E 7:25: Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXIX)

Grave in cella of Hephaisteion. Grave XXIX in notebook. No mention of bones. Coins: 25 February 1939 #1 ... 23 February 1939 8 March 1939 ... Grave in Cella of Hephaisteion (Grave XXIX)

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P-Q 7-8:1: Artisan Grave

Eugene Vanderpool Homer A. Thompson ... Mycenaean Grave to W. of "Court Room" below Stoa Terrace with "Ballot Box" (Grave XXIX). Unusual type, conforming neither to our pit nor to our cist graves, and consisted of two parts. The outer part was ... Mycenaean III A-B ... Mycenaean Grave to W. of "Court Room" below Stoa Terrace with "Ballot Box" (Grave XXIX). ... The inner part of the grave was revealed when the stone packing along the north side had been removed. ... Aside from the uncanonical form of grave, the greatest interest attaches to the unusual group of offerings which suggest the burial of an artisan with his tools of trade.

G 12:6: Rubbish Pit

Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably ... Late 4th-early 3rd c B.C ... Indicated as "Grave 6" in notebook but recognized as not a grave: "probably a rubbish pit" [deposit notebook summary]. Concentration of pottery, burning, animal bones, snail shells and seashells, probably a refuse pit [Agora XXIX, p. 453).

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I 18:2: Simple Trench Cremation

(Grave XXIX: EG). Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments. Bones discarded. Rectangular trench cut through earth into bedrock, oriented east-west ... Middle Geometric I ... (Grave XXIX: EG). Rectangular cutting with remains of charred human bones and both burned and unburned pottery fragments.

D 16:8: Pit 2

Pit 2 in Grave area. Small deposit in a pit; a fragment of a red-figured nuptial lebes recalls the early Kerch style of the second quarter of the 4th c.; the deposit as a whole runs somewhat later ... Ca. 375-315 B.C.

N 11:5: Well

Well at 69/ΛΕ (diameter 0.95m). Narrows at bottom. Footholds on east and west. Uniform fill. Bones found in the well make it likely that it had cut through a grave, as it was itself overlain by one ... Late 8th c. B.C.

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H 17:1: Child's urn burial

Grave 4 in notebook: urn burial. Lower part of a storage jar (P 15407) containing the bones of a small child along with a black glazed kantharos (P 15409) and a banded pelike (P 15408) ... 325-300 B.C.

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R 18:1: Pyre

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.

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A 18:9: Sacrificial Pyre over Drain A1

Grave over drain A1 (House A). Date based on the fact that the lopas has the upturned handle and the flat rather than domed lid, not found in examples from the later pyres. LT West of House C. Pottery ... First half of 4th. c. B.c.

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D 16:6: Pyre in Cut in E-W Street

Pyre in cut in E-W street, layer 7 (Pyre 14). North edge of Piraeus street, west of the Great Drain Bridge, in the area west of Areopagus. RSY-Pyre. Pottery, a little burnt bone, and patches of charcoal ... 250-240 B.C.

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C 17:2: Pyre North of House G

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.

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F 5:2: Sacrificial Pyre under Room 18 in House 3

Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos: In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C.