GERAKAS, Stavros - 2009

Gerakas, Stavros, Aghiou Ioannou Theologou and Patriarchou Grigiriou E’ (O.T. 92, plot 6, property of A. Tarasi). Dimitrios Christodoulou (B’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a Late Byzantine house, which is contemporary to its adjacent 11^th c. church of Aghios Ioannis Theologos. The domestic complex had rubble foundations and brick walls, and consisted of three rooms and a courtyard (Fig. 1). The first room had a south-facing entrance and contained 2 silos and a pit. The second room did not allow access to the first and had a floor of beaten earth. The third room had a south-facing entrance and a second door leading to the second room. It contained a well and a pit filled with large stones. A destruction layer was excavated at its NW corner. Another silo was revealed in the courtyard of the house. Additional finds from the courtyard include a bronze coin, an intact trefoil-lipped oinochoe (Fig. 2), 2 iron nails, a bronze ring and remains of walls. Finally, a silo and a wall were found outside the south limit of the courtyard. Finds from the site include undecorated pottery sherds, and fragments from green-glazed plates (9^th-12^th c. A.D.).