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Grave (?) under wall 4. Infant burial(?); a kados, P 16747, lying sideways with a tall cylindrical stand, P 16748, set over it as a cover; the upper parts of the pots cut away ... Late 6th. c. B.C ... Grave (?) under wall 4. Infant burial(?); a kados, P 16747, lying sideways with a tall cylindrical stand, P 16748, set over it as a cover; the upper parts of the pots cut away. |
Hephaisteion Garden; fill beside wall. Loose filling encountered in rescue excavation to examine wall found during construction of public toilet in Theseion Park, outside Agora area. SIR 1991
Originally ... Second half of 4th c. B.C ... Hephaisteion Garden; fill beside wall. Loose filling encountered in rescue excavation to examine wall found during construction of public toilet in Theseion Park, outside Agora area ... SIR 1991
Originally A 10:1 |
| Mycenaean grave to west of House N, room 5, with the burial of two young children. Rough rectangular cutting in soft stereo (0.95x0.64x0.28), lying under the western wall of a Geometric house, contained ... Myc. III C:1 ... Rough rectangular cutting in soft stereo (0.95x0.64x0.28), lying under the western wall of a Geometric house, contained the doubled-up skeletons of two small children. |
Nb page 5044: Great shapeless pit with a well (62/Ξ) at its bottom which we were unable to dig because it was too dangerous. Fill in the pit was of sand and white ash. The finds and pottery 4th. and perhaps ... Late 4th.-early 3rd. c ... Nb page 5044: Great shapeless pit with a well (62/Ξ) at its bottom which we were unable to dig because it was too dangerous. ... The importance of the pit is for the dating of the poros wall above, already there when the pit was filled. |
| Mycenaean tomb: Myc. III A:1-2.
SAI
Small rectangular chamber, 2.30m wide by 1.80m deep,, entered from the east through a dromos 1.10m wide which contracted to a doorway 0.92m. wide. the doorway preserved ... 2nd half of 14th c ... Mycenaean tomb: Myc. III A:1-2.
SAI
Small rectangular chamber, 2.30m wide by 1.80m deep,, entered from the east through a dromos 1.10m wide which contracted to a doorway 0.92m. wide. the doorway preserved its rough stone blocking wall to a height of 0.70m to 0.80m., and the dromos the firm red earth with which it had been packed to a height of 1.30m.
... Several earlier interments had been swept aside; some bones were found in the corners of the chamber. others in a small pit (0.55x0.30x0.23 deep)near the southeast corner |
| Marcie Handler ... Fill within the drain from the basin on the west side of Roman Room B through Wall A.
After we removed the fill within the basin on the west side of Roman Room B (BZ XXVII p. 5325), we began excavating ... Late Roman ... Fill within the drain from the basin on the west side of Roman Room B through Wall A.
After we removed the fill within the basin on the west side of Roman Room B (BZ XXVII p. 5325), we began excavating in the cutting on the east face of a conglomerate block that is part of Wall A. ... The cutting is probably a drain that carried water from the basin through Wall A and onto the North-South Road. |
Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench ... 350-290 B.C ... Rectangular cutting at 58-60/ΚΘ-Λ, probably a plundered wall trench. |
Pits in area 96-100/ΝΕ-ΝΘ (lower east slopes of Hill of the Nymphs, near extreme west edge of excavated area).
Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall. dMax. depth 0.20m.d.
Many fills in areas ... Ca. 325-300 B.C ... Shallow pit in bedrock against N. face of wall ... Many fills in areas A 19 and A 20 similar in character to the fills in these pits can probably be cited only with area locations; many have container dates. 1-10-58
The early ΞΞ numbers given [to finds] come from the time the area was dug; the later from the time the pottery was sorted (1957). |
| Pyre(?) in House N, S.W. Room. (=House C, Room 10)
In room 10. Vessels from an earlier pyre were found dispersed in the makeup of the latest "floor" in the room, with tile fragments trodden into its surface ... First quarter of the 4th c. B.C ... This layer and the one below it run over the wall between rooms 9 and 10,so either they postdate the destruction of the house or indicate yet another change in its plan. ... The pyre, however, is contemporary with the second phase of the house, and, if the beginning of the phase could be downdated a bit, could be connected with this reconstruction. |
Red sandy earth at inner corner of heavy late wall at 12/ΛΖ.
A. Walker coin deposit. Coins:
27 March 1934 #1-#12
28 March 1934 #1-#2 ... 2nd-3rd c. A.D ... Red sandy earth at inner corner of heavy late wall at 12/ΛΖ.
A. Walker coin deposit. |
Filling around rubble wall (35/ΚΕ). It contained a mass of pottery, most of it uninventoried ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Filling around rubble wall (35/ΚΕ). It contained a mass of pottery, most of it uninventoried. |
| 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 ... 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 only as a stub on the east side of the area), and possibly Wall 8 or Wall 6 on the north.
