ISTHMIA - 2010
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
1883
Année de l'opération
2010
Chronologie
Antiquité - Archaïque - Classique - Hellénistique - Romaine
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Isthmia
Isthmia
Notices et opérations liées
Description
Isthmia, Sanctuary of Poseidon. E. Gebhard (ASCSA/Chicago) reports. Study was completed for publication of four stelai (probably of 224 and 220 BC) recording interstate treaties between Macedon and various Greek cities. The stelai stood along the Corinth-Isthmus road immediately north of the Temple of Poseidon, and were likely destroyed at the time of an unsuccessful siege against Corinth in 198 BC. The grey limestone used in two of them came from the area of Corinth-Acrocorinth.
Continued study of the late Archaic and Classical pottery identified unusually large stewpots and covered serving platters as the vessels likely used for the sacrificial feast at the Isthmian games during the late sixth and fifth centuries BC. Those used for individual servings are slightly smaller: kotylai, skyphoi, and one-handled cups may have fulfilled a dual function as bowls for food and cups for wine. Distribution of the pottery suggests that some meat was roasted at the altar and the remainder was boiled. Feasting itself took place near the great circular reservoir that supplied water to the Archaic sanctuary.
T. Gregory (Ohio State) reports. Conservation of the mosaics in the Roman Bath, especially in Rooms VI and XII continued, as did the cleaning and stabilization of old trenches in the areas south and north of the Roman bath and East of Temenos. In particular, the walls of the Colonnaded Building, discovered in 1972, 1978, and 2009, were cleaned farther to the east (Figs 1-2). Investigation of a large Early Roman complex (ca. 25m square) north of the bath continued (Fig. 3). Continued investigation of the Hexamilion Outworks indicated that the long building to the north of the Hexamilion has the appearance of a stoa (Fig. 4). Stamped roof tiles, antefixes, and sima fragments of types not found elsewhere in the sanctuary have now been identified north of the Roman bath, in the Hexamilion Outworks, in Tower 14 of the Byzantine fortress and on the Theatre terrace (Figs 5-6). These locations suggest the possibility of a rectangular courtyard or complex joining these areas of the sanctuary and providing a previously unknown centre of activity at Isthmia.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Date de création
2011-02-28 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-06 13:52:40
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Isthmia, Roman Bath: state plan 2010 with newly drawn areas shown in grey.
Fig. 2/ Isthmia: walls south of the Roman Bath: Colonnaded Building.
Fig. 3/ Isthmia: north of Roman Bath showing hypothetical restored size of newly discovered complex ca 5m x 25m.
Fig. 4/ Isthmia: Hexamilion Outworks area, northeast of Roman Bath, showing hypothetical rooms of stoa-like building.
Fig. 5/ Isthmia: IT 887 from the Theatre Terrace.
Fig. 6/ Isthmia: IT 901 from the Theatre Terrace.