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Part I. The Third Kilometre Cemetery
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019
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In 1899 during his excavations Tsountas found three rock-cut chamber tombs (Tomb 102, the Fig Tree Tomb, and another, fig. 1) on the west side of the carriage road just to the south of the Treasury of Atreus. In 1904 Bosanquet published the goldwork and other small objects from Tomb 102, together with one of the vases. It is to be hoped that Tsountas will soon be able to publish the rest of the pottery of that tomb and the contents of the others. In 1921 we made trial trenches on the slopes on both sides of the road, and found three similar rock-cut chamber tombs, the positions of which are shown on the accompanying sketch plan, fig. 1. As these tombs lie on either side of the third kilometre stone of the road, we have for the sake of convenience called this the Third Kilometre Cemetery to distinguish it from the other groups of tombs that surround Mycenae. Tombs 502 and 504 were both excavated in 1921; Tomb 505 was begun in 1921 but, owing to difficulties caused by the dangerous state of the doorway, the chamber was not completely cleared till 1922.
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page 3 note 1 As Tsountas previously had excavated a large number (about two hundred) of tombs at Mycenae, we decided to number those found in the course of our excavations from 501 upwards. We excavated in all thirty-three tombs, which were numbered in the order of discovery. Of those which fall within the Bronze Age, 502, 504, and 505 belong to the Third Kilometre Cemetery; 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, and 531 belong to the North Bank of the Kalkani Cemetery; and 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 532, and 533 to the South Bank of the same cemetery. The other numbers were given to Hellenistic (507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512) or other late tombs of uncertain date (501, 503, 506) which have all been briefly discussed in B. S. A., xxv, p. 421.
page 3 note 2 J. H. S., 1904, pp. 322 ff. His statement that it lies between the Tomb of Clytemnestra and the Treasury of Atreus is inaccurate. Mackenzie published another vase, J. H. S., 1903, p. 192.
page 3 note 3 Cf. Tsountas, Ἐφ. Ἀρχ 1888, pp. 120 ff.
page 4 note 1 The numbers in parentheses in the descriptions of the tombs are those of the objects in the catalogues of finds at the end of the descriptions of the tombs.
page 5 note 1 B. S. A., xxv, pp. 31, 51, pl. x f.
page 6 note 1 B.S.A., xxv, pp. 29 ff.; see also below, pp. 184 ff.
page 6 note 2 See below, pp. 124, 126.
page 6 note 3 See below, p. 18. Compare Hutchinson, Liverpool Annals, xix, pp. 117 ff.
page 7 note 1 B. S.A., xxv, pp. 31, 51, pl. xf.
page 7 note 2 Blegen, Zygouries, pp. 149, 150, figs. 139, 140.
page 7 note 3 B. S. A., xxv, pl. vi b, p. 32, fig. 8 b.
page 7 note 4 Cf. ibid., xxv, pp. 30 ff., pp. 40 ff.
page 7 note 5 Cf. B.S.A., xxv, pp. 30 ff., pp. 40 ff.; see also below, p. 187.
page 8 note 1 B. S.A., xxv, p. 49, fig. 12 b; cf. ibid., p. 33, fig. 9 b.
page 8 note 2 See below, pp. 60, 182.
page 8 note 3 B. S. A., xxv, pls. x a; XI k; p. 33, fig. 9 c.
page 9 note 1 Ibid., xxv, p. 33, fig. 9 e, f.
page 9 note 2 Ibid., xxv, pls. x b, XI m.
page 9 note 3 The first was found in Tomb 3 at Thebes, Ἀρχ. Δελτ., p. 92, fig. 66. A third, a painted example, has since been found containing a child's bones in Tomb 17 at the Argive Heraion, so Professor Blegen kindly informs me. See p. 184, below.
page 9 note 4 Cf. e.g. Evans, Prehistoric Tombs, pp. 6ff.; larnakes have a long history, and go back to E.M., cf. Seager, Pachyammos, pp. 9–13, pl. XII; Xanthoudides, Ἀρχ. Δελτ., iv, pp. 140 ff, figs. 3, 4.
page 9 note 5 B. S. A., xxv, p. 36, pl. VI c.
page 9 note 6 These are all L.H. III in date. A discussion of the more important items will be found below, pp. 195, 206 f., 208, 218 f., 221.
page 10 note 1 See below, p. 221.
page 11 note 1 See below, p. 203.
page 14 note 1 See below, p. 116, note 1.
page 15 note 1 See below, p. 127.
page 15 note 2 Except perhaps that the dromos may not have been completely dug out.
page 16 note 1 B. S. A., xxv, p. 150, fig. 33 b, d.
page 16 note 2 Blegen, Korakou, pp. 57, 72.
page 16 note 3 See below, pp. 181 ff.
page 16 note 4 Cf. Blegen, op. cit, pp. 43, 44, figs. 59, 60.
page 16 note 5 Patterns similar to Petrie, Tell-el-Amarna, pls. XXVII, 48, XXVIII, 55, 74.
page 16 note 6 See below, p. 171.
page 16 note 7 For the shape see B. S. A., xxv, pi. VI, and see below, p. 172.
page 18 note 1 B.S.A., xxv, pp. 20 ff., figs. 6, 7, p. 80 f., fig. 19 b; cf. J.H.S., 1926, pp. 118.
page 18 note 2 B. S. A., xxv, pi. XIV h, i; for the shape cf. Furtwängler-Loeschcke, Myk. Vasen, pi. XXI, 150.
page 18 note 3 Blegen, Zygouries, pp. 143 ff., fig. 135, pls. XVI–XVIII.
page 18 note 4 Petrie, Tell-el-Amarna, pi. XXVII, ‘26–9, 32–4.