SALAMINA - 2005

Salamina, Ambelakia. Junction of Kyprou and E. Venizelou Streets (property of D. Kontothanasi, O.T. 59). T. Kattoula (ΚΣΤ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a total of 12 tombs (11 previously reported in 2004 and a twelfth in 2005). Tomb 12 is a stone-lined cist (2 x 1.3m) covered with Corinthian type tiles. It contained a supine inhumation with two fourth-century squat lekythoi (one black glazed and one with a palmette). Tombs 10 and 11 are mid third-century BC tile graves containing child burials: tomb 10 contained a round bodied unguentarium, and tomb 11 two such unguentaria and a rectangular bronze plaque.