KATO KIPHISIA - 2002
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
2297
Année de l'opération
2002
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Maison - Péribole - Sépulture - Figurine - Inscription - Parure/toilette - Sculpture - Habitat - Production/extraction - Sanctuaire - Voierie
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Kefissia, Kifisia
Kefissia, Kifisia
Notices et opérations liées
20022002 (1)
Description
Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street. M. Platonos (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports that during work for the construction of Kimis Avenue from the National Road at Kato Kiphisia to the Olympic Area, many important remains of the Early Helladic period to Late Roman (fifth century) came to light (Fig. 1). Important for the understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area of Kato Kiphisia was the discovery west of Thivaidos street of two pits filled with EH (mainly EH II) pottery - one-handled cups (Fig. 2), phialae, skyphoi, prochoes, amphorae, and beaked vessels of the sauceboat type. The majority were of small table and dining vessels, often with incised, impressed or plastic decoration (Fig. 3). Pieces of terracotta spit rests were also found, along with terracotta spindle whorls, bronze hooks, many cores and blades of obsidian, ash and animal bones.
Northwest of the deposits was a Geometric (eighth-century) pit grave (1.86 x 0.9) containing a woman laid supine and 11 pots (two horse pyxides [Fig. 4], five prochoes [Fig. 5], an aryballos, a shallow lekanis [Fig. 6] and three skyphoi [Fig. 7]), six bronze earrings, and a bronze buckle.
East of Thivaidos Street were two small roadside shrines and other sacred areas within a peribolos, part of a Classical road, and two Roman installations (a ceramic workshop and a private house) (Fig. 8).
The road in front of the sanctuary ran south-north for a distance of 52m, its west retaining wall being also the west wall of the peribolos of the sanctuary. 12m to the north was a monumental entrance to the sanctuary area built of large conglomerate blocks in a Π shape (1.3m wide). The road had at least two, Classical and Roman, phases. The main sanctuary to the south consisted of a small square room (3 x 3m) with an entrance to the east and walls of conglomerate blocks. In front of it were parts of three dedicatory inscriptions. One, dating to the fourth century BC, was an honorific deme decree for an unknown individual who had planted trees in the sanctuary of Dionysos (Fig. 9). Part of an epistyle of the funerary monument of Dionysios ([---]ΥΣΙΟΥ) was found east of the ancient road (Fig. 10). Part of the bare lower leg, chest and two fingers of a life size marble male figure found inside the naiskos perhaps belong to the cult statue of Dionysos. Within the sanctuary was a piece of a marble arm of a female statue smaller than life size, terracotta figurines of enthroned females (Fig. 11), part of a head of a feline (Fig. 12), a dog, two bird figurines, and a series of clay votive ears and horns of bulls, as well as ritual vessels, mostly dating from the mid fifth until the mid fourth century BC (Fig. 12), noting also the presence of Geometric and Archaic pottery.
Very near the sanctuary to the north is a small area (0.75 x 1m) with an entrance at the east between pilasters. Figurines were recovered of birds and seated goddesses, a marble figurine of a woman, and an arm and torso of a marble female statuette (Fig. 13), suggesting that this is a naiskos to Aphrodite. This sanctuary probably belonged to the deme of Upper Pergase
Auteur de la notice
Robert PITT
Références bibliographiques
AD 56-59 (2001-2004) Chr., 402-407.
Légende graphique :
localisation de la fouille/de l'opération
localisation du toponyme
polygone du toponyme Chronique
Fonctionnalités de la carte :
sélectionner un autre fond de plan
se rapprocher ou s'éloigner de la zone
afficher la carte en plein écran
Date de création
2011-06-30 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-09 13:55:30
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: excavation plan.
Fig. 2/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: EH one-handled cup.
Fig. 3/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: EH impressed decoration.
Fig. 4/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: horse pyxis from the Geometric tomb.
Fig. 5/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: prochoes from the Geometric tomb.
Fig. 6/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: lekane from the Geometric tomb.
Fig. 7/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: skyphos from the Geometric tomb.
Fig. 8/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: aerial view of the shrine of Dionysos and Aphrodite, the road and the Roman potter's workshop.
Fig. 9/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: votive inscription.
Fig. 10/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: part of a grave monument.
Fig. 11/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: figurines of seated deities.
Fig. 12/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: figurine of a feline.
Fig. 13/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: lids of black- and red-figure pyxides.
Fig. 14/ Kato Kiphisia, Thivaidos Street: marble figurine of Aphrodite.