Dyme - 2017

Dyme. Vasiliki Tsaknaki (Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia) reports the following:

Α significant number of pottery kilns was uncovered in Dyme during rescue excavations. Most were located in the west part of the city, inside the city walls, where a potters’ quarter must have existed. The lower chambers of the kilns were cut into the natural bedrock. The size of the kilns and the modifications undergone by some of them indicate mass production and a long period of use, spanning the entire Hellenistic and early Roman periods, until the end of the 1st century BC. Sealings on tiles allowed for the identification of two potters’ workshops: the workshop of Diegyrios and that of Moschion. The latter also produced Campana reliefs. Several other pottery kilns identified in other parts of the city testify to the importance of ceramic production for Dyme’s economy over a long time period.