ARTA - Anc. Ambracia - 2001
General Information
Record ID
3108
Activity Date
2001
Chronologies
Key-words
Figurine - Numismatics - Tools/weapons - Metal - Bone - Glass - Cemetery - Find Type - Material Type - Site Type
Type of Operation
Institution
ΙΒ’ ΕΠΚΑ
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Report
Arta (anc. Ambracia), Koutsomyta (Stamou property). A. Angeli (ΙΒ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of six tombs of different types belonging to the east cemetery of the city, on a plot adjacent to the Dimou property and southeast of the Charitou property.
Tombs I and IV were crudely made cist tombs preserving no bones or grave goods. Tomb II, a cist built of small limestone slabs, contained a single burial with a bronze dagger or spear. Tomb III, a pit grave, contained two black-glaze kylikes, and a Glaux skyphos which date the burial to the early fifth century. Tomb V, a limestone sarcophagus, contained a few scattered bones and early fifth-century sherds. Tomb VI, a crudely built cist, contained a single burial with a tripod pyxis, and a glass amphoriskos of Phoenician type dating to the first half of the fifth century. Finds outside the tombs comprise bronze and iron nails and sheet, two bronze coins, pieces of a male terracotta figurine, and a glass amphoriskos of Phoenician type.
Author
Catherine MORGAN
Bibliographic reference(s)
ADelt 56-59 (2001-2004) B5, 10-12.
Date of creation
2013-06-10 00:00:00
Last modification
2018-08-22 09:24:39