MEGARA - North cemetery - 2004
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Record ID
2220
Activity Date
2004
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Megara
Megara
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12 Thiseos Street (O.T. 267, property of A. Chatzi). (Figs 1:4, 2). P. Avgerinou (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of nine Archaic tombs on a property in the northern part of the city. Three (1, 5, 8) were cist graves with monolithic cover slabs, five (2, 3, 4, 6, 9) were sarcophagi, and one (7) a pit grave: they were oriented either north-south (1, 4, 5, 6) or east-west (3, 7, 8, 9).
The tombs contained one to four burials, the deceased supine, arms bent at the elbows. The dead in those tombs oriented west-east had their heads to the east, while in those oriented north-south the heads were to the south (except in grave 1 where it was to the north). Sarcophagi 2, 3, and 6 contained child burials and the remainder adults, but sarcophagus 9 contained one adult and one child.
Graves 1, 4, and 6 had no goods, but other graves contained pottery (aryballoi, undecorated oinochoes, kotyliskoi, and one-handled kyathoi), terracotta items (pyramid loomweights), and bronze objects (rings and pins).
Tomb 1, a cist grave of grey limestone with a monolithic cover, contained an adult with no goods, but the west long side of the tomb bore the inscription ΦΙΛΟΝΟΣ in letters 0.11-0.14m high, dating to the sixth century BC (Fig. 3).
Author
Robert PITT
Bibliographic reference(s)
AD 56-59 (2001-2004) Chr., 302-303.
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2011-06-28 00:00:00
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2023-10-09 11:48:09
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Fig. 1/ Megara: 2004 excavation sites.
Fig. 2/ Megara, 12 Thiseos Street: excavation plan and section.
Fig. 3/ Megara, 12 Thiseos Street: tomb 1, north part of the west wall showing the inscription.