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[Agora Deposit] F 5:2: Sacrificial Pyre under Room 18 in House 3

Grave V, under room 18 in House 3, plus burned deposit at 94/IΘ. Identified as sacrificial pyre by SIR on Agoraios Kolonos: In southeast corner of house 3. 35 artifacts, bone and charred material in pit, ... Ca. 300-275 B.C ... The pottery and burnt deposit lay in the lowest 0.08m of the pit, which was filled with earth and topped with a broken tile. The pyre lay below two floors: a lower floor not closely datable and an upper floor with pottery largely of the 3rd c. The pyre is more likely to be associated with a reflooring and perhaps installation of the basins than the original construction. ... Typical saucers, banded plates, miniature cooking pots, two unusual lamps and a pair of Corinthian type skyphoi.