Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (10.1998(1999))

NEA PAPHOS

CYPRUS

R6 and R7. The occupation level beyond
the west wall was found some 40 cm
below the level of the floor in R7 and R2.
On the west side of the wall of R7 a large
rectangular niche, 1.56 m long, was
recessed into the wall. The niche was
paved with four large rectangular slabs.
On its rear side, i.e., facing R7, the niche
is bordered by long, flat, narrow slabs set
vertically to a height of 0.55 m above the
floor slabs. It appears that other slabs of
similar width and thickness found lying
on the floor of R7 in the previous season5*5
actually belonged to the screen wall of the
niche. It also becomes clear that neither

R6 nor R7 communicated directly with
the building west of it, i.e., the Hel-
lenistic House. Next to the niche, just
outside its northern edge, a small column
-like table leg and rectangular top made
of stone were recovered from the debris
(Fzg. 6).
The fill contained little pottery. Of
interest for the chronology were fragments
of CS £11, 12, 40; ESB2 £60 and f.76B,
amphorae of Hayes type I and III. Also
found were small fragments of terracotta
statuettes and several fragments of a "jar"
recalling such Palestinian (Phoenician)
vessels made of a light beige paste.5'


Fig. 4. Floor slabs and, on the right, the substructure of the stairs. Hellenistic House, R6S
(Photo W.A. Daszewski)

4> Cf. PAM IX, Reports 1997 (1998), p. 125.
Cf. G. Lapp, Palestinian Ceramic Chronology 200 BC - AD 70, New Haven 1961, p. 153, type 13 C datable to AD
50-68.

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