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Grave in cella of Hephaisteion with cover slab with inscription (I 5885). Grave XXXIV in notebook. One skeleton and two leg bones. The remains of G. Watson were replaced in his original position.
Pottery ... 15 August 1810 ... Coins:
27 February 1936 #1
6 March 1939 #10 |
Grave in west peristyle of Hephaisteion. Grave XXXVII in notebook. No mention of bones.
Orlandos Grave A. Coins:
7 March 1939 #7-#10 Neg. KK 354 ... 7-10 March 1939 ... Αρχειον II (1936), pp. 214-216, figs. 6, 14 ... Hesperia Suppl. V, 1941, p. 5, fig. 1 (Grave 8). |
A very homogeneous dumped filling and no period of use. Apparently a failure as a well.
T 263-T 289 resorted and reduced August 1967. Cf. BI 157 "from behind the curbing of the well by Stoa pier 3." Estimated ... Ca. 470-460 B.C ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 333-354 ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 15-17. |
| 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) ... 5--.48m. |
| Grave 16 in notebook.
Length of shaft 1.81m; width 0.64m; depth from cover 0.54m.
Skeleton of a woman , head at northwest end. Most of pots piled over feet and legs of skeleton at southeast end.
An iron ... 750 B.C ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 30-31, figs. 28-30 ... Hesperia Suppl. 2 (1939), pp. 76-87, figs. 1, 2, 51-57, 73 (Grave XVII) ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 304, no. 76, pl. LI (Grave XVII). |
| 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 ... See Hesperia 14, no. 86 (AA 5). |
Well with overflow into cistern system. Probably Hellenistic in origin. POU late 1st. c. to early 3rd. c. Dumped filling of 4th. (and 5th.?) c.
Abandoned at 22.50m. because of water. Coins:
21 May 1937 ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... Late 1st. c.-4th. c. A.D. (and 5th c. A.D.?) ... -22.5m. |
Fill to 6.50m., masses of stone, animal bones and coarse pottery with some unfinished poros sculpture at 6.50m. - a dump of early 3rd c. ... At 6.50m. begins use filling with numerous BHWJs and other water ... Late 1st c. to early 3rd cent. and of 4th and 5th cents ... Hesperia 90 (2021), pp. 361, 381, fig. 1 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 283, no. 5. |
| Side-chamber at the bottom of a circular shaft. AA 27; ST 103 from shaft above burial. PD 427 ... Neolithic ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 20-21, figs. 17-18 ... Hesperia Suppl. 20 (1982), pp. 54-62, pl. 9 ... Agora XIII, pp. 92-93, 274, pls. 27-28, 71, 78. |
| James H. Oliver ... (E.L. Smithson: Grave IX: PG). Two children's skeletons one on top of the other. Cf. PD 329 for PD 430 for second skeleton, same deposit.
PG grave about 25m. SW of Cistern A at 46/ΜΔ.
[In some records, ... Developed Protogeometric ... Hesperia 5 (1936), pp. 23-24, figs. 21-22 (PD 429) ... Hesperia 14 (1945), pp. 303-304, 350-351, no. 75 (AA 29) pl. LI (read ΠΘ where KK on ... Desborough (1952), pp. 71-74, 85 ("an early tomb"), pp. 99-100. |
Cistern with two tunnels, the one entering its neck cut off by an early Roman well, the other, at the bottom not excavated.
Chamber conical in shape, with a depressed draw basin in the center of the floor ... Early Roman-3rd c. B.C ... -5.5m. |
Well on south slope of Kolonos Agoraios. Coins:
23 March 1936 #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 April 1936 #1
1 May 1936 #6
2 May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 May 1936 #15-#16
14 May 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is from ... 50 B.C-3rd c. A.D ... #5-#6
31 March 1936 #3
30 ... May 1936 #2
5 May 1936 #8
6 ... 1936 #5-#8 (#6 N 51520 is |
Cistern with considerable dumped fill at the north foot of Kolonos Agoraios. It may have been abandoned ca. 295-295 B.C.; it will have been filled by 280 B.C.
