Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (10.1998(1999))

NEA PAPHOS

CYPRUS

a neighboring "wash room". It seems that
the walls of R6S were plastered with plain
white plaster. No colored fragments were
found in any quantity or position to sug-
gest painted decoration. In the northeast-
ern part of R6S, adjacent to the wall,
remains of what looks like the lower part,
a kind of support, for a set of stairs, was
uncovered. Behind it, right in the north-
eastern corner, considerable quantities of
broken pottery, mainly storage and cook-
ing vessels mixed with some tableware,
were found. Among the usual types of
amphorae, of special interest was the upper
part of a Spanish amphora of Beltram type
I, the first of its kind to be found in
Paphos. In the tableware category, one
should mention fragments of CS f.40, 22B,
29; ESB2 f.80, a cover of African Red Slip


Fig. 3- Fragments of painted plaster found on
the floor. Hellenistic House, R6N
(Photo W.A. Daszewski)

ware. In the upper parts of the fill, frag-
ments were also found of CS fill and 12,
ESB2 f.60, late Italian TS with planta
pedis and of yet another stone with relief
decoration in the form of a spiral.
Further excavations in this part of HH
were carried out north of R8 (latrine). Two
more rooms were partly uncovered (R9 and
RIO). Access to R9 was from the west, i.e.,
from R6S, through a narrow door. Two lay-
ers of floors were identified, both of
tamped earth. Upon the lower floor, a fine
bronze figurine of an Eros standing upon
a theater mask was uncovered (Fig. 5).
EARLY ROMAN HOUSE
Exploration of the southwest corner of R6
was carried out with a view to removing
the remaining part of the fill left after the
previous season. At present, the entire
room is free of rubble. While removing the
fill, many more fragments of painted plas-
ter were found, revealing similar decora-
tion as in Rl, i.e., segmented into large
horizontal color fields divided by vertical
white bands (2.5 cm wide), bordered by
incised lines (0.5 cm wide) and narrow
black bands (0.7 cm wide). Plaster frag-
ments show yellow, brown-red, and green-
ish colors and red bands.3)
The south and west walls of R6, now
completely cleared, were made of a mix-
ture of regular and irregular stones of
medium size bonded in earth mortar. The
walls have the same character as other
walls of this room and of Rl. The west
wall survives to a maximum height of
0.93 m, the south one to 0.40 m. On the
outside, i.e., west side, the west wall of R6
is adjoined by a later wall running N-S
and parallel to it.
Further investigations within ERH
were concentrated immediately west of

3> Cf. PAM VI, Reports 1994 (1995), p. 71.

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