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| A compact group of four complete vases and a lamp, found on a house floor; possibly the remains of a sacrificial pyre but without evidence of burning or the characteristic votive vases.
Layer II, "nest ... 425-400 B.C ... A compact group of four complete vases and a lamp, found on a house floor; possibly the remains of a sacrificial pyre but without evidence of burning or the characteristic votive vases.
... The pottery types suggest an identification as a pyre; the close similarity of the two skyphoi in size and firing (unevenly fired red) suggests that they were part of the same kiln batch and were purchased together. ... Neither burning nor bone is recorded (Young has not identified as pyre probably because of the early date, which would have made its burial after the abandonment of the house impossible). |
| Disturbed pyre dispersed in fill of Room 5, House D.
Pyre pots in very fragmentary condition were noticed by Barbara Tsakirgis in later analysis of pottery that had been excavated in 1938; no mention of ... 14 June 1938 ... Disturbed pyre dispersed in fill of Room 5, House D.
... Another group of pyre pots excavated in 1969 immediately to the east is probably part of the same disturbed group(s). It is likely that more than one pyre is involved: the two rilled-rim plates do not match and there are three lekanis lids (rarely does a pyre contain more than two lekanides). |
Both handles and fragments of body and rim missing. Ring foot; straight, not incurved, rim.
Pinkish-buff clay; red glaze. Finished Layer II, group of pots in S.E. corner. 642 Leica ... 31 July 1946 |
Small fragments of rim and handles missing. Thin fabric; ring foot; body curved in to plain rim.
Clay buff to gray; glaze red to tan and black; evidence of stacking when fired. Finished Layer II, group ... 31 July 1946 |
| Small lekanis: intact. Low ring foot; rim flanged at inner edge to receive lid. Brown glaze inside and out save for reserved bottom.
Lid: two joining fragments, one segment of rim missing. Flat-topped ... 2 May 1955 ... The lamp L 5203 (Τ 3201), found close by, is perhaps to be associated with the group ... Disturbed pyre burial. |
Small fragments of body missing. Ring foot; handle at level of plain rim; three grooves around wall.
Black glaze over all. Finished Layer II, group of pots in S.E. corner. 642 Leica ... 31 July 1946 |
| About half the rim missing; one small fragment joins; ohterwise intact. No base; the bottom flat and rough. Low rim, slightly rounded at the top.
The glaze thin and dull. Well, dump. Leica, 92-3-19 (group ... 12 April 1934 |
| Complete.
Ring foot; straight side wall; flat rim, grooved; rolled handle.
Black glaze inside.
Buff to gray clay, finely finished and unglazed on outside.
Type V of Corinth collection, type 24A' of Agora ... 31 July 1946 |
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