KATO MERA Ierapetra - 2006
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
1781
Année de l'opération
2006
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Ierapetra, Hierapetra, Kasteli
Ierapetra, Hierapetra, Kasteli
Notices et opérations liées
2006
Description
Ierapetra wall (Kato Mera). M. Mari (13th EBA) reports on the restoration (in 2000-2006) of a 160m long stretch of the Byzantine town wall near the sea, including a gate and a tower (Fig. 1). While Early Byzantine connections are strong, there is clear evidence for a Roman predecessor. The wall is preserved in places to 2.3m high, and is generally 1.6m deep; the gate is 5.5m wide and the tower is semicircular in plan. The building is in opus incertum mixtum. Two broad phases may account for the three main components of the structure: the gate and tower are the oldest, dating back to the second to fourth century AD, and the west and east stretches of walling belong to the fourth to sixth century AD, the west being slightly earlier (Figs 2-7). Parallels in Early Byzantine fortifications at Nicopolis and Thessaloniki are noted.
Auteur de la notice
Don EVELY
Références bibliographiques
AEK 1 (2010), 211-22
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Date de création
2011-02-02 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-06 10:48:10
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Ierapetra: ground plan of the Byzantine wall.
Fig. 2/ East part of the wall from the north.
Fig. 3/ West part of the wall, the gate, the tower and the north 'reinforcing' wall.
Fig. 4/ West part of the wall, side of tower.
Fig. 5/ Vertical section of the wall from the south.
Fig. 6/ Sections of the east and west side of the wall.
Fig. 7/ East part of the wall from the north.