IERAPETRA. – Almyros - 2005

Almyros, Dialektakis plot. V. Apostolakou (ΚΔ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports the excavation of several vaulted tombs and cist graves. The largest vaulted tomb (tomb 30: Fig. 1) was 3.75m by 2.3m and 2.3m high. Most graves appear to have been looted, but one looted vaulted tomb nevertheless contained 53 bronze, 30 iron, 7 silver, and 6 gold objects, including the head of a gold pin, two gold earrings and a gold band. Two of the vaulted tombs (24 and 25: Fig. 2) appear to be a group delineated by a peribolos. A cist grave (26: Fig. 3) first uncovered in an earlier season proved to be a monolithic poros sarcophagus covered by reused architectural members. It contained the bones of at least three individuals together with a vase, two coins and two bronze, two iron, and two stone items.