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| Disturbed pyre containing only a pyxis and a chytridion.
No notebook account of excavation exists. The pyre may have been located at the edge of an ancient road. There is no record of bone or burning ... 350-325 B.C. (?) ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 64, p. 177, fig. 116 ... Agora XII, p. 398 ... Agora XXIX, p. 470. |
| 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 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 83, pp. 498-502, 558-560, figs. 2.371, 2.386-2.390, 3.39-3.41. |
| Pyre in House T, Room 1, Layer 5-6 (RSY=Pyre 3) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
First quarter 4th. c. B.C.
Artifacts, bone, and cinders in pit in floor sequence. The pyre was found in digging ... 400-375 B.C.(?) ... Agora |
| Gerald V. Lalonde ... Urn cremation (trench-and-hole), adult female with fetus/neonate. One box with burnt animal bones is stored with the skeleton AA 302 in drawer 97.
Objects also recorded frm Section ΣΤ. PD 1692, PD 1807 ... Early Geometric II, 850 B.C ... Hesperia 37 (1968), pp. 58-59, fig. 8 ... Hesperia 37 (1968), pp. 77-116, pls. 18-33 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 15, pp. 124-176, figs. 2.70-2.100, 3.21-3.24, pls. VI, |
Packing under cobblestones 7 or 8 meters west of the Temple of Hephaistos. A similar filling found in a small hole in bedrock three or four meters north of the Temple. The high quality of the pottery from ... Ca. 500-440 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 8, p. 397, under no. 7 c ... Agora IV, p. 236 ... Agora XII, p. 387. |
Formerly G 13:5.
Cleared to a depth of 8.50m. where further collapse made work impossible. Use filling not reached. Lower dumped fill dated to ca. 425-400 B.C., with objects P 24209, P 24210, 24211. Upper ... Ca. 425-375 B.C ... -8.5m. |
| A well in the industrial area of the Areopagus, about 7.00m. west of the West Bath, to a depth of 14.60m. This well was the direct successor to A 17:1, replacing it when it collapsed. The use filling at ... Second quarter 6th. c ... Agora |
| (RSY=Pyre 2). Pyre in the industrial area west of the Areopagus, in House B. In northern corner of room. No pit discerned. A deposit of small stones (a marker/) lay 0.30m above the level of the pyre, ... Third quarter of the 4th. century ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 49, pp. 162, 163, figs. 78, 96, 97 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 115-116, pl. 49 a, 50 b (Pyre 2) ... Agora IV, p. 234. |
| 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 ... Agora |
Found in 13/06/1935.
Dumped filling in an unfinished well originally dug only to a depth of 5.50m. Probably a post-Persian cleanup, perhaps in one of the public buildings near the SW corner of the square ... Ca. 520-490 B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 345, no. 163 ... Hesperia Suppl. 8, p. 399, no. 12a ... Agora IV, p. 237. |
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 |
| 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 ... Agora |
Ostrakon deposit, sand fill in a shallow channel in bedrock at the bottom of the Great Drain in the valley between the Areopagus and the Hill of Nymphs.
This group of ostraka may well come from a single ... Ca. 490-480 B.C ... Agora |
Cistern-shaft at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just ... Upper fill, Late Roman with some Hellenistic.
Middle fill, Sullan debris to last quarter of 1st c. B.C.
Lower fill, 4th-3rd c. B.C.=POU and abandonment ... Agora |
| Use filling of middle of 1st to late 6th c. (Roman Group M); dumped filling of 9th and 10th c. Down to a depth of about 21.00m. the fill of the well contained very few objects, the latest of them being ... 1st-6th c. A.D ... Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 283-284, nos. 8, 14, 17 ... Agora IV, p. 242 ... Agora V, pp. 82-120, 125. |
Well at 19/ΝΒ, on the lower north slope of the Areopagus ... 550-525 B.C ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 247-266, nos. 1-31 ... Agora IV, p. 244 ... Agora XII, p. 398. |
| Mycenaean Grave.
One of the first Mycenaean burials found in the Agora. It consisted of a regular cist, carefully cut with vertical sides and a flat bottom, measuring 1.90m by 0.55m. There were apparently ... LH III (c. 1200) ... Mycenaean Grave.
One of the first Mycenaean burials found in the Agora. It |
Dumped fillings thrown in during second quarter of 1st c. B.C. containing mostly debris resulting from Sulla's sack in 86 B.C.
Agora XXIX, p. 464: Four fills distinguished during excavations ... but seemingly ... Late 2nd c. and early 1st c. B.C. POU; 110-75 B.C ... Agora IV, p. 243 ... Agora V, p. 126 ... Agora XXI, p. 99. |
| 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) ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 305, no. 81, pl. LII and p. 307, fig. 8 (left) (AA 2) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 31, pp. 284-285, fig. 2.186. |
| Pyre in House N, room 2, layer 5 (RSY=Pyre 8).
