Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (1.1988-1989(1990))

unit separated from the rest of the house and equipped with an entrance leading
directly from the street.
The complex of rooms H-8aand H-8b formed the southern wing of House H
beyond which there was a narrow unpaved passage about 1.7m wide and the next
house. House G.
Room H-2 of House Hwas also explored to the extent of removing a rich
pottery deposit dating to the end ofthe4thcent. AD. A variety of finds was
recovered, including a set of bone hairpins, bone plaques with figural
representations, lamps and, last but not least, pottery.!'

HOUSE G
Only a few rooms formipg the northern wing of this building were
uncovered.!' Wails of the room G-9 which is located in the eastern end of the
structure did not exceed 0.5 m in preserved height. The floor is a regular
pavement consisting of large limestone slabs reaching 1 x 0.8 m in size.
Although so far it has not been possible to clear entire area of this room, its
size and the high quality of the interior finishing clearly suggests it to nave
been one of the main halls of the house.
Room G-E located in the north-western corner of the house contains an
interestingstructure.lt consists of two basins of unequal size, the larger one
measuringlxl.85m, the smaller one 1x0.e5m. Both were constructed of small
stones and bricks set in a mortar with a large admixture of ashes. On the inside
of the basins the walls were covered with a waterproof piaster. Each of the
pools had an outlet for discharging the fluid contents whatever it may have
I'The finds there included a well-preserved example of an amphora imported
probably from the Aegean region, as yet unreported in Egypt. For this type of
amphora see H. S. Robinson, The Athenian Agora, vol.V:Pottery.of the Roman
Period, Princeton 1959, his type H-273.

! The southern wing of House G had been explored already in the 70-ties see H.
Rodziewicz, Les habitations romains tardivesd'Alexandrie, Varsovie 1984, 173-
177.

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