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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. |
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. |
Hollow with silt over niche of Mycenaean Tomb (O 7:5) ... 7th-early 6th century, some 5th century intrusions. |
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. |
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 |
Irregular Pit in Bedrock, ca. 35/ΙΕ Coins:
28 May 1951 #4 ... 600-550 B.C. |
| 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 |
Filling around rubble wall (35/ΚΕ). It contained a mass of pottery, most of it uninventoried ... Ca. 425-400 B.C. |
Mycenaean Chamber Tomb W. of Circular Building (at Σ:30/ΛΕ?)
It had been badly disturbed by a fourth-century B.C. pit which cut into the northeast part of the chamber (rectangular, ca. 1.80m by 1.30m) ... Myc. III A 2 |
Well in Marble-Saw Shed. No distinct use filling. Estimated Grid ... Submycenaean |
Well at 8/ΙΑ-ΙΒ, beneath the north colonnade of the Square Peristyle, just west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos. Quite uniform fill. Diameter 1.15m. No P.O.U. Coins:
4 April 1938 #39 ... 650-600 B.C.
5th c. B.C. |
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. |
Archaic Well at 10/ΚΒ, directly west of the north end of the Stoa of Attalos.
Well, not cleared. a small amount of pottery gathered from the top of the shaft ... 600-550 B.C. |
Hoard below surface at 10/ΙΖ A. Walker coin deposit ... 225-250 A.D. |
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. |
PG Well opposite ΣΑ Pier 18 Container 1, chiefly 6th c. B.C. discarded. Estimated Grid ... Protogeometric-Early Geometric |
Pit at 18/ΚΔ-ΚΕ Coins:
22 April 1936 #67-#73
24 April 1936 #2-#3 ... 22-24 April 1936 |
Well at 19/ΚΔ, beneath the west colonnade of the Square Market Building in the northeast corner of the Agora. Diameter ca. 1.25m. Water level ca. -3.50m. The construction of the well was rather careless, ... Ca. 580-560 B.C. |
Well at 22/ΚΓ. Diameter 1.05m Coins:
7 June 1938 #7-#10 ... Early Byzantine |
Child's Chamber Tomb opposite piers 16-17.
Miniature chamber tomb complete with a dromos and a door closed with stones, but with a chamber measuring only 0.50m by 0.70m and just large enough to contain ... Myc. III B |
Mycenaean Pit (Bothros?) opposite Pier 17.
Diameter at top 1.30m Estimated Grid ... Mycenaean IIIA:2-B |
| Well at 39/ΙΖ, before the tile-and-stone walls were removed ... 3469 Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Mar 1938 |
| Northeast corner of the Agora Square. Classical monument bases and Mycenaean chamber tomb as finally cleared (Deposit O 7:2). At left, original unfinished monument cutting with the Mycenaean chamber tomb ... (chamber tomb) south 5017 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1952 |
| Northeast corner of the Agora Square. Classical monument bases and Mycenaean chamber tomb as finally cleared (Deposit O 7:2). At left, original unfinished monument cutting with the Mycenaean chamber tomb ... (chamber tomb) east 5018 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1952 |
| North end of the terrace and the remains of the stairway ... north 2300 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1950 |
| Round marble curb found in the Herulian fill. Plan and section. Pentelic marble. Corrections on measurement were made. For corrected version see Hesperia 21 (1952), p. 104, fig. 3 ... John Travlos ... PD 606 Horizontal (normal) ... 1951 |
| Curved marble member from the top of a circular parapet ... Horizontal (normal) |
| Curved marble member from the top of a circular parapet ... Horizontal (normal) ... July 1951 |
| Monument base in front of Piers 17-18. View showing final monument cutting in foreground and the original monument cutting with the Mycenaean Chamber tomb behind (Deposit O 7:2, skeletons AA 132 and AA ... see plan, notebook section S, pp. 5008-5009 for old grid references.(chamber tomb) east 5016 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 May 1952 |
| Monument base in front of Piers 17-18. View showing the Mycenaean Chamber tomb (Deposit O 7:2, skeletons AA 132 and AA 133) in the original monument cutting with the final monument cutting at right, marked ... see plan, notebook section S, pp. 5008-5009 for old grid references.(chamber tomb) south Horizontal (normal) ... 9 May 1952 |
| Area in front of Piers 17-18 of the Stoa. Inscribed statue base, re-used in foundation of the monument, at lower right ... south 5045 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 May 1952 |
| Four drums of a large unfluted column of Hymettian marble found in the northern end of the Stoa more or less as they had fallen in the late 3rd c. A.D ... north Horizontal (normal) ... July 1950 |
| The finding place of the stele I 6524. Terrace opposite the Stoa Piers 15-16. Fill of the Square Peristyle partly removed, showing position (imprint only) of the stele I 6524. At left, foundations of the ... south 2645 Horizontal (normal) ... 5 May 1952 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. Showing cutting for monument base; notebook pp. 5007-8 ... Dirty Faded Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1952 |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb in section Σ, 37/ΙΖ.
