|
|
Uncertain Greek ... Illegible. Coin no. 663. Area III, Classical Building II, Sacrificial Pyre II. Illegible. 510, 3479 ... 6 August 1982 |
| Athens ... North.
Coin no. 1833. Finished Pyre J 2:23. Handle with gloves. Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet.
Details obscure. [Θ-Α-]
Double-bodied owl standing on mystic staff. 6477, 7189 ... Ca. early-mid 330's-322/317 B.C. |
| Athens ... Identification uncertain. North.
Coin no. 1848. Finished West side of Roman Room I. handle with gloves Head of Athena Parthenos r.
Details obscure. Inscription illegible.
Owl standing r. on horizontal ... Ca. 15-10 B.C. |
| Athens ... South.
Coin no. 2016. Finished Pyre J 2:26. Triptolemos, holding wheat ears in r. hand, seated l. in winged chariot drawn by two snakes. [ΕΛΕΥΣΙ] above
Piglet standing r. on mystic staff. Exergue: illegible ... 3 August 2007 |
| Salamis ... South.
Coin no. 2017. Finished Pyre J 2:26. Head of nymph Salamis r., wearing stephane. Inscription illegible.
Shield of Ajax; device on shield not visible. 6508, 8471, 8805, 8855, 8925, 8960 ... 6 August 2007 |
Uncertain Greek ... Coin no. 417. Greek House δ, Room 6 (Tunnel), Layer "9d". 505, 648 ... 250-225 B.C. |
Athens ... Attribution uncertain..
[Coin mostly disintegrated, but was thin and very concave.]
Attic helmet/Owl 3/4 right with amphora, Zeus/Amphora, or Demeter/kernos. Coin no. 459. Greek House δ, Room 9, Layer ... 250-200 B.C. |
Obv. Head of Athena right in Corinthian helmet.
Rev. Owl standing half left in olive wreath; inscription illegible. Coin no. 8. With ashes below disturbed pyre? 2146, 2321, 3286 ... 297-255 B.C. or 339-288 B.C. |
| Characteristic pyre shapes: lopadion (P 28508), chytridion, (P 17696), lekanis (P 18543), small saucer (P 9717), large saucer (P 19870, ribbon-handled plate (P 28494), rilled-rim plate (P 18545), covered ... Susan I. Rotroff |
| Plan of Agora in Early Hellenistic period, with buildings containing pyres labeled. Buildings with craft or commercial association are shaded yellow ... Richard. C. Anderson Susan I. Rotroff ... Drawing by R. C. Anderson with alterations and additions by S. I. Rotroff.
Digital file ... 2013 |
| Possible forerunners of the lopadion (P 36672, P 2229) ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Types of drinking cups found in Agora pyres.
1: P 2290; 2: P 19049; 3: P 29200; 4: P 16138; 5: P 28744; 6: P 6373; 7: P 17694; 8: P 13530; 9: P 20141; 10: P 18571; 11: P 16732; 12: P 18542; 13: P 18539; ... Anne Hooton Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Chronological ranges of drinking-cup types found in Agora pyres, with type number to left of each shape drawing, and number of occurrences to right of each ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Chronological markers for lopadia and lekanides ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Schematic partial reconstruction of third phase of Building Z in Kerameikos, with pyrelike Opferstellen marked and coded for date ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Plan of Greek Building Δ, with pyres marked and coded for date ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Cross-section looking NNE through west side of room 7 of Greek Building Δ, showing position of pyre 1 (deposit P 6:4), between the two floors of first phase of building ... Stephen G. Miller Susan I. Rotroff ... Drawing based on notebook cross-section by Stephen G. Miller, nb. p. ΒΔ 1395 ... 2013 |
| Cross-section looking WNW through west side of room 6 of Greek Building Δ, showing position of pyre 2, between last floor of phase I and first floor of phase II, and probably dug from level of phase II ... Stephen G. Miller Susan I. Rotroff ... Drawing based on notebook cross-section by Stephen G. Miller, nb. p. ΒΔ p. 1393 ... 2013 |
| Plan of Classical Commercial Building, with pyres marked and coded for date. For pyres, dashed lines indicate areas in which dispersed pyres were found; dotted line indicates continuation of pyre into ... Susan I. Rotroff |
