ITHOME Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis

ITHOME Sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis
INFORMATIONS GÉNÉRALES
Numéro de
notice
887
Année de
l'opération
2008
Pays
Région
Nature de
Fouille - Programmée
l'opération
Archaeological Society of
Athens
Institution(s)
CARTOGRAPHIE
2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2008 Fiche(s)
2009 - 2009 - 2010 - 2010 associée(s)
2011 - 2012 - 2013
Grèce
Péloponnèse
Préfecture
Messénie
Toponyme
Messini, Messène
Nom du site
ITHOME Sanctuary of Artemis
Limnatis
Secteur
NOTICE
Ithome. P. Themelis (ASA) reports on continued excavation at the Sanctuary of Artemis
Limnatis (Fig. 1), which produced architectural members in sandstone and terracotta Corinthianstyle roof tiles, as well as terracotta sima fragments with lion-head spouts (Fig. 2).
Three hundred metres NW of the Sanctuary of Artemis, at a sanctuary investigated in 1989
(AR36 [1989−1990], 33; PAE [1989], 107−10), sections of column capital, epistyle and geison of
the Ionic order were found. A 2nd line of the inscription found in the previous excavation was
read, making the text: Θηρύλος ἐνικ΄Αἰθίδας | Καλαι (or Καλοις). The excavator suggests
that ἐνικα here has the sense of dedication to the Kali Thea or to the Kaloi (Daimones), i.e. to
the Kouretes (Fig. 3).
Temple - Inscription - Revêtements (mur et sol) - Terre cuite architecturale Édifice religieux - Sanctuaire
Mots-clés
Antiquité - Classique - Hellénistique
Chronologie
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Référence
bibliographique
Auteur de la
notice
Ergon (2008), 61−63
MORGAN Catherine
IMAGES
Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3