Patra - 2010

Patra, SE Cemetery, General Regional Hospital of Patras “Agios Andreas”, Kalavriton St. Artemis Maniaki (ΣΤ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on rescue excavations in the courtyard of the hospital to the W of the main building (Fig. 4). Two cist graves of the Roman period were discovered that belong to the E cemetery of the ancient city of Patras.

Grave 1: NW-SE orientation, was constructed with stone blocks and mortar. Plaster lined the interior and the floor consisted of 4 clay slabs. A white limestone slab covered the grave, which was looted (no grave goods), although fragments of bones show that it was used for more than one burial.

Grave 2: Parallel to and E of Grave 1. A limestone larnax occupied the interior of the grave and was supported externally by a series of rectangular bricks and small stones with plaster. The base of the larnax was formed from soil. The walls had a thin coating of plaster. Four limestone slabs covered the grave. Bones were found and very few grave goods, such as iron nails, part of a bone pin, and fragments of glass.

To the N of Grave 2, sections of 2 floors were found made from horizontally placed bricks and plaster. The floors were defined by fragmentary walls. This was probably a cistern. A column was found as spolia built into the cistern wall.