Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (11.1999(2000))

PALMYRA

SYRIA

the flagstones and apparently remain in
their original position. Two of- them are
aligned with the western side of the Church
Street, and one with its eastern side. On the
other hand, the two remaining bases closer
to the church are set on the pavement; no
doubt, they were originally aligned with the
east side of the Church Street.
It draws from these observations that
the narrow street coming up from the Great
Colonnade was considerably enlarged in

this sector, for as much as the combined
width of the lateral porticoes resting on
two lines of columns, which mark the
width of the street proper between them.
We have no means of knowing yet how
wide these porticoes were or what antique
monuments stood behind them. In the
Byzantine period, with the laying of the
pavement, the western portico was used as
the front side of the atrium, while its east-
ern counterpart had been dismantled and


Fig. 4■ Plan of the area between the two churches (sector G 3)
(Drawing G. Majcherek)

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