ARTA - Anc. Ambracia - 2004
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Record ID
3184
Activity Date
2004
Chronology
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Type of Operation
Institution
Localisation
Toponym
Arta
Arta
Linked Record
2004
Report
Arta (anc. Ambracia), junction of an unnamed public road and the third parados of Arachthou (G. Koliou property). P. Gouni (ΙΒ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports that rescue excavation on a plot previously investigated in 1973 revealed the street wall of a fifth-century building and a section of road and pavement (Fig. 1: 282). The wall (preserved to three courses on a krepidoma) was unusually thick (1.1-1.5m as against the usual 0.5-0.6 elsewhere in the city) and of fine masonry, while the preserved sections of interior wall were of roughly-worked limestone slabs. The strength and quality of the construction suggest that this was not a normal domestic structure, but no evidence to identify its function was found. The pavement was surfaced with sandstone slabs (two of which were erroneously identified as a threshold in the 1973 excavation), while the road was of beaten earth with stones and tile fragments. Classical and Hellenistic black-glaze and domestic pottery was recovered, plus a few Archaic sherds and much Byzantine and post-Byzantine. Four worn bronze coins were recovered.
Author
Catherine MORGAN
Bibliographic reference(s)
ADelt 56-59 (2001-2004) B5, 118-119.
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2013-06-11 00:00:00
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2023-10-11 14:14:22