PATRAS, North Cemetery - 2005

Patras, North Cemetery. 18 Pavlou Mela Street. L. Papakosta (ΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a funerary peribolos and six tombs dating from the second century AD onwards. The graves comprise a looted cist containing three burials, a child burial in a transport amphora, and four tile graves; most had no goods. A thick layer of debris from a later wall covered the cemetery road ( formed of pebbles, tile and gravel) which was revealed for 9m running northeast-southwest.