Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (10.1998(1999))

CHHIM

LEBANON

F IV, F V, F VI, F VII, F X, F XI, with
a specially big accumulation in unit F VI.
The pottery documents the Byzantine
phase in the occupation of the structure;

two coins of Heliogabal (218-222) and
probably Alexander Severus (222-235)
might testify to a part of the building
being in use already in the 3rd cent. AD.

OIL PRESSES E.II AND E.III

The site survey this year was extended to
document two domestic structures found
in the village of Late Antiquity.
Some 25 m north of basilica B, already
on the slope where the village had been
located, the outlines of a big rectangular
structure designated as E.II had been pre-
viously discovered (ca. 12 x 19 m). The
entrance was in the southern wall and
opened on a street (and presumably steps)
leading down to the basilica. The outlet of

this street might have been located next to
the steps found this year in the northwest-
ern corner of the atrium.
Inside the structure, in the central and
western ends, the ground surface is littered
with oil press installation elements: three
counter-weights, a pressing-area and
a monolithic basin to collect oil.
Oil press E.III is situated some 30 m
to the northwest of oil press E.I, which
was explored in 1996. The rectangular


Fig. 6. Temple C after the 1998 season
(Drawing M. Puszkarski)

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