E 7:29: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXXA)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXA in notebook. No mention of bones ... 13 March 1939 18 March 1939

J 2:29: Disturbed Pyre

Classical commercial building, room 3, against south wall. Small fragments of pottery dispersed in fill overlying two floor levels (at 51.897 and 51.941 masl). Five objects of pyre type: ribbon-handled ... 4th c. B.C.

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E 29:3: Possible pyre

Above bedrock in N.W. corner of room S, House of Greek Mosaic. Contents suggest "saucer-pyre" ... Late 4th-early 3rd c. B.C.

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E 19:2: Grave 2, Inhumation of 6-Year-Old Child

Cut in bedrock (P.L. 0.50m, W. 0.57m). Head at east, looking west; skull stood upright when found. Lower part of skeleton missing. PD 435 ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 409-411, fig. 5, pl. 88.

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Q 17:6: Urn burial

Homer A. Thompson ... Child's grave, Geometric. The bones of a child about one month old had been placed into P. 25787, which was lying on its side. The upper side of the pot was cut away in later times. The mouth was closed ... Late 8th c. B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 414-416, fig. 8, pl. 92.

S 18:1: Well at 29/ΛΕ

Well at 29/ΛΕ, to the SE of the market square, west of the Panathenaic Way. Circular shaft, caved in at mouth. Diameter 1.20m. Diameter narrows to 0.50m at bottom of shaft, which is slightly concave. No ... Late 8th century B.C.

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E 18:1: Grave 5

Shaft oriented N to S (L. 1.30, W. 0.43 at bottom). Fill shot through with cinders and wood ash. Skeleton of a male about 50 years old. Brann. PD 1065a ... 750-700 B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 411-412, figs. 6-7, pls. 88, 91 ... Hesperia 18 (1949), p. 277, noted.

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E 19:1: Grave 1

Grave cut into bedrock (L. 2m, W. 0.58m), head toward E; offerings at south end. Skeleton of a male about 40 years old, laid out with knees slightly bent. Brann. PD 434, PD 1058 ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 408-409, figs. 3-4 and pl. 88 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted.

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E 19:3: Grave 3, Inhumation of 24-Year-Old Man

Shallow cutting into bedrock (L. 1.70m, W. 0.55m.) oriented north and south, head at south. Skeleton stretched out , with head on left side. Southern top edge of grave projects to form protective niche ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 403-407, pls. 88, figs. 1 and 2 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 271, noted.

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J 2:30: Ritual Pyre

Marcie Handler ... Pyre under floor no. 9 in the center of Room 4. It was adjacent to the southern face of Wall 4, but at lower elevation than the lowest course of the wall foundation (which was found at 52.250 masl.), suggesting ... 375-350 B.C ... Hesperia 89 (2020), pp. 622, 624, fig. 29.

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G 13:2: Burnt Pocket/ Pyre

Identified as pyre by SIR. In room E. Burnt "pocket" found while digging red earth that contained late Hellenistic pottery, including a fragment of Pergamene (discarded). No pit was discerned, but concentration ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 29, p. 138, figs. 57, 64.

E 7:10: Grave in North Peristyle of Hephaisteion (Grave LIX)

Grave in north peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave LIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Containers 473 and 474 represent filling between graves. Coins: 11 March 1939 #16 Neg. KK 391 ... Byzantine ... Hesperia Suppl. 5 (1941), p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 29).

D 15:2: Well

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 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 375 ... Hesperia 29 (1955), p. 284, no. 22.

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J 2:12: Classical Pyre

Classical Pyre between floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II. Below floor at 51.66 7masl. Broken pyre pots in fill of ash and carbon, from 51.541-51.513, resting on next floor at 51.513 masl, next ... Ca. 400-390 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 6, pp. 108, 109, figs. 22-24, 29, 30.

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G 12:25: Inhumation, Probably of a Man

Grave 21 in notebook. Grave twice disturbed. Of the skeleton only the thigh bones were found. No offerings. Objects listed in nb. as from Grave 21 are taken to be with grave 20 (probably pyre objects) ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), p. 98, figs. 1, 29, 31 (Grave XXII).

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N 11:1: Cist Grave in Ο

N.A. Doenges Evelyn Lord Smithson ... "Near or in Grave" (width 0.50m) Grave to the east of the southeast corner of the great court of the Gymnasium. Shallow and superimposed on Well N 11:5. It is a simple cist oriented north and south, with ... 750-725 B.C ... Hesperia Suppl. 31 (2003), pp. 112-113, fig. 2.53 ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 413-414, pls. 88, 91-92 ... Hesperia 22 (1953), p. 39, noted.

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N 21:6: Disturbed inhumation

Eugene Vanderpool ... Grave. Bones discarded. Burial lies over dromos of Mycenaean chamber tomb N 21-22:1. The roots of a tree had upturned the bones, but the head probably lay at the northeast ... Middle Geometric II ... Hesperia 29 (1960), pp. 412-413, pls. 88, 91-92 ... Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 292 (noted), fig. 34 and marked on plan p. 279, fig. 15.

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E 8:4: Grave South of Hephaisteion (Grave II)

Grave south of Hephaisteion. Grave II in notebook. One skeleton. No objects. Pottery in container 201 from filling around grave II ... 12 March 1936

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K 2:5: Mycenaean Chamber Tomb

David Scahill ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. Chamber cut through bedrock, depth ca. 0.90m., diameter ca. 2m., roughly square in shape, angling ... LH III A:1 ... Hesperia 89 (2020), p. 617 (noted) ... Hesperia Suppl. 43 (2009), p. 101, n. 16 ... Hesperia 72 (2003), pp. 254, 263-273, figs. 8-10, 28-29.

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G 12:24: Inhumation with Remains of a Sacrificial Pyre

Grave 20 in notebook. Objects recorded in nb. from Grave 21 (earlier and disturbed by Grave 20) are included here. A pyre [using pieces of pots from Grave 21] was probably burned beside grave 20 and some ... Late Geometric ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 306, no. 83 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 44-55, figs. 1, 29-31, 32-36, 73 (Grave XI).