2.5 meters SW of the pyre, a patch of floor surface at J/10-1/20 at 52.188 masl. was found. |
| Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. Character of pottery like the pyre of F 12:2 ... Late Geometric ... Burned Deposit. A thick deposit of ash, cinders and pottery fragments extending alongside wall of cemetery. |
| A closely compacted group of 431 bronze coins found at ca. 52.50m., against the east brick wall. No sign of a container. Others dribbled down against the channel wall in a restricted area to as deep as ... Late Roman ... A closely compacted group of 431 bronze coins found at ca. 52.50m., against the east brick wall. No sign of a container. Others dribbled down against the channel wall in a restricted area to as deep as 52.07. Their date suggests a later deposition: the latest coins dating to the reign of Leo I, come into the 470's. |
Also noted as 32-33/Μ. The N wall collapsed. A very shallow deposit of ancient fill over its stuccoed floor. Coins:
10 May 1939 #3-#4 ... Hellenistic, 4th-early 3rd, Roman, 4th c. A.D ... Also noted as 32-33/Μ. The N wall collapsed. A very shallow deposit of ancient fill over its stuccoed floor. |
Double Well by Entrance to Square Building (Well B)
Wall A (R 9:2) was Late Geometric or transitional well, into one-half of which a bothros had been sunk in Turkish times (16th c. A.D.)-R 9:3.
This bothros ... ca. 17th century A.D ... Double Well by Entrance to Square Building (Well B)
Wall A (R 9:2) was Late Geometric or transitional well, into one-half of which a bothros had been sunk in Turkish times (16th c. ... This bothros was lined on the side of the Geometric well by a wall made of rough stones and pink cement, supported by three small round wooden beams. In dark brown fill, it contained many household utensils (spoons, a wooden bowl fragment, a saucepan and an iron knife), quantities of pottery and a fragment of marble capital Balance of pottery discarded. |
Called a Turkish pit, located under a Byzantine wall and filled with an upper level of Byzantine material under which a level of Roman material. Coins:
5 April 1932 #1-#3
6 April 1932 #1-#5
7 April 1932 ... 6-11 April 1932 ... Called a Turkish pit, located under a Byzantine wall and filled with an upper level of Byzantine material under which a level of Roman material. |
Two pebble floors of Roman date, broken into at the SE and north, covered a 6x5m trench in ΕΛ, bounded by the unexcavated east trench and a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A). Under these pebble floors ... 220 - 150 B.C ... Two pebble floors of Roman date, broken into at the SE and north, covered a 6x5m trench in ΕΛ, bounded by the unexcavated east trench and a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A). Under these pebble floors was a large amount of fill thick with ceramic inclusions, most likely deposited at one time, though possibly in three separate dumpings, characterized by varying density of ceramics and amount of stone inclusions. |
Laura Gawlinski ... Pebble floors of Roman date covered the northern half of a 6x6m square trench in ΕΛ, bounded to the west by the post-Herulian Wall and to the east by a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A) to the east ... Hellenistic/ 220-150 B.C ... Pebble floors of Roman date covered the northern half of a 6x6m square trench in ΕΛ, bounded to the west by the post-Herulian Wall and to the east by a wall from Byzantine Building D (Wall A) to the east. Under these pebble floors was a large amount of fill thick with ceramic inclusions, most likely deposited at one time, though possibly in six separate dumpings, characterized by varying density of ceramics and amount of stone inclusions. ... Also, in Agora XXXI, p. 151, a deposit T 21:1 was created by Margie Miles, changed to T 21:4 in the Database. |
Double Well by E. Entrance to Square Building (Well A) (formely a O 8:1) Coin
21 April 1951 #1 (disintegrated) Carefull there is two O 8:1, the actual one is a filling around rubble wall at 35/ KE.
Estimated ... 750 to early 7th century B.C ... Entrance to Square Building (Well A) (formely a O 8:1) ... Carefull there is two O 8:1, the actual one is a filling around rubble wall at 35/ KE.
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RSY Grave A.
Under the Roman House with three rooms floored with mosaic near the southwest side of the area. The burial consisted of a pot laid on its side over the bedrock, presumably containing a child ... 7 August 1947 ... RSY Grave A.
Under the Roman House with three rooms floored with mosaic near the southwest side of the area. The burial consisted of a pot laid on its side over the bedrock, presumably containing a child. ... The grave had been disturbed in early times by the building of a wall (6th or 5th century B.C.) which in part overlay it; only the part of the pot immediately over the stereo was preserved. it was an amphora with banded body and conventional ornaments on the reserved neck, probably late 8th century. |
Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. A.D. (These three amphorae could be considered with F 15:2) ... 3rd-4th c. A.D ... Well shaft cut through a cistern channel which was then packed with three amphorae (P 3123, P 3125, P 4201) of 1st or at latest early 2nd c. ... At 5.50 a group of fallen wall tiles arched over shaft which was empty to below 8.00 (at water level).
... It seems more likely that tiles were robbed in late 4th c., one 1st c. amphora of packing fell in and then a 4th c. dump was dropped in, capped by tile fragments; later a 5th c. dump on top.
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| Bronze-casting pit and furnace against S apse of Church (106/ΛΕ). Late Roman sherds of the 4th and the 6th c. A.D. were found with fragments of moulds from bronze casting. The west end was destroyed by ... 5th-6th c. A.D ... There is a tile floor set on bedrock and two brick piers of the south wall stand to a height of 1.12 m.; one scrap of the north wall establishes a width of 1.05m. |
Geometric Well under Rubble Wall of Predecessor.
Classical pit above a Geometric well with a small amount of pottery from the late 6th to the middle of the 4th c. B.C. Estimated Grid ... Late 8th century B.C ... Geometric Well under Rubble Wall of Predecessor.
