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[Agora Deposit] B 19:3: Pyre in House C

Pyre in House C, Room 8 (RSY=Pyre 6). Near east corner of room 8. Artifacts, burnt bone, burnt sticks, and large cinders in a shallow pit dug into surface of layer 3, and covered by layer 2. Some cinders ... 350-325 B.C.-end of 4th c. B.C.

[Agora Object] ST 385: Alabastron

Broken off at the neck. A hollow in the bottom suggests the vase was made by turning. Red stains (from burning: algae?). Soft yellow poros. Cf. Hesperia 20 (1951), p. 121. Finished Grave; pyre 6. 4306 ... 23 April 1947

[Agora Publication] Industrial Religion: The Saucer Pyres of the Athenian Agora

Rotroff, S. I ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... Hesperia Supplement 47 978-0-87661-547-8 ... 2013

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[Agora Object] L 4167: Lamp: Maker's Mark

Complete except for chip from side. Wreath on upper body. Signed underneath: "A". Dull black to brown glaze. Type XXVIII (post Sullan) of Corinth collection, type 54A of Agora collection. Cistern. Box ... 26 April 1947

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[Agora Object] P 17704: Black Glaze One-Handler

Complete except for chips. Ring foot grooved underneath. Traces of stacking on floor. Black glaze over all except band around foot. Cf. Agora XII, no. 763. Finished Grave. 4154, 4306 Leica, XXIX-84, ... 23 April 1947

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[Agora Object] P 17705: Black Glaze Skyphos

Chips missing from rim and from one handle. Restored in plaster. Projecting ring foot and round body, tapering below. Groove above foot. Red to black glaze over all. Cf. Agora XII, no. 351. Finished ... 23 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17706: Black Glaze Skyphos

About half the rim missing and most of one handle. Similar to P 17705 (ΝΝ 2700), but smaller and crooked. Dull black glaze, much worn. ADDENDA P 17705: Projecting ring foot and round body, tapering ... 23 April 1947

[Agora Object] P 17707: Saucer

Chips missing from rim. Ring foot, rilled rim. Dull black glaze over all except part of rim. Finished Grave. 4156, 4306 Leica ... 23 April 1947