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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0230 (LXV-68)

Byzantine vaulted tomb ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit northeast Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Apr 1954 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.54.0169 (LXV-68)

Byzantine vaulted tomb ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit northeast Horizontal (normal) ... 30 Apr 1954 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0241 (XI-18)

Early Byzantine osteotheke. Skeleton AA 23 ... Nb. Υ I, pp. 159-161, 191-193. Grid: "26-28/ΜΤ-ΜΕ" west 191 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Feb 1937 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0242 (XI-19)

Early Byzantine osteotheke. Skeleton AA 23 ... Nb. Υ I, pp. 159-161, 91-193. Grid: "26-28/ΜΤ-ΜΕ" north 192 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Feb 1937 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0255 (XLVIII-5)

General view showing the Byzantine walls in cuts 1-4 and, at centre, the Byzantine vaulted tomb ... Cf. Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit north 1649 ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.50.1028 (XI-18)

Early Byzantine osteotheke. Skeleton AA 23 ... Nb. Υ I, pp. 159-161, 191-193. Grid: "26-28/ΜΤ-ΜΕ" west 192 Horizontal (normal) ... 25 Feb 1937 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.50.1029 (XI-19)

Early Byzantine osteotheke. Skeleton AA 23 ... Nb. Υ I, pp. 159-161, 91-193. Grid: "26-28/ΜΤ-ΜΕ" north 192 Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Feb 1937 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0183 (XLVIII-5)

General view showing the Byzantine walls in cuts 1-4 and, at centre, the Byzantine vaulted tomb ... Cf. Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit north 1649 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0232 (X-24)

Byzantine osteotheke along railroad cut. Osteotheke in south cut ... Nb. pp. 38-40, 168-170. no deposit east Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Mar 1936 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.50.0934 (X-24)

Byzantine osteotheke along railroad cut. Osteotheke in south cut ... Nb. pp. 38-40, 168-170. no deposit east Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Mar 1936 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0231 (X-23)

Byzantine osteotheke along the railroad cut. Osteotheke in the south cut ... no deposit. Nb. pp. 38-40, 168-170. south 38 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Mar 1936 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.50.0933 (X-23)

Byzantine osteotheke along the railroad cut. Osteotheke in the south cut ... no deposit. Nb. pp. 38-40, 168-170. south 38 Horizontal (normal) ... 4 Mar 1936 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0253 (XLVII-80)

View showing the steps leading down into the tomb ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit east 1639 ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0254 (XLVII-81)

View showing 'pillow', and remains of a cross impressed in the plaster of the west wall ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit west 1635 ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0159 (XLVII-80)

View showing the steps leading down into the tomb ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit east 1639 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0160 (XLVII-81)

View showing 'pillow', and remains of a cross impressed in the plaster of the west wall ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit west 1635 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Notebook Page] ΟΟ-1-102 (pp. 195-196)

Byzantine Burials. Pithoi. Sections. Cut I. Cut II; Across Great Drain. Byzantine House I; Pre-House. ΓΓ Nomenclature. Well at ΓΓ:82/ΜΖ. Byzantine Pithos. Rock Cutting. Cistern at ΓΓ:61/ΜΕ. Well at ΓΓ:65/ΝΔ ... ΟΟ-1 195, 196 ... Byzantine Burials ... Byzantine House I; Pre-House ... Byzantine Pithos

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0252 (XLVII-79)

View of Byzantine vaulted tomb with sections of a poros water channel along the west side of the Panathenaic Way visible to either side of it ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit northeast 1637 ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0158 (XLVII-79)

View of Byzantine vaulted tomb with sections of a poros water channel along the west side of the Panathenaic Way visible to either side of it ... Nb. pp. 563-565, 1635-1639, 1649-1651. no deposit northeast 1637 Horizontal (normal) ... June 1951 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Drawing] PD 481 (DA 11782)

Profiles of Byzantine bowls

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[Agora Image] 1997.09.0256 (86-677)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... west ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.09.0257 (86-678)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... northwest ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.09.0258 (86-679)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... northeast ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0553 (86-677)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... AMS west ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0554 (86-678)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... AMS northwest ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0555 (86-679)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... AMS northeast ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.09.0255 (86-676)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... east ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0552 (86-676)

