ANCIENT EPIDAUROS - 2001
General Information
Record ID
3856
Activity Date
2001
Chronologies
Key-words
Type of Operation
Institution
Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ
Toponym
Linked Record
2001
Report
Ancient Epidauros, 27 Ioannou Metaxa Street (house of P.V. Georga). Ch. Piteros (Δ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of five Hellenistic tombs from the northeast cemetery of the city, cut into bedrock. Outside these tombs were found a satyr figurine, a knucklebone and Hellenistic pottery. Tombs 1-4 and 6 are simple cists with stone cover slabs, while tomb 5 is a tile grave.
Tomb 1: an adult inhumation with no goods.
Tomb 2: a disturbed adult inhumation with a lagynus and at the lower edge of the tomb iron shoe tacks, plus two crania from earlier burials.
Tomb 3: inhumation of an infant with no goods.
Tomb 4: no burial inside the grave, but displaced bones outside it.
Tomb 5: damaged tile grave, with the bones of an adult and a Hellenistic lamp found outside it.
Tomb 6: a few sherds and skeletal remains.
Author
Catherine MORGAN
Bibliographic reference(s)
ADelt 56-59 (2001-2004) B4, 47.
Date of creation
2013-10-18 00:00:00
Last modification
2018-08-22 09:24:42