Classical pit above a Geometric well with a small amount of pottery from the late 6th to the middle of the 4th c. |
Filling behind retaining wall of Stoa of Zeus. The remains of unfired clay adhering to the interior of various pieces make it probable that the material in this filling is a mass of debris from the floor ... Ca. 435-425 B.C ... Filling behind retaining wall of Stoa of Zeus. The remains of unfired clay adhering to the interior of various pieces make it probable that the material in this filling is a mass of debris from the floor of a pottery-works destroyed by subsequent building. |
| Anne McCabe ... Adjacent to the SW face of Byzantine Wall 14. The circular cutting, 0.90m in diameter, appeared at 53.504m under a layer of loose rubble (Lot 481). Wall of the well roughly built, consisting at the top ... 11-19 July 2006
24 June-21 July 2009 ... Adjacent to the SW face of Byzantine Wall 14. The circular cutting, 0.90m in diameter, appeared at 53.504m under a layer of loose rubble (Lot 481). Wall of the well roughly built, consisting at the top of several courses of large tiles (placed horizontally) and flat stones, including marble blocks. ... Most are broken; a complete segment measures 0.39 by 0.65m. |
| Margaret Crosby ... Grave, disturbed.
Rectangular cutting in bedrock 1.70m long and 0.60m deep. The north half was cut away by a modern cellar wall and only 0.20-0.10m of fill was left. A the bottom there was a thick layer ... 510 - 490 B.C ... The north half was cut away by a modern cellar wall and only 0.20-0.10m of fill was left. A the bottom there was a thick layer of burning. also present fragments of long bones and ribs, probably animal. |
| 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 ... 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 fill with charcoal and burnt bone below a floor surface preserved immediately to the E (J/13,14-2/7,8; 52.20 masl.).
The pyre deposit continued up to the north face of late Roman Wall C, suggesting that these lower courses of Wall C were packed into a narrow trench instead of built up within a wider foundation trench. |
Well east of Geometric Grave. The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. Some evidence for period of use; little pottery. At the top a few Geometric ... Early Protogeometric ... The upper part collapsed into a pit, cut into by Middle Geometric grave I 18:1 and by a Byzantine wall. ... At the top a few Geometric sherds, perhaps displaced from I 18:3. |
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 ... Well at 40/Λ, in the "plataia" ca. 600m north of the terrace wall and ca. 10m east of the Valerian wall. ... Maybe a brief period of use. Most of the filling is a dump. |
| Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Tomb to NW of Pier 19 (Burial 7).
The chamber was roughly square in shape (2.70m wide by 2.10m deep), oriented northeast to southwest across in transverse axis. The entrance was at the northwest ... Myc. II-IIIA:1 ... The entrance was at the northwest side where a row of sizable fieldstones rested on the floor of the tomb and indicated the lowest course of the original blocking wall of the doorway (0.80m wide). At the inner northeast corner of the chamber the side wall began to arch over at a height of about 0.60m above the floor. |
| Marcie Handler ... Continued from 2000 season, 10-12 July 2000; BZ XXIII p. 4472.
The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the ... 10-12 July 2000
21-22 July 2003 ... The hoard was originally excavated during the 2000 season (Lot BZ 1049, 5th-6th centuries AD), from a higher elevation through a gap in the stones of Wall A, and was thought to be the bottom of a foundation trench for the wall. The original excavators bottomed out on a tile, thought to be part of a drain (which was actually the bottom of the basin/latrine). ... Foundation trench of N/S street wall, in ash pit. 53.505m-53.089m. |
| 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 ... 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 north by two steps, and with the stone blocking-wall preserved for a few courses. The dromos was at least 2.20m long with a width of 0.80 to 0.90m tapering upward to 0.60m, and preserved to a height of at least 1.05m. |
A shallow tiled well or reservoir set inside the South Stoa against its back wall. Its location in relation to the wall of the Stoa, and the fact that a lead pipe set through the latest floor of the Stoa ... 5th - 6th c. A.D ... A shallow tiled well or reservoir set inside the South Stoa against its back wall. Its location in relation to the wall of the Stoa, and the fact that a lead pipe set through the latest floor of the Stoa leads to it, shows that it was built while the Stoa was still in use, that is before 267 A.D. |
| Mycenaean Tomb to NE of Pier 19 (Burial #1)
Most of the doorway and the dromos had been cut away by the ancient Stoa builders. The dimensions of the chamber were 2.90m wide by 1.60m deep. Unusual features ... Myc. III A:1 ... Unusual features of the tomb were a small recess in the back or south wall, in which stood the askos, and a rough stone slab which was found on the floor near the center of the east side, but which may once have been a grave marker at ground level.
... In the southeast corner and along the west wall there were swept-up piles of bones and offerings from earlier burials, and in the northwest corner there was a small round pit (0.50m in diameter by 0.20m deep) full of bones. |
Byzantine Well at 66/ΛΑ.
Semi-curbed well at the west wall of the Byzantine room.
From the mouth of the well, a few brown glazed sherds ... Byzantine ... Semi-curbed well at the west wall of the Byzantine room.
From the mouth of the well, a few brown glazed sherds. |
| North of House G (RSY=Pyre 13).
Concentration of artifacts, small pieces of bone, and burnt material in stratum, no pit discerned. The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It ... 290-250 B.C ... The pyre is cut by the trench of a wall of a Roman house to north. It was found in digging "Hellenistic" fill; no further information about the stratigraphy or about the pottery from that fill is available. although the pyre was apparently not burnt in situ, the objects lay in a compact mass, not much disturbed, and they are mostly complete. |
Anne McCabe ... Pithos D, adjacent to Pithos A at the NE, is built of stone and broken tile, beehive-shaped, unlined, with no floor. The wall of Pithos D appears to have been cut by the construction of the mortar wall ... 4-6 July 2007
31 July 2007 ... The wall of Pithos D appears to have been cut by the construction of the mortar wall of Pithos A, and both vessels were damaged by the modern basement. Loose brown earth was removed from the highest preserved level of Pithos D (Lot 518) until the bottom of the lowest course of masonry of the vessel wall was visible. The fill contained brown-glazed pottery and a few sherds of sgraffito ware. ... At 53.764m. was found a segment of a bronze toothed blade (BH 228). |
| 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 ... The remains of a pyre disturbed by the construction of Wall 106. |
Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR.
