ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SINEMORETS (Daniela Agre – daniela.agre@abv.bg, Deyan Dichev) The explorations at the southwestern fortification wall continued. A hoard of six bronze coins of the beginning of the 1st century BC and a small terracotta cult object was discovered in Trench Y6 in front of the inner side of the fortification wall. The pottery kiln discovered in 2012 was explored. An eschara, 95 cm by 90 cm in size and 12 cm high, was discovered at 2 m to the north of the kiln and sherds from Late Hellenistic amphora were found close to it. The explorations of the eastern fortification wall continued. Fragmentary wattle-and-daub, fragments from building ceramics and sherds of the second half of the 2nd – 1st centuries BC were discovered. Christian Graves Nos. 14 – 16 of the 18th – 19th centuries were explored in Trenches I6 and Y7. The grave goods included small terracotta plates with inscriptions that read: IC XC NIKA, a gilded silver finger-ring, ceramic vessels and horseshoes. The finds from the excavations dated to the second half of the 2nd – 1st centuries BC and included sherds, including from Greek amphorae, a terracotta unguentarium and terracotta spindle whorls.