ATHENS - 2007

Athens, 43 Vassilikon St. Ch. Stoupa (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on excavations at the Demosion Sema. Two pedestals, five burials and parts of a peribolos were found (Fig 1). Pedestal 1 was rectangular in shape and marked an inurned cremation. The vessel containing the ashes was a marble calyx crater with relief decoration depicting dancing maenads or graces and a drunken male form supported by a satyr (Fig 2). The vessel is dated in the transitional period between Hellenistic and Roman times. The dating is assisted by an undecorated oinochoe, which was found beside the burial (Fig 3). Pedestal 2 dates in the 4^th c. B.C. Its NW part was destroyed by a Roman cist grave. The latter contained two gold leaves and gold fibers. The remaining burials include two more cist graves and a sarcophagus. Finally, two wells dating in Roman times were found.