AIGALEO - 2008

Aigaleo, Aghias Annis, Pierias and Ploutonos Streets (Elaionas metro station). Eleni Asimakou and Loukia Tzara (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) report on the discovery of wells, pits, graves and a tile-built pithos.

The following finds dating to the Byzantine and Late Byzantine periods were excavated:

1) 4 wells containing Classical to Late Byzantine pottery sherds and a 10^th-12^th c. A.D. oinochoe.

2) A tile-built pithos and a pebble floor.

3) 2 graves, one of which a tile-grave, containing no offerings. Numerous bones and tiles were found around them.

4) Three 13^th c. A.D. coins and an intact 9^th-10^th c. lagynos.

A pit measuring 6 m. in diameter had been dug in the area of the aforementioned finds. The pit contained a 4^th c. B.C. inscription mentioning the giving out of the property of the 30 tyrants, a fragment from a 3^rd c. A.D. funeral stele depicting 2 figures facing each other, marble and terracotta plaques, fragments from fluted and unfluted columns and the base of a stele.

A second pit was excavated containing Archaic to Classical pottery sherds. Quantities of Early and Late Helladic pottery sherds were excavated west of the aforementioned pit. Finally a tile-built well was dug (Fig. 1). Letters are discernible on the tiles.