LOUTRES - 2010

Loutres. V. Apostolakou (Director, ΚΔ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation in the extensive Roman cemetery, west of the Ierapetra. Fifty-six tombs have been investigated to date. In addition to pit and tile graves, 12 single-chambered, vaulted tombs have been discovered, built of gypsum or limestone slabs (Fig. 1) or with dry-stone walls, and with brick vaults.

Pottery and glass vessels date to the second-third centuries AD, and lamps from the mid-first to late third century AD. Bronze coins date to the reigns of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Severus Alexander. Other finds include clay masks, gold jewellery, bronze vases, mirrors and strigils.