Grave Offerings
From the cemetery of the first settlers, the Clazomenians, come two assemblages of objects associated with infants buried in jars.
These graves are the only ones in the cemetery that contain a wide variety of rich offerings. Among them, aryballoi - small containers for aromatic oils - stand out. These vessels were imported from Corinth and are among the most luxurious and costly items discovered in the Clazomenian settlement.
The presence of such high-quality grave goods suggests that these children belonged to the most affluent and possibly leading families within the small community of early settlers.
In one of the graves (above), an infant aged 6 - 9 months had been placed, who died between 630 and 620 BC. The other grave (below) belonged to an infant aged 16 - 18 months, who died around 600 BC.