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Agora: Tomb: Q.7:2 (Tomb 22)

PKC1839
TITLEAgora: Tomb: Q.7:2 (Tomb 22)
WGS84 37.975623° N, 23.72402° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 37.975623, 23.72402
LON/LAT 23.72402, 37.975623

DMS 37° 58' 32.2428" N,23° 43' 26.472" E

W3Wkebab, guards, pillow
UTM34 S, 739263, 4206612
EGSA87 475613, 4202859

Elevation m65
Elevation feet 213.3
RegionAttica





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Tomb

TYPE

1.    Chamber Tomb.   Immerwahr [1971], 218    'This tomb, or more properly its dromos, was discovered in August 1953, when workmen were clearing the bottom stratum of the foundations of the Stoa colonnade at its northern end. A soft spot in the earth revealed a cutting about 0.95 m. wide running from west to east and sloping downward toward the east, apparently the dromos of a chamber tomb, with its chamber under the stylobate foundations of the Stoa.'
2.    Sherds.   Immerwahr [1971], 218    ' ... and contained only two sherds, one the base of a kylix ...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
    a.    Immerwahr [1971]: 218, 'Myc. III A (provincial)'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Immerwahr [1971]:  Immerwahr, Sara A.. The Athenian Agora; Vol XIII; The Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, New Jersey. 1971., 'Tomb XXII: Dromos of Chamber Tomb', pg. 218. Online here.

2.  Mountjoy [1995]:  Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'LHIIB', pg. 20.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C1839 is at 37.93859° N, 23.68916° E, a straight-line distance of 5 km and 133 m.