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Vergina 1990 : the research inthe cemetery and the northwestern part of the ancient city

• Κοτταρίδη, Αγγελική

An important cist-grave was discovered this year, not far from the «tomb with the throne» and the group of the late Archaic and early Classical graves. The cist-grave ismade of porus stones and its cover is exceptional: it consists of two rows of slabs instead of one. The lower forms a step inside, deminishing the space to be covered. Alow built base and remains of a wooden kline with ivory decoration were found in the northern part of the monument. A young woman had been placed on the kline and the skeletons of a young girl and a child were found in the southern part. The strategraphy of the filling testifies a second use of the grave. The cist-grave had been looted and the skeletons of two looters were found east of it, by the hole which was opened in order to rob it. The few precious finds which survived —remains of gold, silver and ivory jewellery— the dimensions and the quality of the grave, and especially the quantityand the quality of the terracotta figurines which were found, suggest that a member of the aristocracy of Aigai had been buried there. The figurines date the grave to the 4thcentury B.C. Northwest from the ancient city and not far from the cemetery, a trial trench was carried out and yielded a layer of Corinthian tiles with painted and relief antefixes; these probably belonged to the late 5th or early 4th century B.C.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

νεκροταφεία, Βεργίνα, συνέδρια

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