MEGARA - 2003
General Information
Record ID
2213
Activity Date
2003
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Type of Operation
Institution
Localisation / Geographical Information
Toponym
Megara
Megara
Linked Record
2003
Report
1 Thermopylon Street (O.T. 326, property of M. Katarakouli). (Fig 1:1). P. Avgerinou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavation of part of the city walls (15m long, 5.35m wide) running northwest-southeast (Figs 2-4). The euthynteria and the lowest course were preserved. The north and south faces were built of sandstone blocks, and the fill was of small stones and earth. The mud brick which covered the eastern part of the walls was found in situ on the upper surface. Pottery dated to the end of the fourth century BC.
Parallel to the wall and 4.16m from it, were a retaining wall (Fig. 5) and four graves, two of children. One child was buried in a terracotta sarcophagus with a red painted phallus, outside which was a fifth-century lekythos and an oxidised coin.
Author
Robert PITT
Bibliographic reference(s)
AD 56-59 (2001-2004) Chr., 291-293.
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Date of creation
2011-06-28 00:00:00
Last modification
2023-10-09 11:43:32
Picture(s)
Fig. 1/ Megara: 2003 excavation sites.
Fig. 2/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: the wall from the west.
Fig. 3/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: north face of the wall.
Fig. 4/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: excavation plan and section.
Fig. 5/ Megara, 1 Thermopylon Street: south face of retaining wall 1.