PROFITIS ILIAS KIVERIOU

PROFITIS ILIAS KIVERIOU
INFORMATIONS GÉNÉRALES
Numéro de
notice
291
Année de
l'opération
2000
Nature de
Prospection
l'opération
Ministry of Culture (Δ' ΕΠΚΑ)
Institution(s)
CARTOGRAPHIE
Pays
Région
Péloponnèse
Préfecture
Argolide
Toponyme
Kiveri
Nom du site
Fiche(s)
associée(s)
Grèce
PROFITIS ILIAS KIVERIOU
Secteur
NOTICE
Profitis Ilias Kiveriou. Ch. Piteros (Director, Δ' ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of spolia from a
small temple reused in a ruined later structure on the summit of this hill (338masl), 2.28km W
of Kiveri, close to the border with Arcadia. These spolia include large parts of Doric columns, a
stylobate, sections of triglyph, metope and geison, and limestone blocks. In addition, there is a
fluted marble column support for a perrirhanterion and 2 worked fragments of black Argive
marble from a base or, more probably, a Doric triglyph altar. W of the later building, 2 more 4th
Ct BC Doric column capitals were found. In the area round the building were 2 joining and one
non-joining fragments of a 4th Ct terracotta sima with floral decoration, plus a few Cor roof
tiles. Artefacts collected − a few sherds of small Hel vessels, female figurines, a fragment of a
peplophoros figurine of the 4th-3rd Ct, a few later sherds of household vessels and part of a
LRom 2-nozzled lamp − indicate that the site was used over a long period. 30m S of the
structure with the spolia, the foundations of 2 walls (0.5m w.) of a rectangular structure 6m
E−W by 3m N−S were visible in the bedrock. This is likely the site of the small Doric temple
represented by the spolia. The temple was probably destroyed in the LRom period: the area
may have been subsequently used for Ch worship. Anc. sources do not mention this site, and
the deity worshipped is unknown (the author suggests a female deity on the basis of the
figurines, and proposes Artemis as most suited to a remote site in borderlands).
Autel - Temple - Figurine - Lampe - Parure/toilette - Revêtements (mur et sol) Terre cuite architecturale - Métal - Pierre - Édifice religieux - Sanctuaire
Mots-clés
Antiquité - Classique - Hellénistique - Romaine
Chronologie
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Référence
bibliographique
Auteur de la
notice
Ch. Piteros, Πρακτικα του Ζ' Διεθνους Συνεδριου Πελοποννησιακων Σπουδων
(Athens 2006) 503-10; ADelt 55 (2000) Chr, 197-8
MORGAN Catherine