PATRAS - 2005

Patras, 43 Sotiriadou Street (Tasini property). L. Papakosta (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of dense architectural remains over the entire plot. Two chambers of a monumental Roman structure (probably a nymphaeum) lay in the northeast of the plot, with walls in opus testaceum preserved to a height of over 2m, a plaster floor over the entire structure, and a marble clad semi-circular pool (1.8m in diameter) entered via two steps. Outside the nymphaeum to the northwest, a section of paved road ran northwest-southeast, continuing that previously found on the neighbouring plot. Four water channels were found, one of which ran beside the road and one was associated with the nymphaeum. A later well and walls postdate the road. The final use of the plot was as a Byzantine cemetery: 14 graves (tile graves and one cist) were found, without goods.