Plan and section ... Marian R. Holland ... Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink ... 1952 |
| Mycenaean three-handled jar, Lily Bowl Grave ... Piet de Jong ... LVII-48 LVII-48 Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor |
| Bronze bowl: front and side elevations. Σ: Ch. T. with bronze bowl ... Piet de Jong ... LVII-47 LVII-47 Fragile Dirty Cartridge Paper Drafting Ink |
| One-handled goblet, Lily Bowl Grave ... Piet de Jong ... LVII-49 LVII-49 Fragile Watercolor Paper Watercolor |
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. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXV. Adult female inhumation. Deposit summary and notebook write at 31/Θ-I ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean-Early Protogeometric |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Only the bottom 0.10 to 0.20m of the chamber was preserved along with the partial skeletal remains of two or three occupants. The plan revealed a square chamber (1.80m by 1.80m), ... Myc. III A 1:2 (14th c.) |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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. |
| Fallen drums as they fell in the Late Roman fill (second from bottom moved to left) ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 23 May 1936 |
| Tomb of the Niches, dromos and doorway. At left, the east niche with the wall trench of the Late Roman house passing over it. At right, the west niche. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) southwest 4692 ... 26 Jun 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches. Niche in the west side of the dromos before the removal of the stones. View from above. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) west 4693 ... 26 Jun 1951 |
| Mycenaean chamber tomb known as the Tomb of the Niches. Niche at west side of the dromos. Wall removed, skeletons and pots exposed. Some bedrock at the top of the niche collapsed after the wall had been ... (chamber tomb) west 4695 ... 26 Jun 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches. Niche in west side of the dromos, view of the lower skeleton. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) west 4697 ... 27 Jun 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches. View showing the niche at the west side of the dromos. Wall removed, skeletons and pots exposed. Some bedrock at top of the niche collapsed after the wall had been removed. Photo taken ... (chamber tomb) west 4696 ... 27 Jun 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches, dromos and doorway. At left, east niche with trench and wall of the Late Roman house passing over it, with the stones at the bottom of the doorway cleaned. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) south 4694 ... 26 Jun 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches, top burial in the main chamber. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) north 4724 ... 2 Jul 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches. View showing skeleton at the east side of the main chamber. Skull by a three-handled jar as first cleared. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) north 4725 ... 5 April 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches. Tomb as finally cleaned. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) north 4727 ... 5 Jul 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches, view showing the skeleton at the east side of the main chamber, fully cleaned. Upper left, stones of the doorway. Left, part of the west skeleton. Below, part of pile of swept-up bones ... (chamber tomb) north 4726 ... 3 Jul 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches. View showing the skeleton on the west side of the main chamber, as finally cleaned. At left, pile of swept bones. Below, the east skeleton. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) west 4730 ... 7 Jul 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches as finally cleaned. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) southwest 4732 ... 7 Jul 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches as finally cleaned. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) south 4731 ... 7 Jul 1951 |
