[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 1217: Lamp

Mended from many pieces; a fragment or two missing from the body. Small wick hole sunken filling hole surrounded by grooves. Heavy ring base. Heavy fabric. Clay and slip now gray, on unglazed exterior; ... 20 May 1933

[Agora Object] P 2906: Plate

Ribbon-handled plate. Mended from three fragments; complete. Two horizontal band handles, roughly attached. Small flat bottom. Buff clay; red glaze on handles and on interior, with a broad reserved band ... 20 May 1933

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[Agora Object] P 2907: Lopadion with Lid

The casserole, mended from three fragments, is about half preserved. The lid is unbroken. Casserole with rounded bottom and ledge inside the lip on which the lid rests. Rough vertical handle. Coarse, ... 20 May 1933

[Agora Object] P 2908: Dish

Mended from three pieces. Small chips missing. A shallow dish with a flat bottom, left rough. Thin red to black glaze, worn. Burnt pocket of red earth. Found with P 2906, P 2907, L 1217. Leica ... 20 May 1933

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[Agora Deposit] G 13:2: Burnt Pocket/ Pyre

Identified as pyre by SIR. In room E. Burnt "pocket" found while digging red earth that contained late Hellenistic pottery, including a fragment of Pergamene (discarded). No pit was discerned, but concentration ... 3rd quarter 4th c. B.C.