ACHARNES - Suburban railway - 2004
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
2320
Année de l'opération
2004
Chronologie
Mots-clés
Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Toponyme
Acharnes, Acharnae, Menidi
Acharnes, Acharnae, Menidi
Notices et opérations liées
2004
Description
Acharnes Railway Centre. Junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue. M. Platonos (Β’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports that rescue excavation in the course of work for the suburban railway revealed part of a Classical road and tombs, mostly pyres (Figs 1,2). A 15m stretch of wall belonged to the east retaining wall of the road. The west retaining wall (51m long) was better preserved. On both sides of the road was an Archaic and Classical cemetery containing 68 pyres (Fig. 3), 11 enchytrismoi in large pots, one pit grave, one tile grave (Fig. 4), and three stone receptacles (Fig. 5).
All the enchytrismoi and the pit grave contained skeletal remains; on the floor of the tile grave 10 were vessels of the mid fifth century BC, while the stone receptacles contained pottery of the last quarter of that century. Goods included a large quantity of fine pottery of the Early Archaic (mid sixth century) to Late Classical (fourth century) periods (Figs 6-8).
During the widening of Mornou Street a marble funerary stele of the last quarter of the fourth century BC was found (Fig. 9). This depicts two women in a dexiosis scene, one of whom, probably the deceased, carries on her shoulder a sanctuary key.
Auteur de la notice
Robert PITT
Références bibliographiques
AD 56-59 (2001-2004) Chr., 433-436.
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Date de création
2011-07-01 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-09 14:05:22
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: excavation plan.
Fig. 2/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: north part of the road.
Fig. 3/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: pyres on the southeast side of the excavation area.
Fig. 4/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: tile grave 1.
Fig. 5/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: three stone receptacles with ash urns.
Fig. 6/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: black-figure lekythos of the Haimon Workshop from pyre 34.
Fig. 7/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: red-figure lekythos from pyre 6.
Fig. 8/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: red-figure lekythos from pyre 41.
Fig. 9/ Acharnes, junction of Mornou Street and Dimokratias Avenue: marble grave stele of the last quarter of the fourth century BC.