DOI article:
Biernacki, Andrzej B.: The thirty years of the exploration of Novae (Moesia Inferior) by the international interdisciplinary archaeological expedition of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41865#0051
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Fig. 8. Novae. The complex of the early Christian basilica and episcopal residence in the 6th
century; floor projection. Prepared by A.B. Biernacki, S. Medeksza and E. Klenina
rectangular bathing pools (alvei). Another room in the complex of the legionary
bath was the frigidarium with a rectangular swimming pool (natatio), situated in
the south-east of the complex. It must be pointed out that most rooms in the
building of the legionary bath were provided with underfloor central heating by
means of hot air, using a system of hypocaust basements. The complex of the
legionary bath in Novae probably took up one building insula of the camp. Among
the smaller items discovered by the Polish and Bulgarian excavation teams, par-
ticularly interesting are: morę than 140 Latin and Greek inscriptions; 900 archi-
tectural details; fragments of marble sculptures and bas-reliefs; morę than 100
ceramic oil lamps; a wide assortment of household objects madę of glass, bonę,
bronze and iron; a wide assortment of ceramic kitchenware, tableware and am-
phorae; ceramic building materiał bearing the stamps of the legions: the lst Ital-
ian, the 5th Macedonian and the llth “Claudia”; bronze and silver coins, includ-
ing a hoard of 380 bronze folles\ early Christian stone reliąuaries; and marble
fumishings of the episcopal basilica, including a pulpit, an iconostasis and men-
sae sacrae.
The intemational interdisciplinary research team of the Archeological Expe-
dition of the UAM consists of Polish, Bulgarian and Ukrainian scholars, scien-
ш uj о " ш О ĆT
Fig. 8. Novae. The complex of the early Christian basilica and episcopal residence in the 6th
century; floor projection. Prepared by A.B. Biernacki, S. Medeksza and E. Klenina
rectangular bathing pools (alvei). Another room in the complex of the legionary
bath was the frigidarium with a rectangular swimming pool (natatio), situated in
the south-east of the complex. It must be pointed out that most rooms in the
building of the legionary bath were provided with underfloor central heating by
means of hot air, using a system of hypocaust basements. The complex of the
legionary bath in Novae probably took up one building insula of the camp. Among
the smaller items discovered by the Polish and Bulgarian excavation teams, par-
ticularly interesting are: morę than 140 Latin and Greek inscriptions; 900 archi-
tectural details; fragments of marble sculptures and bas-reliefs; morę than 100
ceramic oil lamps; a wide assortment of household objects madę of glass, bonę,
bronze and iron; a wide assortment of ceramic kitchenware, tableware and am-
phorae; ceramic building materiał bearing the stamps of the legions: the lst Ital-
ian, the 5th Macedonian and the llth “Claudia”; bronze and silver coins, includ-
ing a hoard of 380 bronze folles\ early Christian stone reliąuaries; and marble
fumishings of the episcopal basilica, including a pulpit, an iconostasis and men-
sae sacrae.
The intemational interdisciplinary research team of the Archeological Expe-
dition of the UAM consists of Polish, Bulgarian and Ukrainian scholars, scien-