ITHOME Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis - 2008

Ithome. P. Themelis (ASA) reports on continued excavation at the Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis (Fig. 1), which produced architectural members in sandstone and terracotta Corinthian-style roof tiles, as well as terracotta sima fragments with lion-head spouts (Fig. 2).

Three hundred metres NW of the Sanctuary of Artemis, at a sanctuary investigated in 1989 (AR36 [1989−1990], 33; PAE [1989], 107−10), sections of column capital, epistyle and geison of the Ionic order were found. A 2nd line of the inscription found in the previous excavation was read, making the text: Θηρύλος ἐνικ΄Αἰθίδας | Καλαι (or Καλοις). The excavator suggests that ἐνικα here has the sense of dedication to the Kali Thea or to the Kaloi (Daimones), i.e. to the Kouretes (Fig. 3).