Cistern system ca. 20.00m ... Ca. 325-275 B.C ... Two chambers connected by a tunnel, all filled at the same time, but with slight Hellenistic disturbance. Chamber A, to west at 14/ΛΗ, B to east at 14-15/ΛΒ on grid for section RR.
... Basically a single dumped filling; the presence in the filling of a few later objects ... possibly as late as the second half of the 3rd c., probably indicates a supplementary filling. |
Red Figure Pocket in front of Retaining Wall at 74-77/ΛΖ-ΛΘ.
Pit , a large cutting in bedrock, irregular in outline, reaching a depth of ca. 1m; dumped filling of alternating layers-broken pottery fragments ... Ca. 430-410 B.C ... Red Figure Pocket in front of Retaining Wall at 74-77/ΛΖ-ΛΘ.
Pit , a large cutting in bedrock, irregular in outline, reaching a depth of ca. 1m; dumped filling of alternating layers-broken pottery fragments on quantity, figured, plain, glazed and coarse. |
| Brian Martens ... Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11, located in the area north of Wall K, was partially excavated during the 2014 season. At this point the full western extent of the chamber has not been located because of ... LHIIIA ... The skeleton along the southern wall wore a necklace of carnelian and glass-paste beads, which was excavated in situ. ... The blocking wall consists of typical rubble construction , but includes an unusual vertical slab that acted as a jam. At the end of season, a strip of fill remained atop the blocking wall.
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| Laura Gawlinski ... Bronze foundry north of bridge on Piraeus street, east of Great Drain.
Keyhole-shaped bronze casting pit, cut into bedrock.
2016: Continuation of the excavation of a rectangular pit with foundry debris, ... Late 6th-early 5th c. B.C.
(Late Archaic/ Early Classical) ... Pit cut into bedrock at west and north; fill continues beneath later wall (“Wall A”) at east. ... We reached a maximum depth of 59.781m by the end of the 2016 season, but more remains to be excavated.
2017-2018: Upper level disturbed by modern water pipe at southwest and Wall A (probably Hellenistic) at east. ... Seven standing mudbricks line the bedrock wall at south, surrounding a ceramic stand, hand-formed on a cut bedrock base. |
Fill around the upper block of the southwest corner of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall, south of the Propylon, and hard fill at the side of a trench for a modern wall.
Uncatalogued material: 181 sherds ... 2nd c. B.C ... Fill around the upper block of the southwest corner of the early (Archaic) peribolos wall, south of the Propylon, and hard fill at the side of a trench for a modern wall.
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Well E (diameter 1.10-1.20m) just outside the northwest corner of the southwest Fountain House.
Dug initially as a pit (J 15:2) partially covered by an early Roman wall ... Early 7th c. B.C ... Dug initially as a pit (J 15:2) partially covered by an early Roman wall. |
| Homer A. Thompson ... Cremation burial (trench-and-hole) under S. edge of E-W Street, northern burial. In some records as Grave XLVII.
The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and ... Middle Geometric I ... The western part of the offering trench of the tomb was lost to a Turkish cess pit, and disturbances at least as early as the 7th c. ... The tomb was found directly below a Classical wall. What survived was the south and east section of the original grave, including a strip of the pyre trench, reddened from burning to a depth of 0.05m, and below it a shallow urn-hole, roughly square, ca. 0.60m to the side, cut through earth almost to the level of bedrock, to a depth of about 0.30m.
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House K: Brown fill (publ. House U). Filling between terrace wall and house wall at the extreme west end of the Areopagus; a brown gravelly filling of early Roman date found here undisturbed but occurring ... Early Roman ... Filling between terrace wall and house wall at the extreme west end of the Areopagus; a brown gravelly filling of early Roman date found here undisturbed but occurring also throughout this general vicinity, sometimes with later intrusions ... L 3709 (ΝΝ 460) recorded on deposit sheet and although from Terrace brown fill it is from a different grid. |
| 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 ... Behind northeast corner of Classical Building; east wall C. Below Hellenistic levels and early Classical pit. ... Possible dromos cutting in northwest corner, running under wall C.
Loose fill of stones and earth filling tomb with large number of geometric sherds ranging early to late Geometric. ... At the floor of the tomb, bone fragments, broken pottery, two figurines and bronze implements along south wall. Pottery appears to be LH III A:1 with some possibly earlier. |
| Marcie Handler ... The contents of this Hellenistic cistern shaft were excavated in a series of layers: the preserved top of the shaft, six layers in the shaft and the fill within the tunnel. At the bottom of the shaft on ... POU: Mid-3rd c. BC
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| Rodney S. Young ... Grave 10 in notebook. No remains. Probably grave of a woman.
Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction ... Middle Geometric II ... Probably grave of a woman.
Only a small portion of the inhumation pit was preserved at the northeast edge of pit A, a large oval cutting of modern date dug for the construction of a circular wall at its center, later used as a cess- pit. ... The tomb was cut with a northeast-southwest orientation, interrupting the series of graves (Tomb XVII-XX), which radiate from the base of the hill.
