LOUTRA - 2010

Loutra. G. Katsalas (13th EBA) reports the discovery in the ruins of the church of the Ag. Saranta of six tombs and a cruciform font.

Tomb 1, in the central nave, is vaulted, with traces of decoration inside. The entrance, on the east, had stone steps down to the chamber and was closed with a slab. The Early Byzantine grave goods comprise two glass perfume vessels, an amphoriskos and a small oinochoe in a square cist in the west wall. Tomb 2, on the north side of the north aisle, is cist-like with terracotta cover slabs. Tomb 3, in the southwest part of the north aisle, is similar to tomb 1 but with a limestone cover slab: although disturbed, it contained a glass oinochoe and perfume flask. Tomb 4, in the central nave, is a stone cist with no goods. Tomb 5, on the south side of the central nave, is as tomb 4. Inside the south apse was a medieval child burial.

The font is small and cruciform, with traces of hydraulic plaster on the inside and a clay outflow pipe.