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Fig. 10. Western part of the Northwest House
under the Villa of Theseus
(Plan S. Medeksza, A. Brzozowska)

of the Villa of Theseus and the remains of
the last floors further to the west another
0.40 m below that. The excavated walls were
reconstructed at least once, doors being
blocked at this time and new doorways
pierced. Walls of the later phase were
constructed on top of the earlier ones using
them as foundations. The alignment was
not precise with walls following only
approximately the same direction. Three
main sets of such roughly aligned walls were
uncovered. One set continues N-S through
rooms 16NW, 1WS and possibly 2W;
the other runs E-W through rooms 16NW
and 16N, and the third in 1WS is in line
with the southern wall of the room with
mosaic. In the small compartments placed
west of the main N-S wall, a large deposit
of broken, but mostly complete transport
amphorae, cooking vessels, jugs and a large
tableware jar [Fig. 11] were found. The
pottery can be dated to the end of the 1st and
the beginning of the 2nd century AD. This
group of finds suggests a household
function for these rooms.


Fig. 11. Large tableware jarfrom the
Northwest House
(Photo WJerke)

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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007