Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (13.2001(2002))

MAREA

EGYPT

walls, the footing of the south wall of the
bath was recorded at a depth of 214 cm
below the occupational level of the bath.
Still further east two pools were uncovered
superposed on the structure of this wall.
The first of the pools, U, was semicircular
in shape (1.27 m deep) and furnished with
the mandatory three steps. It was rebuilt at
one point, confirming yet again the two-
phased building sequence already
established elsewhere in the bath. The new
pool was smaller, built into the older one,
the voids filled in with clay {Fig. 9).
A smaller pool W, almost square in shape
(0.90 by 0.88 m, 1.25 m deep) and also
furnished with steps, was found next to it.
At the eastern end of the uncovered section
of the south wall of the bath a drainpipe of
triangular section was found. It had

discharged water into a channel (Q4) that
runs east-west and was covered with three
stone slabs. An extension of the trench in
the southeastern corner of the excavated
area brought to light, instead of the
expected traces of a street above the
channel, yet another stone structure with
no evident relation to the bath. The
channel itself was found to turn at right
angles to the north (Q5), joining up with
the drain from pool R and continuing
eastward (Q6) and then northward (Q7).
Clearing the area behind the wall of
pool R brought some interesting finds. In
two of the shattered amphorae found lying
here there was evidence of white and
yellow pigment. Perhaps the materials
leftover from the redecoration project had
been stored behind this wall. Here, as well


Fig. 9. Pool U in the southern part of the hath, view from the south
(Photo T. Kalarus)

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