SPARTA - perimeter road - 2005

Sparta, perimeter road yet to be opened (O.T. 131, property of D. and A, Papadopoulou). M. Florou (5th EBA) reports the discovery of building remains which likely relate to the Roman house excavated on the neighbouring plot to the south (property of M. Florou-Stamatopoulou). Part of a Roman floor mosaic was uncovered in the north of the plot, decorated with spirals and geometric motifs executed in large red, white and blue tesserae. A fluted column had fallen onto this floor. Finds include Hellenistic to Roman/Late Roman pottery, pieces of wall plaster, fragments of glass vessels, and a large number of terracotta loomweights.