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Salvage excavation in 2004 on the site owned by Zud Obaid in Edessa : corner of archiereos Meletiou and Korai streets. Bloc 130

• Χρυσοστόμου, Αναστασία

Between April and September 2004 a salvage excavation was carried out in the citadel of ancient Edessa, more specifically on the plot of land at the comer of Ar- chiereos Meletiou and Korai Streets (Dr. 1).The architectural remains that were uncovered date to two main construction phases in the Early Christian and Late Hellenistic periods (Dr. 2, 3, 4; Fig. 1). The first phase is represented by walls II, IX, XIV, XXI, which bound two spaces, A and B. The walls are of rubble masonry and mortar. The interior of the spaces yielded Early Christian pottery, clay loom weights, fragments of glass vessels, a bronze needle, and a silver pin (Fig. 2).Walls XI, XX, XIX^ XVI, XVIII, XXIII bound three spaces belonging to the earlier phase, A, B, Γ (Dr. 2, 3, 4. Fig. 3). Walls XI (upon which stood wall II) and XIX are especially strong and well constructed, with stone blocks and smaller squared fragments. A large foundation trench was dug for them (Dr. 5), in which were found the Hellenistic sherds in Fig. 4. In space A, which is bounded by walls XI and XX, were found the remains of a hearth and spaces for storage jars. It also yielded the finds in Figs. 5—7 and coins. In space B there were the remains of a floor and cavities for storage jars. Of the finds in Figs. 8 and 9, especially interesting are the circular supports, which are usually connected with pottery workshops. The picture and finds were similar in space Γ (Fig. 10), where, however, the lower part of the firebox of a pottery kiln were also found under wall XVIII (Fig. 11).Lastly, a subterranean pit survived in the west part of the site (Dr. 2) with places for two jars inside. The finds (Fig. 12) suggest a dating in the Iron Age and the Archaic period.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

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