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Mycenae: Aegisthus Tholos

PK	C1584
TITLE	Mycenae: Aegisthus Tholos
WGS84	37.73072° N, 22.755644° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	37.73072, 22.755644
LON/LAT	22.755644, 37.73072

DMS

37° 43' 50.592" N

22° 45' 20.3184" E

W3W	hugged, deceives, cured
UTM	34 S, 654709, 4177389
EGSA87	390199, 4176380

Elevation m	228
Elevation feet	748
Region	Argolid

GENERAL SITE TYPE Tholos

TYPE

1.    Tholos.   Iakovidis et al. [2003], 52    'Tholos tomb, probably the latest of the first construction group, in addition features of the second group such as a relieving triangle, blocked on the inside.'
2.    Tholos.   Wace et al. [1923],     ' ... and cleared the dromos, the doorway and the two-thirds of the tholos ... '
3.    Tomb.   Pelon [1976], 159    'La tombe dite d'Égisthe est située à une centaine de mètres à l'Ouest de la Porte des Lions, ...'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Middle Helladic: (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, ' ...; only LH I and II with MH below the clay cap ... '

2. Late Helladic I: (1700 BC - 1635 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 162, 'Wace date la tombe de la fin de l'HR I ...'
    b.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, ' ...; only LH I and II with MH below the clay cap ... '
    c.    Wace et al. [1923]: 316, 'The L.H. I. ware indicates that the tomb was built and first used at the end of the L.H. I. period; ... '

3. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
    a.    Pelon [1976]: 162, '..ou du début de l'HR II, ...'
    b.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, ' ...; only LH I and II with MH below the clay cap ... '
    c.    Wace et al. [1923]: 316, ' ...; the L.H. II. (i.e. ware, RHC) that it was still used in the next period, ... '

4. LH IIA: (1635 BC - 1470 BC)
    a.    Iakovidis et al. [2003]: 52, 'LH IIA Early ... '

NOTES

1. And see the fine plan of this tholos tomb in Wace et al. [1923] Plate XLVI.

2. For the exploration of the clay cap of this tomb see Taylour [1955] pp. 207-9.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Iakovidis et al. [2003]: Iakovidis, Spyros, and Elizabeth B. French, Kim Shelton, Charalambos Ioannides, Anton Jansen, John Lavery. Archaeological Atlas of Mycenae. The Archaeological Society at Athens Library, no. 229. 2003., 'D4D - LH IIA; Tomb of Aigisthos', pg. 52.

2. Pelon [1976]: Pelon, Olivier. Tholoi, tumuli et cercles funéraires; Recherches sur les monuments funéraires de plan circulaire dan l'Égée de l’Âge du Bronze (IIIe at IIe millénaires av. J.-C). Bibliothèques de l'École française d'Athènes et de Rome - Série Athènes, 229. 1976., '1C. La Tombe d'Égisthe', pg. 159. Online here.

3. Taylour [1955]: Taylour, W.D.. ‘Mycenae 1939-1954: Part IV. The Perseia Area’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (50) 199-237. 1955., '', Online here.

4. Wace et al. [1923]: Wace, A.J.B., and W.A. Heurtley, Winifred Lamb, Leicester B. Holland, C.A. Boethius. ‘The Report of the School Excavations at Mycenae, 1921-1923 [corrected title: The Report of the School Excavations at Mycenae, 1920-1923]’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (25) 1 - 434. (1921/1922 - 1922/1923), 'C. The Tomb of Aegisthus (Pl. XLVI.).', pg. 296. Online here.