Title: | Pyre | |
Category: | Pyre | |
Description: | Sacrificial Pyre = Pit in floor (identified as pyre by SIR); with the characteristic small plates and saucers. "Saucer Grave" at 12/ΚΑ. Dimensions: 2m (length)x 0.70 (width). North of north wall of building. Long, narrow pit containing pottery and ash dug into a hard floor or surface and aligned with north wall of Building E. The pottery rested on a bedding of stones. The alignment of the pit suggests a connection with Building E, and the pyre dates in the generation after its reconstruction. Both the large size of the cutting and the presence of a kernos are unusual, but the rilled-rim plate and the saucers suggest that this is a pyre. There is no mention of bone in the notebook account. | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013), no. 26, pp. 134, 135, figs. 57, 61. | |
Chronology: | First half 4th c. B.C. | |
Date: | 25-27 May 1954 | |
Section: | Ζ | |
Grid: | Ζ:12-13/ΚΑ-ΚΕ | |
Ζ:12/ΚΑ | ||
Elevation: | -.25m. | |
Masl: | -.25m. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia Suppl. 47 (2013) Image: 2007.04.0024 Objects (5) Lot: Ζ 825 Notebook: Ζ-15 Notebook: Ζ-17 Notebook: Ζ-18 Notebook Pages (6) |