ... C 14:4.2 ... C 14:4.2 |
Late 3rd-first half 4th c ... C 14:4.3 ... C 14:4.3 |
| 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 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 106-107, pl. 25 b, c. |
| 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 ... Hesperia 21 (1952), pp. 105-106, fig. 4, pl. 25 b, c. |
According to the excavator " a pre-herulian filling dumped in to fill the cistern some few years after the Herulian destruction". Coins:
10 June 1936 #2-#6
11 June 1936 #1-#19
12 June 1936 #23-#27 P 11936 ... A.D. 267 to mid 3rd c ... 106/ΛΓ and 107/ΚΘ but not recored as part of deposit C |
Green and sandy fill in foundation. Coins:
15 May 1936 #1-#5 ... 4th c. B.C ... 4th c. B.C ... Γ:104-106/ΛΔ-ΛΣΤ |
Coins:
28 May 1937 #30
29 May 1937 #1
31 May 1937 #1-#3 ... 2nd c ... 2nd c. ... ΠΘ:106/ΛΓ |
Dumped fill in mouth of well. Coins:
16 May 1937 #1 ... Early 5th c ... C 14:4.1 ... C 14:4.1 |
| Bronze-casting pit and furnace against S apse of Church (106/ΛΕ). Late Roman sherds of the 4th and the 6th c. A.D. were found with fragments of moulds from bronze casting. The west end was destroyed by ... 5th-6th c. A.D ... c. A.D. were found with ... Church (106/ΛΕ). Late Roman |
Pottery discarded ... Mixed to Roman, 3rd c. A.D ... Mixed to Roman, 3rd c. A.D ... Γ:104-106/ΛΔ-ΛΣΤ |
Lower filling mostly of second half of 4th c. B. C. and earlier, but perhaps dumped in 3rd c. B.C. Upper filling mixed to Roman (4th c. A.D.). Pottery in container (9-22-58) is mostly second half of 4th ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with late-3rd-century disturbance ... Ca. 375-325 B.C. with late-3rd-century disturbance ... Γ:104-106/ΛΔ-ΛΣΤ |
Containers 106-107. Coins:
16 April 1937 #1-#7 (Dump) ... Mid-1st c. A.D ... Mid-1st c. A.D. |
Cistern through which well G 14:4 was dug. Filling in cistern, early Byzantine, but with various objects resembling those from the upper dumped filling in the well, below the cistern floor (5th c. A.D.) ... Early Byzantine ... ΠΘ:106/ΛΓ |
Exploratory excavation trench between east front of Hellenistic Metroon and Great Drain.
Cf. Hesperia Suppl. 4 (1941), p. 106.
Cf. also Metroon Drain Cut I 9:1 and F-G 12:1 and H 12:9 ... 8th-6th c. B.C ... (1941), p. 106.
Cf. also |
Well in the bottom of chamber cistern at 106/ΛΓ, stratified. A soft spot in the bedrock at the west side of the well caved in and was packed with typical coarse Roman first century amphoras; the well was ... A.D. 200-150 ... ΠΘ:106/ΛΓ |
| The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light brown soil contained some ash and bone and 5 nearly complete pots or saucers ... First half 3rd. c. B.C ... The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. The compact, light |
Exploration in the area between the east front of the Hellenistic Metroon and the Great Drain, from accumulated road metal of early north-south road.
For levels in the same road further south, see F-G ... 575-525 B.C ... 575-525 B.C. |
| Pyre 1 in Central House, Room XI, strosis 3. Sacrificial pyre with characteristic small vases amid carbonized twigs and bone.
Near north side of courtyard. This pit was cut slightly into strosis 3 (lot ... 1st quarter 4th c. B.C ... strosis 3 (lot Φ 231), a 5th c. ... the 4th c., so it could be |
Cistern on the lower Acropolis slopes, west of Panathenaic Way; dumped filling of 1st century B.C.
Bottom diameter 3.90m. Cistern with connecting draw-shaft and a dead end tunnel dates from Late Hellenistic ... 1st century B.C ... of 2nd c. ... 1st century B.C.
Bottom |
Various layers and dates, primarily from Tholos Tr. L (area of early road drain), Q (area of road) and V (area of road).
Also Room G of Trench V listed with G-H 11-12 probably has road layers (no finds, ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C ... 8th c.-ca. 480 B.C. |
Filling of early N-S road and related fills, in the area of the Geometric Cemetery south of the Tholos; various levels including plundered foundation trench.
For late, disturbed or uncertain levels over ... 7th-6th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 4, p. 106. |
Filling over Floor of Square Peristyle (beneath Stoa).
122 stamped amphora handles. Many parallels with handles from cistern M 21:1. Latest coin dates ca. 200. latest lamp types 33 A and 34 A. Fragment ... 200 B.C ... Agora XXII, p. 106. |
Cistern at 53/ΝΕ, bottle-shaped, stucco-lined, in the east aisle of the peristyle of Roman House H (courtyard of Greek House G, just west of andron).
Lower diameter 2.73m.
Homogenous fill all apparently ... Into early 2nd century B.C ... H.A.T.'s Group C/ D. No long |
| 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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 106, n. 10. |
Cistern at 72/ΛΘ. Under NW corner of Roman House H. Stucco-lined, bottle-shaped cistern, poor condition. Diameter at bottom -2m.
Two tunnels, one leading east, one west, ca. 1.65m high and 0.80m across ... 150-110 B.C. with a few earlier pieces ... 150-110 B.C. with a few earlier pieces |
Stoa Construction Fills (n.b. for all Stoa and pre-Stoa fills later than construction filling of Square Peristyle see P-R 6-12)
Over 100 stamped amphora handles in fill. No long-petal bowls, but one fragment ... Before ca. 150 B.C ... Before ca. 150 B.C. |
Construction fill below floor of Brick Building.
Areas involved:
a) Western portion of Room A: packing below floor.
b) Room B: packing below floor of northern,larger room.
c) Fill over water channel in ... First quarter 2nd century, before its end ... Agora XXII, p. 106. |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... #45-#92 and #106-#108
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