Late Roman monument base reused as Byzantine vaulted tomb ... AMS east ... 23 Jul 1971 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Drawing] PD 482 (DA 6533)

Profiles of Byzantine bowls and plates

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[Agora Drawing] PD 578 (DA 136)

Plan of section OO in 1947; Byzantine ... f Fragile Faint Stained Repaired Gauzed Graph Paper Drafting Ink Pencil Colored Pencil ... 1947

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[Agora Drawing] PD 483 (DA 6536)

Profiles of Byzantine bowls and plates in pencil ... Original drawing for PD 481-482 (part). Cf. Hesperia 7 (1938), p. 466, figs. 32-33.

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[Agora Drawing] PD 570 (DA 121)

Plan of section MM; section through west Byzantine road ... On tracing paper. f Fragile Distored Repaired Light Tracing Paper Drafting Ink Pencil Colored Pencil

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[Agora Image] 1997.09.0265 (LII-66)

North monument base and Byzantine tomb, immediately north of the apse of the Late Roman Complex ... northeast 1915 ... 2 May 1952 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0462 (LII-66)

North monument base and Byzantine tomb, immediately north of the apse of the Late Roman Complex ... AMS northeast 1915 Horizontal (normal) ... 2 May 1952 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Drawing] PD 595 (DA 88)

Plan of sections H and H'; Byzantine remains giving room numbers ... Heliotype from earlier version of PD 551, filed with heliotype copies (only 2). f Fragile Distored Repaired Vellum Drafting Ink Pencil Colored Pencil

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[Agora Drawing] PD 485 (DA 6534)

Restored sketch of a figure of a Byzantine warrior on plate ... John Travlos ... XXV-52 XXV-52

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[Agora Drawing] PD 551 (DA 76)

Plan of sections E, H, and H' in 1951; heliotype copy colored to show chronology of Byzantine houses ... 2 untouched heliotype copies. See also PD 595 (room nos. of Byzantine houses). On tracing paper. f Fragile Abraded Repaired Light Tracing Paper Drafting Ink

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[Agora Drawing] PD 586-b (DA 160)

Section plan of area Ρ in 1936-51; overlay tracing showing Byzantine wall and Roman water channel ... f Fragile Torn Dirty Repaired Light Tracing Paper Pencil Colored Pencil ... 1936

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[Agora Image] 2004.01.0602 (HAT 52-98)

The Church of the Holy Apostles, Byzantine tomb in foreground ... no deposit-Could become deposit P 14:4. southwest Horizontal (normal) ... 1952 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0498 (LII-100)

Southeast corner of the square showing the Byzantine tomb at the lower right ... no deposit southwest Horizontal (normal) ... May 1952 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0224 (XLVII-22)

In the center, a double pit grave (Deposit J 8:3); blocks of monument base to the right, Byzantine foundations to the left ... south 1372 ... April 1951

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[Agora Image] 2012.53.0101 (XLVII-22)

In the center, a double pit grave (Deposit J 8:3); blocks of monument base to the right, Byzantine foundations to the left ... AMS south 1372 Horizontal (normal) ... April 1951

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[Agora Drawing] PD 556 (DA 85)

Plan of section Θ in 1934 ... Old grid. Dorothy Burr Thompson. Mr. Shear's House. Houses A, B, C, D, F, G. f Fragile Stained Repaired Gauzed Graph Paper Drafting Ink Pencil Colored Pencil ... 1934

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[Agora Image] 2008.18.0185 (LII-100)

View of the north side of the church in 1953, before restoration. The bell tower and the considerable alterations to the narthex on the west side are clearly visible ... Cf. 1997.20.0229 southwest Horizontal (normal) ... May 1952 ... Site | By Type | Burials | Byzantine

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[Agora Drawing] PD 537 (DA 7)

Section plan of area BB in 1939 ... f Fragile Stained Dirty Repaired Graph Paper Drafting Ink Pencil ... 1939

