NEO PHALERON- Kanellopoulou and Christofi Streets - 2007

Neo Phalero, Kanellopoulou 36 and Christofi Streets (property of D. and N. Douzoglou). M. Petritaki (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a section of the South or Middle Long Wall (Figs 1,2,3,4) and a rectangular tower. The tower and wall survive to a height of six and five courses respectively. The blocks bear tool marks.

In the 1^st-2^nd c. A.D. the aforementioned remains were levelled and a road was constructed on top of them. 15 Late Roman (3^rd-4^th A.D.) burials were excavated west of this road: two inurned cremations (one of which is in a pointed amphora), a pyre, a shaft grave and 11 tile graves. The aforementioned road intersected a second road. Both preserved wheel ruts. A funerary colonnette in secondary use was found in the retaining wall of the second road. The 1^st c. B.C. colonnette bore the following inscription:

Δ α μ ά γ η τ ο ς

Π ο λ υ ά ρ χ ο υ

Π α ι α ν ι ε ύ ς

[γ] ον ω δ ε

- - ρ α γ ο υ

[Ηρα] κ λεώτου

Finally, the remains of a Late Roman workshop were revealed alongside the same road.

The excavator dates the stretch of wall and the rectangular tower in the third phase of repairs of the Long Walls.