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A well lined with a very well built stone wall, carefully made and fitted to the curve of the well cutting, with footholds running down its N and S faces. This wall, of small stones, runs to 7.30m. from ... 23-29 March 1937 ... A well lined with a very well built stone wall, carefully made and fitted to the curve of the well cutting, with footholds running down its N and S faces. This wall, of small stones, runs to 7.30m. from the well mouth. ... At the east side at the surface, a beam cutting was made to hold a beam to support a brick vault over the mouth of the well. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb occupies a considerable part of the western half of section ΕΕ; lies about half way up the north slope of the Areopagus towards its eastern end, just below the highest point of the ... Myc. III A:1 ... The tomb consists of a roughly rectangular chamber approached from the north by a long dromos. it is entirely hewn out of the rock of the hill and except for the wall of rough stones that blocked the doorway, there is no masonry. ... It was originally several meters longer but its northern end was cut off by a late Roman retaining wall. ... Its outer or northern end was blocked by a neatly made dry wall of rough field stones. |
| David Scahill ... At northeast corner of Classical Building II; on south side of dromos of Tomb K 2:5, and separated from it by ca. 0.6m of bedrock. Chamber cut through bedrock. The northeast corner of chamber defined ... LHIII A:1 ... Rest of tomb runs under later wall foundations to the south and west.
... A courseware pitcher upside down in the north east corner. More bones and a skull in a depression under and to the south, with an alabastron, and broken pieces of a second pitcher. |
A total of 79 ostraka was recovered from Room 5 of the Classical Building.
More of this deposit was excavated in the 2021 season on the opposite side of the scarp of Wall R, up against the face of Wall ... 500-475 B.C ... A total of 79 ostraka was recovered from Room 5 of the Classical Building.
More of this deposit was excavated in the 2021 season on the opposite side of the scarp of Wall R, up against the face of Wall 4. The filling comprises the subfloor of a Late Archaic phase of Room 5.
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| Sacrificial Pyre = Pit in floor (identified as pyre by SIR); with the characteristic small plates and saucers. "Saucer Grave" at 12/ΚΑ.
Dimensions: 2m (length)x 0.70 (width).
North of north wall of building ... First half 4th c. B.C ... North of north wall of building. Long, narrow pit containing pottery and ash dug into a hard floor or surface and aligned with north wall of Building E. The pottery rested on a bedding of stones. ... Both the large size of the cutting and the presence of a kernos are unusual, but the rilled-rim plate and the saucers suggest that this is a pyre. |
Pocket in wall of Turkish bothros. The uninventoried material includes along with earlier pieces, the fragment of a bolsal very close to those from the well R 13:4 ... 450-425 B.C ... Pocket in wall of Turkish bothros ... The uninventoried material includes along with earlier pieces, the fragment of a bolsal very close to those from the well R 13:4 |
Ash and Carbon Dump in Corridor directly behind Room C of Brick Building.
This material comprises what appears to have been a household dump associated with the period of use of the Brick Building, but ... To mid-2nd century ... This material comprises what appears to have been a household dump associated with the period of use of the Brick Building, but probably dating just prior to its abandonment, since it included a a few roof tiles, presumably from the demolition of the Brick Building. The dump is located in the corridor between the back wall of the Brick Building and the retaining wall behind the building , immediately east of the line of the dividing wall between Rooms B and C [City Grid: Q/18-11/2] |
| Sacrificial pyre in Poros Building, NW Room (RSY= Pyre 1).
Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, ... Middle of 4th c. B.C ... Against east wall of room 5 west. artifacts, bone, carbon and ash in pit in floor sequence. the pyre lay below a floor covered with marble dust, the lowest floor that can be associated with the north wall of the room. The pit extends down into a layer with marbleworking waste. ... A lekane and the lower part of an amphora set into the floor of this room may have served industrial purposes. |
| Initially uncovered with a diameter of c. 1.05m. Its south side extends under the south wall of the Classical structure and so clearly predates it. The highest preserved portion of the well shaft (at the ... 22 July-9 August 1994
26 June 1995
3-7 July 1995 ... Initially uncovered with a diameter of c. 1.05m. Its south side extends under the south wall of the Classical structure and so clearly predates it. ... On the south side of the shaft, a lining wall of field stones is preserved from an elevation of 49.44m above sea level; around the rest of the shaft it is preserved from an elevation of 48.99m. |
Cistern at 70/ΚΕ and channels. Part of same system as D 17:3 and D 17:5. It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least ... Ca. 200-150 B.C ... It was set against a corner of the lowest foundation block. Thus one is forced to assume that enough of the wall remained at least to preserve its line. After Sulla many of the blocks at the east and were pulled out, the north wall of court F was placed on the western foundations, but at a slightly different angle, and the wall as such ceased to exist.
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| Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B).
Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. We have dug to a maximum of about 0.06m below the top of Layer II ... Myc. IIIA/B ... Mycenaean Double Grave (Graves A and B).
Grave A was in Layer II. We laid a skull and a few other bones, three vases and a stone bead. ... To the South of Grave A and separated from it by a narrow wall apparently of bedrock, was part of another grave. |
Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m. from ... 2nd c. B.C ... Material from trenches:
a) 1.00-7.00m. from East End of Stoa.
b) 18.40-21.40m. from East End of Stoa.
c) 46.60-48-60m. from East End of Stoa.
d) 51.00-53.00m. from East End of Stoa.
e) 79.00-81.00m. from East End of Stoa.
