KERKYRA - Saili - 2006

Saili, Agios Georgios Pagon (property of M. Petroni). G. Metallinou (Η’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a late fourth- to early third-century BC farmstead ca. 1km east of the coast in a valley leading to the bay of Ag. Georgios, ca. 150m from the Megapotamos river. The plot is a similar distance from the Classical farmstead and Hellenistic fortification excavated by Bulle at the start of the 20^th century.

In the west-southwest part of the excavated area was a pithos store, with the lower parts of three pithoi found in situ and repaired with lead clamps, preserving also a stone press. To the east was a room (2 x 6.8m) containing a semicircular hearth structure with ash: within the room was found a small plain pot containing a hoard of 25 silver coins (11 Corinthian staters, 10 staters of Leukas and one of Anactorium, a silver drachma of Corinth, and two didrachms of Taranto), one gold Silician stater (of Carchedon), and a silver earring. The coins date to the fourth and third centuries BC. Pottery so far recovered consists of plain storage vessels and black glaze tableware (plates, skyphoi, amphoriskoi and kantharoi). Other finds include a bronze spoon, a bronze arrowhead, two bronze coins, and 14 lead objects of various forms (including one bearing a seal impression depicting a male form in front of a vessel). These finds, combined with the fact that the Megapotamos river was until recently navigable this far inland, suggests that the farmstead may have been involved in trade.