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[Agora Drawing] PD 897 (DA 612)

Plan and east-west section of Church of Holy Apostles ... John Travlos ... LXXIX-86 LXXIX-86 Fragile Light Tracing Paper Drafting Ink Pencil ... 1955

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[Agora Drawing] PD 897 (DA 691)

Plan and east-west section of Church of Holy Apostles ... John Travlos ... LXXIX-86 LXXIX-86 ... 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.06.0157 (88-598)

Foundations of the Church of Agios Nikolaos before removal of walls and/or bone pits ... north 908 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1992

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[Agora Image] 1997.06.0158 (88-599)

Area of the church before removal of walls and/or bone pits ... northeast 902 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1992

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[Agora Image] 1997.06.0159 (88-600)

Area of the church with bone pits and some of walls removed ... east 910 Horizontal (normal) ... July 1992

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[Agora Image] 1997.06.0155 (88-564)

Osteothekes of late church along the south side of the Eridanos river ... northeast Horizontal (normal) ... August 1991

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0102 (LXV-19)

Interior excavation: looking from the original west end after clearing to the level of the tombs ... east 41 Horizontal (normal) ... 10 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0104 (LXV-14)

Tomb #2 in the north aisle of the church ... 39 Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0106 (LXV-18)

Interior excavation: looking from the original west end after clearing to the level of the tombs ... east 57 Horizontal (normal) ... 10 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0107 (LXV-21)

Interior excavation: vaulted tombs in the narthex ... east 63 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0121 (LXVII-86)

North apse before removing cover of grave and opening vaulted tomb ... 548 Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Jan 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0122 (LXVII-87)

North apse after removing cover slabs of grave and tomb. Back to front: Tombs 1 to 4 ... 552 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 Jan 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0231 (LXVII-44)

Foundations of the northeast column after the removal of the column: 1) foundations for iconostasis; 2) marble block under the column; 3) steps into the tomb ... Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Oct 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.01.0026 (86-693)

West part of chamber tomb (Deposit Q 6:3, skeleton AA 303) in Room 3 of the Roman House ε. Byzantine well at bottom center, blocked dromos at left, skeleton above. Jug (P 29006) to left of the skeleton ... (chamber tomb) east 1814 Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Aug 1971

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[Agora Report] 2023 Excavations

Athenian Agora 2023: Preliminary Report ... John K. Papadopoulos Debby Sneed ... A summary of the first excavation season in Section ΒΚ, an area beneath a building demolished in the fall of 2022. Prior the excavation a geophysical survey was undertaken. Modern, Ottoman, and Byzantine ... 12 Jun-4 Aug 2023 ... Modern, Ottoman, and Byzantine contexts were excavated and several features were revealed, such as foundation walls and pits. ... In addition, a Geomatics study was conducted in order to produce a model of the Hephaisteion, and a study of the ancient DNA from burials in the Agora was initiated.

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[Agora Report] 2018 Excavations

Summary Report - Agora 2018 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations were carried out in Sections ΒΘ, ΒΖ and Ω. In Section ΒΘ the investigations continued in the area in front of and above the Stoa Poikile. In ΒΘ East, built into a late structure, a large inscribed ... 11 Jun-3 Aug 2018 ... In ΒΘ West the exploration of the Byzantine settlement continued. ... In Section ΒΖ more burials from the Bronze and Iron Age cemetery along the ancient road were explored.

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[Agora Report] 2024 Excavations Summary

Excavations in the Athenian Agora, 2024: Preliminary Report ... John K. Papadopoulos Debby Sneed ... A summary of the second excavation season in Section ΒΚ, in the area beneath the former building at 14 St. Philip Street. The area was divided into three trenches and yielded mixed material from the Modern ... 10 Jun-2 Aug 2024 ... Notable features from this season were walls in ΒΚ North from the Middle Byzantine period and pits from both ΒΚ West and South, the purpose and dating of which is still under investigation. ... The study of the ancient DNA from burials in the Agora was resumed.