Includes drain trench in front of back wall of Stoa (some disturbed, some undisturbed fill), soft fill above stone drain, fill from within stone drain, channel behind stylobate. |
Brian Martens ... This deep stratum (ca. 030m) is delayed Persian destruction cleanup deposited in the 470s B.C. it contains about one generation's worth of pottery, almost exclusively dating between about 500-470 B.C ... 29 June-19 July 2017
12–15 July 2022 ... The stratum abutted E-W polygonal Wall 8 and was laid down for Post-Persian renovations of the building. The dump of pottery raised the floor level of the building; atop J 1:18 was a layer of crushed bedrock and a renewed floor surface.
The deposit joins fill taken in 2013 that runs under the scarp of Wall G.
Addendum 2022: The collapse of Wall G’ allowed further work on deposit J 1:18 in the 2022 season. |
Refuse pit at 51/Ζ; it had been partly cut away at the north by the late Roman retaining wall; the dumped filling a homogeneous deposit of figured, black and plain wares. Red figure oinochoe in the style ... Ca. 450-420 B.C ... Refuse pit at 51/Ζ; it had been partly cut away at the north by the late Roman retaining wall; the dumped filling a homogeneous deposit of figured, black and plain wares. |
Abandoned digging at 6.25m. due to water level. Tile well could be associated with a bit of late Roman wall to the south, with floor level about one meter above that of pebble floor. Well tiles were not ... 14-22 April 1948 ... Tile well could be associated with a bit of late Roman wall to the south, with floor level about one meter above that of pebble floor. Well tiles were not in place for the last meter and a half. |
Plaster dump at Q/2,5-6/7,9.
Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. Layer resting on bedrock and covered partially by good strosis (55.26m.). Fill was red with mudbricks, tiles, much plaster ... Late 1st-early 2nd c. A.D ... Layer 5 in "Wall Painted Room" of Roman House ε. ... The plaster fragments were restored into a large panel exhibited on the inner wall of the Upper Colonnade. |
The deposit notebook lists S 1439 here, but the following information on that card indicates that D 18:4 could be considered with D 18:3 and not as a separate deposit.
"Excavation of pit, which partly ... The deposit notebook lists S 1439 here, but the following information on that card indicates that D 18:4 could be considered with D 18:3 and not as a separate deposit.
"Excavation of pit, which partly underlies later cross wall, has not been finished. |
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 ... 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). ... Two skeletons and traces of a third were found. Only the one lying along the west edge of the chamber was well-preserved, with its head to the south, knees up, and with the pots at its feet. two more pots were found lying between this skeleton and the chamber wall. Thus, all offerings were associated with this better preserved skeleton. |
| David Scahill ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation ... LHIII A:1 ... Below packed clay floors in Room 2 of Classical Building II; bordered on east and south sides by polygonal cross wall and back wall extension for Classical Building. Late Roman wall and drain installation above west side. ... Toward the west against the north side, a bronze dagger and spear point. |
| Mycenaean Chamber Tomb under north side of Temple of Ares, towards its west end.(1951).
The tomb had a hasty and unfinished appearance oddly at variance with its long history and the quality of the pottery ... 1st: Myc IIB-IIA:1-2, 2nd: Myc. IIIC:1 (1450-1200 B.C.) ... The chamber was a small room roughly hewn out of bedrock. ... The roof had apparently been a low one, rising just over a meter above the floor. A small niche, 0.50m square and raised 0.25m above the chamber floor, was set in the wall at the southwest corner of the room.
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Well L: PG, ELS. Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). The pottery appears less consistent than that in the pit at 70/ΜΕ. Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B. PD 2780 ... Protogeometric ... Includes a displaced grave (K 12:2 bis). ... Depth of well 6.25m. below the top of wall B. |
Investigations within the Stoa of Zeus, the north part, various levels.
Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining ... 5th c. B.C ... Notebook references: Stoa Trench E Layers IV and V, Stoa Pits A, B and C, and Layers I and II of area between back wall and retaining wall of Stoa. ... Subdivisions: (from the deepest layers to the top):
.1=a) (Pre-)Persian
.2=b) Post-Persian Pre-Stoa
.3=c) Stoa and Stoa Annex filling |
| 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 ... 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 pyre pots were mixed into the fill, which dated to the period after 225 BC. ... the pyre pottery may very well have come from a pyre buried under a floor in the building just to the west of here. |
| Marcie Handler ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. The neck and one handle of one of the amphorae (BZ 1213) had been poking ... Ca. 1st c. A.D ... A deposit of six amphorae and one micaceous water jar was excavated between 20 June and 6 July 2005 in the area north of Wall K. ... NOTE: This deposit was first excavated 1-2 August 2001 as a "Late Roman layer with complete vessels" (elev. 53.040-53.370 masl, J/17,18-1/6,8). ... BZ 669 was given the number BZ 1213 during the 2005 season (the excavator did not know that a section number was given to the in situ amphora). |
| Pocket, identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR. Possibly disturbed. Outside south wall of building. Concentration of pottery in a small pocket below a "Hellenistic" fill. There is no mention of bone or ... First quarter 4th c. B.C ... Outside south wall of building. Concentration of pottery in a small pocket below a "Hellenistic" fill. ... A miniature black glazed lekanis (P 1465) and a small one-handler accompany the saucers and plates and the miniature chytra (P 1470). |
| 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 ... 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 between rooms 2 and 3 ... Pyre pots mostly smashed, in a layer of ash and carbon defined as half of a circle. |
A filling lying over a cobbled floor in a house-complex on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late ... 375-275 B.C ... A filling lying over a cobbled floor in a house-complex on the lower north slopes of the Areopagus.