Multiple vessels share same stamps, and painted ... Ca. 325-250 B.C ... Agora XXIX, pp. 444-445 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), , p. 10, n. 25. |
Pit at 18/ΚΔ-ΚΕ Coins:
22 April 1936 #67-#73
24 April 1936 #2-#3 ... 22-24 April 1936 ... Hesperia 11 (1942), pp. 19-20. Group 2. |
Accumulated debris on the west side of the market square.
Related layers added 1999/2000 (JWH), e.g. "Gravelly layer above burning", "Clearing Classical floor", "Lowest level above bedrock", "Below burning", ... First half of 5th c. A.D ... #6-#11
31 May 1933 #1-#5 and ... Hesperia 2 (1933), p. 209 ... 1933 #1-#12
24 March 1933 #1-#20
28 March 1933 #1-#29
31 |
Well near west edge of level area south of the Hephaisteion. Dumped filling thrown in near end of 4th. c. but by far the greater part belonging to the 30 years before 350 B.C.
Diameter of shaft 0.98m ... Ca. 380-350 B.C ... B 12:5 ... B 12:5 |
Listed in nb. as 15/ΞΤ. Pit with bronze casting debris ... To 3rd quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 46 (1977), pp. 374-375. |
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 ... -5.5m. |
Middle Stoa Building Fill (with filling to S) (See also Κ: H-I-J 14-15 and Λ: K-M 13-14)
This deposit is not definitive and must be considered with the above deposits before details are entered into database; ... To ca. 180 B.C ... Θ:24-30/Ζ-Ι ... Θ:5-6/Δ-Ζ ... Θ:31-34/Ζ-Ι |
"Red Fill" (extending to bedrock or near, over most of area). Mainly first century after Christ with later disturbance. Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 April 1936 #13-#17
21 April 1936 ... 1st-2nd c. A.D ... 1936 #1-#2
5 May 1936 #18
5 ... Coins:
17 April 1936 #10-#13
18 April 1936 #1
20 |
Depth: original at least 3.70m, depth preserved ca. 2.00m.
Diameter: top ca. 0.80x1.15, bottom ca. 0.75m.
Water level ca. -1.50m ... 8-9 March 1939 ... T 24:4 ... T 24:4 |
Part of the cistern system 44/ΙΓ - 46/ΙΑ - 42/Θ. The filling of the 46/ΙΑ cistern shaft, with the exception of a little Roman at the top, was the same as the bottom fill of 44/ΙΓ - late Hellenistic, running ... Late 2nd-early 1st c. B.C ... #1
5 March 1936 #3 ... Coins:
25 February 1936 #2-#3
26 February 1936 #1
27 |
Grave south of Hephaisteion, in Byzantine cistern. Grave III in notebook. Disturbed. One skeleton ... 30 March 1936 ... ΚΚ:31-33/ΚΗ-ΙΖ |
(Roman Group J). The upper fill to a depth of ca. 16.00m. was of earth scooped up elsewhere and thrown in ... The latest piece noted from this fill was a TC fragment dated late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. From ... 2nd.-3rd. c. A.D ... #1-#4
21 March 1936 #1-#2
24 April 1936 #5-#6
Coins found ... May 1936 #1
5 May 1936 ... late 4th to 5th(?) c. BC. |
Great Drain and Pit at 55-56/ΙΗ-ΙΖ (Roman Group K). Coins
8 June 1933 #4
9 June 1933 #5-#6
10 June 1933 #1-#12, #13-#16
13 June 1933 #1-#25, #26-#29
14 June 1933 #3-#4
15 June 1933 #1-#5, #6-#8
17 June ... Mid 3rd century ... June 1933 #5-#6
10 June 1933 ... #3-#4
15 June 1933 #1-#5 ... May 1936 #1
27 May 1936 |
| 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) ... In some records as Grave XIX bis. (see Agora XXXVI, Tomb 31, p. 284). |
Stratified well with POU first half of 1st c. - mid 3rd c. A.D. and dumped fills of 4th and 5th-6th c. A.D.
Finds from upper fills "earth": BI 315, L 2549.