| Plan of southernmost three rooms of Classical Commercial Building, showing locations of pyres 4-9, 12 ... M. Djordjevitch D. Scahill Susan. I. Rotroff ... Cf. also PD 2767 ... 2013
2002
1998 |
| Cross-section looking WSW through southernmost three rooms of Classical Commercial Building, showing locations of pyres 4, 6, 9, 12 (J
2:9) ... D. Scahill Susan. I. Rotroff ... Drawing by D. Scahill, with additions and alterations by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Cross section looking ENE through small section of southern part of room 5 of Classical Commercial Building, between south wall of room and Roman wall, showing relationships between pyres 14 (J 2:24) and ... Susan. I. Rotroff ... Drawing based on notebook cross-section by M. Handler, see ΒΖ 7168 ... 2013 |
| Cross-section of area west of room 5 of Classical Commercial Building looking northwest, showing relationship of pyre 18 (J 2:26) to blue-white layer (floor?) and location of pyre 19 (J 2:25), slightly ... Susan. I. Rotroff ... Drawing based on notebook cross-section by M. Laughy, p. ΒΖ 8592 ... 2013 |
| Notebook sketch plan of House 3 showing cemented floor and basins, with casting pits to right (west). Pyre 21 ("Grave V", deposit F 5:2) at upper left. 95/ΚΔ and 95/ΝΔ give access to cistern system filled ... D. B. Thompson ... From notebook ΛΛ 4, p. 624 ... 2013 |
| Plan of "Strategeion", showing locations of pyre 23 (F 13:1), water sources, and marble chip deposit ... Richard C. Anderson Susan. I. Rotroff ... Digital file.
Drawing by R. C. Anderson, with additions by S. I. Rotroff.
Cf. 2009.01.0311 ... 2013
2006 |
| Plan of House of Simon, showing locations of pyre 24 (I 12:3) ... J. Travlos Susan. I. Rotroff ... Digital file. Drawing by J. Travlos with, additions by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013
1959 |
| Plan of complex south of Tholos, with pyres marked and coded for date ... Susan. I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Actual state plan of western part of complex south of Tholos at end of 2009 excavation season, documenting deterioration of complex since original discovery ... J. Herbst Susan. I. Rotroff ... Drawing by J. Herbst, with additions by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013
2009 |
| Trial trench in south corner of room A of Early Building II. Schematic plan (above), and cross-section (below) looking south at southern edge of trench, showing vertical position of pyre 30 (G 13:3) on ... Susan I. Rotroff ... Drawing by S.I. Rotroff, based on notebook sketches by E. Vanderpool.
Plan: nb. p. Ζ 813; cross-section: nb. p. Ζ 812 ... 2013 |
| Plan of Poros Building and House G, with pyres marked and coded for date ... J. Travlos Susan I. Rotroff ... Drawing by J. Travlos, with additions and alterations by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013
1949 |
| Plan of Houses B-D, with pyres marked and coded for date ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Plan of House of the Greek Mosaics, showing location of pyre 55 (deposit E 29:3) ... T. V. Czarowski Susan. I. Rotroff ... Drawing by T. V. Czarowski, with additions by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013
1964 |
| Plan of houses in section Φ, with pyres marked and coded for date ... J. Travlos Susan I. Rotroff ... Digital file. Drawing by J. Travlos, with additions by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Plan of houses in section Ω, with pyres marked and coded for date and findspots of saucer P 28482 indicated ... W. B. Dinsmoor Susan. I. Rotroff ... Drawing by W. B. Dinsmoor, with additions by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013
1971 |
| Plan of shop buildings in section ΡΡ', with well (68, deposit U 13:1) and pyre (69, deposit U 13:3) marked and coded for date and findspot of chytridion P 29943 indicated ... W. B. Dinsmoor Jr. Susan. I. Rotroff ... Drawing by W. B. Dinsmoor Jr., with additions by S. I. Rotroff ... 2013
