Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

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A continuation of the east wall with more
doors was found under the north wall of
room 3 of HA [cf. Fig. 2\. At the northern
end, the wall runs into an E-W wall with
a corner 0.50 m to the west and turning
north. The E-W wall is situated 1 m south of
the north wall of room 4N. The eastern part
of the earlier room was damaged by a pit. An
earlier stone-paved floor appears to have been
reused in Late Roman times north of these
remains, under the southwestern corner of
room 35. The pottery evidence indicates that
this vestibule or small courtyard and two
adjoining rooms to its west and east,
preceding the Late Roman rooms 4, 4N and
35, were abandoned in the lst/2nd century
AD. The building, to which these rooms
belonged, was clearly quite important,
considering the quality of the stonework.
They may have belonged to structures
recognized also further east.
The other area where earlier structures
were uncovered is the eastern part of
courtyard 36 and the northern parts of
rooms 32 and 31 [cf. Fig. 2\. The wall
identified as the west wall of room 32 may
have belonged to an earlier phase. In its


Fig. 4. Terracotta bust of Eros
(Photo IVJerke)

central part, another wellhead was found,
this time with remains of a large limestone
round tray or table top reused as paving
around it on the west. This wall continued
south as the east wall of room 33 and then
possibly turned east as the south wall of
room 30. There are also earlier walls just
east of the wall dividing rooms 31 and 32,
situated under the Late Roman mosaic of
room 31. Below the foundations of the
south wall of these rooms, the early N-S
wall continues under the central part of
room 30 and joins the south wall of that
room. The early N-S walls were connected
also under rooms 31 and 32 by a wall
running under the wall dividing these
rooms. Both N-S walls continue also
northward and in case of the eastern one
forming a corner with an E-W wall under
room 31, already below a huge modern pit
in the northern part.


Fig. 5. Terracotta base with relief decoration
(Photo W. Jerke)

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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007