ATHENS - KALLISPERI - 2010

General Information

Record ID

6114

Activity Date

2010

Chronologies

Byzantine period - Early Byzantine - Late Byzantine

Key-words

Bath - Inscription - Sculpture

Type of Operation

Excavation - Rescue excavation

Institution

Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ

Toponym

Athens South (Makrygianni, Koukaki, Kynosarges, Mets), Athènes centre-Sud

Linked Record

2010

Report

Athens, Kallisperi 21. Niki Sakka (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on the discovery of a 4^th – 5^th c. A.D. apsidal building (Figs. 1, 2). The building has a prodomos and a floor decorated in the opus sectile technique. It is highly likely that this building belongs to the large, public, 4^th c. A.D. bath that was found in the area (Agora XXIV, 42-44). The building was extended in the 10^th-12^th c. A.D. A statue of a seated woman (1^st c. A.D.) had been used in the construction of the building’s east wall.

A tile-built pithos was excavated east of the building. Finds from the area include a fragment for a 5^th c. A.D. inscription which reads:

κυμη[τήρι]-

[ον] v [- - -]

καὶ Εἰρ[- -]

The excavation was conducted by the author of this report, T. Michalakopoulou and Eug. Tsalkou.

Author

Chryssanthi PAPADOPOULOU

Bibliographic reference(s)

ADelt 65 (2010) Chr., 65-66

Date of creation

2017-07-14 00:00:00

Last modification

2021-02-24 19:40:30

Picture(s)

Fig. 1/ Athens, Kallisperi 21, ground plan of the site.

Fig. 2/ Athens, Kallisperi 21, the site.