Finds from lower fills "earth": BI 302, BI 316, ... 1st to 3rd century and late 3rd to 6th century ... Hesperia 91 (2022), p. 134, n. 2. |
Fifth century lekythos deposit in area of Mycenaean Tomb. Lot Η 81a ... 5th c. B.C ... Hesperia 24 (1955), pp. 189, 195-196, fig. 3. |
Well associated with the Tholos, with scanty use fill but primarily dumped filling. Coins:
5 April 1934 #1-#4
10 April 1934 #1-#2
11 April 1934 #1
12 April 1934 #1
18 April 1934 #1-#2
19 April 1934 #1-#5 ... Ca. 350-294 B.C ... Hesperia 53 (1948), pp. 343-351, pl. 67:3, 10-16 (selection of pottery) ... Hesperia 6 (1937), pp. 165-166 ... Lawall (2004), pp. 447-448. |
Well at 40/Λ, in the "plataia" ca. 600m north of the terrace wall and ca. 10m east of the Valerian wall. Top diameter of 1.00m, bottomm diameter 0.95m
The shallowness of the shaft, and the fallen condition ... 550-500 B.C ... Hesperia 8 (1939), pp. 265-266, fig. 20 ... Agora XXXI, pp. 163-168, 230, figs. 24 and 25 ... Hesperia Suppl. 46 (2011), p. 376. |
| Susan I. Rotroff ... Grave 5. Adult (female?) inhumation.
Cist grave lined and covered with slabs of limestone, sandstone and schist. Cut into virgin soil under Royal Stoa at I/12,13-5/3,4. Grave measures 1.79x0.39-0.49x ca ... Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... I 5:5 ... I 5:5 |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 16 in notebook. Adult skeleton.
In some records as Grave XXXIII (JP) ... Middle Geometric I ... Agora XXXVI, Tomb 58, pp. 383-385, figs. 2.269-2.271, p. 546 ... Hesperia 14 (1945), p. 303, no. 73, pl. LI. |
Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late Roman wall. Dumped filling apparently intended to level off the area. Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March ... Ca. 400-325 B.C ... Irregular depression in bedrock (ca. 7x5m), ca. 2m deep; area south of E-W Late ... Coins:
11 March 1952 #10
12 March 1952 #1-#5
13 March 1952 #3-#5
21 March |
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 ... Second quarter of 5th c. to middle of 1st c. B.C. |
| Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Grave 15 in notebook. Burial of child (E.L. Smithson: Grave XIV: PG). Single bone. Nb. says: few bones.
Skull fragment, few ribs and fingers (bones discarded). Negs. KK 24 and KK 30 431 ... Developed to Late Protogeometric ... Negs. KK 24 and KK 30 |
Roman use fill in lowest 6.70m; Byz upper fill (dump). Notebook lists eight fills; subdivisions based on shelf groupings.
Subdivisions:
.1=Dumped fills 1-2, Byzantine
.2=Fill 3 (baskets 18-37)
.3=Fill ... 50-150 A.D. to Early Byz ... Hesperia 90 (2021), pp. 361, 381, fig. 1 ... Hesperia 24 (1955), p. 283, no. 3 ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 345-346. |
Cistern System #3: West Chamber at 69/ΛΣΤ, joined by a crooked passage to 69/Λ. Under the southwest corner of the Hellenistic Building to the north of the Temple of Hephaistos. Upper fill of early 1st ... 175-125 B.C ... Agora XXII, pp. 98-99 ... Agora XXXIII, pp. 351-352 ... Hesperia Suppl. 50 (2018), p. 79, n. 39. |
| 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 73 (2004), pp. 7-38, figs. 2-13 ... Hesperia 37 (1968), pp. 58-59, fig. 8 ... Hesperia 37 (1968), pp. 77-116, pls. 18-33. |
Great Drain South (ca. 70-113, from SW edge of section as far north as the Roman Bath) Hellenistic Sand Fill. Silted-up filling of the southern branch of the Great Drain, abandoned due to some damage at ... 4th. c.-86 B.C ... Hesperia 45 (1976), pp. 15-19, pls. 1-4 ... Hesperia 20 (1951), pp. 262-263 ... Agora X, pp. 67, 135-136. |
Roman Water Mill: construction fill in footing trench of mill race wall Coins:
24 April 1933 #2-#30, #39-#40, #43-#44, #46-#67, #69-#76, #82-#95
25 April 1933 #30, #32-#35, #37-#40, #42-#43, #45, #47 ... 450-475 A.D ... Coins:
24 April 1933 ... #30-#31
28 April 1933 #6-#9, ... #3-#5
28 June 1933 #2
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