PATRAS, North Cemetery - 2005

Patras, North Cemetery. 57 Satovriandou Street. M. Petropoulos (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of 18 Hellenistic and Roman graves. Three tile graves, three cists and a limestone sarcophagus date to the Hellenistic period, while 11 (all tile graves) are Roman. Ten were child burials (with no surviving bone). Burials were in supine position, set directly onto the ground or on tiles. Most offerings were associated with Hellenistic graves; these include one gold and 15 silver pins, two gold rings, and three danakes. The Roman graves contained many glass vessels, 16 of which (round and bird-shaped unguentaria) come from one child burial. A marble grave stele found in two pieces bore a Latin inscription referring to a known Patras family of the second and third century AD.