Sparta - Chamaretou Street - 2013
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
18084
Année de l'opération
2013
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Notices et opérations liées
2013
Description
Sparta - Chamaretou Street (Ο.Τ. 55, property of Ι. Chalkiadaki). Maria Tsouli (E’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports that excavation works took place at the property of I. Chalkiadaki in 2013 (Fig. 1). Only a few architectural remains were discovered, mainly at the E part of the site.
Two walls (Tχ1 and Tχ2), both made of two lines of crude stones were discovered. In close proximity to Τχ1, an intact lamp depicting two warriors in Thracian style (second half of 1st- first half of 2nd c. AD) was collected. Two wells were detected at the W part of the property, and it possible that Well 1 was later used for sewage disposal from a house built on the investigated plot. Eleven coins were collected during the excavation, with one of them being found in that well. It was made of bronze and bore an inscription referring to Euricles “[Ε]ΠΙ Ε[ΥΡΥ]Κ[ΛΕΟΥΣ]” (31-7 B.C.). A silver coin depicting Zeus on one side and a wreath on the other dating to the Middle Hellenistic period was located on the ground surface.
Nineteen graves, potentially comprising part of a Roman cemetery, were discovered. Ten of them (I, II, IV, VI, VIII, XII, XIII, XVI, XVII, XVIII) were simple pit graves, while eight others were roof-tiled graves (III, V, VII, IX, X, XI, XIV, XV). A built cist grave was also among the excavated ones (XIX). Most graves contained the remains of adults; however in graves IV and XVIII a non-adult was buried in each occasion. While some of the graves did not contain grave goods, finds such as iron nails (Fig. 2) in combination with traces of wood, suggest the existence of wooden coffins or beds for laying the dead. Other finds include glass unguentaria as well as a clay one (second half of 1st c. AD), bone fibulae and clay lamps, with one dating to the end of 1st-beginning of 2nd c. AD in grave IV. In six graves (VII, VIII, X, XV, XVI, XVIII) golden sheets/foils were used to decorate the garments or the heads of the deceased (Fig. 4). A silver leaf-shaped trowel was found in grave XI (Fig. 3).
Regarding the pottery, the majority of the collected sherds derived from vessels for daily use, mainly dating to the end of the Hellenistic period, whilst some others date to the Early Roman Period. Based on the existence of black-glazed sherds of the end of the 5th-beginning of the 4th c. B.C., the area must have been already in use before the Hellenistic period.
[Entry created by C. Koureta]
Two walls (Tχ1 and Tχ2), both made of two lines of crude stones were discovered. In close proximity to Τχ1, an intact lamp depicting two warriors in Thracian style (second half of 1st- first half of 2nd c. AD) was collected. Two wells were detected at the W part of the property, and it possible that Well 1 was later used for sewage disposal from a house built on the investigated plot. Eleven coins were collected during the excavation, with one of them being found in that well. It was made of bronze and bore an inscription referring to Euricles “[Ε]ΠΙ Ε[ΥΡΥ]Κ[ΛΕΟΥΣ]” (31-7 B.C.). A silver coin depicting Zeus on one side and a wreath on the other dating to the Middle Hellenistic period was located on the ground surface.
Nineteen graves, potentially comprising part of a Roman cemetery, were discovered. Ten of them (I, II, IV, VI, VIII, XII, XIII, XVI, XVII, XVIII) were simple pit graves, while eight others were roof-tiled graves (III, V, VII, IX, X, XI, XIV, XV). A built cist grave was also among the excavated ones (XIX). Most graves contained the remains of adults; however in graves IV and XVIII a non-adult was buried in each occasion. While some of the graves did not contain grave goods, finds such as iron nails (Fig. 2) in combination with traces of wood, suggest the existence of wooden coffins or beds for laying the dead. Other finds include glass unguentaria as well as a clay one (second half of 1st c. AD), bone fibulae and clay lamps, with one dating to the end of 1st-beginning of 2nd c. AD in grave IV. In six graves (VII, VIII, X, XV, XVI, XVIII) golden sheets/foils were used to decorate the garments or the heads of the deceased (Fig. 4). A silver leaf-shaped trowel was found in grave XI (Fig. 3).
Regarding the pottery, the majority of the collected sherds derived from vessels for daily use, mainly dating to the end of the Hellenistic period, whilst some others date to the Early Roman Period. Based on the existence of black-glazed sherds of the end of the 5th-beginning of the 4th c. B.C., the area must have been already in use before the Hellenistic period.
[Entry created by C. Koureta]
Auteur de la notice
Michael Loy
Références bibliographiques
ADelt 68 (2013), Chr., 121-124.
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Date de création
2022-03-14 19:44:23
Dernière modification
2022-03-14 19:44:35
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ General view of the excavation
Fig. 2/ Iron nails from grave V (MΣ 19084)
Fig. 3/ Silver leaf-shaped trowel (spatula) from grave ΧI (MΣ 19082)
Fig. 4/ Golden leaf-shaped foils/sheets from grave XVI (MΣ 19077)