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A burial mound at Pherae

Αρχαιολογικά χρονικά

• Αδρύμη-Σισμάνη, Βασιλική

About one kilometre north of the present- day village of Velestino, at the site Thyma- rakia, mechanized tillage uncovered a burial mound. The mound forms part of the north cemetery of ancient Pherae, which was long known to have been located in this area. In the summer and autumn of 1983, a rescue excavation carried out in this mound revealed a total of 17 marble cist-graves and a marble cylindrical ossuary.In three of the cist-graves the interior was decorated with engraved Ionic columns, the capitals of which have preserved their colouring. In the rest of the cist-graves the interior was finely worked with an indented chisel. Funerary offerings were mainly potteryΑΝΑΣΚΑΦΗ ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΠΟΑΗΣ, 1983*Από τους στόχους της ανασκαφής στην αρχαία Πλωτινόπολη, πάνω στο λόφο Αγία Πέτρα, δίπλα στο σημερινό Διδυμότειχο, ήταν η συνέχιση της έρευνας στην πα*Την πρωτοβουλία για τη χρηματοδότηση της ανασκαφής από το δήμο Διδυμοτείχου ανέλαβε ο δήμαρχος Γιάννης Νικολα'ΐδης1 γι’ αυτό και για το ζωηρότου ενδιαφέρον κατά την πορεία της ανασκαφής εκφράζονται και από τη θέση αυτή ευχαριστίες.(kylikes, skyphoi, pinakia, unguentaria), gold and bronze jewellery, coins and alabas- tra. In addition, four of the graves were found to contain remains of organic matter. These include pieces of the garments of the dead (purple woolen chitons and thin fabrics), leather footwear, woven baskets containing grains or jewels, leather and ivory pyxides, well-preserved grains and minor ivory objects.All these finds of organic matter are a live testimony of the burial customs at Pherae in the Classical and Hellenistic periods and enrich our archaeological knowledge of the social and ideological attitudes towards death in that age.

• History and Archaeology

• Ανασκαφές (Αρχαιολογία)

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