Tomb: Aglavrou Street
| PK | C1828 |
| TITLE | Tomb: Aglavrou Street |
| WGS84 | 37.961732° N, 23.721444° E |
| Accuracy | 10 m. |
| LAT/LON | 37.961732, 23.721444 |
| LON/LAT | 23.721444, 37.961732 |
| DMS | 37° 57' 42.2352" N | , | 23° 43' 17.1984" E |
| W3W | braked, warrior, armed |
| UTM | 34 S, 739081.69, 4205063.5 |
| EGSA87 | 475382, 4201318 |
| Elevation m | 63 |
| Elevation feet | 206.7 |
| Region | Attica |
GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem
TYPE
1. Artifacts. Blegen [1932], 64 ' ... very large flat rosettes similar to the l ittle round gold discs from Mycenae, several gold beads from a necklace, two small pendants in the form of an axe, granulated ornaments from a dagger handle, a longish gem of red carnelian engraved with what appears to be a winged horse.'2. Artifacts. Mountjoy [1995], 33 ' ... but some gold beads and a seal were still recovered. The beads are of many shapes including that of a bucranium and a beaked jug as well as axe, lily, crocus, papyrus and ears of wheat.'
3. Chamber Tomb. Paschilidis [2010], 547 'The first Mycenaean chamber tomb ever found in Athens ...'
4. Tomb. Mountjoy [1995], 33 'Tomb 17 nearby on Aglavrou St. was plundered by workmen, ... '
PERIOD (High Chronology)
1. Late Helladic II: (1635 BC - 1410 BC)
a. Paschilidis [2010]: 548, 'The razor ... falls ... in the LH II and LH IIIA periods.'
b. Blegen [1932]: 64, 'All belong to the fifteenth and fourteenth century B.C.'
2. LH IIIA: (1410 BC - 1315 BC)
a. Paschilidis [2010]: 548, 'The razor ... falls ... in the LH II and LH IIIA periods.'
b. Blegen [1932]: 64, 'All belong to the fifteenth and fourteenth century B.C.'
3. LH IIIA1: (1410 BC - 1375 BC)
a. Mountjoy [1995]: 33, Possible, given Mountjoy's context.
b. Paschilidis [2010]: 548, 'Despite the lack of pottery, the tomb's burial can be dated to the LH IIIA1.'
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Blegen [1932]: Blegen, Elizabeth Pierce. ‘Archaeological News 1931; News Items from Athens’, American Journal of Archaeology, (36) 60-64. 1932., 'News Items from Athens', pg. 64.
Online here.
2. Mountjoy [1995]: Mountjoy, Penelope A.. Mycenaean Athens. Paul Åströms Förlag, Jonsered, Sweden. 1995., 'The South Lower Town', pg. 33.
3. Paschilidis [2010]: Paschilidis, Constantinos. ‘Reflections of Eternal Beauty. The Unpublished Context of a Wealthy Female Burial from Koukaki, Athens and the Occurrence of Mirrors in Mycenaean Tombs’, KOSMOS JEWELLERY, ADORNMENT AND TEXTILES IN THE AEGEAN BRONZE AGE; Proceedings of the 13th International Aegean Conference/ 13 e Rencontre égéenne internationale, University of Copenhagen, Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre for Textile Research, 21-26 April 2010, pp. 547-558., '', pg. 547.
Online here.