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[Agora Image] 1997.20.0047 (XXXVIII-2)

Stone packing overlying carbonized layer above the urn, after removal of the "kalikia" fill inside the House G. Above the grave (Deposit D 16:4) is Pit 4, crossed by a Byzantine wall; to left and in foreground, ... Grave XXVII. northeast 3105 Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jun 1949

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[Agora Image] 2012.52.0774 (XXXVIII-2)

Stone packing overlying carbonized layer above the urn, after removal of the "kalikia" fill inside the House G. Above the grave (Deposit D 16:4) is Pit 4, crossed by a Byzantine wall; to left and in foreground, ... Grave XXVII. northeast 3105 Horizontal (normal) ... 28 Jun 1949

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[Agora Report] 2008 Excavations

Preliminary Report on the 2008 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations took place in three sections, two north of Hadrian Street (ΒΗ and ΒΘ) and one in the old area south of the Tholos (Γ). In Section ΒΗ, layers in, over and behind the building identified as the ... 10 Jun-1 Aug 2008 ... Behind the back wall a small fragment of a large terra cotta pipe was found in situ in middle Byzantine layers. Layers contemporary with the Stoa were not reached this season. ... Mostly late fills were dug but the top of Byzantine walls came to sight in some places, as was large worked blocks that may have come from one or several Classical buildings. ... Some fill contained pottery of the 8th and 7th centuries B.C., perhaps indicative of earlier houses or disturbed burials.

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[Agora Report] 1936 ΚΚ

ΚΚ Excavation Report 1936 ... Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Section ΚΚ, the area inside the modern fence around the so-called Theseion, was cleared to bedrock in order to determine the entire history of that portion of Kolonos Agoraios. Excavation revealed that ... 10 Feb-13 Mar 1936 ... It was discovered that the area in earlier times was used for burials, and down to the early fifth century B.C. the hill must have been uninhabited. ... Late Byzantine remains were scanty.

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 13, s. 13, p. xii

Table of Contents; Early and Middle Helladic; Catalogue. Table of Contents; Early and Middle Helladic; Catalogue; Pottery. Table of Contents; Early and Middle Helladic; Catalogue; Early Burial in Metroon ... Agora 13 xii ... Table of Contents; Catalogue; Description of Tombs and Catalogue of Objects; The Burials in the South Central Area XXXVII-XLI ... Table of Contents; Appendix; Plant Remains from the Athenian Agora; Neolithic to Byzantine by Maria Hopf

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Picture Books

http://agathe.gr/publications/picture_books.html

Picture Books The Athenian Agora Picture Book series, started in 1951, aims to make information about life in the ancient commercial and political center of Athens available to a wide audience. Each booklet ... Google Books | English PDF | Buy Online | Search for Items Inside Early Burials from the Agora Cemeteries Author: Immerwahr, S. ... As well as describing the assemblages found, the author discusses the symbolism of funeral rites and the information about social status and identity that burials reveal. Google Books | English PDF | Buy Online | Search for Items Inside Graffiti in the Athenian Agora Author: Lang, M.Publication Date: 1988ISBN: 0876616333Picture Book: 14 “Return the stamnos to Philippa’s brother Philip,” “cheap wine,” “Alkaios seems beautiful to Melis,” “Of Tharrios I am the cup.” ... This booklet presents Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian, Turkish, and modern Greek coins, with many pieces illustrated with clear black and white photos of both obverse and reverse.

[Agora Webpage] Publications: Monographs

http://agathe.gr/publications/monographs.html

Monographs Excavations in the civic and cultural center of classical Athens began in 1931 and have continued almost without interruption to the present day. The first Athenian Agora volumes presenting ... S.Publication Date: 1959ISBN: 978-0-87661-205-7Volume: 5 A group of closed deposits, ranging in date from the 1st century B.C. to the early 7th century A.D., provide evidence for the relative and absolute chronology of pottery used during many centuries of Roman domination—from the sack of Athens by Sulla in 86 B.C. to the Byzantine period. A descriptive catalogue divides the pottery into eight groups, arranged into chronologically differentiated layers. ... Mycenaean and Protogeometric burials represent the early use of the area.