Area in front of E-W retaining wall, just above cobble pavement, disturbed by coins and pottery as late as the 3rd c. |
| John Camp ... Burial north of Roman temple, E. of polygonal wall.
The tomb, as preserved, consisted of the cinerary urn, which stood in an upright position, its upper part damaged by later disturbance. It contained ... Late Helladic IIIC Late-Final Mycenaean/Submycenaean ... Burial north of Roman temple, E. of polygonal wall.
The tomb, as preserved, consisted of the cinerary urn, which stood in an upright position, its upper part damaged by later disturbance. It contained the cremated remains of a child aged 6-8 years at death |
| Pocket with burning at 60/ΚΗ. "Is this perhaps a disturbed pyre burial." [Nbp. 2928].
Identified as pyre by SIR.
Near north end of corridor, beside its west wall. Concentration of artifacts, tiny scraps ... 4th c. B.C ... "Is this perhaps a disturbed pyre burial." ... Near north end of corridor, beside its west wall. Concentration of artifacts, tiny scraps of bone, and carbon in stratum, no pit discerned. the objects lay under an uneven strosis level with the bottom of the rebuilt west wall of the corridor, perhaps dug into a layer topped with marble chips. ... Its identity as the remains of a disturbed pyre is therefore questionable. |
| Mycenaean Small Chamber tomb.
The cist measures 1,90m E to W, 0.75-0.90m N to S, max. depth -1.30m. Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had ... Myc. IIIA, early 14th c ... Nothing was found in it; cleaned in modern times and used as a cesspool. Some of the SW part of it had also been cut away in Roman times by a terracotta drain. All that remains of the chamber is a small segment with a maximum preserved dimension of 1.20m, which is bordered on the north by a modern wall and on the east by a cesspool. ... There was also a number of small stones at one point. |
Ca. 73-81/Drain. Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building.
Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7 ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Fillings associated with the construction of the Great Drain South, especially the fill thrown in behind the east wall of the drain at the time of its building.
Cf. A 20-21:1 and B 19:7.
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| David Scahill ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall. "No grave goods!"
ADDENDA: J. Papadopoulos later associated P 34449 and P 34450 to that grave. (Cf. Agora ... Geometric ... Burial in Geometric well (J 3:8), in Classical Building II, Room I, next to south ashlar wall ... AA 362 a, b, c |
Child's burial in south wall of Marble Worker's House.
Bones examined 20 June 1975 and found to be an immature animal, not human (canid-puppy?).
Identified as pyre by SIR. Set into a shallow roughly ovoid ... Late 4th c ... Child's burial in south wall of Marble Worker's House.
... Set into a shallow roughly ovoid pit measuring ca. 0.27m east-west by 0.33m north-south. |
Channel J (in ΗΗ)
Cutting that probably originally held a drain. Packed with amphoras and other coarse pottery. It tapped the poros aqueduct wall just East of our explanatory trench at the East end of ... 1st c. B.C. - early 1st. A.D ... Channel J (in ΗΗ)
Cutting that probably originally held a drain. Packed with amphoras and other coarse pottery. It tapped the poros aqueduct wall just East of our explanatory trench at the East end of ΗΗ. Then it swung sharply NW and N as though to avoid some building and moved down at great depth (1.62m)as though along a street. |
| John Camp ... Protogeometric grave (female inhumation) located about 0.60m northwest of T 15:1. It consisted of a roughly rectangular pit, with the corners slightly rounded, oriented approximately north-south. The pit ... "Submycenaean"/Early Protogeometric ... It consisted of a roughly rectangular pit, with the corners slightly rounded, oriented approximately north-south. ... Within the pit, the well-preserved skeleton of a woman aged about 40-44 years at death was found laid out in a fully extended position on her back, head to the south. The left arm was across the waist, the right reaching up over the chest; the head was rolled over onto its right side, facing east.
A substantial Late Roman wall ran across the tomb, covering but not disturbing the skeleton from mid-thigh to instep; the bones were recovered by tunneling. |
Well 12: Archaic.
It lies on a rocky ledge about thirty meters north of the Klepsydra, just east of the Panathenaic street. In spite of its depth, it produced little pottery and its contents were of slight ... 6th c. B.C.? ... It lies on a rocky ledge about thirty meters north of the Klepsydra, just east of the Panathenaic street. ... Probably the filling-up of this and the other archaic wells in the same neighborhood, was the result of something more than the normal cleaning up after a catastrophe.
In the well were not merely the usual quantities of domestic wares, pithoi, tubs and the like, of broken up terracotta rooftiles and crude brick; there was also a number of building stones: three large blocks of poros from some archaic structure, and many small carefully dressed blocks of Acropolis limestone from a polygonal wall or walls. |
| Brian Martens ... Located in the southern section of Room I, now bound by the scarp of Wall U at the north,, the scarp of Wall L at the east,, and a modern pit at the south. At its now low elevations, excavated in the 2015 ... Third quarter of 5th c. B.C ... Located in the southern section of Room I, now bound by the scarp of Wall U at the north,, the scarp of Wall L at the east,, and a modern pit at the south. At its now low elevations, excavated in the 2015 season to 49.420 masl, it seems most probable that the feature fulfilled a hydraulic feature. ... This expansion is probably the result of a collapse in antiquity. |
| Hole at 57/ΛΣΤ = Pottery Dump at 57/ΛΣΤ. May well have accumulated on the spot where it was found, its fragmentary state being attributable to the later rubble wall laid over it.
Cf. also P 19982 (ΟΟ ... Ca. 400-375 B.C ... May well have accumulated on the spot where it was found, its fragmentary state being attributable to the later rubble wall laid over it.
