chania - Chronique des fouilles

CHANIA
INFORMATIONS GÉNÉRALES
Numéro de
notice
2847
Année de
l'opération
2003
Nature de
Fouille
l'opération
CARTOGRAPHIE
Pays
Grèce
Région
Crète
Préfecture
Chania (ou La Canée)
Toponyme
Chania, Cydonia, La Canée,
Canea, Khania
ΚΕ’ ΕΠΚΑ
Institution(s)
Nom du site
Fiche(s)
associée(s)
Secteur
CHANIA
9 Renieri Street
NOTICE
Chania. 9 Renieri Street (Rovlia property). V. Niniou-Kindeli (ΚΕ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the
excavation in 2003 of a poorly-preserved loculus tomb near those recovered on G. Hatzidaki
Street.
The roof and side wall had collapsed. A sloping dromos with a few shallow steps leads into the
main access chamber with nine loculi (four on each side and one opposite the entrance). Traces
of plaster remain especially in the loculi (which are 2 x 0.8-0.9m, and 1.6m high to the ceiling
vault). There are no closing slabs. Two loculi have side niches for secondary burials, cut at the
main chamber floor level.
The original, late fourth- to mid third-century BC inhumations were in four loculi undisturbed.
Grave goods typically include vases, glass unguentaria, terracotta figurines, bronze mirrors, an
iron strigil; a ring each of silver and of bronze, earrings and necklaces of gilded terracotta; and
a silver Charon’s obol. Roman and Hellenistic finds were scattered elsewhere. Looting occurred
before the Roman interments and perhaps again in the Early Christian period. Roman finds, of
the first-second centuries AD comprise many lamps and other clay vessels, glass vases, bronze
fibulae, coins, and gold earrings depicting Eros. Traces of burning in the main chamber
indicates ritual behaviour.
Nearby, tombs of other types, set deeper, date a little earlier in the fourth century BC. Five
were tile graves, associated with the poorer social classes. Three were pit graves and one a
double cist neatly built of stone and plastered.
Figurine - Lampe - Monnaie - Outillage/armement - Parure/toilette - Nécropole
Mots-clés
Antiquité - Classique - Hellénistique - Romaine
Chronologie
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
Référence
bibliographique
Auteur de la
notice
Xania (Kydonia), A tour to sites of ancient memory (Ministry of Culture and
Tourism, 2009), 146-151.
PITT Robert