| Small chamber tomb, view of the dromos, the doorway and the chamber. At right of the chamber, enlarged cutting for the 5th c. B.C. well, at 45/Θ. Two pots can be seen behind the wall: a three-handled Mycenaean ... (chamber tomb) south 4657 ... 22 Jun 1951 |
| Plan and sections of the chamber tomb with the niches. Deposit O 7:5 ... PD 282 (chamber tomb) Horizontal (normal) ... 1951 |
| Small chamber tomb, view of the dromos, the doorway and the chamber. At right of the chamber, enlarged cutting for the 5th c. B.C. well at 45/Θ. Tomb as finally cleaned. Deposit O 7:7 ... (chamber tomb) south 4660 ... 21 Jun 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches. Dromos and doorway. At left, the east niche with trench and wall of the Late Roman house passing over it. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) south 4691 ... 27 Jun 1951 |
| A small chamber tomb (Deposit O 7:2, skeletons AA 132 and AA 133); in foreground a late pit ... (chamber tomb) south 5013 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 May 1952 |
| A small chamber tomb (Deposit O 7:2, skeletons AA 132 and AA 133) with a late pit at right ... (chamber tomb) west 5014 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 May 1952 |
| Cist grave as cleaned. Bone in left foreground is a displaced thigh-bone. Deposit O 7:3 ... southeast 4616 Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jun 1951 |
| Adult inhumation. Cover slabs exposed. In foreground, the corner of the wall of a house of the 5th-4th c. B.C. Upper left, martyr with various early and middle Roman levels. Where steps of martyr end was ... south 4611 Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Jun 1951 |
| Adult inhumation. Cover slabs exposed. In foreground, the corner of the wall of a house of the 5th-4th c. B.C. Upper left, martyr with various early and middle Roman levels. Where the steps of the martyr ... south 4612 ... 12 Jun 1951 |
| Adult inhumation. The skeleton as cleaned, head to the north. Deposit O 7:1 ... north 4610 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jun 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches, main chamber. Skeletons and bones as finally cleared, doorway at left. Deposit O 7:5 ... the photo is reversed that's why we have wrong orientation (SD)(chamber tomb) east 4729 ... 5 Jul 1951 |
| Tomb of the Niches, main chamber. Skeletons and bones as finally cleared, doorway at top. Deposit O 7:5 ... (chamber tomb) north 4728 ... 5 Jul 1951 |
| Top: section of terracotta roof tiles (A 1911, A 1913 and A 1914). Center: terracotta well-head (A 1916), section and elevation. Bottom: shallow dish on stand (P 21957), section and elevation. From Well ... M.R.H ... PD 661 PD 662 PD 677 Misc Horizontal (normal) ... 1952 |
| Chamber tomb opposite the Stoa of Attalos. At left, stones of the doorway, tumbled stones, a spouted cup (P 21570) and a bronze bowl (B 966), then the bones. In foreground, a 5th c. B.C. well at 45/Θ ... (chamber tomb) east 4659 ... 21 Jun 1951 |
| Chamber Tomb opposite the Stoa of Attalos. At left, stones of the doorway, tumbled stones, a spouted cup (P 21570) and a bronze bowl (B 966), then the bones. In foreground, a 5th c. B.C. well at 45/Θ ... (chamber tomb) east 4658 ... 21 Jun 1951 |
| Grave at the southeast corner of the original north extension of the Stoa terrace (child's burial, no grave furniture). Deposit Q 8:14 ... west 3737 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Apr 1954 |
| 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(?) |
Filling of S outer foundation of Square Building.
310-275 B.C., with substantial amount of residual early material. Coins:
25 August 1953 #1-#3 ... 325-300 B.C. (?) |
Northern Manhole to Water Channel [R 9-10], East of Shop 14 ... 2nd c. B.C. |
| Fragment Θ 26 a), from right side of inscribed block; fine picked on one side, rough picked on the back.