1973 |
| Plan of Athens showing locations of pyres in the city and beyond ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Plan of Kerameikos showing locations of structure and precincts associated with pyres ... Susan I. Rotroff ... 2013 |
| Actual state plan of complex south of Tholos at end of excavations of 1950s, showing basins at east end of Early Building I ... J. Travlos ... Digital file ... 1958 |
Salamis ... Coin no. 1. Washed-in red clayey fill beneath modern stairs. 409, 414 ... Ca. 350-318 B.C. |
| Pyre J 3:7, in situ, looking west, with south wall of Classical Commercial Building at left ... Craig Mauzy ... acc number? west Horizontal (normal) ... Summer 2001 |
| Marcie Handler ... The remnants of a disturbed pyre in a layer of dumped Hellenistic fill. The fill was found in the area on top of and east of the eastern wall of the Classical Commercial Building at its north end. Fragmentary ... Ca. 225 B.C. |
| Marcie Handler ... The Pyre was revealed in a layer of 4th c. fill in the north end of Room 6, just south of Wall 8. Room 6 is defined by the street wall (Wall A) on the west, Wall 7 on the east, Wall 9 on the south (preserved ... 4th c. B.C. |
| Sacrificial Pyre I, Classical Building II.
The pyre was set through the original floor level of the northern room of the Classical Building and apparently is the remainder of a ritual conducted when the ... Ca. 375-350 B.C. |
| Excavation of this pit began in 1995, tentatively identified as a pyre. This proved to be so with continued excavation in 1996. The deposits J 2:8 and J 2:9 were combined to become J 2:9. Miniature vessels ... Ca. 300 B.C. |
| 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. |
| Hellenistic Pyre below packed clay floors of Room 2; west of Late Roman wall extension, below tile platform terracotta drain installation, bordered on the north by bedding foundation stones of crosswall ... Ca. 300 B.C. |
| A well at the northeast corner of Classical Building, behind back wall. Dumped fill appears to have occurred as a single event as there are joining sherds throughout.
POU date ca. first half 5th c. B.C.; ... 5th c. B.C. |
| Pyre against north face of polygonal wall, Room 2, Classical Building II. No floor preserved above, but the pyre is below floor level 51.820masl, preserved just to the east and above patchy floor with ... Ca. 275-260 B.C. |
| Marcie Handler ... The pyre was revealed under a layer of mixed fill with pottery dating from the 3rd century B.C. to the 1st century A.D. Five pots were immediately visible (BZ 1318-1321, 1333) in a shallow pit surrounded ... 23 June-4 July 2006 |
| Marcie Handler ... This pyre was found in the fill under Pyre J 2:23. Unfortunately, no floor surface was found between the two pyres. There were no complete vessels in this pyre. The sherds of the pyre vessels were mixed ... 275-250 B.C. |
| Matt McCallum ... The pyre was uncovered in a small, triangular area between the BZ Building foundations (but at a lower level) and the northern scarp of the current excavation area. It rested in a patch of orange-brown ... 1-7 August 2006 |
| Mike Laughy ... This pyre was found within an otherwise mostly sterile fill directly under a white floor surface in the southern section of Area IV. It was located ca. 0.50m. east of a similar deposit, Pyre J 2:25. The ... 4th c. B.C. |
| Marcie Handler ... It was situated in the NW corner of Room 3 in the Classical Commercial Building, just S of Wall 11, the cross-wall that divides Room 3 from Room 4 to the north. The pyre pots were found surrounded by ... Late 4th c. B.C. |
| Handler ... Found in an area of disturbed fill north of a floor surface in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building. The floor surface (n. 3 on the west side of Room 4) was preserved at 52.503-52.544 masl., and ... 2nd half 4th c. B.C. |
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. |
| Sacrificial Pyre II, Classical Building II.