... Coins:
15 June 1949 #1-#2
Consistent collection of black glazed and figured table-ware, with a few coarse amphoras and a lamp fragment |
| Brian Martens ... It was partially excavated during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The tomb, located at the center of Room III in the NE area of section ΒΖ, was found under fill surrounding perpendicular mid-to late 6th c ... LHIIIA ... B.C. walls (Walls 17 and 18). N-S Wall 17 and E-W Wall 18 were found during the 2012 excavation season and were excavated below their lowest courses. ... The tomb contents were found spread over the tomb of the floor, but especially concentrated at the back east and south walls. A strip of fill at the north side of the cutting, just below the scarp of Wall L remained unexcavated at the end of the season (J/17,18-1/10,11; 51.290-51.376 masl.)
2018:
We removed a final strip of fill in the chamber below the scarp under Wall K (J/17,19-1/10,11). ... Scarping revealed the blocking wall of the chamber. |
Deposit beneath re-used poros blocks.
Fragments of 2 ancient blocks of soft, white poros were reused here for a later foundation. the course of the late wall cannot be traced beyond the length of the two ... 15-17 July 1931 ... Fragments of 2 ancient blocks of soft, white poros were reused here for a later foundation. the course of the late wall cannot be traced beyond the length of the two blocks. |
| An extensive cistern system on the lower north slope of the Areopagus, south chamber with blind tunnel extending further south (south tunnel); north chamber; drawshaft further north, extends to north tunnel ... Ca. 320-240 B.C ... Thus the blind tunnel leading off from the draw-shaft was first shortened 0.50m by a wall of field stones set in clay and carefully plastered on the face toward the shaft. Later, the entire tunnel was blocked off by a similar wall set in the side of shaft. ... In the meantime , the passageway connecting the two chambers was sacrificed and its remaining mouth closed by a wall looking into the northern chamber.
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First trial east Stoa colonnade, N. of S. wall III, layer 12.
Note quantities of cattle bones, the knuckles sawn off and many worked bits. Evidently a bone implement factory near by. [nbp. 2139] Coins: ... Late 3rd c.-earliest 4th c. A.D ... First trial east Stoa colonnade, N. of S. wall III, layer 12.
... Evidently a bone implement factory near by. |
Ostrakon Pit (Horos Terrace Trench). Oval pit cut into bedrock. Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria ... Ca. 490-480 B.C. and later ... Packed filling of stones, coarse sherds and roof tiles; among these a few fragments of finer vases and 22 ostraka, probably from the ostracaphoria of 482 B.C. A single fragment of a red-figured lid (P 23018) indicates that the filling of the pit must have taken place as late as the last years of the century (Deposit nb).
Some joins also from Strosis 6-7 against polygonal terrace wall, outside pit. |
| 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 ... Found in an area of disturbed fill north of a floor surface in Room 4 of the Classical Commercial Building. ... The pyre was located in a shallow channel adjacent to the south face of Wall 4, where the floor surface was not preserved ... AS 1396.3 in Study Collections-Case No. 99C-2 box V, while a bone bag now stored in drawer 33 (animal bones) |
Enchytrismos burial of an infant at the E. corner of Byzantine Room G.
The burial was in brown fill flecked with charcoal and containing brown-glazed pottery (Lot ΒΗ 472). The pot was embedded upside ... Byzantine 10th/11th c. A.D ... Around the pot was a concentration of broken tiles and rubble, possibly placed there as a support.
The highest preserved point of the vessel's wall was at 53.718m ... AA 371 (articulated skeleton/ even the small bones of the ear preserved of an infant of an age of 30-32 weeks; i.e. a premature birth at 7 months. |
Well (diameter shaft 0.95m) with POU and dumped fillings, separated by about 2.00m. of plain mud apparently fallen from the collapsed sides of the well. The fillings are, however, closely contemporary ... Ca. 425-400 B.C ... Well with curbing wall built of small stones; it was preserved from -7m to bottom, with a diameter of 0.82m. Upper part of well a chaos of rock falls and caves.
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| 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 ... 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.
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Well at 15/ΙΕ = Pocket in side of Turkish Pit at 15/ΙΔ.
Shallow well on the lower slopes of the Acropolis, east of the Panathenaic Way, in the area later occupied by the Archaic Building.
Located 3.5m ... 700-675 B.C. with intrusions ... Located 3.5m north of the Archaic peribolos wall, in a spot later covered by the Temple of Triptolemos. The pit was disturbed by two Ottoman pits on the east and north sides and by the wall of a modern cellar sunk through part of it ... No evidence for a period of use; a single dumped filling including a number of votive terracottas. |
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 ... Classical commercial building, room 3, against south wall ... Five objects of pyre type: ribbon-handled plate, plate with concave rim (P 36558), and uninventoried fragments of a ribbon-handled plate and three small pyre saucers. |
| Anne McCabe ... Enchytrismos burial of an infant in Byzantine Room C, L/15-2/13, at 52.915m. Although disturbed by roots, the skeleton (AA 373) was articulated and lay parallel to Wall 1, with head at the NW and feet ... 14-15 June 2007 ... Although disturbed by roots, the skeleton (AA 373) was articulated and lay parallel to Wall 1, with head at the NW and feet SE. The skeleton was covered by a heap of coarse sherds (Lot ΒΗ 504) including a large one decorated with incised lines. The layer in which the burial was set, and into which the footing trench along the N face of Wall 23 appears to have been cut,, was excavated from 52.911-52.555m with no soil change (Lot ΒΗ 505). |
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