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[Agora Image] 2012.87.1342 (2006-14-26)

Pyre J 2:24 after revealing in Basket 19, before excavating in Basket 41, looking south ... AMS south 7198 Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Jul 2006

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[Agora Image] 2013.09.0028

Pyre. Deposit J 2:24. Upper row from left to right: P 35436, P 35480 (lid) and P 35474 (body), P 35483. Middle row from left to right: P 35484, P 35481, P 35482. Bottom row from left to right: P 35477, ... Angelique Sideris ... More images, and raw and bw files in: Unworked / Projects / 2013.09. Pyres (for S. Rotroff) Horizontal (normal) ... 18 May 2011

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[Agora Image] 2015.01.0039

Pyre (J 2:24), ca 350? Back row: P 35436 (guttus), P 35474 and P 35480 (lopadion). Middle row: P 35484, P 35481, P 35482 (plates). Front row: P 35475, P 35477, P 35479 (saucers) ... Scale 1:4 Cf. 2013.09.0028 Horizontal (normal)

[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] P 35436: Guttus

Mended from several fragments. Body complete but some body sherds are chipped at the edges, no gaps. Handle attachment preserved. Glaze flaked in large part. Low broad ring foot, flat underside. Low squat ... 17 July 2006

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[Agora Object] P 35474: Lopadion Fragment

One-half preserved with handle. Mended from two fragments. Rounded bottom, wall concave below rim. Deep flange on inside of rim, high loop handle. Micaceous light orange-brown fabric with traces of burning ... 4-20 July 2006

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[Agora Object] P 35475: Pyre Saucer Fragment

About two-thirds of saucer preserved. Mended from three fragments. Flat underside with string marks, convex outer wall. Rounded rim. Buff gray fabric. Thin brown-black glaze. Painted solid. Finished Pyre ... 4-20 July 2006

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[Agora Object] P 35476: Pyre Saucer Fragment

About one-quarter of saucer preserved. Lightly concave underside with string marks, concave outer wall, offset rim flattened at top. Center of floor recessed. Light gray-brown fabric. Finished Pyre J 2:24 ... 4-20 July 2006