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| RSY Grave 51.
The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house.
Cutting:the pit cut in ... Archaic period/6th or 7th c ... The grave lay on the slope of the Areopagus in Roman house O, just east of the line where the hillside is scarped for the foundation of the west wall of the house.
... The burial urn, a pithos, was laid in the pit on its side, the mouth toward the south. A foundation wall of the Roman house passed close to the mouth of the pithos, for which we found no cover; one may have been removed when the foundation was laid. ... Skeleton: On the bottom of the pithos were found the skull and some of the leg-bones of a small child who had seemingly been buried in a doubled-up position with the head toward the mouth of the pithos (south). |
| 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
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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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| Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
Notebook refers to House N.
Pottery belongs late in third quarter of the 4th. c. BC. Pyre burned near beginning of last ... 350-300 B.C ... Pyre in House D, Room 4 (RSY=Pyre 4) in the industrial area west of the Areopagus.
... Artifacts, burnt bone, and cinders in round pit. The east side of the pit was destroyed by a Roman pit, but the deposit appears to be largely intact. The pyre pit was dug through layer 1 and into layer 2, both of which overlay the foundation of the wall between rooms 3 and 4. |
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