ANCIENT EPIDAUROS - 2001
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Numéro de la notice
3856
Année de l'opération
2001
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2001
Description
Ancient Epidauros, 27 Ioannou Metaxa Street (house of P.V. Georga). Ch. Piteros (Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of five Hellenistic tombs from the northeast cemetery of the city, cut into bedrock. Outside these tombs were found a satyr figurine, a knucklebone and Hellenistic pottery. Tombs 1-4 and 6 are simple cists with stone cover slabs, while tomb 5 is a tile grave.
Tomb 1: an adult inhumation with no goods.
Tomb 2: a disturbed adult inhumation with a lagynus and at the lower edge of the tomb iron shoe tacks, plus two crania from earlier burials.
Tomb 3: inhumation of an infant with no goods.
Tomb 4: no burial inside the grave, but displaced bones outside it.
Tomb 5: damaged tile grave, with the bones of an adult and a Hellenistic lamp found outside it.
Tomb 6: a few sherds and skeletal remains.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
ADelt 56-59 (2001-2004) B4, 47.
Date de création
2013-10-18 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-16 08:41:05