Megara - 2008
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Record ID
8225
Activity Date
2008
Chronologies
Antiquity - Classical - Hellenistic - Roman
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Toponym
Megara
Megara
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Megara, 10–12 Pluto Street (O.T. 306–307). Andromachi Katopodi (Γ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports on discoveries made during a major project for the environmental upgrade of Megara city, undertaken 2006–2009.
Remains of residential buildings were identified, in three separate locations. The corner of a possible cistern was also found. From inside area A, iron pieces, a few animal bones, and tiles were found, alongside pottery of the third century BC. Piece of a kantharos was found that has the image of a satyr on it; red painted pottery of the fifth century BC was also found. In area E, stone tools were found and architectural sculpture, alongside pottery of the fifth century BC. Area B contained pottery of the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic periods, and also some mosaic tesserae of the Roman period.
Remains of residential buildings were identified, in three separate locations. The corner of a possible cistern was also found. From inside area A, iron pieces, a few animal bones, and tiles were found, alongside pottery of the third century BC. Piece of a kantharos was found that has the image of a satyr on it; red painted pottery of the fifth century BC was also found. In area E, stone tools were found and architectural sculpture, alongside pottery of the fifth century BC. Area B contained pottery of the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic periods, and also some mosaic tesserae of the Roman period.
Author
Michael Loy
Bibliographic reference(s)
ADelt 64 (2009), Chr., 153–4
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2020-05-21 15:48:59
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2024-01-16 10:05:29
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Fig. 1/ View of the stairs