Found right beneath the stuccoed channel built for sluicing in the 1st c. A.D., and must have been partly disturbed when the channel was constructed. It may ... Ca. 250 B.C. |
| David Scahill ... Beneath toichobate floor level in Room 1 of Classical Building II, against the south ashlar wall, ca. 1.50m. east of the southwest corner of the building. Deposit of broken pyre pots in small pit, 1.00m ... Ca. 325 B.C. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Pyre 2 in Central House, Room X, under strosis 9. Signs of burning, carbonized food, animal bone.
In room south of courtyard. concentration of artifacts, bone, and charred material in floor makeup, no ... 290-275 B.C. |
| Contents of Pithos Y; probably belonging to sacrificial pyre III.
In northern corner of courtyard. Characteristic pyre pottery in fill of one of two pithoi set into the floor of the courtyard as part ... 400-350 B.C. |
Well at 73/Μ on the lower northeast slope of the Areopagus.
Diameter of 0.90m. It seems to have been abandoned because of the very soft stereo that kept falling in from all sides. Many pieces of terracotta ... Ca. 430-420 B.C. |
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. |
| Initially was recorded as disturbed saucer grave, but identified as pyre by SIR.
Found by gardener washing out of scarp during the winter rains. The location is just south of an east-west road; there ... 1962 |
Cistern at 63/ΛΑ (part of cistern system 63/ΛΑ-65/ΜΑ-70/ΛΣΤ, consisting of two chambers and a well). Roman upper fill with modern cesspool fill above. Channel finds: MC 517, SS 8078.
Only datable object ... 300-195 B.C. |
Well at 67/ΛΓ on the northeast slope of the Areopagus. Connected with the same cistern system as O 20:2.
Dug as several fills but probably a continuous accumulation Coin
28 May 1938 #1 (?) Illegible N ... 300-250 B.C. |
| Disturbed pyre dispersed in fill of Room 5, House D.
Pyre pots in very fragmentary condition were noticed by Barbara Tsakirgis in later analysis of pottery that had been excavated in 1938; no mention of ... 14 June 1938 |
| Pyre in layer 8a in SW corner of Room 7 of Greek House δ.
Oval pyre; 0.60 (n-s)x 0.35 (e-w).
The pyre was covered by the surface of layer 8 and extended slightly into layer 9 below it. Small bone fragments, ... 325-300 B.C. |
| Pyre in layer "9d" in SW corner of Room 6 of Greek House δ. Ashes and fragments of small bones ... Ca. 225 B.C. |
| Pyre in layer 2a in Room 9 SE of Greek House δ. Sand, gravel, ashes, iron nails, carbon, some bones partially cut away by foundation trench of SYPE wall.
Coin
1 July 1971 #459 ... 260-200 B.C. |
Amphora dump at P/2,3-6/6,8.
Layer "8b" in Room 6 of Greek House δ.
Trench cut into lower levels next to west wall of Room 6. Fragments of amphorai, tiles.
No coins ... Early Hellenistic |
| Pyre in north central room of house, measuring 0.50m east-west by 0.35m north-south. Pottery, bone, and burnt material in pit dug into layer IIb (crushed bedrock floor: lot Ω 464, 4th c.) and covered by ... 350-325 B.C. |
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. |
| 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. (?) |
| Pyre in Room 8 of Roman House H. Concentration of artifacts, bone, and flecks of carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the pyre lay within a red fill apparently contemporary with it, but with some later ... 300-290 B.C. |
Deposit alongside Greek House I, perhaps giving the construction date of the second phase. Deposit list title it as : outside of east wall of Roman House H ... Last quarter of the 4th c. B.C. |
Greek House J, under room 8 of Roman House H.
Typical though very fragmentary pyre pottery lay dispersed in a stratum over bedrock with pottery ranging from the 5th to the mid-3rd c.
In same general area ... Early 4th c. B.C.? |
Well in Stoa Shop 6 (5th century).
No evidence for period of use. Considerable dumped filling of fragmentary black and plain vases; no figured fragments are preserved, but the small amount of impressed ... 450-425 B.C. |
| Shallow pit below layer I in Stoa Shop VI (Pyre)
Diameter 0.90; D. 0.15m Under shop VI of the Stoa of Attalos Pottery, ash, burning and packing of small stones in pit in stratum. The pyre was covered by ... Ca. 350 or 325 B.C. ? |
| Disturbed pyre in NE stoa area.
