THESSALONIKI Metro - 2008

At the Sintrivani station interchange, an area of 2,842.75m² was opened, revealing a total of 1,028 tombs. Types include pits without covers, free burials, tile graves (in simple form or with cover tiles), cists, vaulted tombs and enchytrismoi. In addition, building materials from one construction and parts of others, and storage pits of mod. times were found. The most common forms of grave are free burials and pits either covered with schist slabs or uncovered. One hundred and twenty eight graves (12.5%) contained goods, consisting of clay vases and tear-bottles, bronze coins, bronze and gold jewellery, shells, bone and glass astragaloi, and iron and bronze items. The majority are Rom, but 35 items date to the Hel period. Among the Hel graves are noted: a stone ossuary (T746) which held the burnt bones of a human and a small mammal, a gold wreath of oak leaves and a clay tear-bottle; and a cist grave T840 which contained the remains of a wooden bier, plus 4 gold wreaths of olive leaves, jewellery, a gold danake, gold thread, a bronze coin, bronze mirror, and 1 bronze and 7 pottery vessels.