DOI article:
Majcherek, Grzegorz: Excavations at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria in the 1989 season
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exploration of earlier layers was continued and the area covered by excavations
was greatly extended to the south and east (cf. fig. 1).
1. Late Ptolemaic period
It was only in room H-l that it was possible to investigate the
architectural relics of this period. A comer of house was uncovered here with
deeply entrenched foundations reaching the present water level. The foundations
wereconstructedofsmallirregularblocks, while the wall itself, of which only
the lowest layers have been preserved, was made of large blocks 1.1 m long. In
the western wall there were traces of a large doorway leading into the street.
The corresponding layers yielded much pottery (black table ware both
imported and Egyptian, Late Hellenistic lamps and numerous sherds of imported
Graeco-Italic amphorae) which dated the construction of the walls to the 1st
cent. EC. Of particular interest were scattered finds of roof tiles as yet
unreported at our site.
II. Early Roman period
In many places of HouseE the remains of well-preserved walls belonging to
alargevillaurbanawereuncovered. In room H-l, which is at present the most
fully investigated part of the structure, the said walls were constructed in
typical oous cruadratum directly on top of the relics of Late Hellenistic houses.
This season's work led to the discovery of the main entrance to the house
leading from street R4. The monumental frame of this doorway has been preserved
on the street side of the wall. Leading up to the door (which is some 1.2 a
wide) is a three step porch flanked by pilasters. The southern side of the door
was destroyed by latter building activity. Inside the room, which served at
this time as an entrance vestibule, remains of stone pavement were uncovered
together with large sections of plaster still on the walls indicating the rather
high quality of the interior decoration. In the upper parts of the walls
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was greatly extended to the south and east (cf. fig. 1).
1. Late Ptolemaic period
It was only in room H-l that it was possible to investigate the
architectural relics of this period. A comer of house was uncovered here with
deeply entrenched foundations reaching the present water level. The foundations
wereconstructedofsmallirregularblocks, while the wall itself, of which only
the lowest layers have been preserved, was made of large blocks 1.1 m long. In
the western wall there were traces of a large doorway leading into the street.
The corresponding layers yielded much pottery (black table ware both
imported and Egyptian, Late Hellenistic lamps and numerous sherds of imported
Graeco-Italic amphorae) which dated the construction of the walls to the 1st
cent. EC. Of particular interest were scattered finds of roof tiles as yet
unreported at our site.
II. Early Roman period
In many places of HouseE the remains of well-preserved walls belonging to
alargevillaurbanawereuncovered. In room H-l, which is at present the most
fully investigated part of the structure, the said walls were constructed in
typical oous cruadratum directly on top of the relics of Late Hellenistic houses.
This season's work led to the discovery of the main entrance to the house
leading from street R4. The monumental frame of this doorway has been preserved
on the street side of the wall. Leading up to the door (which is some 1.2 a
wide) is a three step porch flanked by pilasters. The southern side of the door
was destroyed by latter building activity. Inside the room, which served at
this time as an entrance vestibule, remains of stone pavement were uncovered
together with large sections of plaster still on the walls indicating the rather
high quality of the interior decoration. In the upper parts of the walls
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