PHILIPPOI - 2007

Philippoi. G. Gounaris (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki) reports the discovery of a round structure (25m di.) and a large insula of shops. Part of the S range of shops and workshops was excavated, including a glass-worker’s shop in the SW. Rooms in the SE part were used as workshops and for storage: in one room 2 millstones were found. The excavated part of the complex likely dates to the reign of Justinian I (527−565 AD): its first phase, however, dates to the 4th Ct AD, with sections of geometric-patterned mosaic pavement preserved at a lower level. Its full dimensions are not yet known. Further E lay the larger round structure which seems to be older.