Αρχαιότητες ρωμαϊκών χρόνων από την κεντρική Πιερία
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.23, No.1, 2009, pages 173-182
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173-182
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Antiquities of roman times in central Pieria
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The 27th Ephorate for Prehistoric and Classical activities began in 2009 an attempt to locate antiquities kept in churches of Pieria. In the frame of this attempt we came across important ancient finds from Roman Pieria, which offer new information on the art, the prosopography, the cults, the topography and the institutions of the region. In this paper we introduce some of them, namely seven funerary altars from Nea Efessos and two votive inscriptions, one in Nea Efessos and one in Elatohori.Outside Nea Efessos, around two chapels, stood seven funerary altars of roman times. They were most probably transferred there from Dion, though one can not exclude the possibility that they came from a n other ancient site nearby. They form an almost homogeneous group. They all belong to the type with a plinth that has short legs, an orthostat with a framed panel and a crowning with pediment and corner acroteria. Some of them bear inscriptions, carved in the framed panel. Their date ranges from th e last quarter of the 2d century A.D. to the beginning of the 3d century A.D. In a church in Nea Efessos is being kept a votive plaque of unknown provenance bearing two pairs of ears and an inscription (2d century A.D.). It was a votive offering of Samvatis and her daughter to Parthenos, because the goddess had listened and fulfilled their wish. It is argued that the goddess Parthenos in this in stance is most probably the Dea Syria o r Atargatis, a mother goddess linked with fertility, whose worship was widespread in Macedonia. Finally, in the central church of Elatohori is being kept a votive inscription of the lsl century A.D., which was found in Palekklisi, a site southeast of the modern village. The text mentions a Teimoxenos, son of Teimoxenos, who was a dekaprotos, and built a temple for Asklepios and Hygeia. This inscription is important for a number of reasons: it comes from an ancient site, which was unknown until now, it attests the cult of Asklepios and Hygeia in this part of Pieria at least since the 1st c. A.D., if not earlier, it is the first and sofar the only attestation of the institution of the dekaproteia in Macedonia, and thus it contibutes to our knowledge of the (social, political and economic) history of Macedonia as province of the Roman Empire.
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Πιερία, ρωμαϊκή περίοδος
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