In western room of westernmost shop building. A patch of ash i or at the level of layer 2 (lot Ι 189d), partially destroyed by modern wall. Pottery from layer 2 dates ... 400-350? |
Courtyard Well (R/15-13/20).
The well went out of use as a result of the Herulian sack of 267 A.D. in the upper part of the well the well-head itself was found, one of the finest in the Agora collection ... 27 June-15 July 1975 |
| Grave (?). Identified as pyre by SIR.
Pyre pots dispersed in fill over a pebble floor, with pottery ranging from the 5th c. B.C. to 3rd c. A.D. (lot ΑΑ 168), and lying directly below modern fill. No burning ... 400-350 B.C. |
| Small pit (in Layer I) = Grave ("Pyre") Identified as pyre by SIR.
Pottery and burning ("pit filled with black") in pit slightly west of Panathenaic Road, dug into layer I (lot AA 180, much earlier 6th ... 275-250 B.C. |
| Well in Room 6 of Street Stoa U/2,U/3-13/15.
Associated with the building lying under the Roman Street Stoa. Its fills divided into 5 separate layers, with the bulk of finds belonging to Layer 1, the ... 14 June-21 August 1973 |
| Mid 3rd cent. to 1st cent. BCE |
Coin no. 8. Refuse pit in House Ν, Room 3. 2879 ... 330-300 B.C. or later? |
Coin no. 10. Refuse pit in House Ν, Room 3. 2880 ... 330-300 B.C. or later? |
Coin no. 12. Refuse pit in House N, Room 3. 2880 ... 330-300 B.C. or later |
Coin no. 7. House N, Room 2, South Half-Layer 4. 5774, 6118 ... 335-295 B.C. |
Coin no. 8. House N, Room 2, South half, layer 4. 6118, 5774 ... 330-300 B.C. or later |
Coin no. 9. House N, Room 2, South half, layer 4. 6118, 5775 ... 330-300 B.C. or later |
| Athens ... Sv. 20.1--33, 35--37
Obv. Head of Athena right in decorated Attic helmet, wearing earring.
Rev. Α Θ Ε to right of owl standing half right, olive branch and crescent moon to left above shoulder. Casts ... Ca. 390-295 B.C. |
Athens, fractional issue.
Obv. Illegible.
Rev. Probably double-bodied owl facing, inscription and symbols illegible. Coin no. 1. Room X, under Cross Wall, Strosis 9. 1494 ... Probably 295-255 B.C. or 330-300 B.C. or later |
Athens.
Athena in Corinthian helmet/Ηο A, Owl left in olive wreathy. Pyre. 2234, 2854-2855 ... Probably 307-300 B.C. |
| Characteristic pyre shapes: lopadion (P 28508), chytridion, (P 17696), lekanis (P 18543), small saucer (P 9717), large saucer (P 19870, ribbon-handled plate (P 28494), rilled-rim plate (P18545), covered ... Horizontal (normal) |
| Pyre in situ, looking west, showing relationship of pyre to prebuilding surface (floor I) and to earliest floor of room (floor II). North wall of room 2 at right ... AMS
Cf. 2012.83.1181 west 8318 Horizontal (normal) |
| Pyre (J 2:24), ca 350?
Back row: P 35436 (guttus), P 35474 and P 35480 (lopadion). Middle row: P 35484, P 35481, P 35482 (plates). Front row: P 35475, P 35477, P 35479 (saucers) ... Scale 1:4
Cf. 2013.09.0028 Horizontal (normal) |
| Pyre 32 (D 17:8), in situ, looking north, with east wall of northwestern wall of Poros Building. Note lekane set into floor of room ... AMS
Cf. 2012.41.0697 north 2929 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Jun 1949 |
| Chytridion P 17215 from pyre(?) 48 (deposit A 20:4) ... S. I. Rotroff ... Horizontal (normal) ... 29 Sep 2012 |
| Pyre in situ ... AMS
Also 2012.32.0211 1376 Horizontal (normal) |
|
|
