MEGARA - 2003
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
2213
Année de l'opération
2003
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Megara
Megara
Notices et opérations liées
2003
Description
1 Thermopylon Street (O.T. 326, property of M. Katarakouli). (Fig 1:1). P. Avgerinou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation of part of the city walls (15m long, 5.35m wide) running northwest-southeast (Figs 2-4). The euthynteria and the lowest course were preserved. The north and south faces were built of sandstone blocks, and the fill was of small stones and earth. The mud brick which covered the eastern part of the walls was found in situ on the upper surface. Pottery dated to the end of the fourth century BC.
Parallel to the wall and 4.16m from it, were a retaining wall (Fig. 5) and four graves, two of children. One child was buried in a terracotta sarcophagus with a red painted phallus, outside which was a fifth-century lekythos and an oxidised coin.
Auteur de la notice
Robert PITT
Références bibliographiques
AD 56-59 (2001-2004) Chr., 291-293.
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Date de création
2011-06-28 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-09 11:43:32
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Megara: 2003 excavation sites.
Fig. 2/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: the wall from the west.
Fig. 3/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: north face of the wall.
Fig. 4/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: excavation plan and section.
Fig. 5/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: south face of retaining wall 1.