PIRAEUS - 6-10 Neosoikon Street - 2006

Piraeus, 6-10 Neosoikon Street (property of A. Cheliote, D. Babakou and M. Koumantzi). Kornelia Axioti (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of complexes of shafts and cisterns adjacent to the site of the ancient theatre in Zea. One shaft on the north side of the plot had been used as a deposit, and contained 5^th-4^th c. B.C. small artefacts and good quality pottery. These include a wooden figurine and a black-glaze flask with relief decoration. Additionally, a water pipe was excavated, paved with terracotta slabs ran in the direction of the ancient theatre. Finally, two more cisterns were revealed but were not fully excavated.