DOI issue:
Lebanon
DOI article:Waliszewski, Tomasz: Chhîm: explorations, 2000
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41368#0308
CHHIM
LEBANON
The pottery from these three layers is
mixed with Roman lst-2nd century
material interspersed with a Byzantine
assemblage of the 6th-7th century.
Nonetheless, it may be determined that
the building was erected in Roman times
and abandoned in the 7th-8th century.
CONSERVATION WORK
The presence of a team of conservators
permitted work on two mosaic-floor panels
from Basilica B to be completed. The
mosaics, representing an antelope drinking
from a cup and birds drinking from an
amphora, had been removed from the
church in 1999 for the sake of safety. Now
they were mounted on a new, light and
portable bedding substructure.
CONCLUSIONS
The most important discovery of the 2000
season is the evidence confirming that at least
part of the village comes from the 1st century
AD. Tantalizing traces of the Hellenistic
period found below Temple C and sub-
structures E.V and E.VII suggest that the
settlement could have been even earlier.
The results of excavations in the
triangular space E.VI are also of
significance, providing for a credible
history of the spot from the origins of the
site until its abandonment.
Finally, there are the Roman traces
under the basilica, which lead us to a
continued search for the rest of the 1st
century village under temenos A in front of
the temple.
Fig. 7. View of the stratigraphy inside the building of the oil press E.II
(Photo K. Kotlewski)
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LEBANON
The pottery from these three layers is
mixed with Roman lst-2nd century
material interspersed with a Byzantine
assemblage of the 6th-7th century.
Nonetheless, it may be determined that
the building was erected in Roman times
and abandoned in the 7th-8th century.
CONSERVATION WORK
The presence of a team of conservators
permitted work on two mosaic-floor panels
from Basilica B to be completed. The
mosaics, representing an antelope drinking
from a cup and birds drinking from an
amphora, had been removed from the
church in 1999 for the sake of safety. Now
they were mounted on a new, light and
portable bedding substructure.
CONCLUSIONS
The most important discovery of the 2000
season is the evidence confirming that at least
part of the village comes from the 1st century
AD. Tantalizing traces of the Hellenistic
period found below Temple C and sub-
structures E.V and E.VII suggest that the
settlement could have been even earlier.
The results of excavations in the
triangular space E.VI are also of
significance, providing for a credible
history of the spot from the origins of the
site until its abandonment.
Finally, there are the Roman traces
under the basilica, which lead us to a
continued search for the rest of the 1st
century village under temenos A in front of
the temple.
Fig. 7. View of the stratigraphy inside the building of the oil press E.II
(Photo K. Kotlewski)
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