EPISKOPI Kissamou - 2000
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
1859
Année de l'opération
2000
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Église - Sépulture - Figurine - Mosaïque - Peinture - Terre cuite architecturale - Métal - Os - Verre - Édifice religieux - Nécropole
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Episkopi
Episkopi
Notices et opérations liées
2000
Description
Episkopi. M. Andrianakis reports on excavation, cleaning and restoration which was continued in 2000 at the Church of the Archangel Michael (Fig. 1). Architecture, mosaics and wall- paintings of the late Christian period to the 14th century AD were revealed. The entire complex was built in one phase, dated by the floor mosaic and corresponding wall-paintings to the second half of the 6th century AD. Later wall-paintings can be assigned to the late 12th and to the late 13th/early 14th centuries AD (Fig. 2). The surrounding cemetery continued to be excavated: at the north were simple pit graves and slab cists with rough covers. Two empty tombs were found, plus a tile grave where the deceased was laid out on the natural rock. A fill was later spread over these. Later interments lay to the east. Finds here were scarce, comprising bone and glass fragments, plus metal sheet. Earlier burials on the western side contained some grave goods – a plain jar, glazed wares and an anthropomorphic figurine.
Auteur de la notice
Don EVELY
Références bibliographiques
ADelt 55 (2000), Chr, 1074-75
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Date de création
2011-02-17 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-06 11:45:15
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Episkopi. Church of Archangel Michael: the cemetery.
Fig. 2/ Episkopi. Church of Archangel Michael: wall-painting of 14th c. AD depicting St. Arkadios.