AEGINA - Kambos Mylon - 2006

Kambos Mylon (property of G. Kopana). E. Papastavrou (KΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of nine rock-cut tombs dating from the late sixth to the first half of the fifth century BC. Tomb I was a rectangular pit with an alcove for a sarcophagus of which nothing remains. Finds included sherds, an unpainted vase and fragments of copper strigils. Tomb II had three chambers entered by a shaft. Traces of a brick wall were found in the eastern chamber and one partially damaged sarcophagus was found in two chambers. There were no grave goods. Tomb III had three chambers entered by a shaft, with an alcove for a sarcophagus under the western wall of the entrance. One chamber preserved the base of a limestone sarcophagus. Tomb IV was a rectangular chamber widening to an oval floor. A thick layer of cremation remains was found along with poorly preserved skeletal material and two trefoil jugs, one lekythos and sherds. Tomb V was a surface pit that had been looted. Tomb VI had four chambers accessed via a shaft. Two carved niches were found along the long wall of the south-western chamber: one contained an infant burial in a jar, with six skyphoi and a small aryballos, while the second was looted. At the base of the northwest chamber and the shaft, two niches were found empty. In the north-western chamber was a sarcophagus surrounded by two black figure lekythoi, a black-glazed skyphos, a kotyle and a female figurine. Tomb VII had two chambers entered by a shaft; the roof was damaged. Tomb VIII had two chambers entered by a shaft; the western chamber contained a black-glazed lekythos, a kylix and a black-glazed skyphos. Tomb IX had two chambers.