Fragment Κ 115 b), back and left side preserved. Fifteen lines of the inscription preserved.
Fragment ... 127/6 B.C. |
| Unknown Unknown Imported Green and Pentelic Marble Fair, traces of foundations and fragments of superstructure ... 2nd A.D. |
| Law Court Unknown Limestone, Conglomerate Poor, foundations only ... 4th B.C. |
| Underside flat. Upper surface slightly concave, higher along one edge than on the other. Yellow buff clay, soft and powdery.
Traces of wash in pale white.
Cf. A 1912 (Σ 2759). Well; Box 48. Leica, LV-96 ... May-June 1951 |
| Underside flat. Upper surface slightly concave, higher along one edge than on the other. Yellowish green clay, soft and powdery.
Cf. A 1911 (Σ 2758). Well; Boxes 3 and 29. Leica ... May-June 1951 |
| Flat upper surface; beveled edges. Underside concave. Brownish buff clay, containing bits of gravel. Surface pitted. Well. Leica, LV-96 PD 661 ... May-June 1951 |
| Part of one edge preserved of pan (rain) tile. Pale brown clay. Firm red paint on upper surface. Flange worn. Under surface flat. Well; Boxes 34, 43. Leica, LV-96 PD 661 ... May-June 1951 |
| Missing about a third, including all of one end. One long joint tongue. Light brown clay and wash; two bands in reddish brown glaze, much faded: one beneath collar at base of joint tongue, the other near ... May-June 1951 |
| Many fragments preserve about half rim and upper part of body of drum-shaped wellhead, including two circular lifting holes, plus one fragment of lower edge. The top, outer edge, and under surface of the ... May-June 1951 |
| Front face only preserved. The fragment retains the angle between volute and cushion, which is filled with a partial palmette carved in two planes and with painted petals. Surfaces other than of palmette, ... 1951 |
| Lesbian leaf pattern has left paint-stains on cyma reversa; maeander on vertical fascia above cyma. All surfaces smooth dressed but not polished.
From the Temple of Athena at Sounion.
Gray marble with ... 1951 |
| Fragment only from near inner angle of volute. Traces of painted ornament (egg and dart?) on cyma; no certain trace of ornament on vertical fascia; diamond pattern on surface above vertical fascia.
From ... 1951 |
| Fragment from volute and resting surface, much battered.
Finished with toothed chisel. Off-white laminated marble.
Cf. series A 1595 (Ι1355), from the Temple of Athena at Sounion. From marble pile near ... 12 May 1950 |
| Fragment from base drum.
Unfluted; finished with toothed chisel. On underside a well-cut relieving surface, a smoothed resting surface, scratched diameter lines; and an inscribed letter: Λ.
Off-white laminated ... 12 May 1950 |
| Chipped; upper back right corner broken away. Above and right side worked with small toothed chisel, the same on the left side but an anathyrosis is left here. Back and below left rough. At left edge, ... 17 April 1951 |
| Two guttae, and part of regula and taenia preserved.
From Square Peristyle, South Stoa II.
Poros.
Cf. A 2925. Disturbed fill. Leica, 93-56-16 (14,15) PD 1552 ... May 1951 |
| Tip broken off; badly oxidized and could not be cleaned (disintegrated in the effort); otherwise intact.
Plain straight shaft with two grooves just below the head.
Large pointed knob-like head, ornamented ... 1 February 1938 |
| Intact.
Flattened at upper end; single(?) barb at other. ca. 2.30m. below surface Below surface, in consistent Late Roman fill with coins. Leica, Various vii-83 ... 8 April 1936 |
| Intact.
Hollow shaft with four teeth at end.
Head is broad and flat, with three holes. Grooves and ridges between shaft and head. With coins for the day nos. 103-138. Leica ... 19 May 1936 |
| Somewhat split lengthwise but complete except for chips.
Section of flute with one end flanged for other section to fit against; three holes on one side, one on the other. Scratched lines around it, near ... 4 June 1951 |
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