Isidore's tomb

The tomb area of ​​Isidoros is a preserved tomb ensemble of the Kerameikos , the most important and largest ancient cemetery in Athens .

Isidore's burial precinct probably during the excavations in 1890.

The grave area of ​​Isidoros from one of the two demes named Halai was laid out in the late 1st or early 2nd century, i.e. during the Roman Empire , in the cemetery of the Demos Kerameikos. The grave is located south of the grave road between the grave district of Ithmonikos and the grave pillar of Sosibos .

On the area of ​​the grave district, three of the four large Kioniskoi previously erected are still preserved in place (“ in situ ”). Two of the Kinoniskoi are connected to each other and thus form a double Kioniskos, which is very rare. Inscriptions name those buried here: Isidorus, the son of Philon from Halai , after whom the burial district was named, and his wife, Zosime, the daughter of Dorion from Halai . Right next to the double Kioniskos is the third Kioniskos, which has its own limestone base. The inscription indicates that he was buried here as Philo, son of Isodorus from Halai . The top of the third tomb shows traces of insertion of 15 centimeters in diameter and 13 centimeters deep for a tripod . Three iron pegs with which it was attached have been preserved. The base offered space for another, but separate, Kioniskos, but this has not been preserved here. The double Kioniskos is 121 centimeters high and 48 centimeters in diameter, the single one has a height of 137 centimeters and a diameter of 55 centimeters.

The tombs stand directly above the associated graves. The dead were buried in large marble slabs of sarcophagi . They were found during the excavations of 1890 under Kyriakos Mylonas under a high burial.

literature

• Alfred Brueckner : The cemetery on Eridanos at the Hagia Triada in Athens. De Gruyter, Berlin 1909, pp. 50-51 ( digitized version ).
• Jutta Stroszeck : The Kerameikos in Athens. History, buildings and monuments in the archaeological park. Bibliopolis, Athens 2014, ISBN 978-3-943741-04-9 , p. 207.

Remarks

1. ↑ Inventory number Kerameikos Co 99 - 100
   Inscriptiones Graecae II² 5484
2. ↑ Inventory number Kerameikos Co 101
   Inscriptiones Graecae II² 5484a

Coordinates: 37 ° 58 '41.9 "  N , 23 ° 43' 0.7"  E