Near northern corner of room 6. Artifacts, bone, burnt logs, and cinders in square pit dug from level of layer 5, through layers 5 and 6; thin clay floor ... 325-300 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 44, pp. 156, 157, figs. 1, 4, 6, 78, 87-89 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 124-125, pl. 52 b (Pyre 8) ... Agora XII, p. 385. |
Klepsydra: Filling in antechamber, behind the parapet of the Klepsydra. Dated to the time of the rebuilding of the springhouse after the Sullan sack, but containing earlier material. Coins:
31 May 1938 ... Second quarter of 5th c. to middle of 1st c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), p. 157, no. 154 ... Delos XXVII, pp. 311 (under no. E 29), p. 382 ... Hesperia 8 (1939), p. 225. |
Cistern at the southeast foot of Kolonos Agoraios.
Nbp. 2369: Two chamber cisterns, 88/ΛΔ and 100/ΚΘ, united by a long straight passage running almost due N-S. A draw shaft at 95/ΚΘ is set just off the ... Use filling of late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.
Accumulative fillings of late 3rd-early 2nd and late 1st c. B.C.
Upper dumped filling of 3rd c. A.D ... Hesperia Suppl. 10 (1956), p. 142, no. 84 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), pp. 86, 100, 102, 146, nn. 116, 125 ... Agora IV, p. 237. |
Well 19: Latest Mycenaean. Near Klepsydra. Diameter mouth 1.25-1.35m., narrowing about a third of the way down and becoming rectangular, 0.90-1.0 to a side. Muddy at m; water collecting rapidly at 8.m ... Late Mycenaean ... Agora |
| Homer A. Thompson ... PG grave to NW of Stoa Pier 19 (Tomb no. 5 in notebook). In some records as Grave XLII.
It consisted of a rectangular pit, oriented north-south, cut into bedrock. The sides of the pit were lined and the ... Earlier-Developed Protogeometric ... Agora XIV, p. 13, pl. 19a-c ... Agora XXVII, p. 229 ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 70, pp. 445-450, figs. 2.328, 2.329, 2.332-2.337. |
Shaft (= well + caves) at 116-118/ΚΕ-ΚΣΤ Coins:
6 May 1939 #16-#21
8 May 1939 #35-#37
9 May 1939 #1
24 April 1940 #6 ... 2nd. quarter - mid-5th. c. A.D ... Agora |
Simple drawshaft ending in flat floor, no passages. Mixed Hellenistic fill to the bottom. Coins:
15 June 1939 #1-#3 No container ... 15 June 1939 ... Agora |
| Child grave. Grave 21 in notebook. No burning. No offerings. Covered by a 5th c. filling disturbed in Turkish times. Neg. ΚΚ 83, shows skeleton. Possibly discarded? ... 27 March 1936 ... Agora |
Construction and upper fills. Well at 116/ΣΤ, cut less than one meter from a shallower and older well at 115/ΣΤ [D 15:1]. ... a fall of loose fill occurred from the earlier into the later well ...
Filling ... 2nd c. A.D. plus 6th c. A.D ... ΠΘ:116/ΣΤ |
Grave south of Hephaisteion. Grave I in notebook.
Four sets of lower leg bones. No offerings. No sherds. Lot 227 ? ... Byzantine ... Agora |
House N, Room 4, Pit through layers 5-6. Debris filling, mixed context. Estimated Grid ... Late 4th. c. B.C. into early 3rd c. B.C ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 342, under no. 140 ... Agora XII, p. 385 ... Agora XXIX, p. 438. |
Outside the market square, near the southeast corner, on the south edge of the east-west road, where it passes to the south of the Mint.
There is no doubt that the pottery from the well is "stratified" ... Early 1st to 6th c. and of 8th c. A.D ... Agora |
Pit in bedrock (disturbed child's grave?). No bones or ashes. No lots.
No coins listed. P 14520 was certainly from the north end, doubtless a grave offering; few sherds (first half of 5th century) came ... Late 6th - early 5th c. B.C ... Agora |
| Child burial at SE corner of original North Extension of Stoa Terrace.
A tiny skeleton.
No furniture. See neg LXV-55 and ΣΑ 749.
Bones not found (2022) ... Mycenaean(?) ... Agora |
Well in Marble-Saw Shed. No distinct use filling. Estimated Grid ... Submycenaean ... Agora |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton.
In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 303, no. 73, pl. LI ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 58, pp. 383-385, figs. 2.269-2.271, p. 546. |
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 ... another (Q 8:1) beneath the |
Well A (depth 10.20m, diameter 1.04m, water level 4m) outside the SW corner of the market square, to the east of the north-south road.
At the bottom of the well were scanty remains probably from a period ... Ca. 425-375 B.C ... Γ:116/ΣΤ |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Grave XIII in notebook. Cutting in bedrock. One skeleton. Bones discarded. No offerings.
JP ... LH III/EPG (date uncertain) ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 32, pp. 285-286, figs. 2.187-2.189. |
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.
No mention |
| Grave south of Hephaisteion. Grave II in notebook. One skeleton. No objects. Pottery in container 201 from filling around grave II ... 12 March 1936 ... Agora |
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