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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. |
| Eugene Vanderpool ... Early Geometric grave (E.L. Smithson: Grave XXXIX) ... Late Protogeometric |
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 |
Pocket in Bedrock, martyr south of 29/ΜΕ (formerly O 8:6) ... 500-480 B.C. |
| Byzantine vaulted chamber at 94/ΚΕ, that overlay monument bases on the west side of the Panathenaic Way ... Byzantine |
| Well at 89-90/ΙΗ-ΙΘ (diameter at top 1.10m), between the southeast corner over the mouth of of the Odeion and the Panathenaic Way. The well lay a thin layer of dug bedrock containing a few Hellenistic ... 650-625 B.C. |
Olive Tree Well at 92/ΙΘ.
Cleanly cut, with footholds at northeast and southwest sides ... 7th c. B.C. to first quarter of 6th c. B.C. |
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 |
Byzantine Well at 22/ΜΕ ... 24 February 1936
16 June 1951 |
Well at 24/ΝΒ-ΝΓ ... 18-19 April 1938 |
Pithos at 19/ΜΔ Coins:
10 February 1936 #1-#2 ... 8-10 February 1936 |
With cistern at 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ (P 10:2), two chambers connected by a passage.
18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C ... 325-285 B.C. |
With cistern at 18/Π (P 10:1), two chambers connected by a passage.
18/Π went out of use first and was closed off from 17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ; filled up at one time with material dating between 350 and 300 B.C.
17/ΟΕ-ΟΣΤ ... 17 April 1937
27-28 May 1937 |
Small fill; most pottery Hellenistic but a few fragments of early Roman present. Coins:
27 May 1937 #3-#4 ... 265-200 B.C. |
Terminus post quem of ca. 240 provided by amphora handle ... 1st c. A.D. |
Modern Pithos containing coins ... 23 March 1937 |
Pithos at 15-17/ΠΕ-ΠΣΤ. Coins:
9 March 1937 #6-#8
16 March 1937 #15-#17 ... 8-16 March 1937 |
| Draped seated statue possibly of a philosopher ... Great Roman wall in left foreground.???May be the long Late Roman wall. southwest Horizontal (normal) ... June 1937 |
| Statue of a draped seated figure. Cf. nb. p. 2090 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Feb 1937 |
| Statue of a draped seated figure. Cf. nb. p. 2090 ... Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Feb 1937 |
| Draped standing male figure. Statue in situ, with wall of drain behind it ... southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 20 May 1937 |
| Stele I 6694 covering the mouth of the Well P 10:3 in the foundation trench for the south outer wall of the Square Peristyle. At right, foundation of the Donor's Monument. In background, restored terrace ... east 4115 Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Aug 1954 |
| Turkish grave. Skeleton wearing sliver gilded earrings B 394 ... Card B 394 gives a slightly different grid. cf. p. 2089. No deposit. No skeleton number. Horizontal (normal) ... 11 Feb 1937 |
| Well and water channel ... Horizontal (normal) ... April 1936 |
| 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 |
| Upper right, large monument base in front of the east part of the Middle Stoa and cutting to the east of it. Across upper left, Middle Stoa terrace wall. At lower left, dike between lime-pits at 90/ΙΗ ... southwest 683b ... 17 May 1952 |
| Lead water pipe at eastern end of section, just north of Late Roman enclosure wall. At right, the enclosure wall with martyra. The sections of the pipe can be distinguished by the enlarged diameter at ... southeast 654 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 May 1952 |
| Selection of three lamps (L 5469, L 5479, L 5453), a glass candlestick (G 576), an ampulla (P 27463) and a glass goblet fragment (G 567) illustrating the deposit over the floor of the rooms ... no deposit number (SD) ... September 1969 |
| Late Roman lime pits at the southeast corner of Section Ο. Two pits with dike of earth between; on the dike, connecting drain. At right, Late Roman enclosure wall which cuts pits from west to east. At ... southeast ... 5 Apr 1952 |
| View showing the Philosophers replaced on their bases ... southwest ... 31 Jul 1951 |
| Byzantine walls at the west end of Section ΡΡ ... northeast 82 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Jul 1971 |
| Byzantine walls at the west end of Section ΡΡ ... northeast 80 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 Jul 1971 |
| Detail of stylobate north of Room 3 of the "Street Stoa" ... south 2160 Horizontal (normal) ... August 1975 |
| 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 |
| Cut at 29/ΜΕ. Foreground: pits in bedrock. Background: west inner wall of the Square Peristyle, and poros column drum re-used as monument base ... east 4751 Horizontal (normal) ... 14 Jul 1951 |
| 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 |
| Well in Courtyard no. 2 (House B) with marble-chip mosaic floor, before removal of rubble well-mouth ... Building C in notebooks (SD). south 1948 Horizontal (normal) ... 30 May 1957 |
| 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 |
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