Ανασκαφή αγρέπαυλης στο Παλιόκαστρο Ωραιοκάστρου
Part of : Το Αρχαιολογικό Έργο στη Μακεδονία και στη Θράκη ; Vol.17, No.1, 2003, pages 283-298
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283-298
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Excavation of a villa rustica at Paliokastro
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Excavations in two plots at the junction of Stanisi St. and Zakynthou St. (along the north and south edge of the road) in Paliokastro, near Oraiokastro, Thessaloniki prefecture, uncovered part of a fortified villa, which included a walled enclosure with a tower, a bath, a peristylar courtyard with a well in the middle, rooms on either side of a large triclinium, and a storeroom with a wine vat or cistern.The entrance to the villa, which was found beside the entrance tower, gave access through a peristyle to the 12.50x14.50 m courtyard, in the middle of which survives a well. A door in the north side of the courtyard leads to the north stoa of the peristyle, the east end of which terminates in an apse inscribed in a rectangle. The mosaic floor of this stoa is divided into five sections, one in the middle with a mythological subject and two personifications, one of which preserves the bust of a bearded male figure accompanied by the inscription “Echedoros”, personifying the River Gallikos. A tribelon in the north stoa gives access to the 12.30x7.00 m triclinium, which has an apse at the north end with geometrical floor decoration. The rest of the triclinium floor has elaborate vegetal ornamentation with an enkolpion in the centre enclosing a many-petalled rosette, while each of the four corners is occupied by a kantharos, from which emerges a coiling vine with grapes. The vine forms circles, which enclose various kinds of birds. The floors of the rooms on either side of the triclinium are decorated with geometrical patterns and enkolpia, in one of which (the north-east) is a representation of Leda and the Swan, while the south-west enkolpion has a dancer.The villa is a fortified villa rustica which belonged to a wealthy landowner of Thessalonike and dates to the first half of the 5th century. It was burnt down during the raids of the 7th century, then repaired and inhabited until the Dark Ages, when it was abandoned once and for all.
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Θεσσαλονίκη, συνέδρια
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